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Personal Orientation of Magick
Today we are talking about black magick. Everybody knows about the concept, and everybody seems to have a different idea of what it is and what it is about. What are your thoughts on black magick? You mean as a practicing witch? Certainly, if that is your point of view. White/ black/ red/ gray magic,…
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Power as the Reward of Virtue
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Enlightened Power
Shall we discuss enlightened power? Today’s seekers of power are just looking for excuses for acting on short sighted impulse, so they are burned by their own power because they are too hasty. Remember earlier I said that the black magician see’s power as the evidence of truth? Well, where people go wrong is seeking…
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Fire of Magick
In white magick, the focus is on the communal network, on sharing and helping and trusting, healing and communicating shared beliefs. The white magick pattern is like a spider web. Everything connected to and reinforcing everything else. Star spider dancing. Yes. That is white magick. That is all magic, I thought. All energy. It is,…
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Avoid the Blindness
Category: Black Magick
Magick is both an art and a science. The insights and wisdom and other lore of magick are focused on effective ways of dealing with the world. What contrasts black magick from white magick is not what people call good and evil. What distinguishes black magick from white magick is it’s orientation in regards to the cosmic background or context. The black magician sees the carrying out of one’s own personal will as the ultimate contribution to truth and the most honest way of keeping in touch with reality.
In black magickal thinking, power is the evidence of truth, but there is the potential for a more enlightened approach to black magick. True power isn’t separated from purposes, and the wise black magician always keeps their sense of purpose clear.
“That’s the thing with magic. You’ve got to know it’s still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.” Charles de Lint (Celtic folk musician and story teller, b.1951)
“Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.” Tom Robbins (American Novelist. b.1936)