Dr papus black and white magic pentacles. practical magic

Man, during his earthly life, is surrounded by elementals who evoke and tease him. He can dominate with science and art, but when the slightest mistake appears on the part of a person, he triumphs and takes revenge ...

Transformation is the ability to transform one element into another. For example, alchemy is the transformation of metals. Everything in the Universe is subject to the law of transformation. Every beginning has an end. Whatever the circumstances, you can transform difficulty into accessibility, unhappiness into happiness. You only need to understand this rule and accept it as a fundamental truth. Thus, from the philosopher's stone, a dark and despicable substance, the miraculous spirit contained in it can appear. The alchemist in those distant times, as it were, clothed the vision of his subconscious in a concrete material form and thus carried out the transformation. You, too, can subconsciously project your desires into a concrete form of your imagination and transform the dull routine of your life into pure and shining gold. You, like the young theologian whose dreams Jung reports, are assisted in your search by two magicians. The white magician is dressed in black, and the black magician is dressed in white. It is the latter that will bring you the keys to paradise. Don't lose faith, faith that can move mountains.

First of all, in order to understand what follows, it is necessary to establish the position that the properties of things are not abstract concepts, but real beings, endowed with life, form, will, and partly instincts, which carries them along the path of evolution, than to strive to bring them closer to man.

All elements have soul and life. The inhabitants of the elements are called Sagans (elementals). They are not inferior to man, but differ in that they do not have an immortal soul. These are the forces of nature, that is, they produce everything that is attributed to the activity of nature. They may be called beings, but they are not descended from Adam. They feed on the elements. They dress, marry and breed. They know everything that is going on and often appear to people who can talk to them. They can penetrate the human environment and mix with society; reproduce offspring but the children do not belong to them.

It must be understood that man consists of elementals, which constitute the grossest part of his body, but which nevertheless have their own potentiality, hydrogen, phosphorus, iron, etc. Therefore, elementals are not inferior to man, because they can participate in his evolution, but only in relation to, for example, the fertilizing dust of flowers and the elementals of the mineral kingdom, a very small number of them reach in their development to the degree of man.

Stages of evolution

The first stage of evolution raises the mineral to the vegetable kingdom, the effort is often beyond the strength of the mineral elemental, resulting in hybrids - semi-plants representing tarotological deviations, but moreover, evolution often connects the mineral with the animal, a kind of rudomental incarnation, connecting the inert with the mobile, the insensible with the sentient , amorphism with a formalized, useless and stubborn effort is felt, the animal is saved from its mineral shell, just as a person subsequently leaves his material body.

Elementals never reach Manas (spirit), because a person discards, before his spiritual evolution, everything that remains in him purely material, but they play a role in the composition of a person, the importance of which cannot be denied.

It can even be said that a person, it is about his material body, is under the influence of the elemental force (the force of nature), but the organic force. Having nothing human, they penetrate into a person throughout his life as vegetable, mineral and gaseous elementals, consequently inevitable for matter.

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Consequently, between the elementals and man there is a connection of correlations, which cease only when a very high degree of development is reached. The mineral or plant elemental is subject to attraction representing the form of its desires. It is clothed with substance, but when it is broken down chemically, or separately by sublimation, or even only pulverized, the elemental nevertheless exists in a potential state: a state it represents with itself a store of energy. This energy tends to turn back into a mineral, plant or animal.

The sorcerer, or black magician, is not an adversary, but an ally, an accomplice and almost a slave to the elemental, despite the fact that he considers himself his master.

The elemental is an agent of evil: the enemy of evolution, plunging him into the abyss of rudeness, paralyzing his actions, he becomes an assistant to the criminal, slowing down his entry into the psychic plane. They take possession of astral bodies and manifest themselves in a terrifying form.

The sorcerer himself transmits part of his astral current and contributes to their short-term existence. They can use the corpse of a dead animal, or take possession of an astral form that has left its material body... The last word about the elementals - they make up the world of evil and vices.

Forces of nature

Elementals wander in nature, looking for an opportunity to manifest. It is easy to understand that between these forces - elementals there are good neutral and evil ones. burning acid has corresponding elementals, as does cleansing water, in poisons, in explosives in all the brute forces of nature, elementals are present. Kabbalah says: "There is nothing in the world, not a single insect, not a single plant over which the spirit would not dominate."

This is the same thought in a more tangible form. Each blade of grass represents one ray from a bundle of vegetable force, which depends on other forces, of which the first expression is the life force which is distributed throughout nature. As the forces of the elementals rush in the universe in search of work to manifest themselves, everything that gets in the way of the elemental becomes a tool, and trouble is for the person who blocked his path. Until a person is freed from matter, the elemental is his enemy. Even the astral body does not escape him with its material part, and with his brute force he can torment and damage it.

For example - the explosion of a steam boiler, mines - this is a rude triumph of the elemental. Things avenge themselves. In essence, the elementals are subject to man, but the right of compulsion that he has over them harms their normal evolution and they resist and kill. A person has real power over them only by using his psychic power (only against it the elemental is powerless). He who, by inspiration, understands the elemental, knowing that a being is hidden under rough matter, who pursues this being, converges with him and looks him straight in the face, he is omnipotent. In other words, he only has this power when he reaches the astral plane. Now it should be clear what we mean by Black Magic.

According to Kabbalah, this is "Olahm - Ha - Asiah" - the World of Asia. The world of matter, the world of action, made up of the grossest part of other worlds, in which there are evil spirits - this is the lower world. According to Kabbalah, it is called Kelif (shell - husk). The prince of this world is Samael the angel of poison and death. His wife Iskhet - zamumin - prostitution in conjunction with him forms the animal Shioa or Khaiva.

But there are also elementals of good, and White magic can exercise its power on them. These are forces from above, these are the forces that tradition and Kabbalah calls the names of angels. As absolutely pure forces, he calls them ten Sephiroth.

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Demonic entities

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The first three are the highest spiritual trinity, the second three are the world of laws, the next three are the world of forms and realizations, and the last tenth Sephiroth denotes the kingdom, life. The world of Asiya is the world of matter.

world of facts

The ten Sephiroth are significant in the world of facts.

I - Spirit; II - Air; III - Water; IV - Fire;

V - Height; VI - Depth; VII - East;

VIII - West; IX - North; X - South.

The four series of Sephiroth make up the four worlds:

Atsila - selection, the world of the archetype.

Beria - creation, the world of laws.

Iezira - formation, the world of realizations.

