I am taking a class at the EC (experimental College) on campus about the Introduction to Esoterics.
First class starts later today at 7pm...
Chris
WICKED!!! that should be a great class, Chris. i\'ll be very interested to hear what you think of it, esoterically or otherwise. ;)
yes its near to the fact that it has been three years since I took the History of Punk Rock class from the EC, so naturaly I jumped at this coure.
as to what got Me hooked was this....
[Introduction th Esoterics]
{Have you ever known that there is something more to the world then the every day? Esoteric procedures and thinking have been used by some of the greatest minds in our time. In this Class you will be introduced to the basic esoteric principles and skills used throughout history, ancient and modern. We will explore how altered states and esoteric procedures were used to accomplish some of these great feats. this class will establish a basic understanding in the subjects of altered states, visualization, and remote viewing.}
So what I believe is this will help Me in taking on bigger and more indepth projects in the art forms of Music, Pen and Ink Drawings, and My poetry that I slave to and perhaps more as this class is a few months jan20th- mar10th 2006.
I\'ll write more later, about the Teachers Bio and just what the hek I\'ve been doing.
Chris
The Teacher\'s Bio
{ Michael Thuleen is an Initiated Teacher and Ritual Master in the Lineage of King Salomon. Michael is a certifed teacher of the magickal Arts for Ancestral Pathways and has achieved the level of Shaman in the Isterfen Tradition. Michael also holds the title of Master Teacher in the Usui Reiki system and has been Practicing Hypnosis and NLP for several Years.}
More later, My notes without drawings (sadly) and fragments of the excirses I\'ve already learned.
Chris
Notes from Intro to Esoterics Part 1
012006
I\'m early
Feb 3rd No Class
Mar 3rd No Class
Cult Philosophey, Cult type Stuff, Majik Type Stuff.
1 System of Attainment
The Explorer or Student
2 Kabahlah~ Yoga~ Buddism
Mental Phyisical
Tools Loose
diffrent System= turned on to
remove the blocks.
continued...
Excirses, peices of the above____ (pen Dies, missing the rest)
Altered States, Rituals, Astro Travel, Remote Viewing, Energy-getic_____(missing word), control Thoughts, Converse more easier, Majikal Skills.
fist skill Moonbreath
(missing Drawing)
Sunbreath
plug left side nostrel Alternate Nostrel
Picture, air traveling over your brain into your spinel column to awaiting nerves. A cooling sensation should start?
Feel it?
IMPORTANT: Equalize both sides, no more then 10 or 15 on both sides
Excirses # 2 Prana-yana
Incress Energy and Spiritial Devolopment
5 mins a day to 10 mins then longer, if ready.
how to: IN the left Nostrel, after breath in close left nostrel OUT the right nostrel , IN the RIGHT nostrel, OUT the left nostrel.... REPEAT. Hold breath for about a second before the switch, that second Oxgenates the blood, cleans out both things.
Dictonary of Symbols
Author name starts with a C?
End of First class.
012706
I was sort of Late for second time,They\'ve moved the class.
The other Chris is replaced by Tina, we had home work sort of.... last week Altered States this wekk Ritual\'s, Pychic Thoughts, you might see something, as in Gypsy\'s and fortune teller.
If you focus on a Idea and do this day in day out. ( review of Last week)
Ritual
Cermony: Mass Catholic, weddings, Inageration of Pres. Pray to God
Day to Day Ritual\'s, your activity regarding that day the next on and on ect ect ect.
Medicine Men: Heal ritual, looking for something and bam there it is. Homoepathic Medicine, acts like a lense and focuses energy.
Pysical & Mental to get that one goal Subconscience Mind to get it.
Dancing to get the thing, if you do it, it will work.
(drawing missing picture)
Ida Pingula
Shashuma...
Music hits the brain, in all diffrent ways, Mozart, is one, very popular and other too.
((Automatic Responsiveness.))
To get things, you need this energy, if you read and think about it every night. Meditate on this...
Edison & Einstien, would get Idea\'s under the sleep at 3pm, others would think them looney, but this is way they work.
