What Do You Use Magic For? Options

Magic: the art of producing a desired effect or result through the use of incantation or various other techniques that presumably assure human control of supernatural agencies or the forces of nature

In it's definition magic has endless possibilities....

does it?

For some strange reason. when i am thinking up "Incantation" or "various other techniques" I have trouble thinking up what to do.

"what exactly is the problem i'm facing now? How do i solve it?" are questions i ask,

but magic doesn't seem to come up as an answer often.

and when it does, i use my trusty tarrot deck and i get BAD RESULTS
BAD BAD BAD RESULTS

so the magic i do always ends up being pure white magic since everything else seems it would go bad.

that's pretty limited if you ask me.

I use magic for several things really - guidance, grounding myself, communication with other people and spirits, creative inspiration, self improvement, and understanding the world.

I'm also currently using it to explore an idea I've had in my head for quite a while - no one knows exactly where tarot cards come from, but one of the stories is that they came from Thoth, who also in one story gave mankind the gift of the writing and in another story created everything by uttering its name. My idea is that if there is any truth to these stories, then it could be that the tarot and the archetypes within it is a kind of blueprint of all of existence. I know that even if this IS true I most likely will never be able to comprehend it all, but I'm still exploring the idea anyway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

My primary use for magic is spiritual evolution, but also healing and the like when I get the chance. Magic has a wide range of uses, so I try not to specifically limit myself to any one of them; nor any group of uses either. You never know when you'll need flexibility to get the job done. *grins*

I'm also currently using it to explore an idea I've had in my head for quite a while - no one knows exactly where tarot cards come from, but one of the stories is that they came from Thoth, who also in one story gave mankind the gift of the writing and in another story created everything by uttering its name. My idea is that if there is any truth to these stories, then it could be that the tarot and the archetypes within it is a kind of blueprint of all of existence. I know that even if this IS true I most likely will never be able to comprehend it all, but I'm still exploring the idea anyway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

In hermetics, The Major Arcana of the Tarot actually IS said to represent the 22 Pillars of Wisdom--22 steps of spiritual evolution that takes the human soul from mundane to....well, to the highest peak of human spiritual evolution, I guess--whatever that may be. Franz Bardon's writings are based upon this teaching, and his three books on practical magic are supposed to cover the first 3 pillars of Magic, Evocation, and "True" Kabbalah.

Whether you personally believe it or not is up to you and whatever traditionalism your personal paradigm allows, but the books and related material may be worth a look if your genuinely interested. ~_^



~:Shin:~