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What is Magic
A taxonomy of Magical Techniques
The central operation of Magic is the alignment of the magician with their true will
Magic is still necessary]... as an artform is composed of a handful of mental functions which are applied singularly or in tandem to produce the desired effect.AAuther B Private or Broken Links
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Here is a rough list of some of these techniques:
- ego compartmentalization as in Creating an Internal Conscious BeingCreating an Internal Conscious Being
Creating a Internal Conscious Being is a common magical practice found across many paradigms and traditions. While the creation ritual and method varies, there are some commonalities we can poi... and Soul LossSoul Loss
Soul loss the process through which, during traumatic events, a part or all of the soul leaves the body. This occurs to protect the victim from the worse effects of the trauma and saves the soul fr... and InvocationInvocation
Invocation is the act of "calling in" a spirit or deity. This is different than Evocation which typically involves "summoning" a spirit or entity to appear in an external form to do work or ans... . This is where the Ego is broken and transferred into multiple expressions, or where it is widened to included otherwise foreign elements. - Symbols implanting directives into the subconscious mind #todo create note about the nature of conscious to subconscious mind- as in The Master Key SystemThe Master Key System
Haanel, Charles F. The Master Key System. St. Martin’s Essentials, 2023.
Overview
The Master Key System is a work of New Thought literature that is heavily influenced by the concept of the Law of A... . The subconscious mind manifests blindly whatever the conscious decides is true. This is typically done by encoding the directive into symbols (glyphs, sounds, or gestures often) and implementing them in a Ritual Practice - planting the directive in our subconscious - Awareness Shift Sending our conscious awareness into non-ordinary states (these can be elated, or catatonic)- can be travel to new reams or a widening of the consciousness, or a shift in the locus of awareness
- dissociative wherein the practitioner moves the locus of consciousness aside to allow another form of consciousness to take over as in invocation. Perhaps this can include evocation as well but it would piss off some magicians
see also
Magic as an Academic FieldMagic as an Academic Field
Aleister Crowley famously stated that Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will. I am not sure I entirely agree with him. Does magic necessitate chang...