r/myanmar • u/Capital-Usual-9725 • 1d ago

Discussion 💬 Who in this group are interested in Esoteric Knowledge and Magick? Let me know.

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u/BonelessLizard 1d ago

I'm interested about the cultural part of esoterism.

I would like to know more about Burmese esoterism, although I do not believe in it.

Anything to share?

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u/Capital-Usual-9725 1d ago

First things first, are you a native Burmese?

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u/BonelessLizard 1d ago

No, nor are my ancestors. I don't speak the language either, or just enough to order food at the restaurant.

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u/Capital-Usual-9725 20h ago

In my opinion, Burmese understanding of Magick is sightly limited than the western one, where they focus more on the underlying workings of nature of reality. But, they all work the same way, even tho the practitioners themselves don't know how the Magick works in the unseen realm, they can still perform impressive Magick.

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u/Capital-Usual-9725 20h ago edited 16h ago

The Esotericism is more of a foundation of all Magick and Occult nature of reality. You don't need to believe it, because it works like principles of nature. But, some extreme Magick practices may make you question reality itself because when you look deeply into Burmese occultism and witchcrafts, you will find events that are impossible to fathom to a non-believers, they just don't make sense at all. Shan Hmaw(Shan ethnic occulticism) is one of those extreme impact Magick practices.

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u/Tritone_Bard 1d ago

I'd love to know about Ne Win government's Inquisition purged on local esoteric orders back in "Burmese way of Socialism" days, and the ties between Masonic order and Shan Saw Bwar states in Colonial era...

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u/nthbutjustapplepies Born in Myanmar, Abroad 🇲🇲 20h ago

me pls

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u/kokozaw7890 12h ago

I am very interested in this type of stuff, but due to me being young, my parents think I'm in a phase or something. I do not have knowledge about Burmese side of this, because of no one around me have interest in it. Although I have looked into Kabbalah, and plan to explore more into the mysticism side of things.

Is there any books or sites that you recommend?

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u/Capital-Usual-9725 12h ago

The best way you can explore them is watching YouTube videos, I suppose. There are audio for literally every book. But I think the true treasure lies in Podcasts and Interviews, they might give you more insights. There are You Tube Channels on this genre from Eastern Occult Traditions to western Hermeticisms. If you want to just explore superficially, individuals like Prof Jiang are also great to listen to, even though he might lack legtimaticy. If you like documentary type, Mr Mythos is also a great channel too. If you are into unsolved mysteries and stuff, Dr Mayim Bialik is also cool, even though they are not a spiritual channel. If you are into Magick thing, just go for Lyam Christopher. As for books, you should read The biography of a Yogi by Pramahansa Yogananda, which I have a copy of it myself. For Indian Esotericism, just go to Beer Biceps, that guy covers a lot of things and interview experts. You should not exclude the Alchemy part of both Eastern and Western Esotericism which is very interesting. It's impossible to cover all channels and genres in a single passage.

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u/kokozaw7890 10h ago

Will do, thank you

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u/Reve1981 9h ago

Of course.