Asiya - matter, the world of action.

Thus, the harmful forces in nature are embodied in demons, who reason, these names lose their fantastic character as soon as they are clothed in the material idea of properties that are dangerous and harmful to humans. There is nothing more fantastic than the name of the chemical: sulfuric acid, morphine, cocaine, and now we want to give you information about other creatures.

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Talismans

We have previously pointed to the theory of talismans, regarded as accurate representations of the creative forms of the astral. Familiarity with the pantacles and the ability to use them, comparatively speaking, are diplomas granted by the operator to the astral forces. It's sort of like a Bachelor of Magic degree.

An ignoramus who plays with a talisman and does not know its meaning and application, whether it will be a Negro with his gris-gris or someone else, is like a savage who would be offered the creations of Homer in the original.

The figures of pentacles are important in the rites of magic, just as the Urim and Tumim of the Jews, who do not represent an exception to this rule, are a magical operation that is incomprehensible to those present as much as to the priest. Grimoires (magic books) and "Keys" contain a lot of talismans. Without going into all these details, we will present here one of the figures that is better known in its symbolic meaning - the “Great Talisman of Agrippa”.

The talisman constitutes the second application of the magical gesture. Here it is necessary to point out the need to sanctify every magical experience, no matter how insignificant it may be.

The magician should never use tools, burn incense, use water and fire if they are unconsecrated. Sanctification is a kind of magnetization of objects by means of words and gestures.

For bad operations

The use of sprinkler in Catholic rites is closely related to this part of practical magic and is reminiscent of the use of dynamized water by the wizards of the Thousand and One Nights. De Rocha made a very interesting experiment, which I have tested many times.

From everything that has been said about the gesture, it is clear how important it is. Gesture depends on the actuation of the members of the body, the organs of expression of the living being, and must establish a synthesis of actions that depend either on the impulsive being or on the man of will.

Now let's take a look at some of the details of the talismans. The making of each of them represents a small magical operation, so the beginner should practice a lot in this ceremony.

To compile talismans, the following tools are needed:

First, the material from which the talisman is made may be metal, the skin of a virgin animal, parchment made from the same skin, or, finally, paper made by the magician himself under favorable influence.

Secondly, the items needed for this operation: pencils, a compass, a ruler, a penknife for leather, parchment and paper, a cutter, new wax and acid for etching inscriptions and signs on metal.

Thirdly, silk sheaths of various colors in which talismans are preserved.

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Recipes and secrets of white and black magic

RECIPES AND SECRETS OF WHITE AND BLACK MAGIC: REMOVAL OF DAMAGE, LOVE ELIXIRS AND FILTERS, WAYS OF FINDING SOURCES, TREASURES, CRIMINALS, MISSING, ETC. RECIPES OF HERMETIC, MAGIC AND SYMPATIC MEDICINE. METHODS OF FORTUNE, CALLING THE SPIRIT OF ABSENT AND DEAD PERSONS. Sabbath and Exit of the Astral Body. BLACK MASS

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Abracadabra. The word is of Persian origin. It was a mystical or magical term which, when written on virgin parchment, constituted an amulet worn around the neck to cure various diseases, and chiefly fever.

Rah de Bayif, according to Serenus of Samos, says that this word, written in the form of a cone, with the top down, provided that the last letters are taken away one by one, has a healing effect against diseases for the face. The magic triangle of the Christian theosophists is the famous "abracadabra", to which they attributed extraordinary properties. This combination of letters is the key of the pentagram. The initial "a" occurs here 5 times, and only 30 times:

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"A" separate represents the unity of the principle, that is, the intelligent or active agent. "A" in conjunction with "B" - fertilization of the biner unit. "P" is the sign of the turner, since it represents hieroglyphically the outflow that comes from the union of two principles. 11 (the number of letters of this word) adds the initiate's unit to the ten of Pythagoras, and the number 66 - the sum of all letters - forms the Kabbalistic number 12 - the turner's square and, therefore, is the mystical square of the circle. Let us note in passing that the author of the Apocalypse, that key of the Christian Kabbalah, makes up the number of the beast, i.e., idolatry, by adding 6 to the double sener of abracadabra, which in Kabbalah gives 18 - the number corresponding in the Tarot to the hieroglyphic sign for "night" and "profanes", "Moon , dog, wolf and cancer "- a mysterious and dark number, of which the Kabbalistic key 9 is the number of initiation."

Diamond- irresistible. In Chaldean - hudan, that is, divine. In Arabic - elmas, in Greek - adomant, which means an irresistible force.

According to Ivan the Terrible, it tames rage and voluptuousness, gives abstinence and chastity. For a staff of unicorn horn with diamonds, rubies, sapphires and other stones, the king paid 70,000 rubles. Outlining a circle for them, they put spiders inside it, and they immediately died, and those released fled. According to the Persians and Turks, close contemplation of a diamond disperses the blues, removes a gloomy veil from the eyes, makes a person more insightful and more fun; facilitates childbirth; drives off the variegated color from the face; makes pleasing to the king, respected, remembering, cheerful. Diamond, crushed on a stone and taken inside, causes death.

If the diamond is tied on the left side, it will protect against the enemy, save the mind, put wild and poisonous animals to flight. Very good for poisoning, madness and wandering spirits.

Softens with goat blood, fresh and warm, after which the diamond can be broken on an anvil. Placed next to a magnet, destroys its attractive power. It makes poisons impotent and drives away empty fears, as a result of which it is called ankhitis.

Drives away bad dreams. A green diamond worn as a necklace protects pregnant women and contributes to their successful resolution.

Amethyst(Venus stone). Born in October keeps and heals from drunkenness. If the image of a bear is cut out of amethyst, set in silver and tied to the navel, this talisman will bring caution and a desire for science.

Water in which amethyst is dipped helps with infertility.

Bamboo is black. The magical plant of the Antilles. Used by Negro sorcerers for love flirting. Indispensable as an "attractive plant."

Magic drum. Used by the Tatars in Siberia to summon the devil. This is a kind of tambourine with painted hieroglyphic images; it is called kamlat. The call is preceded by a deafening cacophony. The jumping sorcerer, gesticulating, howls to the sound of his instrument. Finally, the Devil from the North appears disguised as a monstrous bear, often to beat the sorcerer.

Barbie(demon). The alchemists of the Order of the Cross and the Rose attributed their success in obtaining the Philosopher's Stone to the help of the demon Barby. This demon represents the symbolic image of the World Soul (Amina mundi) and is none other than the Baphomet of the Templars. It is the nitrogen of the wise, living and born through the fertilization of the Mercury of the wise by the philosophical sulfur of gold.

