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Moving out. Seriously. There is no way you can do ceremonial magick when you have to the threat of being to be distracted or worse hanging above you all the time. You can look into other types of magick, on smaller scale, thats easier to hide and practice if you still wish to continue learning until...

Goetia has its roots in necromantic practices so does involve elements of animal sacrifice. Thats its not for you is not necessarily an issue. The gods smile on thosr who walk the bloodless path and work other kinds of magick just as much that get their hands red and heavy. Rose is right, you might ...

Don't do the beginngers mistake and conflate neo wiccan nonsense with genuine wiccan tradition.

Far too much of that goes on.

A better question would not be what you would like to do, but:

What do you aim to achieve?

High and Low magick are pretty stupid distinctions when examined. Some of the highest magick one can perform make use of low magic techniques.. its usually just used as a useless term to separate folk from ceremonial practices. Probably came about in the 19th century to distinguish what those 'backw...

I have had experiences like this. There was one girl, the first one I ever fell properly in love with, and we had a very intense relationship for 4 years. When it ended it pretty much fucked me up. However since then I have had extremely meaningful, long term relationships with others, and the one I...

Kind of RockDemon, you can only create more ripples, not stop them. I was being a little silly with my example i must admit! Like Hadit says there are some laws on time travel which simply cannot be broken. Time can be altered, molded, but not broken. For example in this case, lets say you never per...

Can always throw a huge fucking rock in after it.. [gz]

Interesting stuff here. I tend not to listen to any of this in ritual but to say music hasnt had a big impact on my development would be a lie. @DarkSchneider: Some game tracks are as good as movie tracks.. i dont understand the mentality because it was written for a game it was 'better' @Spida: The...

Considering this is used in modern day goetic magick by people like kent to command daemons that have their sigils inscribed within its centre that makes additional sense.

There are several tools depending on school. There are a few basics however that might serve you well. -A black handled dagger of some sort. This is often refered to as 'Athame' by many but it has historical precedents long before that. This is used to cast circles, invoke and even command spirits a...

Looking in the Verum we find this, page 24. http://www.akor.cc/More%20Books/GrimoriumVerum.PDF Interestingly, the placement of the solar and lunar sigils is reversed in this copy from my own and from my own work, but even more of interest is that its a seduction spell. Maybe there is a venusian conn...

So lets recap: We have Magari who hates the forum, everybody on it and its administration, being his usual hyprocritical self and doing nothing but stroking the thread into a shitstorm with his pointless one liners. Raine turns it up to 11 because of perceived attacks when the conversation was meant...

The middle icon has nothing to do with Venus. As mentioned by corvidus its telluric in nature. It reminds me of something.. something in one of Jake Stratton Kents books. He used a very similar sigil to the Telluric sigil that the sigils of the goetic entities are placed within to call them forth. I...

For comparisons sake.

@Magari You know where the door is.. @Desecrated This thread was started with the best of intentions and i dont think anyone here is bullying Raine at all. Everyone here is attempting to be constructive? I cant see what you are reading into peoples posts at all. There is genuine concern here about s...

Don't throw your caution out the wind too quickly, I would say. Its more than likely he is being sincere - there is far too much paranoia these days. hes probably just glad hes found someone to talk these things through with and who he can work with in the physical. That said consider your safety fi...

For me this is a multifaceted issue. My own take on this thread is that it was necessary. The only alternative would have been a ban or to moderate / silence a member without them having a say in the matter. The fact they are even given that chance is a testament to the site itself, most places woul...

Nothingness is a paradox in and of itself, it comes up in philosophy and art all over the place, so i wouldnt call it being pedantic. There is a great book on this, called nothing matters, a book about nothing. My own entirely personal and somewhat biased belief is that nothing cannot exist. Its an ...

Nothing wrong with liking pigs dude, sounds like you got the rough end of the stick for sure when it came to that. Butterflies are also pretty awesome, as are moths. But have nocturnal associations and are pretty beautiful creatures. TpcBsnifTRE From one ill man to another, I wrote a blog article ab...

Cheers both! Glad it was some help, it was difficult to relate in a good enough manner. [shh]

Same, good to see a few things picking up for you

What I relate is what I can deduce from my own experience working with them and others. As Rose says.. 'good luck with that'. It doesnt mean one 'must' die no, it can be attained whilst living, but whilst alive you are still restricted to in one facet of your experience, the whims of being incarnate...

So, you want to become a 'Living God', huh? That doesn't usually work out too well. Why did you have to remind me about mr koetting and his special band of merry muppets like joker mrs mason. Think you must hate me rose :p As for immortality... Its achievable with theurgic rites at Soul level, whic...