Daviszko
07-07-2004, 11:07 AM
Hi all, this is
just a thread basically to clear up all the confusing
ammount of
information, and narrow down options
for those interested in magick. There are a lot of
experienced practitioners is all different forms of
magick here, and I think it would help newcomers, like
myself, if they shared how they got started and how they
developed their practices over time.
Just an
idea.
Eden
07-07-2004, 11:09 AM
I read a
book that my mother had bought hoping for quick and easy
answers... the book did nothing for her but it drew me
in and gave me an interest in witchcraft. That was three
years ago and I'm still hooked

Ashnook
07-07-2004, 01:31
PM
I started studying ghost hunting when I was 10
because I saw the movie "Ghostbusters". When I was 12 I
was playing a video game "EverQuest" which got me
interested in magick. Im 16
now.
babyalien
07-07-2004, 01:48 PM
it
is my time, and everything has directed me
here,
MoonShadow
07-07-2004, 02:35
PM
When the Harry Potter books first came out,
that sparked my interest in magick. Over time I read
more and books about various topics (mainly psionics)
and I was hooked!
Plus, my friend also helped to
spark my interest.
Fr.NovumOrganum
07-07-2004,
06:32 PM
I was lead to AC during a long reading
process when I was finishing college. He said that a
magickian should familairize himself with all of
philosophy etc. before starting. I was young enough to
take that 100% serious, so I went to grad school.
LOL.
I had forgotten about the occult for a long
time, 4-5 years, and then it fell back into my life.
This time I began to actually do the work, and well,
here I am now.
Qryztufre
07-07-2004, 06:45
PM
I learned everything I needed to know from
playing D&D *smirk* (you'd actually be surprised at
the amount of things that are correct in D&D...then
again, you'd be appalled at the number of things that
are wrong...)
D&D sparked my initial interest
in the Occult. 2 years later my (now ex) wife got me
into it (I started reading a bit on this & that
& did a few simple spells with moderate success).
That was mostly Wiccan stuff...though, they all (the
group we were in) used the Necronomicon (and that is
what spurred my interest in the Sumerian
Pantheon).
My current interest in the occult
revolves more around Ceremonial Magick. Waking up one
morning and wanting it brought about my interest in
this. *shrug*
Q
Quidgyboo
07-07-2004,
07:04 PM
Well I have the typical response. I'd
always liked magick as a young child without knowing of
its reality. I would stand in a park and talk to the
wind, whisper to the birds, throw imaginary fire balls
at my imaginary Power Ranger enemies and all that Jazz.
My 'real' study began after I watched The Craft and
decided to do a little research. I've now been going
strong for the greater part of my life and I don't plan
to stop anytime soon.
Daviszko
07-07-2004,
07:26 PM
I learned everything I needed to know
from playing D&D *smirk* (you'd actually be
surprised at the amount of things that are correct in
D&D...then again, you'd be appalled at the number of
things that are wrong...)
D&D sparked my
initial interest in the Occult. 2 years later my (now
ex) wife got me into it (I started reading a bit on this
& that & did a few simple spells with moderate
success). That was mostly Wiccan stuff...though, they
all (the group we were in) used the Necronomicon (and
that is what spurred my interest in the Sumerian
Pantheon).
My current interest in the occult
revolves more around Ceremonial Magick. Waking up one
morning and wanting it brought about my interest in
this. *shrug*
QYou know I read a website earlier
(a very amusing one) that was all anti-D&D in your
typical small minded fanatically-Christian babble. The
writer claimed that D&D was evil because there is a
lot of occultism in it, thought they went to extremes by
claiming that the game encouraged rape, murder and
satanism. The versions of D&D I've played have
really only had magick in the "throws fireball" sense,
certainly no rape or satanism. Thanks for the replies
everyone. Keep 'em coming

