I. VAMA MARGA Foundations Of The Left-Hand Path - staticfly.net

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diabetic who also injects heroin, the group vision should generally
concentrate on that detail, rather than the less likely happenstance of the
individual suddenly coming down with leprosy Similarly, if the healing is
directed towards an individual suffering from cancer, this specific ailment
should be taken into account rather than the healing of the entire body in
general.
Such fine-tuning is easily accomplished with one or two sex
magicians but much harder to accomplish when several magicians are
involved. This is only one of the reasons why orgies require far more
preliminary discussion of goals desired than less populous workings.
The orgy is also very useful for magical acts of inauguration, that is
to say the orgiast's group release of willed erotic energy can be directed to the
vitality and strength of any project in its beginning stages. A magical orgy
held as an inaugural "house-warming" for magicians inhabiting a new
dwelling, designed to instill the chosen location with certain pre-specified
qualities is a very appropriate application of this particular technique of sex
magic.
Among some magicians working together on common goals it has
also been useful to initiate the commencement of a mundane project with
ritualized group sex operations pointed toward the successful
accomplishment of the goal. The orgy not only builds up a group magical
spirit – or egregore – that can be tapped into during the specific enterprise, it
actually increases the camaraderie of the magicians before the non-magical
undertaking begins.
Collaborative artistic endeavors demanding a high degree of esprit de
corps have been charged by orgies, including musicians preparing for a
concert, and tightly knit crews preparing to make a film or stage a theatrical
production. One hardly needs to be an artist to partake of the inaugural
strengthening provided by the magical orgy; the opening of any enterprise,
such as a new place of business, can also benefit from these methods.
Theurgy And The Orgy
Magicians of the left-hand path have also found group sex workings to be
advantageous for theurgic workings, those operations aimed specifically at
the invocation or evocation of divine or non-human intelligences. Particularly
with groups of magicians who share a common theological belief system, the
lines of communication with the deity can very forcefully be activated
through the orgy. For those left-hand path sex magicians whose approach to
initiation is essentially religious – that is to say, whose magic involves the
communion and exaltation of deities as a means of deifying themselves – the
orgy can be a very direct link to the entity one seeks communication with. If
we recall that the word religion evolved from the Latin root religare (to bind
again, to bind strongly) the physical and psychic binding of the orgy can be
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seen in a new light.
We must leave aside for now the intriguing question of whether the
god/goddess who "appears" to the orgiastically linked magicians is
generated solely by the mutual imagery and shared subjective referents of
those involved or is an actual manifestation of a being independent be healed
or not.
It should be noted in this regard that left-hand path magicians are not
generally so superstitious as to believe that destruction or healing can be
effected through magic alone. On the contrary, magic is always best used in
conjunction with pre-existing conditions that can sometimes be pushed over
the edge by sorcery This necessitates keen powers of observation on the part
of the magician. For instance, if one's chosen enemy is known to be a
diabetic who also injects heroin, the group vision should generally
concentrate on that detail, rather than the less likely happenstance of the