Hi,
I am 40 years old and I would like to introduce myself to the members of the Become a Living God forum.
First of all I am Australian. I am a practitioner of the left hand path. I have studied many magickal systems. I self initiated into the Thelemic magical system as a teenager. Quite a lot of the Golden Dawn’s system eluded me although I had some good results at the same time. I am good at divination, using the tarot rather adeptly for simple questions/problem solving, and pathworking. I became quite good at using a pendulum and doing simple readings with the I Ching. The whole Golden Dawn system is easy to get lost in and I will add here that Crowley’s magick can be dangerous if one does not have a clear understanding of what one is trying to achieve.
I have a few really great stories about “meth and magick”, which I will post later on! I no longer use methamphetamine, having been clean of the stuff for over ten years now.
Growing up I was very sick, with asthma. My parents practised a form of Christianity called Pentecostal Christianity where the participants were encouraged to believe in demons and the casting out of these demons. Being the oldest boy in my family I actively worked as a buffer to enable my siblings to not be as oppressed as I was. This worked to a very good degree.
My life has been one of sickness, drug addiction, and hopelessness with many attempts to embrace my own destiny.
As a teenager I had a friend who introduced me to Satanism. He put a lot of effort into helping me undo the psychological barriers that were ridden throughout a lot of my thinking processes. Although I had rejected the idea of believing in Christianity the fear that it could be real would keep coming back.
It has taken many years of recovery to get over the fear that Xtianity instilled into my heart.
A few years ago I performed a ritual in which I asked Jesus to leave my prescence, renouncing his name as well as cursing his name. The effects were instantaneous and I have not looked back.
My latest studies have been evocation and invocation.
I’ve been “lurking” in the BALG forum for a few weeks now and the level of maturity/moderation here is great. It’s encouraging to see so many people willing to help one another. I look forward to joining the discussions with such an awesome community.
My goals are to become free from addiction and to become more centred as a person. I also intend to learn some new crafting skills and to become adept at invocation and evocation.
Kind Regards.
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