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Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick?
#6991766 - 05/31/07 02:23 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Please, no poetic answers like, "When I fell in love," or "When I saw my child being born," or "A beautiful sunrise."
No, I mean something mind-blowing and out of the realm of 'normal' human experience - something seemingly defying known physics.
And NO - tripping experiences do not count.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6991785 - 05/31/07 02:29 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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I was at a Toots and The Maytals concert, it was outdoors. Naturally the rains started falling. So Toots starts singing in his funky soulful reggae voice for the rains to go away, and THEY DID.
I put spells on people all the time.
The answer for me is most assuredly yes.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: nakors_junk_bag]
#6991807 - 05/31/07 02:37 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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I put spells on people all the time.
For example? What kind of a spell could you put on me (good or evil)?
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6991823 - 05/31/07 02:40 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well, I don't consider it in that snese.
But let say you and I were to spend some time together. I would probably, most likely convince you that I am worth hanging out with and am a viable option as a friend. To me that is magick.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: nakors_junk_bag]
#6992376 - 05/31/07 05:33 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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nakors_junk_bag said: Well, I don't consider it in that snese.
But let say you and I were to spend some time together. I would probably, most likely convince you that I am worth hanging out with and am a viable option as a friend. To me that is magick.
The first thing Orgone said was:
"Please, no poetic answers like, 'When I fell in love,' or 'When I saw my child being born,' or 'A beautiful sunrise.'"
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: JunkFood]
#6992434 - 05/31/07 05:49 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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when a caveman would turn on the TV it would be "real magick" to him but that's because he doesn't know (and me) how the TV actually works. unexplainable things aren't magical, it just means you are probably uneducated to a degree and with enough knowledge and understanding you could explain whatever you feel needs explaining.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Bridgeburner]
#6992456 - 05/31/07 05:55 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Not necessarily: what if something genuinely defies the laws of physics?
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Bridgeburner]
#6992459 - 05/31/07 05:55 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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How did the caveman get the TV? Time travel?
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6992656 - 05/31/07 06:39 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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OrgoneConclusion said: How did the caveman get the TV? Time travel?
I don't think the issue was about time travel, but about one's inability to understand. We call magick the occult (hidden, beyond the realm of human comprehension). There are many things that we didn't understood in the past and considered them as being magick and now we do. Just as how we can't understand the soul right now but maybe in the future we will
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6992691 - 05/31/07 06:45 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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I commonly manipulate the fabric of time and space with my thoughts and bend reality to my will. Such mastery is within my power.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
#6992700 - 05/31/07 06:47 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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And you are still home in time for supper. 
Mrs. Coyotl: Honey, wipe your shoes before coming in.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6992709 - 05/31/07 06:49 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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every day
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6992710 - 05/31/07 06:49 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yes, Dear.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
#6992719 - 05/31/07 06:50 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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For a small woman to humble a large and fierce warrior - now THAT is magick!
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
#6992729 - 05/31/07 06:52 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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if you consider NLP magick, then yes. all the time.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6992730 - 05/31/07 06:52 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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My wife is over 6 foot...I am only 4 inches taller.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
#6992743 - 05/31/07 06:55 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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and roll
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
#6992800 - 05/31/07 07:05 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Huehuecoyotl said: My wife is over 6 foot...I am only 4 inches taller.
Most folks don't realize that the Kentucky variety of sasquatch is one of the smaller breeds. Here is Hue foraging in the woods:
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6992829 - 05/31/07 07:13 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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thats not the real one at all
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6993396 - 05/31/07 09:03 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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And just to make it clear, there is a difference between magic and magick. The term magick, the latter, and also the one you are referring to is introduced by Aleister Crowley, and it's based on the Thelemic system. It is about using one's direct intention in manifesting a change. For him it is the REAL magick. The law of the Will.  So, if it THAT what you're talking about, let me tell that yes, it works, if you refer to plain magic, as in illusion, then well I guess that it does on the measure you rely on illusion
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: MushroomTrip]
#6993432 - 05/31/07 09:08 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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I once engaged in some magical activity, but it was a long time ago. Actually, back then I was into all kinds of magic. I walked on water, multiplied fish and loaves of bread..... all kinds of stuff.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: fireworks_god]
#6993443 - 05/31/07 09:10 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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fireworks_god said: I once engaged in some magical activity, but it was a long time ago. Actually, back then I was into all kinds of magic. I walked on water, multiplied fish and loaves of bread..... all kinds of stuff.
