31 How should I start learning about magic? teachers?
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This article is from the Magick FAQ, by tyaginator nagasiva@luckymojo.com with numerous contributions by others.
31 How should I start learning about magic? teachers?
As CHenningsson (ceci@lysator.liu.se) writes:
"Books are one answer. There are actually books which
try to take you from your first tentative attempts
at relaxation into holding a ritual....
"Other than that.... Just do it! If you like to, you
can see this as one of the very first exercises in Will;
you Will yourself into making a ritual."
Some recommend the use of particular mechanisms or tools,
such as tarot, a magical diary, meditation or dreamwork.
Some recommend specific books or teachers, others place more
emphasis on the aptitude and imagination of the student.
Robin (robin@winternet.com) provides marvelous advice:
"Resist the temptation to believe what anyone else
tells you. Try to invent ways to find out things
for yourself. Remain skeptical.
"Look for ways in which you may have been
doing magick without realizing it. Think about
what it might mean if you could use it with
intention, and how you might go about that."
MKampe (markk@cypress.West.Sun.COM) offers:
"if you have clear notions of what magick is all
about, it might be better for you to pursue your
inner course and avoid outside contamination
[from teachers/books/etc.]."
There are
REFerence files on such things as the Kabbalistic Abyss,
Chaos Magick, Wicca, and the Golden Dawn. Teachers, masters
and adepts are often a topic of discussion in the newsgroup,
and magical organizations may wrangle out their political
issues in alt.magick.order.
I would echo Lilith Darkchilde:
"Take heed of those who say that they can teach
you all about what is magickal. Especially if
you must join their 'coven' or group to do so....
"I hold the key to my own self knowing."
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