Phenomenal Sorcery

<p><span style=color: rgba(55 55 55 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>There are certain aspects of sorcery that I believe are universal and transcend individual paradigms. Thus some of the concepts in this book are also discussed in Quantum Sorcery and Voidworking and in the essays on my SpikeVision blog. As with my former works Phenomenal Sorcery is a blend of magic science and pop culture for such is the nature of my own practice.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(55 55 55 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This paradigm is a form of sorcery that is to say Low magic. It is certainly results-based and thus would also likely be considered Chaos Magic as well. I use what works for me. I continually try new methods whether of my own design or learned from the work of others. If a technique proves to be useful then I keep it in my repertoire otherwise I discard it. This process helps prevent stagnation. I certainly recommend this approach to practicing magic even with regards to those who read my own work.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(55 55 55 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Magic is sometimes referred to as an art even by some called the First Art. I am sympathetic to that point of view but I consider it to be a discipline that is neither art nor science but may incorporate elements of both. Magic is subjective and mercurial. Anyone can learn its basic principles and begin to practice it but like a musical instrument one can spend a lifetime mastering its techniques. At the time of this writing I've been doing so for 38 years and counting.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(55 55 55 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Eliphas Levi famously wrote this regarding the necessary skills for mastering the power of magic:</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(55 55 55 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>To attain the SANCTUM REGNUM in other words the knowledge and power of the Magi there are four indispensable conditions - an intelligence illuminated by study an intrepidity which nothing can check a will which cannot be broken and a prudence which nothing can corrupt and nothing intoxicate. TO KNOW TO DARE TO WILL TO KEEP SILENCE - such are the four words of the Magus (Levi 1896).</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(55 55 55 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I'm good on three of these. The fourth not so much.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(55 55 55 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This is a non-theistic form of magic. I do not discount the existence of Gods or spirits and I long practiced forms of magic which call upon them. I have simply found that they are not necessary in the paradigms of that I have found to produce the best results for me. One of the comments that is occasionally made about my work is that I am too mired in a materialist worldview and that I am somehow against the inherent mysticism and wonder that are a part of practicing magic. I can assert from my point of view that this is not the case. I simply find this wonder in the structure and behavior of the universe itself and the contemplation of how a conscious mind can interface with it to perform these acts of wonder. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(55 55 55 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Existence is absurd but that doesn't mean it can't be appreciated. More importantly it can be influenced.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(55 55 55 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>If this approach appeals to you then read on!</span></p>