Ethos Eidos Praxis

The Way of the Ancients, Philosophical works of Reality

July 2010 VOL. 1 ISSUE 1

What is, is,what is, what shall be is in your hands. Fate or Destiny it is a choice, decide as you will for if you do not, the decision will be made for you. We are here until we are not, the only rules are, we get to make the rules. As for the state of reality, I leave this entirely to your own observations. I can only hope you have kept some sanity of mind in all the madness that is the current world framework and our contemporary cultures. I also hope you receive some light entertainment and enlightenment from this artifact. This work is an open culture production and will remain in the public domain, any opinions or beliefs (religious, political or moral) expressed anywhere in this publication are not necessarily those of the editors. We take no responsibility for anything we have published in the interest of the freedom of speech and expression of man. Ying and Yang, the law of 2
The weaves and folds are infinite One creates the other they define themselves One does not exist without the other The relative nature of good and evil the polarity of the system and mans thinking, the subjective self.

All language expressions from hereforth must be taken as symbolic of the form and not the form itself any interpretation other to this is your own. If you do not agree to this read no further.

The goal of this Journal is to open a means of communication about and with the world in an attempt to encourage positive cultural transformation in the hopes of attaining a higher social standard. As you read, keep in mind that the writers come from all over the world, combining their thoughts and ideas here, and as such, English may not be a first language. Therefore I urge you to judge an article by the meanings portrayed and not the grammar utilized. We are at this time not editing from the original text as we fear to loose the original message. Our translation may not be what the writers intended to say and unfortunately whenever something is translated, meaning is lost.

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I have a few things for your consideration. But first off. I would like to ask each individual to consider, by which they come to this . Einstein once said god does not play dice, I too do not submit to the premise that this, is a random interaction. Do not take this as a submission of myself to a divine entity of some sorts or a projection of determinism. I merely suggest to you all. It is of no random chance that you are reading these words. Our backgrounds cultures and identities are varied our economic and living standards fair. Hence we have the luxury of these dialogs. Random-: Maslows hierarchy of needs and self actuation. I am not in total agreement of this form particularly in the domain of acceptance of facts, but overall I think it serves a fine point to what man seeks as an individual and mankind seeks to produce for the whole via society. The values of which I think must be open for discussion and transformation. I think at varies times we as individuals have, more or less achieved certain aspects of this and are aware of the different states of being that occur from our relationships with them.

Maslows hierarchy of needs in Pyramid form Facts - There is two kinds of facts.
1. Facts that we know 2. Facts that we believe The difference between knowing and believing something is a fine distinction, but a most important one. Where does truth fit?

Humans have an innate tendency to be attracted towards pleasure and avoid pain; therefore feelings

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All feelings serve a purpose, which is, motivate the system to reach its wants, desires and needs. This is the premise, for which the next statement follows, that there is no such thing as a bad feeling. Actually using this label of bad feelings can be very dangerous, because the deduction is, that we should try and experience good feelings and avoid bad feelings. By avoiding or ignoring bad feelings you will ignore the very things that could have given you a genuine sense of happiness and satisfaction in your life. Feelings help you achieve the things you want in your life by providing you with pleasure when you satisfy a need, or providing you with pain when you are not satisfying a need.

are of great assistance in helping us live a more fulfilling life.

However, to fully understand how feelings do all this we first need to understand exactly the term of needs, desires and wants.

Needs Needs are the things you must have in order to be healthy and survive. Wants Wants people have varied from culture to culture and from person to person and also they can change as you grow older. Desires A desire is something that is unique to you, and is

Think of it as a compass that helps you get to your destination. At the same time this helps the voyager sail through calmer waters and indicates which rout out of all of them you want to take to get to your destination.

usually driven by some experience you have had in the past which ignites a sense of passion/excitement within you.

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For different people can have different interested in different things or people. Its started with something different from the normal or general, such as a tree in general may not make you interested about but if that tree can produce food or money or knowledge then it will catch your attention. As we know that interested is a soft of positive feeling toward thing or people, wanting to explore and understand. There are many different level and form of interested, in small can be individual interested such as interested in movies, clothes or in large as a community like we all want peace and happiness for everyone. In addition interested have different form from wanting to need as its from curiosity to love, greedy, hope so why we have interested? Its simple as reason keep being ourselves alive, to feel and enjoy life. It relates to everything that human have within our knowing, it what make our life meaningful. not finished

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Religion, past and present

A lot of people tend to be well acquainted with mainstream religion of today. More yet, I came to realize that I was not actually acquainted with such religions. Speaking only from this house, it was of a time of revelation when it came to me why prophets taught what they did, in the way they did. All of it is directly linked to the different levels of communication. During the ancient Civilizations, including the time of Jesus Christ, our thinking may have possibly been only slightly different to how we are now (We have different technology). It is a self-realization, where it came by that Prophets knew that those they were teaching were on a lower level than their own, and so by this they played the role of the guest. The concept of the Christian God was one that Jesus would have adhered to, and so people would listen.

know too well that a simple, straightforward line can become much bigger and diverse than much of what we believe we know. Such a simple realization, though hidden away in the cloud of ego self opens up many doors. Those who do not wish to be taught cannot be taught, those who listen must be given the careful bites of the forbidden fruit necessary so that by their own graces that they will soon come to learn. I too started from simple Christianity, taking what I heard for granted. But I didnt know, I believed what someone else said, without experience of my own. Each religion of this Earth holds many secrets and lessons, things that can be seen simply by observing. Though, the question lies in where to begin? Not why, but how. Many untruths, which are not lies.

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9. A master arrives, and the world falls to tears. No conflicts, no wars. 8. An apprentice tells you: "people are your playthings" 7. Language was created and with it confusion, 6. An apprentice is born. Ignorant and naive 5. A figure in a cave plays chess aggressively, 4. The magician created an illusion, 3. It was meant to bring all mankind together, 2. from nothing an idea, 1. Nothing was created, all was given

A Brief Explanation on... The Importance of Ritual & Creation Dedicated to Aaron - 08/03/10
To make history or psychology alive I personify it . ~ Anas Nin

Magick is the joining of the macrocosm and microcosm with man as the mid-point. Concentrated in his circle, the magician acts his will by raising a wand and reciting the incantation. These words, and gestures have power because the magician invested his energies in the creation of these artifacts.

The every-day man uses his artifacts and clings to them unknowingly. Rituals are commonplace things, occurring all the time consciously and subconsciously. They are deep-rooted in societies around the world, past and present. Many events are defined by ritual, such as birthdays with the blowing of candles on the cake. It is the observation of these rituals, of what is a ritual, that is key in developing your own conscious artifacts.

In closing, ritual is important for everyone because of it's impact on daily life. It is especially important for the magician as ceremonial magick is expressed through the medium of ritual. Unlike common man, magicians must create their own artifacts and not simply pick up the artifacts of their society. The creation of ritual artifacts are your ideas manifested symbolic representations, primarily of the human psyche. Through creation, you can personify the intangible and give context to the abstract.

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The Dialogue
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