You know, one of the things I like about this channel is how coherent and articulate FF is as a narrator. The ideas are presented in a simple format while leaving room for deeper exploration.
I would've never imagined that explaining Magick could be done in a short amount of time, and yet here we are in mere 20 minutes. You're so eloquent, I love your videos 👏🏼👏🏼
Naa, Jung was tripping, what means growing to heaven to you? The glory of the world ain't the kingdom of heaven. Jung was beta and taken by new agers and other people that think what he said was true and really deep, just like Jordan Peterson nowadays. Those are the wolfs dressed in sheep clothes. Look at what happened to Crowley, guy had a place were people stripped off of morals and got into weird rituals and even bestiality, the heroine, I mean that is hell and the guy was never in heaven a.k.a. with the father for sure. So if you believe dumb stuff, yourselves are to blame, cause wickedness is f-ing you up.
Do you want adventure? Play dungeons and dragons or an rpg or whatever, at least you know it is fantasy. Believing these things is just for the ego and it is a path down of course at least that is for sure and if you have to suffer till you get it cause you have big dunkey ears, not real ears, well... it is just playing games but it is something really dumb and wicked like if you have ears, real ears not dunkey ears this will make sense to you. Instead of trying to manipulate the material world or whatever dumb thing like that with the power of the wil of your wicked selvesl or the will of your daddy satan who is behind get a job people, work hard merit what you earn and make good choices, smart choices instead of wasting your time in the obscure of the ocult is dumb.
Hello, as a Indian who practices various rituals of many deities, it is very interesting to see other systems of occult. I've loosely done many rituals of certain hindu deities which have guided and protected me and people around me time and time again from injuries, deaths, and lower negative entities. I wish you all the best for your channel. You seem like a good guy
I am so appreciative of this channel, I've read and read so many books, considered myself quite in tune, but you simplify things in such a way that I can correct my misconceptions.
I love watching your instructive videos.Your revelatory synthesis of all the bits feeding the streams of magic from which we all drink - just great. Thank you!
Don't limit yourself! 🙏Having experienced poltergeist myself, telekinesis is indeed possible. I was a little child when it happened. things move, the door knob rattling by itself, I was scared back then. If you think about it, the way it was done was channeled through fear, the low energy, which feeds the ghost/daimon in the presence. So the daimon asked for energy, I gave, then it makes it happened. just not as intended and chaotic. now the other way is to work on high energy, the good energy. Telepathy also happened in many occasion and countless of many stories out there, I was told that my grandma once got a feeling that my father was in trouble and then proceeded to see him immediately. It seems that when my father was in trouble he unconsciously called grandma. so the groundwork is there. also the phenomenon of jinx, when a group of people say the same thing together.
Your definition of Magick is useful for the fantasy novel I'm writing. My fictional world has Thaumaturgy, or scientific magic that works like your definition and according to rational laws, but there's also Theurgy, or divine magic, which is essentially miracle working which channels holy and divine power. Alchemists in this world knew the secrets to unify the two arts to great effect long ago, but the secret has been lost. The main character eventually learns from the ancient Prophet of the Mountain, a millenia-old Alchemist, that there is no clear distinction between the two, and both are different ways of understanding the same thing expressed differently, being both God and Nature. Thaumaturgy/scientific magic cultivates understanding of the natural world, which is part of God. The universe is part of God, and God is part of the universe, but God is not limited to the material world, and thus scientific magic cannot account for a complete understanding of God. Theurgy requires unifying one's will with the will and powers of various divine forces and forces not yet understood by the current framework of natural sciences. The main character thus becomes responsible for a revival of true ancient alchemy, and is the apostle of the Prophet of the Mountain.
Amazing exposition. Truly informative. I have been experimenting with a Transcranial Direct Current device to boost the energy of my Nordic practices. It hacks time spent in perfecting meditation techniques. I have also built a device that uses a small radio transmitter, rigged to a headset. I boost the power of my thoughts with TCDC and then transmit my intent to the Aether. Amazing results...
Awesome video .so easy to understand clear and precise. My wife asked me what magick is the other day I tried my best but I fear it was a flawed attempt lol.we both watched this vid and apparently you give a much better explanation 🤷♂️lmao😁.
@@TRUSTINYAH you obviously dont have a clue what you are talking about or what this is .but thank you anyway .I have never been wicked in my life and you could say I talk to jesus everyday infact I am closer to him now than I have ever been.i know you mean well.best wishes for you in the future 👍
I liked your distinction between science and magic as it avoids the trap of seeing magic as what science is yet to discover. Not least as I am increasingly seeing science and the scientific method as the hegemony of greed. But then this places science as a codification of some aspects of the darkness.
@@TRUSTINYAH I'm Kejawen i.e. Muslim, so yes Jesus is very important to me, but I do not deify him. I repent as a part of my daily Jihad between good and evil. I have through this Jihad found my light and purpose and that is to fight the darkness. God bless you.
Hello my friend i won’t to shear a fort about your suspicions about the scientific method. I think your observations about the current state of science are true to some extent. However, the origins are not in science. The scientific method is neither good or bad nor black or white. It consists of a tool set of methods that in combination are insanely effective at detecting patterns in our material reality with the ultimate goal of fathoming truth. Science is in a way amoral because ethics is not a real criterion of science. This is also what makes science such a powerful tool, it is neutral and the knowledge gained can theoretically be replicated by anyone. However, this does not mean that the people who practice science are neutral. Just as you can use science to cure disease, you can also use it to build nuclear weapons, and ironically, in my experience, most scientists are really terrible at finding resources. Which is probably the biggest problem in science today. How are you going to neutrally and openly search for truth when you are chronically underpaid which the people who work in research usually are and the people who fund you are really only interested in profits? It is simply not possible and so knowledge creates with the bitter reality in which profits and power conservation power unfortunately play an important role than truth and the well-being of the general public.
This video helped me more than any I've ever seen because you answered a question I've been pursuing the answer too for months. You're brilliant! It's been in front of me this whole time and it's obvious now. I predict that your theory about the western tradition is correct. I can see now that I had a suspicion already. Ever since I first started reading about Thelema. Even down to the exceptions in shamanism and Norse reconstructionists. You've really helped me here.
Your a-ha moment with tantra is 100% correct (in my experience). I started in western magick then moved to hinduism and now tantra and I noticed exactly what you mentioned
I found your later theory very interesting and certainly possible, especially considering the multiplicity of tantric schools and different schemes of chakras! To me it looks like a large part of the problem of defining magick is the question of how we can talk about something experiential and non-discursive using language. I read an excellent book Readling Neoplatonism: Non-Discursive thinking in Plotinus, Proclus and Damascius’ which relates to this. The author Sara Rappe engages with how the Neoplatonists appear at odds with themselves in perpetuating a vast textual component when the ‘meat’ of the philosophy is necessarily beyond it. It was refreshing to see someone in modern western academic Philosophy even take on this point of view, never mind defend it! It’s also very accessible for the informed newcomer, so for anyone interested in Magick or Philosophy more broadly I recommend! I think a problem is that only now are we getting cross-cultural perspectives in the academy, which have a lot of catching up to do with the cross-cultural power of the internet. The advantage is the democratisation of knowledge, the disadvantage is the lack of critical oversight. (Of course for oversight we’d need overseers which opens the question of their biases and the justification of their position, off the rabbit hole goes…) One would expect academia to be enlightened in its dealing with other cultures, however, In my experience taking a course exploring Nagarjuna’s Buddhist epistemology, the ‘charitable’ approach was to save him from being a ‘paradox monger’, in other words to claim he actually made any intelligible analytic claims at all - the assumption being that if it didn’t it was somehow deficient. Of course it’s fair for analytic philosophy to seek what gems might be hiding elsewhere which are novel for its own purposes, but it seemed so hardened to a particular method that it was like someone’s football running into a garage, that person then getting their football and leaving without having realised the garage was labelled ‘free gold bullions’. I’m overjoyed to see the growth in scholarship in these fields but also, and even more so, frustrated when I’m reminded just how limited it still is. Anyway, hopefully some sort of charitable equilibrium will emerge more strongly in the scholarly world and allow for the useful historical research to take place as part of a truly international and trans-cultural community. Then, the task of what such knowledge means can be taken up by various fields also operating with an emphasis on being truly charitable to such diverse maps of reality, rather than to just bandage up what’s useful for defending X or Y axiom, cherrypicking shiny ideas for our ‘western’ theories much like shadowy past of many museum artefacts. Once again, my undying gratitude for your work, research and reflection. I sense the humility and consideration you take when presenting these ideas and much more is needed in the world! LVX from Belfast!