Dark*Avalon
07-07-2004, 07:47
PM
I started off playing V:tM as a Ventrue
surrounded by Tremeres. The idea of blood magic got me
interested, and one day I happened to chance upon a
local occult shop while job hunting and bought my first
"real" books on the subject. Since then, I've been
studying off and on as time permits, which isnt often
between 2 jobs and
college.
Qryztufre
07-07-2004, 07:47
PM
You know I read a website earlier (a very
amusing one) that was all anti-D&D in your typical
small minded fanatically-Christian babble. The writer
claimed that D&D was evil because there is a lot of
occultism in it, thought they went to extremes by
claiming that the game encouraged rape, murder and
satanism. The versions of D&D I've played have
really only had magick in the "throws fireball" sense,
certainly no rape or satanism. Thanks for the replies
everyone. Keep 'em coming
Good old D&D and AD&D (1st ed)
were both a bit more ceremonial then what it is today.
As for it 'promoting Satanism' half of the reason it
does is because of the Church. In the original Monster
Manual it had demons, but they were named "demon type I
- VI". Thanks to the church (who did not like them using
the name "demon") in later editions the demon types had
a workable names, rather then just a number...but the
church was happy

I no longer have my OLD OLD books...but
in a few of the guides & supplements it went into
things a bit more...it spoke of casting circles, the
summoning of demons, the uses for herbs and which stones
were best for what. In one of the 'adventures' it even
had the sigils fer a few of the 'spirits' within the
book...I've no clue if they actually matched anything
here...but it is A LOT more then you'll see them publish
today. (but even then, most of it was of the "fireball"
variety).
Q
Grey Magician
07-08-2004,
12:56 PM
How i started was by reading everything
i could on magic in general. I went online and searched
for magic and spells, but got all that money and love
spell crap. But then i found other places that talked
about how spells actually worked and then i started
reading up on energy manipulation. Then i kept studying
and studying and studied some more and spent the
majority of 1 year just reading and not attempting any
spell or anything like that, because i wanted to be
ready. Since then ive done various spells with very good
results, most crossing the line of being instantanious
or pretty close, 1 day at the most. But this is all
because i worked very hard and still am working hard. So
believe in yourself and read alot. If you do this then
anything is possible and i mean anything, and don't let
anyone tell you otherwise. Through magic the sky is not
your limit, your limit is the limit you put on yourself,
and if you put no limit on yourself, then you can do
anything.
Sincerely,
Grey
Magician
Tzimtzum
07-08-2004, 01:15
PM
I suppose my earliest curiosities set in when
I started playing AD&D when I was 10. The Magic User
class was always my favorite.

By the time I was 13 I'd already started
reading Crowley, Mathers, and Levi. By the time I was 14
I was doing ritual and had jumped head-long into any
type of invcation I could get my hands on... yeah, I was
a spooky kid. Sometimes I look back and wonder how I
survived. Heh.
death reaper
07-08-2004, 01:41
PM
When I was a little kid I always had intrest
in magic, not knowing it was real. Then when I was like
8 I heard about witchcraft being real somewhere went
online and started looking it up. Seeing a little 8 year
old looking up witchcraft must have been real freaky for
my family lol

. Any way after looking it up for a while my
family kept telling me it was evil and I just gave up
looking at it till like last year. Now I'm back into it
and everything, this time I plan to stay.

