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Whether you are a beginner or a well seasoned practitioner, you'll find some useful articles in this chapter. Ritual Magick or Ceremonial Magick, dates back thousands of years. Getting its roots from the practice of Christian Kabbalah, a philosophical system adopted from Jewish mysticism, Medieval Alchemy, and Gnostic/Hermetic philosophy.
There are several large organized groups in the country but the majority of practitioners are members of small groups or practice alone. Magicians do not openly talk about their spiritual work. They practice the principal of silence. The social pressures are still outrageous. We have come a little way in the past several hundred years. At least we are not burning people on a stake or piling rocks until the life is crushed out of them. My word, how savage was that in this civilized world?
It seems that even in this day and time, when you tell someone that you practice ritual magick, an eye braw is raised. Many still look down on us and think its all for evil work or just plain a bunch of hog wash. Non believers need to be educated and those closed minds opened.
The basic idea behind Ceremonial magick lies in the Hermetic philosophy of vibration: all things on earth emanate from the divine and carry properties of these emanations; that man is a microcosm of the divine; things that affect the microcosm also affect the macrocosm (the universe/divine), and by influencing the microcosm, one also affects the macrocosm. You can read more about the process here: Basic Principals of Ritual Magick. This is very interesting and worth the read.
I am putting together some articles on things involved with ritual magick. I hope something will help you with your practices.
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