Great video. Your news both in tools and literature are great too. Also good to include conferences. These are great tools for networks which is often less in focus for esotericism which make it harder for people to find their communities
Man, what a video. Full of kindness and reservasion in order not to misinform and spread fear in any way. Its not just this video but every one of yours. I was novice at the subject when i saw ur video for the first time. I have no criteria to judge if the information are good/truth or not. My only criteria is the intuitive feeling about the person telling it, about his integrity and intention etc. So if i feel the warmth, i belive the info lets say. And all that ive noticed retroactively after i continued watching ur videos for few weeks. And Deni, u are really nailing at my criterias. U are one of the biggest factors im aproching the subject without the fear but with curiosity and respect. Thank you for that, it means a lot to me and it cultivates my inspiration toward the subject definetly. And im sure im not the only one :) I did coment months ago something similar i think, cant remember exactly, but i wanted to say it again and maybe verbalise my feelings a bit more acurately. 🌼🍀
"Impossible things are going to stay impossible." *Tunes out* "New boundaries aren't discovered with that kind of attitude, sir." -Aleister Crowley "Just Because Things Are Impossible To A Certain Individual Doesnt Mean Things Are Impossible To Others Remember Life Isnt Fair Kids."
Greetings and thank for all of your work in producing wonderful content. There definitely is a thread that connects the West and the East but it must predate Tantra. Hindu Tantra developed independently from Neoplatonic Theurgy and bare much resemblance. If we take the Chaldean Oracles as the forefather then we may see an ancient link via the Zoroastrians and since the Vedas and the Zoroastrian Avesta share and ancient Indo Aryan root, there may be something there.
In the days of ancient Egypt and Babylon. People didn't separate the subject of magic and science. There was one word for It, because bit was all considered the same thing.
Fascinating theory and as far as I can think from everything I've already studied, it makes perfect sense. Also, I had a lot of fun with the initial 'disclaimer'. 😅 I also found your definition of magic very useful: am I wrong or does it get a strong inspiration from Aidan Wachter's “Six Ways”? Your videos are each time more and more exciting, more beautiful and well produced! Congratulations, dear Mr. Fish!
We're on the same page re: tantra. Once I realized its sognificance to my magickal underatanding, I started watching videos on it. My inner monologue has an Indian accent at this point.
also take a look at the work of georges lakhovsky about the multiple waves oscillator which tries to reproduce the EMF that supposedly give life / instructions to the cells. because we can ask the question : what animates the cells ?
Thanks by the way ur channels helped me I've always been a logical person but there been that spark inside subconsciously drawing me back to magic i couldn't let it go so I would try to define it to give place in my knowledge and understanding of the universe u finally gave I can truly understand
There's nothing wrong with spreading this knowledge as long as we give credit where it's due. Magic, Alchemy, Spirituality, Numerology, and Astrology all started in Africa. People have a hard time believing it but it's a fact that needs to be accepted.
Why does it “need to be accepted”? How does that have to do with anything at all? Better yet, how would that change anything if everyone accepted what you said?
Great introduction to the concepts of magick! Maybe just the push for the uninitiated who's looking to get into this subject or looking for more answers. Would love it if you made a more advanced video as well!
"The brain is a receptor of consciousness, like a radio antennae that tunes into consciousness, not a generator of consciousness." Spot on. Another analogy: Consciousness is like the internet, and our brains are the computers.
I view Science (i.e., physics) as working with the universe within the realm of time and matter. I view Magick (i.e., metaphysics) as working with the universe beyond the realm of time and matter. Sometimes they overlap.
Magic is the conscious use of semiotic processes to persuade patterns of acausal ordering to reorder according to desire. Reality consists of causal and acausal orderings (you can call them forces if you want) that weave the patterns of thought, matter and energy. Causal ordering, we know, but acausal ordering derives from the fundamental unpredictable nature of freewill which exists as a field (the keroi or κ-field) underlying everything including quantum interactions. This is strongly implied by the proof of the “Strong Free Will Theorem” (John H. Conway and Simon B. Kochen). Reality operates on choice and the universe we see sits on top of this. Causal ordering is predictable and mechanical; Acausal ordering is unpredictable (not random) and semiotic in nature. All minds are semiotic processes, and all semiotic processes are minds. The field of freewill underpinning reality is a field of semiotic processes which one can persuade with a constructed semiotic process (i.e., a spell).
I have always thought about this. I agree with what Aaron Leitch said in an episode of Glitch bottle, that being that it all comes down to Astrology. Like... Deep down, all do, in different ways.
@ 8:35 hmmm I do think levitation does happen, because actually, if you think about it why wouldn't it? My favorite spoon-bender, OK, the only one I know that actually does this amazing focus energy work with objects consistently enough is Lior Suchard, but I think it's the same type of work. And I think all of these types of these things are actually simple, we just don't intend or focus energy enough or right or have the belief to do them. Levitation stories have always about doing them in groups... --more power perhaps? Not on Jay Leno yet, like Lior who blows everyones minds. Most of it's simple physics... right? Like why would indivisibility (of air craft or humans or anything) seem so amazing. As a kid I noticed those fan blades go around fast enough they become invisible. Late night rant. Love your channel! Just found it so relaxing and awesome to listen to mostly late at night while working on projects. Thank you so much!! Lulu
There's a different interpretation of Chaos magic that seems to have arisen from the Chans. It's like a deification of Chaos, but the practical application of the process comes in forming one's intentions out of the natural chaos within the world. Like, in order to effect their will, they first require a situation of absolute chaos to be taking place from which they will be able to force their will.
nothing is impossible. we assume physics works the same way everywhere as it seems to locally, but we can't prove it, and we've only ultimately been observing the world for a few millennia. to me the distinction between "impossible" and "improbable" is not helpful. "impossible" only means very very improbable. also, i do think that some of our best descriptions of how magic actually works come from fiction. specifically (although there are many more) i'm talking about: 1) the craft sequence, by max gladstone, in which it is understood that belief has mass and can warp reality, and that the ultimate foundation of reality is simply agreements between actors, i.e. the concept of consensus reality. so in these books, contracts are depicted as being more "real" than the material world. 2) jonathan strange and mr norrell, in which it is understood that everything - including fairly abstract concepts like Time or Darkness - is alive, and can be communicated with, and will help you if you ask in the right way. 3) the last unicorn, by peter s. beagle, which doesn't really provide an overarching theory to how magic works but does drop some powerful tidbits, such as "true magicians know that everything is teetering on the cusp of becoming something else" and "real magic can only be summoned by offering up your own liver [as opposed to one you stole or bought] and not expecting to get it back." in other words, you have to have skin in the game; you have to be willing to let something go to summon something new, and that something has to have genuine value to you.
Also not all Vajrayana schools trace their lineage back to the Saivite tradition. Scholars (mostly Japanese) believe there to be to streams of Esoteric Buddhism, one that was developed by the yogis of the charnal grounds and one developed in the university of nalanda. The latter was transmitted to China and later Japan via the mandala of the two realms and the mahavairocana sutra and the former was transmitted to Tibet. Point being the essence of what we call Tantra today was shared by several traditions although Tantra was the most open about these esoteric practices.
I've got a question, is there like an energy source behind the mind that makes magick possible? Like maybe some sort of primal or universe energy or substance?
Thank you for your work and moving the knowledge and conversation forward 😜 (see what I accidentally did there LOL) But seriously thank you. It's really appreciated and very important. Guys like myself need this.
Jésus is reported to have said "my yoke is light (or easy) . Yoga is a sanskrit (or pali) word translating as yoke. Also, allen watts once described buddhism as export model hinduism.
Encourage anyone here to read or listen to the book 'magicians of the gods' that gives this theory historical context in the deepest roots of humanity. Very interesting!
I consider the non material universe to actually be the universe in its higher dimensional forms. That thought, feelings, and beliefs are actually physical forces, but of a higher dimension. .
