#on magick

[esotericelucidations]

"The secrecy observed by the alchemists was made necessary by the power of persecuting Churches. Bitterly as bigots fought among themselves, they were all equally concerned to destroy the infant Science, which, as they instinctively recognized, would put an end to the ignorance and faith on which their power and wealth depended."

—Aleister Crowley, "Book of Thoth"

[glutenfreemacncheese]

Just getting a half baked thought out:

It’s hard to embrace the interconnectedness of life, specifically with one’s own origins, without celebrating harmful aspects of it.

[stevie-vincent]

06-27-2017

on magick

I reach into the cool dark of the pantry to feel for the doughy shape to check the density to gauge its closeness to plate and knife apron tied around my neck and belly if it must be plucked in case of doneness

[esotericelucidations]

“To a learned man, a magician is not wicked or superstitious and should not be called demonic but instead a wise man, a priest, and a prophet.”

—Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, “Three Books of Occult Philosophy”

[esotericelucidations]

“It might appear to the casual observer that my magick effects changes in the outside world. But ultimately, my outside world is one and the same as my inside world.

If my magick does indeed bring about some desired change, it merely proves to me that… I have succeeded in transforming myself into the kind of person to whom such things happen.”

—Lon Milo DuQuette, “Low Magick”

[glutenfreemacncheese]

“It is a very common human tendency to confuse the map with the territory, that is, to act as though the models we use to interpret experience actually are the experience.”

[glutenfreemacncheese]

Play is literally magic so jot that down.