Info On Hermetics

Hello everybody, shall I get this started? Let's see, where to begin...... Well, when talking about Hermetics, its never small topic, there is definitely a broad variety of Hermetic Sciences and Hermetic Spiritual Traditions. There is also a broad variety of Wizardry Spiritual Traditions. I shall start explaining the topic of High Magick from my point of view as a Practitioner of High Magick, a Hermetic Initiate and a Wizard. This is just my point of view, it may not be correct from another point of view and I accept that and that is okay. There exist a form of High Magick and a form of Low Magick. And no, these do not mean good and evil. Magick is neutral, what the Magick will do depends on the person's intention. The person who uses Magick to do wrong though, will know and feel his or her negative actions back on to them through Karma. High Magick is like using Magick completely with the energies from within. With high magick, candles, wands, incense, etc. are not needed. Even though the person may use them if they wish but the person is not at all dependent upon them for their intention to come true. The true power comes from the mind and energies within. Also, High Magick is using magic with the help of the energies of the higher realms if the person desires, the energies and spirits such as the Holy Angels, The Holy Light, God or whatever name you refer to this Holiest and purest of energies, Ascended Masters, Other Great Wizards, Other Great Magicians, etc. Also, In High Magick, Spells are not needed but may be used if desired, but just simply saying your intention or asking the question after you made all the preparations you wanted to make such as asking the Holy Angels to assist you, asking God to assist you, etc. can be just as powerful and just as effective. Its also very simple to call upon these Spiritual Energies, all you have to is just ask them for their help or assistance. Also, in High Magic, you may create a sacred circle if you want to, but its not needed. A sacred circle is used to keep your area that your practicing in completely positive and to keep any negativity out. A sacred circle can be made by visualizing a white light circling around you and forming a circle or it can be made from rocks, candles, what ever the person wants to use that represents a circle. The circle is formed around you and must be big enough for you to fit in and for your supplies to fit in if you desire to use any supplies. But by just staying positive can do exactly the same as a circle can. Before I start talking about the belief system of High Magick, I just wanted to clarify that the belief system might be different depending on the person. In some High Magick traditions, it is believed that we are composed of all the elements such as Water, Earth, Fire, Air and Ether (also known as God) which all combined turns us into a condensed physical energy which is also known as the human body. It is also believed that these elements also exist inside of us and also exist in the spiritual realm known as the Mental Realm, which is the realm of pure thought. In some High Magick traditions, it also believed that we consist of a Soul, Spirit, and Physical Body which are all alive at the same time. Our physical bodies are a suit for our Souls, and our Souls are a suit for our Spirit. It is also believed by some Spiritual Traditions that our physical bodies are limited to time and space, our souls are just limited to space, and our spirit is not limited to time or space. There is so much more that I could explain about high magick, but then this post would be way too long, if not already, (laugh out loud). Low Magick is using Magick with Candles, Incense, Wands, etc. Also low Magick is using magick with the help of mostly the energies of this realm and the Inner Realms of this realm if the person desires. Energies such as the ferries, Gnomes, Dwarfs, Nature Spirits, Elves, etc. Low Magick is also neutral and has the same rules as High Magick. A lot of Low Magick Practitioners are followers of a Nature Religion and a lot of Low Magick practitioners are not. Also the belief about the afterlife and the Spirit Realm in Low Magick may be different depending upon the practitioner. This concludes my description of High Magick and Low Magick from my point of view. I think I've also covered a lot about Hermetics, Wizardry, and about the practice of a Magician in my description of High Magick. I feel that I have covered enough to be a sufficient description of these topics. Well, thats all for now. ~Matthew Troy Campbell~

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bahamat on

Re: Info On Hermetics

I vaguely read a book a bit like this called "The Elixir and the Stone"
I suppose what interests me the most is what you consider to be 'magic' - because in some ways people work miricles on each other's thoughts and feelings in everyday life - maybe us affecting each other's souls is this magic.
What strikes me though, and might affect people's willingness to think about it - is that 'magic' isn't something we can measure or observe, or explain, and although it's a validly possible line of thought that it's all based on spirit and karma and stuff, that could be assuming those things before we know for sure

Also why are circles important? All of life's a circle... but I don't yet understand

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magicianpath on

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Hello bahamat, how are you? All of life is magick. Life itself is magic and full of miracles. Prayer is a type of magic, sort of like magical invocation, when someone prayes to God or an Angel, or another spiritual energy, they are forming a Spiritual Communication with their Spirit and Mind to the Spiritual Energies that they are praying to. We ourselves, our a magical unique divine being with a divine nature. Our human bodies are energy in a condensed form. We already have many wonderful magickal abalities hidden inside us just waiting to be awakened, just waiting for us to awaken our divine nature as Spirit and Energy. Whether forming a Sacred Circle is important or not depends very much on the individual. Some people may use the Sacred Circle or some people may just stay positive to accomplish the same thing as a Sacred Circle can. Which is to keep a positive area and a positive atmosphere to perform your Spiritual Practice in. All of life in a way, I think would be almost like a circle. Another meaning of Circle is that the Universe is infinite, it just keeps going and going. A circle also keeps going and going, a circle has no beginning and has no end, it just is as it is.

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~Matthew Troy Campbell~

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