I. VAMA MARGA Foundations Of The Left-Hand Path - staticfly.net
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image has a tendency to change drastically. Its size will alter, it will change<br />
color, it may even become something else altogether. As the mind wanders<br />
from the original image upon which you were concentrating your attention,<br />
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you will realize that the object is a clear visual symbol of how difficult it is to<br />
focus for any prolonged period on any one thought form without distraction.<br />
As your ability to control the visualization of the image improves, so will the<br />
related capability for maintaining a chosen thought, an invaluable aid to<br />
magical work.<br />
Repeatedly practice your ability to keep the imagined object from<br />
transforming, attempting to entirely stabilize the appearance of the image.<br />
When you can reliably visualize the object in your mind's eye with no<br />
subsequent transformation of its appearance – an achievement that might well<br />
require a great deal of practice – begin cautiously experimenting with<br />
deliberately changing the appearance of the image. Select different colors for<br />
the object, or modify its size and shape. When you have attained the ability to<br />
decide what the object will look like at will with your eyes closed, try to<br />
visualize the object with your eyes open. Note that this is also best attempted<br />
in darkness; light provides needless distraction.<br />
Test your ability to recall visual data accurately. Study a photograph<br />
until you believe you've memorized its appearance in detail. Close your eyes<br />
and try to see the photograph in its entirety. <strong>The</strong>n open your eyes and locate<br />
the details of the image that you somehow failed to include in your mental<br />
image. You will learn that the mind tends to absorb visual information in a<br />
kind of impressionistic shorthand, often glossing over major factors,<br />
preferring to see what it wants to see rather than what's really there. One of<br />
the most useful techniques for perfecting your inner visualization is simply to<br />
painstakingly train the eye to be a more precise recording device. Persons<br />
gifted with a so-called photographic memory are endowed with a great<br />
advantage that can he exploited for magical work.<br />
When you are satisfied that you've achieved reasonable proficiency<br />
with controlled visualization, attempt to combine this exercise with autoerotic<br />
stimulation and orgasm. Your aim should be to retain keen and detailed<br />
sensory awareness of the visualized image even in a heightened state of erotic<br />
excitement, and especially at the peak of orgasm. Initially, you may find that<br />
the augmentation of deep breathing and sexual arousal diverts your attention<br />
from the image, causing the visualized object to flicker or vanish completely.<br />
Some are able to successfully keep the image within view only until the<br />
instant of orgasm. Others find that the mental focus needed to concentrate on<br />
the image substantially reduces sexual desire, not allowing for climax.<br />
With repetition, you should be able to achieve both fully controlled<br />
visualization and forceful orgasm with no appreciable diminishing of sexual<br />
arousal or mental concentration. Although we have not yet added the crucial<br />
factor of a resolute desire to this exercise, the ability to balance the<br />
generation of a consistent mental image with simultaneous build-up and<br />
release of sexual energy has introduced you to the basic psychosexual<br />
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functions needed for sexual sorcery. Once you have conquered this difficult<br />
facility, the remainder of your sex-magical training consists primarily of<br />
refining this ability and adding increasingly personal layers of meaning to<br />
your sex magic experiments. Once you have attained a consistent level of<br />
success at projecting one visual image on your mental screen, you should<br />
make a habit of frequently utilizing other images, adding increasing<br />
complexity to your exercises. Once inanimate objects have been mastered,<br />
move on to less easily fixed images, such as human beings. Practice the<br />
realization of accurate visualizations of people you know well, as well as of<br />
individuals you haven't seen in years.<br />
During autoerotic exercises, attempt to project believable threedimensional