Glossary

Each link goes to a post that defines or explains the term. I’ll expand this list as I write new posts.

Order is semi-random. Use ctrl+f to find a particular term.

Magick: Altering the physical world through thought.

Mage: Someone who does magick regularly, with decent skill. In the same way there’s a difference between someone who once threw a football and someone who plays on a team, there’s a difference between someone who once did a ritual and someone who does substantive magick. The latter is a mage.

Mental Muscles: The parts of your mind that drive magick.

System: An external force that drives magick. Systems provide the energy for Reiki, the information that psychics channel, and they are the driving force behind all ritual magick.

Direct Magick: Consciously directing your magick muscles, driving magick yourself, and selecting the right system to channel for each task.

System-Based Magick: Any style of magick that relies on systems. All traditional styles — Thelema, Reiki, Enochian, etc — are system-based.

Symbolic Procedure: A visualization, ritual, rune, or any other symbolic way to do magick. Sometimes just called a “procedure.”

Core Skill: A skill that you need to make magick work. Examples: Engaging your magick muscles, creating step-by-step visualizations, contacting systems.

Practical Skill: A skill that lets you influence the world. The reason to learn magick. Practical skills are made of core skills.

Procedure: A series of steps to accomplish some goal. If you already know the skills for each step of the procedure, learning the procedure is easy — just memorize the steps. Some practical skills are really procedures.