I cannot do magic

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So this has been something I have been wanting to write for a long time now.

Basically I cannot do magic. At all.

The best I have been able to do is some sigil work which I printed out and used with a candle. I have done offerings as well.

Yet when it comes down to anything major like summoning, I cannot do it. I just cannot draw for anything and trying to actually create a large circle let alone write down the names of angels and demons is extremely difficult. Plus I do not have the space.

Anytime I read something it just goes over my head and I get confused or misunderstand, especially when it comes to rituals.

Right now I feel that I am not growing in my practice and instead everything has come to a stand still.

Is this normal or am I the only one? Anyone else have this problem? Is magic really supposed to be this difficult?

Oh and meditation. I tried. It doesn’t work for me. At all. I’ve never had any amazing experiences doing it. Just darkness with the fact my eyes are shut.

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Have you tried any books, like those of the Gallery of Magick? They have taken out all of the heavy lifting so you just have to follow the instructions.

What about Spare-style sigils?

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I am experimenting visualizing myself doing the rituals I do, but not in terms of Evocation.
It’s worth it to try:

Visualize from your bed the element Air glyph. You are declaring the direction you face as East.

Do your east facing ritual. Turn to the other three directions, doing your work.

Doing your work means how you do the LBRP or Greater Ritual of the Pentagram.

As you are done with East facing rituals, turn to the West and visualize again the Elemental water glyph, and do the Middle Pillar Ritual.

If you have any work to do in the south or north, do those in natural turn. Everything done is in a clockwise movement.

What we are attempting to do is soul travel experimenting and doing astral ritual work.

Return to your body gently.

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Never heard of that book. Would be useful to read. You said it gets rid of the heavy lifting so what does it actually require me to do?

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I could give it a go but I don’t know if it is going to help. I cannot seem to soul travel despite how hard I have tried. Have you noticed this working?

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It depends on the book, but the main technique utilized by the Gallery of Magick system is emotional transmutation and gazing at their proprietary sigils.

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So your saying you just look into the sigils and that does the magick for you? I could give that a try. Not sure though how useful it’ll be considering I can’t actually get hold of the book and will have to use my phone but I can try.

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You look at the sigils and perform the emotional transmutation.

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Thanks for the advice on this Darkest Knight! I appreciate it. I’ll have a look into this book as it sounds like something I really could get on with.

I also wanted to ask a question whilst we are on sigils. I am planning on buying a Goetia book. Now obviously such a book would have the sigils in them. Would it be possible to do the sigil magick just from the book alone or is it better to print them off and do it that way?

Since we are discussing sigil gazing from books, this is something I’m curious about.

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Yes, you can open the seals in the book, though it is always better to draw them out yourself because it helps to imprint your personal energy and intention into it.

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Well what I have been doing is printing them out. Reason? Once again I cannot draw at all. I have had success though in printing out sigils and they have worked quite well.

What is your opinion on print outs? Is it a rule you have to draw them?

Thanks for the advice.

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You can use an image editing software to change the colors from black to grey.

Symbol Black - Grey
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Something like this, and then you can just easily print out the sigil on paper and trace the lines.
Or you could print the original black symbol without editing it, then use tracing paper.

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Sound like to me your just over thinking it, over stimulated in the churning mind, why even meditation isnt working for you, set yourself on some focusing practices like looking straight at a picture of yourself for long period of time keeping mental focus, this will help u do magic, its about focus. hope that helps

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