Post by STORMDANCER on Oct 20, 2011 19:41:16 GMT
Today I am going to be writing about magick, what it is, its origin, why its spelt different ways etc.
I am going to start with the spelling. Usually you spell magic… MAGIC…. But there are a few of us who will actually spell it magick… MAGICK…..so why the ‘k’ ? Well Aleister Crowley wanted to make a distinction between stage magic and actual magick so he added the ‘k’ on the end. The ‘k’ also links with the Egyptian word for power and energy KHU, so we also have the k for that purpose as well, it also makes it geometrically sound having three and three.. mag….ick….so you have six ..three is a very powerful number in mysticism.
Well magick itself one of the best definitions I personally like to use is consciously creating change through energy and through the use of ‘will’. So basically willing energy to do something. Magick can be as simple as affirmations when you repeat something positive to yourself , it can be a little more complex like rituals and spell craft and Herbalism. Everything in daily life can be magick and should be for those that practise.
Now another thing I have heard that is really interesting is that yesterdays magick is today’s science, which is true, a lot of the stuff in the olden days that was considered magick is what we use for science today. Magickal practitioners whether they be druid, shaman, priest, priestess of any form they would use different alchemical combinations which is used in modern chemistry, they would use different types of herbs which are used are used in a lot of modern drugs. Magick itself is usually the art of practise of creating that change. Chanting has been used my monks and priests, or any magickal practitioner who wishes to use it, speaking the words in rhyme …words have a very powerful vibration.
The way the magick works is basically if you think of it from a scientific view point for those who are on more of the narrow minded side, energy is not created or destroyed, it has to go somewhere and probably the number one lesson I will teach anyone who wants to be a student or who wants to practise magick ..The number one rule to accomplish anything by magickal means is ‘ALL ENERGY FOLLOWS THOUGHT’ If you put your mind there energy will follow it. PERIOD! That is the basis for all forms of magick whether it be basic affirmation, prayer, spell casting, healing what ever the case may be focus on it and it will happen. Now of course there are ways to enhance it and make that energy resonate more which is the next point I am getting into.
Everything vibrates, cells molecules, atoms, they are all moving constantly. What happens is that everything is going to interact with each other, the whole equal and opposite reaction so when you put forth a though it is not only going to release a vibration or a wave but it is also going to release certain chemicals in your body. Whenever you think or breath its going to alter the vibrations of the body , the amount of heat that you let off etc. As an example if you hyperventilate just by using your breathing not necessarily mental focus but just breathing and you hyper ventilate you can get really worked up and increase your heart rate. If you breathe nice and slowly and calm you can calm down and relax you can control your energy and your vibrations and your mood by breath control alone. Breath control is often used with focus on different type of spell craft.
Now if you think of a tuning folk if you strike one tuning fork one on the other side of the room it will vibrate as well. If you consider listening to music, different music gets you into different moods, there is a different type of atmosphere when there is music involved that’s because the world is constantly vibrating, objects like tables and rocks etc all vibrate, everything vibrates at a different intensity based upon the chemicals and atoms it is made up of. When you use magick you are using subtle influences, subtle energies that surround these basically the sub atomic particles, the neutrons, protons things like that, the electrons, you are causing subtle changes and shifts which will bring forth change, its kind of like the whole concept of the butterfly effect…,where a butterfly will beat its wings and cause hurricanes and tornadoes , storms etc thousands of miles away. Or if you drop a stone in a pond it will ripple out. These domino like effects is how magick works, its very subtle shifts of changes that are bought about by your conscious mental focus that will bring forth these changes. Everything is vibrating so you are going against the flow of vibration when you are trying to create change so you have resistance so that’s why a lot of spells will have extra stuff to enhance whatever that spell is for because the more you have the more momentum you build up the more energy can go towards the focus that you have.
Now all energy will follow thought so the basics is to think on it and focus your energy on it. The other thing to consider is that everybody has thoughts so there is going to be conflict which it is not only considered negative and immoral to try and do something on or against someone else but it usually doesn’t always work because you are fighting against their own will to be themselves. Any form of mind control whether it be a love spell or whatever the case may be, its not always going to work because your fighting against that persons free will so its not going to be effective. Most traditional love spells are best done to self. Basically in a way they are confidence builders, you focus on being attractive, you start sending out that vibe, and people will tell you too when your looking for a potential mate, people are drawn to people who are confident and out going. These vibrations and energies are a form of magick, its what magick is.
Now the thing to not confuse with magick is magick is natural, magick cannot and will not do miracles etc my point is you cant make something do something it cant do naturally. Subtle things like making your self faster, more confident, less afraid ..this is magick….these are things that an be done.
Now spells the who reason behind the ritual tools, the Athame, the Wand, the Staff, these are usually focusing tools just to help you get into the mind set of the spell. Stones and herbs and incense, candles all vibrate at their own intensity based upon the material they are made of and the colour. You see the way that light works is that any colour that you are looking at, the object is actually any colour but that colour because you have light which is all the colours, so its white light and it hits something and then that object will absorb all the colour and refract off the certain light waves that its not absorbing, so when your looking at something red its absorbing all colours but red. If you look at something as black, its absorbing all colours which light heats up. So light is a very very powerful source of intensity so when you use colour that’s how the colour effects the spell.
When you use music and tones of vibrations, that’s pretty much self explanatory in my personal opinion. Obviously herbs burn at different things they are going to set off different vibrations based upon what its made of and how its smoking. So all of these things that people do you don’t have to remember the only thing you need for magick is yourself. Simple mental focus and concentration is the basics. Now I can go over this for hours but you must research this on your own and grow that way . I hope this helps. Find what works for you because there are so many methods.
Peace and Love
Storm xxxxx[/color]
I am quite new to my witchy path and found this most helpful and i really enjoyed reading what you have wrote <3 Bright Blessings xxx