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.
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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.
A Magus must clearly understand which key concepts of his Myth are the supports of that Myth, 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
For a Magus seeking mastery of Runic powers, it is essential to understand the level of his skill and to hone it continually, much as he sharpens his chisels for carving Runes.
Today, unfortunately, even among Magi there are few who have at least met their Dragon, let alone those who have managed to ride it.
Magi stubbornly refuse to acknowledge the presence of destructors and Parasites of mind within their own mind, arrogantly assuming that once they have found their Way and set foot upon it, they have thereby automatically and forever rid themselves of the claims of the predators.
Like a tightrope walker above an abyss, the Magus must maintain a high degree of balance, never allowing himself for a single second to forget who he is, where he is, and where he is going.
