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“Sorcery has no bounds or limits, except those that are put in place by the practitioner. It is the Study of Raw Power and often of Dark Energies. It stems from an Inherent need to delve into the deepest and darkest parts of One’s Self and although it may be dangerous and painful to Realise your Primal fears and desires it is well worth the effort”.

I was somewhat disappointed but not surprised to see so little interest in this category. I know that information is hard to find but so is anything that is worth the effort.

Although this is not the Path for everybody I hope that at least some of you are interested.

I am therefore inserting a basic description.

EDIT - text reduced to normal size. Mediocracy 01/04/2005

Sorcery is the need to study the deepest and darkest parts of ones self. Through understanding their primal desires, obscure passions, and emotionality the practitioner than draws on his or her own Raw Power. Most Sorcerers adopt an aggressive stance in their magical works. They tend to ignore whether or not they use their power for “good” or “evil, and often dismiss such concepts from their lives altogether.

Sorcery cares not what it changes.... it simply changes

Central to sorcery are Balance and Polarity within ones self, this can then be transferred to the world around us. The sorcerer is an expert at bending things to their own will. The most common way of achieving this is by using Twilight – this is a realm of the mind which is characterized by its extreme distortive properties, roiling energies, and occurrences bizarre enough to shock even the calmest, most accepting individuals. The practitioner can make changes in this shadow world that will then manifest themselves in the everyday world.

The unique art known as Sorcery is one which knows no bounds and has no limits, except those which are allowed by the user.

Another aspect of Sorcery is Glamour. This grants its wielder immense powers of persuasion. Ultimately it changes the way People Perceive the Person that is using it. It can Instill fear and create harmony. Oh and if you wish to temporarily change your appearance it can be useful to.

Hope this was some Help

This post has been edited by mediocracy: Apr 1 2005, 09:18 AM

The most common way of achieving this is by using Twilight – this is a realm of the mind which is characterized by its extreme distortive properties, roiling energies, and occurrences bizarre enough to shock even the calmest, most accepting individuals. The practitioner can make changes in this shadow world that will then manifest themselves in the everyday world.

Another aspect of Sorcery is Glamour. This grants its wielder immense powers of persuasion. Ultimately it changes the way People Perceive the Person that is using it. It can Instill fear and create harmony. Oh and if you wish to temporarily change your appearance it can be useful to.

Okay here's my take on it,

When you got to the part about Twilight and Glamour, this is where I sneeze, "Rip-Off"! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/q11.gif)

There is a philosophy of magic called Direct Magic, a system based on magic without ritual a "point-and-shoot" style of magic that's pragmatic and interesting until you get to the meat of the theory.

The system divides its practices into castes of Enchanters, Summoners, White Mages, Black Mages, Celestial Mages, Satanic Mages, Necromancers, Wizards, and Sorcerors. Sounds RPGish doesn't it? That's where it gets stupid.

Each caste works with a particular type of Magical Energy: Necros work with Death Energy, Black Mages work with Entrophy, Satanic Mages work with the Self (also called the Microcosism v. the Macrocosism) and Sorcerors work with Twilight. Here's the site:

Direct Magic: Sorcery

Here's how I would define a Sorceror: An independent practitioner of magick who relies on his or her own experiences and understanding of how magick works, developing there own style and form of practice. A Chaote is a Sorceror (if you read Hine's and Spare's stuff you'll find they use the term Chaos Mage and Sorceror interchangeably). A Folk Mage is a Sorceror (again, books often use the term interchangeably). Someone who decides to go off the beaten paths of magic to start his own way is most definitely a Sorceror.

That Twilight stuff is crap, do AP if you're into that sort of thing.

Glamour is illusionary magick meant to disguise one's self and influence the minds of others. When you do an invisiblity spell, you're doing Glamour, Love Spells directed at a particular person are Glamour spells (as opposed to Love Spell directed towards a general desire, which is probably Enchantment).

That's my 3 bucks.

This post has been edited by mediocracy: Apr 1 2005, 01:10 PM