From mandox@cix.compulink.co.uk Wed Apr 26 19:19:21 1995
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 95 18:18 BST-1
From: mandox@cix.compulink.co.uk (Mogg Morgan)
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To: ceci@lysator.liu.se, mandox@cix.compulink.co.uk
Cc: rodneyo@eworld.com
Reply-To: mandox@cix.compulink.co.uk
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Golden Dawn Supplement
Golden Dawn Occult Society
presents
Anarcho-tantrik-thelema
A lecture by a member of the society
Oxford Town Hall,
Friday 28th April 1995, 8pm
Open Mind Workshops - Bristol
Four workshops on themes related to the four elements.
Facilitated by Catherine Summers of
Pagan Voice and hypnotherapist Mark Patrick. April 8, June
6th,
13 and April 22. Workshops cost £35 with block discounts
available. For details phone (0117)
9506895 or 9446833.
42 Hours of Chaos Magick
Following the disappointing turnout at last year's UKAOS,
this is obviously the new format.
Speakers for this weekend residential bash are Pete Carroll,
Christopher Hyatt, Phil Hine, Dave Lee, Sue Hutchins and
Lionel Snell. The event takes place at
Hawkwood College in Gloucestershire from Saturday night 2nd
September and finishes on Monday at 12 am. And the cost -
£50 plus accommodation, estimated at
£30 per night full board if you stay at Hawkwood. If you are
interested send S.A.E. for full information to: Chaos
Seminar, BM 8482, LONDON, WC1N 3XX.
HOBLINK - Change of Address
HOB stands for Homosexual and Bisexual. It is a newsletter
supporting Gay/Lesbian and Bisexual
Pagans produced at major Sabbats with contact ads. £6/$10 a
year. Concs. Address now, Box 22, 'Out In Brighton', 4 & 7
Dorset Street, Brighton, BN2 1AW
Floralia - May 10th
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn. 7pm PROMPT
Pagan festival in honour of Goddess Flora and dedicated to
the late Lawrence Durden-Roberton,
co founder of the fellowship of Isis. No more info - but if
interested just turn up in a positive mood.
Wildwood IV
A day of working with animal mythology on Saturday 8th July,
Conway Hall. Tickets £9 each.
Speakers: Caitlin Mathews, Chesca Potter, Olivia Robertson,
Nigel Pennick, Sheila Broun, Caroline Wise, Seldy Bate.
Debate on ethics of hunting, lead by
gamekeeper and folklorist Paul Ratcliffe: Contacts: Caroline
Wise,
PO Box 196, LONDON, WC1A 1LY
Full Moon: 14th May
New Moon: 29th May
Beltaine: 1 st May
Here is the text of our factsheet on curses, first part
anyway. Any comments or improvements
welcome:
Curses
Note:
The Witchcraft Act 1735 was repealed and replaced in 1951 by
the Fraudulent Mediums Act. Under
this act it is an offence for anyone 'with intent to deceive
(to) purport to act as a spiritualist medium or to exercise
any powers of telepathy,
clairvoyance or other similar power.' The author's of this
fact-sheet wish to
make it clear that they are not acting for profit and that
in accordance with the law state
that in our view tendencies of a certain nature may bring
about results of
that nature.' All mistakes and omissions excepted.
Many people, for one reason or another get the idea into
their head that they are suffering
>from the effects of a curse. Nine times out of ten this
impression is a
mistake. It is actually very difficult to curse someone and
most unpleasant phenomena can be
explained in other ways. Many people go through periods of
intense
vulnerability at some point in their lives, and it is easy
to become paranoid and feel that
someone out there must be trying to get you. The break up of
a love
affair, problems with work, moving to a new locality, all
these things can be a catalyst to
the kinds of paranoia that are often typical of supposed
psychic attack.
People with long term mental health problems such as
schizophrenia and depression can also be
known to project their internal feelings of vulnerability
onto
someone else.