Bezoar. In Russia, in the old days it was called bezuy-stone. These are solid bodies found in the stomach of some animals. Ancient doctors attributed healing powers to them.

Extracted from the bile of a porcupine and the stomach of a wild goat, this stone has a bluish-gray color, is fatty to the touch, and in powder has a bitter taste. An old handwritten medical book says: “Serapion, the sage, writes: “If someone drinks a grated bezoar stone weighing 12 grains of barley, heating it in fryazhsky wine, it helps against spoilage and any disease; or putting it in a ring and smelling damage, take it in your mouth. Nikon had a bezoar embedded in his staff, and Nikon said that once he was poisoned and he barely escaped by licking a stone.

Impotence(male impotence).

Powerlessness induced by corruption.

a) According to the testimony of the ancients, the green woodpecker is an excellent remedy against "egileta", or the induced impotence of a man and, mainly, a newlywed. It should be eaten on an empty stomach, with blessed salt.

b) Smell the smoke from a burned tooth of a recently deceased person.

c) Pour mercury into an oat or wheat straw and put it under the bed.

d) Sink the seed into your wedding ring, which the wife should hold. Cm. Tie.

Impotence. CONSPIRACY:

“In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen. There is a holy ocean-sea, on that holy ocean-sea there is an island, on that island there is a damask oak, that damask oak has damask roots, a damask top. The circle of that damask oak will not be bent by the wind, it will not be broken by a whirlwind; so it would be with me, the Servant of God (name), there were seventy veins and a single strength ... on the female face of a red maiden, on old women, on young young women, on gray mares. Even under this damask oak, the body of rage and youth, and az, the servant of God (name), I will take the bonds of rage and youth, I will dissolve the rage and youth on the servant of God (name) into a zealous heart, into 77 strengths and a single vein of the heart and into a single strength ... Still, on the top of the damask oak, a cheerful rooster bird sits: it gets up early, raises its head and sings merrily; so would the servant of God (name) 77 lived and a single force, they would stand equally on the female and on the male, on young girls, on red girls, on old women. And an evil person, a depraved one, who thinks and thinks evil of me - hit his knees on a stone and kill him. I, the servant of God (name), would become better than the old one, braver than the former, like a tight horn, like a spruce bough; so would the servant of God (name), ardent and bright for female lust, for a hollow place, forever and ever, amen ”(Dokturov).

“Arise and jump on it, with the servant of God (name), and take it to the blue sea, amen to my word. Thrice." Pass urine three times through the wedding ring (from the manuscript of Knigolyubov).

Insomnia. If you separate the head of a toad with one blow, then one eye will be closed and the other open; this head must be dried. The eye that is open should be worn by those who suffer from drowsiness, and the one that is closed should be worn by those who suffer from insomnia. Make a pillow out of a quarter pound of hop flowers (dry) and place under the pillow you sleep on.

Beryl. He who wears a stone, light and transparent like water, will triumph over enemies, win trials and will not have misunderstandings, will not be afraid of anyone. Makes children capable of learning. A stone with an engraved image of a frog, set in gold, delivers the favor of the person whom they touch; the water into which it is dipped brings sympathy to the drinker.

Bechet (pomegranate). Bad thoughts anneals.

Turquoise(stone of happiness). According to the belief of the Persians - the bones of people who died of love. A stone shaped like a woman's breast is highly valued in the East. Protects from falling from a horse.

Incense. According to Agrippa, incense attracts spirits like a magnet attracts iron. They are used in religious and magical operations. Pleasant incense attracts pure spirits. Sorcerers use the stinking incense of Saturn to summon evil spirits.

If you smoke with flaxseed, pselium, violet root, celery (the source says “wild parsley”), you will know the future, and in order to drive away bad spirits and harmful ghosts, you need to make smoking from stone mint, peony, mint and castor oil. By burning the bones of the throat of a deer, you can collect the surrounding snakes, and in order to drive them away, you need to light the horn of the same deer. A hoof from the right foot of a horse or mule, burned in the house, drives away mice, and a hoof from the left foot - flies. If you make incense from the bile of a cuttlefish, a rose, an aloe tree and sprinkle water with blood on it, the house will seem full of water and blood, and if you throw plowed earth on it, it will seem that the earth is trembling.

Blona(hippomane). An unusual growth that appears on the head of a horse, chicken, or on a tree. It is used in love flirting, if necessary, to charm someone, it has allegedly strong properties. The fleshy growth that occurs in chickens and which the mother of the chicken immediately eats, the ancient peoples of the East called the hippomania. The same name was given to the grass, from which the horses are enraged. They say that a mare made of bronze was installed near the temple of Olympian Jupiter. When approaching her, the stallions began to neigh, mistaking her for a living one. This came from the fact that this herb was added to copper during casting.

Bogorodskaya grass. There is a grass named Bogorodskaya, it grows in bushes, it is small in growth, like a wild little mint, a blue flower. That grass is good from damage to humans and livestock, fumigates every stomach (V. Guberti).

Helps not to feel pain during torture or surgery.

Diseases. There are several ways to determine whether a patient will live or die.

a) Take a branch of vervain in your left hand and, going to the bed, ask how the patient feels. If he answers that he is better, he will get better; otherwise, it will die.

b) Put a celandine on the patient's head - he will sing before death and cry before recovery.

c) Put fresh nettles in the patient's urine for a day, if it turns black, this is a sign of imminent death.

d) Rub a piece of pork on the soles of the patient and give it to the dog, if he eats it, the patient will recover.

Conspiracies from diseases. 1. “Lord God, bless. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen! As the Lord God heaven and earth, waters and stars, and the damp mother-cheese earth firmly established and firmly strengthened, and as on that mother-raw earth there is no disease, no bloody bed, no pinches, no aches, no tumors, so the Lord would have created me, the servant of God (name), firmly strengthened and firmly established my sinews, and my bones, and my white body; so I, the servant of God (name), would not have had on a white body, on a zealous heart, or on my bones, no illness, no blood, no wound, no gzipot, no aches, no swelling. One angelic key, forever and ever, amen" (Burtsov).