An Engadged Idea Circle. (missing graphic)
-Energy-Attention-Momentim-Action-Findings-
End Part 1
Chris
Intro to Esoterics Part 2
021006
I\'m Late... Teachers Late... room switch agien....agien...
Manifestion: the Project, do a project really good untill everything goes to crap. Universe on a Go, things fit untill a certian Point. The process, focus, and felling in front of focus is intention. Think about it to Manifest, Book to Read Think and Grow Ritch by Neopoleon Poe $8.00 to $1.00... The desire to do something, I want _______, You can believe its True, auto Suggestion, Universal Truth Tell them enough time they\'ll do it.
Experiment -> First write a statement of Intent. I\'m in my Egg. Second Say it out loude 3X a day in front of a mirror. Third Breath in count on 4... Imagin yer glass... being filled with liquid... ARE YOU FILLED? Particaption.... I Failed....... Fourth By Feburary 20th Monday 2006 Someone will come into My Life and pervide a car ride, to and from the Buckethead Concert. Imagination of a ball at yer feet, work it up by relaxing the parts of the body as it goes. failure agien ???
notes: What I see/saw differs from what was Taught, the Teacher hinted at this being diffrent in a standpoint of his alone. I was not privy to the grand skeem of things.... but, I go back to My Yoda example, were You feel the Ship, the Monster in the Pond, the Rock, the Tree and back to Yoda... I failed this so, I now will go running off to save my friends and get my hand cut off in being so foolish for desserting my Training. In conclusion the Teacher and fellow Student said " No".... and that I write this to Myself for my own perposes.
Intro to Eso:101
021706
I\'m early were\'r they at....
Hebrew and Egyptian Mysicisism.
(missing drawing) Symbols
A Doorway to a Concept. A Symbol of a Universe is a speck of the Universal Symbol. (missing drawing1) and ( missing drawing2) 22 letters (symbols) in Hebrew. by understanding all You can master all and become the Master of the Universe.
Runes ( missing graphic, Chris to Runes Trans, not correct spelling or prono.) udos, fao, ther, (( Alfabets)) Hebrew, Greek, Sanskrit, Ena\'hian, Tarot, Coptic, Runes.
(missing picture) Star of David, nothing to do with David, wondering what to do with the Mastery of the force and $.
(Missing ALL Picture Graphics) Di Vinci, Indians, Tree of Life 1, 2 and ?!?.... missing explano...
022406
I am late for Class, hand outs.... Jewish Alephbet, whats you focus on is whats you get! Patience, Unbound, Books Gardens of Pomagranits ( missing Authors name ) , Practical Guide to the Kabahlah, Garry Knight. Tree of Life (missing picture) (( explaining the orbs on tree very forbidden)) 1 Earth 2 Astro Travel 3 Energy of Mind 4 Energy of Emoition 5 Christ Concsiose 6 Strength 7 Mercy 8 Globel Order 9 Wisdom 10 God.... Feel the color of the room, Remember a Happy Time (childhood or now), put it in an Envolope and see what happens, Now what color is the room? The Mastery of the In an Out. Explore who You are.... Tree of Life Levels: from the other page 1 Self, Mastering Melkoo, centered in balance change your way. 2 (missing explano) 3 Other Stuff, meditate on the Jewish Alephbeth. Meditate for 3 days 5 hours and Aleph, Beth, Gimel, Vav, and so on so forth If you You get tired stop Emediatlly.
End Notes, Sorry for the Missing Pictures, Bad Spelling, fragmented note taking, Uncomplete Thoughts, Missing info, Missing Graphics, Long Posts.
My last class is March 10th 2006, I don\'t plan to take notes then.
Chris
Dictionary of Symbols, by J. C. CIRLOT?
OR
Dictionary of Symbols, by Carl G. Liungman?
sounds like you\'re resisting something or he\'s not presenting very well - you sound frustrated and disappointed - i\'m really sorry to hear that.
Nah! just that one week was a real downer... I\'ll spare you the details but the Teacher has been really good to bounce idea\'s off of and get some insight into what was what or the how and the when.
