Chaos Magick by Seth Cardorra

Author:Seth Cardorra [Cardorra, Seth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-08-05T04:00:00+00:00

Ritual Magick

As human beings we are creatures of images. In our earliest times to the present we have been enamored of images. We make paintings on cave walls and carvings or statues of our gods and heroes. As we have expanded our range of mediums of imagery we seem to have become much more reliant upon external imagery than a translation of the internal to the external. In essence, we have lost or suppressed that inner imagery for favor of the easier and less committed imagery of the external. Instead of listening to storytellers and dancing out our myths we watch movies and play high-tech video games. It isn’t that these more modern mediums of image expression are better or worse than those of the past, the problem is that these modern mediums have become so central that the old ways have been all but ousted. While the modern mediums are wonderful and deeply expressive and rich in visual qualities, they lack the deep internal commitment that dancing and storytelling demand. In many ways we have pushed away our ability to visualize and express for ourselves internally, we have to have something tangible, like a movie or a book. For the magic user visualization is not only a necessary talent, but also a cultivated skill.

Any action executed by a human being requires visualization on the part of the person. Even something as simple as reaching for a glass of water. The person visualizes a glass of water in their hand and so doing, reaches for the glass and picks it up. The same basic principle is at work in any act of magic. Once a mage has reached the point where they have ascended and no longer need visualization beyond the basics, executing a magical act is no more complicated than moving one’s arm to collect a glass of water. However, for those of us who are not at that step a more complicated process of visualization is necessary.

When a mage casts there must be an internal visualization of what is going on around and inside them. Because magic is normally an act whose effects and results tend to exist in the realm of the invisible the mage must visualize both its process and results. This visualization shapes the spell and empowers it. Without any shame or reservation the mage must see internally through the imagination the channeling of the power, the shaping of it, and the casting of it. For many this may be a sufficient amount of visualization, because their imaginations are vivid enough that they are able to create enough of a personally believable visualization that they cast the spell without many external clues as to what they are doing.

For many others however, simply visualizing the spell’s creation and use just isn’t sufficient. This is the role of ritual in magic. A ritual is any external process executed for the purpose of casting a spell or producing some supernatural effect. Rituals can be as simple as lighting a candle or as complicated as month long purifications or choreographed movements and special words.

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