2. “I speak, servant of God (name), from twelve mournful ailments: from shaking, from thorns, from overthrow, from shooting, from fire, from stabbing, from twitching, from blinking, from blindness, from deafness, from black sickness . You, evil shaker, calm down, otherwise I will curse you into hell; you, restless thorn, stop, otherwise I will send you to the underworld; you, overthrow, stop, otherwise I will drown you in hot water; you, shooting, console yourself, otherwise I will tar you in boiling tar; you, ogrenitsa, cool off, otherwise I will freeze you with Epiphany frosts; Shrink yourself, you sliver, or else I will crush you against a stone; you, stabbing, dull, otherwise I will cut you into small pieces; you, twitch, come back, otherwise I will fill up the dam at the mill with water; you, blinking, turn around, otherwise I will dry you in the sauna oven; you, blindness, crouch, otherwise I will drown you in tar; you, deafness, disappear, otherwise I’ll pitch in a barrel and let it go across the sea; you, black sickness, get rid of it, otherwise I will make the water pound. Pump out all ailments, get rid of, get away from the slave (name) to this hour, to this day, to his life, with my strong word ”(Sakharov).

Warts. Remove them in the following ways.

1. Cut a good fresh apple in half. Eat one half, and rub the other strongly (with a cut) on the warts and bury it in the ground. When the apple rots, the warts will disappear (Yasyulevich).

2. Rub the warts with beef and bury it under the threshold; when it dries, the warts will disappear.

3. Having boiled a piece of lard in peas, they coat the warts with it, put the lard in the gutter; when the fat rots, the warts will disappear. You can also give the dog to eat the fat.

4. Putting the skin of a tree frog on the hurriedly, they remove it after a few hours, saying: “If you, impure, cannot find the skin, then disappear from my hand” (Vlisloki).

Marriage.(Conspiracies.) After reading the “Lord’s Prayer”, say: “Lord, the Savior Himself, the True Christ and the Most Holy Theotokos, the Mother of God, all the saints of the Lord and the Angels, the great Archangels and the Apostles Peter and Paul, hear my prayer and do not leave my request, slave (name). Return the heart of the slave (name) to me, the slave (name). Lord, bring him into your true conscience, servant (name). Lord, unite, as you united forever the apostles Peter and Paul, so unite me, a slave (name), with a slave (name) in marriage ”(A.P. Verkaya).

“Lord, King of Heaven, Holy Mother of God, as you cover heaven and earth with your cover, so cover me, a servant of God (name), with a slave (name) in marriage” (A. P. Verkaya).

Letters. In magic, these are signs of the manifestation of a word or simply exponents of an idea. Isolated, they are called a hierogram; grouped, according to mysterious laws, into a symbol - a hieroglyph. When a hieroglyph is presented in the form of a creative symbol - an image or a drawing representing an emblem, the letters are called a pentacle if they have a geometric shape (circular, triangular, starry). Grimoires (magic books) are full of strange characters representing planetary spirits and demons, which at first glance seem completely illegible. The Rosicrucians published a book in which the way of explaining the letters is outlined, through the systematic rearrangement of the original signs, they form the sacred alphabet and form words from the letters.

Trouble.(A conspiracy against her.) “I am speaking, a slave (name), my beloved fellow (name) from a peasant sorcerer, from a raven karkun, from a sorceress woman, from an old man and an old woman, from a schemer, a schemer. I send from my dear friend everyone to walk through the forest, to take a needle case, according to his faith, and as long as he is alive, no one would have scrutinized or scrutinized him ”(Sakharov).

“I am talking about a slave (name), my beloved young man (name), about saving on the road firmly, firmly, for a century, for life. Whoever plucks and eats all the grass from the meadow, drinks all the water from the sea and does not become hungry, and he would not have overcome my word, my conspiracy has not been terminated. Which of the evil people will slander him and look down on him, and bewitch and spoil him, then their eyes would turn out of their foreheads into the back of their heads; and to my beloved young man (name), the path and the path, good health in my separation.

White women. From time immemorial known in Flanders. They lived within the hills with which this country abounds. These are malevolent fairies who spent their time hunting down travelers and luring them into their dungeons. Much less often they lured women and children. If anyone climbed such a hill, then he sat down from the cries that he heard.

Belmo. A film covering the pupil and protein. Here's how to get rid of it.

1. Cut the liver of a live burbot into pieces, put it in a jar and fill it with river water; put in the sun for a week. Drain the resulting fat and put into the eye drop by drop a day.

2. Release bile from a live pike and let one drop of this bile into the eye before going to bed; despite the pain, refrain from blinking.

3. Mix the bile of a freshly killed hare with an equal amount of powdered sugar and put one drop into the eye. The same is true of the blood and bile of the partridge.

Demons.(A conspiracy from them.) “Cryer! Plakun! You cried for a long time and a lot, but you cried a little. Do not roll your tears across the open field, do not carry your howl across the blue sea, be afraid of demons and semi-demons, old Kyiv witches; but they will not give you submission, drown them in tears, but they will run away from your disgrace; shut up in the pits of the underworld. May my word be with you firmly and firmly for a century, amen ”(from the manuscript of Bogolyubov’s book).

Verbena officinalis. Planted, with famous ceremonies, in the field or near the house, this plant contributes to an increase in well-being. If you put four leaves in wine and sprinkle the room with this wine, all the feasters will be cheerful. If, holding these leaves in your hand, ask the patient how he feels, and the patient answers that he is better, then he will recover; otherwise, it will die.

Verbena is a sacred herb; some call it pigeon grass. The Gauls used it to predict the future. But magicians in relation to this plant show themselves insane: they say, for example, that if you rub yourself with vervain, you will get everything you want. With its help, fever is expelled, friendships are made, all diseases are cured. But in order to achieve these results, it is necessary to collect grass in the evening at dusk, “so that no one sees” (neither the Moon, nor the Sun), and offer the earth, in the form of atonement, honeycombs. They add that the verbena must be outlined with iron, torn out with the left hand and lifted into the air (Pliny).

The Druids revered verbena as well as mistletoe, which, in their opinion, heals all diseases. Filters were made from it (whence its name "Veneris vena" - the vein of Venus), magic drinks and secret Kabbalahs.

Venus was famous as a talisman for all diseases. The ancients attributed to her many secret and miraculous qualities; so, they assured that it contributes to the spread of fictitious rumors, the strengthening of a friendly alliance, the reconciliation of the warring, etc. In the common people, it is still reputed to be the subject of witchcraft.

