First, let me say that I'm honored you've given this much thought to this conversation, and I feel blessed with the privileged to participate and help facilitate this level of engagement among such deeply thinking participants.
Yes, connecting "frame of reference" to "tracks in space" makes a lot of sense to me. This is why I agree with the advice to go deeply into one frame of reference, and then expand. And yes, I think to break new ground you've got to go past where the train tracks end, but, you've got to walk the tracks first. Even just gaining another frame of reference broadens and deepens the first, especially (I think) by meditating on the conflicts and tensions. But, I think very few people actually go beyond the tracks. Even JMG is mostly just bringing forward old ideas and synthesizing! It's hard enough to master one frame of reference.
In terms of legibility, this is why I find JMG's distinction between authenticity and validity so darn helpful.
Coherence: yes, and again why I think it's quite important to master one tradition first, then expand. But this is why it can be very helpful to play around with several possibilities before committing to one for many years: you gotta know what works for you!
As far as the identities of gods, I agree and have had similar experiences.
With the multiple soul/planes thing: I'll probably do a post on this soon and we can really get into it.
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Date: 2021-09-14 03:12 pm (UTC)Yes, connecting "frame of reference" to "tracks in space" makes a lot of sense to me. This is why I agree with the advice to go deeply into one frame of reference, and then expand. And yes, I think to break new ground you've got to go past where the train tracks end, but, you've got to walk the tracks first. Even just gaining another frame of reference broadens and deepens the first, especially (I think) by meditating on the conflicts and tensions. But, I think very few people actually go beyond the tracks. Even JMG is mostly just bringing forward old ideas and synthesizing! It's hard enough to master one frame of reference.
In terms of legibility, this is why I find JMG's distinction between authenticity and validity so darn helpful.
Coherence: yes, and again why I think it's quite important to master one tradition first, then expand. But this is why it can be very helpful to play around with several possibilities before committing to one for many years: you gotta know what works for you!
As far as the identities of gods, I agree and have had similar experiences.
With the multiple soul/planes thing: I'll probably do a post on this soon and we can really get into it.