ELEMENTAL MAGIC
Insofar as you do not question the conceptual scheme with which you grasp the world, it is as easy to declare elemental magic as confined to the four great forces Fire, Water, Air and Earth, which subjects have occupied and still occupy hundreds of thousands of books, as it as easy to ignore new elements (like Plasma), or that the entire solar system is always moving along Andromeda's Arm and so the 'space' the earth revolves in over the next 365.25 days will not be the same 'space' it occupies 365.25 days later. The Magickian bounds the world into complexity or simplicity as required.
To perform Elemental Magic, involves making suppositions/appraisals about the Universe and if or of what it is composed, and to what degree. It is an innately philosophical endeavour, where the point of one's rest of thought, is what defines the concrete of working ideas of matter, motion and magic. Modern science for instance, shows there to be more than four elements, but for most in Western magic, these four classics are a foundational stone around which magical intention and understanding of reality through convenience and economy, pivot. And, there is nothing limiting about that - it is the Intent of the Sorcerer that matters, not the tools, models or frameworks within which they perform their spectrums of logic<>madness, but what they can achieve by whatever means, through their Will. Keeping in mind that Elemental Magic is often confined to a narrow quaternary that derives from ancient world views, and can and should be expanded to encompass modern understanding to increase sympathy through imitation of the forces we are intended to invoke - our magic will make some departures from these four. Only the first, Rain Magic is discussed in detail, while the premise/goal of the other three is outlined enough for others to devise a means to work through such rites.
Herein I present four core Magical Rites that involve submission to the Inhuman, quintessentially, pagan forces of Earth.
They are, Rain Magic, Lunar Magic, Tidal Magic and Solar Magic.
Each of these develop the foundations of sorcery, which lies in an increase in empathy.
They are ranged in order of Submission.
•Rain Magic is intended to develop time-based empathy with The Totality of History and its
historical forces through psychic connection to a collective historical conduit and the
stillness of being.
•Lunar Magic is intended to develop empathy with Space through a renouncement of
the human-centric perspective and body by laying absolutely still facing the sky for
the full passage of the moon, no movement beyond blinking is allowed.
This replicates the External Adept Rite of the ONA.
•Tidal Magic is intended to develop empathy with Entropy and involves sitting in the
Waves at a shallow part of the Beach for a full tidal cycle letting the force of the
Ocean wash over you and allowing you to feel its power, ebb, flow and witness its erosion.
•Solar Magic is intended to develop empathy with Light and Heat and Time and requires sitting
still from Sunrise to Sunset under a tree facing South or North to have visibility to the
Sun's Arc as it moves East to West until Sunset. During which the sorcerer makes
attempts to mark the passing of every 60 minutes without any means to tell time other than
what they can observe in nature.
All four Rites are Hermetic [that is, practiced by a lone magician]. It should be
apparent that the Rain and Sea share very similar properties. An endurance of the
Moon/Sun may not immediately seem as tactile a ritual as being saturated to the bone
by a heavy downpour or being whipped by the salty spray of the ocean carried on the
fury of cold winds – but it employs principles that are deeply esoteric and similar to
the ancient instruction to lay, unmoving and watch the stars wheeling across the sky
from sunset to sun-up. Grounding oneself to what are initially very subtle energies
increases the foundation for deeper levels of magic.
Here I will discuss just one of
these Rites in detail:. The Rite of Rain Magic*K
~
Preparation:
Before nightfall on a windy night pouring with rain, a high and isolated hill is
selected whereupon the magician is to stand, arms outstretched to endure the
elements. Although relatively free to choose one's garments: clothing is not to be
waterproof.
Intent:
A psychic connexion is made whereupon the magician meditates on Sinister figures
historical or present and realizes the same rain falling upon them has fallen on all
such figures.
Primer:
Water, like Mass, is a finite element. It is not created or destroyed but amorphous:
forming and reforming, as Ice, Snow, Hail, Mists, Frosts, Glaciers, Lakes, Rivers,
Seas and Rain. It is inimical to Change: Evaporating, Photosynthesizing, Pooling,
Freezing, Flowing, Surging, Changing, Shaping, Destroying, Creating, Cradling and
Disintegrating: essential to Life and merciless in bringing Death. It is present in the
humblest of puddles and the deepest of oceans. Like the Moon: upon She who all
who have walked the Earth have gazed upon: Rain is a bridge: it has touched, at one
time or another, all personages, and thus all personages connected to the Sinister. The
same rain that fell on Jack the Ripper as he stalked the lantern lit streets of
Whitechapel in 1888, fell upon all of the hard faces of the army of invisible phantoms
throughout history, standing watch as their wills played forth the strategies that would
culminate in Evil. It has trickled across the flesh of all your idols, saturated the soils
of the greatest battlegrounds and filled the blackest abysses on Earth with its volume.