DevilsDelight
07-08-2004, 04:48
PM
i suppose it started when i used to sit on my
dad's lap playing his Mystic Eye and then he'd read my
cards before bed, or stories he and my grandmother would
tell of ghosts, spirits and other...interesting
experiences...after a divorce it was a disgruntlement
with the church my mother made em go to and a
fascination for their devil, in a desire to rebel and
movie style satanism that stirred my desire to seek
beyond the few items from my father...after a few years
of focusing my unhappiness and negativity in the more
destructive arts, i discovered i was more natural and
that's where my power lay...being one with nature and
not trying to control what i'm not meant
to.
erisdoe
07-08-2004, 06:47 PM
I read
a book when I was very young called "Witch's Sister"
which got me interested. Not a lot was avaiable at the
bookstore at that time. I read some stuff by Gavin and
Yvonne Frost, eventually found and practiced "regular"
Wicca (as opposed to Frost Wicca), moved into general
Paganism, started incorporating other elements and
working beyond practical, started incorporating a bit of
everything into my practice, now I do not consider
myself Pagan as such. I don't consider myself anything.
I work within a framework that includes the great
spiritual masters (Jesus, Buddha, etc.) an ultimate
being of whom we are all a part, and The
Balance.
Also, when I was very young I was
interested in Ouija, palmistry, things like that. It is
part of what led me on my path. Now I do not do much
divination at all, I will use the tarot or my pendulum
from time to time for divination purposes. However, I do
try to record EVP.
SARDONICPILLOW
07-08-2004,
10:03 PM
i had to think about it for a minute but
i remember now.
when i was fairly young i went to
the library a lot and often times i saw this couple
there. i was a curious boy and the way they dressed and
certain vibes i picked up from them made me interested
in what they were doing.
so i would watch them
and when they would go on the computer and when they
were done i would get on the computer and go through the
history and look at all the sites they had been on. the
sites were all about the occult so i would read for a
while and then i would go home and look at the sites
some more.
i would say that's what really got me
started
Tzimtzum
07-08-2004, 10:56 PM
I
read a book when I was very young called "Witch's
Sister" which got me interested. Not a lot was avaiable
at the bookstore at that time. I read some stuff by
Gavin and Yvonne Frost, eventually found and practiced
"regular" Wicca (as opposed to Frost Wicca), moved into
general Paganism, started incorporating other elements
and working beyond practical, started incorporating a
bit of everything into my practice, now I do not
consider myself Pagan as such. I don't consider myself
anything. I work within a framework that includes the
great spiritual masters (Jesus, Buddha, etc.) an
ultimate being of whom we are all apart, and The
Balance.
Also, when I was very young I was
interested in Oujia, palmistry, things like that. It is
part of what led me on my path. Now I do not do much
divination at all, I will use the tarot or my pendulum
from time to time for divination purposes. However, I do
try to record EVP.
I know how you feel, I've cut out
divination all together. Over time, I noticed that I
would subconsciously work to make the readings correct.
I didn't see any reason to let something have that level
of control over me.
erisdoe
07-09-2004, 03:52
PM
Exactly Tzimtzum. Although at times a reading
would be right on beyond a doubt, other times they
seemed vague, like a daily horoscope. An additional
reason why is that I am just no all that interested
anymore. For some reason, it doesn't seem important to
me as it used to.
As I mentioned though, I still
make haphazard attempts to record EVP, not to divine the
future but rather to see if it is
possible.
Mother Mo
07-10-2004, 02:35
AM
My interest was always there, but it got alot
of fuel when I took latin in high school for 3 years
& starting reading all I could about Greek &
Roman mythology. That lead to other kinds of myths from
other cultures, which lead to a genuine interest in the
actual spirituality of the ancients. I studied
polytheistic & monotheistic religions alike in
college & independently & found the biggest
differences to be basically vocabulary issues.
A
witch lived next door to me years ago & helped to
pull me in a bit deeper, but then proved to be quite
destructive to my own existence. I've always had a hard
time trusting any form of organized religion, so I
remain solitary in my studies & practices. I now
teach my 12 & 14 year old children about the magical
arts, but I will forever be a student myself, always
looking to see what the universe will offer to teach me
next.
Eden
07-10-2004, 06:54 AM
Futher
to my earlier response... I brought the little question
and answer book all about witchcraft into school... and
showed it to my friend. We both decided that this
deserved more investigation and we soon discovered,
accidentally, that there was a practicing witch in the
year above us. Several loaned books later, we decided to
start buying our own books about the paths that
interested us most. We started our thirteen moons, at
the end of which we iniatated one another. That was
about two years ago and we're still best friends.