Psychedelic Evocation, The spirits of favorite drugs Options

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Construct your usual triangle and circle, place a tab of acid or mushroom or E tablet in the triangle. (DO NOT INGEST. I do NOT believe in mixing drugs and magick. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lightning.gif))
When it comes time to construct a sigil, use the names of LSD or MDMA or psilocybn, or whatever, and then vibrate their names.
I also do not beleive that evocation is the "be all and end all" of magick, but I can't help but be fascinated by the possibilities. I have taken MDMA twice (last was 3 years ago), and honestly, it taught me so much about myself, my body, and what I could do with it. Dance to me is more than prayer, it IS magick. But I also believe drugs are a crutch, and I'd much rather reach the spirit of it, then have to rely on taking the substance.
Anyway, just wanted know what you fellers thoght about that.
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Flyingmojo

Entheogens are most certainly magickal tools. How could anyone frown upon the spiritual work of shamans around the wold employing (with great respect, reverence, and the proper application [i.e. healing, gaining knowlede of the spirit-world, etc.]) the use of powerful plant-teachers like ayahuasca, peyote, and mushrooms as doorways into consciousness?

It's just that I didn't want to give the wrong impression ("Duuude, let's drop some acid and do the Goetia!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/groan.gif) ). It's also that I rarely ever bring back any fire from heaven.

.... and the effects remain with you for the best part of your life....aquired awareness of higher frequencies ... an awareness which remains always ...

That's AWESOME, Merlin, but no true for me. I've had some pretty illuminating experiences, but they've always just gone into my "Captain's log", to be compared with the rest of my life, personal outlook on myself & the world, & how I move thru it. I've tried several times to take them in a way that would be more in line with the healers of different cultures, but either I'm not ready yet, or I just don't have the proper knowledge (having grown up being taught the ways of Zelda, Pepsi, and MTV).

So that's why I'd be interested in trying, at some point, to actually just communicate on a one-to-one basis with the spirit of some of these drugs, rather than just ingesting. The benefits gained, I think, would be more than log entries, but instead a working relationship with profound spirit guides who, since the dawn of humankind, have been teaching us about the art of living.
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