Grimoire Of Eclectic Magick

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In 1996, “The Craft” was released in theaters and a What is Wicca? G
new standard for movies about witchcraft was
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established. This was in part due to the technical advice i
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of Pat Devin, an Elder and the first officer of the
Southern California local council of C.O.G. (Covenant o
"Basically, Wicca is an evolving religion i
of theGoddess) established in California in 1975, an r
incorporated, religious, non-profit organization. which originated from paganism, the oldest e

[ In 1996, there were approximately 250,000 Wiccans in the United States. ] religion in the world. … It's an earth-o
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oriented religion which has a e
the movie was a fresh relief for many of us, Hollywood
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also had filled the movie with the normal amount of consciousness towards ecology, not
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special effects. You know, the kind that have nothing e
domination of the earth. We are part of
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whatsoever to do with “real magick.” In the past few
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everything that is going on around us.
years, large numbers of people after seeing “The i
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Craft” turned towards Wicca with the impression that Humans have a responsibility for their
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the movie was a real reflection of what they could learn. actions and how they treat the earth,
This misconception was further in-forced by a number a
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of new Televison shows and more Hollywood movies.
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Never had a little bit of truth created so much ~Pat Devin c
confusion. ~ Parker Torrence k
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Picking Your Path … … 7 rr
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Reality & Responsibility … … 9
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the Joy of Magick( i
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Greetings, and welcome to the “Grimoire of What should you learn/know first?
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Eclectic Magick,” and yes this is a book This is just my opinion, but I believe that the i
about real magick! single most important thing you can learn in r
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regards to magick, is the Wiccan Rede and
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What is Magick, & why read this book? the Three Fold Law!
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“Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change Bide the Wiccan Rede you must, c
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to occur in conformity with Will.” ~ Aleister Crowley In perfect love, in perfect trust. c
Or in more modern terminology: Eight words the Wiccan Law Fulfill: t
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Magick is the methodology of attracting to one’s “An it harm none, do as you will.” c

self, those events required for the achievement of Lest in your own defense it be, M
a goal. Read this book if you want to know the Ever mind the Rule of Three. a
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truth about casting a circle, and crafting a spell.
Follow this with mind and heart,
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Merry meet, and merry part ….
your goals. Read, and discover the Joy of Magick! k
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The witches in the movie were not Wiccan, i
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but there are many Wiccan elements in
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the rituals that they use. I am not
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Wiccan, but I draw from Wiccan sources for my r
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rituals. You do not have to be Wiccan to

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practice magick, but you do need to
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understand that Wiccan or not, you are still
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governed by the Three Fold Law of Return. c
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wish, but understand all things move in a circle

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and you always get back what you put out. It
might not be tomorrow, or next year, but a
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somewhere down the road it will come back to
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you three fold. Both the good and the bad. Are c
you ready? This too is the Joy of Magick! k
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In the movie The Craft, the schoolgirls portrayed are not Wiccan. If
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you desire to become a Wiccan, contact a Gardnerian coven (or
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some other Tradition). Apply for admission, learn and follow to the r
letter the beliefs and teachings of that Tradition. If you desire to become e
a Ceremonial Magician, contact the OTO (or some other Order). Apply o
for admission, learn and follow to the letter the teachings of that Order. ““TTrruuee mmaaggiicckk
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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
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there is hope. Like the witches in the movie, you can learn and practice t
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an eclectic form of magick. You can do this in a group, or you can do c
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this as a Solitaire.
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Wicca is a child of Paganism, and only one of its’ many flavors. There are
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structured Traditions like Ásatrú or the many Druidic groups. Or there are
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just as many eclectic groups, that draw from both wicca, and non-wiccan
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sources. If you are very adventurous, you can create your own eclectic ooff tthhee uusseerr..”” c
path, before you do that, please read the rest of this book. An old adage k
practice magick that is a reflection of their
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picking your path ( personalities. If a person is self centered and
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self serving, magick will not change them.
states, “you should not break the rules, until after i
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you first know how to use them correctly.” This is
group I was working in.
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magick! With the practice of magick, comes i
responsibility for ones own actions (more on r
Hollywood, television and the hard-copy this in the next section). Your first e
responsibility should be to find a path that is o
entertainment industry like to spew forth the
misinformed concept that there are Good and suited to your needs. Do you need the f
Evil forms of magick. In my opinion that is on the structure and discipline of a Coven or e
same level as saying every head of every country is Order? Do you need to belong to something c
with a history and a set of (never changing) l
a perfect person, and has never ever done (or even e
traditions? Or do you need the freedom that
thought) anything moral or ethically wrong. If that c
an eclectic solitaire path would provide?
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world peace, no human rights violations, I am a simple Pagan and I walk an eclectic i
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unemployment and crime would be at zero. solitaire path. I have, and do work with
small groups from time to time, and I have M
The reality of magick is, it just exists. Like air or
had some formal training. My reasons for
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this path are simple, I spent twenty years of
using it. If your desire is to do harm, (society may g
my life in the Navy at a time when there
call it evil,) and if you employ magick to do it, well i
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remember the Three Fold Law! Most people
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Everyone at one time of another has wanted to (without the use of an aircraft). These are f

twitch their nose, or blink their eyes, and have the dreams of the young and the science of e
their house and children clean, and find a new the Hollywood special effects artist. It is said c
wardrobe hanging in their closet. Maybe if you have that there are those in the far east who have le
a maid, a nanny and someone to do your mastered some of these feats. They’ve c
shopping, and you’ve trained them to understand spent their whole life in meditation to t
facial tic commands. Then, and only then will you achieve this. So if you are ready to give up, i
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get the result that you seek. When it comes to the fast food, cable television, the Internet, and

reality of magick, you’ll get those results, faster the indoor plumbing. Go book a flight to India, M
old fashioned way. seek a guru, and we’ll see you in 80 years.
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I have yet to meet anyone who can balance and If, on the other hand, you are not yet willing g
spin a pencil with their mind, walk on water to give up your standard of living, the i
(without it being frozen first) or fly through the air reality of magick is that it can not alter or c
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own actions! If you like being a victim, if
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break the physical laws of nature. In fact, magick is with, then the last thing you need to do is im
just the employment of nature’s laws for the learn magick.
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Magick is about responsibility, and respect.
These laws of magick are not the occult secrets that Responsibility for yourself, and respect for ir
some would have you believe. Just go to any all living creatures. It is one Pagan view e
reputable Human Growth Seminar and see how point that the Great Mother gave birth to all
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many of these “occult secrets” are being openly things, meaning that we are all part of each
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employed by non-magick users. If you don’t have other, as well as every living creature and
the time, then pick up a copy of “Think and Grow rock. Do you respect yourself? Do you e
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Rich” and you’ll find many of these secret respect the environment around you? If you
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teachings spelled out. don’t respect yourself, how do you expect to e
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Before you begin the practice of magick, you respect its’ use. i
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certain responsibility that you accept. You are Never practice magick from the space M
responsible for each and every action, thought and of fear or anger. These emotions,
deed. There is no devil, the music, and movies both tend to sour the desired results. a
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don’t have subliminal messages hidden in them, In group work, you are only as strong, as
and regardless of how dysfunctional your childhood your weakest link. That is why fear is the i
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was, you, and only you are responsible for your last thing you need in any group or circle. k