neglected blog

Yes, I admit, I've neglected my poor blog. My wifes health and pregnancy have been strained at best, but its almost over, so I'll be back here soon.

Traumatic events, my own fault?

Though im no black magician, I do engage in low magick quite a bit lately. This is partly due to the fact that one of my forums www.evocationforums.com turned me on to some modern grimoires.
Now I love every facet of magick, low and high. So I really enjoy a lot of the posters on this forum, they are very knowledgable and not at all fluffy. Dont get me wrong, High magick is great, it has given my philosphy definition, but low magick is just fun in a lot of ways. But with any magick you have to keep in mind that everything you do can have unforseen effects. Most people dont think about this before hand. Sometimes it can bite you in the ass.

Late nights.

I've been working 10 hour days ending at 6am.
This gets old VERY quickly.
No this didnt have any magickal reference at all, other than because I'm so freaking tired, and I'm leaving as soon as I get off work to go take my wife the the Neonatologist and my daughter to the Pediatrician, I wont actually sleep for about 10 more hours, if that, so no studying, no practice, no ritual today, only sleep when i can finally make it.
Wheeee....

Reaching out.

The path of the magician is a lonely one at times. So ive been taking steps to reach out to other magicians and practicioners. Comraderie can be a good thing, and I might learn something new. The flip side is when you stick you neck out, theres always a chance youll get it lopped off. Anonymity is important in this area.

cartomancy, legal battles, and magick.

A few nights ago I did several tarot consultations. 7 for people in the room, one for a friend far away. The readings for the same person often tied in with each other, and I was able to immediatly make that connection. I might post my results later.
I am embarking on a legal/HR battle with my employer, so you can bet I'll be breaking out the ol' magick to take part in it. Its finally gone to far. I will no longer take the abuse, and will no longer overlook ethical and legal violations by them. So now its war.
This will be no holds barred, and if I need to employ a curse here or there, I will. There is nothing that will stop me from winning this. And if I do loose, I have enough legal recourse to take sweet, sweet vengence upon them.
I have been practicing diligently, and will be starting my invocations for intervention in the next 2 days. Wish me luck or aid me with some magick of your own.

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.

Ok so I AM overdue.

I meant to due this daily, but life gets the best of me at times.
I am declaring war on my employer.
All out war if it takes it.
I'm starting mundane enough, complaint to HR.
If that dosent work, lawsuits, curses, and evocations, oh my.

On another note, recently I did 10 tarot readings. Cartomancy is a one of my strong suits. The readings were concise and understandable. And I was able to connect the dots between multiple readings. I may post the results later.

I'm interested in seeing how things take shape.