Verbena is a sacred herb used to sweep the altar of Jupiter. To drive out evil spirits, they sprinkled cleansing water with verbena. The Druids observed all the rituals with particular strictness: they collected it during the holidays, at the moment when the sun was just beginning to rise. Our sorcerers follow the same rule, and demonologists say that one must be crowned with vervain to summon spirits.

Wolves.(A conspiracy so that they don’t eat the lost cattle.) So that no one can see, in the forest, in the field, circle with a knife three times on the ground. Saying a spell, stab the middle of the circle with a knife: “I ask you, Yuri, Egory, I ask you, as God, calm down your field, forest and hog horts, clamp your teeth and lips to them, to your horts, so that they don’t see with their eyes, don’t with their ears heard my cattle (named by color) in the field, in the forest and in every place, and set it, Lord, in such a place that my cattle (named by color) seemed to Your Horts a dry stump, a rotten log. Stick the knife into the ground in a circle and leave it overnight. When the cattle is found, pick up the knife.

Thief or perpetrator of atrocity to know(way). To recognize a thief with a sieve, it is necessary to place in the center of this object on the outside the tip of completely open scissors on the nails of the thumbs of two persons. One of them should say the following prayer: “Lord, You who freed blessed Susanna from an unjust accusation; Lord, You who freed blessed Thekla from games; Lord, You who freed Daniel from the lion's mouth and brought out of the burning furnace three innocent youths - and point out those who committed (the guilty).

After this, one must very loudly name all those living in the house where the theft happened, as well as those who can be suspected of theft; and the first one asks: “In the name of St. Peter and St. Paul, did so-and-so commit this theft? (say name)." Another replies: "In the name of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, so-and-so did not commit this theft."

This must be repeated three times for each, and it is possible that by calling the name of the person who committed the theft, the sieve will turn of itself so that it cannot be stopped, and thus the thief or the person who committed the atrocity will be revealed.

One more way. Make as many loaves of bread as you suspect faces and write on them: "Oshah, Opux, Olifax." Let the suspects eat them, and then, holding your thumb in your fist, say in a whisper in each ear: “If you took it, be saved in the name of Satan; if you didn’t take it, go away in the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.” Say these words three times. The one who stole will immediately disappear foaming at the mouth and return what was stolen.

The thief can be seen in a dream. To do this, put a sunflower under the head of the head for the night.

CONSPIRACY. “On the sea, on the Ocean, on the island of Buyan, there is an iron chest, and in the iron chest there are damask knives. Go, you damask knives, to such and such a thief, chop his body, prick his heart, so that he, the thief, will turn back the theft of such and such, so that he does not conceal a blue of gunpowder, would not betray everything in full. May you, thief, be cursed by my strong conspiracy into the land of hell, beyond the mountains of Ararat, into seething resin, into combustible ash, into swamp mud, into a mill dam, into a bottomless house, into a bath jar, be nailed in the lintel with an aspen stake, dried up on dry land grass, frozen thicker than ice, goofy, lame, stunned, wild, stark, emaciated, wallow in the mud, with people and die not your own death ”(Sakharov).

When something in the house is stolen, and the thief is unknown, then the following means are used to find the thief: they take the Study Psalter, pinch the key between its sheets and hold it up with both index fingers. Another person reads a psalm from this Psalter: "God of gods, Lord of the verb, and called the earth from the sun's east to the west." And they assure that if it is made directly at the thief, then the hanging Psalter will begin to spin as if by itself; besides, they also use a sieve, hanging it in the same way (Abevega of Russian superstitions).

Enemies. There are remedies for them. Before mass, buy a candle for three kopecks and drag it over your finger from the bottom with a black thread so that it cuts into the wax. Put a candle on John the Warrior and ask like this: “John the Warrior Father, you conquered the enemy regiments, conquer the heart of my enemy (name)”; put nine bows (A. I. Verkaya).

Auspicious time for spells(according to Hindu sources). Months: May - very favorable, as well as October and November. April, December and June are less favorable. July, August and March are not very favorable; the rest are not favorable at all.

Days: Full moon days are good for spells: 2nd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th and 13th, the days of the lunar crescents. The period of the rise of the moon gives material advantages, and the period of waning - spiritual. The rest of the days are not suitable.

The 6th day of each half of September, the 13th day of the dark half of October, the 9th day of the bright half of November are called "sacred for the gods." Thursday brings death, Saturday brings death, Monday in the dark crescent is powerless; the rest of the days are good.

Time for magic spells and other things.

oeen– (beginning from 1 to 10°). The moon spreads a favorable influence for travelers and merchants at this time. Inscriptions and talismans, compiled under this influence, protect travelers and merchants from danger and misfortune.

Middle - (11 to 20 ° / The moon contributes to wealth and the discovery of treasures. A moment favorable for compiling talismans and inscriptions for happiness in the game, especially if the Moon is in good aspect with Jupiter (conjunction).

Taurus– (beginning 31 to 40°). Influences in the preparation of inscriptions and talismans that contribute to the destruction of wells and fountains, the breaking of friendships, marriages and other similar things.

(End - 60°). 25° after leaving the sign of Taurus, the Moon influences good health and the ability to study, and also favors the acquisition of the favor of noble persons, and if at this time she is in conjunction with Venus, talismans and other figures that are composed under this influence will inevitably be favorable for acquiring the love of the fair sex.

Twins(61–90°). Happy hunting; good luck in the war. The influence of the Moon at this time makes those who wear talismans, mysterious figures or inscriptions composed under the influence of this combination irresistible.

Cancer (91-120°). Promotes cunning, brings good luck in treason, conspiracy and other evil intentions. If, however, the Moon is in a favorable relationship with Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, the talismans will promote love, gambling and the discovery of treasures.

Lee(121–150°). In aspect with Saturn, it affects all unfortunate enterprises at the beginning of its entry into the sign, but during the exit from this sign (141-150 °) it has a favorable effect on all well-being.

Deea(151–180°). Represents a good influence with less aspect to Saturn. Talismans and inscriptions composed under this influence are very favorable for players, travelers and ambitious people.

Scales(181–210°). They favor those who seek treasures, the discovery of riches, mines and abundant sources.

Scorpion(211–240°). A sign very harmful to travelers who marry or form any societies.

Sagittarius(241–270°). It has a good effect on ambitious people, promotes longevity.

Capricorn(270–300°). Under the favorable influence of Venus or Jupiter, it has a good effect on health, love of the fair sex, so that the talismans and inscriptions compiled at this time prevent the bad influence produced by spoilage on marriage, maintain friendship and good relations between spouses.

