Modern Magic

I recently finished a book by a famous Occultist who went by the name Dion Fortune titled Applied Magic. This book was so packed full of information that there is no way i could summarize it sufficiently for this blog, so I am going to talk about what is to me, the good stuff. One particular aspect of the book is relevant to what I've been writing about. I say, Pay Attention, because what I am gleaning from this book is incredibly important regarding our every day life.

Before I begin let's think about Dion Fortune. Google her, as I have done. I don't know a lot about her, other than what the casual internet search provides, and that she has written some very popular Occult books. I've been told she became Christian at the end of her life which apparently disappointed many occultists. It's my understanding that she studied what is popularly known as the Golden Dawn school of magic. Be warned, I have not sufficiently studied this topic, yet! I am far away from understanding the history of the different magic schools. I am not pretending to know either. I have simply taken the information gleaned from this book and am applying it to what I already know.

When I talk to people in person about the books, and things I study, they usually do not know what the word Occult means. I always tell them, it is the study of the things one cannot detect with the five senses. An Occultist uses, manipulates, and studies the forces that cannot be seen by the normal (five) monkey senses. Through out history many words have been given to this practice. I prefer the word Magic. Some have suggested this word is outdated, but I don't know another word to use. 

If one has the traditional American cultural software running their mind, then the unseen forces seem magical, mystical, and/or metaphysical. The typical in-cultured American individual has an extremely materialist view of Nature. Some would probably want to use the word scientific, but that's something I would argue, that these people have a scientific view. It should be clear by now though, by simply reading layman termed quantum physics articles, that there is much more going on behind the scenes than meets the eye. Remember, I've spent most of my research time attempting to turn metaphysical language into the physical, that is to say, there is a practical physical explanation for the unseen. There is a practical natural explanation for spiritual phenomenon. Physics in effect. The electromagnetic force is operating in our lives in scientifically undetectable ways. We must open our minds, beyond what this culture has taught us, to see what is really going on right in front of our faces. 

I'm not kidding, this book is packed with tons of information. Every page. Page after page. Having not studied magic yet, it seems to me she covers the basics. Even though I have not studied magic specifically, I have studied alchemy, and other esoteric topics. I highly recommend this book for the purposes of widening ones view of Nature, and human history. This magic business has been going on for quite awhile now. Like I said, one could say this is only a beginner book. It explains the general concepts. Dion Fortune defines the terms. It doesn't go into great detail regarding how to use magic per se. There are no spells in this book. No glyphs, graphs, or drawn symbols. No incantations or prayers. It simply explains the basis for Magic. I'm not going to cover all the different topics Fortune covered, that would make for another book. I'm going to cover the basis of what is magic, and what it means to us, here now, in my own electromagnetic terms. I could definitely say, that without some previous knowledge of the occult this book could potentially be difficult to read.

One of my favorite experiences of life, which happens to me regularly, is to learn things on my own, only to have the book synchronized after the fact. When I look back on many of the things I was doing, "back in the day", following my intuition, I would never have thought to call it magic. Back then I would have been like most people I know, and said Magic is horseshit, just like I used to say about astrology.

What is Magic? There is a popular quote by a famous anthropologist named Margaret Mead who said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." I wonder how she knew that? Did she study magic too? Because this quote is the very fundamental of magic. This quote summarizes Magic almost completely. 

Remember now that words are power. So for instance, if I use the wrong word, I may lose a certain number of readers. For instance, if atheists are reading this blog and I start talking about god; conversation is over for them. They will not hear what I am saying. They won't even attempt it. A hardcore atheist is so sure there is no god, they will not hear a word about it. It is possible I've lost readers just using the word magic. I am asking you to open your mind, to see past the words in order to see the thing of which I am talking about. Don't let the words prevent you from experiencing the phenomenon. It doesn't matter what words you want to use, the phenomenon is real, even if we can't physically see it. 

Dion Fortune used the word Elemental. I do not like this word. I played Dungeons and Dragons as a kid. I've read hundreds of fantasy books. For me, elemental is not the right word. I am going to use Force. Much like the Greek gods, and how they can be explained as forces in the Universe that operate within the collective human psyche. Dion Fortunes term, an Elemental, is too old school, I'm going to think of it as an electromagnetic force.

So what am I talking about? Put simply, using a very real hypothetical, let's say, we have an Occult Magician. Not what the typical American thinks of as a magician. I'm not talking about a stage performer creating illusions, and slight of hand tricks to fool the human senses. I'm talking about a Magician whose third eye is open, who has psychic abilities, who can sense the unseen, who has studied power. A magician who understands energy.  Dion Fortune would call such a person an Adept. Now let's say, this Adept, gathers up eight other people who do not necessarily have to be as aware, and the Adept uses powerful words and/or rituals to emotionally charge them, getting them to focus on something, a cause, an object, a purpose regarding some issue of choosing. This energy becomes it's own force, and as an Adept, that force can be used to effect reality.

