Magick 101

Creativley stuck with this blog i have been. I log on sometimes and stare at it. Hoping something would just manifest and I could click the "Publish Post" and be done with it.

OF course, that didnt happen. Lately, my spellcasting thread at the pavlina forums has gained activity. Which is good! However, theres always someone that asks the question "how does this spell casting thing work?"

Its rather hard to explain that. So i thought i would dedicate some blog posts to that effect. So welcome to Magick 101, please take your seats.

Lets begin by looking at the definition of magick, shall we.

"Magick, in the broadest sense, is any act designed to cause intentional change" A definition coined by Aleister Crowley, a famous British occultist.

Now, this definition suggests that anything we do that creates intentional change is magick. So anything act we do, is an magickal act according to this definition.

But that cant be right, you think. But it is one i subscribe to, however for the purposes of this blog, we'll use a more refined one.

"Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is the practice of consciousness manipulation and/or autosuggestion to achieve a desired result, usually by techniques described in various conceptual systems. The practice is often influenced by ideas of religion, mysticism, occultism, science, and psychology."

This is a much more refined definition. Now the magick I do follows this definiton quite well. Consciousness manipulation to create a desired result. The basis of all conscious creation techniques. You'll find that in any conscious creation systems, all the practises are used to put your mind in a specific state and focused on the desired intention without any fear of non-manifestation.

Now, where many conscious creation systems fall short is in its ability to put your mind into a subjective state. Something Steve Pavlina talked about in his latest blog post was the Objective operation systems. And subjective operating systems. Magick, would fall under subjective operation systems.