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Introduction to Magick

Introduction to Magick
Magick is finding your connection to the Earth and all that is natural, alive and moving in the universe! It binds all
that exists together. Magick is living in balance with the flow of life, and knowing that you are a vital force within
that flow. Magick is everywhere! In the trees, rain, stars, and in the sea. It is the spark that quickens a seed to rise
up from the soil. Magick is laughter, joy, wonder and truth of the world around us! It is the subtle enchantment
that reminds us not to waste a single moment of this gift that we call life! Magick is not greed, or power, or
pretense...It is real. It exists. And it works.
Magick is the mystery that lies in the secret soul of the world. It is the essence of creation. What we imagine, we
have the power to create, to manifest into the physical world from the etheric higher dimensional states. Magick
is within all of us, Magic is within each individual With it you can create your dreams, heal your world, love your
life and find the peace that lives in every human heart.
The act of doing magick can sometimes be to create a catalyst spell which will help us to accomplish something like
create abundance in our lives to find a better job, or place to live, these are manifesting material needs in life.
There are many forms of magick in the world, like Celtic magic, Wicca, shamanism magick, etc. Magick that comes
from the purest intensions of doing something good for oneself or even someone else will create a positive
outcome for a spell or manifestation where the magick was created.
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Magick should not be used to harm anyone, or against the will of others, or without having someones permission
to do magick on their behalf. This could cause negative outcomes for spell work and the magick can backfire and
not work as it should. At times when the magick is being done for the wrong reasons or motives then the spell work
will simply not happen as it is not being done for the highest good of whoever is concerned or involved in the
magick process.
Practicing magick can be accomplished by using colored candles in combination with herbs or essential oils in order
to create the synergetic energies for a magickal spell, as well as to clear any blockages or resistance for doing the
magick, crystals for clearing energies or creating protection when doing magick as well as for amplifying the
manifestation goal that the magick is designed to create and accomplish. As well sacred geometry symbols, sigils
and words of power can be incorporated into magickal workings in order to make the magick happen, in
conjunction with harnessing the natural spiritual forces that are all around us and can help us to work with the
energies of the magick that is within us.
There are various types of hermetic rules and universal laws that pertain to doing magick in order to help teach
people how to do proper magick and to be safe while doing magickal workings, this also amplifies the magick to
make it be more prosperous and productive. As well there are lunar cycles, seasonal cycles, and solar eclipses that
can boost the powerful energies of magickal workings in order to have successful magickal outcomes.
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How Does Magick Work?
Simply put, the world around us is filled with energy. Magick is putting that
energy in motion, directed by your intentions, to accomplish a goal.
Sometimes people ask, does magick really work? Or does it only work
because we think it works? For example, let's say someone perform a spell to
attract a job, and a week later they get hired. Did the spell work because the
person sent out energy which attracted the job, or did the act of performing
the spell give the person the added confidence that they needed in their
interview to get the job? In other words, does magick work empirically or
psychologically?
It could be a combination of both of those forces. However, you can practice
magick no matter which one you believe to be true. In the example given
above, what matters to the person is the fact that they got the job. The spell
worked.
It is true that your beliefs may influence what kind of magick you practice.
Magick practitioners are often frequently asked "Isn't magick just another
form of prayer?" Some magickal practitioners believe that it is. However, in
This doesn't mean that magickal practitioners never pray; many others opinion, although magick and prayer share some features, the
practitioners do pray. However, prayer is not the same as magick. essential meaning of the act is different. Praying is asking a deity to change
something. Although a magickal practitioner may ask for assistance from a
deity, ultimately the practitioner is the one whose will is causing change.
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Does Magick Work?
Magick can be a useful tool to help you create change in your life. As with any other tool, you may not always get what you wanted when
you use it. People often misunderstand the nature of magick, so let's explore some of the factors affecting whether or not magick works:
1. Magick works better with practice. Like anything else, the more you do it, the better you get.
2. Sometimes it doesn't work the way you expected. You do a spell for an affordable apartment. The next week, you get two affordable
offers - one from a friend who hasn't done their dishes in six months, and the other from a friend whose sleazy boyfriend puts the moves on
you every time the person is out of the room. "But that wasn't what I meant!" you cry despairingly. Yes, it's true - sometimes spells don't
work the way you expected. It might be that you forgot to specify what you meant. Or sometimes the universe is working on a slower
timetable than yours.
3. Sometimes it doesn't work because you didn't really want it to work.
You cast a spell to get you a job as an accountant, because your parents want you to be an accountant, when actually your dream is to be a
folk singer. Not surprisingly, you couldn't muster up a lot of energy to send toward that goal.
