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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:48 pm
I already have a teacher that specializes with spirits but if anyone else would like an apprentice please I want to learn all I can crying
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:30 am
Many of us are still learning ourselves, Cheerio. For instance, I'm called "Book Girl" around here because I have a wealth of information...however, I don't consider myself qualified to teach because of my relative lack of practical experience. I hope to change this soon.
So, if you have questions, I can answer them to the best of my knowledge. If you want tutorials, that would be much more difficult.
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:53 am
thanks anyway ^_^, I learn that way to from books
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:45 am
I can give you some books on alot of diffrent paths and very good basic material on magic as a core?
hears a few that you'd find at your library or book store
Liber khaos Liber null phsyconaut the golden dawn
and if you can find a PDF of the following they would greatly help you.
Magic with out tears Alchmey the black art
In fact if you google a site called satanic singles, there are all these books and a wealth of others on anything you want to know!
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:13 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:07 pm
Learning is remembering what you already know, teaching is showing others that they know too.
D: I don't teach all my super secret animal-ish talents to people, usually. ;D
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:25 am
don't you mean that you know it?
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:58 pm
cheerios18 don't you mean that you know it? Uhm. No. If I did, that's what I would have said. : |
It's a quote from a book.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:23 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:59 am
It's also okay to spend a long time working with books. Sometimes folks are working with books for three, four, even five years before they cast their first spell or start working seriously on the experiential end. Some of this is just symptomatic of the fact that some people have more time to invest in the study of the occult/magical arts than others. It's not a 'who gets there first' or 'who can raise the most energy' contest. It's about your own personal development and progress; where YOU want to take things.
You might want to spend some time asking yourself what exactly you want to practice and what direction you want to take your practice in. Those of us in this guild have different areas of specialty and would be able to help in some areas, but not others. For example, I'm first and foremost a Neopagan whose practice is grounded in Nature; that's the angle any of my magical practice would take. Others around here are more 'hardcore' occultists who are into it for its own sake and not necessarily for any religious purposes.
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:10 pm
I could use some help too if someone is willing. I'm mostly into witchcraft but i'm open to other religions too.
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:04 am
*cough* I'm against structurized teaching of occult.
Honestly, to me your knowledge is like a journey to finding yourself, and having others tell you about yourself isn't... right.
Sure, there are books you can read, but it's not as if someone is telling you 'THIS is the WAY it's DONE'. Plus, everyone's experiance differs. One person maybe an expert at spirits and mediumship, but doesn't know because they're too wrapped up in being taught something like kitchen witchery or psionics.
I'm not saying you can't ask your peers for help, hell, isn't that what the forum is for? But I'm standing by my statement that finding people online as occultic teachers can be a bit screwy.
I, once was trying to do the same thing. I ended up with a 'Druidic' teacher who had people paying him $300 for bullshit and another young woman who insisted that I devoted my time to AIM for her to teach me.
I believe it's healthier to teach yourself, with some peer realated teaching, research and your own intuition. Not everything you read is true, nor is everything you have taught to you....
/rant
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:53 am
Great way to put it, Zurine. It's really hard to teach because there is no "one size fits all" method, even in more ceremonial, ritualistic paths. We're all ready and willing to give general guidelines and tips based on experience, but in the end, it's more of a personal quest than anything else.
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:28 pm
I, personally, think that structured teaching from a qualified person is important *to a point*. Learn things the proper way, depending on what you're interested in, then go your own way.
I'll use martial arts as an example. I was trained in a formal style for a few years, but after a point I found myself going a different direction. I took what I learned from that style and incorporated it into my own personal style.
Learn well, then forget. That is the way to mastery.
I'm not sure if I just ripped off someone's quote, but it seems I've read it somewhere before.
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:34 pm
yeah obscure's way sounds best to me, besides i think it's a lot funner with a teacher. ^_^
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