Pointing Texts https://pointingtexts.org/series/pointing-texts/ Esoteric Pointing Out Instructions Fri, 20 Nov 2020 03:24:26 +0000 en-US © 2020 Pointing Texts Esoteric Pointing Out Instructions Pointing Texts episodic Esoteric Pointing Out Instructions Pointing Texts cory@immediatism.com false https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1536x1520-2-e1592036740609.png Pointing Texts https://pointingtexts.org/series/pointing-texts/ yes 7a57f9b3-1b60-5358-87e8-671d70c7bfbb https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 15 Buddhist Magic, Spells 3 The Garuda Cycle, by Sam Van Schaik https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/15-buddhist-magic-spells-3-the-garuda-cycle-by-sam-van-schaik/ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 03:34:23 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=228 This series consists of the Intro., final chapter (A Tibetan Book of Spells), and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/buddhistmagic.jpg 15 Buddhist Magic, Spells 3 The Garuda Cycle, by Sam Van Schaik false no 14:53 No no 14 Buddhist Magic, Spells 2 The Bhrkuti Cycle, by Sam Van Schaik https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/14-buddhist-magic-spells-2-the-bhrkuti-cycle/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 18:54:45 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=226 This series consists of the Intro., final chapter (A Tibetan Book of Spells), and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.

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]]> This series consists of the Intro., final chapter (A Tibetan Book of Spells), and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/buddhistmagic.jpg 14 Buddhist Magic, Spells 2 The Bhrkuti Cycle, by Sam Van Schaik false no 16:48 No no 13 Buddhist Magic, Spells 1 Healing Mind & Body, by Sam Van Schaik https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/13-buddhist-magic-spells-1-healing-mind-body-by-sam-van-schaik/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 18:51:51 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=224 This series consists of the Intro., final chapter (A Tibetan Book of Spells), and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.

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]]> This series consists of the Intro., final chapter (A Tibetan Book of Spells), and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/buddhistmagic.jpg 13 Buddhist Magic, Spells 1 Healing Mind & Body, by Sam Van Schaik false no 18:38 No no 12 Buddhist Magic: Divination, Healing, & Enchantment Through the Ages (Intro.), by Sam Van Schaik https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/12-buddhist-magic-divination-healing-enchantment-through-the-ages-intro-by-sam-van-schaik/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:24:17 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=221 This series consists of the Intro., final chapter, and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from a variety of sources including Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.

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]]> This series consists of the Intro., final chapter, and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from a variety of sources including Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/buddhistmagic.jpg 12 Buddhist Magic: Divination, Healing, & Enchantment Through the Ages (Intro.), by Sam Van Schaik false no 35:13 No no 11 Mortification of the Flesh, or, Gymnosophy: Fragments Toward a Mystical Anarchy, by Ausonia Calabrese https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/11-mortification-of-the-flesh-or-gymnosophy-fragments-toward-a-mystical-anarchy-by-ausonia-calabrese/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:04:16 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=209 Full text at TheAnarchistLibrary.org

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/118843427_685630968965578_6042952353062971637_n.gif 11 Mortification of the Flesh, or, Gymnosophy: Fragments Toward a Mystical Anarchy, by Ausonia Calabrese false no 41:12 No no 10 Secret Drugs of Buddhism: Psychedelic Sacraments & the Origins of the Vajrayana, by Mike Crowley https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/10-secret-drugs-of-buddhism-psychedelic-sacraments-the-origins-of-the-vajrayana-by-mike-crowley/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:22:50 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=202 Today's reading is the final chapter of Secret Drugs of Buddhism, 2016. Zig Zag Zen is a book recommended by the author, Mike Crowley, in the text.

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]]> Today's reading is the final chapter of Secret Drugs of Buddhism, 2016. Zig Zag Zen is a book recommended by the author, Mike Crowley, in the text.

Secret drugs of buddhism, 2016, at Amazon

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-6.10.56-AM.png 10 Secret Drugs of Buddhism: Psychedelic Sacraments & the Origins of the Vajrayana, by Mike Crowley false no 24:16 No no 9 The Sacred Mushrooms, by the Spore Liberation Front https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/9-the-sacred-mushrooms-by-the-spore-liberation-front/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 21:43:02 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=166 Today's essay is included in Radical Mycology, a book of identification, cultivation, and uses of wild mushrooms, including psychedelics. I highly recommend you pick up a couple of copies -- one to take hiking! -- and maybe one for a friend. Available from LittleBlackCart.com for about $3.

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]]> Today's essay is included in Radical Mycology, a book of identification, cultivation, and uses of wild mushrooms, including psychedelics. I highly recommend you pick up a couple of copies -- one to take hiking! -- and maybe one for a friend. Available from LittleBlackCart.com for about $3.

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/RadicalMycology.jpg 9 The Sacred Mushrooms, by the Spore Liberation Front false no 13:45 No no 8 The Great Bundle of Precepts: The Source Esoteric Instruction on Severance, the Profound Perfection of Wisdom, by Machik Lapdron https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/8-the-great-bundle-of-precepts-the-source-esoteric-instruction-on-severance-the-profound-perfection-of-wisdom-by-machik-lapdron/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:30:09 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=149 This root text is available in Machik's Complete Explanation, Clarifying the Meaning of Chod, Expanded Edition, Translated and introduced by Sarah Harding, published by Snow Lion.

