\n| Definition<\/u>:<\/i><\/p>\n “MAGICK – is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will.”<\/i><\/p>\n “Illustration: It is my Will to inform the World of certain facts within my knowledge. I therefore take “magical weapons”, pen, ink, and paper; I write “incantations” — these sentences — in the “magical language” i.e. that which is understood by the people I wish to instruct; I call forth “spirits”, such as printers, publishers, booksellers, and so forth, and constrain them to convey my message to those people. The composition and distribution of this book is thus an act of MAGICK by which I cause changes to take place in conformity with my Will”<\/i><\/p>\n Postulate<\/u><\/i>:<\/i><\/p>\n “ANY required Change may be effected by the application of the proper kind and degree of force in the proper manner through the proper medium to the proper object.”<\/p>\n “Illustration: I wish to prepare an ounce of Chloride of Gold. I must take the right kind of acid, nitro-hydrochloric and no other, in sufficient quantity and of adequate strength, and place it, in a vessel which will not break, leak, or corrode, in such a manner as will not produce undesirable results, with the necessary quantity of Gold: and so forth. Every Change has its own conditions.”<\/i><\/p>\n Theorems<\/u>: (the ones I found relevant as I recall)<\/i><\/p>\n “(8) A Man whose conscious will is at odds with his True Will is wasting his strength. He cannot hope to influence his environment efficiently.”<\/i><\/p>\n “(15) Every force in the Universe is capable of being transformed into any other kind of force by using suitable means. There is thus an inexhaustible supply of any particular kind of force that we may need.”<\/i><\/p>\n >”<\/i>(18) He may attract to himself any force of the Universe by making himself a fit receptacle for it, establishing a connection with it, and arranging conditions so that its nature compels it to flow toward him.>”<\/i><\/p>\n “(23) Magick is the Science of understanding oneself and one’s conditions. It is the Art of applying that understanding in action.”<\/i><\/p>\n “(28) Every man has a right to fulfil his own will without being afraid that it may interfere with that of others; for if he is in his proper place, it is the fault of others if they interfere with him.”<\/i><\/p>\n – Aleister Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n The definition startled me at the time. I thought about it – the supposedly mystical term “Magick” and I realized that in the end I considered the purpose of almost all I did to be the attempt to conform the world around me to my will. Seeing it written thus let me know that this was not a unique point of view. It was a heady thought.<\/p>\n The postulate was simply obvious to me. I could make anything my imagination cared to desire happen if the proper force could be found and employed. Not in detail, but in effect. If I looked at any of my desires – there was always a core that was possible. While I could not, say, become invisible myself, I could<\/i> arrange to see the things I would have used my invisibility to witness.<\/p>\n The theorems made sense to me as well. <\/p>\n \n- (8) told me that if I try and be something I am not – or do something I am simply incapable of, I will fail. Thus, it was crucial for me to figure out what I was<\/i> and change that if it did not suit me.\n
- (15) fit in a way as well with my intuition. If I<\/i> was not suited for something, I could hire someone who was. I could make the money to hire them using a skill I possessed. Thus, my ‘force’ of intellect could be transformed (via money) into the ‘force’ of musical talent (for example) because I could hire someone with that talent to act for me. This really clarified something for me – money was a crucial medium of power transmission<\/b><\/i>.\n
- (18) is closely related to (8). If I wanted something – anything at all – it would come to me of it’s own accord if I found out what attracted it and became that thing. This is the basis for some of my thoughts on submission. If I possess the qualities that are the triggers for someone’s submission then they will submit to me by their nature – they will simply not be able to prevent it. Similarly, this is true of anything else.\n
- (23) again, this is an uncommon definition of Magick. This definition fit science nicely for me.\n
- (28) worked well with my belief that all moral\/ethical rules had to be based in self interest for a society to be stable. It also reminded me that it is ok to be what I am … that I did not need to be ashamed of ambition, or dominance, or talent. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I still didn’t believe in Magick, and still don’t in the way most think of it. But the thoughts behind this man made sense to me – that our will is paramount, that all things are possible. That it is OK to want to being your desires to fruition.<\/p>\n Why do I bring this up?<\/p>\n I have been weaving a spell. It has taken me years to weave now – and it is about to be brought to it’s conclusion this Saturday. My journey to black belt fits all the criteria for a Magick action Crowley set forth.<\/p>\n \n- In this process I began with a idea of what I wanted. I wanted to be a skilled Martial artist. I wanted that ability. The process of the ‘spell’ had different aspects.\n
- I had to realize that I was not a suitable vessel for this skill. I became stronger. I became more humble. I became more dedicated.\n
- I needed the skill ( or ‘force’) of an experienced teacher. I was not one so I had to trade what I did have for what I did not. It cost me money, submission, blood, and time. In the process I made a good friend. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Most importantly it is this simple. One night, years ago (7? 8?) I made a conscious decision to become a black belt – to achieve competency and be able to rely on those skills if the need be. Once that decision was made the thought of quitting, or turning from that path, could not be allowed into my mind.<\/p>\n Even if I fail this test, I will work for a year and test again.<\/p>\n I chose. It will happen. It is that simple.<\/p>\n Magick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was going to put a lot of this into a rant – and I might well do so at some future time. I was going to write this tomorrow, but I might not be in the mood. I want to get this out of my head now, while it is worth saying. When I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |