Franz Bardon

(Excerpts from the book Gates of Initiation)

 

Stage I

Learn the magic of the soul (I)

 

Introspection and self-

You may at any time, should be guided well his "apartment", by which means our body and our soul. So the first task is to recognize himself. This condition poses any human system of initiation, no matter what kind it was. Without self-knowledge there is no true recovery.

In the early days of learning of the soul have to do introspection and self-knowledge. Take your diary and enter there all the bad side of your soul. This blog is intended for personal use, not to show it to anyone. For you, this book is a kind of control. When your self-control errors, habits, passions, desires, and other ugly character traits you have to deal with a very tough and severe.

Be steadfast to her and did not embellish their mistakes and shortcomings. Meditate and think about yourself, put yourself in different positions of your past, how you behaved in a certain place and it was then, which showed what the shortcomings and made mistakes in this situation. Make a note all of your weaknesses up to the most subtle nuances and variations. The more you open this, the better. Nothing to hide, exposing all need, whether it's blunders and weaknesses and minor flaws. Gifted students unable to open hundreds of errors in the most subtle of nuances. These students have a good ability to meditation and deep penetration into his own soul. Completely clean your soul, swept all the dirt out of it.

This self-awareness is one of the most important pre-occupation of magic. Many occult systems neglect this exercise and therefore achieve only minor success. This preliminary work is essential for the souls of the magic equilibrium, which is unthinkable without the rise of a planned development.

A few minutes a day should be given to self-criticism. When you drop out during the day a few minutes to spare, use them for intensive deliberation of whether you have any hidden bugs, immediately put them to paper so that none of them has been forgotten. Always, as soon as you remember the error, do not hesitate, immediately write down.

If you do not succeed within a week to find all your weaknesses, dedicate this research next week, until the so-called "register your mistakes" will not be made in full.

(To be continued).