What Magick Means (was I'm new)
nagasiva
CityCastle wrote:
>> Greeting to everyone here, I''m pretty new to this newsgroup..
>> can anyone tell me what's the meaning of magick?
magick is a form of spirituality dreamed up by Aleister Crowley.
the spelling was selected for the newsgroup because "magic",
which describes a superset of all magic, which contains magick,
was already taken for the use of stage magicians.
magic is using symbolic means to cause an intentional change.
its character varies from culture to culture, from group to
group which accepts it, and yet there are several categorical
lines of similarity which Bonewits has called 'Laws', after
the description by scientists of 'Laws of Nature'. understanding
these principles (whoever's analysis one may find authoritative)
would provide one with a great deal of flexibility in the
construction of spells and rituals.
nagasiva
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Gnome d Plume
wrote:
>50010722 VI! om Hail Satan! (apologies for any duplication)
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>CityCastle wrote:
>>> Greeting to everyone here, I''m pretty new to this newsgroup..
>>> can anyone tell me what's the meaning of magick?
>
>magick is a form of spirituality dreamed up by Aleister Crowley.
>the spelling was selected for the newsgroup because "magic",
>which describes a superset of all magic, which contains magick,
>was already taken for the use of stage magicians.
*******Crowley didn't "dream it up." It was often spelled that way in
Renaissance and late Baroque English writings. They commonly spelled
music "musick." They probably did not use the word "magick" to also
mean prestidigitation and legerdemain because the use of the term
"magic" to describe this form of entertainment is fairly modern in
origin.******
Good Magick!
Gnome d Plume