(06-06-2017, 07:03 AM)MangusKhan Wrote: Edit: So I just realised you were looking for an AUTObiographical account. I feel that such a thing would be hard to come by.
Did you ever read up on Grigori Rasputin?
He was the other STS mentioned along with Genghis Khan in the Ra Material. The fact that he lived only 150 years ago means his life is pretty well documented. What strikes me about Rasputin is that he chose the life of an orthodox priest, and without knowing the inner machinations of his mind, you could not pinpoint him as an STS entity. Compared to Genghis, he seems like a saint. People knew him as a holy man and he was known to have genuinely helped people with their spirituality. He was not violent, and all his STS behaviour was quite subtle, minus the indulgence in sex and alcohol, which he was able to convince people was necessary in order to truly repent. Whereas Genghis would have women brought to him as slaves after slaughtering their husbands, Rasputin would simply convince them that submitting themselves to him would allow them to get closer to god. He was quite widely detested though for his shameless lifestyle and for the way he manipulated his way into having political power. Eventually, he was killed when members of Russian aristocracy and parliament decided his antics could no longer be tolerated.
What I take from the account is that polarity is almost all about intention, and the STS path can be trodden in many ways.
Does anyone else find this face unsettling?
I would also recommend Grigori Rasputin. He's clearly a polarized negative, he did what it takes. And yes I agree, Rasputin has a magnetic gaze. His eyes draw you in. Whereas with a polarized positive entity, the eyes glow and sparkle and radiate. The eyes are the windows of the soul, also related to fourth chakra.
Some of the biographies on Rasputin try to stick to only historical fact though. I had one book where the author stated he wanted to remove the legends about Rasputin, and I think that's a shame because Rasputin was magical. A lay person wouldn't be able to explain workings from the sixth chakra, or magick. So they ignore it as fantasy, but his adepthood was certainly a factor in his work in polarization.
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