Dark Alchemy Is Power

[Akhkharu]

Regardless of your spiritual ambitions, one thing is certain: inner work will always be paramount, and it is its result that will grant you the true respect of the forces with which you choose to work.

The attraction to power is inherent to those who feel called by Transgressive Spirituality. The ability to shape one’s own reality — and even that of others — according to one’s will, whether for good or ill, seduces any aspirant to the Black Path. After all, who would not wish to bring blessings upon themselves and those they love, while casting curses upon those who dare obstruct their way.

I pass no judgment on this. Power must be conquered and wielded by the capable. Yet understand this: it is as fleeting as our journey on this side of the cosmos.
Many adepts spend their lives strengthening their magical abilities while inner alchemy is neglected. Vices, traumas, complexes, and shadows — all that should be faced and transmuted — are postponed. Thus, the wanderer is lost in an illusory sense of superiority, while the deification longed for by the spirit is left behind.

Consider the Wrathful Dragons of the Sitra Ahra. Do you believe that because Lilith works with the currents of dark sexuality she is dominated or held captive by that force? Quite the contrary. A Queen knows the throne she occupies and remains there because she understands the weight of the crown. She commands, governs, and subjugates these energies, extracting sovereign power from them.

In the same manner, the black magician must reflect this within himself. His pursuit must not be limited to external dominion, but directed toward inner alchemy — the complete refinement of his worldly weaknesses.

Seek to transcend this cosmos.
Seek to transcend yourself.
Declare war upon your mediocrity and upon all that stagnates you.

Only then — once you have crossed your own shadows — will you be regarded with favor by those who long ago transcended the frailty of flesh and ascended to the Spiritual Thrones beyond this world.

Glory to those who came before — immortal exemplars to those who have walked and shall yet walk the Sinister Path.
Hail Samael and Lilith, who through their dark incursion into this side awakened us to the paths of rebellion.
Hail Qayin, First Slayer of the Ego, Eternal Sorcerer-Father, whose nature ascended to the Thrones of the Dragons.
Praised be Tiamat, Kingu, and Absu, whose chaotic essence pulses in the spiritual blood of those who refuse submission to imposed order.

Remember always the Forces of Darkness, for they are truly the Mistresses and Masters of our Ascension.

XI/XIII

 

[freakstarsh]

I have almost the same view, except for the part about transcending.

 

[Akhkharu]

Some people view dark alchemy as a symbol of hidden knowledge, transformation, or personal power. However, its meaning depends on whether it is discussed as mythology, spirituality, or fiction.

I deeply believe that self-knowledge is our best tool. Many blessings can be gained through this inner acquisition.

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Some people view dark alchemy as a symbol of hidden knowledge, transformation, or personal power. However, its meaning depends on whether it is discussed as mythology, spirituality, or fiction.

Of course, not everyone sees things that way. Some seem to merely dabble in spirituality, without taking it very seriously.

 

[nunaphael]

Lately my fork in the road has been how to go about disseminating the knowledge that I have. I certainly don't think it would be appropriate to tell anyone that comes along and asks, I mean, if for the very practical reason that nobody appreciates a narc. On the other hand, I don't think it's right to keep it all strictly to myself and tell no one. So, that leaves the choice that was obvious from the start, which is, to only tell a select few and otherwise keep it secret.

The reason I take this so very seriously is because, from my own experiences with all of this, sympathetic magic essentially operates under the formula of equivalent exchange, which is to say, if I want to have a good fate, I cannot just conjure one out of nothingness for myself, there is a sense in which, fate itself is a kind of commodity that is partitioned up a certain way already, and if I want to make any adjustment whatsoever to the structure of reality, it comes at the "expense" of displacing some other aspect of it that is "destroyed" so that I can "create" something I want for myself or for someone or for whatever. What I am hinting at here, is that there is a kind of zero-sum game to this whole thing, which is the big elephant in the room that nobody really wants to discuss because it is very controversial by nature.

However, I do think some people have, in my humble opinion, "earned" the right to be told of ways they can "cheat" in the game of life, and how they can transfer or manipulate fate itself in order to come out ahead, but how this always comes at the expense of someone else, and unless you specify who that poor soul is to be, it could be someone you actually care deeply about, so it is, grim as it may sound, actually in the best interest of everyone involved that you find someone "deserving" of the bad fortune you wish to remove from your own life or from the life of someone else, and deliberately displace it into that person's life, so that your hacking away at the tapestry of fate is at least slightly more surgical and less... barbaric.

I don't know, what are your thoughts about sharing your insights with others? Do you share freely or are you cautious?

 

[Akhkharu]

Lately my fork in the road has been how to go about disseminating the knowledge that I have. I certainly don't think it would be appropriate to tell anyone that comes along and asks, I mean, if for the very practical reason that nobody appreciates a narc. On the other hand, I don't think it's right to keep it all strictly to myself and tell no one. So, that leaves the choice that was obvious from the start, which is, to only tell a select few and otherwise keep it secret.

The reason I take this so very seriously is because, from my own experiences with all of this, sympathetic magic essentially operates under the formula of equivalent exchange, which is to say, if I want to have a good fate, I cannot just conjure one out of nothingness for myself, there is a sense in which, fate itself is a kind of commodity that is partitioned up a certain way already, and if I want to make any adjustment whatsoever to the structure of reality, it comes at the "expense" of displacing some other aspect of it that is "destroyed" so that I can "create" something I want for myself or for someone or for whatever. What I am hinting at here, is that there is a kind of zero-sum game to this whole thing, which is the big elephant in the room that nobody really wants to discuss because it is very controversial by nature.

However, I do think some people have, in my humble opinion, "earned" the right to be told of ways they can "cheat" in the game of life, and how they can transfer or manipulate fate itself in order to come out ahead, but how this always comes at the expense of someone else, and unless you specify who that poor soul is to be, it could be someone you actually care deeply about, so it is, grim as it may sound, actually in the best interest of everyone involved that you find someone "deserving" of the bad fortune you wish to remove from your own life or from the life of someone else, and deliberately displace it into that person's life, so that your hacking away at the tapestry of fate is at least slightly more surgical and less... barbaric.

I don't know, what are your thoughts about sharing your insights with others? Do you share freely or are you cautious?

There is nothing wrong with sharing our worldview with others—but one must understand one's own "position of speech" in any given context. Obviously, I would not share such things with the uninitiated or the profane.

Spiritual achievements gained through your own efforts should be kept to yourself or, at most, shared with a select group—preferably long-time friends who walk the same Path.

Indeed, speech is silver, but silence is golden. There are things that only you and your guides should know.

 

[Beyond Everything]

Remember always the Forces of Darkness, for they are truly the Mistresses and Masters of our Ascension.

XI/XIII

There are no 'masters of our ascension'. Ascension is a self-induced, self-accomplished process of transformation. Giving praise to egregores and other entities that never experienced the transmutation of flesh is completely misguided.

 

[Akhkharu]

There are no 'masters of our ascension'. Ascension is a self-induced, self-accomplished process of transformation. Giving praise to egregores and other entities that never experienced the transmutation of flesh is completely misguided.

That’s your opinion, and that’s fine.