What form(s) of magic(k) do you practice?

I'd say very eclectic Paganism/Wiccan/Native American if I had to actually put a label on it.

Our Jediism is syncretic; a blend of beliefs and practices.
For me, there are two questions regarding magickal practice: the first is, How do we blend it with our Jediism?
The second is, How does our magickal practice inform our ethical practice?

Zenchi wrote: Just out of curiosity, what does the Middle pillar have anything to do with Yin and or Yang?

As result of energies balanced, " the mid",Daath...


Thanks

jedi_roz wrote: I'd say very eclectic Paganism/Wiccan/Native American if I had to actually put a label on it.

Agree I like the eclectic way

Alan wrote: Our Jediism is syncretic; a blend of beliefs and practices.
For me, there are two questions regarding magickal practice: the first is, How do we blend it with our Jediism?
The second is, How does our magickal practice inform our ethical practice?

Addressing the first question…
For me, through meditation I see what is to be accomplished or set in place for a personal rite or ritual. This could be shared with others or turned to a ceremony, but as I was trained to be a solitary practitioner it seems slightly odd to me.

And to the second question…
I am of the impression that our ethical practice shapes our magickal practice. If that makes sense? Or maybe I’m not understanding the question.

Wes,

A thoughtful answer, as always. Thank you.

My practice is both private and public, having designed and implemented shared/group ceremony. Even so, the individual or communal magickal result, effect or outcome of my ceremonies is not something I intentionally plan. I create ceremonial events and each person gets out of it what they put into it.

Good point about what 'shapes' what; from ethical to magickal practice. Perhaps, these are more reciprocal, or even inseparable, than my question implies.

I always practice in solitude as it reduces the variables...I can control my emotional/spiritual/intellectual states but not the states of other participants...when doing things that could backfire it's best to have as few variables as possible....plus I'm fully accustomed to solo practice and don't "play well with others" at times...of course I am smart enough not to step beyond my capabilities without taking proper precautions...

I feel similar to Alan and Wescli in some points:

" practice is both private and public" ........(or shared)

"solitary practitioner" ...............................(of many exercises )

About shapes,Ussualy, I work in a familiar ground.

If not, first I learn... /

I did grow in a christian circle and the change was slow.

Many years and "steps" to arrive to Paganism and Neopaganism,to
accept yoga philosophy in a structure of initiatic work,with steps,
ceremonies,and operations.With a point of start, and point of conclussion,
feeling and assimilating a process of inner transformation.

crystale wrote:

Zenchi wrote: Just out of curiosity, what does the Middle pillar have anything to do with Yin and or Yang?

As result of energies balanced, " the mid",Daath...


Thanks

Which model are you referring to Crystale? The one I am particularly familiar with is taken from ceremonial magick, (Golden Dawn) and is focused primarily upon the chakras...

Zenchi wrote:

crystale wrote:

Zenchi wrote: Just out of curiosity, what does the Middle pillar have anything to do with Yin and or Yang?

As result of energies balanced, " the mid",Daath...


Thanks

Which model are you referring to Crystale? The one I am particularly familiar with is taken from ceremonial magick, (Golden Dawn) and is focused primarily upon the chakras...

I can put as example to Israel Regardie way,
With Daat in middle of Chokmah and Binah /Gevurah and Chesed

I want to clear that I'm not in suggestion of one exercise

I did use one simbolism to express a idea of balance

There are many schemes and some people prefer one or other.

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Zenchi wrote: Which model are you referring to Crystale? The one I am particularly familiar with is taken from ceremonial magick, (Golden Dawn) and is focused primarily upon the chakras...

crystale wrote: I can put as example to Israel Regardie way,
With Daat in middle of Chokmah and Binah /Gevurah and Chesed

Please correct me if I've misinterpreted what you're saying, crystale. I think he's suggesting that with the support of the outer pillars (mercy and severity) we can create a balance that is similar to the idea expressed in the symbolism of the yin-yang.

Yes,Arcade

Thanks

konx om pax

i have a couple decks of cards, Ouija, crystals, and besides the manner in which i live my life the only magic i see myself doing in the future is defensive magic. i do attempt to see the divine in everyone, and all things, yet i am far from perfect, but my lifestyle is my main magic.

Lately learned about the runes of Odin have used in meditation and learned to predict the future with them. Apparently it has been effective. Like religious practices that not involve any deity actually

ghost dog wrote: i do attempt to see the divine in everyone, and all things, yet i am far from perfect, but my lifestyle is my main magic.

That makes sense, ghost dog. My experience has been that over time magic tends to become a part of one's everyday life and more or less begins to work on its own. If you're in harmony with whatever magical or spiritual current you've chosen to connect with, it becomes less necessary to divine or cast for knowledge or things you want/need in your life because these things seem to come about naturally.

MrBruno wrote: Lately learned about the runes of Odin have used in meditation and learned to predict the future with them. Apparently it has been effective. Like religious practices that not involve any deity actually

That's great that they've been so effective for you, MrBruno. I like the runes as well, though I don't use them for divination - mainly just in meditation and sometimes in ritual.

Arcade wrote: I like the runes as well, though I don't use them for divination - mainly just in meditation and sometimes in ritual.

runes are very powerful. very powerful. should be used with care. totally not at all what people think they are. not at all. nothing like it. sorely misinformed.
But seriously, I could give a two-hour lecture on how runes are nothing at all like anything else you probably tinker with on a daily basis, magickally speaking.