I mentioned in the early days of my blog that I was at one
time involved with a “Vampyre” organization known as the Strigoi Vii. I am not
active in the community anymore, but I did meet some exceptional and dynamic
individuals there. While I don’t include any of their esoteric concepts in my
work anymore, one thing that did stick with me was the notion of the “Dayside”.
This is something that was inspired by and borrowed from the “Temple of the
Vampire”. They describe it as follows:
The Vampire by Day
The Dayside is a fundamental part of our religion.The practical side of the Temple is our Dayside. This is the
common sense view of reality shared by most people. This perspective includes our emphasis upon
achieving and maintaining success with regard tosix critical issues in life. These include:
- · Emergency survival planning and skills acquisition.
- · Increased self-understanding and self-acceptance.
- · More effective communication skills and strategies.
- · Gaining control over personal finance and achieving wealth.
- · Improving and protecting your physical health.
- · Scientific life extension leading to physical immortality.
Replace the word vampire with sorcerer, and you have a
decent list of areas to focus on outside of, or to be backed up by your magical
work. I don’t put much focus on
scientific life extension, or survival planning myself. I have actually been on
a magical hiatus for the summer and been focusing on dayside concerns which I
have let slack for the last couple of years. Within both the ToV and Strigoi Vii system,
Dayside mastery is meant to come before any Nightside practice. The reason
begin that when a person has their day to day affairs in order, especially
financially, it makes for sounder base to begin magical practice. Far too often,
I talk to people that are sure spell casting is their path to riches and
success. That someone where out there is a spirit, or spell that will solve all
of their problems. I could be wrong, but
in my experience there isn’t one. To
make matters worse, usually the same people that are looking to strike it rich
through sorcery often end up spending vast amounts of money on unnecessary tools, books,
and charms, in their pursuit. This money could have been invested in more
worthwhile ventures, and then backed up with a little magic as well. To me, a
good working can come from strong desire, but not from desperation. A sorcerer
is a master commanding their universe, not a slave begging from it.
To some readers of this blog it may seem that I have been
losing my “faith” in sorcery. Honestly for a while there I did. I needed to
take a step back from it for a while and reevaluate my reasons for practicing. I
see it as a weapon in my arsenal of personal advancement, and success. It’s not
always the best tool for the job, or needed in every case. I also feel that the
same sense of power that one might feel during ritual should carry over into
every aspect of their life. If not, what’s the point in doing this in the first
place? I don’t consider myself a powerful sorcerer. I consider myself a
powerful person that utilizes sorcery as one way of directing that power.
That got a bit rant like at the end. So yeah, consider
your Dayside.
Brother Ash
As always.....
“Don’t quote me boy, cuz' I ain’t said shit.” Eazy-E
