Have you been abducted yet?
The myth of Abduction enjoyed extraordinary popularity in antiquity: the abduction of Ganymede, Persephone, and Europa, as well as the abduction of valuables — the Golden Fleece by Jason, the Mead of Poetry by Odin, the Fire by Prometheus — expressed one of the most important principles: the passage between Currents.
To grasp this passage from the viewpoint of Western magical myth, recall what we have already said about the organization of the Psychocosmos in its global aspect.
As we have already said, the manner in which potentialities are actualized — development and expansion of mind — is described as the Current of Power. Moreover, separate individual Currents usually merge into larger ones, and finally — into the Great Current of Power.
However, the focus of individual mind is usually not identical with the whole Current; it crystallizes, and its development is perceived as movement within the Current.
From this perspective, one may imagine an individual personality (as well as any other object) as a “passenger in a boat” floating in the Current of mind.
In other words, mind moves within the Current it generates, and this Current is sustained and reinforced by others flowing in the same direction.
Therefore, as a rule, the vector of movement (development) of mind is defined with relative clarity, forming its wyrd. At the same time, it is perfectly obvious that this wyrd is far from always leading in a direction favorable for the optimal development of a given mind; that is, it does not always coincide with its Orlög.
Therefore, from time to time, the most correct course is to shift development from the evolutionary to the revolutionary: a “leap” of mind, or a transcensus.
At the same time, the established Current in which mind moves is perceived as lawful, habitual reality, while the need to leave it is perceived as a violation of the law, a crime.
Myth describes two ways of such a transcensus — “escape” and “abduction” — active and passive departures from the Current; and already in these very terms a certain “illegality” of the act is emphasized.
Indeed, the exit of even the tiniest element from an established system never passes unnoticed by the system itself; it always violates its integrity, forces restructuring, and is therefore met with ill will and condemnation by its other elements.
That is why a Magus’ exit from the Current of consumption, like other such actions, has always met with resolute condemnation by society.
At the same time, continuing to move within a Current that shackles the possibilities of development is fraught with degradation and the outflow of Power.
It should be noted that all of this holds true for less global passages as well.
Even in human life one encounters both “escapes” and “abductions,” bringing both positive and negative changes.
Not infrequently a person flees from Power, or is abducted away from Power.
But just as often one meets the opposite — when a person flees toward Power, or is abducted for Power.
In every life there have been moments when someone breaks in, overturning everything, changing values and priorities. This may be falling in love, infatuation, and the like. This is the classic example of an “abduction” — a transfer of mind from one Current into another.
Mysteries, initiations — these too are “abductions,” when the mystagogue transfers the mind of the myst from one form of existence, from one Current, into another. Power can abduct a person in other ways as well, bursting into life as sudden “changes of circumstances,” unhappy or, on the contrary, happy accidents, and so on — and the result, again, is a change of the Current in which mind moves.
At first glance, “escape,” as the active component, seems a more “correct” action than “abduction,” in which the personality bears a “passive” function while the activity belongs to the “abductor.”
Look deeper, and the emphases shift: escape usually means a negative action — an escape “from” something. In other words, it bears the character of repulsion, and there is an enormous danger that the being will be carried away by this repulsion and “throw the baby out with the bathwater” — to push away not only the Current that is destructuring it, but also the one it must enter.
In “abduction,” mind is introduced into a new Current inevitably — although, of course, there remains the danger that it is not the Current it needs.
Nevertheless, practically any Magus has experienced “escape” or “abduction,” and it is vital to recognize what is happening at the present moment: to understand when one must go within the Current, and when — to flee it or allow oneself to be abducted; and not to miss the opportunity for an evolutionary transcensus, not to push away that Current into which it is time to enter.
The Flow of Power
Power vs. Love
Entrances and Exits
Inspiration and Obsession
Attraction and Repulsion of Power
Against the Current
Transformation of the Flow of Mind
Is Return Possible After Departure?
If the kidnapped sheep did not gain anything from the activity of the kidnapper, then I believe it has every reason to run away.
Well, there are different kinds of kidnappers. Indeed, the sheep have several alternatives – either peacefully chew cud, thinking everything is fine, while the owner has already invited guests, cleaned skewers, stocked up firewood, poured wine into bottles, and, most importantly, sharpened the knife. The other option is to be kidnapped by a wolf. The third option is to be kidnapped by another barbecue lover. So, no preference there. And the only way to change the situation is to run. But for a domestic sheep, even escaping won’t lead to anything good. Since it is neither aargali nor a mouflon, it has no idea how to survive in the wild.
In fact, it seems to me that often both flight and kidnapping occur simultaneously. The lives of most people are determined because an individual’s life is the result of some general agreement (in which they did not participate in their conscious life). According to this very agreement, everything appears approximately as follows:
15-16 years – they want to live their own life, but those close to them want to decide their fate for them.
22-24 years – having many ambitions and believing that everything depends on them, and they will be lucky if they want something badly enough, they suddenly realize that not everything depends on them. And the tales of the boy who polished shoes and became a millionaire, or of the red-haired, chubby, acne-scarred four-eyed nerd who became a Hollywood alpha-male sex symbol whom all the girls within a ten-mile radius flock to – these are not about them (by the way, it seems such tales are inspired by the Archons since they are highly beneficial for them. I would argue that a democratic structure of society is much more advantageous for the Archons than a class-based one. This is because, in a class-based society, it seems there is no room for dreams. If a person is the son of a general, military or civil, he will become a general (unless, of course, he is killed during a military career). If he is the son of a merchant, he will become a merchant. If he is the son of a usurer, he will continue his father’s business. If he is the son of a peasant, he will not become anything but a peasant. And there is not much to dream about. In contemporary society, they say you are free in your choices and that you have unlimited possibilities to build your life as you wish. But in reality, it turns out that this freedom and these possibilities do not exist for you. In general, the social myth, this common tunnel of reality for most, is thoroughly saturated with deception).