I am gaining a lot from your videos. I have seen some unexplainable stuff happen and my mind is blown but im super curious what the full extent of this power ive winessed
Prometheus Rising was the first book I ever lay eyes on dealing with the concepts of Magick. Read the book back in 2010. Today is the first time I've been privy to know the book is Chaos Magick.
That makes Crowley's longer idea shorter, I agree and Disagree at the same time, is more too it the further You Go, I'm not one who goes for this it's all in your mind theory because I have seen, heard and smelled things from outside this Realm, they weren't Human and never were!
I've been practicing only for about 7 months now and I have to say this practice has changed my life, especially studying the Sefirot and angels and symbolism. At some points it is overwhelming, and at others fluid and enlightening. That is the beauty of this work and life in general
I come back to this video frequently in my own personal studies, I still have many questions, but I feel that each time I come back to this video I gain new insight into a basic. I hope that you continue to produce videos of this caliber. Easy to digest, easy to take notes on, substantiated by many different views on Magic. You have been an incredible study aid!!!
You mention telekinesis and then say that impossible things will stay impossible...implying that telekinesis is impossible. I would say it is within the realm of possibilities, specially since studies in some poltergeist events somewhat correlates the phenomenon to puberty and other forms of poltergeist phenomenon suggest an involvement of the experiencer in terms of co-creation of the phenomenon.
From a Chaos Magick perspective, the weight of belief that telekinesis is impossible is too strong to ever be able to make it possible with any consistency. There might be validity to claims of it happening as a fluke, but it runs counter to all that we know through experience about our own existence, and the skepticism which drives you to attempt to repeat an experiment is on its own enough to return you to the belief that it is impossible. It is much easier to make things happen that seem plausible.
It's amazing to know that what you're sharing here is what I've come across so far in my readings. It's satisfying and assuring to know that I am not crazy at all. LOL. We're spiritual beings encased in physical bodies and everything in this world is connected. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
This is an incredible channel. After a few years “procrastinating” I finally started practicing daily and this channel was the one responsible for the last push I needed in order to decide to make the Craft an important part of my life. Thank you ! ☀️ 🌙
I feel the same way as yourself. Foolish Fish has really gave me the confidence to expand my already curious and spiritual being. I must say though I have bought so many books recommended by him that I feel I need a book to understand the book I read lol. Good luck on your journey my friend.
Excellent excellent video. As an Indian exploring Tantric traditions, I have always noticed the striking similarities to western approaches of Magick. Just like Hinduism has different personifications of the one "Brahman", the different esoteric knowledge groups are local or more relatable instances of the same cosmic knowledge.
cannabis won't help you with shit in regards of magic, nor speed, meth, heroine, lsd. the single thing that actually helps you are the shrooms, some dmt also, but if you want to affect the exterior with the vibration, easily and on another level, eating shrooms daily for 2-3 months (Not microdosing) you will discover a lot.
@@shroomed999 that's good. watch out, I was doing them for 6 months and not micro dosing, but eating 10grams a day as an average and once ate around 40. Made things and saw things in those 6 months that at some point were too high for my level of understanding and consciousness. If you play with the fire too much and you seek too much and you are not ready, you can get burned. I was not eating for 7-8 days at once and only drinking water and not really sleeping also, just resting 1-2 hours daily, was feeling like a god for some time. Just pay attention, micro dosing should be alright I guess, whatever you do, don't eat over 20 grams at once. Also, I am talking dry not wet.
Well. that was a good one m8. oh man, I urge anyone who has not already, to take a good look at the intro to the Kabalion chapter 6, the introductory paragraph starting with the phrase "The Half-wise". it is a very good paragraph to Memorize and keep close to your mind at all times. The Kabalion in general is a good place to start for anyone interested in magic of any kind. in my humble experience, The "impossible" is a series of collective and personal boundaries in place due to the momentum of the collective (The All), and to transcend these boundaries is possible, however it is more dangerous than most can realize without direct experience of coming close to doing so. in other words, it may seem "Cool" from your current state of mind (conscious vibration) to be able to lift or move an object with your Mind only (telekinesis), however, what one does not usually realize is that to break that boundary requires and elicits a change in what you are that cannot coexist with your previous self in any practical way. so whats not possible IMO is the way these things are depicted, using harry potter as an example, where they are "normal" so to speak, people who can just throw bolts of light out of wands and move things around and teleport and such. that is not how it works. to reach that level of transcending the boundaries in place (which is possible) will take completely altering and refining what you are on a fundamental level. and that makes it, IMHO, nearly impossible to coexist in this bound reality with other parts of yourself who accept and use these boundaries to have a limited experience of "Being Joe Smith" as opposed to the reality that we are all the One Mind. The boundaries and impossibility's are here to keep us safe and allow us to have this experience as limited beings who can interact with each other. but they are not fundamentally real in any way. this is just for all those with dreams of fantasy magic. keep it in fantasy, write a book, make a cartoon, (or a song in my case) thats where it belongs for good reason. i wouldn't want to live in a world where people had the ability to channel lighting and crush objects with our thoughts alone, we do bad enough things with the physical ways we've figured out to achieve those ends. a wizard battle, much like real warfare, looks exciting on screen, in reality it would be terrifying for all involved. accept and appreciate your limitations and transcend them slowly and with reason, integrity and purpose, and out of necessity, not want or desire, or even worse blind curiosity. The phrase "Curiosity Killed the Cat" and the phrase "Be careful what you wish for" both exist for very good reason.. btw, Saturn made me say all that.. lol "wink" Balance. much love brother Fish Great Video.
Thank you for your seriously wise comment. Certainly the first and foremost question that one must necessarily find the answer is the total understanding of one’s identity without which one would truly find oneself in extremely muddy waters if one were to explore the realm of magick, who knows ? However once identity is truly established, the laws of the universe are still applied but more freedom (or absolute freedom) is now possible. Believing is seeing.
Having experienced telekinesis myself on several occasions, I have to say that it's not *always* a parlor trick. An extreme improbability, yes, but definitely not an impossibility. However, I do still think that that's a great disclaimer to put out there for those new to the whole concept of real magick -- what "it" is, and what expectations one can realistically have.
Yes. Having experienced poltergeist myself, telekinesis is indeed possible. I was a little child when it happened. things move, the door knob rattling by itself, I was scared back then. If you think about it, the way it was done was channeled through fear, the low energy, which feeds the ghost/daimon in the presence. So the daimon asked for energy, I gave, then it makes it happened. just not as intended and chaotic. now the other way is to work on high energy, the good energy.
Telekinesis is possible. Helena Blavatsky was recorded performing such things with a teacup and spoon, levitating the cup while swirling the spoon to stir her tea. Then just recently their was a magician on AGT All Stars who blindfolded himself and levitating a spinning ring onto Heidi Klums index finger 😕
Weird. I began with Buddhism, then Hinduism, Advaita Vedanta, with an interest in Shamanism from various regions, Norse mythology .... and then wandered in here. I'm really enjoying this channel. Many thanks.
Dude this was so great to hear. It was like an echo across space time. In the past year or so I’ve been coming to the same conclusion. Literally the same haha. In fact, I redd “Tantra Illuminated” based on your recommendation. This video and that book were the final nails in the coffin for me on that whole theory. Thanks again for your work 🙏
This was a great presentation, especially on integrating the best of both our lower and higher selves. Here's my personal long-standing definition: Science is the tool by which we interact with the universe within the realm of time and matter. Magick is the tool by which we interact with the universe beyond the realm of time and matter. We are all an aspect of God, but not the whole.
I know this sounds crazy but why does this sound so much like Dynamis in FFXIV? Like in the world of FFXIV their are two distinct forms of energy. Aether, which is what most of hydaelyn(the star that the game takes place on) is made out of, it's observable and measurable and can be used for anything. Memories and Souls are created by using Aether and when we die all that energy returns to the life stream, to be recycled and turned into something new. Despite Magic existing in FFXIV it functions more akin to a science with how it's studied. Dynamis or Akasa, is more intangible as it's a form of energy that is fueled by one's emotions and is rather difficult or harder to tap into, due to how esoteric it is. It isn't as powerful as Aether BUT the rest of the universe comprises of Dynamis, with Aether being a very very very minor thing in the grand scale of the universe. Just a parallel I noticed.
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4:51 I've often wondered how viable it would be to become a "doctor of the non-manifest" so to speak in this day and age where I live. I'd really like to start doing what I can to help others with what time I have left.
