01-23-2012, 01:29 AM
I read each one as they came out. When I knew that one was due soon, I would re-read the previous material. (This was my same behavior with the Harry Potter books after 1, 2 and 3.) Before Book V came out, I had put the first four into a box for moving, and they stayed there. When Five came, I just read it immediately.
Years passed and I read them all again, seeing new material "for the first time." Years passed again, and I discovered this online community after Carla said they were "getting big online." Oh boy, was she right!
Now I have a friend with impaired vision renting a room, and started reading a session or two a couple times a week. If we go too long after a sesion, he starts hinting that "we need some more Ra." Sometimes he needs clarification and I tell him what I think Ra meant. He usually accepts that, but sometimes we argue a bit and really get into a concept. We both learn from that.
Reading aloud is good for me, too, because I try to place the emphasis in the right place, and it makes me get to the essence of each sentence.
We're getting toward the end of Book III. I told him that Book IV has archetypes with Tarot card images. He said that probably will work okay because he was into Tarot and remembers the images. We'll see.
Now I have to catch up with you smart adepts and read the Handbook and Brown Notebook.
Years passed and I read them all again, seeing new material "for the first time." Years passed again, and I discovered this online community after Carla said they were "getting big online." Oh boy, was she right!
Now I have a friend with impaired vision renting a room, and started reading a session or two a couple times a week. If we go too long after a sesion, he starts hinting that "we need some more Ra." Sometimes he needs clarification and I tell him what I think Ra meant. He usually accepts that, but sometimes we argue a bit and really get into a concept. We both learn from that.
Reading aloud is good for me, too, because I try to place the emphasis in the right place, and it makes me get to the essence of each sentence.
We're getting toward the end of Book III. I told him that Book IV has archetypes with Tarot card images. He said that probably will work okay because he was into Tarot and remembers the images. We'll see.
Now I have to catch up with you smart adepts and read the Handbook and Brown Notebook.