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Magic & Magic Words: Misunderstanding the Mechanism

For most of the planet’s first-world population, I think it’s fair to say the very idea of magic as presented on this blog is absurd. There is no such thing; it’s all fantasy and self-delusion, ad infinitum. This view of magic on the part of mainstream society is granted. Even many people who engage habitually […]

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Magic and Miracles. What Truly is Possible with Magic?

Discussion over what magic does and does not make possible are numerous and ongoing. Such conversations range from intriguing and troubling to humorous and ludicrous. I recoil at notions of magic as only a catalyst for changes in consciousness. Forgive me for ignoring the follow through argument that consciousness is the creator of all else, […]

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Magical Initiation: Two Most Important Areas of Practice for Beginners

This post has to be quick due to mundane affairs I’m in the midst of but it will mark the start of a conversation, albeit one-sided for the most part, of an ongoing nature. Meaning I will make a few proper posts on this point when time allows. If I had a time machine or […]

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Improving Early Results with Magic

Some people take to magic like a goblin in a cave or a fish to water, while other are befuddled and confounded in the early days. There are many reasons for this and an entire book might be written solely on the topic of how to assess and improve results during your first year of […]

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Real Magic Lesson Four PART TWO!

A Good Magic Spell or Magic Ritual for Beginners? In yesterday’s lesson we covered (extensively?) the foundation and formula of a magical operation. Today we’ll walk through an operation or two aimed at getting you some affirmative magical results as quickly as possible. These operations are structured in a very transparent manner so you can […]

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A Primer on Harmful Magic

Photo by Erik Mclean:  Baneful Magic. What Does this Term Mean? Just so the reader knows, by “harmful” magic I do not mean dangerous or risky pe se, athough such circumstances may be at hand here. By harmful, I mean baneful, as in combative, aggressive, aimed at doing damage to another. Baneful magic is about lending […]

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Real Magic: Lesson Three

These may or may not be your first acts of magic, depending on your experience before finding this course. Some students are brand-spankin’ newbies while others have been tinkering with magic anywhere from a few months to a couple of years. The magical acts below are, at least, the first official acts assigned through this […]

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Real Magic: Lesson Two

IMPORTANT: Be sure to have your journal handy so you can make notes, pose questions, record synchronicities, etc. The magical act is the fundamental unit of all magical work Work done in magical context is first of all presumably and properly done while you, the magician, are in a magical state, and furthermore is broken […]

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Synchronicity Serendipity, Again

Serendipitous Synchronicity Take Two Sometimes we know we need magic but can’t figure out exactly why or settle on just what kind of magical work we should go after. On these occasions and frankly at any other time, it can be productive to simply cast (magic) for good fortune, revelation of what’s next on our […]

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Magical Intention: How Specific?

Different schools of thought on intent This is a fairly challenging topic to blog about because it is heavily nuanced. There might even be a paradox, but whether or not I manage to draw that out in this post remains to be seen. down to the last detail In this age of increasing spiritual awareness, […]

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