Intelligence And The Strength Of One's Will, Are they related? Options

What do you think?

Personally, I'm not sure. But in my experience there isn't any reason to suspect that a more intelligent person is more capable of doing Magick. I'd say Magick comes from the spiritual essence of a person, and that intelligence and Will are not related.

I answered 'yes'. Basically, I believe (and I think most of you will agree) intelligence is quite helpful in learning things, so one could assume that if you learn better (=faster and with a grasp of the whole picture), you are likely to achieve a higher level of proficiency at anything (including magick) faster than someone who is... erhm... rather slow off the mark, or whatever you call it. Faster means that you can do more progress in one lifetime, so theoretically in the end you will increase your proficiency. 'Better learning' can apply not only to memorizing the whole Liber 777 (good luck :]) but also to perceiving how one thing subtly influences the other and figuring out quickly what works better for you (things like 'if I think of it, maybe it was the huge dinner I'd eaten that made it hard for me to vibrate...' etc.)

PLUS if you accept Gardner's multiple intelligence then I'd say that intrapersonal intelligence with its insight, control over thoughts and emotions etc. is VERY likely to make you a more efficient magician.