Magical Activity
Despite the fact that Magic, in the broad — and therefore most accurate — sense, is “simply” a fully conscious and ordered life, a significant place within it, especially at the early stages of the Way, includes a distinct ‘magical’ practice, understood as the whole complex of arts traditionally associated with Magic and the Magi — the making of amulets/talismans, summoning spirits, divinations, and so on.
One might ask — what is the point of all these practices, if, by and large, all that is needed for the development of awareness is simply to be a highly effective conscious person?
It turns out that we must hone the ability to form clear, stable directional patterns in the mind (and vortices in the Macrocosm), along which the flow of Power occurs.
The abundance of destructors in the mind of an ordinary person prevents the mind from acting effectively or consistently.
In order to “bring order to one’s mind,” it is necessary to make it act purposefully along clear directions.
In fact, this is the aim of the disciplinary efforts of magical training, yet the pull of mundane activity is usually so strong, and the discord among psychic processes is great, that an additional source of energy is needed to order the Psychocosmos.
This is precisely what the famous magical maxim says: “Call often.”
In practice, the point of traditional magical activity is not only that it serves as a convenient instrument for carrying out an intention, for creating effective “anchor points” for realization, but also that it trains a person in steady, purposeful action, instilling the warrior spirit and magus-like persistence.
“Magical” actions not only offer the shortest path for the realization of will; they bring the mind into contact with Power, providing those “sips of Light” necessary for the transformation of the passive mind into the mind of a free creative being — the very sort of being those walking the Way of Magic strive to become.
Nevertheless, it is important to understand that although magical activity has such multifaceted significance, it is not strictly necessary for mental development and should not be turned from an instrument of liberation into a habit that enslaves. In any case, the creative and transforming principle is the free will of the Magus, and any external activity only provides aid and support for its cultivation and use.
The Magus is effective when he finds the right balance between “frequent calling” and independence from the “need to call,” without sliding into either excessive ostentation or excessive minimalism.
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