Combine High- And Low Magick In Ritual Options

I used to do a lot of natural (low) magick in the past and I consider myself pretty good at it.

I must admit that my best magickal results so far have been by the use of low magick, no doubt. Candle magick,
tree magick, earth magick are among those I used most.

Once, I created and consecrated a kabbalistic talisman for my wife, but that didn't give any results.
I made and consecrated the talisman according to the book 'Making Talismans' by Nick Farrell.

Anyway, what I want to ask you is if someone here has combined them? What I'm thinking of is to
perform the opening of the watchtowers, charge acandle with energy by using the middle pillar ritual, perform my well
working candle ritual and end with the closing of the watchtowers.

Will this be a more powerfull ritual with a greater impact than a "regular" candle burning ritual?

Explain to me the bright lines of low and high magick. What makes them high? What makes them low in your own paradigm?

The next step is to remove the buffer and go fully astral. The physical instruments bind your work to a finite basis.

And frankly, power is in the individual, not the art. The art, like a gun, or a knife is only useful in the hands of the skilled. If you're not skilled at it, you can hone yourself to use it more and more effectively, but its ultimately your problem if there aren't any legitimate results, as opposed to a branch being weaker or stronger than another.

This post has been edited by kaboom13: Sep 11 2010, 02:18 PM

Explain to me the bright lines of low and high magick. What makes them high? What makes them low in your own paradigm?

The next step is to remove the buffer and go fully astral. The physical instruments bind your work to a finite basis.

And frankly, power is in the individual, not the art. The art, like a gun, or a knife is only useful in the hands of the skilled. If you're not skilled at it, you can hone yourself to use it more and more effectively, but its ultimately your problem if there aren't any legitimate results, as opposed to a branch being weaker or stronger than another.

High and low doesn't imply a judgement that one is better than another. They are just different. Low magick is folk magick, natural magick, wicca, sympathetic magick etc. i.e the type of magick that Scott Cunningham teaches in his books. I consider high magick to be ritual/ceremonial magick, enochian, solomonic, magickal evocation, astral works, Golden Dawn etc.

I understand your point that the power is in the individual, but I'm not sure whether I agree fully. The energy raised in the vortex of the opening of the watchtowers, does it come from the magician or does it come from the higher powers of the universe? I lean towards the latter, but that is only my view. But my question is, will this vortex raised by high magick "amplify" the low magick rituals to become even more powerful than otherwise?

About the astral, I've read 'Astral dynamics' by Robert Bruce which I found fascinating, but I feel somewhat anxious to take the full step out there. Don't know if there is a risc to mess up my mind.
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