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To: alt.magick,alt.magick.tyagi,sci.philosophy.meta,alt.philosophy.taoism,talk.religion.misc,alt.arts,rec.arts,alt.pagan
From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (xiwangmu)
Subject: Magick, Taoism and Change (Was Re: Critical Perspectives on Occult Group ...)
Date: 8 Dec 1995 09:06:02 -0800
kaliyuga
49951205 [/07 delayed due to technical difficulty; sorry for any duplication]
Z.M.A.:
|>...if the "working definition" of magick is the causing of Change in
|>Accordance to Will, ...
Oh? Sloppy, but we can go with something like that.
Crowley's was:
"Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change
to occur in conformity with Will."
(_Magick_, ed. Symonds/Grant; p. 131)
Let's look at that more closely.
Changing the
spiritual state yields mysticism
material state physics/modern science
psychological state shamanism/psychiatry/psychology
aesthetic state art
social state politics
and I'm sure there are others. (?)
All of these must be intentional changes; that is, deriving
from the conscious mind of a particular individual and carried
through with or without ordinary means. 'Magick', in this sense,
approaches a type of Taoist acquiescent laziness. 'Wu-wei', the
spontaneous or natural action indicating the genius of the
individual, given some direction, is magick. The 'success' of
a result is not itself sufficient. Intention is required.
An example: I set out to transit the Qabalistic Abyss via the
the Tunnels of Set, a kind of net strung over and across sphere
of Da'ath, terminating in the Superio Triad. I use a method
of sigilization whereby I enter into a struggle through, with,
or across this barrier, and over years of reflection it is seen
that I have accomplished my goal. Having a written record of
this quest (thus the recommended 'Book of Shadows' or 'Magical
Journal', among a number of other benefits), and verifying the
nature of the quest and its accomplishment as exemplary of the
Mastery of the Art, I have attained.
Serendipitously lucking into an Order whereby I am given the
title of 'Isthmussipiss' does not, in itself, constitute a
magical act, by these parameters.
Some contend that the requirement of some kind of goal toward
which one must aspire makes impossible a natural mysticiism such
as taoism, and that this means taoism and magick are
irreconcilable. Fung Yu-lan's texts suggest to my mind that
this is due to the combination of religious and magical practices
and that the religious and philosophical or mystical taoists are
in some way irreconcilable (he does not speak to it directly in
the text which I have yet reviewed).
I think this is short-sighted. Taoism is more than we might want
to make it out. It is a living tradition and has seeded itself
in countless homes memetically and in some cases practically. I
don't think that taoism is devoid of goals, and these goals ought
concern us perhaps more, in the analysis of taoist magick, than
any other subject: immortality/longevity, mystical experience
and cautious wisdom, ruling the cosmos, and merging with tao.
|> ...any energy that is just aimed inward is in my view a waste.
I don't think that this constitutes a 'waste of my time',
though it may be, for you. ;>
Change
spiritual state mysticism
This constitutes the intersection of the popular subject,
'mysticism', and the more general category of 'magick' (mysticism
as an individual and intentional variety qualifies as 'magick' --
mysticism politicized qualifies as 'religion').
Mae Tang writes:
|..."what I think the Mass is meant to accomplish"
|...might boil down to the "There is no part of me that is not of the Gods"
|declaration.
I think the Gnostic Mass (EGC) is meant to effect the full
emancipation of the individual through the means most suited to
hir nature, though I have not made of it a sufficiently close
study to be sure.
xiwangmu
tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com
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