A Slight Discrepancy..., and what am I to do? Options

Greetings,

As the title would suggest, I have found discrepancies in nearly every source on magical correspondence, I have thus far checked. Most will agree about the symbols of the elements and zodiac but few will agree on the Planets- the number, angles, hour, exc. will all differ wildly between sources. This trend is especially true of herbal correspondence; I have yet to find two sources that agree on more then ten or so- many will contradict each other out right.

Yet for some reason it all still works. Regardless of which set of correspondence I use, it seems to work most of the time. The results would indicate that the correspondence does not matter, and the effort I'm exerting is what counts. Can this be true, or is there some method to the inconsistencies that allow it to function despite the errors.

Thanks,

Greetings,

As the title would suggest, I have found discrepancies in nearly every source on magical correspondence, I have thus far checked. Most will agree about the symbols of the elements and zodiac but few will agree on the Planets- the number, angles, hour, exc. will all differ wildly between sources. This trend is especially true of herbal correspondence; I have yet to find two sources that agree on more then ten or so- many will contradict each other out right.

Yet for some reason it all still works. Regardless of which set of correspondence I use, it seems to work most of the time. The results would indicate that the correspondence does not matter, and the effort I'm exerting is what counts. Can this be true, or is there some method to the inconsistencies that allow it to function despite the errors.

Thanks,

The correspondence itself is intended to provide a link to a specific energy - that of the elements, the planets, etc. These energies are accessed from the universe with no regard to location, timing, etc., although when you begin working with them directly you will likely find that there are indeed times when one energy is more difficult to cultivate than another at some times of the day or year. The moon is always accessible, as is the sun, the other planetary energies can be more difficult to cultivate when they are behind the sun in relation to earth, but that's only my personal experience.

No matter what correspondence you use, you are telling your subconscious to gather energy of this particular kind of carry out this particular purpose, and so that is what it does.

In my own opinion, correspondence ultimately serves better for interpretation of omens, signs, etc., the world around us in general. When you are deciding which correspondences to use for magick, you're really just deciding on which energies to use, and could just as easily use the planetary sigils themselves, and the elemental glyphs, if you were able to get past the presence of candles, kamea, etc.

I have seen very little method behind the inconsistencies myself. Mostly, each culture that produces a correspondence scheme just comes up with a different pattern because they view the world a little differently. One scheme is exposed to another culture and gets altered based on what they think is best, etc. If you want to understand more thoroghly why each culture chose what it did, then look into that culture itself, their mythology, their religion. It's a fair bit of research to trace a book back to it's origins in human culture, but most of the hard part has already been done and can be looked up somewhere.

peace