llewellyn/journal/article/2478 A good, concise read, explaining how the evolution of Western culture over the centuries has resulted in a development of Western occultism that has rejected or forgotten some reliable magickal tools, which we might do well to re-gain if we desire to increase the potency of our spells and the likelihood of getting solid results. Simply put, Western magick tends to be very keen on the idea of magickal practice as an inner spiritual quest, with a tendency to ignore or look down on systems which implement magick for material and personal gain. If you ask around any modern occult community, youll find more than a few who insist that magick should only be an inner spiritual pursuit, that it should be used strictly to rectify the soul and move the Self of the magician closer to God/Goddess/Source/etc. (this is commonly called theurgy). Meanwhile, practical magick (or thaumaturgy) is sometimes considered a vain pursuit, based on greed and bordering on black magick. Those who wish to cast it in a more positive light often call it grey magick, as if to suggest it is either inherently black magick being used for good, or perhaps good magick being used for selfish ends. (An exemption is given to healing magick, of course.) Therefore, when lay people need practical help—with money issues, friendship, love, protection, revenge, divination, etc.—they are more likely to seek out their local conjuror, shaman, or Santeró than, say, the nearest Golden Dawn temple. Modern Western magick is unfortunately dismissed as ineffective for such purposes. Like it or not, we Westerners have acquired that reputation (or stereotype) somewhere along our way.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:00:01 +0000
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