Finding a teacher and nature of magick
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 8:09 pm
So as I was coming up with this question I realized that it diverged into to. So the original and most important question is how do I find a teacher or group for magick (teacher would be preferred, but I'll take what I can get)? I'm an American currently studying in Leipzig, Germany. My German isn't that great, so English would be preferred, but I'll google translate every sentence if I have to.
The second question arose because I always see "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear". So that makes me think since I don't have one now I must not be ready. But then if you think about magick according to most people if you do a ritual to lose ten pounds then don't spend even a minute working out and eat the same foods you'll remain fat, so then would this quote mean that searching for a teacher is part of the process, and one probably isn't just gunna bump into me in a park one day? So the second question is basically how much of magick is trusting fate and higher powers and stuff and how much is actually going out and getting it done?
TL;DR any tips on finding people to learn magick from? Everything I've ever read says getting a good teacher will speed things up and and help with avoiding dangers.
The second question arose because I always see "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear". So that makes me think since I don't have one now I must not be ready. But then if you think about magick according to most people if you do a ritual to lose ten pounds then don't spend even a minute working out and eat the same foods you'll remain fat, so then would this quote mean that searching for a teacher is part of the process, and one probably isn't just gunna bump into me in a park one day? So the second question is basically how much of magick is trusting fate and higher powers and stuff and how much is actually going out and getting it done?
TL;DR any tips on finding people to learn magick from? Everything I've ever read says getting a good teacher will speed things up and and help with avoiding dangers.