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Laws of Magick By Simon Magus
Magick, not unlike physics or chemistry, operates according to certain law These laws, as well as those of the sciences, reside in reality within the heads of those who use them. However, the analysis of reality into artifici categories is useful at certain levels of investigation. It is well to bear in mind, nevertheless, that such categories reflect more the contents of the human mind than they do of whatever "reality" might be out there.
For the following analysis we are indebted to REAL MAGIC by P.E.I. Bonewits. Mr Bonewits, incidentally, holds the first Bachelor of Arts degre magic(k) ever awarded. He, much to the chagrin of some of the faculty of the University of California, was awarded the degree in June, 1970. LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT
Anything done under EXACTLY the same conditions will always be associa with exactly the same result. This law is taken for granted in the sciences and in everyday life. The whole concept of causation is now on shaky ground, thanks to developments in the field of quantum physics. But for practical purposes, in magick as well as in our everyday lives, we ignore causality to our own peril. We must assume, at least in dealing with thing the size of human beings, that effects follow causes. Even in the constant flowing, changing astral realm we find the law of cause and effect in full operation. LAW OF KNOWLEDGE
This law tells us that "understanding brings control," thatonthe moreyou kn Sign up to vote this title the more powerful you are. If you know all al l about something, you have to Useful Not useful control over it. "Knowledge is power."
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his fellow members of the mystery. The Law of Names also relates to the Law of Personification which will be explained later. Two premises behind present law are: (1) Names are definitions. This is more obvious in simple languages, but it is as true of English as of any other. Sometimes the definition is hidden in the origin of the word, as is often the case with those derived from Latin or Greek, but it is there. (2) Names are mnemonic (memory) devices which trigger a range of associations. (See Law of Association). LAW OF WORDS OF POWER
This is a sublaw of the Law of Names. It states that certain words trigger changes in the inner and outer realities of the person saying them. Many these words are corruptions of the names of ancient Gods. Words like "Abraxas," Osorronnophris," "Abracadabra" are examples. They have no meaning to us today, but THEIR POWER LIES IN THE SOUNDS OF THE WORDS THEMSELVES. LAW OF ASSOCIATION
If two things have something in common (anything!), that thing can be u to control both. Bell's theorem in quantum mechanics indicates that every particle in the Universe affects every other. The following two sublaws, wh anthropologists think are the basis of "primitive" magick, are more useful practice. These are the Laws of Similarity and Contagion. LAW OF SIMILARITY
Most people have heard of sympathetic magick, which is based on this principle. Effects resemble causes. To make something fly, put feathers o and make chirping noises. Wave it in the air. The example is not entirely Sign up to vote on this title absurd and serves to illustrate the principle. Much of the magick of Not useful Useful made "primitive" people is of this nature. For example, rain is by (among other actions) sprinkling water on the ground (or by washing your car -- a modern example of the same principle!).
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pattern, which includes the "personality" and the "world view" is the METAPATTERN of all this. This metapattern we may consider to be made of the memories, fantasy images, beliefs, values, techniques, rules of behavior, attitudes, etc. which w hich make the individuality of the person. LAW OF IDENTIFICATION
This law relates to those of Knowledge, Association and Personification. It states that by complete association between your metapattern and that o another entity, you can BECOME that entity. You can then examine your metapattern from the point of view of that entity. At full identification, on "becomes" the entity. All idea of distinctness vanishes and you are empowered with all the attributes of that entity because you ARE that ent The danger here is that many people become lost in the new identity as t stronger metapattern submerges the weaker. Proper training, practice an guidance will lessen the danger.
834 LAW OF SYNTHESIS
Two opposing ideas or items of data will wil l be resolved into a third idea that more valid than the first two. This principle allows you to hold two seemin contradictory ideas (such as, "Electrons are particles," and "Electrons are waves.") at the same time. Reality is as it is, not as we conceive it (or eve as we perceive it, for that matter). The wave-particle duality in physics is example. Physicists were nonplussed to observe in their experiments that light behaved (depending on the experiment) sometimes like a wave and sometimes like a particle. Light striking a surface of copper, say, releases Sign up to vote on this title electrons from the surface. useful Useful Not This phenomenon, when examined closely, demonstrates that light is mad up of particles (now called photons) which impart energy to the electrons allowing them to escape. However, another experiment, in which we direc
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III II LIGHT I I II III III I <--pinhole I III III III III ---------------------------------------
assuming that we have a beam of "parallel" light (a plane wavefront), we see the light projected onto the screen. If we cover one of the pinholes, w see a single illuminated spot on the screen. If wwe uncover the first and cover the second pinhole, we again see a single singl e spot projected onto the screen. Now, if we uncover both pinholes, what do we see? Two spots of light? No! We see a pattern of alternating light and dark bands on the screen. This phenomenon is due to INTERFERENCE between the crests an troughs of the WAVES of light as they strike the screen. When two crests occur together, or two troughs, the amplitude is doubled, and we get a bright area. But when a crest and trough coincide, they canc each other, and the result is a dark spot of zero amplitude (no brightness The point of all this is that interference is necessarily a WAVE phenomeno The experiment demonstrates the wave nature of light. How do we resolve the dilemma? By realizing that we are dealing with something that is neither a wave nor a particle, but SOMETHING ELSE. Sign up to vote on this title
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