 Jesus on Ice skates is all I can say... oh yes... going to a salsa party
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: MushroomTrip]
#6993457 - 05/31/07 09:13 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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*conjures up some bags of tortillas and some maracas
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6993651 - 05/31/07 09:58 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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OrgoneConclusion said: And NO - tripping experiences do not count.
aw, why not?
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6993853 - 05/31/07 10:41 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Defying the laws of physics? No. But I have seen my will manifest itself in strange and significant ways.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6994077 - 05/31/07 11:45 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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prepare yourself...FOR A MIND EXPLOSION!!!! FEEL THE MAGIK! FEEL THE MAGIK! anybody watch that show?
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: ChiefGreenLeaf]
#6994221 - 06/01/07 01:21 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Nothing I have done... real or magical... has been board certified.
So, if I say "I saw a unicorn this morning in my back yard."
Does that statement hold more, or less weight than if I had say, "I took a shit this morning."?
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6994860 - 06/01/07 09:18 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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OrgoneConclusion said: Please, no poetic answers like, "When I fell in love," or "When I saw my child being born," or "A beautiful sunrise."
No, I mean something mind-blowing and out of the realm of 'normal' human experience - something seemingly defying known physics.
And NO - tripping experiences do not count.
Veritas put a spell on me and now I'm trapped forever as her love slave.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Icelander]
#6995050 - 06/01/07 10:36 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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It wasn't a spell, it was a magickal invitation. 
The love slave part is purely voluntary.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Veritas]
#6995089 - 06/01/07 10:45 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Invatation?
You stole my soul and now keep it in hades with all the other lives you've destroyed.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Veritas]
#6995125 - 06/01/07 10:55 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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yes, quite often iv both witnessed and performed magick. i don't perform any kind of ritualistic magick though, it seems unnecessary to me.
yesterday as an example. I'm broke and decided i needed work, so i focused my intent and put it out there to be received. less than 5 seconds later a man came and asked me if i wanted to do some work for him. these kinds of experiences are a daily happening for me.
as far as the caveman metaphor. the caveman can be taught all about the technological aspects regarding the television. and as his knowledge grows, he will come to understand the process, and even be able to create his own television programs. magick is the same way. it is a level of understanding that gives the will energy to create. it seems absurd and mystical to those without an understanding of the process as much the television blows the mind of the caveman.
iv also witnessed far more powerful actions by more knowledgeable magicians, (or brujos rather) such as bringing forth what i could only describe as an energetic fire and playing with it, and shaping it in his hands. dancing with the shadows whilst stretching and shifting his own form. it was an intense encounter to say the least.
i met a medicine woman once who has able to directly manipulate my energetic body and raise my consciousness to new and interesting heights from across the room. to me that is magick.
our world is more fluid and dream like than most think.
btw, child births, and sunsets, and falling in love are very magical things.
Edited by Archemetis (06/01/07 10:58 AM)
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Archemetis]
#6995886 - 06/01/07 02:31 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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"I have magical powers and I am broke."
Hmmmm....
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6995964 - 06/01/07 02:48 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Archemetis]
#6996219 - 06/01/07 04:03 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
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i met a medicine woman once who has able to directly manipulate my energetic body and raise my consciousness to new and interesting heights from across the room.
And I met a woman who would do the same for me, while naked... and on camera.
She did it from across the country. Only $59.99 per hour.
She talked dirty to me, too.
She REALLY manipulated my energetic body, from across the country!
I never thought it was magic... but my... er... consciousness WAS raised to new heights!
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Rose]
#6996263 - 06/01/07 04:14 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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our world is more fluid and dream like than most think.
yup, and continually moreso
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: EsKregg]
#6996310 - 06/01/07 04:29 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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our world is more fluid and dream like than most think.
Nice to know you have access to what billions of people think.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Rose]
#6996764 - 06/01/07 07:07 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Cervantes said:
Quote:
Archemetis said:
i met a medicine woman once who has able to directly manipulate my energetic body and raise my consciousness to new and interesting heights from across the room.
And I met a woman who would do the same for me, while naked... and on camera.
She did it from across the country. Only $59.99 per hour.
Oh shit... my sides are hurting! LOL
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Nobody Special]
#6996949 - 06/01/07 08:14 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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I can make a FULL bowl of ice cream disappear, but it takes a few minutes....  I can do it consistantly, on command, in any setting - no excuses made.... 
>^;;^<
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6997915 - 06/01/07 11:33 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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...Once upon a time when I was quite young...
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#6999299 - 06/02/07 10:25 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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our world is more fluid and dream like than most think.
