The Unnamed Path

 

 Episode 27 - Cultivating Leadership [00:47:14m]: Play Now | Download (1700)

Episode 27 - Cultivating Leadership

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• There is a marked absence of effective spiritual leadership in our community
• Men-who-love-men need to learn leadership skills in order to move into our place in society as spiritual leaders and assist our brothers in coming together and bettering our communities
• The qualities of leadership are: Love, Integrity, Compassion, Transparency, Humility, and Patience
• Learn ways of cultivating leadership within yourself by asking what Love would do, or asking yourself how you’re helping any given situation
• As Spiritual Leaders we are servants to our people - we are accountable to them - we have no authority over their free will, nor do we lord over them
• Respect is commanded, not demanded - Spiritual leadership is something you cultivate within yourself, and in response, others will request that you move into that position.

 

 Episode 26 - Allying with an Ancestor [00:27:47m]: Play Now | Download (1412)

Episode 26 - Allying with an Ancestor

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• Forming a Spiritual Alliance with an Ancestor of Men-who-love-men is a mutually beneficial arrangement
• The Ancestor becomes your Spirit Guide for the year and assists you with personal issues or a major change in life, in turn they move into the Upperworld and jump ahead in their spiritual evolution
• The Red Meal (Housle) and Treading the Mill are used to contact the spirit and forge the alliance with them
• A Spirit Ally can act as a guardian during Spirit Contact (Tapping the Bone), as a guide for Energy Healing suggestions, as an assistant in accomplishing magical goals or as a guide during Shamanic Journeys
• The Alliance lasts one year and requires maintenance from both you and the Spirit

 

 Episode 25 - The Red Meal [00:28:29m]: Play Now | Download (1284)

Episode 25 - The Red Meal

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• The Red Meal is a ritualized sharing of bread and wine with Ancestors, Gods or Spirits of the land
• Breaking of bread symbolizes the rending of flesh, and moistening the bread with wine represents the blood issuing forth from the flesh, consumption of the the results in an exchange of spiritual essences with the God or Ancestors with whom the meal is shared
• The Red Meal can be performed after Treading the Mill, after Tapping the Bone, or simply as an act of gratitude, or as a spiritual contract with another entity

 

 Episode 24 - Treading the Mill [00:32:12m]: Play Now | Download (1420)

Episode 24 - Treading the Mill

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• Treading the Mill is a group magical process that builds energy, creates vortexes or portals to travel through the worlds
• Mills are traditionally tread in a counter-clockwise (widdershins) direction in concert with the energy of the earth, or the Underworld
• You can Tread the Mill clockwise (deosil) jeh-sul in order to work with solar/Upperworld energy as well
• Mills that are tread in places of power are more intense energetic experiences, but they can be centered anywhere
• Treading the Mill using a tool as the central axis of movement brings focus to the working and evokes the power of that tool in the magic
• You can Tread the Mill to travel to the Underworld or Upperworld if shamanic journey work or meditation are not as productive for you

 

 Episode 23 - Spirit Guides and Totem Animals [00:40:05m]: Play Now | Download (1322)

Episode 23 - Spirit Guides and Totem Animals

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• Spirit Guides choose us, and their success is intimately tied to our own
• Spirit Guides are ascended master - formerly Mighty Dead - who have elected to take a position to assist humans in achieving our fate
• Spirit Guides are best contacted through shamanic journeys or meditation - practices that quiet the mind
• Spirit Guides choose you because they faced similar issues in their human existences
• Totem Animals are spiritual forces that help you integrate qualities into your life to deal with issues
• Dancing your Totem Animal is a great way to cement a relationship with them and show them gratitude for their help
• Some Totem Animals are life-long companions, others are transitional for specific periods of your life
• In addition to Totem Animals there are Plant Totems, and even Rock or Mineral Totems - all seeking to assist you in raising your vibrations and perceptions so that you can eventually work with Spirit Guides

 

 Episode 22 - Magical Tools [00:35:13m]: Play Now | Download (1271)

Episode 22 - Magical Tools

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• Magical tools assist you in directing energy, have symbolic meaning in ritual and are used to establish relationships with other forces
• Ultimately, magical tools can be of any type as long as it feels powerful for you, and spiritually calls to you
• The Staff (or wand) is used to push or direct energy and as a tool of authority
• The Cauldron is a symbol for the Dark Goddess’ Cauldron and is used in rituals based on the life/death/rebirth mysteries
• The Skull is used as a portal to communicate with the Ancestors and is a symbol of the Dark God
• The Hearthstone is used in magical groups (only) as a symbol of the heart of their magical tribe
• The Working Space is not an altar, per se, but is a desk or surface upon which you can craft magic and store your tools
• Consecration essentially involves: cleaning something, dressing something, energetically charging it, and marking it as your own

 

 Episode 21 - Sacred Sexuality [00:33:21m]: Play Now | Download (1473)

Episode 21 - Sacred Sexuality

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• The Sacred Sexual union with the priesthood is called the Hieros Gamos (sacred marriage), and can be enacted with any two polar opposite spiritual forces, not just male/female
• We have a heritage as men-who-love-men, of being sacred sexual priests in ancient temples, providing this service as a spiritual communion with the divine for the participants
• Sacred Sexuality requires an open heart, understanding of how to move energy, seeing the God within you and your partner, emotional connectedness with your partner, and self-love
• When two men make love, their sexual union unleashes healing energy for themselves and for their society
• Learn the step-by-step process to have sacred sex

 

 Episode 20 - Energy Healing [00:43:14m]: Play Now | Download (1419)

Episode 20 - Energy Healing

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• The healing system of the Unnamed Path is fueled by Universal Life Force, channeled through our unique capacity to love and directed by the Ancestors of Men-who-love-men
• The recipient’s body knows how to use the energy to reestablish balance and harmony on physical, spiritual, mental and emotional levels
• The healing energy is channeled through the practitioner, not from the practitioner, and requires an open heart in order to flow
• Learn a few basic techniques for tuning into someone before beginning a session, as well as working in groups of three
• Learn some of the history of how this technique was revealed

 

 Episode 19 - Fragmented Masculinity [00:37:41m]: Play Now | Download (1483)

Episode 19 - Fragmented Masculinity

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• As gay men we often develop a fragmented sense of what it means to be a man due to societal rejection, parental upbringing or behavior ideals that we are raised with
• A fragmented sense of masculinity can either be expressed through an adoption of feminine traits, behaviors and ideals as a surrogate to the masculine ideals we can’t meet, or a hypermasculinity expressed through obession about physique, highly competitive tendencies, vanity, aggression, etc.
• An in-depth inventory of the values you were raised with and a consequential acceptance or rejection of those values can help you begin the healing of a fragmented sense of masculinity
• Learn a few more techniques for healing fragmented masculinity
• Ultimately healing lies in an acceptance of your own divinity, your personal masculine beauty, a love for your body, modes of expression, interests, values and traits, and a healing of your self-image issues

 

 Episode 18 - Making Magic Happen [00:33:12m]: Play Now | Download (1314)

Episode 18 - Making Magic Happen

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• Motivation is one of three things needed in order to be a powerful magical person (Energy, relationship, motivation)
• Motivation is a combination of intent and desire
• Motivation is what fuels your magic into being
• Exercise 1: Preparing for magical work
• Exercise 2: Making magic happen