Path: typhoon.sonic.net!feed.news.sonic.net!HSNX.atgi.net!logbridge.uoregon.edu!panix!panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: glass@panix.com (Robert Scott Martin) Newsgroups: alt.magick Subject: Re: Dion Fortune Date: 28 Oct 2002 21:51:41 -0500 Organization: The Good, The Wise Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1035859902 25061 166.84.1.2 (29 Oct 2002 02:51:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 02:51:42 +0000 (UTC) Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick:322704 In article , Satyr wrote: [...] > The sea, too, is an elemental force that is best avoided, for > water is an element intimately associated with psychism. Large > bodies of water and high mountains should be avoided in > choosing a health resort for a person suffering from psychic > trouble." >Her advice to avoid the sea makes sense to me, but why high mountains >as well? I was asked this question, recently, and don't have an >answer. Any ideas? The high places are picturesque, and as such can encourage a wide range of impressions ranging from reverie to vertigo among those already predisposed to "psychic trouble." An oversensitive personality must be guarded against the urge to step over the brink (out of one motivation or another). The high places are also naked to environmental influences, including bright sunlight, alpine cold and a relatively thin atmosphere. Those unaccustomed to the climate tire easily, burn quickly and feel lightheaded or euphoric. Any of these influences (or in combination) can wreak havoc in an already overextended personality "under attack." That said, there are conditions that benefit from mountain air, just as there are conditions that benefit from the sea or the desert. Path: typhoon.sonic.net!feed.news.sonic.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!panix3.panix.com!not-for-mail From: glass@panix.com (Robert Scott Martin) Newsgroups: alt.magick Subject: Re: Dion Fortune Date: 30 Oct 2002 07:08:31 -0500 Organization: Mile High Club Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1035979712 4567 166.84.1.3 (30 Oct 2002 12:08:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:08:32 +0000 (UTC) Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick:322859 In article , Satyr wrote: [vertigo and the "psychically vulnerable"] >I can see that. "Giddy" is a good description of how I've felt at high >altitudes, not necessarily from the thin atmosphere, but from the >emotional impact of the environment itself. It does seem to be a problem. Whether we frame it in terms of elemental influence, electromagnetism, psychology or physiology, there's something about the view that affects the "sensitive." Even Jesus felt the urge to throw himself off. >That is what I find a bit confusing about her remarks in general. I >find a rural setting to be restorative, and the sea and mountains in >particular have a "grounding" effect on my own constitution. Perhaps "the 'good' seek the mountains, the 'wise' seek the sea." Interesting topic. Gets at the under-respected bowels of modern occultism. Thanks for the good words.