It has dripped from the entrance of the most isolated caves, from the pagodas of
ancient China and the castles of medieval Ireland. It fell unabated, a presence that
provoked meditative contemplation in those standing guard thinking on the cold wet
night and accompanied the prayers of those in a Temple with its diffuse roar. It has
both frustrated and accomplished the strategies of the greatest Generals and for
millennia set back or brought forth the catch of the humble fisherman. It has been
present at the times of the greatest beauty, and the most sublime sadness – at times a
passive, at times an active, force of nature, permeating the lives of all beings whether plant,
beast or man. It descended on the Ziggurats of Sumeria the birthplace of Western
Civilization and it will fall beyond Solvet Saeclum in Favilla. The same rain that fell
on the Dinosaurs in the antediluvian is the same rain that falls ceaselessly across the
planet now and forever. The rain is an uber-aeonic phenomenon: and perchance it
remembers… The Rain remembers.
Direction:
Choose:
I.) The magician approaches the hill with the intent to actively tap into the memory of
the rain, to raise an exaltation, to be a part of its currents and come to it as a
worshipper; as something less than the Rain that wishes to be touched, to be one with
it's awesome power. Arms outstretched and legs shoulders width apart the magician
forms a standing star to endure the rain. The ritual stance is maintained until such
time the Rain completely ceases to fall.
II.) The magician approaches the hill with the intent to passively endure the driving
rain, not in the spirit of struggle or dominance but in quiet observation to watch, to
share time with the rain without intent to direct or shape it, – to let it awash one's
senses, one's flesh, ones being with its presence, to endure what it brings in the way
of comfort or discomfort. A casual [more accurately, unassuming] physical position
should be taken that feels natural to take given the circumstances and the magician,
such as leaning against a tree, sitting on the wet ground with one's knees bent, or even
lying down staring upward into the sky. The Rite is in one sense an act of humility:
endurance: awareness: sorrow: and visitation of sublime and inhuman beauty. The
greater the submission, the more powerful the rite, the more exposed to the elements
the position chosen by the magician should be.
The Rite:
Essentially the Rite involves no formal words. As a visitation of an inhuman force,
the ego must remain silent. With reverence come in memory of the sheer aeonic
permeation of the places, lives, deaths, forms that the Rain has been present at. If
words are to be spoken, let them be spontaneous: as a private conversation with the
rain. Alternately: when you arrive at the hill and assume your chosen position of
endurance: meditate deeply applying the Rite of the Tempest to annihilate all
thoughts. When silent and still: tell the rain “I’ve come to Remember”. Remain still
and endure the visitation. Only when the rain has completely ceased: it is right to
leave.
Addendum:
•The ‘K’ is an optional addition to the Rain Rite involving making love [magically
directed] with one’s partner. It is seen as a practicable extension open to exploration
by those conducting Rain magic to involve some element of sexual activity. However,
it is held [I.e. known] to evoke a separate energy and thus a different direction to
employ sex in the Rite as given above. It should also be a secondary accompaniment
- performed only after the solo rite has been completed.
Experience has shown that the Rain Rite may last as little as a few minutes or as long
as a few days. Regardless of the length of its falling: and as you well know, the Rite
will fail if one’s resolve is abandoned due to human concerns or physical weakness.
For this reason, advise any aspirants, a fast is advised 12 or 24 hours before
committing to the Rite and prior training [Qv. Trial Full Moon Rites to build
appropriate stamina and endurance]. The urge to urinate/defecate must be controlled.
Directly addressing THEM however – FAR harsher measures have been endured in
the past in our elite black magical syndicate and your extensive experience and
demonstrated commitment to magic shadows the resolve of most. The Triangle of
Acausal Rites may be considered an extension, or rather, ’in-tension’ of our
Archetypal/Narrative Magic utilized to replace the Victorian/Latin + “Human-
Centred” systems practiced by the many Temples/Orders from which we derive. Like
the AOF, DDD, RIR, etc this current of Rites scorns the excess of the spoken word
and any inability to focus extreme power by thought/intent alone. It spurns a need for
such forms as frenzy to summon power.
