Traveling the World Studying the Paranormal?
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Jessee122052
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Traveling the World Studying the Paranormal?
So lately people have been telling me a should go to school and start a career in something. I'm 21 and after spending the year trying to figure out what to do with my life I realized I want to travel around the world studying and investigating the occult and paranormal. I know it’s unrealistic but I don't care I want to spend the night in haunted buildings, practise magic, participate in rituals and even investigate Cryptid like big foot or moth man. So has anybody thought about doing this or have done it also is anybody looking for someone to do this with?
Re: Traveling the World Studying the Paranormal?
It's not as uncommon as you think - a lot of people travel to Asia to study spirituality and energetic practices, or to South America or Africa to study Shamanism (and I don't mean the kids who go to get high on Ibogaine or Ayahuasca). There are plenty of books written by people who've done so, The Magus of Java and Nei Kung: Secret Teachings of the Warrior Sages by Kosta Danaos give an account of the 8 years he spent studying under Nei Kung master John Chang, Ten Methods of the Heavenly Dragon by Robert Sheaffer give an account of Sheaffer's search for spiritual and martial arts training in Taiwan, The Valley Spirit by Lindsey Wei is a similar account of a Chinese-American woman who travels to China to study internal development and martial arts.
There are also various older accounts, Perdurabo by Richard Kaczynski contains details on Aleister Crowley's travels to the East, his training in India and his experiences in Egypt and China in the early 20th century, and Louis Jacolliot's works "Occult Science in India and Amongst the Ancients," and "Exoteric Manifestations and Demonstrations Among the Initiates of India as Shown by the Fakirs" contain a similar account of a man traveling through India in the late 19th century and his documentation of the various spiritual and magical phenomenon he encountered during that time (some of which are rather impressive).
There are also various older accounts, Perdurabo by Richard Kaczynski contains details on Aleister Crowley's travels to the East, his training in India and his experiences in Egypt and China in the early 20th century, and Louis Jacolliot's works "Occult Science in India and Amongst the Ancients," and "Exoteric Manifestations and Demonstrations Among the Initiates of India as Shown by the Fakirs" contain a similar account of a man traveling through India in the late 19th century and his documentation of the various spiritual and magical phenomenon he encountered during that time (some of which are rather impressive).
"The path of the Sage is called
'The Path of Illumination'
he who gives himself to this path
is like a block of wood
that gives itself to the chisel-
cut by cut it is honed to perfection"
- DDJ, Verse 27
"It's still magic even if you know how it's done." - Terry Pratchett
'The Path of Illumination'
he who gives himself to this path
is like a block of wood
that gives itself to the chisel-
cut by cut it is honed to perfection"
- DDJ, Verse 27
"It's still magic even if you know how it's done." - Terry Pratchett