The Art and Practice of Magick

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In my understanding i sum up magick as the art of creating change in consciousness through will. To go into further detailed i could say it can also be considered tapping the unconscious mind by the conscious mind normally through the subconscious in a symbolic way.

the essence of magic is understanding that there are visual patterns which generate the nature of the conscious mind.

Most people are not aware of the patterns (the images held together by an emotional strand) which sit in the subconscious and which drive our behaviour.

the archetypes, by their very nature, are represented visually to capture certain salient aspects. They are also given a naming, which is more important for the concept it ties into, rather than the actual word which is used (as we know, words can shift in meaning over historical periods).

magic involves two parts:

1) identifying the current visual patterns which are NOT in tune with the kind of person you would like to be, and consciously removing (ie balancing) those patterns

2) replacing those patterns (ie re-asserting) the new visual schema, and the associated emotional current - usually one aligned to love and greater acceptance

most people, when they practice magic, or try to reprogram their subconscious with tools like NLP or Law of Attraction or ritual only focus on the step 2), without realising that this creates incompatible and conflicting schema which alternate. They don't balance each other out automatically; they just find supportive conditions to express themselves, which is why the reprogramming is not 100% experienced.