So what is a Sigil?
Well basically it is a technique for manifesting ones Will. One starts with a statement of intent and ends up with a pictoral representation of this statement called a Sigil. The theory is that this pictoral representation bypasses the conscious mind and acts upon the higher or subconscious mind. Why? Well, the conscious mind if burdened with doubts and fears and a lot of other baggage that gets in the way of one manifesting ones true Will. Secretly many of us want to fail and are afraid of our true Will.
For example, ones true Will may be to date 'x', but what if she rejects us? The conscious mind is full of doubt...so bypass it!
Chaotes intersted in the creation and use of Sigils may wish to take some time to read the work of Spare, Hine and Carroll. Frater U D's book 'Practical Sigil Magick' is another well know source of information but has been out of print for some time and exchanges hands for high prices of eBay.
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