Your Motivation

If you start learning Magick you should ask yourself what is mu motivation for practicing magick? Is it to better myself? To improve your life situation? To get even with someone who has done you harm? To improve your control over yourself and your life?

Whatever your motivation, it’s good to state it clearly to yourself. If you’re looking for a quick fix in your life using magick, chances are that it won’t work. The ways of magick is a lifelong path of study and endeavor, not quick fixes. Having said that, let us also say that there are many easy-to-learn techniques that WILL have an immediate, positive impact on your life. It’s just that these techniques won’t solve your problems for very long because the level of your being attracts the level of your life. You might improve your finances with a spell, for instance, but if you don’t change the level of your being or the focus of your attention, that money won’t stick around for very long, and you’ll soon find yourself in the same sticky situation of not having enough money.

If you want to learn techniques to get revenge on someone who has harmed you, you might want to review the Rules of the Road, the universal laws that govern magickal. You can find on the first blog of this site. They cover the conditions under which it is and isn’t appropriate to use your powers and abilities.

The best motivation for learning magick is to improve the quality and span of your attention and intention. Remember that Crowley said, “Every intentional act is a magickal act!” If you want to learn magick, work on your attention. You’ll find that if you develop your attention so that you can focus it in one place and have it stay there, all the other motivations for magick will be answered. You will develop control and power in your life. You will know when to use your powers and abilities in self-defense. You will know how to defuse situations so you won’t need to defend yourself. You will know how to change the level of your being so you never have to worry about money. You will intuitively understand how to meet the needs of others and get your own needs met. You will understand how to manifest all the things you want in life. You will understand what wants are real and what wants are not. All this and more you will gain if you simply work on developing your attention. All the techniques in magick are simply about honing your skills in using your attention.