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The Maly Magick Survey
Oct. 18th, 2001 06:58 pmThe Maly Magick Survey
The basics -
Magickal Names (if any): LITE
Specific area of magical practice: Fate and Mind magicks
How long have you been practicing? About 7 years?
The totems -
Do you have any totems? Yep
Real animal totems:Wolf and Raven. Haven't looked lately so possibly some cat can be added to that as well. I should go and look.
Mythics: Pixies, sprites, Lepreachauns.. basically any of the faerie with playful natures
Do you have any familiars? If you mean familiar in the strictest sort of sense... maybe Friend Wolf. He's been known to come help as necessary. My cats sometimes get involved too, but rarely (But then I practice magick rarely nowadays). In a less than strict sense as I sense maly uses, I have a gaggle of pixies who follow me around. Or used to.. come to think of it, tho.. my shoes haven't "untied itself" or my Walkman wires "tied themselves" lately. I should check on that.
Own any images/statues IRL of your totems? Yep. Especially Wolves. No ravens, actually.. but Wolves and cats.
The gods -
Any heirarchy you particularly like? Nah. I rarely get involved with gods. I used to try to get into the celtic gods but it didn't work for me. Honestly, I believe in a vague undefinable sort of divinity prevalent in the entire matrix of the universe over specific characterizations of that divinity.
Name one god/goddess who you particularly like, and why? I've always liked the fool in all his various aspects.. Kokopelli, Friend Coyote, Loki, Eros... though the fool I particularly like is closest to Friend Coyote. Mischievious, fun-loving and all too human. The fool has a million faces (inlcuding ours). He/She often has really good intentions at heart that don't always work as well as he'd like. The fool, in my eyes, is a concentrated dose of what binds us all together.. humanity. Imperfect, often-well meaning and often misunderstood.
The other stuff -
Solo practicioner or groups? I used to do things in a sort of group. A few people I hung around with online and in real life who all seemed to be aimed at approximately the same goals (making life better for ourselves and our friends). In the end for various reasons it dissolved. I do magick by myself and, for the most part, by myself. But, as mentioned earlier, I rarely do magick nowadays. There's simply been no real need.
Favorite impliments/tools: My self. My ritual usually simply consists of me closing my eyes, clearing my thoughts and concentrating on what I need. If I feel like I need some psychic backup I break out my collection of gems. That's it.
Do you own any ritual clothing? What kind? I've got a purple ritual robe. I've never actually used it FOR ritual, tho. I've used it for halloween a couple times, tho :)
Do you believe in using magick in a negative fashion? No. There is never a good enough reason, in my book, to use magick for hate or anger. Never. The very worst you should do is sort of tug on the pants of Mommy and Daddy and say "Look! (Said mage) is being very bad and not using their divine powers properly! Punish him/her!" I don't need nor want the negative karma. I get enough from how I act without conisciously working magick on it.
Do you hate "them?" (the Christians): Which them? All Christians? Dear god no.. honestly I try very hard NOT to hate. But there are some people who just get down under the skin. Extremists are one of these people. It used to be the only extremists I hated most WERE Christians who were trying to save my soul for his lord Jesus Christ. I've since changed my mind. I hate Extremist Muslims more. The Extremist Christians may want to save my soul, but not by killing off 6,000 innocents.
Name the most magickal place you've ever been: There's a place to the South-West (?) of Buffalo in, i THINK, Cattaragus County. A mist filled valley surrounded on both sides by lush green hills. I don't know it's name.. but I've never experienced magick as strongly and... beautifully as I have there. So it was a double pleasure. It was beautiful eye candy and the magick was... nice. I also came home with half my gaggle of pixies from there. I sort of.. picked them up.
Who's the most magickal person you know? Magickal in what sense? Complexity of Soul? Strength of Power? I've met all sort of very magickal people. Some I respect because they've been able to keep the magick of youth alive in themselves, continuing to see the world with child-like glee. Some were strong in power and fearful in angrer. Some had souls like ice sculptures.. all different colours and pretty angles. I'm not sure how to answer this.
Is there any area of magick you'd like to learn more about? I'd like to learn more about divinity. I've dabbled into it, but not enough that I've been really happy with what I've been able to do.
