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Hi R,
LOL at the boring summer! I’m not surprised your imagination and psychic awareness were activated after reading such differing points of view of reality as the Necronomicon and the Bible.
Psi is sometimes defined as being to do with ‘mind’ stuff: emanations to and from the mind, psychic awareness etc. Magic is mostly understood to be an external manifestation or experience. So, I suppose we could say the difference between psi and magic is similar to cause and effect, wherein one: psi, is (more or less) the instigator of the other: magic.
The point you make: “Magick I thought was about “asking” someone else to do it, or consuming / accessing something else to gain the ability to do it.” is, imo, an accurate description of Outer Circle practise. The Outer Circle consists of those who worship and/or make requests to Projected Externals for support and assistance. However, the Middle and Inner Circles both use techniques which often result in magical outcomes without the need for worship or input from Projected Externals.
It’s extremely hard to be ‘pure’, and, imo, purity has very little to do with magical work, or with psi. We all have character flaws of one sort or another – it’s unavoidable. And, again imo, it’s impossible to overcome each and every one of them. It’s certainly not possible to overcome them using psi.
Karma, if understood correctly, follows along the lines of (quoting Wms here :-)) “If you do what you done, you get what you got”, and has nothing much to do with purity of spirit. We all have a pure spirit. It’s inherent and unchangeable in that regard. The only thing that does change is our point of view of our individual reality, and how we react to that impression. Contrary to popular belief our inherent spiritual nature can not be tainted. Spirit is, more or less, “That which Animates” and its essence flows to and from a different place than does human reaction. As such it is not touched by human opinion or behaviour.
We all make mistakes – obvious, I suppose – so there’s no real need to be troubled by what might be personal inconsistencies when practising magic.
“Know thyself” as a concept and as a practise is more likely to help in that area, but even that study doesn’t guarantee a successful outcome in terms of purity of mind or intention. Though, it can help to bring clarity to intention.
It seems to me you’re grappling with one of the higher Metaphysical concepts: The Law of the Paradox, which states, among other things, that we are, yet are not – at the same time. This is an Inner Circle understanding that doesn’t require assistance from Projected Externals, purity of spirit, or worry about Karma in order to contemplate, or to work with.
There is nothing to fear. It might help if you understand that the concept of fear as it applies to ’spiritual’ matters resides (as a constant, sadly enough) within the Outer Circle and serves only as a detriment if used as a tool to explore either Yourself or the Law of the Paradox.
I have a feeling you’re more than able to follow the implications….
Love
Leonora
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