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The intent of this book, as indicated by its full title, Clarifying the Meaning of Chod, a Complete Explanation of Casting Out the Body as Food, is primarily an explanation and commentary on the Tibetan Buddhist practice called Chod, translated as "cutting" or "severance." Chod is a practice renowned in the popular mind mainly for its graphic visualizations of cutting up one's body to offer to demons in charnel grounds. The present text is a commentary rather than a practice liturgy as such, but it is far more than a mere practice guide. ...Machik Lapdron is said to the be the source of all that is contained in this book, and it is written as if it were recorded from her teachings and storytelling. But it is in fact a compilation gathered from various sources that finally took shape in its current form many hundreds of years later. How much of it is truly the words or even the ideas of the great woman of eleventh-century Tibet is pure conjecture. As with all transmissions of spiritual teachings that trace back to ancient times, we must trust in the integrity of the lineage.

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]]> This root text is available in Machik's Complete Explanation, Clarifying the Meaning of Chod, Expanded Edition, Translated and introduced by Sarah Harding, published by Snow Lion.

From the introduction:

The intent of this book, as indicated by its full title, Clarifying the Meaning of Chod, a Complete Explanation of Casting Out the Body as Food, is primarily an explanation and commentary on the Tibetan Buddhist practice called Chod, translated as "cutting" or "severance." Chod is a practice renowned in the popular mind mainly for its graphic visualizations of cutting up one's body to offer to demons in charnel grounds. The present text is a commentary rather than a practice liturgy as such, but it is far more than a mere practice guide. ...Machik Lapdron is said to the be the source of all that is contained in this book, and it is written as if it were recorded from her teachings and storytelling. But it is in fact a compilation gathered from various sources that finally took shape in its current form many hundreds of years later. How much of it is truly the words or even the ideas of the great woman of eleventh-century Tibet is pure conjecture. As with all transmissions of spiritual teachings that trace back to ancient times, we must trust in the integrity of the lineage.

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-15-at-2.39.07-PM.png 7 Naturally Liberated Mind, the Great Perfection, chapter 3: The Great Spontaneously Accomplished Result false no 00:13:24 No no 6 Naturally Liberated Mind, the Great Perfection, chapter 2: Liberation Through Experience of the Path (the Practice of Meditation), by Longchenpa https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/6-naturally-liberated-mind-the-great-perfection-chapter-2-liberation-through-experience-of-the-path-the-practice-of-meditation/ Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:34:08 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=140 Show notes at PointingTexts.org

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-15-at-2.39.07-PM.png 6 Naturally Liberated Mind, the Great Perfection, chapter 2: Liberation Through Experience of the Path (the Practice of Meditation), by Longchenpa false no 00:28:20 No no 5 Naturally Liberated Mind, the Great Perfection, chapter 1: On the Views of the Basis. From The Practice of Dzogchen: Longchen Rabjam’s Writings on the Great Perfection https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/5-naturally-liberated-mind-the-great-perfection-chapter-1-on-the-views-of-the-basis-from-the-practice-of-dzogchen-longchen-rabjams-writings-on-the-great-perfection/ Tue, 16 Jun 2020 01:25:16 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=134 A complete cycle of dzogchen teaching by Longchenpa. This is Chapter 1, the first of three chapters and episodes. Also go back and see episode 4 for another of Longchenpa's teachings on how to practice dzogchen.

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-15-at-2.39.07-PM.png 5 Naturally Liberated Mind, the Great Perfection, chapter 1: On the Views of the Basis. From The Practice of Dzogchen: Longchen Rabjam’s Writings on the Great Perfection false no 00:29:53 No no 4 The Jewel Ship, from You Are the Eyes of the World, by Longchenpa https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/4-the-jewel-ship-from-you-are-the-eyes-of-the-world-by-longchenpa/ Sun, 14 Jun 2020 23:07:08 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=129 A dzogchen Nyingma root tantra about the state of pure & total presence, the supreme ordering principle in the universe, whose point of view, like space, has no center or periphery.

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/YouAreTheEyes.jpg 4 The Jewel Ship, from You Are the Eyes of the World, by Longchenpa false no 00:28:57 No no 3 The Feature of the Expert, Glorious King, by Dza Patrul https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/3-feature-of-the-expert-glorious-king/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 05:35:02 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=89 A Great Completion (Dzogchen) root text originally given in longer form by Garab Dorje, called "The Three Lines that Strike the Key Points." In its form as The Feature of the Expert, Glorious King, by Dza Patrul [1808-1887], which in book form also contains Dza Patrul's commentary, this teaching is one of the great mnemonic treasures of Dzogchen practice. The PKTC edition by Tony Duff also offers contextual Introduction, Glossary, the original Tibetan text, and Notes For Study, with color image of Guru Rinpoche and his retinue. Published by Padma Karpo Translation Committee.

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]]> https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patrul-Rinpoche.jpeg 3 The Feature of the Expert, Glorious King, by Dza Patrul false no 00:06:55 No no 2 Dharma of the Bodiless Glorious Vajradakini https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/2-dharma-of-the-bodiless-glorious-vajradakini/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 01:24:33 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=88 Root text from The Bodiless Dakini Dharma: The dakini hearing lineage of the Kagyus, the original vajra verses, sadhana, and Padma Karpo's thorough explanation, by Tony Duff, published by Padma Karpo Translation Committee

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]]> full https://pointingtexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Vajradakini.jpg 2 Dharma of the Bodiless Glorious Vajradakini false no 00:11:47 No no 1 Magic & Trance Technology, by Dennis R. Wier https://pointingtexts.org/podcast/1-magic-trance-technology/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 04:52:15 +0000 https://pointingtexts.org/?post_type=podcast&p=87 Describes a new model for trance and practical techniques to analyse and design trances. Introduces my intentions for this podcast series. Welcome!

Reading is from Trance: From magic to technology by Dennis R. Wier, Trans Media, Inc. ISBN 1888428384

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