Satan and Suns

I've just started reading the free ebook The Energies of the Universe from Akelta's Black Magic website, and the following lines just blew my mind:

"Sending energy out to the spirit world when casting a spell is similar to ordering a package off of the internet: certain spells require an energy "currency;" therefore, the energy you cast out must match that of the spirit world. If these energies correspond correctly, your desires will be fulfilled."

In Hoodoo they're always saying that if a spell doesn't succeed it's because it's not justified in the eyes of God or is not good for you in the long run, that just made spell casting sound too random and unreliable. Akelta's explanation makes much more sense. I'd love to order the main book when my budget allows.

Personally, I find the best books to serve as training manuals for a beginner are:

1. Initiation into Hermetics (Franz Bardon)

2. Seven Hermetic Letters (George Lomer)

3. Psychic Self-Defense (Dion Fortune)

4. Practice of Magical Evocation (Franz Bardon)

5. The Illustrated Tree of Life (Israel Regardie)

In short though, some basic training to start with is:

- Develop your ability to concentrate on single things for extended periods of time
- Imagination of Sensory Phenomena (Imagery, Sounds, Feelings, Tastes, Smells)
- Will Power
- Trance-Induction
- Master different breathing (pranayama) practices

Satyra wrote:We recommend before starting out in any path of magick to study everything you can to find what appeals most to you. Its not something you can just pick up and do without a solid foundation both spiritually and magickally. It takes time, study, focus and desire to achieve results.

We recommend starting off with learning to focus and apply your concentration. For that we suggest the book: The Power of Concentration by Theron Q Dumont.

Once you have done and mastered those exercises, you can begin delving into magickal theory and practice, then you can check into the darker aspects, which deities to call upon, correspondences, ritual layout, incantations, sigils if needed, etc. A good reference book for this would be S. Connolly's The Complete Book of Demonolatry.

Good Luck!

thank you for your recommends to books and other things that can help you on your path

jhdea11 wrote: In short though, some basic training to start with is:

- Develop your ability to concentrate on single things for extended periods of time
- Imagination of Sensory Phenomena (Imagery, Sounds, Feelings, Tastes, Smells)
- Will Power
- Trance-Induction
- Master different breathing (pranayama) practices

This is very helpful.
Thank you, jhdea

jhdea11 wrote:Personally, I find the best books to serve as training manuals for a beginner are:

1. Initiation into Hermetics (Franz Bardon)

2. Seven Hermetic Letters (George Lomer)

3. Psychic Self-Defense (Dion Fortune)

4. Practice of Magical Evocation (Franz Bardon)

5. The Illustrated Tree of Life (Israel Regardie)

In short though, some basic training to start with is:

- Develop your ability to concentrate on single things for extended periods of time
- Imagination of Sensory Phenomena (Imagery, Sounds, Feelings, Tastes, Smells)
- Will Power
- Trance-Induction
- Master different breathing (pranayama) practices

Thank you for the books! I am always looking for more to read and there are a couple there that I havent read

Satyra wrote:We recommend before starting out in any path of magick to study everything you can to find what appeals most to you. Its not something you can just pick up and do without a solid foundation both spiritually and magickally. It takes time, study, focus and desire to achieve results.

We recommend starting off with learning to focus and apply your concentration. For that we suggest the book: The Power of Concentration by Theron Q Dumont.

Once you have done and mastered those exercises, you can begin delving into magickal theory and practice, then you can check into the darker aspects, which deities to call upon, correspondences, ritual layout, incantations, sigils if needed, etc. A good reference book for this would be S. Connolly's The Complete Book of Demonolatry.

Good Luck!

' I wanted to repost because ' I do have the Book now by Theron Q Dumont it came today with five other Books that , I ordered with some other things but 'I cant wait to start reading them one by one to see witch ones ' I like the most