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I forget the name, I think it's the 'Chod Ritual' but it's a ritual from Tibetan Buddhism inspired by the local shamanic culture on the Himalayan steppes. The supernatural monsters are 'Tulpas'; most strands of Buddhism reject the idea of the objective reality of demons etc. (like Chaos Magick) and instead see them as either metaphors (such as the Demon-King Mara in the story of the Buddha's awakening) or a controlled hallucination.
The purpose is basically the same as the Western concept of 'Crossing the Abyss' or iniation by crisis: you go through the worst shit imaginable and come out of it on the other side 'above' the rest of us plebs. The Buddhist basically has a COMPLETE seperation of mind and body (while still being in the real world of course) as opposed to recieving brief flashes of transcendence like most people get during meditation, sex, drugs or whatever.
As to going about it, sorry but there's no set formula, and it's bound to be a lot harder than wanking over a doodle to get your fingers into some glassy-eyed blonde at the disco. It requires decades of training, very likely in Tibet, and probably also the Bodishattva vow (a commitment to endure continual rebirth in order to hasten humanity's enlightenment).
There are only two ways to get some sort of partial seperation of mind/body:
1) A disciplined and vigourous programme of meditation. Most Buddhists, and myself, try to do about an hour a day, once in the morning and once at night.
2) Lose a fight. If the glassy-eyed blonde at the disco has a boyfriend then he may be willing to help. Consider this as Demonic Evisceration Lite. This is probably also a very effective way of charging a sigil (have it drawn on your chest while getting seven shades beaten out of you) or banishing parts of your personality you're uncomfortable with (embody your Anger/Jealousy/Repressed Homosexuality into a thought-form, have it 'posses' you then get it beaten out of you.) Obviously beware of the physical and legal consequences.
I've also had (involutary) experiences like this while high and I definately don't recommend it to anyone.
And as for the ritual being everywhere: Yup. Almost every shamanic culture and a lot of mainstream religions have a variant on the theme of the Chod ritual, though most also incorporate the addition of an extra part to the initiate's body, like a third eye. South-American Shamans use DMT, Christians speak in tongues, secular types do it unconciously in 'Alien Abductions' (which often involve implantations in the abductee's chakras). |
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