Nice to know you have access to what billions of people think.
theres no need to twist language, i believe you understood what I'm getting at.
people speak their thoughts nonstop, thats how i know what they think. sure i haven't met everyone, but the collective it seems is locked in a rigid realm of pre-conceived notions about the way their world works. your own post carries a rigidity, illustrating my point on some level.
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OrgoneConclusion said: "I have magical powers and I am broke."
Hmmmm....
your quick to assume we have the same aspirations or desires. i dont feel the need to have money most of the time. im always taken care of, because i know i will be. thats my flow. i care not for external comfort levels, my trip is internal and finding comfort there.
you asked a question as to whether or not i have seen or experienced magick, i answered. thats all.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: thedudenj]
#7000997 - 06/02/07 07:19 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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every day
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Middleman]
#7001362 - 06/02/07 09:25 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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93 Yes. As a magickian working within a Thelemic framework, I practice ceremonial ritual every day and try as best I can to meld my life to selfless attainment. Of course, the general conception of how magick works is, to most people, diluted. The best synthetic explanation of magick is that of the priest of the princes, Aleister Crowley "magick is the art and science of causing change to occur in conformity with will". I'm not going to get into the issue of where magick picks up where science leaves off, or the simply complex ways in which it works. Those are not in the confines of this thread and best subjected to your own experience anyway. So, on with it!
My magickal intentions are entirely white. Yet, magick often works in ways, especially for the beginner, quite unpredictable and contrary to one's original intention if there is but one variable that can cause folly. Therefore, gray magick(that which unintentionally causes interference with the will of others, or is detrimental to that of the the practitioner) is spawned. I will give some personal examples of such:
- I was unhappy with my job and the stagnation it was imposing in my life. I created a fire sigil and charged it. I decided to work with the element of fire due to it's destructive nature and the creation spawned from the projection of intent. I carried the charged sigil into work and once there, I threw it into a wood burning stove to complete the magical action. Within 45 minutes, an actual fire had broken out 15 feet from the oven. The place had to be evacuated and the fire department called. The place was closed for the next day and a half and a massive wall had to be replaced. Well, it worked, but certainly not in the scale I had wanted!
-I went into a nearby forest to invoke the Egyptian goddess Isis. The invocation was successful. I entered a glorious state, characterized as sananda, and certainly felt the presence and essence of the goddess. I had brought a compass with me and when I looked at it, I noticed that it was completely stopped and no change in direction would sway it! It had always worked before, was not cold out, and started working again when I began to enter a more "normal" state. In this state, I would also think about something in the external environment and then have it manifest before me shortly thereafter. For example, I would suddenly think of a skunk, only to take a few steps, hear a shuffling, and shine my flashlight upon one.
-I occasionally use the I-Ching(using river stones-more deeply rooted symbolically) as a method of divination. Incredibly accurate, some of the readings I have attained, using liber 216 as a guide, have actually had a literal correspondence to the actual result. A good example: I meditated upon the question of what to do with a car I have. Keep it as a daily driver or sell it? The answer I received was the khwan hexagram with the 4th line moving. Crowley's 4th line of the poem states: "Here is a sack made safe by skillful tie". Super I say, I'm having some work done on the car, everything will be alright. I interpreted the passage as if I maintain the car properly, it will be reliable and serve. The very next day, I took the car out for a drive and promptly got pulled over by a cop. It turns out that I had completely forgotten about re-registering the car. The car was towed and I got a big fine. Here's the kicker: At the time I kept my registration and other info in one of those purple crown royal bags(the sack was'nt tied properly). The car was not safe as it was taken from my presence by a fat greasy tow truck driver to a greasy shop for temporary impound. As you can see, nature does indeed possess a sense of humor!
Thats enough for this thread. For the op's sake, no tripping experience stuff(that would encompass a great deal more space!). A very limited scope of magick, yes, but one of which most tend to associate it with. My examples are not to be implied as spiritual pride(accursed!), but rather as examples of how magick can work in mysterious ways due to unforeseen variables. As the Taoist knows, sometimes the best magick results from nothing. 93 93/93
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: lavod]
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It has to be said.
What I see, is a lot of people with, "Faith." Faith that everything is connected... faith in the ability to control the, "Energy" around you... faith in the "Law of attraction."
What I don't see, is "Proof" that, "Magick" is real.
I'm not trying to poo-poo all of you, "Believers" out there. Humans have a HUGE capacity for faith. So much so, it can be problematic. Humans are gullible. Humans are scientifically proven to be vulnerable to things, other animals are immune to... such as fraud... and, "Faith" in things which do not exist.