4. Magick is not the only energy which causes things to happen.
Some other forces which operate in the world include: natural laws (like gravity, conservation of mass, etc.), social pressures, political
power, money, other people's wills. All of these things can affect your magick - it's foolish to insist otherwise.
If you cast a spell for a parking place in downtown Manhattan at 8:45 am, the combined wills of all the other drivers trolling for spots are
working against you, as is the natural law which says there are a limited number of parking spaces in downtown Manhattan. If you do
magick for a job as a lawyer, when you don't have a law degree, the social belief that a lawyer must have a law degree will be pretty difficult
to overcome.
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How Do You Know Magick Works?
Mostly this depends on what you are trying to prove magick can
accomplish. When most people ask this question, what they want to know
is, "Can you get an apartment or a job? Can you make someone fall in love
with you?" They want to know about the tangible effects of magick in
gaining material objects or causing things to happen. People very rarely
ask about the psychological effectiveness of magick - and yet this is a
crucial aspect of magick's benefits.
Those of us who practice magick say that it helps us to improve our
psychological health by allowing us to cope with grief, let go of addictions,
or change our patterns of relating to others. The more scientifically-
minded folks may wish to design experiments to test this, but ultimately
this is an individual claim which must be tested individually: does magick
work for you?
As far as the tangible effects of magick - it's an understanding that magick
has helped people to achieve tangible goals. Say someone does a spell for
safe travel and they get home safely, is that because that person was lucky
and/or cautious when travelling, or is it because of the spell? No one
Magick doesn't necessarily Make Things Happen. It sets things in knows for certain. In theory a large-scale experiment could be designed to
motion, gives you a jump-start or an extra push, and encourages compare travel safety records between those who perform spells for safe
things in a certain direction. It's not an all-powerful force that will do travel and those who don't. However, there are a lot of intervening
everything for you. variables which would complicate any attempt to establish causality.
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As was explained before magick is not the only
energy in the world. Money is energy; political
power is energy; other people's strongly held
intentions are energy. If someone does a spell for
world peace, it's probably not going to work. Why?
An awful lot of money, political power, other
people's intentions, and (of course) inertia are
working against them. However people can
visualize with their higher mind/heart energy having
world peace as part of their thought forms and this
goes into the mass consciousness collective of
humanity to manifest this desire so it can happen on
a global scale. This type of manifestation can help
to change the world for positive outcomes.
In general, working magick can help to open a
window of opportunity. But you have to perform
the actions that are necessary to take advantage of
that window.
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What Can I Do With Magick?
Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of magick. Some practitioners like to call them thaumaturgy and theurgy.
Thaumaturgy is a fancy word for magick that is used to help you achieve concrete, mundane goals like an apartment, a relationship, or protection
against danger.
Theurgy is a fancy word for magick that is used to deepen your spiritual and religious understanding, to help you become more fully who you are, or to
accomplish therapeutic goals. Some examples might be: magickal workings to help you overcome an alcohol addiction; magick designed to increase
your self-confidence and self-esteem; or magick to move into deeper communion with a Goddess or God to whom you have devoted yourself.
In practice these two goals are not always so separate. For example, overcoming your addiction may increase your ability to join in healthy
relationships. Or you may do a spell for greater self-confidence, which will in turn enable you to attract a job.
Like was mentioned earlier, your beliefs about how magick works may influence the type of magick you tend to prefer. If you believe magick only
works on a psychological level, you are likely to focus on theurgical workings.
It's also important to remember that sometimes, magick isn't the best approach. Generally, the time to use magick is when you have already
exhausted all possible non-magickal ways of accomplishing your goal. For example, if you and a friend had an argument, doing a spell to create
harmony between you is not the first thing you should try. The best approach would be to sit down with your friend when you are both feeling calmer,
and try to talk it through.
Now, if this is a huge ongoing argument that you just can't seem to resolve after sitting down together numerous times, a spell for clarity may be in
order. But there's no need to fly to your bell, book, and candle as soon as something goes wrong.
The most difficult - and most important - thing to learn about magick is when NOT to use it.
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What Are The Ethics of Magick?
The basic rule is: Do as you will, as long as it harms no one.
Sound simple? Not entirely. There are certainly self-centered reasons to go along
with "harm none" - as magickal practitioners, we believe that our actions will
come back to us. If you put a curse on someone, you are likely to face some
negative consequences down the road. Beyond the effects of individual karma,
we also believe in the interconnectedness of all beings, in which harm done to
one is harm done to all.
