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metapsykhe:

“It is Zos’s basic theory that all dream or desire, all wish or belief, anything in fact which a person nurtures in his inmost being may be called forth in the flesh as a living truth by a particular method of magical evocation. This he named ‘atavistic resurgence’; it is a method of wish-fulfilment which involves the interaction of will, desire and belief.”

— Kenneth Grant, “Austin Osman Spare: An introduction to his psycho-magical philosophy”

metapsykhe:

Excerpt from “On Magical Currents and Masters” by Frater Acher

The concept of magical currents is a strange evolution of what was once simply called the power of the gods. Today the term is often referred to vaguely yet rarely defined.

At closer look it turns out to be a blend of Jungian psychology and Sheldrake’s morphogenetic fields: the idea that raw power lies in potential waiting to be evoked and directed by the magician. If contact can be maintained over time it results in an active current of occult force which can be accessed through specific symbolic gates. Once stabilized this magical current, however, is not only shaped by the ones who maintain it but shapes them in return as well. The exchange of forces, the process of formation always is mutual. Thus a current of magic begins to form its own line of tradition over time – generating a trail of priests and priestesses all formed and shaped by its inner pattern which had been created or re-evoked by the first magician of its line decades or even ages ago.

Acher, Frater. 2013. “On Magical Currents and Masters,” Theomagica (blog), accessed February 12, 2018, https://theomagica.com/blog/on-magical-currents-and-masters.

Semiotics and Language

metapsykhe:

Excerpt from “Post-Structuralism & Modern Magic (Part I): A deconstructive look at structuralist theory” by Ed Richardson

Semiotics, the study of signs, has its origins in a fusion between linguistics and anthropology, and particularly in the ideas of Claude Levi-Strauss and Ferdinand de Saussure, who coined the term. Levi-Strauss focused on myth and had a notion that it worked by underlying structures. Similar underlying structures were to be found in other forms of culture and in wider society, hence the term structuralism. Myth was a means by which these structures could be studied, and most were seen to be linguistic. Through language, each individual is socially constructed. This idea will be considered again later, in the context of Post-Structuralist analysis; in which no single agent is responsible for our social construction, thus giving the Chaoist the power to move from one construct to another, using belief as a magical weapon to achieve this.

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transemmagoldman:

“What is Magick? Several definitions float into my mind, but none of them do it full justice. The world is magical; we might get a sense of this after climbing a mountain and looking down upon the landscape below, or in the quiet satisfaction at the end of one of ‘those days’ when everything has gone right for us. Magick is a doorway through which we step into mystery, wildness, and immanence. We live in a world subject to extensive and seemingly, allembracing systems of social & personal control that continually feed us the lie that we are each alone, helpless, and powerless to effect change. Magick is about change. Changing your circumstances so that you strive to live according to a developing sense of personal responsibility; that you can effect change around you if you choose; that we are not helpless cogs in some clockwork universe. All acts of personal/collective liberation are magical acts. Magick leads us into exhiliration and ecstacy; into insight and understanding; into changing ourselves and the world in which we participate. Through magick we may come to explore the possibilities of freedom.”

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Phil Hine, Condensed Chaos

thesigilist:

Chaos Magick Reading List (Current).

Practical Sigil Magic By: Frater U.:D.:
Creating Magickal Entities By: David Michael Cunningham
Chaotopia! By: Dave Lee
Prometheus Rising By: Robert Anton Wilson
The Infernal Texts By: Stephen Sennitt
The Pseudonomicon By: Phil Hine
Condensed Chaos By: Phil Hine
Prime Chaos By: Phil Hine
Visual Magick By: Jan Fries
Psybermagick By: Peter J. Carroll
Liber Kaos By: Peter J. Carroll
Liber Null & Psychonaut By: Peter J. Carroll

Source: thesigilist

blakealexanderdowning:

Out of curiosity, I did some reading about Baphomet, and it inspired me to draw a unicorn version of them! 

I find it interesting to learn the real meaning behind pagan and occult symbols, since we’re surrounded by so much off-base and negative portrayals of them. What I discovered is that Baphomet is not a representation the devil, and symbolizes dichotomy and equilibrium, harmony between opposites.

Source: blakealexanderdowning