The Open Book · Earth · Air · Fire · Water · Spirit

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Course One of eighteen13 lessonsReading ~25 min eachPractice <15 min/day

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Lesson 1 · What the Craft Is

The definition, the five promises and five refusals, and the first ten minutes.

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Course 1 · Foundations

Orientation, Ethics & Honest Epistemics

1

What the Craft Is

The definition, the five promises and five refusals, and the first ten minutes.

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2

Where the Craft Comes From, Part One

Antiquity through the grimoires, named and dated.

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3

Where the Craft Comes From, Part Two

The modern revival, the beautiful wrong idea, and the correction that made everything better.

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4

The Honesty Clause

The claims policy in full, with the reasons, and the two registers.

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5

Entering Another Person's Story

Consent, power, and the ten minutes after someone says "read me."

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6

Money, Secrets, and How Good Circles Go Bad

The institutional hazards, and the audit you'll run on everyone, including us.

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7

Open Doors, Closed Doors

The sourcing ethic; whose practices these are, and how to be a good guest.

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8

The Sharpened Mind

Cold reading, the Barnum effect, and the field guide to your own head.

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9

The Gold That Survives the Sieve

What the research actually supports, and the answer you'll give for the rest of your life.

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10

The Memory Palace

Earth, air, fire, water, and the fifth thing, as the architecture of everything.

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11

The Working Book

Your transcript and your temple; the one ritual tool this school requires.

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12

A Rule of Life

The trellis of days, moons, and seasons; designing the practice you will actually keep.

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13

What I Am Here For

The close; the essay, the open door, and the road from here.

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Course 2

Meditation & Trance

1

The Sit, Taken Seriously

Posture, breath, and the daily log; the backbone of the Dedicant year.

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2

The Narrow Beam

Concentration, the first mode of attention; the flame and the stone.

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