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Magick depends upon no abstract philosophies, and doing it requires neither devotion to any god or demon nor knowledge of the True Keys of the Mysteries. Instead it is a technique for recognizing and manipulating psychic energy, both within the psyche and outside it, and for acquiring the mental skills we need to do this effectively. If the details of this technique can seem involved, well, the psyche is a complicated instrument, and psychic energy is slippery stuff to deal with. We must learn to manage it within our psyches and also to split it off so it can act independently to produce the "meaningful coincidences" we require. Magick is a psychic technology, a collection of observations about psychic energy and the techniques for manipulating it. Shaping Formless Fire presents these with a simple elegance that contradicts the notion that Magick must remain a hidden art.
List of contents
Introduction; The Force that DOES MAGICK; Omens; Conjuring Divination; Keeping Clean; Yoga and Such; Conjuring Without Symbolism; Astral Projection; Elementals and Power Spots; Initiation and Magickal Names; White Magick, Black Magick; Curses and Magickal Combat; The Subtle Body; Sexuality; Doing Your Own Research; Magickal Politics.
