death posture

First mentioned by Austin Osman Spare in The Book Of Pleasure. While future magicians like Peter Caroll have written about the death posture as if it is a kind of yogic postition. Caroll suggests performing the pose displayed on the Hang Man tarot key until a state of gnosis is reached. Spare seems to speak about the death-posture as more of a idealogical stance or a state of consciousness akin to Samadhi Private or Broken Links
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The death posture seems to be a state where the mind no longer identifies with beingness nor non-beingness.

Spare also connects this posture with what he calls "the new sexuality" which seems to be a sort of sexual union with the self. Very similar to some of the OTO writings about the Holy Guardian AngelHoly Guardian Angel

The primary work of A.’.A.’. is the knowledge and conversation of the HGA
Ritual for invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel
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#todo refs from AO Spare, Frater UD, and Peter Caroll


References

Peter Carroll, Liber NullPeter Carroll, Liber Null

Austin Osman Spare, The Book of PleasureAustin Osman Spare, The Book of Pleasure
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by Austin Osman Spare
pub 1913

This book deals deeply with desire and belief. Spare suggests many practices but his fundamental theories are based around some core ideas:


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