So I want to avoid the death of my consciousness and the loss of memories, in order to continue enjoying magick, and to stay in contact with a spirit I’ve met – forever ![]()
What avenues are available?
Reincarnation with memories doesn’t seem to happen very often
and thus doesn’t sound like a good plan. Yes, we can do past life regressions, but who knows if I get that idea in the next life? This approach strikes me as unreliable ![]()
Physical immortality would solve the problem, but seems out of reach for my (and seemingly most everyone’s?) magickal abilities
.
Astral immortality (N.D. Blackwood: “Its objective is neither more, nor less, than obtaining the Immortality of transhuman consciousness.”) seems like the way forward
. I’ve read Draugadrottinn and like its methods to achieving astral travel
, but it seems like the “final step” there includes making pacts with pre-existing vampiric entities, which doesn’t sound alluring to me. I’d like to do this via my own magick
. “Self-Initiation Without A Master” (in the Deification Spellbook linked above) sounds exactly like what I’m looking for… Any experiences with the book? Can you recommend it?
Also, I’ve just found this, which is a very similar question and a pretty good answer – basically master astral travel and then cut the link to your physical body upon death. I would however like to know more.
Another thing that’s very relevant to this is – what happens naturally after death? For example, C. Kendall writes
"We are the only beings that have a body in all realms, and exist in all planes simultaneously.
You’re thoughts and perception and belief may create a certain vibration within you before death.Carrying you to the afterlife you believe in."
and I’ve also read other occultists stating that we get into some kind of afterlife-world where we can meet other spirits etc… If this is the case, then I have no need for the astral immortality, as I don’t care about being close to earth. I just care about being able to do magick and keeping in contact with a specific spirit. However, is this really true? If so, why does anyone incarnate? I mean, imagine being a spirit in some spirit world – no disease, no ageing, no death of loved ones
. Then you look at earth, see billions of people in poverty, malnutrition, pain… and then you decide that that’s where you want to go? ![]()
So, my question is basically: Do we only loose our memories on re-incarnation, which is a choice and can simply be avoided by staying in some afterlife-world? Or is it not so easy and we need astral immortality to remain ourselves?
This was quite a rambling post, so I guess all opinions on these topics are welcome, even disregarding my specific questions ![]()