I fell into the “self help industry” full on for a couple yrs and my subjective opinion on the subject is that when I find that desire to share, teach or “help” others… I look within and find a lot for me to work on about myself. I have friends who are shamans and I also have friends who went to shamanic schools to learn to “help” people. In my experience, the ones who are powerful are the ones who were just called to be available and the ones who went out for training have no real powers at all. Quite the opposite. They can actually cause a lot of destruction. A friend also warned me regarding those with intentions to “help” that when you encounter them you are also encountering the energy they put out that others need help. That somethings “wrong” with them. To think one has reached a point of “arrival” and is now ready to direct others can be some serious humbug that causes more disturbance than actual “help”. Like a flashlight aimed at a wall in a dark room, if you move the light away from the wall you will notice the circle of light get bigger. You can also notice that as this circle grows bigger, so does equally the circumference of darkness around it. Suggesting that the more we learn, simultaneously we become aware of how much more we don’t know. Your “student” will almost always be your “teacher” but just being available with no intent can grant you an opportunity to be of much more value to someone’s journey (and your own) than having an intention to “help”. I know that was a long winded subjective opinion. I just feel deeply that the last thing the world needs is someone else trying to show others “the way”. What Dennis is able to do here on this channel is quite rare. I think it requires Jedi level craft and if it’s meant to be will happen naturally. My 10cents! 🤦🏻🤣
I love the video. Wonderful introduction! I have but one thought; why did you dismiss miracles? Flying, or moving things with a thought? There are many known instances of these things in regular media! From the eastern monks that can fortify their flesh with their mind against knives, spears, and hand-held drills; to those who can heat things near themselves.
I’m a beginner at magick and I’d like to ask, what are your thoughts on the claims that it’s all placebo work? Contemplating this question has interrupted my path and I want to get answers before I continue
The thing about placebo, is that it works, just not super well. Some magic is about getting placebo to work better than baseline placebo, with better and better results. But that's just some magic. The topic of magic is as vast as the topic of science.
@@FoolishFishBooks So I’m gonna use an LBRP as an example because for the next three months, that and shadow work will be all I do. I feel like my space is cleared and refreshed, and previously vibes and unwanted energies are out. But how much of it is supernatural power and how much of it is the psychological power of ritual?
I have a signed edition of manly p halls the phoenix, what luck how I found it at a book store. one thing about higher dimensions, I NEVER believed in my heart, but I always wanted to believe, that the "otherness", the "alien", existed until I personally walked into it, with a strong strain and a high dose of mushroom I did experience it and for the first time in my life i believed in something really unimaginable and profound.
I completely agree with your 'Aha!' moment. It doesn't seem accidental that the Middle Pillar ritual moves energy through the seven Chakras. I also remember being the thesis advisor, about 10 years ago, for a graduate student who was writing a Master's thesis which was a comparative study of the Tree of Life and the Hindu Chakras.
Yeah, it sounds like the realization of a lot of deep things about the universe, but decoupled from the usual ego-death experiences most people have before they can piece it all together. The result being that the Magician is a person who has deluded themselves into thinking they can impose their will on reality in some special way, when in reality you cannot even think about controlling any aspect of your life without the entire universe simultaneously preparing to control you to an equal degree.
@@anaglyphx delusion, maybe but what if it brings fruit? If it works for you, helps you get focused and get what you want and you like it this way then what's the issue?
Another thought provoking video. The day I knew I'd be a magician was when I was forced to go out with friends to a stag party. I found I had the ability to turn beer into urea which poured out onto my compost heap. The worms loved it and gave back first rate compost. I was then inspired to try Chiantified urea and so one. One day I woke face down in the warm compost on a winter's night. Those spoilt little worms had kept me from hypothermia. I went back to squash and tea after that but had found a friend in the Earth element. Sometimes stupidity and that serendipity moment are necessary to make real evolution. Re-iterating, an interesting video. Have you considered travelling lectures with oodles of comedy. As a brilliant black comedian (I met in Birmingham) phrased it.'EDUTAINMENT'.
if there is zero phenomenon as a result of your magical practices then it's nothing more then warm fuzzy cosplay, but hey, if that makes you happy more power to you
@@FoolishFishBooks I like your channel great content .. but there comes a point in your life when you realize you can't read your way to a specific end ... or the other ... "I woke up this morning ... praise the Lord" or "I just got the job I was totally qualified for, thank you St. Expedite" ... this is my personal opinion, if a magical practice isn't verified by a concrete result, then it's just make believe
Like he said, science studies the physical aspect of our reality. You can't prove consciousness in a lab. But it's proven that our consciousness can literally alter physical objects , change dna molecules in the body and in other people as well. If you look at it scientifically, our thoughts generate energy and can alter the molecules of our physical things...
I’m with you. I haven’t finished the vid yet (17:03) but so far this just seems like a primer on world religions. But apparently lots of other folks feel otherwise.
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You know, one of the things I like about this channel is how coherent and articulate FF is as a narrator. The ideas are presented in a simple format while leaving room for deeper exploration.
Ah! You're very kind! :D
It's (probably obviously) exactly what I try to do, so your words really go straight to my heart!
❤ Facts and I just found it, started in sigil, Servitude things
As a full-time sorcerer and theorist, I sincerely congratulate you marvelous explanation.
I would've never imagined that explaining Magick could be done in a short amount of time, and yet here we are in mere 20 minutes. You're so eloquent, I love your videos 👏🏼👏🏼
I just explained it in one sentence.
@@TRUSTINYAH quit spamming where you're not wanted.
if we want to hear your mythology we
are perfectly capable of looking it up
without your input.
"No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell." -C.G.Jung
An important quotation by the master! 😊🙏☯️
@@TRUSTINYAH who said it was wicked???
Paraphrased quote "people fail to seed god because they don't look low enough."
Naa, Jung was tripping, what means growing to heaven to you? The glory of the world ain't the kingdom of heaven. Jung was beta and taken by new agers and other people that think what he said was true and really deep, just like Jordan Peterson nowadays. Those are the wolfs dressed in sheep clothes. Look at what happened to Crowley, guy had a place were people stripped off of morals and got into weird rituals and even bestiality, the heroine, I mean that is hell and the guy was never in heaven a.k.a. with the father for sure. So if you believe dumb stuff, yourselves are to blame, cause wickedness is f-ing you up.
Do you want adventure? Play dungeons and dragons or an rpg or whatever, at least you know it is fantasy. Believing these things is just for the ego and it is a path down of course at least that is for sure and if you have to suffer till you get it cause you have big dunkey ears, not real ears, well... it is just playing games but it is something really dumb and wicked like if you have ears, real ears not dunkey ears this will make sense to you. Instead of trying to manipulate the material world or whatever dumb thing like that with the power of the wil of your wicked selvesl or the will of your daddy satan who is behind get a job people, work hard merit what you earn and make good choices, smart choices instead of wasting your time in the obscure of the ocult is dumb.
Hello, as a Indian who practices various rituals of many deities, it is very interesting to see other systems of occult.
I've loosely done many rituals of certain hindu deities which have guided and protected me and people around me time and time again from injuries, deaths, and lower negative entities.
I wish you all the best for your channel.
You seem like a good guy
I am so appreciative of this channel, I've read and read so many books, considered myself quite in tune, but you simplify things in such a way that I can correct my misconceptions.
I love watching your instructive videos.Your revelatory synthesis of all the bits feeding the streams of magic from which we all drink - just great. Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words, as always, @Timothy! :D I'm so glad you found something to chew on in this one! :)
Jesus Bot gonna bot. Good robot. Take me to your creator.
@@TRUSTINYAH oh boy
Don't limit yourself! 🙏Having experienced poltergeist myself, telekinesis is indeed possible. I was a little child when it happened. things move, the door knob rattling by itself, I was scared back then. If you think about it, the way it was done was channeled through fear, the low energy, which feeds the ghost/daimon in the presence. So the daimon asked for energy, I gave, then it makes it happened. just not as intended and chaotic. now the other way is to work on high energy, the good energy.
Telepathy also happened in many occasion and countless of many stories out there, I was told that my grandma once got a feeling that my father was in trouble and then proceeded to see him immediately. It seems that when my father was in trouble he unconsciously called grandma. so the groundwork is there. also the phenomenon of jinx, when a group of people say the same thing together.
