Theos-Talk Archives (May 2003 Message tt00150)

Mauri wrote:
> Yes, but you couldn't find an alternate route because 
> you followed the rules of the planners, or, in other 
> words, bcause you were too exoteric, falling for the 
> usual karmic influences, instead of being more 
> creative, speculative, or "esoteric," in a sense, if you 
> like. 
If I had, it would have been sort of like taking drugs to find 
enlightenment. I might get away with it once or twice, but I was looking 
for a permanent solution, and if I used that route regularly, I would 
have almost certainly eventually got busted, and, if I continued, would 
lose my license, and, if I still continued, gone to jail.

I have heard black magic defined as "magic designed to protect you from 
your own karma", and, if you do this long enough, karma hits you hard 
enough to destroy you. Sort of like climbing a mountain; you can take a 
short-cut straight up the side, but run a high risk of falling down to 
the bottom again.

Bart