#principles of magic

[hompunkulus]

Magic is a Way of Life

An Introduction

I have a busy life. Well, I work a full time job and balance my partner, cat, and hobbies along with it. I am sure many of you are also working stiffs (or full time students), balancing relationships and hobbies and find it hard to find time for your practice. Maybe you want to get into a practice but still haven't because of time or the ridiculous process of attaining magical power.

This why I am writing this essay and have been working on being more proactive here. I want to share my sorcery with you. Sometimes that is sharing blogs with perspectives I agree with, lyrics of my favorite songs, essays like this, meditations and rituals I love and develop, or personal works of art.

Simplicity

I am a nobody as far as you are concerned, and that is exactly the perspective I believe we all need! I have no titles and gain nothing but some views. I just want to share my perspective on a topic I love and wish it helps you, be you neophyte, adept or the Gods Themselves!

I love simplicity, although I also don't mind working hard. I am a lifelong martial arts enthusiast and practitioner and there is no easy way to excel as I have without hours a day and years of work. Magic isn't martial arts, though. Yes, it takes time to get comfortable with magic and to be worth your Blessed Salt. Yes, it will take hard work. And yes, you will get burnt out time and again (I've been at it for over 20 years!) but don't let that stop you!

Magic is also fun, engaging, and wild. It will test your resolve and it may even scare you at times - sometimes results are quick and raw. Sometimes they are gentle. Worst of all, sometimes it won't even yield a ghost's fart. That's the process of any progress, though. There will be ups and downs, good and bad times, and times you wish you never picked up that Hand of Glory with only three fingers left... that means two wishes were made and they decided to rid themselves of the cursed object...

Getting off track, my apologese.

The (not so) Great Work

My Principles of Magic

1. Imagine. Imagination is the gateway to all realities. Supergirl isn't physically real, but she gives me Hope and holds Council as one of my spirit guides.

2. Believe. If I can't believe in the impossible then I am not utilizing my imagination to its fullest potential.

3. Enact. If you do not practice your Craft you will not gain anything. If sorcery is the work of the Imagination and Belief then you have to Enact in Ritual to bring about change.

4. Ritual. Any act of creation. This can be a magical act as simple as Death Posture and blasting a sigil to carving a wooden wand to call forth your deepest desires. It can be as simple or extravagant as you wish as long as you are creating.

5. Consistency. This doesn't mean you have to dedicate yourself to any single paradigm, but you should at least have a standard practice, or practices, you perform on a regular basis. It doesn't even have to be daily, just enough that you are maintaining progress.

6. Journal. The best friend the sorceror ever had! I suggest up to 100 different journals. Don't trust anybody at face value, but trust me on this.

[teriel]

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how a person improves their skills and what prompts the person to recognize that they need to improve their skills. Sometimes the recognition comes about because you discover a gap in your knowledge that needs to be addressed and the only way it can be addressed is by learning new skills. Sometimes you know a skill but you discover how you can improve on that skill and decide to take that opportunity.

I’ve been developing a new process for internal work. It came about because I realized the skills I had in that area weren’t helping me enough. I needed to take those skills further so I fused some of them together to develop a process that allowed me to go deeper into something I needed to work through and that work in turn helped me discover the need for some additional skills or at least awareness that I was lacking in and needed to realize.

Read more.

[teriel]

A simple axiom to consider: If you can't define what you want (and don't want), then you can't manifest a result that gets you your desire. A poorly defined, vague result isn't something that can be achieved, because it has no substance, no form, and thus no path to reality.

[teriel]

Tonight we explore the question of how magic works using a step by step process explanation to walk you through what happens and why magic works. Get free books at http://www.magicalexperiments.com/free-books Get the process of magic: books2read.com/u/bazrax 

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[teriel]

Hey folks, I'm really excited to share with you that I've relaunched my class Process of Magic: http://grow.eccentricentrepreneurs.com/processofmagic/ And I've made a couple significant changes in the class, since I last offered it. You see, I always believing in improving on what you do, in magic, and in other areas of life and while I've always been pleased with the Process of Magic class, I also felt like there was something missing, something that needed to be added, so instead of doing my usual launch in December I held off, and really examined what I could change. The process of magic is all about helping you get consistent results, while learning how to personalize your magic. And to help you do that I made changes that would enhance the quality of the class and the work you do as a result. So what's different? I got rid of the webinars, because for the most part people taking the class didn't sign up. Instead, I replaced the webinars with deep dive videos that explore the concepts in the lessons in further depth. I think the addition of videos is much better and will enhance the class significantly. I also created the 5 day Principles of Magic challenge, which offers you a taste of the process of magic, while exploring one of the core components of the course, namely the principles of magic (and its free!): http://grow.eccentricentrepreneurs.com/principlesofmagic/ Whether you're just starting to practice magic or you've been practicing for a while, the Process of Magic class provides you a different take on magic, one that falls in line with my process approach to experimentation and shows you how to achieve consistent results, while personalizing your magic. To learn more about the Process of Magic, go here: http://grow.eccentricentrepreneurs.com/processofmagic/ And if you want a taste of what the class is about, take the 5 day Principles of Magic: http://grow.eccentricentrepreneurs.com/principlesofmagic/

[teriel]

Art is one of the techniques I use for working with magic. A painting or sculpture can be used to help embody and express a magical concept or provide a “home” of sorts for an entity or spirit. But art can also be used to set up your environment for magical work, or it can become a shrine and altar to the spirits you’re working with. It’s these latter two aspects I want to explore, as well as share a few examples of my own art employed for this purpose.

At the same time I also want to explore something else that I feel underpins the two points above: Art is an active collaborator in your magical work. I mention this because I think that other than the act of creating art, art is typically considered to be passive. And what I mean by that is that you see art on a wall and appreciate it, but its just there, in the background, or is it?

Read the rest of the article at https://www.magicalexperiments.com/blog/art-as-active-magic

[teriel]

Ever since I started practicing magic, I've been fascinated, dare I say obsessed with how magic works...

Now for some magicians all that matters is that works. They'll tell you that it doesn't matter how magic works as long as you get the results.

I call that push button magic​​​​, because you're basically hoping your magic will work and get results, but you don't know how it works and if you don't get the results you want, you don't have any way to go in and figure out what hasn't worked.

I've never been satisfied with push button magic. Why put all the effort into doing a magical working just to have it fall flat?

So I've spent some figuring out how magic works and why, and one of the discoveries I've made is about the principles of magic, which I think of as specific rules for how magic works.

The best thing though: These principles can be adapted to any person's approach to magic​​​​​​. And the reason for that is because what many people consider to be mandatory about magic is actually what I would call the window dressings. Its optional...

But the principles are part of the core mechanics of magic and when you know them you can apply them to whatever your style of magic is and use them to get results. And if something isn't working the way you expect, you can use the principles to troubleshoot the magical working. ​​

If you're interested in learning more, the FREE 5 day Principles of Magic challenge is open. 

[teriel]

When you don't get the result you want... 😡

Consider that you've still gotten a result... 

What does that result indicate? What can it tell you about your magical work? What can it tell you about your mundane results?

What would you change as a result?

If you need help taking a look at all that check out my FREE Principles of Magic 5 day challenge...