Magical Education
Jan. 8th, 2009 06:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helen99A Magical Education by John Michael Greer.
It's a rather long article, but it was interesting to find out that I already have all the knowledge he recommends to support a magical education. All the tools are in place. All that has to happen is the daily practice part. That's the killer. Having a guitar in your house does not make you into a musician... Here's an excerpt:
"A lot of people who want to study and practice magic these days come out of countercultures that rebel against our society's rigid timetables and routines, and the thought of buckling down to half an hour of magical practice a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, sounds way too much like the sort of class schedule or work schedule most of us would like to see Cthulhu rise from the deeps and drag away in his tentacles forever. So would-be mages often try to avoid regular practice. They try to be spontaneous, to do magic when the spirit moves them. It's a great idea, in theory. The only problem is that I've yet to meet a really competent magician who trained that way."
It's a rather long article, but it was interesting to find out that I already have all the knowledge he recommends to support a magical education. All the tools are in place. All that has to happen is the daily practice part. That's the killer. Having a guitar in your house does not make you into a musician... Here's an excerpt:
"A lot of people who want to study and practice magic these days come out of countercultures that rebel against our society's rigid timetables and routines, and the thought of buckling down to half an hour of magical practice a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, sounds way too much like the sort of class schedule or work schedule most of us would like to see Cthulhu rise from the deeps and drag away in his tentacles forever. So would-be mages often try to avoid regular practice. They try to be spontaneous, to do magic when the spirit moves them. It's a great idea, in theory. The only problem is that I've yet to meet a really competent magician who trained that way."