I wrote these posts real late at night so relooking at them I could have done better, now as the class is ending I know what I must do in prep for Artwork and Music, poetry too.
Where It comes from? was one of My biggest questions and I feel He Helped Me answer it, I also gave The Teacher one of My CD\'s... the latest one....
Chris
cool - glad to hear it sounded more of a downer than it was!!
sounds like actually turned out pretty well then. :-* i\'m happy for ya!
Wow... what a cool subject to get credit for... I would just say that even though the class is ending, keep your study of it moving forward. I love the concept, to paraphrase, "you are what you focus on".
I am new here and not a very good guitar player (yet) but my other life acomplishments are pretty cool. I think it worked out that way because I focused on the brighter and less dark ways in this strange world.
When I was in college Carlos Castenada was all the rage. Recently I read Graham Hancock\'s new book "Supernatural". This guy goes some unique places with history and shamanism.
given the limited amount we think we use our brain, it would not surprise me if most of the real creativity was going on in places in there that we had not previously considered.
Bakeka,
No Creidt, this is Experimental College, a whole lot better then the other ones, like my last class (scofph!) three years ago Punk Rock History was, this brings me back to the lovely place, to experiment.
Yes thee other Person in the Class besides the Teacher is a Women, who likes Angels and Carlos Castenada among other things.
in the larger realm my last class :\'( is in 18 hrs later today.
Chris
Sorry to hear it Chris, but if it is something you are really interested in, and you keep your eyes open, you will find it coming into your life in all sorts of cool little places.
I know I would have enjoyed taking the class....
later ....Kelly
My last class was a free for All, I almost brought food and a Ukulele in but I went outside and there was the BIGGEST ANGERYEST rain cloud I have ever seen, so I left getting there to hopefully score some of the Teachers Trance Music and have a chitchat about stuff and things but He had us look at books about Western and Eastern Esoteric Ways of Everything, NO CD, NO FOOD (till I went hunting upstairs) We talked mostly about Roland Phantom ?XR\'s? Synthisizers and piano\'s and then He said some very odd thing about his Musical background that somewhat alarmed me, he would go into Macy\'s and play the Instruments in Macy\'s sorta savantlike, had a guitar when he was a Kid, but Parental Units took it away and gave it to his brother.... Odd I know.
then we traded Business cards and I gave him my Home Address and phone #... And that was it.
Chris
I am thrilled to discover that I have become a parental unit.! DOD
History in the term Parental Unit.
When Chris was Small Chris had two ina Half Parents in Parental Math this adds up to be Ka Ka, but not Poo Poo in the terms we all use today.
Then when Chris got to be older and unajusted with things he had three Parental Units... skipping along............ Now Chris Has Four equaly added Parental Units, everyone is in Balance, Chris, the Units, The World, Space as of now and the Cosmo\'s as Chris percieves them.
Balance=Artistry!
Glad You are a Parental Unit !
Chris
as a member of the Parental Unit society, i am thrilled to know you have happily balanced it out Chris.
DOD - we are ALL thrilled you are a Parental Unit or we would not be here enjoying the marvelous results of the labors of your progeny.
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DOD - we are ALL thrilled you are a Parental Unit or we would not be here enjoying the marvelous results of the labors of your progeny.
Huh? Can you explain this gkg? I am feeling thick.
Quotei am thrilled to know you have happily balanced it out Chris.
We All need Balance and perhaps a history lesson of Chris\'s weird terminology or Phrases not used by the familier tongue.
but someone elses, like pronouncated fun words two of mine are Czechoslovakia and Juxtaposition, they just roll with the tongue an cheeck smack off teeth, just wonder words, a thought do YOU have a word or words of this bizarr non- grouping, grouping.
I should address Dirtface, She (GKG) means Travis and Lindy I believe.
Chris
dear dirtface, no need to feel thick. please, never feel thick just because i\'ve worded something in a way you\'re not familiar with!
