Hello everyone, I would consider this post the beginning of my journal and an extension of my intro, who I am and some mistakes that were part of my path since I became aware of what was possible and came across this forum. Feel free to comment!
So like everybody I got here jumping through the net and found a link and so my worldview changed, suddenly magic existed, spirits are real, and shit can get fucking real not only “just an illusion or dream’ either all these users were fucking crazy in LA-LA LAND or there was something else out there and the myths and legends were unto something. For younger me believer in God with dabbling faith and a few experiences under my belt was all I needed to be open minded and look for answers on this crazy forum
And so it started, I looked to different pathways and beliefs. Angels, Daemons, Astral beings, Olympics, Old ones, nature spirits, energy work, curses, petitions. You name it. Eventually the Kybalion and hermetics teachings found me (at the bottom corner of a library of all places) and suddenly the feeling of there being one god above all description and right and wrong proved to be real. The One/ The all/ Source/ Spirit and the laws of creation that reconciled everything that I felt out of place were accepted by me. And so trough the years I reconciled the existence of different planes, the above and below, causation, the truth to the art of alchemy, astrology and magic and a theoretical of how far it could be taken. Basically it was more of an intellectual advance rather than practical (useful anyways) as I could grasp how The One went about creation through the use of the mind, feelings and thoughts and how the heavens reflected on the earth, and how we ourselves are a reflection of the one. A proto kabbalah so to say.
Knowledge of magick itself tends to make you think of the nature of things (and thus yourself) and its usually a fucking nightmare to awaken the spirit as you will probably linger on the bad things rather than the cheerful ones, tiring if the process is dragged through time and well.. add the chance of mixing in the pot actually talking and hearable spirits and LIVING higher intelligences that you can interact with, the chance of parasites and the fact that you might fall to paranoia if you cannot distinguish between the two (when you begin you have little experience and a fragile faith, its easy to fall into doubt or despair). Its a wonderful world filled with things to learn and live but… the more you know heaven the more you suffer hell / taste an inch of infinite love and joy and suffer the knowledge of the polar opposite / the higher the rise the bigger the fall. I think that through learning the existence of the higher realms and adding the possibilities of bigger rewards we suffer the chance of falling to the deepest pits of despair and hopelessness after all we know what is supposed to be the pure and childlike higher concepts and well… we have Earth. (Pro tip: When you begin stay the fuck away from conspiracies/rabbit holes channels or old 2010’s white magicians channels, its not worth to open your mind to some topics, even more when you´ve just started on this kind of path).
As for why could not bring myself to practice steadily?? Well, Old me was struggling with the curse of self awareness and the millenarian question, why are we here? who I am? What I truly want? Why god began creation? My flesh was fine (job roof semi stable family some savings and so on) my mind on the other hand.. was struggling to put it lightly as I realized the fact that if you took certain things from me I would be no one, that I only used the world and its pleasure’s to try an fill a void that I could satiate but a the cost of those things consuming myself, that no matter which way I looked for an earthly future and career or job my heart screamed at it to no be the way and to top it all off now I had the knowledge of what was magic capable off and the nature of reality and spirits. it was a constant swing between “there is no point/ there must be an answer” “I cannot get up/Try once more” Now I’m better but that was a mental state that I’m not fond of remembering though I gained some answers and experiences that helped me gain direction in life and looking at creation on a more cheerful manner
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It took 4 years to advance these small steps and tough it might sound all doom and gloom I found some answers that helped me rise from that clouded and dark pit, it was truly a war on my mental being that paralyzed myself, sometimes it comes back with force but now I can fight. I find myself exercising more, I meditated on the inner smile with the feeling of love and lightness and truly felt it after a long time (I actually found myself laughing again sometimes!) I found myself practicing peace and enjoying the simple things of life (sunlight and some pipe tobacco for example) the feelings of anxiety that screamed at me to play media and drown my brain are almost dead, my head is feeling lighter and clearer than before and I have some kind of roadmap to follow as vague as it is (to the old me this was unthinkable). I just have to feed the right wolf and follow my hearth, not cloud it anymore.
Anyways! Thanks for reading my ramblings and for passing by.