Remember, Dion would call this force an Elemental. Another way to say it is, performing this type of collective function, creates a force within the collective conscious. An energy force is created within the electromagnetic field that is the psyche. This is not a joke. This is a real phenomenon. I imagine that for many readers the dismay occurs when it is said this force becomes it's own thing. I'll repeat it again; when this happens, even if it's not an Adept creating the situation, if a group of people come together and emotionally focus their energy, as a group, on a cause, or object, or idea: a separate force is created. The power of this force will depend on the particular details of the situation bringing it about. We're not going into that now. Study Occult Magic if you want to know the details.

 

Sit on this for awhile perhaps. Consider, how less aware monkeys are so easily influenced by external forces. How easily ignorant monkeys can be controlled, and swayed. Please consider that most people have no idea why they do what they are doing, even though they will most certainly have a story in their mind for why they do what they do. I mean, even science has proven this point; most people have no clue why they are really doing what they are doing. Look around....

It is only going to get deeper from here on out, hang on tight.

This force, once sufficiently created, will have a "mind" of it's own. It will be entirely separate of both the Adept, and the group who created it. It will be much like I've explained archetypes; once engaged it will run it's course. Once created it is literally its own thing. The more it is emotionally charged by a group of people, the more power it takes on, and as such, can eventually grow so powerful that it no longer needs the original group to exist. So if said group does not really know what they are doing, all manner of things can go wrong, even their own demise.  This force will seek to complete it's task even if the Adept falters in his powers. This force will be like our own minds, it will not check premises, it will simply follow it's suggestions to their logical conclusions.  Even crazier yet, this force will want to be human in the sense that it will want to grow and evolve. This makes sense when one realizes that it is operating within the collective human psyche.

Think of my favorite; the Lord Christ. How many people, how many churches, how many priests and preachers? How many fervent prayers have emotionally charged groups of people put into focusing on the Lord? Has not the Lord Christ become it's own force in Nature? Think about it. Does it matter if the man Jesus ever existed? If the story is true or not? Millions and millions of people have poured their emotional energy into the Force that is the Lord Christ, and because of this fact, that force operates as its own entity within the collective human psyche. It doesn't matter one bit if the story is true, if the bible is true, if organized religion is true; none of it matters: the Lord Christ is alive and well. That is fucking magic!

Do it. Invoke the Lord Christ into your life, and watch what happens. Center yourself, pour forth all your emotions, mean it within the depths of your heart; call upon the Lord Christ: watch what happens. By doing this, one will be inviting that force into their life, and like I've said, that force has a "mind" of it's own. No crazy spells are necessary, for the centering of one's self is the spell. If one uses rituals, and groups of others; the power of it will be beyond imagining. There is a saying though, be careful what one prays for, else you get it.  It is absolutely essential that one knows what they are doing regarding these forces. There have been many times in my life when I aligned my shit, got exactly what I asked for, and regretted it terribly. As they say, there are many paths up the mountain.

A personal way to think of magic is what I call notoriety. There is a particular way to go about it. At the time I was just following my intuition 100%.  I used to live in a small town, where it was possible to be known by a large percentage of the total population. In my mind I was practicing a tenet I had discovered in a book about practicing up in a small town before moving to a big one. During this time I consciously put forth energy into building and maintaining facades. That is to say, no one really knew who I was, what I was about, or what I was doing. I was practicing being mysterious. After overcoming my fear of being alone, I began pushing the limits. It no longer mattered to me what people thought, or if anyone really knew me or not. To the general population I was a mystery in the real sense. I purposefully made myself seem larger than life as they say. I had near full control of how others perceived me. Everything I did was calculated regarding how others perceived me.

At the same time I had what I called my inner circle. I had a small group of people, who did know me, who had my best interest in mind, and were praying for me regularly. These were my friends. This small group of people, obviously was emotionally charged regarding my well being. After reading this book Applied Magic, I realized I had a Force, with a mind of it's own, which I was intuitively aware of, even if I had no way of communicating it, of which I used to manifest the things I needed to achieve my personal goals. My friends and I unknowingly created this force. I didn't know anything about Magic at the time, so I merely referred to this force as my notoriety, my facades. It was this thing, this energy, "out there", that helped me along in life. Doing all of these things created huge amounts of energy in my life, such that I grew/matured faster, synchronized more, and accomplished more than I ever had up until that point in my life. It was magical. I'm not kidding; that time in my life was literally fucking magical. 

