Atman. Main Department: Gods and Forces
Course 7. Gods and Forces. This stage is devoted to the profound study of myths and legends, the technology of immersing consciousness into various pantheons and religions, and journeys through other worlds.
All currents of forces studied in Course 6 are represented in their full spectrum within the diverse divine pantheons and world religions.
Here on Gaia, their multiplicity exists because this planet serves as a kind of testing ground, where religions refine their own algorithms of separating the One and reassembling it into wholeness (see the current of Creativity/Creation).
Among pantheons, the principle of natural selection is at work — a principle also reflected in the projected world of humanity. Victory belongs to the one that endures the longest in the dynamic interplay of Light and Darkness.
Yet every pantheon and every religion, having developed its own unique algorithm, does not disappear from the field of existence. It continues to function, refining and perfecting its achievements. Even so-called “dead” religions preserve an inexhaustible body of knowledge — knowledge that a mage needs above all else (not to be confused with the current of Knowledge as a principle of division).
Through deep study of myths and legends, through the practice of immersing consciousness into various pantheons and religions, and through journeys into other worlds — where these pantheons are often more vividly present than in the modern human world — the mage gains access to knowledge aligned with their force, whether the force of Light or the force of Darkness. Both aspects are present in every religion.
A mage who understands how to seek their force correctly gains the ability to gather from the world the maximum volume of information necessary to cultivate mastery within their own tradition.
This course is extensive, as the number of pantheons — ancient and modern — is vast, and within each reside both force and knowledge.
This course resonates with the “General Theory of Magic”. However, whereas that course is purely theoretical, here the focus is exclusively on practice, as by this stage the theoretical foundation must already be mastered.