The will and the word

Today we are going to talk about magick. Now when I say that, I am not talking about the sort of tricks and illusions done on the television by David Copperfield or others like him. That is magic and while entertaining, it is not the same thing. What I am talking about is real magick, the stuff that has the power to change the world.

When I was a kid I heard stories about Merlin and other wizards, sorcerers and witches  from faerie tales and folklore. And I wanted to be one of them. How cool would that be? To be able to wave your magic wand around and just make stuff happen? But then of course that was when I was a kid. After awhile, time passed, a whole lot of life happened and I grew up and forgot about that wish.

Now I am an adult. Those of you that know me, stop snickering! Now that I am an adult I see things a different way.  I realize now that I am capable of using magick. I do it everyday. In fact, every person in the world does.I know, I know. That sounds completely ludicrous. I mean if every person in the world were constantly going around casting spells the world would be in a horribly chaotic state. What's that you say? The world IS in a horribly chaotic state? What do you mean? All the wars and hate crimes, social injustices and greed, poverty and cruelty and so much more? Okay so maybe it's not entirely ludicrous. Let's take a closer look.

Firstly, when I use the term magick, what exactly am I saying? If you do a bit of research in mystical circles, you will find that the most commonly accepted definition is "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will". That is quite a mouthful but what does it mean? More simply put it means exerting your will and causing change in the world around you. Now I see a few light bulbs going on out there.
 
I say again that we are all wizards, sorcerers, magicians and witches. But what is this power that every one of us wields? It is called The Word. Our primary means of interfacing with things that occur outside of our bodies is communication. And the most powerful form of communication is through words. Whether they are words scrawled on paper, or spoken aloud or just thoughts circling around in our heads words are magickal. Don't believe me? Well here is an example of what I mean. Let's say you are eight years old and you are sitting at home and it's been five hours since lunchtime but still a couple of hours until dinner. You are hungry. If you do not say anything about it, nothing changes and you stay hungry.  You decide that this is not okay. You tell your mom or dad you are hungry and they fix a snack for you. Thirty minutes later the hunger is sated and you are happy again. While this does not seem like much, if you think about the definition of magick you did in fact cast a spell with your words and created changed in conformity with your will. You were hungry. You exerted your will and shortly afterwards you were not hungry.

Every person in this world uses magick everyday, sometimes dozens or even hundreds of times per day. And yes, this does create chaos, mostly because people do not realize that they are constantly throwing spells all around them, each one making small localized change and many conflicting with one another.

In the next post we will be be talking about black magick and the ripple effect.