Post by thepuck on Nov 19, 2009 4:36:59 GMT -6
Considering some of the recent discussion between Venger, Beast and I on the ontology of the Mythos, I thought I would share this essay I recently read at The Temple of Dagon:
"The "Great Old Ones" of whom H P Lovecraft wrote as those Dead Names to Howl that were encapsulated within his book of shadows of an arcane tome called the Necronomicon, inspired from within his dreams can be equated with the processes and intelligence of the sentient dreaming Universe.
The Shaman of many a culture sees creation as inter-linked and to be connected as one through its many separate parts into one body as a singular organism and that of a self-aware entity in its own right. The Shaman perceived that ones dreams are far more than just the regurgitated meandering of memories for the brain to sift through for they are the very energy and information distilled into symbolic expression from whence ones material experiences are woven from. Ones dreams are not necessarily ones own but are of a collective nature and that of the universe as an organism being ones connection with the underlying energy source of all material forms.
One can consciously access the dreaming reality generally termed as ‘Lucid Dreaming’, which as a state of particular awareness was symbolised in ancient times as that of a ‘High Adept’ of an amphibious being. The symbol applied to the state of aware dreaming was that of a reptilian form such as a Serpent, Frog, Fish or Dragon, which the Shaman aligned them selves with as a symbol to represent the consciously self-aware operator within the dream. Such symbolism one can find the world over from one culture to another, which indicates a very ancient ‘world-wide’ understanding.
One will also find a common motif from culture to culture of those whose perspective is still Shamanic that one does not choose or to learn to be a Shaman one is chosen by the Spirits. When one is chosen one often goes quite mad in the process until one acknowledges ones inherent psychic abilities. The neophyte Shaman often goes through a ravaging sickness. This sickness assails them to the point of destroying the very fabric of their minds and to wreck their physical frame as well as to tear apart their very souls until they let go of the old life to embrace their new life as a Shaman. Many choose not to go down this path since they will forever be set aside to become alone as well as feared and they themselves to feel as outsiders. The Shaman often lives in self-torment while pursued by another form of intelligence ageless, which speaks to them through their dreams rare that many another is blessed not to know.
A Shaman is often set aside from those others around them by their dreams for their dreams are of a certain order of quality via which they can consciously access other realities, which H.P Lovecraft came to know. The neophyte Shaman at the beginning of their vocation will initially have to face their deepest ‘fears’ within the dream to go beyond before accessing other levels of understanding, which Lovecraft was faced with as he struggled forth from his chrysalis stage to take on wing. Ones fears have to be ‘named’ before transforming them into ones familiars to utilise. The Shaman has gone beyond the threshold of the ordinary dreams of regurgitated memories that many know as their fickle dreams, which primarily acts as a psychic filter that stops the majority from accessing the processes of consciousness that makes the dream to become as flesh. Lovecraft reached the level where he came to personally classify and name these subconscious processes but his fear was deep seated like many another when confronted by the unknown, which clothed them darkly with the forms of the Great Old Ones.
Many to indulge too in these fearful forms conjured forth from the abyss of the Lovecraft’s Id to send shivers down the spine as to entertain. While others to utilise and to interweave their dark and foreboding forms with their personal philosophies and esoteric practices which, are often heavily imprinted by a dualistic perspective of a religious nature tugging from one extreme to another that harries them as the hounds of Tandalos. The Grimiores of old utilised the potent emotive state of ones base fears to sift out the wheat from the chaff as well as to use as a way to access alternate states of consciousness to thereby transform ones fears into something other. There are other emotions that drive one, which be three in number besides the one of Fear that are as the four directions of ones Magick Circle. One can utilise these other emotions just as potent if not more so to clothe the Great Old Ones in other forms to conjure if one wills it so. If for a moment one was to look at the Great Old Ones in another way beyond that of a dualistic perspective one might be able to see them as a sentient intelligence of a subconscious reality that dreams the universe into manifestation."
He goes on to cite elements from String Theory and M-Theory, as well as break down various elements of the Mythos. I found it interesting.
