what is Magick, and how do I do it?

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When one considers magic automatically, due to conditioning, the connotation that magic is the phenomenon of things which are seen as supernatural or outside one's scope of possibility, ability or beyond the borders of the 'natural laws' which govern this dimension arise. Allow me to examine Ra's response to Don's query:

71.15 Questioner: Could you please comment on the accuracy of these statements. I am going to talk in general about the concept of magic and first define it as the ability to create changes in consciousness at will. Is this an acceptable definition?

Ra: I am Ra. This definition is acceptable in that it places upon the adept the burden it shall bear. It may be better understood by referring back to an earlier query, in your measurement, within this working having to do with the unmanifested self. In magic one is working with one’s unmanifested self in body, in mind, and in spirit; the mixture depending upon the nature of the working.

These workings are facilitated by the enhancement of the activation of the indigo-ray energy center. The indigo-ray energy center is fed, as are all energy centers, by experience but far more than the others is fed by what we have called the disciplines of the personality.

To arrive at a very clear and concise understanding of 'magic' it is necessary to analyze and understand what Ra is referring to when Ra states that "one is working with one's unmanifested self". The self, the temporary form which ascribes to identity of any sort, the self which undergoes experience, this is the manifested self, as it is a manifestation. It is a manifestation of the self which is unmanifested, or in other words, the totality of the One Infinite Creator. It is unmanifest in the sense that it is impossible for this being to manifest its entirety in any venue when it is all venues. One cannot perceive the All in its entirety as an individualized manifestation, in most cases. It is the unmoved mover, the unmanifested self which gives rise to all manifestation.

All magical workings, psychic phenomenon, any and every instance in which one is able to manifest an experience which appears to directly correlate with and is appeared to be accomplished by the mind alone, entails that the one whom is the cause of this phenomenon retain a disposition and awareness that it is not the temporary form accomplishing these acts, but the unmanifest self, the observer behind all processes of observation, which is the cause. One must achieve blurring of subconscious and conscious and disintegration of identity and sense of self as individual in order to achieve the desired result of the ability to exert influence over one's immediate surroundings.

Mere acknowledgment or intellectual conceptualization may take one so far. One must be able to perceive the reality which one seeks to affect as the very same as the self or focal point which is doing the affecting. I personally have never needed the use of complicated external 'ritual' or the implementation of outside objects, symbols, etc. in order to achieve the effect I have outlined above. TheEternal relayed a very accurate and definitive term one day in this context: internal alchemy.

Yesterday involved a field test of the means/methods of immediate manifestation which were thus revealed to me in light of particular revelations through immersion. The results which arose from my testing of this method were most successful.

- It was meant to rain yesterday. I willed the creation of a reality where it does not rain. It did not, save for 3 minutes of light drizzling.

- My significant other had become annoyed due to the rudeness of several people in the store we were in. I willed the creation of a reality where she is not. Moments later she regained a happy disposition.

- A drunken beggar in a wheelchair on a corner was harassing all passerby. I willed the creation of a reality where he bothers none. Moments later two law enforcement officers passed by and had a brief confrontation with him. After this, he remained silent for the entire duration of the time her and I had been standing near there while she searched for something.

Pickle is most perceptive in the mention of programming. One might derive the notion of "reality hacking" from this understanding.