The basics -
Magickal Names (if any): LITE
Specific area of magical practice: Fate and Mind magicks
How long have you been practicing? About 7 years?
The totems -
Do you have any totems? Yep
Real animal totems:Wolf and Raven. Haven't looked lately so possibly some cat can be added to that as well. I should go and look.
Mythics: Pixies, sprites, Lepreachauns.. basically any of the faerie with playful natures
Do you have any familiars? If you mean familiar in the strictest sort of sense... maybe Friend Wolf. He's been known to come help as necessary. My cats sometimes get involved too, but rarely (But then I practice magick rarely nowadays). In a less than strict sense as I sense maly uses, I have a gaggle of pixies who follow me around. Or used to.. come to think of it, tho.. my shoes haven't "untied itself" or my Walkman wires "tied themselves" lately. I should check on that.
Own any images/statues IRL of your totems? Yep. Especially Wolves. No ravens, actually.. but Wolves and cats.
The gods -
Any heirarchy you particularly like? Nah. I rarely get involved with gods. I used to try to get into the celtic gods but it didn't work for me. Honestly, I believe in a vague undefinable sort of divinity prevalent in the entire matrix of the universe over specific characterizations of that divinity.
Name one god/goddess who you particularly like, and why? I've always liked the fool in all his various aspects.. Kokopelli, Friend Coyote, Loki, Eros... though the fool I particularly like is closest to Friend Coyote. Mischievious, fun-loving and all too human. The fool has a million faces (inlcuding ours). He/She often has really good intentions at heart that don't always work as well as he'd like. The fool, in my eyes, is a concentrated dose of what binds us all together.. humanity. Imperfect, often-well meaning and often misunderstood.
The other stuff -
Solo practicioner or groups? I used to do things in a sort of group. A few people I hung around with online and in real life who all seemed to be aimed at approximately the same goals (making life better for ourselves and our friends). In the end for various reasons it dissolved. I do magick by myself and, for the most part, by myself. But, as mentioned earlier, I rarely do magick nowadays. There's simply been no real need.
Favorite impliments/tools: My self. My ritual usually simply consists of me closing my eyes, clearing my thoughts and concentrating on what I need. If I feel like I need some psychic backup I break out my collection of gems. That's it.
Do you own any ritual clothing? What kind? I've got a purple ritual robe. I've never actually used it FOR ritual, tho. I've used it for halloween a couple times, tho :)
Do you believe in using magick in a negative fashion? No. There is never a good enough reason, in my book, to use magick for hate or anger. Never. The very worst you should do is sort of tug on the pants of Mommy and Daddy and say "Look! (Said mage) is being very bad and not using their divine powers properly! Punish him/her!" I don't need nor want the negative karma. I get enough from how I act without conisciously working magick on it.
Do you hate "them?" (the Christians): Which them? All Christians? Dear god no.. honestly I try very hard NOT to hate. But there are some people who just get down under the skin. Extremists are one of these people. It used to be the only extremists I hated most WERE Christians who were trying to save my soul for his lord Jesus Christ. I've since changed my mind. I hate Extremist Muslims more. The Extremist Christians may want to save my soul, but not by killing off 6,000 innocents.
Name the most magickal place you've ever been: There's a place to the South-West (?) of Buffalo in, i THINK, Cattaragus County. A mist filled valley surrounded on both sides by lush green hills. I don't know it's name.. but I've never experienced magick as strongly and... beautifully as I have there. So it was a double pleasure. It was beautiful eye candy and the magick was... nice. I also came home with half my gaggle of pixies from there. I sort of.. picked them up.
Who's the most magickal person you know? Magickal in what sense? Complexity of Soul? Strength of Power? I've met all sort of very magickal people. Some I respect because they've been able to keep the magick of youth alive in themselves, continuing to see the world with child-like glee. Some were strong in power and fearful in angrer. Some had souls like ice sculptures.. all different colours and pretty angles. I'm not sure how to answer this.
Is there any area of magick you'd like to learn more about? I'd like to learn more about divinity. I've dabbled into it, but not enough that I've been really happy with what I've been able to do.