Your definition of Magick is useful for the fantasy novel I'm writing. My fictional world has Thaumaturgy, or scientific magic that works like your definition and according to rational laws, but there's also Theurgy, or divine magic, which is essentially miracle working which channels holy and divine power. Alchemists in this world knew the secrets to unify the two arts to great effect long ago, but the secret has been lost.
The main character eventually learns from the ancient Prophet of the Mountain, a millenia-old Alchemist, that there is no clear distinction between the two, and both are different ways of understanding the same thing expressed differently, being both God and Nature. Thaumaturgy/scientific magic cultivates understanding of the natural world, which is part of God. The universe is part of God, and God is part of the universe, but God is not limited to the material world, and thus scientific magic cannot account for a complete understanding of God. Theurgy requires unifying one's will with the will and powers of various divine forces and forces not yet understood by the current framework of natural sciences.
The main character thus becomes responsible for a revival of true ancient alchemy, and is the apostle of the Prophet of the Mountain.
Amazing exposition. Truly informative. I have been experimenting with a Transcranial Direct Current device to boost the energy of my Nordic practices. It hacks time spent in perfecting meditation techniques. I have also built a device that uses a small radio transmitter, rigged to a headset. I boost the power of my thoughts with TCDC and then transmit my intent to the Aether. Amazing results...
Awesome video .so easy to understand clear and precise. My wife asked me what magick is the other day I tried my best but I fear it was a flawed attempt lol.we both watched this vid and apparently you give a much better explanation 🤷♂️lmao😁.
Hahaha! Doing my best seems to be doing the trick :D Best wishes to both you and your wife!
@@TRUSTINYAH you obviously dont have a clue what you are talking about or what this is .but thank you anyway .I have never been wicked in my life and you could say I talk to jesus everyday infact I am closer to him now than I have ever been.i know you mean well.best wishes for you in the future 👍
@@Mart5000. I am happy to hear that. But be careful when it comes to magic. Don't call spiritual guardians(demons) or bs like that.
Wow what a wonderful description of magick. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Just subscribed.
This is a great channel that I intend to visit more often in the future.
I liked your distinction between science and magic as it avoids the trap of seeing magic as what science is yet to discover. Not least as I am increasingly seeing science and the scientific method as the hegemony of greed. But then this places science as a codification of some aspects of the darkness.
@@TRUSTINYAH I'm Kejawen i.e. Muslim, so yes Jesus is very important to me, but I do not deify him. I repent as a part of my daily Jihad between good and evil. I have through this Jihad found my light and purpose and that is to fight the darkness. God bless you.
Hello my friend i won’t to shear a fort about your suspicions about the scientific method. I think your observations about the current state of science are true to some extent. However, the origins are not in science. The scientific method is neither good or bad nor black or white. It consists of a tool set of methods that in combination are insanely effective at detecting patterns in our material reality with the ultimate goal of fathoming truth. Science is in a way amoral because ethics is not a real criterion of science. This is also what makes science such a powerful tool, it is neutral and the knowledge gained can theoretically be replicated by anyone. However, this does not mean that the people who practice science are neutral. Just as you can use science to cure disease, you can also use it to build nuclear weapons, and ironically, in my experience, most scientists are really terrible at finding resources. Which is probably the biggest problem in science today. How are you going to neutrally and openly search for truth when you are chronically underpaid which the people who work in research usually are and the people who fund you are really only interested in profits? It is simply not possible and so knowledge creates with the bitter reality in which profits and power conservation power unfortunately play an important role than truth and the well-being of the general public.
@@neuemilch8318 that's certainly what we've been taught.
This video helped me more than any I've ever seen because you answered a question I've been pursuing the answer too for months. You're brilliant! It's been in front of me this whole time and it's obvious now. I predict that your theory about the western tradition is correct. I can see now that I had a suspicion already. Ever since I first started reading about Thelema. Even down to the exceptions in shamanism and Norse reconstructionists. You've really helped me here.
Thanks for saving me 20 years of confusion
Hehe! You're welcome! 20 years of confusion sounds about right! XD
I agree 👍💯, this video is absolute gold for anyone starting out in a magical or mystical path.
Your a-ha moment with tantra is 100% correct (in my experience). I started in western magick then moved to hinduism and now tantra and I noticed exactly what you mentioned
I found your later theory very interesting and certainly possible, especially considering the multiplicity of tantric schools and different schemes of chakras! To me it looks like a large part of the problem of defining magick is the question of how we can talk about something experiential and non-discursive using language. I read an excellent book Readling Neoplatonism: Non-Discursive thinking in Plotinus, Proclus and Damascius’ which relates to this.
The author Sara Rappe engages with how the Neoplatonists appear at odds with themselves in perpetuating a vast textual component when the ‘meat’ of the philosophy is necessarily beyond it. It was refreshing to see someone in modern western academic Philosophy even take on this point of view, never mind defend it! It’s also very accessible for the informed newcomer, so for anyone interested in Magick or Philosophy more broadly I recommend!
I think a problem is that only now are we getting cross-cultural perspectives in the academy, which have a lot of catching up to do with the cross-cultural power of the internet. The advantage is the democratisation of knowledge, the disadvantage is the lack of critical oversight. (Of course for oversight we’d need overseers which opens the question of their biases and the justification of their position, off the rabbit hole goes…)
One would expect academia to be enlightened in its dealing with other cultures, however, In my experience taking a course exploring Nagarjuna’s Buddhist epistemology, the ‘charitable’ approach was to save him from being a ‘paradox monger’, in other words to claim he actually made any intelligible analytic claims at all - the assumption being that if it didn’t it was somehow deficient. Of course it’s fair for analytic philosophy to seek what gems might be hiding elsewhere which are novel for its own purposes, but it seemed so hardened to a particular method that it was like someone’s football running into a garage, that person then getting their football and leaving without having realised the garage was labelled ‘free gold bullions’. I’m overjoyed to see the growth in scholarship in these fields but also, and even more so, frustrated when I’m reminded just how limited it still is.
Anyway, hopefully some sort of charitable equilibrium will emerge more strongly in the scholarly world and allow for the useful historical research to take place as part of a truly international and trans-cultural community. Then, the task of what such knowledge means can be taken up by various fields also operating with an emphasis on being truly charitable to such diverse maps of reality, rather than to just bandage up what’s useful for defending X or Y axiom, cherrypicking shiny ideas for our ‘western’ theories much like shadowy past of many museum artefacts.
Once again, my undying gratitude for your work, research and reflection. I sense the humility and consideration you take when presenting these ideas and much more is needed in the world! LVX from Belfast!
Well said
Great video. Your news both in tools and literature are great too. Also good to include conferences. These are great tools for networks which is often less in focus for esotericism which make it harder for people to find their communities
Man, what a video. Full of kindness and reservasion in order not to misinform and spread fear in any way.
Its not just this video but every one of yours.
I was novice at the subject when i saw ur video for the first time. I have no criteria to judge if the information are good/truth or not. My only criteria is the intuitive feeling about the person telling it, about his integrity and intention etc. So if i feel the warmth, i belive the info lets say. And all that ive noticed retroactively after i continued watching ur videos for few weeks.
And Deni, u are really nailing at my criterias. U are one of the biggest factors im aproching the subject without the fear but with curiosity and respect.
Thank you for that, it means a lot to me and it cultivates my inspiration toward the subject definetly. And im sure im not the only one :)
I did coment months ago something similar i think, cant remember exactly, but i wanted to say it again and maybe verbalise my feelings a bit more acurately. 🌼🍀
Hey, I'm so glad you're finding th econtent useful! Thank you so much for the very kind words :) My best wishes to you!
"Impossible things are going to stay impossible."
*Tunes out*
"New boundaries aren't discovered with that kind of attitude, sir." -Aleister Crowley
"Just Because Things Are Impossible To A Certain Individual Doesnt Mean Things Are Impossible To Others Remember Life Isnt Fair Kids."
i think your final conclusion of the golden dawn is nailed straight down! well done!!
Greetings and thank for all of your work in producing wonderful content. There definitely is a thread that connects the West and the East but it must predate Tantra. Hindu Tantra developed independently from Neoplatonic Theurgy and bare much resemblance. If we take the Chaldean Oracles as the forefather then we may see an ancient link via the Zoroastrians and since the Vedas and the Zoroastrian Avesta share and ancient Indo Aryan root, there may be something there.