Aquarius(301–330°). Bad influence on health and travel.

Fish(331–360°). Those who wish to make talismans and inscriptions should beware of the aspect with Saturn, which is under the constellation. Although the influence of Jupiter, Venus or Mercury is favorable, it will still have a significant effect on gambling.

January. Very favorable for calling the spirits of Saturn.

February. A great time to invoke the spirits of Jupiter.

March. Verbena collection time (grows in the southern provinces of Russia).

April. Good for love operations, especially the 26th (Holy Saturday is the most auspicious day of the year).

May. The first number is favorable for love operations.

June. Making virgin parchment. (It is made from the skins of unborn lambs, that is, those whose mother was slaughtered before they were born). Preparation of mascots for travel. June 20 is a day favorable for all operations. On the eve of Midsummer Day (23rd), a magic wand should be made. On the same day, you need to collect herbs.

July. A great month for enrichment and treasure hunting (especially on Sundays). On July 24, the frog skin is prepared for the following December. Collect magical herbs and especially heliotrope, lily and nettle.

August. Favorable time for evocations and conscious appearance of spirits. The 15th is extremely favorable for the compilation of talismans of love. On the 21st (nearest Wednesday) a talisman for the game is drawn up.

September. On the 12th, talismans of love are compiled.

October. On the day and hour of Mars (Tuesday) a talisman of war is drawn up.

November. Favorable for invoking the spirits of Jupiter. The 23rd is especially good for invoking the spirits of Mars, belonging to Aries, and the spirits of Sagittarius.

December. On the new moon, on the day and hour of Saturn, a very important pentacle is drawn up, which serves for the successful breeding and purchase of livestock.

summoning a genius(guardian angel). “Almighty eternal God! Who created the whole creation for His glory and in honor of Him and for the service of man, I ask - for the sake of Your indescribable name - to appear my Genius. Amen".

Invoking family spirit. On Thursday, cut “35, 35, 35” on a solid gold ring and put it in the mouth of a dying person; after death, take it out and, returning home three days later, say on your knees the beginning of the 103rd psalm, fumigate the ring with rue and conjure the spirit by his cross name to answer you. When he has done this, ask him to leave and enter the ring: he will do this and will be in it constantly to answer your questions.

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Abstract

The author of the book is Dr. Papus, the most famous magician of the last century, initiated into the esoteric secrets of the Universe. His book talks about how you can influence your body and develop extrasensory abilities.

With the help of this book you can: get acquainted with the general theory of magical actions, examples of rituals and spells; learn how the living forces of nature and their astral origin interact with each other; learn to focus on an object or phenomenon by performing special exercises; learn the first steps of how you can develop the ability to achieve what you want with the help of a look, a word, a gesture, a walk and the realization of the mysteries of love.

"Practical Magic" - a reference book for any novice magician and healer!

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4. Archetype

Chapter 5. Preliminary information.

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Introduction

What is Practical Magic

We have made the following definition: Practical Magic is the art of working with the dynamized human will on the evolution of the living forces of Nature in the sense of accelerating it, and our entire book is an elucidation and development of this definition.

We hope that we have been able to present the theory of the human psyche, given at one time by Plato and developed in our time by Fabre d'Olivet, according to the data of modern physiology. This part of the work is the necessary foundation.

On the other hand, many chapters of this work were devoted to the study of the living forces of nature, their astral origin and their correspondences in the sublunar world.

These important questions have often been left unattended by beginners in the study of Magic without knowledge of the unchanging basic principles set forth in the traditions.

This work contains both a general theory of magical operations and examples of prayers and incantations, it goes without saying that when you have mastered Theoretical Magic well, then you will do just fine without these ready-made texts: your immortal spirit, manifesting itself in the voice of your conscience , will tell you the expressions that are strictly suitable for each individual operation. But this is your own business, but I considered it my duty to show you the way and irrevocably remove incapable persons from it.

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Isn't it funny when in the 19th century an author who pretends to be serious, presents all this to the "sons of progress", the "famous children of the age of railways and telephones", and, in addition, advises readers to beware of both clericalism and materialism?

Isn't that enough to make the modern skeptic, vain, empty and impatient, throw this book into the fire?

In our day, when such things are in vogue, when "magicians," "great initiates," "professors of the occult and sorcery" are springing up like mushrooms and besieging the publishers of books and magazines with their incomprehensible treatises, at such a time a ray of light is needed. It was necessary to give every conscientious researcher the opportunity to appreciate these "great people" at their true worth. If the proposed work, at least in any way, will help them in this matter, we will be fully rewarded for our labors.

As for people who are sincerely convinced of the greatness of modern faculty science and consider magical research to be empty delirium or a game of frustrated imagination, we will ask them: should not the law of evolution apply to physical forces in the same way as it applies to the rest of Nature, and whether we dare to set any boundaries for the transformation of energy in any of its forms.

Doesn't history show us that today's wisdom was considered madness yesterday, and can't we conclude by analogy that what seems illogical to us is only a logical manifestation of reasons that are still unknown to us?

The action of an electric machine isolated on its glass legs, which converts into electrical energy the mechanical work that is expended on the rotation of its glass disk, and concentrates this electrical energy on the metal balls of the conductor, is considered logical. But they consider absurd and extravagant a priori the action of the magician, isolated inside his coal circle, turning into astral energy the physical and mental work that he did on his body during preparation, and concentrating this energy on a metal ball located at the end of his wooden ball. then, covered with an insulating varnish of a rod.

They find logical and rational the action of a lightning rod that attracts and extinguishes the electrical energy of a cloud, or a metal tip that dissipates electrical energy in the Ramsden machine.

But if a magician, armed with a metal point called a magical sword, absorbs the energy concentrated in the system of astral forces, now everyone who claims to be men of science shouts: madness, hallucination or deceit!

I repeat once again - the forces used by the magician are of the same order as all other forces of Nature, and obey the same laws. Their peculiarity lies only in the fact that they originate from the transformation of psychic forces in a living environment and retain traces of their psychic origin in the form of certain signs of rationality.

The ignorant and fanatic sees a trait in these forces: the modern scientist, whom they interfere with the calm education of microbes, sees in them only the delirium of those who dare to engage in tasks that are not included in any university program.

An independent seeker of truth must be aware of every minute detail of the question under investigation and must not be afraid of words, no matter where they come from.

Chapter 1

Of course, you know the joke about the chicken egg that Christopher Columbus put on the table? I won't repeat it to you.

