Synopsis of Into the Void by J.T. Kirkbride.
Over
the course of human evolution, one thing has developed and grown which
has allowed us to survive within the impersonal environments of
unrelenting Nature. Once a useful and necessary tool by which we could
separate ourselves from the herd around us, this one irrational concept
now threatens to destroy both our humanity, and Humanity itself. This
thing of which I speak, is the human ego.
The human ego gives us
a sense of Self. It allows us to say "this is me", and in today's
culture, extends so far as to include "this is what I believe... This is
what I expect... This is what I demand". Our very identity as human
beings, belonging to a race of biologically-similar creatures, hinges
upon the premise, and rests squarely within the bounds of what we - as a
democratic collective - have decided constitutes a person, or a single
individual in our modern world. We are all equal, but only because we
have an ego structure which screams to be heard and recognised.
The
human ego is a conceptual trap, and long-outlived its purpose as an
evolutionary tool millennia ago, with the advent of civilisation and
agriculture. Rather than provide us with a survival instinct, it now
simply acts as the proxy mannequin by which we measure our civil rights,
and our collective entitlements. Rather than provide us with survival
instincts and announce "run, you're about to get hit by a bus!", it now
screams "how much can I sue the bus company for, after they run be
down?". Such fallacies should not be allowed to exist.
Without an
ego structure as we know it, we would not need empathy, for we would
share each others' pain; we would not need compassion, for helping
others is, in fact, the same as helping ourselves. There would be no
thought of reward for good deeds, for the deed along would be payment
enough, in seeing others well, and happy. This cannot come to be, so
long as our egos insist that we are separate creatures and independent
in thought, and existence; separate from each other, separate from our
host planet, separate from the universe, and separate from god, however
it is chosen to be defined.
This philosophy is mirrored in the
Western Ceremonial Tradition, but is is known as "crossing the Abyss".
This act of magical transcendence requires great achievement, great
discipline, and the willingness to let oneself go - or, perhaps, the
sense of oneself - in order to leave the dualistic world of self vs.
other behind, and become unified within Binah and the supernal triad of
the Tree Of Life. This next volume, bridging between Saturn Rising vols.
1 & 2, serves as a theoretical groundwork, and extended series of
practical pathworking exercises designed to abolish and implode one's
sense of self and the mundane ego. Freed from this limitation, we will
be able to ascend much more easily, regard dualisms as the fantasy of
sub-Abyssal existence, and step effortlessly across the Abyss anytime we
please, recognising immediately that we are no longer owned,
manipulated or subservient to our mundane, human egos.
For those
who have read Saturn Rising vol.1, the idea of suicide will be familiar
as the introduction of Martian energies into a Saturnian environment,
providing the fiery, Masculine impetus to effect change in the sullen,
cold and introspective Saturnian world. By working through the exercises
and rituals in Into The Void, one will effectively commit a form of
voluntary spiritual suicide from which it would be difficult to recover,
and yet, provide so much greater benefit to the spiritual substance of
the practitioner, that no other single change could effect such a
dynamic and positive shift within the ir own person.
It should be
noted that the mundane ego is not completely destroyed, and that it is
no more difficult to go about one's day thinking of themselves as the
person they believe they are. Rather, the ego is imploded on a spiritual
level, not on a mundane level, so that when acts of magic and ritual
are undertaken, the primal, basic concept of "me" does not get in the
way of higher aspirations, in which there exists no division, no you, or
I, or anybody else, but simply all as one. After the ritual is
complete, it is a simple matter to go back to pretending to be who we
think we are in order to conduct our daily business, but we will know
better deep in our hearts, and we will feel better on the whole, no
longer being hung-up with the idea of a permanent, unchanging, and
eternal "I am".
The ego is a liar; for some, it inflates their
sense of self beyond reason and to the contempt of others. For the rest,
it lies again and limits their true ability with false ideas of
inferiority and ineptitude. Rarely do we ever find a person whose true,
inner self is mirrored precisely and accurately by their own perception
of their abilities, limitations, or entitlements. The rituals presented
in this forthcoming volume side-step these issues entirely, and ne...