Insofar as you do not question the conceptual scheme with which you grasp the world, it is as easy to declare elemental magic as confined to the four great forces Fire, Water, Air and Earth, which subjects have occupied and still occupy hundreds of thousands of books, as it as easy to ignore new elements (like Plasma), or that the entire solar system is always moving along Andromeda's Arm and so the 'space' the earth revolves in over the next 365.25 days will not be the same 'space' it occupies 365.25 days later. The Magickian bounds the world into complexity or simplicity as required.
To perform Elemental Magic, involves making suppositions/appraisals about the Universe and if or of what it is composed, and to what degree. It is an innately philosophical endeavour, where the point of one's rest of thought, is what defines the concrete of working ideas of matter, motion and magic. Modern science for instance, shows there to be more than four elements, but for most in Western magic, these four classics are a foundational stone around which magical intention and understanding of reality through convenience and economy, pivot. And, there is nothing limiting about that - it is the Intent of the Sorcerer that matters, not the tools, models or frameworks within which they perform their spectrums of logic<>madness, but what they can achieve by whatever means, through their Will. Keeping in mind that Elemental Magic is often confined to a narrow quaternary that derives from ancient world views, and can and should be expanded to encompass modern understanding to increase sympathy through imitation of the forces we are intended to invoke - our magic will make some departures from these four. Only the first, Rain Magic is discussed in detail, while the premise/goal of the other three is outlined enough for others to devise a means to work through such rites.
Herein I present four core Magical Rites that involve submission to the Inhuman, quintessentially, pagan forces of Earth.
They are, Rain Magic, Lunar Magic, Tidal Magic and Solar Magic.
Each of these develop the foundations of sorcery, which lies in an increase in empathy.
They are ranged in order of Submission.
•Rain Magic is intended to develop time-based empathy with The Totality of History and its
historical forces through psychic connection to a collective historical conduit and the
stillness of being.
•Lunar Magic is intended to develop empathy with Space through a renouncement of
the human-centric perspective and body by laying absolutely still facing the sky for
the full passage of the moon, no movement beyond blinking is allowed.
This replicates the External Adept Rite of the ONA.
•Tidal Magic is intended to develop empathy with Entropy and involves sitting in the
Waves at a shallow part of the Beach for a full tidal cycle letting the force of the
Ocean wash over you and allowing you to feel its power, ebb, flow and witness its erosion.
•Solar Magic is intended to develop empathy with Light and Heat and Time and requires sitting
still from Sunrise to Sunset under a tree facing South or North to have visibility to the
Sun's Arc as it moves East to West until Sunset. During which the sorcerer makes
attempts to mark the passing of every 60 minutes without any means to tell time other than
what they can observe in nature.
All four Rites are Hermetic [that is, practiced by a lone magician]. It should be
apparent that the Rain and Sea share very similar properties. An endurance of the
Moon/Sun may not immediately seem as tactile a ritual as being saturated to the bone
by a heavy downpour or being whipped by the salty spray of the ocean carried on the
fury of cold winds – but it employs principles that are deeply esoteric and similar to
the ancient instruction to lay, unmoving and watch the stars wheeling across the sky
from sunset to sun-up. Grounding oneself to what are initially very subtle energies
increases the foundation for deeper levels of magic.
Here I will discuss just one of
these Rites in detail:. The Rite of Rain Magic*K
~
Preparation:
Before nightfall on a windy night pouring with rain, a high and isolated hill is
selected whereupon the magician is to stand, arms outstretched to endure the
elements. Although relatively free to choose one's garments: clothing is not to be
waterproof.
Intent:
A psychic connexion is made whereupon the magician meditates on Sinister figures
historical or present and realizes the same rain falling upon them has fallen on all
such figures.
Primer:
Water, like Mass, is a finite element. It is not created or destroyed but amorphous:
forming and reforming, as Ice, Snow, Hail, Mists, Frosts, Glaciers, Lakes, Rivers,
Seas and Rain. It is inimical to Change: Evaporating, Photosynthesizing, Pooling,
Freezing, Flowing, Surging, Changing, Shaping, Destroying, Creating, Cradling and
Disintegrating: essential to Life and merciless in bringing Death. It is present in the
humblest of puddles and the deepest of oceans. Like the Moon: upon She who all
who have walked the Earth have gazed upon: Rain is a bridge: it has touched, at one
time or another, all personages, and thus all personages connected to the Sinister. The
same rain that fell on Jack the Ripper as he stalked the lantern lit streets of
Whitechapel in 1888, fell upon all of the hard faces of the army of invisible phantoms
throughout history, standing watch as their wills played forth the strategies that would
culminate in Evil. It has trickled across the flesh of all your idols, saturated the soils
of the greatest battlegrounds and filled the blackest abysses on Earth with its volume.
