i have experimented with drugs and magick. Its tricky buisiness.
In one end, drugs can induce or enhance magickal experiences. On the other end, drugs can bring you furhter away from what you seek. Especially after they stop working. Marihuana for instance can bring me a zen like state when i'm on it, however, if i use to much in a short time i have noticed that when sober i tend to be farther from this zen state than normal. This is something i am still experiencing with, so i'm not sure if it is really so or just due to certain circumstances.
Psychedelics are another thing. I took hawaian baby woodrose seeds, and i took some mushrooms. Both trips where deeply spiritual and rewarding. But i am not certain at all if the spiritual side stays with you after the trip. I did not notice any important changes in my life after these trips, the few days after where spiritual days in a good state of mind, but it just went away.
Even more, it seems that by using drugs you get to see things you shouldn't see yet. The danger exists, in after achieving a zen like state on psychedelics or marihuana, you remember what that felt like. And thus your current practise of zen or enlightenment or whatever you perform magick for, gets oriented to achieving that state of mind again. By doing this you will torture yourself by constantly hanging this goal before you. You will also never achieve the goal this way, becouse you stop going step by step towards the end, you try to reach the end without the path. And this is impossible.
In the end it is your choice, i am not against it either. I will continue to use these drugs for various magickal purposes. However, be aware of the dangers. Do not let the drug use you. And do not attach any value to these drugs. Do not worship the drug.
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In LVX, Frater A.V.I.A.F.
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