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This has probably been asked before, but I couldn’t find it. Why should Angels, Demons or whatever help us or work with or for us? Thanks.
Hi Julie. The problem is that a question like this can be answered in thousands of ways – and the are, literally, thousands of books out there trying to do that, without any single idea being accepted as true. To answer it would take a book, and even then we might be wrong,and it wouldn’t help the magick. So we say that if you want to use magick, your experience of it will probably give you better answers – you get a feel for how and why this works.
It’s kind of covered above under: Q: What’s the theory behind all this? Why does magick work?
“We do not discuss theory unless it’s absolutely relevant to practical magick. There are thousands of books on magickal theory, and our purpose is to provide books that offer unique practical solutions. That is where our focus will remain for now.
Also, there is no single theory. There are as many theories as there are occultists. Some people talk of access to divine power, while others think it’s down to quantum physics. Between those two extremes, there are countless theories, and nobody knows what is true. If I were to state my version of the theory, it would be just that. One theory.
When magick works, or when you sense the power of magick, it is to be expected that you will wonder how it works. This can lead to frustration when you search for answers, because there are so many answers on offer, but so few that are satisfying. Personal introspection on the nature of magick can yield great insight. The experience of magick, and your own connection to magick, is probably the best way to get an understanding of what’s going on in the background.”
Hi Adam,
Is there any magick for pets? I know I might risk sounding a little cuckoo… but I consider my cats my family. Is there any rituals for maintaining their health? Healing? Communication?
Or I can use those that are designed for humans?
I have worked with a few of the 72 Angels and Angels of Alchemy. To be honest I don’t feel much of their presence or energy during rituals. But recently I started working a few Ritual 1 with the demons and I love their energy, there’s a very strong sense of presence. It makes me wonder, does that mean I’m more suitable with working with demons since I’m more tuned in to their energy? The few times I work with the demon I don’t feel much, but I assume my request still went through?
Many thanks!
Hi Linda. Nothing specific, but I know lots of people adapt the rituals in this way. But often its a last, desperate measure when a pet is dying, and usually fails. But for general healing and communication, why not?
Demonic energy is just a bit easier to feel, I think, so it doesn’t mean the results will be better. I could be wrong (about anything, let’s be honest! Haha) BUT, I think the extent to which you feel effects rarely has any effect on the result. You can do a ritual and feel zero, nothing and it gets a superb result. But if you find the feeling helps you connect and believe and let go, well that helps, yeah.
Cheers, Adam.
It was suggested by an acquaintance of mine to post this here. I’ve copied and pasted my original post from Chris Tanner’s Meeting of the Magickal Mind page on Facebook.
I had a kind of WTF? moment today and it’s nagging at me so here it is. Yesterday I posted under a thread that Vince started saying I did my first two Sword Banishing rituals. Mentioned that I got slight chills down my back after I completed the ritual each time. Thought it was odd. It wasn’t totally creepy, kind of like the feeling I get when something is stopping by for a visit (happens a couple times a year). Not what I would call malicious but also not totally benign either. Kind of a feeling something is in the shadows checking things out it.
Near the end of the Ritual, which I did right before doing the Master Money Ritual, at the point where I said NATZAREE-ELL and OZEE-ELL, the part where you pull the micro-sun from your chest and expand it for your selected area, a cloud went over the sun and the room darkened markedly. Was very distracting to say the least. I literally stopped for a moment and thought “okay, that probably shouldn’t happen” and kinda didn’t know what to do for a few seconds. I hesitated long enough that it was REALLY difficult to come around and visualize the big ball of light expanding/encasing me and the room I was in. I did it anyway but couldn’t really imagine it properly at all.
What the hell is up with that? Was it a coincidence? Some might say there are no coincidences. Is something trying to block what I’m doing? That would piss me the hell off because it’s my f**king house. Dogs and cat didn’t seem to react as far as I could tell but I was trying to get my focus back so I could have missed something.
I have a tiny feeling in my gut that some shithead attachment might be causing this. Have had a feeling for the last almost two years that I’ve got a suction-cupped, tentacled, monkey on my back. That image and those words pop into my head from time to time, which is why I started checking out the Protection Rituals.
I almost bought some Stibnite last month but held off for some reason. I’m also still waiting on friends to get my St. Benedict medals blessed…..since 1.5 weeks before Easter fer cryin’ out loud…..going on 3 months now! Sigh.
Some further details that may or may not be pertinent. I first started working the Master Money Ritual while on vacation last week at a beach house rental –
(Chris mentioned that when you start working with Magick you light yourself up on the Astral big time.)
Me – Funny you mention about lighting up big time. A day or two after starting the Master Money Ritual down at the beach something just felt a little off. I didn’t do it at the house we stayed in, usually on the deck or on the steps leading to the beach and a couple times in the truck in two different parking lots while I was out and about. I did clear my room with Sage when I first got there and it felt clean afterward, didn’t do it anywhere else in the house tho.
Considering I was drinking a lot down there I just kind of blew off the feelings mostly. Although they happened when I wasn’t drinking. Big surprise there?
– I’d be interested to hear any thoughts you might have on the above, regardless of confirming or dismissing what I wrote. Thank you.
Jim
Hi. As you’ve probably heard, this usually works so well and so easily, that if there’s resistance it may be a sign of something else. Usually, when people think they’ve been attacked or cursed or have some sort of attachment, I reassure that it’s way less likely than they think – but the SB should just work. If it doesn’t, it sounds as though the actual ability to perform magick is being hampered. Which is a bit weird, as that’s a rare form of attack, only used when then other knows you’re up to something. In other words, I’m no wiser than you on what this/these events may be or mean. You don’t sound like beginners, clearly, so forgive me if this sounds too obvious, but sometimes starting magick or moving into new magick can stir up some stuff in yourself that may be resistant to it. If you hate and loathe money deep down, effective money magic can make you feel really uncomfortable – I’m talking about myself there, and how I was with it at first. It can also be that protection magick alerts you to an attack, and then you just keep going until you win. And sometimes it can just be that you’re very perceptive, and as the world changes and goes a bit unusual (because magick makes things less than normal)) you sense it and things feel a bit off. Persistence usually makes it settle, and if you intuit that there’s an attack or attachment, expanding and persisting with the protection seems to do the trick. Cheer, Adam.
Thank you, it was very helpful and I appreciate that you took the time to respond and elaborate. J
Best,
Jim