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Stop doing it. Many people give up one behavior for another. ... don't hesitate to replace them with an equally obsessive but healthier pursuit. If I only knew exactly what it was that I were doing I would stop it! That is part of the problem and I have suggestions I - III for it (but no proof). Th...

Point of clarification, my advice on improving yourself and practicing social skill is not instead of practicing magic, it is in addition to.

You don't need High or Ceremonial Magick for an attraction spell. Low Magic (or practical magic as some call it) is better suited for this. Can you recommend where to find some? You don't need magic, you just need conversational skills. Practice remembering people's names. No one likes it when some...

Any reason is a good reason to seek a spiritual path. I have that book but haven't read it yet. I'm also fairly new to this, and it does come well recommended and it certainly seems (from a little skimming) to be a good book. May I ask, are you hoping to cast an attraction spell to meet the girl, or...

The history channel had a series about firearms that opened with a preamble that may as well have been about magic. Basically; these things are these things, and they serve hero and villain alike. The tool being no better or worse than it's master. I suspect that the part of the preamble that said s...

As dark and pointless as the future seems, it does get better. Depression is a heavy stone, but it is within your power to lay it down. Magick is a long haul deal. It doesn't turn on "like magic" but given time it will bear fruit. If you need to take some time away from it, so be it. If ar...

One more thing. "hypnotherapy" is two things. It's hypnosis, and it's therapy. Rarely do you find someone who is equally skilled at both. I'm confident in my hypnotic skill. Therapy, not so much. That's why I like to do "guided mediations" and the like. I help people meditate. I'...

I'm a hypnotist. Judging from your description, I think I know why it isn't working for you. Starting with a little of what hypnosis is and what it is not. Hypnosis is a natural state of brain activity. An example familiar to people here is that it's nearly indistinguishable (on an EEG machine) from...

"Extreme" sexual pursuits aren't spiritually wrong in and of themselves, but they can create a truly negative spiritual environment. Case in point would be promiscuity, all by itself it's just a lot of sex. Put into the context of someone who has family around them who are hurt or endanger...

...Well I guess we have to look at what happens to a murderer. 99% of the time they get caught, go to prison and experience what women fear might happen for walking on the wrong street (to put it lightly), ... Those are two popular misconceptions. First, the police would love to have a 99% rate of ...

Sun Salutation in one form or another is common throughout human history across all cultural bounds. I do some yoga sun salutations every morning. I don't get too wrapped up about what direction I'm facing if I'm indoors, or for that matter I don't worry about it if I'm doing it before sun rise as i...

Visualization works wonders with physical pursuits. Creating a strong mental image of your goal, and seeing yourself doing it. Do this while exercising, and 'see' yourself embodying the results while you are relaxing. Visualization isn't exactly an occult practice. Coaches use it in all sports. IMO,...

This is a great thread. Evangelical Atheists are a modern phenomenon and they are all that they claim to reject about religious people. They are intensely intolerant of anybody who believes in any faith. They won't literally burn you at the stake, but you will be pilloried, mocked, ridiculed and in ...

Pre Colombian Native Americans used tobacco and caffeine and (I recently learned) they made a hard cider all of which they used ritually. The joys of mouth cancer and alcoholism didn't pop up until people started using forms of the substances that concentrated the active ingredients. Kind of like co...

What are your impressions of the 3 Fold Law/Law of Return? Does it even exist or is it a tactic for Wiccans to influence and narrow one's perception on the ethics of magic? I should probably wait for those more qualified than myself to respond, but I'm online now. I think it's a crock of feel-good ...

I can't say I have a good basis for comparison because I am simply never caffeine free. I drink all together way too much coffee. My rationale that I give myself is that since I don't use alcohol or tobacco, have given up all recreational drugs (even the weed I loved so well and so long even after t...

To really alter your own belief, it is possible to do so through hypnosis. Possible, but only if you find a hypnotist who is willing and able to do it. I want to digress on hypnotists for a minute. I first learned hypnosis about 20 years ago and only practiced it a little (I used to group induce kar...

Is that the type of information that you were looking for when you asked about curses? Sort of, but not entirely. One thing you said that really resonated is that you shouldn't curse someone who you wouldn't physically attack. The violence analogy is, I think, appropriate. A curse is violence, just...

Thank you for the answers everybody. As usual, they are superb in quality and quantity. What's the point of magic. .....Why not? Why did you choose to begin studying magic? Have your motivations change? I'll jump right in and give what I see as the naked answer to that. In a word - power. No, let m...

As a newbie who has been reading extensively and observing all I can, I'll share what I have observed with the caveat that my opinions are coming from me and are not gospel. This is free internet knowledge and I warrantee it to be worth every penny of that. Putting magick into a martial arts analogy...

Rose Red, Have you read the book I mentioned in my last post? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft:_Its_Power_in_the_World_Today Seabrook wasn't strictly speaking an occultist, but he was friendly with Crowley and knew Gurdjief (sp?) and travelled the world learning about the occult. He lived in ...

"Summoning Lucifer" and "Beginners info" sub-forum don't really jive. Please, reconsider whatever it is you are considering. Take a few deep breaths, and pause..... In the possible case that maybe you are a writer looking for back ground info to make your story more realistic, ju...

So, how is it that toxic medicinal treatments discovered within the last 50 or 100 years are 'conventional medicine' and herbology, acupuncture and other treatments that have been healing people for a thousand years or more are 'alternative medicine?'

Great article. Thanks for the link,

Like I want immortality like highlander, or Daniel Jackson after he accends, or even like that of a god on the physical plane. Forever youthful, forever alive, unkillable, I essentially want to be a god or at least a demigod of some sort. I'm a stewart of humanity and want to make sure our race doe...

Consider seeing a real live hypnotist to help you with specific areas you want to work on. Someone already posted the famous Milton Erickson quote that "all hypnosis is self hypnosis" which, while true enough is misleading. Sure, it happens in your mind and you are in control ; but an expe...