Post by Metaphysical Beginnings on Jul 25, 2013 1:54:26 GMT
SYSTEMS OF MAGICK
Magick always involves self-hypnosis. However, it is more than that too. For one
thing, there are objective forces involved (or so it would seem). Deities, spirits, and
cosmic force can have an independent existence. And the repetitive physical
movement sometimes involved in ritual can itself generate PK force. On the other
hand, it could be argued that all of this is subjective to the magician. Perhaps all
magical effects could be produced through hypnosis alone. But the effects are
certainly real.
Great complexity is not necessary in magick. Although basicaly magick is a
medieval system of symbolism (in a modern context), any cosmological system
will work from Cabala to Star Wars. We usually use the medieval one in magick
because it is convenient and traditional, and because it seems to fit our thought
processes well. What really matters is that the model of the magician be
understood and programmed, and thus that the model and the cosmological
system do correspond.
Magick always involves self-hypnosis. However, it is more than that too. For one
thing, there are objective forces involved (or so it would seem). Deities, spirits, and
cosmic force can have an independent existence. And the repetitive physical
movement sometimes involved in ritual can itself generate PK force. On the other
hand, it could be argued that all of this is subjective to the magician. Perhaps all
magical effects could be produced through hypnosis alone. But the effects are
certainly real.
Great complexity is not necessary in magick. Although basicaly magick is a
medieval system of symbolism (in a modern context), any cosmological system
will work from Cabala to Star Wars. We usually use the medieval one in magick
because it is convenient and traditional, and because it seems to fit our thought
processes well. What really matters is that the model of the magician be
understood and programmed, and thus that the model and the cosmological
system do correspond.