The sum of the occult

[Plenum]

1. Placebo
2. Law of attraction
3. Creating ones very own reality through faith by using coherent intelligence.

I think what you are basically looking at here is the question of - how does one generate internal changes in consciousness?

And then the Question that has to be asked is: why would you want that?  And the answer, if delved into deeply, would probably suggest that one is desiring a different perspective or viewpoint on some issue that the person is struggling with.

And ultimately that 'issue' is a blockage that is causing the Person difficulties in progressing along their chosen path.

The most regular means of generating 'changes in consciousness' happen every night, through the Dreaming Mechanism.  If that is not enough, then various psychedelics may be sought out.  To speak to the 'method' you proposed up above, using the 'occult tools' of systems of various symbols may allow one to 'tune into' a more focussed frame of mind, in which a different quality is able to be fully delved into.

At the end of the day, it's just the mind comprehending the mind; and we are all seeking the kind of 'toolkit' that feels best and most right for us at that particular juncture in time; relative to the concerns and the seeking that we are doing.