In the days of ancient Egypt and Babylon. People didn't separate the subject of magic and science. There was one word for It, because bit was all considered the same thing.
Top video! Really enjoyed the resonant qualities of your marvellous voice🙏🏻
Fascinating theory and as far as I can think from everything I've already studied, it makes perfect sense. Also, I had a lot of fun with the initial 'disclaimer'. 😅 I also found your definition of magic very useful: am I wrong or does it get a strong inspiration from Aidan Wachter's “Six Ways”? Your videos are each time more and more exciting, more beautiful and well produced! Congratulations, dear Mr. Fish!
Ha! It's not impossible, though I'm sure all magicians probably reach something like this conclusion eventually...
We're on the same page re: tantra. Once I realized its sognificance to my magickal underatanding, I started watching videos on it. My inner monologue has an Indian accent at this point.
Why only 15 minutes? Why not 1.5 hours? Brilliant summary and a posh accent I could listen to all day.
also take a look at the work of georges lakhovsky about the multiple waves oscillator which tries to reproduce the EMF that supposedly give life / instructions to the cells.
because we can ask the question : what animates the cells ?
Thanks by the way ur channels helped me I've always been a logical person but there been that spark inside subconsciously drawing me back to magic i couldn't let it go so I would try to define it to give place in my knowledge and understanding of the universe u finally gave I can truly understand
The world is mental. I couldn't have agreed more with you, LOL!
There's nothing wrong with spreading this knowledge as long as we give credit where it's due. Magic, Alchemy, Spirituality, Numerology, and Astrology all started in Africa. People have a hard time believing it but it's a fact that needs to be accepted.
Why does it “need to be accepted”? How does that have to do with anything at all? Better yet, how would that change anything if everyone accepted what you said?
Great introduction to the concepts of magick! Maybe just the push for the uninitiated who's looking to get into this subject or looking for more answers. Would love it if you made a more advanced video as well!
"The brain is a receptor of consciousness, like a radio antennae that tunes into consciousness, not a generator of consciousness."
Spot on. Another analogy: Consciousness is like the internet, and our brains are the computers.
I view Science (i.e., physics) as working with the universe within the realm of time and matter. I view Magick (i.e., metaphysics) as working with the universe beyond the realm of time and matter. Sometimes they overlap.
Nice definition!
Refreshing stuff! Thank you mr. FF
Magic is the conscious use of semiotic processes to persuade patterns of acausal ordering to reorder according to desire. Reality consists of causal and acausal orderings (you can call them forces if you want) that weave the patterns of thought, matter and energy. Causal ordering, we know, but acausal ordering derives from the fundamental unpredictable nature of freewill which exists as a field (the keroi or κ-field) underlying everything including quantum interactions. This is strongly implied by the proof of the “Strong Free Will Theorem” (John H. Conway and Simon B. Kochen). Reality operates on choice and the universe we see sits on top of this. Causal ordering is predictable and mechanical; Acausal ordering is unpredictable (not random) and semiotic in nature. All minds are semiotic processes, and all semiotic processes are minds. The field of freewill underpinning reality is a field of semiotic processes which one can persuade with a constructed semiotic process (i.e., a spell).
Foolish Fish, thank you much for this. Wonderful video. Most are familiar with Crowley’s definition…. I like this much better.
Tantra rules dude 🤘🏾🔱 14:59
I have always thought about this. I agree with what Aaron Leitch said in an episode of Glitch bottle, that being that it all comes down to Astrology. Like... Deep down, all do, in different ways.
Hmm. That's an interesting perspective. I do like Aaron Leitch 😄
How far does the rabbit hole go! Fantastic conclusion!
Science is also the form of magic and even the study of stars but that's a start.
@ 8:35 hmmm I do think levitation does happen, because actually, if you think about it why wouldn't it? My favorite spoon-bender, OK, the only one I know that actually does this amazing focus energy work with objects consistently enough is Lior Suchard, but I think it's the same type of work. And I think all of these types of these things are actually simple, we just don't intend or focus energy enough or right or have the belief to do them. Levitation stories have always about doing them in groups... --more power perhaps? Not on Jay Leno yet, like Lior who blows everyones minds. Most of it's simple physics... right? Like why would indivisibility (of air craft or humans or anything) seem so amazing. As a kid I noticed those fan blades go around fast enough they become invisible. Late night rant. Love your channel! Just found it so relaxing and awesome to listen to mostly late at night while working on projects. Thank you so much!! Lulu
I'm afraid I don't believe in spoon bending... 🤷♂️
There's a different interpretation of Chaos magic that seems to have arisen from the Chans. It's like a deification of Chaos, but the practical application of the process comes in forming one's intentions out of the natural chaos within the world. Like, in order to effect their will, they first require a situation of absolute chaos to be taking place from which they will be able to force their will.
Yeah, angsty incels will be angsty incels 🤷♂️
nothing is impossible. we assume physics works the same way everywhere as it seems to locally, but we can't prove it, and we've only ultimately been observing the world for a few millennia. to me the distinction between "impossible" and "improbable" is not helpful. "impossible" only means very very improbable.
also, i do think that some of our best descriptions of how magic actually works come from fiction. specifically (although there are many more) i'm talking about:
1) the craft sequence, by max gladstone, in which it is understood that belief has mass and can warp reality, and that the ultimate foundation of reality is simply agreements between actors, i.e. the concept of consensus reality. so in these books, contracts are depicted as being more "real" than the material world.
2) jonathan strange and mr norrell, in which it is understood that everything - including fairly abstract concepts like Time or Darkness - is alive, and can be communicated with, and will help you if you ask in the right way.
3) the last unicorn, by peter s. beagle, which doesn't really provide an overarching theory to how magic works but does drop some powerful tidbits, such as "true magicians know that everything is teetering on the cusp of becoming something else" and "real magic can only be summoned by offering up your own liver [as opposed to one you stole or bought] and not expecting to get it back." in other words, you have to have skin in the game; you have to be willing to let something go to summon something new, and that something has to have genuine value to you.
Also not all Vajrayana schools trace their lineage back to the Saivite tradition. Scholars (mostly Japanese) believe there to be to streams of Esoteric Buddhism, one that was developed by the yogis of the charnal grounds and one developed in the university of nalanda. The latter was transmitted to China and later Japan via the mandala of the two realms and the mahavairocana sutra and the former was transmitted to Tibet.
Point being the essence of what we call Tantra today was shared by several traditions although Tantra was the most open about these esoteric practices.
Thank you so clearly explained 🖤
Loved you on Tin Foil hat ;) I instantly recognized that voice! Great videos as always
Hmm... That wasn't me 😅
@@FoolishFishBooks 😂👽
I've got a question, is there like an energy source behind the mind that makes magick possible? Like maybe some sort of primal or universe energy or substance?
Dude, thank you so much for the list of books. 😂
The Tree of Life : An Illustrated Study in Magic by Israel Regardie
Great video. Excellent
I know this is slightly off topic, but I’m curious if you have any material by William Lilly - Christian Astrology perhaps? Great video btw 😁
Fabulous!
Thank you for your work and moving the knowledge and conversation forward 😜 (see what I accidentally did there LOL)
But seriously thank you. It's really appreciated and very important.
Guys like myself need this.
Ba-dum 😄
Thank you for the kind words, A.J.!
Thank you 😊
Merci, tu as vraiment le don de Magie, Monsieur le Poisson Fou...
Actually the Golden Dawn got the tattvas from a Theosophical book "Nature's Finer Forces" by Rama Prasad
Love your content 🌞
Jésus is reported to have said "my yoke is light (or easy) . Yoga is a sanskrit (or pali) word translating as yoke. Also, allen watts once described buddhism as export model hinduism.
take a look at the work of 'wilhelm reich' about orgone (life energy), and bions (what animates matter)
Acacia branch represnts the tree of life to the hermetic rose. Soma, amrita, mana, uzza acacia tree, Nature loves courage.
@Level ARE3RA wtf
What books and videos do people recommend for newcomers?
This guy has videos on it but i enjoy Josephine Mcarthy on the glitch bottle podcast. Her Free course quariea is amazing.
Encourage anyone here to read or listen to the book 'magicians of the gods' that gives this theory historical context in the deepest roots of humanity. Very interesting!