No matter what you believe in, there are MORE people out there who disagree with you, than agree with you. "Proof" is important, when you wish to communicate with others, on a global scale.
You get a lot of hippies around here. Buddhists... New Agers...
There are worse places to put your faith, than in Buddhism... or New Age theology. In fact, I suggest to ALL new trippers, "study Buddhism". It is a psychologically tested, "Safe" tripping mindset to be in... if you are mentally stable enough to trip. I'm not as enthusiastic about, "New age" stuff... like crystals, astrology and "The Secret".
I am a fan of Buddhism. Any philosophy which CAN incorporate science, is better than... say Christian fundamentalism. But I recognize it for what it is. It is, a place to put excess human, "Faith"... it is not "Proof" of magick.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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No matter what you believe in, there are MORE people out there who disagree with you, than agree with you. "Proof" is important, when you wish to communicate with others, on a global scale.
Fortunately, I don't have to prove the existence of magick to others in order for it to work for me.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Silversoul]
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after reading the celestine prophecy, i tried to make myself a conduit of positive energy.
i focused on the beauty of some trees, reached a small state of love and then focused on sending this loving energy to another person, while opening myself up to the limitless storehouse of love.
what happened next was totally unexpected. everything became much more serene, i was filled with an enormous amount of love, and the mid section on my back began to pulsate.
another similar experience was when i was in church, listening to the music being played i began something i usualy do - letting chills run down my spine. this is an amazing sensation by itself, but what happened at the climax of the song was far beyond my usual experience. instead of the chills trickling down from the top of my head into my body, it was as if a floodgate had been opened. i entered into a state that is hard to describe, except for fleeting words like bliss and radiance. the state lasted for only maybe 10 seconds, but was very intense.
now i don't know if this falls under the category of magick, but i thought i might share in case it was. by the way, does anybody know what exactly these sensation of chills are? where they are referred to, or any experience with them?
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Rose]
#7002691 - 06/03/07 09:56 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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93 Mr. Cervantes, your advice for new trippers to study Buddhism is well founded, may I suggest that you follow that advice yourself. Indeed, the general populous as a whole does not accept certain things that they are not suited to understand. Perfectly okay, everyone has their place in life, they become a friend or foe only in relation to the sustenance of one's will.
Magick is often mixed up with religion. This is foolish as magick is artistic science, religion is a three dimensional language. It is not a philosophy, it is a dynamic truth. Cause and effect. Yet, there are variables that are not always accounted for. By understanding how the personal and impersonal universes function, one limits the unknown variables and the will goes along it's path with little interference. How does one begin to understand? Through experience and the subsequent judgment of experience. Faith? Magick has nothing to do with faith.
Just remember always, "Nothing is true, everything is permitted". Perceptible truth(a contradiction in itself) is only transient and partial. Is is all. 93 93/93
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Silversoul]
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No matter what you believe in, there are MORE people out there who disagree with you, than agree with you. "Proof" is important, when you wish to communicate with others, on a global scale.
Fortunately, I don't have to prove the existence of magick to others in order for it to work for me.
If you look at Crowley's definition of Magick then it's something we all do all the time whether we are aware of that or not. I go along with this idea. A great example he gave is in getting a glass of water. His intent was to acquire this water through magick. His invocation was a particular spell consisting of words asking someone to get him a glass of water. The proof of the success of his spell casting was in the fact that said person went to the sink and got him a glass of water and brought it to him. This is how IMO, magick works.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Icelander]
#7002806 - 06/03/07 10:47 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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"Every change has it's own conditions" - Aleister Crowley
By getting more aware of the nature of our surroundings we become more capable of observing and understanding the multitude of those conditions, and then, by exercising our Will, we can manipulate those conditions in order to produce a change. That is magick. Some people consider it as being supernatural because they are not able to to see those conditions and the way hey were manipulated.
Quote from "Magick Without Tears"
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: lavod]
#7002807 - 06/03/07 10:47 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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lavod said: Just remember always, "Nothing is true, everything is permitted".
that quote sounds farmiliar, except the version i recall goes more like " everything is permitted, but not everything is beneficial " good quote nonetheless
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: lavod]
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Mr. Cervantes, your advice for new trippers to study Buddhism is well founded, may I suggest that you follow that advice yourself.
Please, call me Cerv. No Mr. Required.
However, your suggestion that I should study Buddhism myself, smells of condescension. Did the Buddha teach you that?
Don't worry, I'll live.