This anecdote proves that, generally speaking, of all the solutions to a given problem, the simplest one is the hardest to find. So also Magic seems so obscure and incomprehensible to those who study it seriously, only because the student from the very beginning goes into polysyllabic details, in which he gets confused.

Readers consider me an author who loves comparisons and sometimes even abuses them, whether this habit is a disadvantage or a virtue, but it is so deeply rooted that I will not leave it even in this work, as I did not leave it before. Therefore, it seems to me an excellent beginning to explain Magick is such a seemingly strange question: "Have you seen a carriage driving down the street?"

"Why this question?" - you say. In order, I will answer, to prove to you that one who carefully watched the crew is able to easily comprehend Mechanics, Philosophy, Physiology and, in particular, Magic.

If my question, and especially my answer, seem stupid to you, it will prove to me that you do not know how to observe, you look, but do not see; you feel, but do not feel; you do not have the habit of reflecting on what you have seen, looking for connections between objects that seem to be the simplest.

Socrates, walking one day through the streets of Athens, saw a man carrying firewood, and noticed that the firewood was stacked artistically; he approached this man, talked to him, made him his disciple, and as a result, the famous Xenophon emerged from him. Therefore, Socrates saw more clearly with the mental eye than with the eyes.

So, if you want to study Magic, first of all imbue yourself with the idea that all the objects of the external world that strike your senses are only visible reflections of invisible ideas and laws that can be deduced by the thinking mind from these sensory perceptions.

If you are a serious person, what should you be interested in the personality of another? Not his clothes, but his character and manner of his actions. Clothes, and especially the manner in which they are worn, indicate approximately the upbringing of a person; but this is only a faint reflection of its intrinsic properties.

Consequently, all physical phenomena that strike our senses are only reflections - the clothes of higher entities - ideas. The bronze statue in front of me is the form in which the artist has clothed his thought. This chair is a material transmission of the artisan's thought, and so it is in all of Nature: a tree, an insect, a flower are the material images of abstractions in the full sense of the word. These abstractions are not seen by the scientist, who deals only with the appearance of things, and who has enough to do with this. Poets and women better understand this mysterious language of nature, because they intuitively feel what universal love is. We will now see why Magic is the science of love, and now we will return to our crew.

The carriage, the horse, the coachman - that's the whole philosophy, that's the whole Magic, of course, provided that this rough example is considered only an analogous type and with the ability to observe.

Note to yourself that if a thinking being - a coachman - wanted, sitting in a carriage, to set it in motion without the help of a horse, then he would not succeed. Do not laugh and do not call me an eccentric, because so many consider Magick to be the art of moving carriages without horses, or, in scientific terms, to act at will on matter without any intermediate agent.

So, let us remember, firstly, that the driver, being in the carriage, cannot set it in motion without a horse. But have you noticed that the horse is stronger than the coachman, and despite this, the coachman dominates this brute force with the help of the reins ...

Papus, or Gerard Encausse, was born in Spain, in the town of La Coruca on July 13, 1865, in the family of a French woman and a Spaniard. When he was four years old, the family moved to France, where Gerard was educated.

As a young man, Encausse spent much of his time at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris studying the Kabbalah, Tarot, magic, alchemy and the works of Eliphas Levi. The pseudonym "Papus", which Encauss later adopted, was borrowed from Eliphas Levi's "Nuctemeron Apollonius of Tyana" (published as an appendix to his book "Dogmas and Rituals of Higher Magic") and meant "physician". Papus became famous primarily as the author of more than 400 articles and 25 books on magic, Kabbalah and Tarot. He was considered a prominent figure in various occult organizations and Parisian spiritual and literary circles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

During his spiritual quest, Papus spent some period in the French Theosophical Society, but quickly left it, as he was dissatisfied with the fact that it studies only Eastern occultism. He then joined the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light. Simultaneously with his friend, he founded the magazine "Initiation", which was published until 1914. The craving for the occult sciences brought him together with various people, famous scientists and doctors, with someone he published scientific works, and with someone he practiced in medical clinics, but in 1888 he, together with his mentors, founded the Order of the Rose Cross.

Papus himself repeatedly took part in the most famous duels of his time. And everywhere he tried to apply his skills as a magician and healer. In one case, the horse of one of the duelists was seized with wild horror and she almost took the life of the rider, besides, the pistols mysteriously misfired during the duel and everyone remained alive.

During the second duel, Papus' opponent's carriage overturned twice. And when the duelists began to fight with sabers, no one was seriously injured. Papus' magic worked unconditionally.

Subsequently, Papus became the last and only leader of the Cabalistic Order of the Rose Cross. He also created the Martinist Order, which was based on two forgotten Masonic rites. This order has withstood the test of time and continues the work of Papus to this day.

Papus was also one of the first to be ordained bishops of the Gnostic Church, an organization that positioned itself as "true" Masons.

But, despite serious studies in the occult, Papus did not give up his studies at the University of Paris. In 1894 he received his M.D. for a dissertation on philosophical anatomy, and later opened a clinic on rue Rodin and had a thriving practice.

Three times (in 1901, 1905 and 1906) Papus visited Russia with lectures on magic and the occult. It is known from sources that he advised the royal family as a doctor and occult adviser.

Papus also conducted séances and evoked the spirit of Alexander III, father of Nicholas II, who predicted the death of the tsar at the hands of the revolutionaries. According to written evidence, Papus promised by magical experiments to delay the fulfillment of the prophecy until his own death (and this statement turned out to be very accurate, since Nicholas II lost his throne 141 days after the death of Papus himself). Apparently, Papus himself seemed to be a kind of shaman for the king and queen, but he assisted them in making state decisions. In personal correspondence, he warned them more than once about the negative influence of Grigory Rasputin.

There is evidence that Papus, together with Nicholas II, organized a Martinist lodge in Tsarskoe Selo, but this message has not been confirmed.

During the First World War, Papus fought in the French medical corps. His contemporaries recalled that, being the chief doctor of a front-line hospital, sparing no effort, he treated not only French soldiers, but also German ones. On his return to Paris, he contracted tuberculosis and died at the age of 51.

His works were translated in many countries, he was the most published of all the occult authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries. “Practical Magic”, “Magic and Hypnotism”, “Initial Information on the Occultism”, “The Science of Numbers”, “Kabbalah, or the Science of God” and many others have been published in Russian many times.

We present a new translation of his book "Practical Magic", which for many years deservedly enjoys great popularity among readers who are fond of various magical and occult practices.

