Ok,
Sonnie, this is the writing about ze magick, i’m basing it on ideas by
RAW, Morrison, Crowley, Louv and some other guys
(but mostly i’m basing it on experience)
"Believe nothing,
no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said
it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." -
Gautama
Siddharta
Basically it goes like this
• Magick is Reality
Manipulation, just that(think about Crowley’s definition, it’s the same
thing)
• Reality can be
divided into ten different states (think Qabalah or superstring theory)
• A Magickian is
someone who can impose his/her will and change reality on any of these
10 states
• Magick needs a
gameboard in order to know: what is the goal? Where do I start? How do
I play? etc…. I will use the Tree of Life as the Gameboard
• Let’s look at a
“proven” fact. The five senses receive 16.000.000 million bytes of
information per second but our brain only processes 11 bits, that means
we only “see” 0.000145% of reality, the rest if cut down. When we go up
on the gameboard we start perceiving more and more data.
• So, this
gameboard has 11 squares interconnected by 22 routes. For the moment
being let’s look at the 11 squares (you start at square 10)
10: Physical world 9: Mental world 8: Intellectual world 7: Emotional world 6: Conscious world 5: Moral World 4: Memory World - : Reason World 3: Mystic World 2: Magic World 1: Beingness World
• There are two
goals or “safe spots”. The first one is Square 6, when you get there
you obtain these thing called “Knowledge or Conversation with your Holy
Guardian Angel”. I like to call it Awakening. The second Goal is
crossing over the – Square (Reason World) and living to tell about it,
this is called “Crossing the Abyss” but I will call it Liberation.
• For the time
being we’ll focus on getting to Square 6. In order to go from Square to
Square you need to gain the ability to create changes at will inside
that Square, I will give you the main examples:
10: Physical world : Do you know how
your five senses work? Do you? Really?....Could you obtain 500 bucks if
you wanted to? Can you change you physical appearance at will? How
would you feel about it?(Sensory world, also connected with things like
body maintainment)
9: Mental world: Can you control your
thoughts and meditate for real? Can you charge a sigil and make it come
true? Can you heal someone with magick skillz? Can you put on a robe
and chant things like a madman? We are trying to break your ideas about
what is possible and what isn’t, it’s ok if you want to do crazy
things, I think…
8: Intellectual world: How do you
arrange your internal symbols and logic processes? Do you understand
mathematics? If not, try picking a math book and see why not. Can you
read a philosophical book and understand it? Try Kant or Hume.
7: Emotional world: Are you really
expressing all the emotions that you feel inside? Can you control these
emotions when they appear? (for example: are you really aware of what’s
going on during a fit of rage or sadness?) Will is the weapon here but
will can be struck down by morality. Do you know the difference between
thics and morality? I thought so… you need lots to learn
These are just some of the examples I
could think of.
• All of these
squares have something we call “taboos” or “conditioning”. These are
imaginary limits or restrictions that humans create in order to fuck
themselves up. Don’t take me wrong, every culture has different taboos
or conditioning processes and most of them maintain a sense of order or
sanity, the real problem is when we forget that these limits are only
imaginary and we start taking them as “real”. Try to find out what
these are and well, try to bend them a little. One of the fastest
methods I can think of is merging with things that you hate. Don’t
think about it, DO IT. Experience is the only teacher here.
• Eventually you
will come to a point where you can change reality moderately from
Square 10 to Square 7.(Don’t try to fool yourself saying “oh, I already
had those squares covered from the start”). You can always improve
them, always. Most people have problems with Squares 7 and 10. So, take
a look at yourself, a sincere look, and start DOING things.
• Magickians (that
is, geeky people who use wands and stuff and think they’re better than
the average joe) use the following techniques in order to improve
themselves
1. Magical Diary :
A record is always useful, memory tends to cheat 2. Dream Diary : a
good way of teaching your subconscious to be more obedient and also a
good way of learning about your conditioning (dream symbols are often
hints about that) 3. Meditation
Technique : shutting down thought processes while observing how it
happens 4. Banishing
Technique: Magick is all about banishing bad things and bringing good
things (see Illuminatus : Appendix Lamed) 5. Sigil Technique:
Learn to create symbols that express your will and learn to charge them
(no, an orgasm is not enough) 6. Oracle:
Understand that reality is actually a hologram and even a grain of sand
contains the whole Reality. 7. A map: A tree of
life, 8 circuits, buddhist mind states,lilly’s map, find your way
in/out
• And then you go
and work with all these things you have in mind until magically you
arrive at Square 6, but how does that happen? I’ll give you some clues
10: Physical world : How can you show
me* that you have a body and that you control it? What about the five
senses?
9: Mental world: How can you show me
that you control your mind?
8: Intellectual world : How can you
show me that you have intellect?
7: Emotional world: How can you show
me that you control your emotions?
6. Conscious world: How can you show
me that you have consciousness?
*me = yourself
If you answer that then you’re in.
Answering it can take some time and some people need to go back some
squares in order to solve it. The answer (if you find one) is something
that comes from experience and many people find it during an extremely
altered state of consciousness (drugs, recovering from severe
depression, kundalini experiences, deep meditation states). But trust
me, you’ll know when the answer arrives.
(I didn’t cover the paths between the
squares but their meaning is left for you to decide. Each path is
classified under a Tarot Card. Moon Card (illusions, fears) is located
between Physical and Emotional world. If you want to try it out then
just add,
shake and serve)
