So here is my blog, on which I shall enumerate my workings. I plan to post daily, but im not always so on top of things that I do. What shall you find here? My record in Divination, Sorcery, and Magick. No such thing you say? Perhaps this blog isnt for you.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Putting together my thoughts.

Part 1. Introduction to magick.
What is magick? There are several different definitions. Crowley said "Magick, in the broadest sense, is any act designed to cause intentional change." This can mean different things to different people. I tend to put forth that magick is "Do action A, get result B, with or without any interaction between the action and the result."
Is magick evil? Nope. And Yes. Depends on how you use it. Just like a gun. Or a hammer. Or a paperweight.
Who uses magick. More people than you would think. Priests of all religions, chaos magicians, Ritualists, folk practitioners. More people than you could shake a stick at. Simple eh? So lets start on a tour of the players in the game. Other than magicians, who do we have?

2. Players and Pieces in the Game.
1. Angels (Qabalistic) These are your everyday helpful guys. As helpful as any can be anyway. As always, a few are more of an ass than helpful. We'll look more at the different types of angels soon.
2. Planetary spirits/angels: These are the beings that represent the magical forces of the various planets. Useful to work with.
3. Elementals. 4 types here.
A. Earth Elementals are called Gnomes, they have other names, which we shall review later. They are good with work regarding material things.
B. Air Elementals are called Sylphs. They are good with work regarding intellect, mental agility and wind.
C. Fire Elementals are called Salamanders. Good for War, Protection, Destruction and Change.
D. Water Elementals are called Undines. Good for relationships, soothing discord, and fog and rain.
4. Demonic. These guys are not going to want to help you. They are generally apathetic at best and outright hostile at worst.
5.Goetic: Why is this seperate? A lot of people dispute these beings as demons. Quite a few of them are generally helpful. They can be capricious,
6. Godforms, Dont mess with them, theyll mess with you.
7. Olympic spirits: Outlined in the arbatel of magic. These are very similar to Planetary spirits.
8. Enochian angels. Their nature is the subject of much debate. They are much different than any other spirit listed, as they seem to have thier own motivations for whatever they do.

Next time... Basic knowledge.

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