Read the rest here: www.templeofdagon.com/mythos-studies/mark-dunn-the-necronomicon-and-the-dreaming-universe/
"The "Great Old Ones" of whom H P Lovecraft wrote as those Dead Names to Howl that were encapsulated within his book of shadows of an arcane tome called the Necronomicon, inspired from within his dreams can be equated with the processes and intelligence of the sentient dreaming Universe.
The Shaman of many a culture sees creation as inter-linked and to be connected as one through its many separate parts into one body as a singular organism and that of a self-aware entity in its own right. The Shaman perceived that ones dreams are far more than just the regurgitated meandering of memories for the brain to sift through for they are the very energy and information distilled into symbolic expression from whence ones material experiences are woven from. Ones dreams are not necessarily ones own but are of a collective nature and that of the universe as an organism being ones connection with the underlying energy source of all material forms.
One can consciously access the dreaming reality generally termed as ‘Lucid Dreaming’, which as a state of particular awareness was symbolised in ancient times as that of a ‘High Adept’ of an amphibious being. The symbol applied to the state of aware dreaming was that of a reptilian form such as a Serpent, Frog, Fish or Dragon, which the Shaman aligned them selves with as a symbol to represent the consciously self-aware operator within the dream. Such symbolism one can find the world over from one culture to another, which indicates a very ancient ‘world-wide’ understanding.
One will also find a common motif from culture to culture of those whose perspective is still Shamanic that one does not choose or to learn to be a Shaman one is chosen by the Spirits. When one is chosen one often goes quite mad in the process until one acknowledges ones inherent psychic abilities. The neophyte Shaman often goes through a ravaging sickness. This sickness assails them to the point of destroying the very fabric of their minds and to wreck their physical frame as well as to tear apart their very souls until they let go of the old life to embrace their new life as a Shaman. Many choose not to go down this path since they will forever be set aside to become alone as well as feared and they themselves to feel as outsiders. The Shaman often lives in self-torment while pursued by another form of intelligence ageless, which speaks to them through their dreams rare that many another is blessed not to know.
A Shaman is often set aside from those others around them by their dreams for their dreams are of a certain order of quality via which they can consciously access other realities, which H.P Lovecraft came to know. The neophyte Shaman at the beginning of their vocation will initially have to face their deepest ‘fears’ within the dream to go beyond before accessing other levels of understanding, which Lovecraft was faced with as he struggled forth from his chrysalis stage to take on wing. Ones fears have to be ‘named’ before transforming them into ones familiars to utilise. The Shaman has gone beyond the threshold of the ordinary dreams of regurgitated memories that many know as their fickle dreams, which primarily acts as a psychic filter that stops the majority from accessing the processes of consciousness that makes the dream to become as flesh. Lovecraft reached the level where he came to personally classify and name these subconscious processes but his fear was deep seated like many another when confronted by the unknown, which clothed them darkly with the forms of the Great Old Ones.
Many to indulge too in these fearful forms conjured forth from the abyss of the Lovecraft’s Id to send shivers down the spine as to entertain. While others to utilise and to interweave their dark and foreboding forms with their personal philosophies and esoteric practices which, are often heavily imprinted by a dualistic perspective of a religious nature tugging from one extreme to another that harries them as the hounds of Tandalos. The Grimiores of old utilised the potent emotive state of ones base fears to sift out the wheat from the chaff as well as to use as a way to access alternate states of consciousness to thereby transform ones fears into something other. There are other emotions that drive one, which be three in number besides the one of Fear that are as the four directions of ones Magick Circle. One can utilise these other emotions just as potent if not more so to clothe the Great Old Ones in other forms to conjure if one wills it so. If for a moment one was to look at the Great Old Ones in another way beyond that of a dualistic perspective one might be able to see them as a sentient intelligence of a subconscious reality that dreams the universe into manifestation."
He goes on to cite elements from String Theory and M-Theory, as well as break down various elements of the Mythos. I found it interesting.
Read the rest here: www.templeofdagon.com/mythos-studies/mark-dunn-the-necronomicon-and-the-dreaming-universe/