Spelling it and voicing it

[imagenerator]

Remember that song about BINGO the dog that you sang as a child ? Well, in the same way that BINGO is successively spelled, I've used the succesive level spelling of the word ABRAHADABRA as a meditation tool while walking. As I remember it, the BINGO song spells, but it doesn't unspell the word as in the ABRAHADABRA pratice outlined here. I use my steps to keep the beat, and instead of clapping, I just take my steps silently if there is no letter to be pronounced. I've experimented using different rhythms and melodies. I started with one melody that just seemed to fit, but I'm considering aligning the level of the letter on the tetractys as in "First Meditation" to notes i.e. (letter, note)-> (A, F), (B, C), (R, C), (A, F), (H, E), (A, C), (D, E), (A, C), (B, D), (R, D), (A, D). It doesn't sound as snappy as my original melody, but it helps me visualize the letters. I'm curious to know what you folks think of this. Anyone out there experienced with keying magickal symbols to notes/frequencies ? I find myself contemplating similar questions about the letters of the "First Circle" and "First Triangle" as well.

[MythMath]

I'm going to first mention that I'm currently working on
a game for kids that is essentially ABRAHADABRA BINGO...

Second, I have just begun experimenting with adding
vocalized syllables to the unique sinewave compositions
that I have been designing and recording lately...

When the recorded sinewave compositions are 'played through'
a common oscilliscope in X/Y mode, the resultant linear patterns
are filmed to produce 'kymotropes': Making Waves (movie trailer) ...

Let's collaborate...

MythMath
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PS - I've got a kymotrope based on the Tzolkin, as well... ;)

[MythMath]

Sorry to ambush you here...
I'll blame it on the Guatamalan espresso... :o_O:
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I know that the game BINGO and the song BINGO
are scarcely relative, but I enjoyed the synchronicity...

And I know that meditating/chanting doesn't
have much to do with sinewaves and o-scopes...

But, it's obvious to me that all of this fits together...

And will be revealed in time...


MythMath

[Copuldaemon]

I don't understand, are you using the word itself as a way to open or clear your mind during meditation while walking?

[m1thr0s]

I think I am having a difficult time visualizing exactly how this works...possibly because I have no idea what this song is you are referring to. That aside, there may be all kinds of things that work extremely well that I've never even heard of. Somebody just recently approached me with a ritual application to the TwinStar that I happen to think was flat out brilliant, yet I have never done this and never actually even thought along these particular lines before.

Part of the beauty of this whole thing is how incredibly vast it all is. Certainly there are dangers that go along with this as well...not everything that looks cool and seems to be ingenious is actually going to serve you at the end of the day...the mind is a devious f*cker and will in some instances draw you off the trail with a string of glistening breadcrumbs that cannot sustain you in the end. But those of us who are willing to take up the path of experimentation usually know all of that going in...if not...we generally discover it in short order. The truth is...you still have to take certain chances. The trick is holding your assumptions a little in check so that when experiment #1 finally implodes, explodes, whatever...you still have acquired enough information to proceed to experiment #2 and so on and so on for as long as it may happen to take you.

So in general I typically applaud all these kinds of experiments. I don't exactly understand this one enough to critique it but if it's working...well shit...go for it! I don't have all the answers and I sure as hell don't know all the angles. I confine myself pretty much to core dynamics as is befitting my position in the scheme of things.

m1thr0s

[Anibis]

This makes total sense. 'BINGO' is a song with 5 verses which build the word 'BINGO'.

Farmer Brown he had a dog and Bingo was his name-o.
'B' clap clap clap clap, 'B' clap clap clap clap 'B' clap clap clap clap, and Bingo was his name-o.

The second verse Spells 'B' 'I' clap clap clap, then 'B' 'I' 'N' clap clap, and so on until the whole word is spelt out in the last verse. Each new letter of the word replaces a clap.

As a practice, that makes perfect sense to me, since it would give you an innate familiarity with the word.

One thing that occurs with these songs, though, is that sometimes as a result of the tune, we know the various letters, or items in a sequence, but are still in the dark as to their status outside that tune. By this I think of the alphabet song. Most of us need to actually sing it in order to find out where a given letter is. It should ultimately be 'seen from above' and a given energy identified by sight, rather than sound if you wish to utilize it to its utmost.... make sense?
-Ibisis

[imagenerator]

Thanks for the clarification Ibisis and the fourth-dimensional perspective on this is quite appreciated;). One thing I found with this practice is that most of my focus ends up lying on the last prounounced letter of the spelling, and thus I loose my perspective on the whole. As well, I'm not so sure doing these things while walking about town is a good idea, as I tend to loose focus of my surroundings. I started this practice because tying magical ritual to a daily ritual that you must perform already (like walking to work) helps to keep the practice regular, which is a particular challenge for me. When you visualize the unfolding of ABRAHADABRA at each level, do all the letters at a given level appear at once ?

[m1thr0s]

ohhh...that song! man, that seems like a million years ago since I heard that song...

this method wouldn't work much for me personally because it's very important in my case that sound attributions correspond to very specific actions and that's really the only way I want to key things in...

but this is essentially memory-work right? so this will vary for people anyway. It strikes me as a fairly classical sort of word-association technique so i can't see where there would be any significant downsides...

m1thr0s

[Kain]

One thing I found with this practice is that most of my focus ends up lying on the last prounounced letter of the spelling, and thus I loose my perspective on the whole. Well, this is a quite often documented problem in initial mantra work and concentration on a lot of sounds simultaneously is actually the most common excercise to get over it. So this will improve with practice I think. When you visualize the unfolding of ABRAHADABRA at each level, do all the letters at a given level appear at once ?Hmm...I think this depends on personal perspective and is also related with the particular rhythm of each time one practices it. I'd have to answer that it is not necessary for them to unfold simultaneously. Over time, you learn to trust the harmonics more so it all becomes more instinctive as a practice and a situation of "dancing" with the sound itself rather than predetermining it's unfoldment all the way. Of course, it should all be kept in appropriate form and any deformities to be avoided, so it becomes more instinctive and interractive over time. The important thing is to remain open to your gut feeling at all times concerning such issues, as there are many ways to go...to always stay in between the two extremes, not letting the unfoldment get deformed and lose it's momentum but also allowing it freedom to breathe.

Kain

[Anibis]

Sorry to ambush you here...
I'll blame it on the Guatamalan espresso... :o_O:
___________________________

I know that the game BINGO and the song BINGO
are scarcely relative, but I enjoyed the synchronicity...

And I know that meditating/chanting doesn't
have much to do with sinewaves and o-scopes...

But, it's obvious to me that all of this fits together...

And will be revealed in time...


MythMath


It seems you could play the game Bingo with magic squares... Also then use the five verses of the song to build a 5x5 array. Then Play Bingo on it. Anyone see the Movie 'Highway 61'? We are entering serious geek territory here. Scuse me....
-Ibisis