Tim the enchanter

I was out when I found out how long the ritual takes. Haven't got the concentration power, too much doom scrolling Obviously the movie takes liberties with the ritual to facilitate the story such as it being done over days rather than months. I'm sure I've heard it mentioned that there were examples of people in real life that had completed it at the same time as holding down a job. That's commitment, hope it was worth it!

Apologies if I am repeating anything here, a bit late to the party but tried to have a good read through. I spent a lot of years in this scene and most chaos magicians would describe it as a type of paradigm surfing, as in imagine that the sky is green for a day and work with that and see the results, then jump to something else. But in reality when the rubber meets the road it appears to be more just an eclectic system and has the pop culture aspect where you can work with pop culture spirits and artifacts. My favourite book on the subject is Hands on Chaos Magic by Andrieh Vitimus. It still suffers from the same issue as most other Western magic systems as it lacks a body method to safely channel and ground energy which is where I place myself in the Tai Chi/Qigong world, supporting occultists in this way. Just a little aside on the subject of the HGA; if you haven't seen it watch the movie 'A Dark Song', it's a fictionalised take on the Abramelin ritual. One of the most powerful endings to a movie I've ever seen, still absolutely blown away by it and have to take a while to gather myself after watching. Happy Saturday all!

The latest Ike Baker book 'Aetheric Magic' is pretty cool, kind of zhan zhuang with Hermetic principles. It lacks any guidance on manipulating the connective tissue to make the process a bit more comfortable but it is very magical and easy to digest.

Cool, a lot of people came in to the practice through the Mantak Chia books. I think a couple of them still stand up and whilst not without problems are less dry than a lot of books on the subject. I mostly read books on Western magick and alchemy but refer back to Qigong Empowerment a fair bit and some of the Damo Mitchell books.

Welcome! What were the books that inspired you the most?

Hi How are you getting on, have you tried anything yet? Sounds like you might benefit more from a Neigong system that tunes up the fascia and/or Tai Chi that focuses on rebounding/throwing exercises that will build your power and intuition. Bear in mind that people's definition of Qigong/Neigong/Tai Chi differs, but the language doesn't matter if the method and outcomes are clear. Most important is to do what speaks to you because that's the only way you'll stick with it. Best wishes, Tim