How Does One Become A Extremely Talented Magician?, Magicians Options

If someone wanted to become a extremely talented magician how would he go about it? Is 'talent' in the arts an aft form or can it be achieved through hard work and dedication? I believe my current magikal skill and ability is very limited as I have only done a few servitor magik rituals. I want to be very honest here and say I am extremely critical of magik and if it even exists. I have contemplated dedicating a entire life to this and gaining incredible skills but I just need to know it's real so that I know it is not a life wasted. I feel in myself I have been ignored by every entity that is out there as I have never had a run in with one and feel kind of helpless.
I have a question that goes out to the most respected on this forum in that if you were to start from the beggining where would you start to get the fastest results possible? my interests lie in evoking entities and servitor/egregore magik. Alot of my ideas in the past have been a little crazy but I really want to do this the right way and you can be sure your advice will be followed to the roots. Any tips?

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Hey there. First of all, i'm not one of those most respected practioners on this forum but I wanted to offer some advice which you can use if you want.
Some people will say that people are born with certain abilities, like musicians and such, other believe you can be as good as the best through hard work and devotion. I like to believe in the latter but whether its correct is another thing. Personally, if you want to get anywhere you need to get rid of those doubts, its full commitment or none atall. Why would an entitiy from another realm want to help you if you don't fully believe it is there and it is helping you, that would be abit insulting really, right?
Once you open yourself to the full plethora of the magical world automatically things will happen, you just have to believe. This cover must of your questions really from my perspective. It will enhance and hasten all things that you set your sights on. Just believe.
It can be intimidating when theres a whole world out there and the many millenia that have passed where people have practised magick and you feel that you are way behind but honestly, all is NOW and NOTHING is wasted. Believe, commit and go with it and before you know it you won't even be asking yourself if you can be or are an extremely talented magician, its all you, you just gotta let it flourish.
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Happy Christmas!

This post has been edited by al_zaine: Dec 23 2008, 09:58 AM