Light[Ning]Illuminates posted this interesting comparison between Chod and certain experiences members of the thiasos of the Starry Bull have recounted. Included was this helpful warning:
The way to mitigate that danger is to ensure that the practice is done only with the energies from the lineage- those energies make the proper protections and distinctions to protect your real body from harm, and to ensure that the demons summoned can be tamed.
For instance, the founder of a tradition may have made bargains with certain insane and amoral spirits to ensure that nothing averse would befall those who approach and work with said spirits within that tradition.
Bargains that wouldn’t necessarily carry over to those who decided to start up their own rival group.
Because said founder always chooses his words very, very carefully.
Tagged: magic, spirits, thiasos of the starry bull