Anyway, this reminds me of an old parable.
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Cervantes said: An enlightened family of Buddhists... yes, all enlightened... had a visitor one day. He came to ask about enlightenment, and he figured he should visit the family who had figured it all out. Father, Mother, Sister, Brother... all enlightened.
The man had long heard of this family, they were a thing of legend in his village... many were Buddhist yet few were enlightened. Still an entire family had figured it out, against all odds.
After walking up the hill that separated the family's farm from his village, the man came upon a young girl, no more than 5... this was the enlightened daughter of the family he sought. The man greeted her, then asked her where to find enlightenment. The girl smiled and said, "Why it is the easiest thing in the world to find, it is right under your nose, and it is your nose as well."
The man continued along the path that led him onwards towards the house at the top of the hill when he came upon a teenage boy, the enlightened son. The boy was laying on his back, below a tree looking at the clouds in the sky. The man politely introduced himself, and he explained his reasons for walking up the hill. He asked the teen where to find enlightenment, the boy said, "It can't be found." The man asked if the boy could teach him about enlightenment, the boy said, "It can not be taught, for quite simply, it can not be expressed."
Confused, the man continued up the hill where, not too surprisingly he stumbled upon the enlightened mother of the two children... and perhaps a little more shocking, the father as well. The man caught them up on his quest and asked them where to find enlightenment. The mother said, "It is everywhere and nowhere." He asked if it could be learned... "Perhaps." came her reply. He asked if it could be put into words, "Yes, if you are willing to listen." she said with a coy grin.
The man, more confused than ever looked at the father, with a look of mad desperation. Before the man could open his mouth, the father picked up a stick from the porch and bonked the man on the head... and in that instant, that man too, was enlightened.
In this tale, not one family member could explain enlightenment the same way. Yet, they were ALL enlightened.
There are many ways to skin a cat... and with Buddhism... there are many ways to say the same thing, as well. Sometimes contradictions AREN'T really contradictions. Sometimes, apparent disagreements aren't disagreements at all.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Rose]
#7002984 - 06/03/07 11:37 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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well said pirate man... i know the flying dutch man
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Rose]
#7003672 - 06/03/07 03:09 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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93 Excellent! A statement of universal sublimity. This is in contrast to the absolute mess that was your previous post. Die in a fire. Take that as encouragement. Buddha teach me? Nah, I'd rather kick em' in his fat belly! 93 93/93
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: lavod]
#7003715 - 06/03/07 03:26 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Care to demonstrate precisely how his previous post was an "absolute mess"?
Also, Buddha wasn't fat.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: fireworks_god]
#7003723 - 06/03/07 03:30 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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What about "die in a fire"? Would that be considered a flame?
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: fireworks_god]
#7003727 - 06/03/07 03:31 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Also, Buddha wasn't fat.
And neither was Elvis.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7003751 - 06/03/07 03:39 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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The fat Buddha statues are not literal representations, but symbolic expressions of abundance.
Here is a painting depicting Siddhartha during his ascetic phase:
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Veritas]
#7003782 - 06/03/07 03:48 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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The fat Buddha statues are representatives of an entirely different man.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7003783 - 06/03/07 03:48 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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OrgoneConclusion said: And neither was Elvis.
Elvis and John F. Kennedy were the exact same person. Seriously.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: fireworks_god]
#7003808 - 06/03/07 03:54 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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We are all one - except for Swami.  
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7003823 - 06/03/07 03:57 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Swami needed to be isolated for the good of the community. There is scientific proof of this. (somewhere)
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Icelander]
#7003848 - 06/03/07 04:04 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Swami and Hanky are probably getting it on right about now.
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Swami needed to be isolated for the good of the community.
'He was not of-the-body. He was against the Will of Landru.' ~ Star Trek Episode 19
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7003865 - 06/03/07 04:08 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Veritas]
#7004235 - 06/03/07 05:25 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Veritas said: The fat Buddha statues are not literal representations, but symbolic expressions of abundance.
The fat buddha is not Siddhartha Gautama at all, but is in fact Budai, the Chinese interpretation of Maitreya -- the Buddha to come.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Silversoul]
#7004254 - 06/03/07 05:31 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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You sure it wasn't Marlon Brando?
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#7004260 - 06/03/07 05:33 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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He could've been a contender.
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Re: Have you witnessed or performed 'real' magick? [Re: Silversoul]
#7004591 - 06/03/07 06:57 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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the Buddha to come.
This makes sense. The Modern McDonalds Buddha with high cholesterol.
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