Chris said:
QuoteI should address Dirtface, She (GKG) means Travis and Lindy I believe.
and he\'s right. progeny are children, offspring if you will, and we who buy their music greatly enjoy the fruits of Travis\' and Lindy\'s labors. those of us (i at least and perhaps others here) who have been lucky enough to get a glimpse of the writings of the fair Sarah have enjoyed that as well.
i believe we all enjoy greatly DOD\'s wonderful cartoons and i\'m a fan of his inimitable paintings too - of which he is also the progenitor - i lack his freedom of expression there, but i\'m working to find my own. :)
Let me rephrase my uh.. phrase as a question.
DOD is.......? Like I said, I am thick on this issue and am not making the proper connections.
Who,s a thick, old parental eunich ? Dod
oh my, DOD, i\'m laughing way too hard now!! ;D
dirtface - D.O.D = Dear Old Dad = Travis, Lindy and Sarah\'s marvelous father. a.k.a. parental unit and a physical impossibility that he\'s a parental eunich unless he\'s had a tragic encounter of late.
parents who instill joy in life and creation, grace in living and personal depth are parents who are truly gifted and a gift to their children. the Dickerson children are lucky indeed.
It took me this long to figure out who Lindy is/was buts who\'s Sarah, plus I thought D.O.D stood for Dad of Dad.
I stand corrected, Dear Old Dad, sounds way more better.
This has been a fasinating turn from talking about a class to this...
Chris
me ;D
Quoteoh my, DOD, i\'m laughing way too hard now!! ;D
dirtface - D.O.D = Dear Old Dad = Travis, Lindy and Sarah\'s marvelous father. a.k.a. parental unit and a physical impossibility that he\'s a parental eunich unless he\'s had a tragic encounter of late.
HOOT! I thought that was where this was going but I failed to associate the acronym properly! Well. That is simply awesome. Thanks for the info gkg.
DOD I owe you some well earn Kodos. You have obviously raised your children very very well indeed :)
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parents who instill joy in life and creation, grace in living and personal depth are parents who are truly gifted and a gift to their children. the Dickerson children are lucky indeed.
So true. But, as was mentioned above, we too benefit greatly!
Quoteme ;D
OH I SEE!
(puts two and two together)
its hard to pay so close attention to loginnames, that I find My self checking and rechecking my checking, checking, checking.
(makes four)
Chris
In the midst of all this tongue twisting reparte\' lets not forget D.O.M.
QuoteIn the midst of all this tongue twisting reparte\' lets not forget D.O.M.
I wondered about Dear Old Mom
(then there was five)
Does She write in on this thing... Forum to?
Are You(s) Dickerson\'s in any relation to a Deke Dickerson, He was featured on a poster I saw somewheres... a cousin? Chris\'s bad memory? We DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS PERSON for reasons better left unsaid...
just wondering?
Chris
D.O.M. - BRAVA indeed, never forgotten.
Once agien I\'m going to try to take a walop of class\'s over the Summer Session at the EC....
goes as follows after I do a switcheroo at work.
History of Comics
Get Published
Improving Musicianship
Hatha Yoga
More to come with Teachers, Descriptions, Involvement... and More.
Chris
the Get Published class has been canceled :\'(
BOOOO!
Chris
sounds like the fate of much attempted publication... the reject slip. :\'( sorry for you.
Dropped
Hatha Yoga.... :( :-/
Chris
So Chris, how are "History of Comics" and "Improving Musicianship" going?
Hatha yoga is only good if you\'ve got a sympatico instructor, imo. But I was really sorry to hear about the cancellation of the "Get Published" course. I\'d love to take that one myself!
Are these courses weeks or months long? or are they intensive, couple of day things? I only ask because I always find it tough to get up the ambition for more than one learning thing during the summer, unless it\'s very short.
The first Elemental Problem was everything started right on July 4th Weekend.
I have been in contact with the director who\'s leaveing for fall quarter, He\'s in the History of Comics class so it\'ll be hard not to keep in contact.
As for the History of Comics it will revovle around somethings I have yet to truely understand, but I do get to meet some artists in residence and make my own comic book.
as for the Yoga class it was the wrong thing for Me and Me personly, I don\'t like strange People touching Me on the first Intro Day. I like to write it all down, then I try it out..
I made a mistake, I should have dug the Meditation Class or the Getting High without Drugs Class.... I know now how to do this somewhat from the Esoterics Class.
