1) I'm not sure -- you'd have to ask someone who's gotten deeper into the Bardon system than I ever did.
2) I spent a few weeks doing some of the first stage Bardon practices, then spent a few weeks doing Golden Dawn work, and decided I liked the GD work more. It really was as simple as that. I'm not sure if there's anything more complex involved.
3) In my experience, ritual is very good for beginners. It's the scaffolding you put up while you build yourself a strong and focused magical will. Once the building is complete, though, the scaffolding can be taken down. Equally, divination is the scaffolding you put up while you build intuition, and it, too, comes down once the building is complete. At that point, will plus intuition is all you need.
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Date: 2025-04-21 04:43 pm (UTC)2) I spent a few weeks doing some of the first stage Bardon practices, then spent a few weeks doing Golden Dawn work, and decided I liked the GD work more. It really was as simple as that. I'm not sure if there's anything more complex involved.
3) In my experience, ritual is very good for beginners. It's the scaffolding you put up while you build yourself a strong and focused magical will. Once the building is complete, though, the scaffolding can be taken down. Equally, divination is the scaffolding you put up while you build intuition, and it, too, comes down once the building is complete. At that point, will plus intuition is all you need.