Initiatory experiences are inevitable for anyone seeking to achieve very specific ends. Seek and ye shall find is not a promise kept by a god but a cause and affect feature of existence itself. According to the Qabala: Assiah is not in any way considered a noun. Assiah is literally a verb: it is action. It is the point of power where you can act or choose to not act.
Initiation is like the idea that I want to go upstairs and the literal steps I take to get there. Apotheosis, Ascent, Discovery of True Human Potential and Ipssissimus are all intentions that when set lead to an inexorable chain reaction. With or without membership to a group the universe does comply.
The results are not what most students expect and they involve any and all aspects of your life. They involve the transcendence of any and all limits one at a time. Usually one at a time for maximum intensity to insure the quality of the product. Initiation is a process of Alchemical transformation which manifests as life experience in real time. Initiation does not occur because you kissed ass and have passed some hazing in a group. Initiations are offered through specific life situations that require you to know the obstacles to your objective and eliminate them.
If you have set your intent in the way that I mentioned earlier in this article, then yes you are being tested. Once that intent is set there is no escape as a matter of fact there is no escaping any intent that you set in motion. There are always consequences. So if you are thinking that the underlying current of the universe is just waiting for you to harness it, just remember that you first have to learn how to.
The Alchemical process of Initiation is completely ruthless. It thoroughly confronts every personal issue that you have. All normal human issues will be dealt with. There is no more compartmentalizing your life: sacred, not sacred, family, not family, mine, not mine; it's all you. The ego will look at Initiatory opportunities as unacceptable bullshit. Back to personal accountability, you asked for this. You asked to sacrifice everything that you hold sacred on the alter of your becoming. You asked to have your life torn apart so that you could fulfill the lofty intent that you set.
The Carlos Castaneda material describes this kind of immersive Initiatory experience. For instance: none of Carlos learning experiences were linearly presented. He set to discover the mystery and fit it neatly into the box of reason. The result was a series of adventures, which is what initiation can seem to be depending on the unique starting point of each individual Sorcerer. There are countless books about initiation and they have their value in that you can ascertain common experiences that even students from different systems seem to share. Certianly your experience will be uniquely based upon the intent you set and what is keeping you from achieving that.
In the neo magickal marketplace dark side is the new black and every one wants to become a dark god. In this modern setting individuals set their intent and expect their scientific application of magickal Axioms to simply do the job without taking into account the path that they have dared to set foot on. Seriously applying magickal Axioms works every time but don't forget to factor in the variable that you may be overlooking why you are doing the ritual. If you are doing it to shortcut past a growth experience then your ass is grass and your intent is that bad ass lawn mower coming at you.
Understand what you have done and you can use Magick to stack the deck in your favor. But understand you must: every experience from the moment that you set your intent has been for the fulfillment of your intention. That is why I say: "Everything is true and nothing is permitted."
Alea iacta est :)
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Firestorm Coraxo