I don\'t know I\'m just (dare I say it) Experimenting.
I am truely glad to go back to school, with this lax atmosphere.
Chris
as promised from other posts
My dwendling batch of Summer session classes.
History of Comics
A hands-on introduction to the art form of comics. Lectures on the history of American comic books and strips will be supplemented by examples of medium\'s evolution. Students will be guided in preparing a two page original comic by terms end. No presumed artistic ability is required.
Dan Urazandi holds a History degree from UC Davis which is on display in his comic book shop, Bizarro World. In over a dozen as a professional and a lifetime as a geek, he has read thousands of comics, sometimes in class, and is proundly amused to offer a class in which doodling and reading comics is the curriculum.
Mon Social Science (the Death Star) #80
6-730pm
Improving Musicianship
Discover how You can play with more vitality and energy and less pain, fatigue and performance anxiaty. Learn how to make Your practice time more effective. Strengthen the connection between your "inner ear" and your instrument. Group and individual exerices will help You connect with your audience and with your own creative impluse. You will learn three important princibles for musicians, the musicians three best friends, why playing in the bathroom is good for You. You will also learn exercises to warm-up and loosen-up before practicing and performing. All abilities and instruments welcome. Musicians who primarily read music as well as those who play by ear will benefit from this workshop.
Bill Trainor is a lifelong musician and is currently a member of "Coyote Contraband." He teaches violin, fiddle, and "children\'s music." Bill was an "artist in residence" with Sacramento City Unified School District during the Winter 2005 semester. He has also performed with the Best of Broadway Inc., Runaway Stage Productions, and Davis Musical Theatre Company. Bill has studied with Mouna Wilson and brings many of her " Singing for Power" principles to the world of instrumental Music.
Sat
july 15th
9am-5pm
Silo
as for My Comic it will be a secret... ;)
and the Instrument of My choice will be the Ukulele.
Chris
Mr. Trainor, made some good points, saying I should write a book of My Way of Writting Tab and otherthings.
I was held till 3pm becuase I was the only student, with a break for lunch.
One thing He (Bill) said was I should stick to one thing (one album) and run with it, I understood this completely what with My Overloading Chris Moss and Huzzi Tac with material when the end was nye.
Mr. Trainor plays violin, not sutch a great combo with the Uke it was good I have more then one :)
Chris
another three classes I have signed up for are Cooking Basics 012007, Great Grains 012707 and Winter Soups 021107 all last from 3 till 7pm.
Fun times !
More Class up\'ma alley an in\'ma neighborhood...
580-1
Course name
Making a Record: Practical Techniques in Audio Production
Course date
4/10 - 5/29
Time
Tuesdays 8:00 - 10:00pm
Class Info
In this course we will record and release an album, live and on the internet. We will form a band in class, record and produce songs, release the record on CD, the internet, and in live performance. We will learn the fundamental theory and hands on experience, necessary to record and produce in- studio and on-location. Students learn techniques and philosophy, allowing them to work with a variety of software and hardware applications (including PC, MAC, Sound Forge, Acid Pro, Reason, Pro Tools, and Portable Mixer / Recorders) with a focus on theory applicable to many devices and situations, rather than to specific proprietary gear or software (we will learn to “work with what we’ve got”, professionally). Topics covered include Acoustics, Signal Path / Routing, Microphone Selection and Placement, Recording, Mixing and Mastering, Computer Manufacture / Setting up a PC for Audio Production, Burning CDs, Creating MP3s, Maintaining a “My Space” Music Account, and Preparing Audio for Live Show Production. * Offering real opportunity for student contribution and self expression! * * Guest Lectures and Field Trips Included *
Instructor Bio
Choying Rangdrol holds a B.A. in Film and Digital Media from UCSC, as well as an A.A. in Audio Production from Sacramento City College. He has produced and released music for five years as The Musical Drum Key, collaborating with local artists to record and perform live, in the Sacramento scene and Burning Man community. More information @ http://www.myspace.com/themusicaldrumkey http://www.myspace.com/choyingrangdrol
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