Greetings Alarum!
Touche'
I respect your motives and your space. I think you might be on the verge of doing yourself some lasting damage. You are correct in assuming that I know little when it comes to Cthulu Mythos magic. I've not read the tens of books based on the magic system of the Lovecraftian Mythos. I have read ALL of the books by Lovecraft, Bierce, Lumley, Howard, Smith, Derleth, Yeats, etc. that evolved around a group of writers/occultists that expounded on the Cthulu Mythos. It is hard to say that there is validity in a fictional system of magic. Since one of my beliefs is that there is a thing called a 'collective unconcious' it would be contradictive of me to say that one wouldn't achieve a level of success whilst employing this system. The countless thoughtforms engendered and provoked by these authors would form the basis for a magical reality. Your own Chaos magic supports the idea of the generation of servile thoughtforms. Whether or not these thoughtforms when coupled with an avid believer, such as yourself, be able to manifest a definite threat and/or lethalness remains to be seen. If from what I've 'played' with in the past is any indication, it would appear that, yes, this system is capable of doing just that.
I am well versed in Chaos magic. A.O.Spare is one of my 'heroes' ..... (IMG:
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I'll thank you to not make such sweeping generalizations about my level of knowledge/understanding.
If you know little about such things as 'astral temples' then some more prep work is needed before you launch yourself into the Abyss. I suggest Bardon, Gray and Regardie (ooh, also Denning & Philips) for a 'quick' course.
Finally, I want to make a statement for all who visit this Forum. Not everything you read, in print, is real/true or is compatible with you. In my opinion, this Forum is here as a place of learning and discussion. It is the meeting of the minds that will bring knowledge, understanding and creativity. I certainly don't know it all (no matter how long-winded I get) and I'm just as happy that I don't. Please take the time to be responsible for yourselves and examine your motives before reacting blindly to a situation. Life (and especially the pursuit of knowledge) is bumpy enough without you adding to the bruises needlessly. Good luck in your endeavors Alarum, and please tell me of your struggles so that I can understand and share in your experience(s).
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PS here's another link to this dubious book:
http://www.ravenoir.com/R136.htm