Honors Magick
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
I've been doing thought control practice for about a week (not-thinking in particular) and have gotten what I assume are outstanding results. Many resources tell me that it should be very difficult (The Equinox, Liber MMM, and many other works that speak of thought control), but I seem to have no problem "zoneing out" into these trances. And I've noticed recently that whenever I hear or speak the name of a god or archetype I feel a very odd chill crawl up my body (when vibrated, I can almost feel a presence). Is this normal at my stage of practice?
I've always felt a strange --eh, how should I say?-- power, I guess, within me (desperatly trying to humble myself here, sorry if it doesn't sound right); it is infact the very reason I started to look into the occult years ago. And these practices are definately bringing me closer to that feeling. I suppose what I'm asking is if one can be natually "gifted" in magick.
Have any of you felt that you advance at a quicker rate than you should "normally"?
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@Scheotolin said
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
I've been doing thought control practice for about a week (not-thinking in particular) and have gotten what I assume are outstanding results. Many resources tell me that it should be very difficult (The Equinox, Liber MMM, and many other works that speak of thought control), but I seem to have no problem "zoneing out" into these trances. And I've noticed recently that whenever I hear or speak the name of a god or archetype I feel a very odd chill crawl up my body (when vibrated, I can almost feel a presence). Is this normal at my stage of practice?
I've always felt a strange --eh, how should I say?-- power, I guess, within me (desperatly trying to humble myself here, sorry if it doesn't sound right); it is infact the very reason I started to look into the occult years ago. And these practices are definately bringing me closer to that feeling. I suppose what I'm asking is if one can be natually "gifted" in magick.
Have any of you felt that you advance at a quicker rate than you should "normally"?"
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It matters how long youve practiced. If this is your first week, things tend to go well in the beginning. Practices follow the formula of IAO. I = good initial results, A = slump, O = renewed focus.
Further, if you are just starting, one can tend to think one is doing well in a practice but not realize one has a lot of breaks. Even the thought 'well Im doing quite well' is a break to concentration.
IAO131
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A point well taken is a path well taken.
Thanks
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Excellent answer.
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See Book 4, Ch IV on Pratyahara:
"At first we shall very likely flatter ourselves that our minds are pretty calm; this is a defect of observation. Just as the European standing for the first time on the edge of the desert will see nothing there, while his Arab can tell him the family history of each of the fifty persons in view, because he has learnt how to look, so with practice the thoughts will become more numerous and more insistent."
I think everyone suffers from "Advanced Student Syndrome" at one time or another. I'm just now emerging from that myself.