One of the most important tasks facing a Magus seeking to increase the effectiveness of their existence is the acquisition and development of a soul
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The overwhelming majority of spirits with which invoking Magi of all ages and peoples interacted were, of course, “demons”, yet not Qliphothic, but spirits of the ascending flow.
The influence of the Shadows must be ended, or at least minimized. Without this, it is extremely difficult for a Magus to achieve a highly effective existence.
Each Rune describes the direction in which Power moves from the potential undifferentiated center to one of the actual channels of its flow.
For a successful Magus, refusing to think of oneself as the cleverest is a very difficult task, and resisting the thought “if it is true for me, then it is true for everyone” is no small feat.
The Myth we are considering asserts that in order to attain this perfection, one must not so much “find” oneself as build oneself.
In the ancient Norse system of world-description, the Nine worlds of Yggdrasil describe the fullness of the perceptual field of the human mind.
The Magus must clearly understand which of the key concepts of his Myth serve as its supports, and which are merely secondary details.
For a Magus it is very important to keep his power in as tonic a state as possible, to avoid both dependence on external sources of energy and uncontrolled outflows of energy.
Mountains have long been the places best suited to fostering the evolution of the mind.
The development of the Magus’s awareness does not occur for the sake of “future” perfection, but simply because in the present it is the most complete mode of existence.
The state of Ritual purity is absolutely necessary for achieving the aims of any realization; moreover, one can say that a realization is the more successful the more ritually pure the operator is (all other things being equal).
A Magus must not be afraid to encounter the unfamiliar, must not falter before the unusual, but must perceive the world as it deserves — with eyes wide open