But enough with the posh tone since I'm writing this article to talk about my Magic Words a bit more. The book mostly addresses beginners in the occult since it is aimed at them and being short, it fits well with a beginner mindset since it doesn't come across as a scary tome. The posh tone is used as a snark since, as I'm about to detail in a bit, it's like a middle finger given to someone who's been enjoying being snarky towards people in the occult universe even if many of them didn't deserve it. And even if many of them know more magix than this particular individual when it comes to actual practical stuff.
I shall refrain from naming the sad character, but only because I'd be doing them a favor in regards to promoting them for free. Truth be told, when I first wrote Magic Words it featured their name in a way it resembled a pinata which I enjoyed smacking every now and then throughout the text. If fact, the book was written as my response to several years of witnessing stupid teachings promoted by the person in question and their fans, teachings that apparently are part of the canon of the tradition they're so arduously claiming to be following.
In reality, having spoken with people who's names are little known to your average occultist but who've been into the occult for dacades and are well versed in at least one magical system, what the pinata and their followers are doing is merely a sad attempt of actually working in the tradition they're pompously promoting. In short, they're posers. One would only have to look at certain comments of theirs and see their teachings are solely based on their personal beliefs and fetishes in regards to various occult practices, somewhat horseshoed to force fit them into a "traditional" context. And since a picture is worth a thousand words, you'd only have to see certain pretty pictures they post just to come across as knowledgeable to see how much of a poser they are. Hint: only a certain self proclaimed Impotentor is posting pictures of his magical weapons all over the place and he's nothing more than an imposter who keeps barking in regards to his affiliation to a certain, more modern system of the Western Mystery Tradition.
By the way, I often say Western Magical Tradition instead of Western Mystery Tradition. But this goes to show how much of an idiot I am when it comes to these things, as well as uncultured. The only difference is I admit to my idiocy and refrain from calling myself a magician, let alone a magician of a certain tradition. Speaking of which, you'd often see the person in question posting about such and such in regard to a certain magical order and any bypassing beginner would form an image of them being an expert with respect of that order's teachings. The fact that is just for show, since I have it from people who are highly attuned to that particular current the poser is nowhere near as knowledgeable in its mysteries as they want to come across to uninitiated folk.
And if you're wondering why I'm calling this person a poser, know it's not me who called them that way first. They've been called as such for some time as more or less of a joke by someone whom they've been up to shenanigans with for mutual validation over the years. Until last year that is, when the hypocrisy of the wannabes overflowed and the "brother" changed sides. By "brother" I mean both the lame term people use in regards to each other to seem close and as a pejorative term with respect to a self proclaimed magical title. You see, if you've been inside the occult universe for some time you've probably come across fake Fraters and Sorors, people who add those titles to their social media profile to come across as whatever despite they're not part of any particular magical order who's members use such titles - I mentioned them alongside other malignant elements in the end note of Asteria 2. By the way, no real magician who's part of such an order will make use of their magical name in public, let alone on social media, nor will they show off as being a Frater or Soror. It's as ridiculous as someone who's the temporary president of some middle aged people's book club using President as part of their profile name on social media, but at least they'd be more entitled to do so. That goes to show the kind of people flocking together around those know-it-all figures only so they'd be lucky enough to get a few breadcrumbs that fall from the know-it-all's table or for the latter to throw them a bone.
Alas, after the book caught the attention of the publisher (I keep tagging the link to the site, but the book still doesn't show up there which is funny af) and they wanted to publish it, the name had to be edited out in some cases out of apparent fear of lawsuits. Not that I cared and I think the publisher were doing a poser a favor by not exposing them. Anyway, it seemed I was calling the person out for being a fraud. I wasn't. Not up front anyway. I was only contradicting them using their own words with respect to stuff belonging to "their tradition", stuff that's been polluting cyberspace for years now. Even so, the message does get across when it comes to addressing the bastardization of the old ways (just because people have written a few books and that makes them experts in the field by default) and the misleading of beginners.
Now, just because I've written this book doesn't make me an expert although I'm the perfect example any idiot can write an occult book that works. For example, I'm not saying a certain magical language is written from right to left when there's in fact no real evidence of that and then chastise others who say otherwise. But I did come to understand the essential requirements for magical work from a Western perspective by myself, something which has been confirmed to me by people who've been in this field for a long time and who know wtf they're talking about. And in Magic Words I talk about it in detail, from the beginning. You won't come across such teachings if you follow the aforementioned person.
Besides that, I also address several issues beginners often encounter and then come across even more blockages when they start searching for answers. Those blockages are often caused by the aforementioned know-it-alls who mislead people into following them often to increase their fanbase, but mostly to add to their client list.
"I did an evocation and nothing happened. What should I do?"
Magic Words has that answer for you. It's more simple than you've ever imagined yet the self proclaimed experts want you to think otherwise because reasons. Another thing I address is something that differentiates a practical occultist from a Sunday magicianist - daily practice. I talk about it and its benefits in detail. And whereas some overinflated bubble of swamp gas keeps shouting left and right about offerings as being super highly important because of whatever reasons, I discuss the matter in a bit more scientific way while greatly diminishing their importance compared to what others say. Not saying they're not important, they're not THAT important as some keep telling you and they're certainly not used in the way they're saying in a WMT context by those people.
But the central theme of the book is the intent. Because protocol without intent is just going through the motions simply for showoff - prove me wrong. And I don't care how many books you've read and written. If you wrote a book on a certain old system and you want to come across as an expert on the matter yet you haven't even worked with those spirits based on their practical powers, you disqualify yourself from the start and you're nothing more than an armchair occultist who goes through a hour-long ritual using pompous paraphernalia just to have a chat with the spirits. I can do that without ritual... Bottom line is, the poser I've been referring to often says the spirits will teach you stuff, but so far I haven't seen anything worth learning from them and they've apparently been magicianating for way more years than I have.
Yea and the book also contains an easy method of going through the motions, free of all sorts of fetishes people brag about having on social media. It's become so ridiculous it's like that "big truck" thing. Oh and Christmas tree lights on your altar is more kitchy than a new ager filling their home with crystals and pyramids, even their bathroom, and it's definitely not part of the alleged tradition you're loudly advocating for.
As a conclusion, if you're a beginner and you want to learn something that will help you build a firm foundation for your future work, read Magic Words. It'll also help you discern those who are knowledgeable and those who are full of shit later on. And if you're interested in learning more about certain modern magical systems I can point you into the right direction should you ask. Some of the people you'd encounter might seem blunt, but their way of being is justified by the fact they know wtf they're talking about as well as by having debunked lots of the crap posers have been spewing out over the years.
Hate on dum-dums!
The Great Gazoo
PS: you'll also see such posers often virtue signaling and chastising people who disagree with those posts of theirs.
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