Destroy your sigils?, Do you or don't you? Options

This has been a hot topic among some of the area sigilizers in my town.
Do people here destroy their sigils after their "mission" has been completed?
I have always felt that when the goal has been acheived that I should destroy the sigil that i created. If it is one i am especially proud of I might take a picture or a scan before disposing of it. If their is not a clear end to it purpose(as in perhaps ("this sigil is to encourage my creative nature") I will keep it. IF it has an end to it's use (this sigil is to aid in the acquirement of "specific object or idea") i will burn it when this goal is acheived. Afterwards I feel that the sigil and it's energy is then cleared for my mind. In some ways it works as both a physical and mental banishment, leaving my mind clear for new projects. Ultimately I think anyone can do whatever they want with their sigils but I am wondering what members here do?
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This post has been edited by chaoscrowley37: Jul 6 2005, 10:25 PM

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Well... this is just how Spare and Carroll did it, and I learned how to do sigils properly from reading their works. If you havent..... THEN GO FORTH AND READ!!!

You can find their pfd's all over the internet, just google him, you can even find his works on the archive on this site, although you'll have to pay for it. Search for 'The book of Pleasure (Self Love)'.

I have read both Spare and Carroll extensively and I have always viewed their writings as documented experiences rather than descriptions on how to do things PROPERLY.

Declaring a technique proper or inproper seems to negate the very idea of "Nothing is true, everything is permitted".

Rather than simply duplicate the processes that these authors undertook I was more interested in developing a personal system of magick through experience, experiment, and practice. Could I simply follow the rules set forth by others? Of course! Would I rather undertake the process of destroying the sigil immediately, destroying it when the action is complete, or keeping it for an extended period of time and determining which technique was the most effective? This would be the path I would choose in order to determine which is most effective for my personal use. There are groups and individuals who have found each one of these techniques to be ideally suited for their purposes and the question was to see which people found most effective. It was not meant to be a chance to instruct me in the "proper" actions to be taken in sigil magick.

This post has been edited by chaoscrowley37: Jul 7 2005, 04:30 PM