Current magick has an innate problem with the purpose and simplicity of how magick is utilized. The history of magick has been superimposed by glamour and hijinks. The use of glamour has it�s place but the purpose of magick is to work and change elements of nature for a focused purpose. The aesthetics of magick have been forgotten or disposed for the theatrics and ritual. Yes, The ritual and psychodrama have their place, but it can be too pervasive. Even the truth of the great secret can be simplified by an empty bowl and a staff, used by a Sufi dervish.

This current of over-exposed glamour and pompous arrogance has been well overly used. It needs to be restored to an appropriate level of conduct. I�m the first to admit, I am not the most disciplined or appropriate. But, in magick the aesthetic and commitment is of utmost importance. When dealing with the higher harmonic vibrations of the Ophidic energies. You have to understand that it isn�t based of decadence or being the best dressed. The purpose is assured in your will and intent. Not the royal garments and robes. The soul is more powerful , as the man makes the cloths not the cloths making the man. Firstly, in the eastern tradition, the honor and dedication of the holy path is respected and revered among the denizens. It isn�t flaunted and loaded with superfluous titles of magickal importance. The holiest of men are the ones who wear the simpliest robes and unify with the holy guardian angel with true love and devotion. It is the path of the Siddartha or Krishna. This consciousness has been passed down in the Buddhist and Tibetan traditions as an oral tradition. But it�s has been lost in the translations of current magickal traditions. It isn�t utilized as a practical way of life. To be an aesthetic is considered unacceptable or a unconventional in the collective thoughts of magick and the craft. Well, that approach is narrow-mindedness considering magick has trailblazers that have to exist in both the rim of the circle and the core of the circle. As an aesthetic that believes that the magick contains a force and matter that can be used practically thru yoga or meditation or any other eastern path. The eastern path from Sufi to shamanism of the Egyptian and Bedouins all recognize the spirit coherently in their life and meditations. They respect the hierarchy of nature and the architecture of the universe. They are to controversial because they teach that you are part of the cohesive web of the Universe I allude to the aesthetic because the art is utilized as with the Shinto shamanism, and bon sorcery. The simplicity is that the workings or tools are very specific, and part of the coherent structure of nature. The mage is the voice of the elements and also the worker. But they understand is that the force of nature and form of nature are as simple as swordplay or tea. The dance of nature with the aesthetic is that the bowl is the womb of the great goddess, and also the sustenance of man�s existence. But to the western adept they are the over vilified and made into idols in their own right with names of their demigoddesses. The point is that the cup represents the universal creation of life and water bearer. Even as an aesthic the bowl is a bowl, it is a vessel to drink water or eat rice for living. The cup is prevalent in magick in the sephirotic and kabbalistic traditions and ceremonial schools, but they ignore the aesthic because the simplicity of the tool is made into a holy and magnificent object. Even the holy grail has been mythisied yet we know the true meaning of it, yoni and all. The aesthetic use the tool for magickal and mundane and practical uses. You could say in theory that a magickal tool can be used and made out of anything simple, by the hands of creativity. But the aesthetic has the respect and humility, most western adepts have forgotten. The Sufi is a great example of living simply and also in ecstasy with a connection to the Kether. The Sufi and Buddhist monks are two extremes among the eastern path. They understand the relevance of the natural world, without all the sugar coated bullshit used by western adepts.

When I participated in certain rituals, I bear my soul more than wearing the garments of vanity. The aspect of vanity has become a preoccupation in western magick. When the true adepts work more cohesively in all methods from waking to school and work to magick , not as separate occocasions but as a cohesive work in it self. The simplistic approach makes magick more tangible and appropriate with out the tedious titles and decadence. Trust me I like seduction and mystery among the decadent and arrogant. Again it is the proper place to be Dionysian among the Apollonian . But even being a mage among witches carries a latent aesthetic. I follow the art and act of yoga when ritual isn�t needed. It carries no baggage or demands, except to examine the self and obtaining the harmony with the exterior self. When this is maintained the magick of ritual is much more fulfilling. It is the enjoyment of the water and the wine with an affinity for both. That arises out of practicing the aestheic of magick with an eastern lifestyle, and the practicality of western magick with a scholarly and empirical approach. But using both brings enlightenment and tautology, while exposing the fallacious nature of man and the universe, by yoga and magickal workings.