I say these things not in order to be patronising, but in
the hope that a large dose of common
sense may be all that is required to bring an end to
unpleasant
feelings. Contrary to what you may believe, the magician has
no easy answer to this. Magick
encourages people to take control of their own lives, and on
this
issue, it also means trying to make you jump out of the role
of victim and to kill your own
snakes. If you are following your true will, which is the
aim of all
genuine magicians, then you have the momentum of the entire
universe on your side and there is
no power in existence that can stand against you. Magick is
also
about seeing things are they really are, and this may mean
that you are not actually being
cursed by the 'high witch queen of Buckinghamshire', but
that you are
depressed about the way your life is going or that those
around you are bored with the way
you've been acting lately. The truth may not be as glamorous
as the
fantasy, but it the end you are better off with it.
Having said all this, as a magician, I have to admit that in
a small number of cases, it is
possible to magically attack someone. Most attacks are more
in the
manner of bad mouthing or misinformation and can be
confronted directly. The only one hundred
percent evidence that exists that you have been psychically
attacked is when a magician actually tells you they have
done so. It is an important principle
of magic that in order for any spell, positive or negative
to work, a
magical link must be made between the doer and the
recipient. Thus the artist Brion Gysin,
found a talisman in Arabic calligraphy had been secreted
into his
Moroccan restaurant. Perhaps it was this or the boycott by
locals who thought he was ripping
them off, that caused his business to go under soon after.
If you
have such a magical link, i.e. an object with clear magical
intent, has been sent to you, then
it is a relatively simple matter to reflect its bad vibes
back the way
they have come. Almost any practitioner of magick will know
how to do this. The simplest thing
is to destroy it - usually by burning. It may also be
possible to
send it to the National Witchcraft Research Centre,
C/O PO Box 250, OXFORD, OX1 1AP, who will safely neutralise
it and add it to their collection.
It may also be possible to discover whether or not you are
truly cursed by consulting some kind
of divinatory system such as I Ching or Tarot. If you have
no
such concrete evidence of a magical link then it is a
question of your word against 'theirs'
and most magicians are initially very sceptical about such
claims, as you
have no doubt gathered. However, why should this matter to
you? In the final analysis it is
only you who needs to be really convinced about this matter
- for you
are the only one who can really counteract it! All the
magician can do is bring you to an
understanding of your power in this matter. Some technique
that I
personally have found useful are as follows.
1. Reflecting back.
If you have not already done so, teach yourself how to
visualise, perhaps with the help of a
competent teacher. There are several books on the market
that set
out the basic technique, and we have a fact-sheet on this
topic available on request (in return
for two second class stamps.)
Begin your visualisation and enter your place of power and
security. Now bring to mind an image
of the Mirror of Hathor. Hathor is an very ancient Egyptian
deity, often represented as a mirror between two horns. Form
an image of this mirror and of its
magical power to reflect back any bad vibes. The advantage
of
this technique is that it doesn't require much proof that
you are actually being cursed. It can
only reflect back what is actually getting to you. Do this
visualisation
whenever you begin to feel paranoid and the vibes will go
away. You can if you find it helpful,
obtain a copy of the Hathor's mirror, either to wear as an
amulet
or to hang on your wall as a permanent reminder that you are
under the protection of that
deity.
2. Binding.
Another useful technique is binding and deflecting. If you
want to stop someone from doing
something, without actually harming them you consecrate a
wax
image for that person. Put into it as much of them as you
can, perhaps with a photograph stuck
to the head etc. Do a little ritual and then wrap a cord
around the
poppet many times until it is completely smothered. As you
do this, speak and improvise your
desire 'that the person should be stopped in their actions
against you
or your friends.' Alternatively and perhaps more
effectively, is to do a visualisation in which
you imagine that person doing something positive that takes
away
their intent in hurting you. For example, if you feel
someone at work is picking on you,
perhaps imagine them being promoted to another job. Remember
- your
intention in using the poppet is purely positive, it would
be inviting trouble for you to
attempt to harm your supposed attacker.
Remainder of factsheet next times, including: Protection
>from Bad Dreams.
If you can't wait that long, better send me two second class
stamps for an offprint.
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