At the same time, it is impossible to live without harming anyone. For one thing,
we all eat beings (plants or animals) that had to die in order to feed us. For
another, sometimes doing magick to help yourself (e.g. get a job) will
inadvertently harm someone else (who therefore doesn't get the job). We cannot
avoid these contradictions; we have to face them squarely and accept the
consequences of our actions.
Essentially, magickal ethics are no different than regular ethics. Would you beat
someone up if they made you angry? No? Then don't curse them to make them
suffer pain. Would you try to bribe a prospective employer to get a job? No? Then
don't work magick on someone else to make them hire you. Would you try to
make yourself look more attractive to an employer by wearing appropriate
clothing to the interview and acting the way you think they want to see you? Sure
you would. So there's no reason not to work magick on yourself to attract a job.
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Here Are Some Ethical Gray Areas to Consider:
- Someone sexually assaulted your best friend. The police haven't had any luck finding the attacker. Should you do a spell to bring the guilty person to
justice? Perhaps you could but should you do it or not. If you do choose to do a spell you should be very careful how you do it. As was mentioned above,
it's just not a good idea to curse someone, no matter what an asshole they are. One option some magickal practitioners have considered is to do a
"binding" spell, in order to prevent the person from doing any further harm to anyone. Many people consider this a gray area as well. Another option
here is to do a general spell for bringing justice - but only if you are not worried about the consequences of your own actions coming back to you.
- You are very much in love with a friend of yours, who doesn't know about your feelings. Your friend is single, and you just know that the two of you
would be perfect together. Should you do a love spell to increase your friend's romantic feelings toward you?
Definitely not. It is ok to do a spell to bring love into your life, but to do a "love spell" on a specific person is unethical, because it intentionally violates
their free will. It's hard to be in unrequited love, but it's just not okay to make someone else do what you want. Now, frankly, a love spell would
probably not work on someone who is totally uninterested in you. As was mentioned a couple of times, magick is not All Powerful. But the point here is
that it's not respectful to try to force something on someone, magickally or otherwise. Instead, try telling your friend how you feel, and see what
response you get.
- Your devoutly Christian Aunt Maria, who doesn't know about your pagan practices and probably wouldn't approve, is very ill. Should you do healing
magick for her?
No. Granted, you have the best of intentions - you love your Aunt Maria very much and don't want her to suffer. But you are still violating her free will -
and doing something about which she might be very upset if she knew. In theory, you could solve this dilemma by telling your Aunt Maria you would
like her permission to pray for her. However this would be fundamentally dishonest, unless you are genuinely planning to pray to your own gods instead
of doing a spell.
These are all gray areas which are being debated by magickal practitioners everywhere. Ultimately, of course, it is up to you to make your own
decisions, and to take responsibility for your own actions.
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How Do I Get Ready to Perform Magick?
Another excellent question! Before you start buying cinnamon-scented candles and
consulting astrological charts to find out when the moon is in Mars, make sure you
understand what you are doing. Keeping in mind the guidelines given above, ask
yourself these questions:
1. What is my goal? What changes am I hoping to see as a result of this magickal
working? How will my life be different? (Be specific. Picture the day-to-day impact of
what you hope to achieve.)
2. Do I truly want what I am asking for? Do I understand what I am asking for?
Will this goal solve the problem I think it will solve?
3. Is magick the best way to achieve this goal? Are there other steps I could try first to
achieve these changes? What other actions will I need to take alongside this spell?
4. Will this magickal working be ethical? Will it cause harm to someone else? Will it
violate anyone's free will?
You need to be able to answer these questions to your own satisfaction before
engaging in any major magickal working.
A quick parking-spot spell when you're rushing to an After you have been practicing magick for a while, you may not necessarily need to do
important meeting in a busy street may not require deep this kind of extensive preparation for every spell that you perform. For example, a
soul-searching. But when you are beginning a magickal daily protection spell for someone who lives in a dangerous urban area may become a
practice, it is important to get into the habit of going part of your daily routine.
through these questions before each magickal working.
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Why Should I Do All That Work Before Using Magick?
Well, for one thing, when you use magick you are using a lot of energy -
your own energy and the Earth's energy - and you are also affecting
existing energy patterns in your life and maybe in other people's lives.
And when you use magick, you can never be sure what all the
consequences will be (short-term or long-term). So you'd better be sure
that it's for a good reason and that you're willing to accept the
consequences.
Also, on a more psychological level, planning the working - deciding
what you want to do, why you want to do it, and how you want to do it
- is part of the working. The process of change starts when you decide
you want to make the change. Sometimes, when you are planning a
magickal act, you may uncover your own resistance to the change you
are trying to create. This doesn't mean you shouldn't perform the spell,
but it may bring up some more questions for you to answer about what
you are hoping to get out of this working.
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