an influential occultist said that all who wants to learn about the western occult sciences should first be a theoretician instead of a pragmatist, and that most occultists base their learnings on hit and miss, which is not reliable.
Is witchcraft a part of the occult sciences? Do you really have to be well versed in history, philosophy and humanities to practice magick? is practical magick really inferior than magickal research?
I’m soooooo confused because i just want to make things work, like chemists using their analysis instruments without knowing how to make them. Am i going on the wrong way?
This is one thing that many “newbie” witches do not realize. You CAN use something without knowing EVERYTHING about it. Like a microwave, you know how to use one, but not necessarily how it works. A TV or a gun, you can use one, but can you take it apart and put it together? It is NOT necessary to know everything about something before you can use it. Another example, you can drive a car, but know how to build one? or how the engine and pistons really work? No, but you know how to USE it. That is what magick is. USING the tools, with the CORRECT intention. That is the difference between “white” and “black” magick, INTENT!!
I hope this helps guide you a little. You are doing great asking the questions. Never be afraid to ask anything. An answer helps you and no answer, just leaves you where you’re at, it’s not a bad thing to ask questions!!!
Now, take your “little coloring book” and make a masterpiece!!!
If you are “going the wrong way”, it is only in as much as you are allowing others to decide what is right for you. Being influential does not make one wise. We are all manifestations of the same reality. You have within you everything you need to be effective in your endeavors. Sure, you will mature, and that simply means you learn more about what is already inside you. Brightest Blessings!
