[Opinion] The Headless Way

[Magpie]

Out of an excellent discussion with @deci belle on another thread, about anima, came a discovery of a very simple set of exercises - Headless Way by Douglass Harding. Check out their website.

The exercises consist of pointing your finger at things and at yourself. This is surpassingly effective at evoking the feeling of nothingness, anatta. How is it related with the other thread? As @deci belle said, anima is the turning around, and the headless way, as far as I understand it, is all about cultivating the awareness of nothingness, which allows for that turning around. I strongly recommend that anyone interested in spiritual development, be it alchemy, Buddhism, or generally speaking "high magick" check it out.

 

[deci belle]

Does mr Harding make reference to the first gua of the I Ching in his book, Magpie? (pretty little birdie avatar❤︎)

That's the only place I've heard reference to that term. When the six lines of the hexagram Heaven are all changing lines, resulting in Earth, it is said to be headless; a reversal of auspicious potential.

 

[Magpie]

I have not read Harding's books, so can't say. I just did some of the exercises on the website. Whoever created content for the website likes to make references to lots of people and traditions. The quote section is bursting.