Post by dionysus on Jul 1, 2011 2:06:53 GMT -5
For many of you magick can be viewed as an enthralling and evanescent tool and way of life that helps you to appreciate and attain a sense of awe for the natural and supernatural forces that dictate to the course of our lives with or without our awareness of them. Magick is a sacred, transfiguring, and powerful craft.
Whether, you study as a solitary, eclectic, or coven witch,follow the pagan religion, or simply feel a sense of accord for the respect for nature and the four elements, we all have the potential to acknowledge that they have the power to change the course of their lives by awakening to the realization that divine energies beyond the perception of the five senses, affect, work with, against, and are influenced by our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, and level of consciousness.
So simply put, magick is both the acknowledgement and use of natural, supernatural, or terrestrial forces like that of nature, and extraterrestrial forces like that of spiritual,psychical, and etheric energies as a means of influencing the course of life.
In many ways, Astrology along with the several other esoteric means of divination like numerology, tarot, and so on, act as tools that helps us to take control over every aspect of our lives and attain a spiritual reservoir of power that can literally help us transform ourselves, others, and everything we come into contact with for the better.
Although you guys don't know me personally, if at all, I have utilized astrology for years now in consultation with others and as a means of understanding myself, and have always felt a sense of reverence and respect for the knowledge that the universe has shared with me and others, through the celestial bodies and their archetypal reflection of the world.
I could never quite view astrology in the technical, calculated, and astronomical manner that most astrologers have and always felt a sense of spiritual union with the celestial sphere or the cosmos. For this reason I have founded what I call the "Cosmic Coven" and will be looking into the technicalities of starting my own coven.
It isn't new news, but witches, have utilized a great deal of Astrology in their given religion, through the celebration of the Summer Solstice, and the ritualistic workings done on the waxing, new, and full moon. Astrology has almost always had it's place in magickal crafting and I believe that it is a powerful way to tap into your full potential as a human being, a spiritual being, and a witch alike.
For instance, understanding your birth sign, helps you to understand your strengths, talents, and what type of magick best suits your life. It also helps you to define the type of magickal practitioner you are.
For instance, if you have the Sun in Gemini or in other words, as your birth sign, then you may very well be a teacher of the magickal arts. Whether you can do magick or not, depends on other aspects of your birth chart, but, you would certainly understand, it, and have a gift for teaching it to other people.
Perhaps, air magick would also be the most powerful for you and words, visualizations, chants, and writing would all contribute to the success of your magick. You would most likely be noted as an air mage and have a powerful command over the air elementals known as sylphs.
Of course your entire chart would need to be assessed in order to ascertain where your magickal and spiritual strengths and weaknesses lie, but, the point is that an extraterrestrial force like the celestial bodies and their movement have been a source of enlightenment and wisdom since the dawn of humanity and that, in and of itself is magick.