35-45 years – they understand that they will not fly into space, discover the seventh continent, invent a perpetual motion machine, and all that awaits them is a gray normal life of a normal gray person. Some reconcile themselves with it and turn into ordinary aging tightwads. Others do not accept it – and either become alcoholics, have a heart attack, or suffer a stroke. Third, there are those who become fools, dressing as teenagers, behaving like teenagers, hanging out with their sons’ friends on equal terms (and their sons do not treat them as sons, but as friends), taking mistresses twenty years younger who bleed them dry, etc.
55-65 years – hemorrhoids, prostatitis, hypertension, and arthritis.
This is the agreement that most people involved in the social myth are bound by. This is the essence of the social myth.
Those few who manage to decipher this essence will naturally long for a different life. That is, the very understanding of what the social myth fundamentally represents generates the Will-to-Flight.
But a person who feels the Will-to-Flight may eventually read a book by some Master, and this book will change their fate (more specifically, redirect their Wyrd). Their Will-to-Flight will gain more distinct outlines on one side, and on the other – they will begin to flow into the current to which the Master belonged or belongs. And that is already a Kidnapping. The least intellectually capable but most emotional and suggestible individuals are usually abducted by all sorts of Pentecostals, Charismatics, and Evangelical Baptists. And those whose ignorance borders on idiocy are often snatched by (false) Jehovah’s Witnesses. In fact, for all the aforementioned, kidnapping is an openly declared activity, as they position themselves as ‘fishermen for human souls’, appealing to what Jesus told apostle Peter at their first meeting (Matthew 4:19-20).
Thus, it seems impossible to draw a clear line between flight and kidnapping. The kidnapped often want to be kidnapped. Although, there are exceptions. For instance, the story of Don Juan and Carlos Castaneda. The latter was clearly not seeking Power before meeting Don Juan. And he had no concept of it. And then repeatedly he stupidly ran away from Don Juan. But Don Juan brought him back because ‘Power indicated to K.C.’
Both kidnapping and fleeing relate to passivity, from the perspective of INTENTION and MOTIVES (forced movement caused by external reasons). Both actions in their pure form are CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VICTIM’S BEHAVIOR, not the HUNTER’S.
To rely on the idea that one will not be ‘kidnapped’ by the parasite of consciousness in one of its forms, or that one will not ‘run away’ into its outstretched arms from PASSIVITY, is NOT POSSIBLE.
By fully accepting the CHALLENGES OF POWER and the SIGNS OF STALKING as ‘support and reinforcement’ of your current flow ‘by other flows moving in the same direction’, a mage is forced to PROACTIVELY HUNT FOR POWER in order to BE SUCCESSFUL on their path 🙂
And at the bifurcation points of the PATH, where both soaring and circling in place or falling are possible, they MUST CHOOSE and ACTIVELY ASPIRE, guided by the PATH OF POWER 🙂
Doctor, you are interpreting words too literally. The choice at the bifurcation point does not change the Flow of movement. It is a choice of channel. But sometimes situations arise when a cardinal change in the nature of movement is necessary, a leap-like and abrupt one. It is not ‘forced’ in the strictest sense of the word, as its motives may be hidden in the depths of the individual’s orlёg. On the contrary, it often happens that it is the continuation of following this flow that is actually forced.
‘Flight’, however, is simply an abrupt change, a cycle of destruction/construction, driven from within the system, and it is not necessarily ‘the victim’s flight.’ Similarly, ‘kidnapping’ refers to transcendence, employing an external source of Power. In this sense, ‘kidnapping’ can pertain to drawing energy from Places of Power and Power Loans. Thus, ‘the kidnapper’ is often not a victim at all.
Moreover, ‘Hunting for Power’ is only possible when movement occurs within the Flow. When stability is lost, the Hunt for Power transforms into a Hunt for Chance. And a caught Chance – abducts the catcher, that is, it transfers them into another flow of movement.
Thank you. The fact that the caught Chance abducts the catcher was very important for my understanding of the whole process and corresponds to the tetragrammatic cycle you wrote about earlier.
The PERCEPTIVE beginning of the HUNTER in an unstable environment fixes the potential EXISTENCE OF CHANCE and thus translates the hunter into a position of searching for this Chance.
The hunter from the ACTIVE BEGINNING begins hunting for CHANCE.
In the next stage – when Chance is found – the HUNTER is abducted by the Chance and finds themselves in PASSIVITY (at the very moment of the transfer into the NEW FLOW).
The conclusion of the transfer into the NEW FLOW of movement allows one to attain stability and enter into NEUTRALITY for some time 🙂
Interesting interpretation.:) For me, it is a Search, a Quest. This immersion in various streams is acquiring an understanding of existence a posteriori. And I am given the will to immerse and exit the stream at will. The key is not to let oneself be overwhelmed in the raging stream and to gain the skill to float.
Very interesting article.
I thought… At 17 years old, women came to me in my dreams, seated me at the table, and said that I should be with them… But they were witches or something.
I said that I would be only with God and only for Him are my services… They got angry and made it so that I began to be sucked somewhere – after that, I started forgetting everything – my name, family, my life.
And I remembered one name – my mother’s – and began to scream in my sleep – Mom wake me up…!
No one heard me, and I spat… everything disappeared.
I felt something sliding down my cheek (it was saliva)…
Was it abduction or escape? from the stream?