The most important aspect of True magick is concentration. Your ability to concentrate on and build energy, to concentrate on what you are doing your ritual for, and concentrating on what you are doing to direct the energy. Its a lot to keep track of, and learning to keep it all steady in your head is the key to success.
To help you with concentration there are some simple exercises you can do. First try just staring off into space not thinking about anything, its harder to do on purpose.
After you can do that on cue and for a decent period of time, (the trick is not letting other things intrude) try visualization exercises. form a picture in your head and keep it there for as long as you can.
Gathering energy can be a hassle to get started with. Here are some simple exercises for learning how.
Sit in a quiet place and breathe deeply, visualize energy flowing into your toes while you breathe. See the energy moving up your legs as you keep breathing. Continue till it fill your body. Do this slowly. You should feel tingling through your body. The first few times you do this see the energy flow out of your head and allow it to take your negative thoughts and doubts with it. This is a basic cleansing ritual. Don’t try to hold onto the energy, it will wear you out quickly. You should be able to achieve full potency more quickly over time.
You also need to learn to see the Astral plane. While you are visualizing the energy flowing into your body, also try to see a web of energy everywhere. This is the field of energy that binds everything. Over time this becomes easier.
After you have learned to concentrate, visualize and gather energy you can move onto directing it.
The most basic way to do this is to simply gather energy and keep a picture of what you want; in your mind, as you do it.
Put your hands out in front of you like you’re going to push someone, then once you have all the energy you can hold, see it all moving to your hands. In your mind fuse the image of what you’re after, with the energy. Visualize it all becoming a ball of power in front of your hands. Thrust your hands out sharply and push the ball of power out into the Astral field.
The problem is that you must detach yourself from the mundane world around you to do this. That is the hardest part of High Magick, stepping aside from the “normal world” and the doubt it brings. You must learn to step aside and become part of the mystical. And that’s where rituals come in. By conducting a strong ritual you feel part of something powerful, something more.
The need to detach from common reality is why rituals are so important. The whole idea behind any true Magick is to project your energy out into the universe to manipulate probabilities in your favor. To do that you cant have doubts or disbelief. By using rituals to disassociate with the norm, you are setting aside your fears and doubts.
It is also important to keep in mind that since the energy we send out will work towards our goal by “the path of least resistance” it is always a good idea to keep the phrase “bringing harm to no one” in mind while casting. A spell to make you a millionaire might work if you put enough energy and willpower into it, it might do so by causing your legs to be cut off in an industrial accident. Thus, it is always a good idea to have that phrase strongly in your mind as a “rider” on your spell.
I will finish this by saying these are only the methods I have the most success with. You will eventually find your own path. You must also realize it will take time to get anywhere with this. High Magick is as much a philosophy as it is anything else, it is a way of thinking, of seeing the world around you.
You must learn to set aside the illusion of separation and accept that all things are bound together. You need to see everything as just variations of energy, and realize that you can affect anything because you are part of everything and everything is part of you.
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