I consider the non material universe to actually be the universe in its higher dimensional forms. That thought, feelings, and beliefs are actually physical forces, but of a higher dimension. .
I am gaining a lot from your videos. I have seen some unexplainable stuff happen and my mind is blown but im super curious what the full extent of this power ive winessed
I believe in the spiritual world as well as in Extraterrestrial life 👽 so do you think only humans have the capability to perform magik ?
I enjoy this channel since I discovered it a couple weeks ago but I must admit to being a bit disappointed by repeat citations from the Kyballion.
Are the specific quotes inaccurate or misleading? Or are they actually fine, just not ancient or related to Hermeticism in any way?
@@FoolishFishBooks accurate yes. New Thought and antithetical to just about every teaching in the corpus.
@@gilserrano8301 not sure about antithetical. Just unrelated.
Thank you
So glad you liked it, @Alessio! 😄🙏
Prometheus Rising was the first book I ever lay eyes on dealing with the concepts of Magick. Read the book back in 2010.
Today is the first time I've been privy to know the book is Chaos Magick.
I'm just starting it and I read it in between semesters for my online classes.
Thank you!
Magick is The art of control thought to produce a result..I love your synthesis of the information presented across this video⚛️🔯☯️
Very nice definition :) Glad you liked the video! :D
That makes Crowley's longer idea shorter, I agree and Disagree at the same time, is more too it the further You Go, I'm not one who goes for this it's all in your mind theory because I have seen, heard and smelled things from outside this Realm, they weren't Human and never were!
@@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551 I'm curious, especially about the scents too, are you willing to give an account of these?
@@TRUSTINYAH Wow you a good christian, too bad you are commited to that religion.
Thought, feelings, and beliefs. Thoughts are day dreams. Thoughts that are mixed with faith and feeling, are creation.
Magick is the conscious manipulation of energy. 👑🙏🏽👑
I've been practicing only for about 7 months now and I have to say this practice has changed my life, especially studying the Sefirot and angels and symbolism. At some points it is overwhelming, and at others fluid and enlightening. That is the beauty of this work and life in general
I come back to this video frequently in my own personal studies, I still have many questions, but I feel that each time I come back to this video I gain new insight into a basic. I hope that you continue to produce videos of this caliber. Easy to digest, easy to take notes on, substantiated by many different views on Magic. You have been an incredible study aid!!!
Thats the exact disclaimer I need when I start a conversion with someone.
😂
You mention telekinesis and then say that impossible things will stay impossible...implying that telekinesis is impossible. I would say it is within the realm of possibilities, specially since studies in some poltergeist events somewhat correlates the phenomenon to puberty and other forms of poltergeist phenomenon suggest an involvement of the experiencer in terms of co-creation of the phenomenon.
Fair comment, @sejdr :) Thanks as always for your invariably thoughtful and helpful contribution ;)
@@FoolishFishBooks In whole it is a very nice video! :)
During a seance, as a teenager, I experienced an object moving by itself. Fascinating to watch…not sure how it happened though.
It's may not be possible to move objects. But energy manipulation is entirely possible
From a Chaos Magick perspective, the weight of belief that telekinesis is impossible is too strong to ever be able to make it possible with any consistency. There might be validity to claims of it happening as a fluke, but it runs counter to all that we know through experience about our own existence, and the skepticism which drives you to attempt to repeat an experiment is on its own enough to return you to the belief that it is impossible. It is much easier to make things happen that seem plausible.
It's amazing to know that what you're sharing here is what I've come across so far in my readings. It's satisfying and assuring to know that I am not crazy at all. LOL. We're spiritual beings encased in physical bodies and everything in this world is connected. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
This is an incredible channel.
After a few years “procrastinating” I finally started practicing daily and this channel was the one responsible for the last push I needed in order to decide to make the Craft an important part of my life. Thank you !
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I feel the same way as yourself. Foolish Fish has really gave me the confidence to expand my already curious and spiritual being. I must say though I have bought so many books recommended by him that I feel I need a book to understand the book I read lol. Good luck on your journey my friend.
Excellent excellent video. As an Indian exploring Tantric traditions, I have always noticed the striking similarities to western approaches of Magick. Just like Hinduism has different personifications of the one "Brahman", the different esoteric knowledge groups are local or more relatable instances of the same cosmic knowledge.
Psychedelics have shown and awoken me to Magick
They literally remove the veil where born under, from cannabis to shrooms it all has its uses.
@@jbtv5617 couldn’t agree more. It’s painful to hear people speak down on them. When they are so useful if used consciously
cannabis won't help you with shit in regards of magic, nor speed, meth, heroine, lsd. the single thing that actually helps you are the shrooms, some dmt also, but if you want to affect the exterior with the vibration, easily and on another level, eating shrooms daily for 2-3 months (Not microdosing) you will discover a lot.
@@czb3130 I was microdosing shrooms and was shown the secrets of magick, I didn’t even know what it was when it was happening
@@shroomed999 that's good. watch out, I was doing them for 6 months and not micro dosing, but eating 10grams a day as an average and once ate around 40. Made things and saw things in those 6 months that at some point were too high for my level of understanding and consciousness. If you play with the fire too much and you seek too much and you are not ready, you can get burned. I was not eating for 7-8 days at once and only drinking water and not really sleeping also, just resting 1-2 hours daily, was feeling like a god for some time. Just pay attention, micro dosing should be alright I guess, whatever you do, don't eat over 20 grams at once. Also, I am talking dry not wet.
Well. that was a good one m8. oh man, I urge anyone who has not already, to take a good look at the intro to the Kabalion chapter 6, the introductory paragraph starting with the phrase "The Half-wise". it is a very good paragraph to Memorize and keep close to your mind at all times. The Kabalion in general is a good place to start for anyone interested in magic of any kind. in my humble experience, The "impossible" is a series of collective and personal boundaries in place due to the momentum of the collective (The All), and to transcend these boundaries is possible, however it is more dangerous than most can realize without direct experience of coming close to doing so.
in other words, it may seem "Cool" from your current state of mind (conscious vibration) to be able to lift or move an object with your Mind only (telekinesis), however, what one does not usually realize is that to break that boundary requires and elicits a change in what you are that cannot coexist with your previous self in any practical way. so whats not possible IMO is the way these things are depicted, using harry potter as an example, where they are "normal" so to speak, people who can just throw bolts of light out of wands and move things around and teleport and such. that is not how it works. to reach that level of transcending the boundaries in place (which is possible) will take completely altering and refining what you are on a fundamental level. and that makes it, IMHO, nearly impossible to coexist in this bound reality with other parts of yourself who accept and use these boundaries to have a limited experience of "Being Joe Smith" as opposed to the reality that we are all the One Mind. The boundaries and impossibility's are here to keep us safe and allow us to have this experience as limited beings who can interact with each other. but they are not fundamentally real in any way.
this is just for all those with dreams of fantasy magic. keep it in fantasy, write a book, make a cartoon, (or a song in my case) thats where it belongs for good reason. i wouldn't want to live in a world where people had the ability to channel lighting and crush objects with our thoughts alone, we do bad enough things with the physical ways we've figured out to achieve those ends. a wizard battle, much like real warfare, looks exciting on screen, in reality it would be terrifying for all involved. accept and appreciate your limitations and transcend them slowly and with reason, integrity and purpose, and out of necessity, not want or desire, or even worse blind curiosity. The phrase "Curiosity Killed the Cat" and the phrase "Be careful what you wish for" both exist for very good reason..
btw, Saturn made me say all that.. lol "wink"
Balance.
much love brother Fish
Great Video.
Wise words as always, @DW! Thank you for sharing 🙏
EGO does not belong in the occult
Thank you for your seriously wise comment. Certainly the first and foremost question that one must necessarily find the answer is the total understanding of one’s identity without which one would truly find oneself in extremely muddy waters if one were to explore the realm of magick, who knows ? However once identity is truly established, the laws of the universe are still applied but more freedom (or absolute freedom) is now possible.
Believing is seeing.
@@Nica-Ra-Wata ahaha ! Really ?
@@TRUSTINYAH EGYPTIANS wrote the bible or helios byblos or codex inscryptus and freemason stole the wisdom of Kemet or Egypt...