Because I was not a trained Adept, and did not consciously understand what I was doing, mistakes were made, but for the most part my intuition kept me on path. Sometimes that force, it often seemed like pure power, would go to my head and I would think that it was me doing certain things, when that was not necessarily the case. I also had the Lord Christ engaged in my life, so the lines would be hazy regarding what was what. For instance, there were many times when I would have psychic experiences, and then when the thing would happen, I would think that I had made those things happen by thinking it first. You know, that's some legit egomania. Even though I was wrong in thinking it was me creating the situation merely by my thoughts, this error caused me to become even more careful with my thoughts. It's weird how even mistakes turn into boons. The truth is, I was simply having a psychic experience, seeing the thing before it happened, but my ego believed it was I creating the event simply by thinking it. Self importance defined. It is not difficult to go insane once one has opened their third eye.

Whenever someone labels me a conspiracy theorist I always immediately know I'm dealing with someone who has done literally no homework at all. One must be in a complete state of ignorance to think that powerful greedy people do not conspire behind closed doors to maintain their wealth and power. I mean seriously, even at just regular jobs, the plebs are not allowed in the business meetings. Even the owners of small town businesses, mom and pops style, are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the manner in which they are going to maintain their wealth and power, but somehow, suddenly, those who control the populations are not doing this? Somehow, magically? Those with billions of dollars are not doing the same thing? That is absolutely fucking absurd. Let me assure you, the people who control the banks, the governments, the super large corporations, meet behind closed doors and conspire to maintain their wealth and power. They also use magic. Are they thinking of it like magic? Possibly not. Was I thinking of my notoriety as magic? I most certainly wasn't, yet there it was.

Think of any company with thousands of employees. Are not those employees emotionally charged regarding needing their pay checks? Do they not need their company to do well in order that they do well? What about all the stockholders needing that company to do well? What about all the family members of the employees and stockholders? Ends up being a large number of people involved. What are the board of directors discussing behind closed doors in private? Are they not deciding what to do with this force? As we've already seen, any group of people, emotionally focusing on an idea, a concept, a business, a person, anything; creates a force with a mind of its own.  Think of the magic of money itself. How many billions of people pray to the Force that is money every day, and then realize there is a small group of people, much like the Adept, who is control of said money. Think of the board of directors at the Federal Reserve. That money system practically runs the economic world.  I could make strong arguments that these people do in fact study how to control people; their wealth and power require it. Common sense they study population control. These are high level magicians; they rule the world.

Is not music a form of magic. I recently posted a meme about music. The top half was divided in two. On one side was Obama's inauguration ceremony from 2009 showing a large crowd of people, on the top right was Trumps from 2017 with even less people in the crowd. The bottom half of the meme was a Pantera concert with what seemed to be ten times as many people. I honestly don't know the head count of these events, but the quote by Dimebag Darrell reads, "Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down." Even if one does not like heavy metal music, Pantera is adept at speaking to ones emotions. Think about the emotional power we've been speaking about. Why are some bands so successful, and others not? Notoriety? Someone behind the scenes being adept at what to do with the emotional energy they turn into a force of its own? Could we not say that Pantera is a force in and of itself, despite its individual band members? That is definitely fucking magic.

Think about the very idea of god. How did that come about? Would it not have all started, somewhere back in ancient history, with a small group of people emotionally charged, focusing on that idea, imbuing it with power. Sure, it started out as a small force. After millions of years of that happening, how many billions of people have emotionally prayed to god?  Who can know the power of that Force within the collective human psyche? Unimaginable am I right?

Can you not tell by now what is going on? Can you not see what I am explaining? There is a lot more to it of course. All the different levels and types of forces. There are Occultists who have broken it down into systems. I'm only breaking down the basics, the essence of this electromagnetic force that is what we are calling: Magic. There are an infinite number of these forces which have already been created in the past, of which a sufficient number of monkeys have imbued with energy, such that they exist on their own, and anyone with enough knowledge, even just a little, can access/invoke into their lives. It is not by any means only the Lord Christ that one can invoke.  

Using the old terms, (remember, don't get lost over the words) there are all manner of imps, fairies, sprites, elementals, saints, demons, angels, archangels, demi-gods, gods etc. If we tried to compile a complete list it would be enormous. On top of this there would be many different names for many of these forces. How many names does the Christian god have? All of these forces are operating within the human psyche, which means as far as being human goes: are as real as can be. They are very real forces, but are simply not measurable by modern science.

If you would like a better understanding of this topic, Dion Fortune's book Applied Magic is a good place to start. She does not hesitate to mention other authors, and books for one to read in order to attain a better understanding. I can't wait to get my hands on her other book The Mystical Qabalah.

 

If there is a lesson to be learned here, it is: Be careful what you do with your emotions.