Maybe some of you are curious about what I call Magick. I, like many others, add the “k” to this word sometimes, to differentiate between what I do as a practicing witch (I dont really like that term either, I like…magician..or..sorceress) and what the stage artist does, with pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
Magick is, by accepted definition, the process of using ones’ will to cause changes, whether it be change within, or change without, oneself . Well then, dont we do this on a daily basis, with just any action, to accomplish any goal? Then am I doing magick right now? As my goal is to educate, so my action is then writing this article. Then isnt this then, by definition, magick? I will say No, because I make a differential right here:
A “regular” action is… writing, putting your shoes on, acing an interview cuz you got skills like dat, whatever. Those are all things we do on a daily basis, our regular actions, to achieve our goals.
But what if I told you there were ways of doing things that were not “regular”, that were not “daily”, that used other means to achieve the same goal, or, more, importantly, that add extraordinary strength, power, and effectiveness to ones success in achieving ones goals?
This may be called a magickal act. It is different then a regular act, by at least a few ways:
Magick uses a mental process, that could be said to trick the human brain…lull it into a state of being, where the word or concept of “impossible” ceases to exist. To get to this state of being, people do certain things… ritual processes, drugs, suppression of one or part or all of the 5 senses, or symbolism, that tap into an ancient and prehistoric file, in the human brain, that somehow restores certain abilities…. that can only be described, in generic terms, as “magickal”.
I mentioned symbolism…Im sure a few of you know…how cute, ….a love spell, light a pink candle, on Friday, when the moon is waxing, preferable in the signs of Taurus or Libra, put roses around the candle. Slice an apple crosswise, and look at the star…etc…. that is a common spell that works, if done by one who knows what their actually doing. That is symbolism, and those actions, not exactly “regular”, may somehow lull the magician into a state of being, so that their own mind, their own personal energy, can effect the situation around them, drawing love to themselves.
Your probably saying, why doesnt she just go out and meet new people, internet date, blah blah blah…well I say, what if she has tried all those things, done all that crap, and she is still lonely? What if doing this symbolic gesture, puts her own brain into a frame of mind where it can finally draw to itself, that which the arms, hands, feet, and mouth, have not been able to draw?…love.
The universe is made up of energy, and energy exists in particles and waves. The human mind gives off energy, and must certainly, then, be capable of effecting the environs around itself, even without physical actions, or physical manipulation of the world around itself, by its corporeal body (hands, feet, arms, mouth etc)
A pretty spell like the one above is effective, and magickal, but the real goal of the magician is to ultimately be able to simply to think up what the goal is, and then make it happen, without having to light a candle, or slice an apple.
So, is magick then, just doin’ stuff with your brain, instead of your arms, legs, mouth, etc? Perhaps yes, but, dont discount how much farther, and more effective, the brain can effect its surroundings, then, as compared to ordinary physical maneuvers.
In my opinion, magick assists us, it is there for us to use, there are no secrets…I believe magick is an art form, once learned, can create a thing of beauty, or a thing of ugliness, depending on the artist….and the viewer.