It has dripped from the entrance of the most isolated caves, from the pagodas of
ancient China and the castles of medieval Ireland. It fell unabated, a presence that
provoked meditative contemplation in those standing guard thinking on the cold wet
night and accompanied the prayers of those in a Temple with its diffuse roar. It has
both frustrated and accomplished the strategies of the greatest Generals and for
millennia set back or brought forth the catch of the humble fisherman. It has been
present at the times of the greatest beauty, and the most sublime sadness – at times a
passive, at times an active, force of nature, permeating the lives of all beings whether plant,
beast or man. It descended on the Ziggurats of Sumeria the birthplace of Western
Civilization and it will fall beyond Solvet Saeclum in Favilla. The same rain that fell
on the Dinosaurs in the antediluvian is the same rain that falls ceaselessly across the
planet now and forever. The rain is an uber-aeonic phenomenon: and perchance it
remembers… The Rain remembers.
Direction:
Choose:
I.) The magician approaches the hill with the intent to actively tap into the memory of
the rain, to raise an exaltation, to be a part of its currents and come to it as a
worshipper; as something less than the Rain that wishes to be touched, to be one with
it's awesome power. Arms outstretched and legs shoulders width apart the magician
forms a standing star to endure the rain. The ritual stance is maintained until such
time the Rain completely ceases to fall.
II.) The magician approaches the hill with the intent to passively endure the driving
rain, not in the spirit of struggle or dominance but in quiet observation to watch, to
share time with the rain without intent to direct or shape it, – to let it awash one's
senses, one's flesh, ones being with its presence, to endure what it brings in the way
of comfort or discomfort. A casual [more accurately, unassuming] physical position
should be taken that feels natural to take given the circumstances and the magician,
such as leaning against a tree, sitting on the wet ground with one's knees bent, or even
lying down staring upward into the sky. The Rite is in one sense an act of humility:
endurance: awareness: sorrow: and visitation of sublime and inhuman beauty. The
greater the submission, the more powerful the rite, the more exposed to the elements
the position chosen by the magician should be.
The Rite:
Essentially the Rite involves no formal words. As a visitation of an inhuman force,
the ego must remain silent. With reverence come in memory of the sheer aeonic
permeation of the places, lives, deaths, forms that the Rain has been present at. If
words are to be spoken, let them be spontaneous: as a private conversation with the
rain. Alternately: when you arrive at the hill and assume your chosen position of
endurance: meditate deeply applying the Rite of the Tempest to annihilate all
thoughts. When silent and still: tell the rain “I’ve come to Remember”. Remain still
and endure the visitation. Only when the rain has completely ceased: it is right to
leave.
Addendum:
•The ‘K’ is an optional addition to the Rain Rite involving making love [magically
directed] with one’s partner. It is seen as a practicable extension open to exploration
by those conducting Rain magic to involve some element of sexual activity. However,
it is held [I.e. known] to evoke a separate energy and thus a different direction to
employ sex in the Rite as given above. It should also be a secondary accompaniment
- performed only after the solo rite has been completed.
Experience has shown that the Rain Rite may last as little as a few minutes or as long
as a few days. Regardless of the length of its falling: and as you well know, the Rite
will fail if one’s resolve is abandoned due to human concerns or physical weakness.
For this reason, advise any aspirants, a fast is advised 12 or 24 hours before
committing to the Rite and prior training [Qv. Trial Full Moon Rites to build
appropriate stamina and endurance]. The urge to urinate/defecate must be controlled.
Directly addressing THEM however – FAR harsher measures have been endured in
the past in our elite black magical syndicate and your extensive experience and
demonstrated commitment to magic shadows the resolve of most. The Triangle of
Acausal Rites may be considered an extension, or rather, ’in-tension’ of our
Archetypal/Narrative Magic utilized to replace the Victorian/Latin + “Human-
Centred” systems practiced by the many Temples/Orders from which we derive. Like
the AOF, DDD, RIR, etc this current of Rites scorns the excess of the spoken word
and any inability to focus extreme power by thought/intent alone. It spurns a need for
such forms as frenzy to summon power.
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