Yes, even I am getting of the subject of the aesthetic. I sincerely state that the aesthetic of magick is a call for simplifiying to betterment, or wellness. It is putting the excess of material tools and comfort behind the objective of illumination and wisdom. Even the aesthetic of sex and beauty are much more clearerer and concise. The aesthetic of beauty and sex makes the holy rite precious like the Sapphire . It makes the woman out to nothing more than a woman meant to be adored and loved, and the love returned equally.The romanticism is actually perfected when beauty can be seen as beauty, the woman isn�t objectified and made into a two-dimensional cardboard cutting of the decadent. The sexual nature of the aesthetic builds on the earthly beauty , in so much as the bowl the Sufi begs in and also eats in. The mystery of the aesthetic, many fear to understand.

The aesthetic of the dress is meant to parlay power and mastery, but did Bodhisattva run around in flowing robes like King David or Solomon . No! But they equally carried the logos of the ages. Thus I stand here and ask. Why be extravagant when the soul can be revered by it�s naked beauty. I can be Pan incarnate by showing my white luminescent skin among the sunlight, yet some wear robes and act like mere buffoons. As I walk with my heart in action and actual realization of the work of magick at hand. The work of the bowl or even the dagger as a unification to the higher realization. That will to incur love as the deed of the aesthetic. I can carry myself as the king of kings or messiah or redeemer. But the aesthtic�s logic is not. The not-thing holds the magick in a purer notion of what the action will incur. By the action of the will. It isn�t stating that the clothes make the person mighty. But the mighty make the clothes. My aesthetic will to power is built more by my gazing into the looking glasses of others. Hence the glamour or decadence isn�t needed unless required . you see I can work within the aesthetic and also the beauty when considered or when it is useful. Even an aesthetic can be quite mysterious. It can be hard to tell from the Prince or the Porter in the masquerade. Eh!

You will consider my words an attack of the glamour, pompousness and arrogance, and pervasive vanity. Yes it is a critical look at the inherent complicities that damage magick by those adjectives. The shaman will wear horns when the calling of the horned one is needed, but not to show off virility. It�s all the perfect cycle. The aesthetic way is very simple , even for a westerner like me. It is doesn�t meaning juggling or holding a court of many. But wandering aimlessly with a bag of tools for existing. So I�ll leave you to consider, is the aesthetic so wrong. Could he, the brother of the few ,and in between have a point in being right. Maybe, but I�m not going to say I�m right. It�s the wrong place to say whose right or not.

A Pagan Call to Arms from Fiat-DC Our communitty has become splintered by pettiness and ego-driven, megolomaniacs, who thrive on power to run covens, circles, lodges, temples, and orders. For what I presume! A futile title and nomenclature of the duty. Our duty is to serve, not have the lodge serve us. For that creates friction and destruction. It is in all the Pagan's duty to lead selflessly and unite under the banner of unity, to allow for a true title that of self. For we are but agents of a vast importance to promulgate love,life,lite, and liberty, and force and fire. But never forget about wisdom of the self and the universe, for if your in it for the power, your involvement is numbered.

Now to the Call. It is of vast importance that all secret schools unify to protect each other. No matter what path we follow. A universal coagulate of compromise, will be reached. So mankind can see were not the enemy. We need to have a communitty where gossip and conflict are left outside the temple, so their isn't any bias on affairs of unity. We must all work at silence as a communitty and love in action and motion. For when we bicker, we are cowards and frauds of the will to change. It is time to put away our petty disagreements and create a conference of light and fraternity, where the plural becomes one, and the silent can be heard. I care not for cliques and egos for that I go, for we are all in this together, and now we shall join as one.
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