What kind of magic do you do?

[zyfrtheFirst]

Occultism is an umbrella term to describe any alternative sciences.
It includes various fields of study, right?

Not everyone who studies Qaballah/Demonology will do Wicca or Chaos Magic or Numerology and Dream Magic.

What is your main?

 

[Fr. Maximagus]

My daily ritual practice consists of primarily GD rituals. But i add in some other qabalistic practices and visualization techniques. In a way you could call me a chaos magician because if my eclectic approach of utilizing things from different systems.…but i dont particularly identity as a chaote.
the primary value in chaos magick is i think showing you how magick works (the bare bones of operation) and also its great for explaining magick to normies with how it fits neatly within the psych model.

but i tend to lean more towards ceremonial approach. Theres unquestionably positive benefits of doing rituals like the LBRP & Middle Pillar daily. i noticed within a couple months everything about me and my life was more ordered, organized, and clean. Its crazy when i look at the first few pages of my magickal journal and then flip to the back where the most recent entries are…it looks like entries from two entirely different human beings lmao because it IS! These rituals have undoubtedly transformed me in a very short space of time. So there is very clearly something to these rituals.

 

[Morell]

Vampiric/energetic
Chaos
Blood
Hermetic mysticism (self-dyscipline, meditation)
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Should be it.

 

[zyfrtheFirst]

Vampiric/energetic
Chaos
Blood
Hermetic mysticism (self-dyscipline, meditation)
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Should be it.

Nice. I realise now I didn't post mine

Demonology/Qaballah (Solomonic)
Astrotheology
Gnosticism

 

[barbhack80]

there is power in words, in declarations. all religions seem to understand this. from mantras to curses these have to be 'broadcast' by physical words. the power of words is undestimated. how many of us have felt physical hurt just by hearing negative words about us?

 

[Midnite_Angel_]

Occultism is an umbrella term to describe any alternative sciences.
It includes various fields of study, right?

Not everyone who studies Qaballah/Demonology will do Wicca or Chaos Magic or Numerology and Dream Magic.

What is your main?

To use the labels loosely, I am very much eclectic through and through, with a strong leaning to energy/chaos workings.

 

[Sabbatius]

Shamanistic, with major eclectic ties to Chaos, Traditional Witchcraft, Ceremonial Magic and Revival Druidry(which is eclectic in its own right.)

 

[FireBorn]

I jokingly told a buddy the other day that I do Demo-Shama-Ani-Molatry

I follow no path, I follow no rules. I do the magick that works in the moment. I dont care about systems, books, steps, or mechanics, I care about magick and the results. I realize you need me to fit into a nice little box so YOU feel better, that's a you problem. I am just doing what works for me. If there were no results, I wouldn't bother with this stuff at all, just being honest.

 

[Accipeveldare]

Occultism is an umbrella term to describe any alternative sciences.
It includes various fields of study, right?

Not everyone who studies Qaballah/Demonology will do Wicca or Chaos Magic or Numerology and Dream Magic.

What is your main?

My primary practices consist of Chaos Magick, Demonology, shadow work, and metaphysics.

 

[AlfrunGrima]

Well, it is a mix of non religious folk witchcraft, demonology and Chaos. I am like @FireBorn if I can use it, I use it.

 

[Orbiso]

Trying to get into islamicate and djinnology. Still new, and it's kind of tough because I'm more of a visual learner.

 

[CCCT]

Honestly don’t know what anyone would call what I do. I call it cunningcraft though it’s not because what I do looks like historical cunningcraft but because, as stated above, if it works, I’ll use it.
most of my work these days involved Nagas and stars

 

[Robert Ramsay]

I'm more of a theoretical magician (like theoretical physicist).
For my practical work, I guess you might describe it as meta-Chaos magic

 

[MorganBlack]

From a Vodou perspective ritual is to get to the place where you have konesans ( from the French "connaissance" ) which means 'knowledge' but here means something more like deep awareness or consciousness - as you take your place in Creation, an active participant in a living, breathing, alive universe. Once you have konesans, really, all you have to do is wave your hand. You become magic.

I can't stay there all the time myself, occasionally yes, which is amazing, so the ritual tech and Grimorium Verum allies helps to get there, along with my more personal mystical practice flipping between agnostic Zen Buddhism, and Folk Catholic mysticism.

But for 'empty-hand magic' I love Nevile Goddardian Law of Assumption New Thought.

 

[Van Horne]

I don't follow any certain school of the Western Esoteric Tradition, while I respect (most of ) them as important contributions of their time. I would say the basic framework of my approach is close to the foundational principles of Chaos Magick. As Peter J. Carrol writes: "Chaoism seeks to explore the inner riches and to expand the Inner Mythos, the pantheon of powers within."

I still make new experiences, and work on concepts and ideas, in theory and practice. One of my special interests lays in Archetype Magick (every deity, entity, etc. is an certain aspect of Divinity, originating from Human projection) and at the moment I'm invested in Autoerotic Goetia/Kink Magick, focusing on trance (and sometimes substance) induced temporal amoravampiric power exchange with the Dark Mother archetype. She likes to nibble, and so do I.

 

[AbammonTheGreat]

I'm all over the place, to peg my style down people might call me a Hermeticist and they wouldn't be wrong. I use Alchemy, Astrology, and Conjuration as my main mode of magic. But I have an affinity for esoteric Buddhism, Greek Philosophy, and the Abrahamic faiths. I found in an old 10th century Arabic book a philosopher describing my practice to a tee which was pretty shocking. They called people that practice what I do Sabians. I personally don't appreciate labels as I echo the sentiment of the magus before me in the thread that say "if it works I use it" however my eclectic practice has been revealed to be a historical current. The Magical Sabians practiced a combination of Astrolatrous Hermeticism, Talismanic Magic, Conjuration, Theurgy, Yoga, and Greek Philosophy under the guise of Islam/Abrahamism. Pretty congruent with what I've grown into.