QB2 January 10, 2013 Share January 10, 2013 As a child, I read an amusing book on the subject of "practical wizardry" - taking a modern approach to the fictional portrayal of magic users. It was a very interesting read. It also happened to describe, and instruct the reader on the creation of, a wonderland. Its "let your mind create as you go" method struck me as interesting, and I tried it. I don't remember much about the results, though. It was a very long time ago. The next chapter goes on to describe dream recording and generally "working with" your dreams. The chapter after that... drumroll... describes how to create a tulpa who lives in your wonderland. It's an interesting, slightly tongue-in-cheek sort of a book - you can never tell what parts the author believes and what parts he exaggerates for showmanship. He uses "magic" as a backdrop but most of it is in fact a psychological approach. Not much of it is hosted on the internet, but luckily those three chapters are available with no missing pages. I have hosted them on my Dropbox if you'd like a look. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uhett2g2y6g56jz/RZYtYlqQpv#f:01.png All credit to the lovely, amusingly pen-named Cornelius Rumstuckle. Disclaimer: This is a childrens book about bearded guys with pointy hats and staves. My signature is, as always, in effect. Please tulpaforce responsibly. Et cetera. Another disclaimer: It's actually not meta-related at all except in presentation. (ex. It says "the astral plane" but then admits that in this case that's a fancy word for "your imagination") So it probably does belong here. The disclaimer to end all disclaimers: It could probably technically work as a method, if you cherrypicked it and had other resources as well, but it is still way too silly to go in "Guides". The above post does not contain facts. q2's the host, QB's the tulpa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSaint January 10, 2013 Share January 10, 2013 Lesson Twenty? Page 111? Q, don't hold out on us like this. “There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB2 January 10, 2013 Author Share January 10, 2013 Lesson Twenty? Page 111? Q, don't hold out on us like this. As I said, most of it is unavailable online. Nobody's even selling an ebook form. Just the paperback. It'd be short enough to transcribe if I still had a physical copy, but I don't. Here's everything Google Books gives you, though: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65787174/Misc/x/The%20(Incomplete)%20Book%20of%20Wizardry%2C%20by%20Cornelius%20Rumstuckle.pdf The above post does not contain facts. q2's the host, QB's the tulpa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest January 10, 2013 Share January 10, 2013 Haha. This would probably be the best guide in existence if the whole book were available. Describes things in that nice "child's book" way and approaches all that parroting crap nicely, because magic. That's pretty much what I use as an excuse for anything my tuppers do these days, anyway; if something odd happens or I'm suddenly thinking something odd, I'm blaming the wizard that did it. The only arguably "bad" thing about this book is that it's a set universe with set values and a set character, more or less. Still sounds like something nice to do just for fun, though. We should write our own sorts of "books" like these with defined shit in them and post them. Like, uh, some "art scribbles board". Or some subcategory to the guides section. That'd be cool. Would be nice if someone knew of an obscure place to get the book, scan it in, and post it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolimancer January 10, 2013 Share January 10, 2013 This stuff is golden. (Can one really acquire lucid dreaming with just keeping a dream diary? I never got into it simply because i don't like fucking with sleep too much but this method seems pretty nice and clean to me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebat January 10, 2013 Share January 10, 2013 Yes, Lucid dreaming is much MUCH easier when you remember your dreams, if you know your dreams you can know dream patterns, and if you can observe those, In dream Lucidity is easily attained. (Or you can just hard mode and WILD everything) Incidentally perhaps there is a way to acquire this book, either through Amazon or something, Do you have a full title/author? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolimancer January 11, 2013 Share January 11, 2013 Makes sense. Hard mode sounds cool too, i mean, i have had WILDs accidentally some times (peharps an OBE as well?) and i also have recently acquired capacity to meditate myself to sleep, so i guess i could try doing that without the waking up in the middle of the night thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSaint January 11, 2013 Share January 11, 2013 WILD seems a lot easier to me because you don't have to go through the work of keeping a dream diary or getting in the habit of doing reality checks or whatever. That being said, I've been trying it on and off for a couple years and have little to show for it. “There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest January 11, 2013 Share January 11, 2013 WILD tutorial: sleep on a chair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couguhl January 11, 2013 Share January 11, 2013 Inducing sleep paralysis to directly access a hypnagogic state is pretty unreliable in my experiences. I've only became lucid once through that method, and it's pretty difficult to hold through long enough to get past the I'm-dying-dear-god-help-me stage. Tulpa: Sierra Forcing since July 2012 Couguhl’s Progress Report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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