Journal Personal Meditations

[JW888]

Wednesday, July, 29th, 2026

What're the limits of practice and those of theory?
Does theory even have a place in real life?

Each day anew, I wrestle with the above.

If book-smarts is only for those armchair-magicians, then Magick'd be all practice,
And if it were the other way round then it would be all in the text and non in life.
Both extremes push it too far.

Magick is definitely empirical and definitely textual. Well crafted plans, can and do, often, have to be modified
half way thru. Spirits aren't robots, but have complex motives and angles, many times more complex than the average person.

And we go on...

 

[JW888]

Thursday, July, 30th, 2026

Can Limits be overcome, or are they forever in place?

That's a hard-to-answer question. But, assuming they can be transcended yields
some interesting results. I can change what is, just by changing my perception of it,
or aka the "Observer's Effect".

Some believe that's just plain old BS and no such effect exists.
But, doesn't it make sense to see us behaving differently, because we don't see things the same way
and that changed our outcomes, at least to a certain degree?

I believe it does. The colors of the everyday can be monochromatic or colorful, and the way I respond to my environment,
both internal and external, changes on that basis.