Introduction

What is Practical Magic

We give the following definition: Practical Magic is the art of influencing the dynamized will of a person to accelerate the evolution of the living forces of Nature, and this book just explains and develops this definition. We think that we were able to describe the theory of the human psyche, once proposed by Plato and developed in the works of Fabre d'Olivet, in accordance with the data of modern physiology. This part of the work is a necessary basis for further understanding of the topic.

At the same time, many chapters of this work are devoted to the study of the living forces of Nature, their astral origin and their correspondences in the sublunar world.

These important questions are very often overlooked by those who begin the study of Magick without knowing the basic principles laid down in the traditions.

The proposed book contains not only a general theory of magical actions, but also examples of prayers and spells. Naturally, when you have mastered Theoretical Magic well, then you can do without these examples: your immortal spirit itself will prompt the necessary expressions, ideally suited to each specific action. But this is your own business, my duty is to show you the way and irrevocably remove from it all the incapable.

Prayer! Spell! Mysterious Formulas!

Don’t you think it’s funny that in the 19th century an author who claims to be thorough, presents all this to the “sons of progress”, “famous children of the century of railways and telephones”, while also advising readers to protect themselves from such extremes as clericalism and materialism?

Isn't that enough for the modern skeptic, vain, selfish and impatient, to throw this book into the fire?

In our time, when such phenomena are everywhere becoming fashionable, when "magicians", "clairvoyants" and "great initiates", "professors of occultism and witchcraft" are growing around us like mushrooms, and overwhelm publishing houses with their obscure writings, a ray of light is urgently needed. , a guiding thread that enables thoughtful readers to appreciate these "great people" at their true worth. And if the proposed work will help them a little in this matter, we will be fully rewarded for our efforts.

If we talk about people who sincerely believe in the correctness of modern official science and consider the practice of magic to be pure quackery or a game of a sick imagination, let's ask them: shouldn't the laws of development be applied to physical forces in the same way as they are applied to the rest of Nature, and will we take it upon ourselves to set any boundaries for the transformation of energy in any of its forms?

And does not the whole course of history prove to us that very often what is today considered wisdom was yesterday called madness, and does it not follow by analogy that what seems to us illogical is just a logical manifestation of causes unknown to us yet?

After all, the action of an electric machine with insulated glass legs, which converts into electrical energy the mechanical work expended on the rotation of its glass disk and accumulates this electrical energy on the metal balls of the conductor, is considered logical. Why, then, is it a priori considered senseless and absurd the action of a magician, isolated within his circle and converting into astral energy the physical and mental work that he performed on his organism in the process of preparation, and accumulating this energy on a metal ball located at the end of his wooden, covered wand lacquer?

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During the second duel, Papus' opponent's carriage overturned twice. And when the duelists began to fight with sabers, no one was seriously injured. Papus' magic worked unconditionally.

Papus was also one of the first to be ordained bishops of the Gnostic Church, an organization that positioned itself as "true" Masons.

Three times (in 1901, 1905 and 1906) Papus visited Russia with lectures on magic and the occult. It is known from sources that he advised the royal family as a doctor and occult adviser.

There is evidence that Papus, together with Nicholas II, organized a Martinist lodge in Tsarskoe Selo, but this message has not been confirmed.

We present a new translation of his book "Practical Magic", which for many years deservedly enjoys great popularity among readers who are fond of various magical and occult practices.

Introduction

What is Practical Magic

We give the following definition: Practical Magic is the art of influencing the dynamized will of a person to accelerate the evolution of the living forces of Nature, and this book just explains and develops this definition. We think that we have been able to describe the theory of the human psyche, once proposed by Plato and developed in the works of Fabre d'Olivet, in accordance with the data of modern physiology. This part of the work is a necessary basis for further understanding of the topic.

At the same time, many chapters of this work are devoted to the study of the living forces of Nature, their astral origin and their correspondences in the sublunar world.

These important questions are very often overlooked by those who begin the study of Magick without knowing the basic principles laid down in the traditions.

Prayer! Spell! Mysterious Formulas!

Isn't that enough for the modern skeptic, vain, selfish and impatient, to throw this book into the fire?

Everyone finds it logical and rational to use a lightning rod that attracts and extinguishes the electrical energy of a cloud, or a metal spike that dissipates electrical energy in a Ramsden machine.

But when a magician, armed with a metal point called a magical sword, absorbs the energy concentrated in the system of astral forces, then immediately everyone who considers himself entitled to bear the title of men of science shouts: "madness", "hallucination" or "deception"!

I repeat: the forces used by the magician are of the same order as all the other forces of Nature, and they obey the same laws. And the difference is that they come from the transformation of psychic energy in a living environment and retain traces of their psychic origin in the form of certain signs of rationality.

An illiterate and fanatical person sees the devil in these forces; the scientist, who is prevented by forces from calmly dealing with his microbes, sees only the whims of those who have plucked up the courage to deal with issues that are not part of the curriculum of any university in the world.

A serious researcher, on the other hand, must be fully aware of all the smallest details of the issue being studied and should not react to words, no matter where they come from.

Chapter 1 Definition of Magic

Of course, you have heard the joke about the chicken egg that Christopher Columbus put on the table? There is no need to repeat it to you again.

This anecdote shows that, simply put, of all the solutions to any problem, the simplest one is the hardest to find. So also Magic seems mysterious and incomprehensible to those who decide to study it seriously, only because the student immediately plunges into complex details, in which he gets confused.

Readers can see that I, as an author, love comparisons and sometimes even abuse them. Whether this habit is a disadvantage or a virtue, but it is so deeply rooted in me that I will not refuse it in this work, as I have not refused before. Therefore, I see it as an excellent start for explaining Magick, such a strange, at first glance, question: "Have you seen a carriage driving down the street?"

"Why this question?" - you ask. And besides, I will answer to show you that one who carefully watched the crew can easily comprehend Mechanics, Philosophy, Physiology and, including Magic.

If you consider my question and, most importantly, my answer stupid, it means that you do not know how to observe; what you look at but don't see; feel, but do not feel. It also means that you do not have the habit of thinking about what you see, looking for connections between the simplest objects.

Once Socrates, walking through the streets of Athens, saw a man carrying firewood, and drew attention to how skillfully they were stacked. The philosopher approached and talked with this man, after which he took him to be his student, from whom the famous Xenophon later grew. Hence it is clear that Socrates saw better with the mental eye than with the eyes.

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Stages of evolution

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