This may be somewhat relevant; on another thread someone asked, “What’s a good set of Magickal benchmarks to get to for someone like me?”
The reply I made touches on the same areas:
ONE:
Do the method that comes easeist in terms of giving verifiable
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advice - for example, warning you that your boss is going to be in a shitty mood tomorrow, so keep a low profile and don’t pull that sickie you were thinking of taking to watch some sports, and keep note of how often ideas that can’t come from you have helped you in ways you could not foresee
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manifest results - they tell you to visit town even though you’re too skint to shop, you find $50 at the bus stop or get given a voucher for groceries - keep a small note of these things as well
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comprehension that aids you, does not destabilise - yes, it’s all very nice that you’re the incarnation of Odin/Thoth/Zeus himself, but so are we all, albeit to different degrees, the truly useful thing is to help you reconstruct your understanding of the world and your own experiences so that you no longer feel like a victim, a thing bobbing haplessly in an ocea of other things.
Do the things that come easiest because they will build muscles (so to speak) that make the other stuff easier as well, if all you can do is astral journey to one spirit (for example) but you get results, do it as often as you can, other skills will follow along.
Having one spirit or method that you know you can rely upon is the key to unlocking all other things) because it will save you from pursuing dead ends and guide you towards your next success.
Two:
Read The Kybalion (PDF, archived link). Nothing is more important for removing confusion over which spirits are “real” and also, how magick works, and how group observation changes things.
This will unfuck probably 99% of things that will otherwise use your own common sense and intellect to bar you from achieving amazing results with magick. And it’s not very long, more like a booklet.
Three:
Try other things, keep your eyes open, never rule out a paradigm, concept, or method, once you have your core skill (listed in One above) you can ask for advice on what comes next. 