What do you think of someone who has been stuck with IIH step2 for 20 years?

[Xere]

There is someone who read Initiation into Hermetics 20 years ago.

At first, he wanted to be a rich and superior to anyone like others.
However he did not do it properly and was lazy, falling into the delusion that he was practicing, and was consumed by the arrogance that he possessed hidden magical knowledge superior to others.

Sometimes he passed step1 luckily but always failed to achieve elemental equilibrium and returned to step1
This is because he firmly believed that there was no way he could change himself with such a simple autosuggestion and impregnation, as the life he had lived had been a continuous series of frustration and suffering.
Autosuggestion and impregnation he practiced with such belief had no effect and only reinforced his negative experiences.

And so, time flew meaninglessly.
Someday as he matures, he realized that he just wanted to be a free and better person
He wished he has the belief that he can change himself and wanted to make it happen.
However, no results have been achieved so far.

Has he only been wasting his time so far?
Was it a mistake to fall into magick?
Will he end his life repeating same mistakes just as he does now?

I'd like to hear your thoughts.

 

[Robert Ramsay]

20 years? Maybe some people just aren't meant for magic.

 

[Accipeveldare]

Late bloomer, he will get there. Or maybe he should try a new system?

 

[Robert Ramsay]

Late bloomer, he will get there. Or maybe he should try a new system?

Yes! He should try Chaos Magic!

 

[FireBorn]

Is his life better or worse than when he started as a result? That is the answer. Everything else is just a neat narrative.

 

[jzatopa]

You're doing it wrong, it takes a few weeks, a few months and a year at worst. The person didn't select the right physical practice. If they want to shift this they will have to do Kundalini yoga and Qi Gong alternating each day. Then do the exercise from Bardon. Give it a year of daily practice and you will fly by. Step 3 will then be easier as well.

 

[Beyond Everything]

I would think that person is acutely lacking in the intuition and discernment necessary to real esoteric advancement.

Bardon was very overweight, in awful health, a heavy smoker, and (twice) unable to foresee he should have emigrated. Why you would want to model yourself after such dismal results is beyond me. Bardonites have had to construct fairy tales to try to explain away such inconvenient facts, attributing them to him 'taking on' someone else's karma or so-called divine providence deciding to be a dick and blocking his magical ameliorative efforts.

If they want to shift this they will have to do Kundalini yoga and Qi Gong alternating each day.

lol 'it works well if you practice a completely other system'. Bardon never said one had to undertake such.