Message from discussion Possible to Obtain magic powers>?

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Subject: Re: Possible to Obtain magic powers>?
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Date: 20 Jul 92 12:32:39 GMT
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>>der...@netcom.com (Scott A. Steinbrink) writes:
>>: Out of curiousity, is it possible to learn wizard/magic spells and
 >>successfully perform them without any aid... and actually do it?
>>: 
>>: If so, hhow? :)
>>: 
>>: - Scott


What is now commonly called by Crowlites, and "witchy-poos" as wizardry,
magic and spells is originally the arts of an ancient shaman or priest.

The problem is that today many an aspiring magician is extremely self
centered, egotistical and ecclectic. They seldom have any sense of
"humility" and for the most part terribly confused with equally confusing
verbal diarrhea that covers up for the tremendous vaccum of their alledged
knowledge.

It is easy to rationalize, but to actually do that's another matter.

The ancient egyptian priests were reknowned magicians, yet it took almost
forty years for one to become proficient. The dedication, devotion, study is
phenomenal, let alone being accepted as a postulant which now days is almost
prodigious feat.

If you are truly serious, then your greater task is to find a genuine
source, and few abound and those that are do not accept readily.

There's an old saying about studying magic. When a student, on a clear day,
without clouds can of his own will conjure a thunderstorm and know that he
and only he was responsible, but tell no one about it and keep that
secret..then and only then has he really begun that road of a real magician.

Power trips are very common. If you read any extant grimoirs you'll find
that in the pontifical tradition, an alliance to a religious format is
necessary.


Now, is this possible? Yes. Can it be done? Yes. But it demands many things
of the individual particularly that which most people find it impossible to
do these days. Give of yourself!

Eshin-Fun
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