![]() But for our purposes, we will use the word to describe a glyph created using the methods originated by Austin Osman Spare (see the chapter on History for details on Spare.) Though Spare never revealed exactly how the concept of sigil magic came to him, he was an accomplished graphic artist, so it’s possible he got the idea from seeing watermarks on paper. Sigil Theory: In general terms, a sigil is any glyph or symbol with mystical or magical significance. ![]() By use of the active imagination, and certain “slight-of-mind” tricks such as sigils, we breach the barriers of the subconscious by guile rather than by main force (as in shamanism) or by seige (as in traditional ceremonial magic.) Religious acceptance is replaced with passionate performance that taps into the unconscious archtypes that underlie all the religious symbolism of humanity. But it is more magically effective for the student of a system to accept the dogma of it’s tradition - that it’s symbol-set is inherently magical - without question, to provide the required belief-state to make it work.Īs Chaos Magicians we substitute meta-belief technique for dogmatic adherence to a particular model. There is no inherent magical “power” in any particular set of symbols it is only the subconscious manipulation of whatever symbols are chosen that make them magical. This explains the long apprenticeships and intense religious instruction that characterizes the traditions. The adept may then use the tools of the system to formulate effective magical procedures. Complex systems of ceremonial magic can be effective, but only if the subconscious mind is trained to autonomically recognise the symbolism of the system and act on it’s linguistics unconsciously. Shamanistic sorcery obviously involves direct interface with the magician’s subconscious, breaking down the barriers by extreme disciplines and psychoactive drugs. Not only does this theory model the function of sigil magic, but can be used to model any form of effective magical technique. If you get nothing more from this book than the concepts explained in this chapter, it will have been worth the price you paid (unless you borrowed the book, in which case you should support your hard working occult author and run out right now and buy your own copy!) The most important thing about sigil magic is that - it works! The theory goes like this: the conscious mind is not directly capable of performing magic (in fact, it inhibits magic,) so the subconscious mind must have the magical intent implanted in somehow it so that it might “unconsciously” manipulate aetheric information to bring about the result. ![]() The law of sorcery is its own law, using sympathetic symbols. I use a formula, created by instinctive guess and *arbitrarily* formed, not evolved by hypothesis and experiment. Sigils: The means used and the way it happens are simple, the inverse of scientific. ![]()
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