Zeus is jesus
Having experienced telekinesis myself on several occasions, I have to say that it's not *always* a parlor trick. An extreme improbability, yes, but definitely not an impossibility. However, I do still think that that's a great disclaimer to put out there for those new to the whole concept of real magick -- what "it" is, and what expectations one can realistically have.
Yes. Having experienced poltergeist myself, telekinesis is indeed possible. I was a little child when it happened. things move, the door knob rattling by itself, I was scared back then. If you think about it, the way it was done was channeled through fear, the low energy, which feeds the ghost/daimon in the presence. So the daimon asked for energy, I gave, then it makes it happened. just not as intended and chaotic. now the other way is to work on high energy, the good energy.
Telekinesis is possible. Helena Blavatsky was recorded performing such things with a teacup and spoon, levitating the cup while swirling the spoon to stir her tea.
Then just recently their was a magician on AGT All Stars who blindfolded himself and levitating a spinning ring onto Heidi Klums index finger 😕
Weird. I began with Buddhism, then Hinduism, Advaita Vedanta, with an interest in Shamanism from various regions, Norse mythology .... and then wandered in here. I'm really enjoying this channel. Many thanks.
me too :)
What you tnink about psionic? For example PsiPog handbook?
Dude this was so great to hear. It was like an echo across space time. In the past year or so I’ve been coming to the same conclusion. Literally the same haha. In fact, I redd “Tantra Illuminated” based on your recommendation. This video and that book were the final nails in the coffin for me on that whole theory. Thanks again for your work 🙏
Levitation is real and not a parlor trick
This was a great presentation, especially on integrating the best of both our lower and higher selves. Here's my personal long-standing definition: Science is the tool by which we interact with the universe within the realm of time and matter. Magick is the tool by which we interact with the universe beyond the realm of time and matter. We are all an aspect of God, but not the whole.
I know this sounds crazy but why does this sound so much like Dynamis in FFXIV?
Like in the world of FFXIV their are two distinct forms of energy. Aether, which is what most of hydaelyn(the star that the game takes place on) is made out of, it's observable and measurable and can be used for anything. Memories and Souls are created by using Aether and when we die all that energy returns to the life stream, to be recycled and turned into something new. Despite Magic existing in FFXIV it functions more akin to a science with how it's studied.
Dynamis or Akasa, is more intangible as it's a form of energy that is fueled by one's emotions and is rather difficult or harder to tap into, due to how esoteric it is. It isn't as powerful as Aether BUT the rest of the universe comprises of Dynamis, with Aether being a very very very minor thing in the grand scale of the universe.
Just a parallel I noticed.
As Above, so below, As Below, so Above
For the Universe is the earthworm but the earthworm is not the Universe
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10:06 Like working with Saint Germaine??? 1 of the “Ascending Masters” ???
I appreciate this video, thank you Mr Fish😄
Levitation is real and not a parlor trick
Is it possible to email you with a random question on the Shiva Lingam and it’s connection to consciousness and magic?
4:51
I've often wondered how viable it would be to become a "doctor of the non-manifest" so to speak in this day and age where I live. I'd really like to start doing what I can to help others with what time I have left.
I fell into the “self help industry” full on for a couple yrs and my subjective opinion on the subject is that when I find that desire to share, teach or “help” others… I look within and find a lot for me to work on about myself.
I have friends who are shamans and I also have friends who went to shamanic schools to learn to “help” people. In my experience, the ones who are powerful are the ones who were just called to be available and the ones who went out for training have no real powers at all. Quite the opposite. They can actually cause a lot of destruction.
A friend also warned me regarding those with intentions to “help” that when you encounter them you are also encountering the energy they put out that others need help. That somethings “wrong” with them. To think one has reached a point of “arrival” and is now ready to direct others can be some serious humbug that causes more disturbance than actual “help”.
Like a flashlight aimed at a wall in a dark room, if you move the light away from the wall you will notice the circle of light get bigger. You can also notice that as this circle grows bigger, so does equally the circumference of darkness around it. Suggesting that the more we learn, simultaneously we become aware of how much more we don’t know. Your “student” will almost always be your “teacher” but just being available with no intent can grant you an opportunity to be of much more value to someone’s journey (and your own) than having an intention to “help”.
I know that was a long winded subjective opinion. I just feel deeply that the last thing the world needs is someone else trying to show others “the way”. What Dennis is able to do here on this channel is quite rare. I think it requires Jedi level craft and if it’s meant to be will happen naturally. My 10cents! 🤦🏻🤣
I love the video. Wonderful introduction! I have but one thought; why did you dismiss miracles? Flying, or moving things with a thought? There are many known instances of these things in regular media! From the eastern monks that can fortify their flesh with their mind against knives, spears, and hand-held drills; to those who can heat things near themselves.
I’m a beginner at magick and I’d like to ask, what are your thoughts on the claims that it’s all placebo work? Contemplating this question has interrupted my path and I want to get answers before I continue
The thing about placebo, is that it works, just not super well. Some magic is about getting placebo to work better than baseline placebo, with better and better results. But that's just some magic. The topic of magic is as vast as the topic of science.
@@FoolishFishBooks So I’m gonna use an LBRP as an example because for the next three months, that and shadow work will be all I do. I feel like my space is cleared and refreshed, and previously vibes and unwanted energies are out. But how much of it is supernatural power and how much of it is the psychological power of ritual?
I have a signed edition of manly p halls the phoenix, what luck how I found it at a book store. one thing about higher dimensions, I NEVER believed in my heart, but I always wanted to believe, that the "otherness", the "alien", existed until I personally walked into it, with a strong strain and a high dose of mushroom I did experience it and for the first time in my life i believed in something really unimaginable and profound.
@@TRUSTINYAH I assure you he’s ok lol, if you don’t like this, I don’t see why you’re here, he is simply on a plan to higher consciousness
I completely agree with your 'Aha!' moment. It doesn't seem accidental that the Middle Pillar ritual moves energy through the seven Chakras. I also remember being the thesis advisor, about 10 years ago, for a graduate student who was writing a Master's thesis which was a comparative study of the Tree of Life and the Hindu Chakras.
Magick just sounds like philosophy + quantum physics + metaphysics + human egocentrism.
and really interesting :P
Don't forget delusion!
Yeah, it sounds like the realization of a lot of deep things about the universe, but decoupled from the usual ego-death experiences most people have before they can piece it all together. The result being that the Magician is a person who has deluded themselves into thinking they can impose their will on reality in some special way, when in reality you cannot even think about controlling any aspect of your life without the entire universe simultaneously preparing to control you to an equal degree.
@@pinkfloydguy7781 delet dis
@@anaglyphx delusion, maybe but what if it brings fruit? If it works for you, helps you get focused and get what you want and you like it this way then what's the issue?
Another thought provoking video. The day I knew I'd be a magician was when I was forced to go out with friends to a stag party. I found I had the ability to turn beer into urea which poured out onto my compost heap. The worms loved it and gave back first rate compost. I was then inspired to try Chiantified urea and so one. One day I woke face down in the warm compost on a winter's night. Those spoilt little worms had kept me from hypothermia. I went back to squash and tea after that but had found a friend in the Earth element. Sometimes stupidity and that serendipity moment are necessary to make real evolution. Re-iterating, an interesting video. Have you considered travelling lectures with oodles of comedy. As a brilliant black comedian (I met in Birmingham) phrased it.'EDUTAINMENT'.
if there is zero phenomenon as a result of your magical practices
then it's nothing more then warm fuzzy cosplay,
but hey, if that makes you happy more power to you
eh? Isn't 'an effect' kind of the point?
@@FoolishFishBooks I like your channel great content .. but there comes a point in your life when you realize you can't read your way to a specific end ... or the other ... "I woke up this morning ... praise the Lord" or "I just got the job I was totally qualified for, thank you St. Expedite" ... this is my personal opinion, if a magical practice isn't verified by a concrete result, then it's just make believe
@@ifoundthistoday correct
Like he said, science studies the physical aspect of our reality. You can't prove consciousness in a lab. But it's proven that our consciousness can literally alter physical objects , change dna molecules in the body and in other people as well. If you look at it scientifically, our thoughts generate energy and can alter the molecules of our physical things...
I’m with you. I haven’t finished the vid yet (17:03) but so far this just seems like a primer on world religions. But apparently lots of other folks feel otherwise.
great video, ever thought about making a podcast?
@@TRUSTINYAH You're annoying, you've posted that on damn near every comment I've read