"WTF is Magick?" By Gabriel Roberts

I found this explanation of magick to be interesting, particularly the self improvement aspect. Head on Over to Disinfo.com to read the full blog post. I had forgotten about this quote exchange from the "Black Pullet":

“Do you feel, my son, do you feel this heroic ambition which is the sure stamp of the children of wisdom? Do you dare to desire to serve only the one God and to dominate over all that is not God? Have you understood what it is to prove to be a man and to be unwilling to be a slave since you are born to be a Sovereign? And if you have these noble thoughts, as the signs which I have found on your physiognomy do not permit me to doubt, have you considered maturely whether you have the courage and the strength to renounce all the things which could possibly be an obstacle to attaining the greatness for which you have been born?”

At this point he stopped and regarded me fixedly as if waiting for an answer, or as if he were searching to read my heart.

I asked him, “What is that which I have to renounce?”

“All that is evil in order to occupy yourself only with that which is good. The proneness with which nearly all of us are born to vice rather than to virtue. Those passions which render us slaves to our senses which prevent us from applying ourselves to study, tasting its sweetness, and gathering its fruits. You see, my dear son, that the sacrifice which I demand of you is not painful and is not above your powers; on the contrary, it will make you approach perfection as near as it is possible for man to attain. Do you accept that which I propose?”

Left my Mark

I have been thinking a lot lately about when  I used to play in a metal band back in the day. I say back in the day like an old timer but I am only 30 so it was just a few years ago. Anyhow, it reminded me of an action that I took one day that I believe yielded a successful magical result. One night I was at a concert at a local venue called the Canal Club. Since I know people that know people I was backstage hanging out with some of the bands and whatnot. I kept a sharpie on me at all times back then and decided to leave a tag on the wall that said "Dead but Dreaming, (Band name that I was forming at the time. A little lame in retrospect) We'll be back." I also included a sigilized form of my name on the wall. Dead but dreaming never made to the Canal Club but about a year later I tried out for another band called Pyne, they kicked out their singer the next day and I was in. Pyne did play the club on quite a few occasions. The first time we did I went back stage and the tag was still there. I realized that it had come full circle and chalked it up as a magical success.

Never underestimate your ability to will something to happen or to draw situations with a little work and "simple" act of magic.