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“Ah, you realize that magick is something we do to ourselves. But it is more convenient to assume the objective existence of an angel who gives us new knowledge than to allege that our invocation has awakened a supernormal power in ourselves.”
(via invisicollege)
“The sleight of mind which implants belief through ritual action is more powerful than any other weapon that humanity possesses, yet its influence is so pervasive that we seldom notice it. It makes religions, wars, cults and cultures possible. It has killed countless millions and created our personal and social realities. Those who understand how to use it on others can be messiahs or dictators, depending on their degree of personal myopia. Those who understand how to apply it to themselves have a jewel beyond price if they use it wisely; otherwise they tend to rapidly invoke their own Nemesis with it.”
“The cumulative effects of Belief Shifting, practised on all possible levels are: the deep understanding that all beliefs are relative, that one can consciously adopt a particular stance and successfully weave a projective glamour (both for self and others) from it; that one is able to accept new information and ideas without perceiving them as a threat; and that one can live comfortably within many different roles and selves. All individuals are free to make contradictory statements, be wrong occasionally, and admit to errors in judgement, without suffering a serious blow to their ego. This transition is known as the shift from Ego-centric behaviour, to Exo-centric behaviour. That is, the process of movement from a position where a stable sense of self has to be maintained at all costs, to a position where a multitude of possibilities is acknowledged, with a continual sense of engagement towards those selves which are, as yet, unknown. Further, it requires the identification and acceptance of that which the magician has previously found fearful, distasteful and unacceptable-the demon-selves which, having been faced and bound, become routes into power.”
(via pastorofmuppets)
“‘Sigil’ as a word is out of date. All this magic stuff needs new terminology because it’s not what people are being told it is at all. It’s not all this wearying symbolic misdirection that’s being dragged up from the Victorian Age, when no-one was allowed to talk plainly and everything was in coy poetic code. The world’s at a crisis point and it’s time to stop bullshitting around with Qabalah and Thelema and Chaos and Information and all the rest of the metaphoric smoke and mirrors designed to make the rubes think magicians are ‘special’ people with special powers. It’s not like that. Everyone does magic all the time in different ways. ‘Life’ plus ‘significance’ = magic.”
I’m back.
When asked about my magical practices I explained that much of what I studied and executed with detail in earlier years had been integrated into a more natural means of living, relying on only what the environment provides when necessary.
I have been for some time wanting to dig deeper into older and newer avenues and nothing will inspire one to do so when a true need arises. My dreams have been haunting me with tumultuous shadows from the waking world in vivid recall. These are more than simply nightmares and what they reflect have been given more due than is deserved. So I will be rolling up the sleeves on this one and preparing a ritual that will be armed by whatever means necessary to do what must be done. No regrets. It’s time to put some things to rest once and for all.
(via belial-aziel)
High-res
John Dee’s “Angelorum Bonorum” of Enochian angel names.
“They are without fears and without desires, dominated by no falsehood, sharing no error, loving without illusion, suffering without impatience, reposing in the quietude of eternal thought….. a Magus cannot be ignorant, for magic implies superiority, mastership, majority, and majority signifies emancipation by knowledge.
The Magus welcomes pleasure, accepts wealth, deserves honour, but is never the slave of one of them; he knows how to be poor, to abstain, and to suffer; he endures oblivion willingly because he is lord of his own happiness, and expects or fears nothing from the caprice of fortune. He can love without being beloved; he can create imperishable treasures, and exalt himself above the level of honours or the prizes of the lottery. He possesses that which he seeks, namely, profound peace.
He regrets nothing which must end, but remembers with satisfaction that he has met with good in all. His hope is a certitude, for he knows that good is eternal and evil transitory. He enjoys solitude, but does not fly the society of man; he is a child with children, joyous with the young, staid with the old, patient with the foolish, happy with the wise. He smiles with all who smile, and mourns with all who weep; applauding strength, he is yet indulgent to weakness; offending no one, he has himself no need to pardon, for he never thinks himself offended; he pities those who misconceive him, and seeks an opportunity to serve them; by the force of kindness only does he avenge himself on the ungrateful.”
Would you be willing to describe your practice of magic?
How do you develop your rituals, are there any common themes and what kind of intentions are put in play?
I've meditated, done yoga and qigong for a while now, and I have spontaneously created rituals usually with formal influence from a local indigenous tradition, but this is has been somewhat rare and I have very little knowledge of Western Magick, so I'm quite curious.
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clothedinsky
“Western Magick” / Esotericism (with the “k” or otherwise) can be quite the umbrella term, crossing everything from Earth-based paganism to Thelema, both of which I dabbled in, but I would like express my practices outside of this. I have devised most of my rituals in recent years. Common themes involve elements of nature, mediation on energy structures, and simple reality hacking. There is no hidden method though with influence from previous years of practice the mechanics and philosophy would merit study. Only occasionally do I take time to write a preliminary draft, everything else has been integrated into to how I think and live. I let the flow of the environment and what feels swift and natural to prevail.
I have lived by one of the Great Lakes for a number of years now and it has often served me well. On the spring solstice I would symbolically write my intentions for the coming months into the sand and let the tide wash them away. I have similarly done this with fire. I find that my practices become more and more concise, rarely resembling rituals today. One finds that magic comes from within, all else serves as a medium through which one evokes their intention.
A prime example revealed itself in how I chose to deal with a high school sweetheart. He was very fond of calling me “Panda” and after our breakup he refused to drop the habit, despite my asking him to desist. He was an aggressive and stubborn male, and this action was his way of continuing to assert an emotional bond with me. So I in turn disseminated the pet name to all my friends. I didn’t send out a memo or anything so deliberate. Over the course of perhaps a half year and a number of inside jokes my friends came to enjoy doting the name on me. The ex would continue to call me by this but his emotional sway diminished and disappeared—I was no longer his. As soon as he realized this his exit from my life solidified and the intimate realm of my heart closed to him once and for all. It was not until after this transition took place that I realized the essence of magic. It became the seminal experience that shifted my practice from intricate rites to natural and spontaneous reality hacking.
Some may ask where the magic is in this experience. Zbigniew Karkowski succinctly declares it, “Magic is the art of causing change to occur in conformity with will.” Every magician, psychonaut and reality hacker learns first-hand that reality is a construct, one that is affected and acted upon by desire. Every day we may be performing small acts of magic, unaware. This is why vigilance over one’s thoughts is so important—our mind gives rise to who we are and the world we build. You can be your own worst enemy or your strongest ally.
“Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.”
If it's not to personal, I am curious as to if you preform any specific rituals or practices?
Asked by
clothedinsky
In my younger studies I practiced ceremonial magic from the Hermetic tradition — much of it exercised through complex rituals whose modern variations were disseminated by the Golden Dawn. I find that in my youth I sought out structured forms of knowledge over others. I reflect on those times fondly and believe they laid down a reliable scaffolding from which to explore more natural forms.
These days I prefer to devise my own rituals. The closest akin “form” of magic I traverse would be Chaos Magic which is intensely individualistic and allows one to borrow from other practices and beliefs.
Outside of this I meditate and do yoga regularly. Delving into more energy work again as well.
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