Comments for Magick for the Real World http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com Just one man trying to change the world by changing himself. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:35:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Easy Religion by clare http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/the-easy-religion/#comment-277 clare Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:35:03 +0000 http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-277 yup! yup!

]]> Comment on The Easy Religion by Valerie http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/the-easy-religion/#comment-276 Valerie Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:02:37 +0000 http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-276 Your column is spot on. Thank you. Valerie Your column is spot on. Thank you.

Valerie

]]> Comment on The Easy Religion by will simmons http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/the-easy-religion/#comment-275 will simmons Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:55:42 +0000 http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-275 I get it I get it

]]> Comment on Reflections on Darkness by april http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/reflections-on-darkness/#comment-274 april Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:24:44 +0000 http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/?p=193#comment-274 how inspiring! i feel blessed to have found you here, or anywhere. this has brought me to tears in knowing that the Spirit and the Wisdom flows through you and all of us and that a true, pure voice is attainable. your words are your magick. how inspiring! i feel blessed to have found you here, or anywhere. this has brought me to tears in knowing that the Spirit and the Wisdom flows through you and all of us and that a true, pure voice is attainable. your words are your magick.

]]> Comment on The Psychodelic Path Pt. I by april http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/the-psychodelic-path-pt-i/#comment-273 april Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:05:40 +0000 http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-273 first i must say that i have not studied the way of the ancestors in such great depth as you have, not nearly, as i am new to paganism in practice, but i feel that my naivity may lend something to you. i do have some experience in using psychedelic drugs, not as a conscious decision regarding shamanistic practice, but as recreation. one experience i had while using mushrooms was a vision of snakes, a small one eaten by a larger and ever larger one, continuously. i was 13(i am now 25), and though as i said, i was only using the drug in recreation, it was a spiritually awakening experience. you can feel free to interpret the vision in whichever way you see fit, it's not really the point. my point is that i was not meditating in preparation of having some spiritual awakening or connection to the divine. at the young age, i had no religious or spiritual goals, and yet, it came to me. the point is, though i do not currently use drugs (the sheer thought of it frightens me to my core), i can see the benifit, in being that because they take away control, the mind and spirit become open to whatever the subconcious or the spirit wants them to see, as in a dream (and maybe that is where the fear comes from). i also feel very strongly about the power of dreams, but that is another discussion entirely. first i must say that i have not studied the way of the ancestors in such great depth as you have, not nearly, as i am new to paganism in practice, but i feel that my naivity may lend something to you. i do have some experience in using psychedelic drugs, not as a conscious decision regarding shamanistic practice, but as recreation. one experience i had while using mushrooms was a vision of snakes, a small one eaten by a larger and ever larger one, continuously. i was 13(i am now 25), and though as i said, i was only using the drug in recreation, it was a spiritually awakening experience. you can feel free to interpret the vision in whichever way you see fit, it’s not really the point. my point is that i was not meditating in preparation of having some spiritual awakening or connection to the divine. at the young age, i had no religious or spiritual goals, and yet, it came to me. the point is, though i do not currently use drugs (the sheer thought of it frightens me to my core), i can see the benifit, in being that because they take away control, the mind and spirit become open to whatever the subconcious or the spirit wants them to see, as in a dream (and maybe that is where the fear comes from). i also feel very strongly about the power of dreams, but that is another discussion entirely.

]]> Comment on Reflections on Darkness by LOKI SMOKERAVEN http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/reflections-on-darkness/#comment-272 LOKI SMOKERAVEN Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:20:12 +0000 http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/?p=193#comment-272 I look at dark and light as being literal term. Some people assossiate darkness with death or with evil. I view darkness and light as being neither good nor evil or maybe both at the same time. In magick I use darkness for banishing or for concealing things from those who might attempt to do me wrong. Darkness has its assossiation with death but also rebirth. Fire is light but fire can still burn you. These concepts transcend human conceptions of good or evil. They are primal forces of creation. I look at dark and light as being literal term. Some people assossiate darkness with death or with evil. I view darkness and light as being neither good nor evil or maybe both at the same time. In magick I use darkness for banishing or for concealing things from those who might attempt to do me wrong. Darkness has its assossiation with death but also rebirth. Fire is light but fire can still burn you. These concepts transcend human conceptions of good or evil. They are primal forces of creation.

