Enchanting, enchanting items Options

I am new to sorcory in its entirety almost, I am basically starting into it with the expressed purpose of being able to enchant items for myself and others to either increase their luck or help them keep themselves together in tough times (personal strength I guess you could say) I was just wondering if anyone had any advice for anyone in my position that might help them get off on the right foot, aside from read around and try and get a feel for it, mainly due to two reasons, one that is probably how they found this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yes2.gif) , and two it seems to be common sense that in order to learn you must first seek knowledge. I have looked at the post in this sorcery forum Zen And The Art Of Sorcery. and find it has decent relevence to this however I am still considering that there are always other means to this end. help is appreciated, This doesn't qualify as spell begging does it? cause I am trying to avoid that if it is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush2.gif)

Thank you, I was beggining to wonder if anyone in this forum would have any ability to assist my curiosities, I am glad that there are.
I am beggining with the expressed interest in enchanting but I did not mean to implicate that I was excluding the other aspects of sorcery because I do understand that knowing many different aspects of a craft or ability is extremely important and can increase the potency of the main skill one is attempting to attain. I did take much interest in your initial post however i didn't feel this was a topic ment to add to what was there already mainly due to its one sidedness. You did allude to filling the body with the essence of an elemental nature, would it possibly help if you were exposed to that sort of element as this is done, example being, sitting surrounded by candles representing fire (or a campfire), wading in a lake or river, or even as simple as a shower, being outdoors on solid rock or with your bare feet dug into sand. Just curious but do you think this would have any effect on the mentality or potency of the user?

Good question, and I think that yes, that may help at first. I was remiss to think of it when I was writing, but coming to understand and sympathize with the elemental energies would be part of the basic elements of magickal practice.

The physical elements are analagous but not the same as the metaphysical elements. What we percieve as fire, water, air, earth, etc., are all technically manifestations of those elements within the earth element - which is the element attributed with the solidification of the material world.

So, it may help to be surrounded by candles while connecting to the fiery element, but the flames of the candles themselves are not to be confused with the element itself - the energy you draw in should not be from the candle flames, from the river, from the rocks, etc., but from the entire universe. This ensures that the energy you are drawing comes from the Akashic principle, which is where such energies should come from. Being surrounded by candles, for instance, may help you to believe in the fact that you are surrounded by an electrical, fiery principle which is really a pan-dimensional omnipotent universal Fire Element, but it is that idea that should be in your mind throughout the process, not the candles themselves. And so for the other elements.

I am beggining with the expressed interest in enchanting but I did not mean to implicate that I was excluding the other aspects of sorcery because I do understand that knowing many different aspects of a craft or ability is extremely important and can increase the potency of the main skill one is attempting to attain.

Mmm, I'm not going to criticize or say that one must approach sorcery from one angle and no other, however, while you want to make enchantment your primary focus, it might be of benefit to consider that by developing oneself along a balanced path, giving the proper time and development to each necessary step towards mastery, that in the end you will may have a greater ability to enchant items than if you had devoted your attention primarily to the cultivation of that one skill, giving the others only their due in order to understand it better.

It seems counterintuitive, but it's really not - the ability to do magick effectively, immediately, with true power, etc., is not dependant on the amount of time you spent perfecting it exactly, but rather the depth to which you understand the laws that make magick work, the intensity with which you devote yourself to personal mastery, and the strength of your willpower - which requires a development of your total self on all fronts. In the end, you reach plateau after plateau in which you become a more capable magician over all, rather than being a mediocre sorcerer with one 'trick' as it were. But, follow your gut - you're particular interest may turn out to be a talent from a past life trying to reawaken, or a specific calling. It's simply good to give everything a thorough consideration and recognize the benefits that go beyond the immediate goal. Everything we learn has an immediate application and a more far reaching implication, lining up those two 'points' as it were, points just in the right direction to achieve real growth.

peace