]]> Comment on The Psychodelic Path Pt. I by LOKI SMOKERAVEN http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/the-psychodelic-path-pt-i/#comment-271 LOKI SMOKERAVEN Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:05:18 +0000 http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-271 Im going to expand upon what I said earlier. The psychodelic path is difficult as well as dangerous. In shamanistic traditions where mind altering substances are used, the shamans eventually reach the point where such substances are no longer needed. This altered state of conciousness would considered a form of psychosis by modern psychiatrists. Madness is an important aspect of paganism. Odin for instance will often grant one of 3 different types of madness, the madness of the seer, the madness of the berserker, and the madness of the rune shaman. In using the word madness I mean an altered state of conciousness. In paganism madness in its many forms is often considered a gift. The psychodelic path is a treacherous one, and the human mind like the layers of an onion. Imagine the subconciouss mind blown wideopen. The subconciouss being the sewage pit of human thought for the most part. Imagine one's desire and fear manifesting in some nightmarish maelstrom of pleasure and pain. Psychodelic substances have their place in paganism and magick but they are potentially dangerous. Shamans train there whole life to be able handle the drugs they take as well as the madness they often inspire. Thats about all I got to say, and I apologize for the bad spelling and grammer. Im going to expand upon what I said earlier. The psychodelic path is difficult as well as dangerous. In shamanistic traditions where mind altering substances are used, the shamans eventually reach the point where such substances are no longer needed. This altered state of conciousness would considered a form of psychosis by modern psychiatrists. Madness is an important aspect of paganism. Odin for instance will often grant one of 3 different types of madness, the madness of the seer, the madness of the berserker, and the madness of the rune shaman. In using the word madness I mean an altered state of conciousness. In paganism madness in its many forms is often considered a gift. The psychodelic path is a treacherous one, and the human mind like the layers of an onion. Imagine the subconciouss mind blown wideopen. The subconciouss being the sewage pit of human thought for the most part. Imagine one’s desire and fear manifesting in some nightmarish maelstrom of pleasure and pain. Psychodelic substances have their place in paganism and magick but they are potentially dangerous. Shamans train there whole life to be able handle the drugs they take as well as the madness they often inspire. Thats about all I got to say, and I apologize for the bad spelling and grammer.

]]> Comment on About Me by magickfortherealworld http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-270 magickfortherealworld Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:16:04 +0000 http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/?page_id=115#comment-270 Thank you for your comments. I write as a way to open my creative pathways a bit so that I can come up with new ideas. It also gives me a sounding board of sorts when people respond. I'm very glad that you are getting something out of the posts though. It really makes me feel like I'm doing some good. Thank you for your comments. I write as a way to open my creative pathways a bit so that I can come up with new ideas. It also gives me a sounding board of sorts when people respond. I’m very glad that you are getting something out of the posts though. It really makes me feel like I’m doing some good.

]]> Comment on The Psychodelic Path Pt. I by LOKI SMOKERAVEN http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/the-psychodelic-path-pt-i/#comment-269 LOKI SMOKERAVEN Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:57:32 +0000 http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-269 Although I haven't used any psychodelic substances since 1995, and that I don't believe that they should be abused for any sort of recreational purposes, I do believe that they have merit in shamanistic tradition. Although I haven’t used any psychodelic substances since 1995, and that I don’t believe that they should be abused for any sort of recreational purposes, I do believe that they have merit in shamanistic tradition.

]]> Comment on About Me by Amarah http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-268 Amarah Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:05:17 +0000 http://magickfortherealworld.wordpress.com/?page_id=115#comment-268 I am very glad that you found me on myspace. You're blogs are wonderful and very well written. Somethings I agree with and some I don't.......but the ones that I don't make me rethink my ideals. That is a very useful learning tool. Thank you for taking your time to write this. I am sure it is helpful to more people than you will ever realize. I am very glad that you found me on myspace. You’re blogs are wonderful and very well written. Somethings I agree with and some I don’t…….but the ones that I don’t make me rethink my ideals. That is a very useful learning tool. Thank you for taking your time to write this. I am sure it is helpful to more people than you will ever realize.

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