Magick That Works [Esoteric Saturdays]

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[@hotdoggington6962]

Former hardcore skeptic here, currently going through a slow motion realization that there's actually something real to this. Thanks for the video!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

That's awesome! Enjoy the journey!

[@Juliana_So_Unique]

What was your catalyst? I am a skeptic as well. What changed your mind? I would like to know please.

[@hotdoggington6962]

@@Juliana_So_Unique It depends on what you mean exactly. On a surface level I watched episode 3 of The Midnight Gospel, became interested in magic, started reading Damien Echols, and it went from there. But the thing that actually changed my mind was the experience of magic, and unfortunately, I know it sounds like a cop out, but it's not something you can explain in words. It'd be like trying to describe "seeing" or "hearing" to someone unfamiliar with the concepts - describing it scientifically wouldn't really illuminate what the experience is actually like. Especially because it mostly revolves around mundane things you already do, it's just doing them in a way that's conscious of the actual power that can be wielded while doing them. On the plus side, you can experience it for yourself! If you're willing to follow directions thoroughly and be a bit disciplined in your training, at least. Doesn't have to be huge, just starting with 15 minutes a day, or whatever you can spare. You'll be craving it naturally before you know it. There are a huge number of different systems you can use - for people with our background, I recommend Learning Ritual Magic by John Michael Greer. He gives clear directions to what seems like the most effective, efficient route, without any woo-woo or philosophical droning. Doesn't even require belief! Like anything else that's tangible, belief in it is irrelevant. Tho I can assure you, you will quickly come upon things that aren't readily explicable by the modern rational worldview. (also let me just say, I still adore science and use my rational mind like a sword to cut through bullshit. Charlatans are everywhere, including and maybe even especially on the road to enlightenment)

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

@@Marvin-rr9clAs someone who’s been going g down my own path of epiphany, I’d say the catalyst for me was realizing that mythologies were not just stories, but metaphysical truths told straight from the subconscious.

[@IBMikmaq]

I never thought of doing this. Thank you for this epiphany. As a Mi’kmaw we have a group of spirits we pray to during our ceremonies like for example when we prepare our sweat lodge ceremony and when we fill our pipes for pipe ceremonies and even during the actual sweat ceremony. We call on these spirits to come sit with us in a good way and take our prayers to wasook the place of our ancestors. Each direction has its own spirits we pray to. We also pray to Niskum our creator. We also pray to our grandmother earth. We also have a number of deities in our culture as well. The most famous one being Glooskap.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

This is such a cool insight! Thank you so much for sharing! 😄🙏

[@IBMikmaq]

@@FoolishFishBooks if you type into Google “History of Halifax, a Mi’kmaw perspective” you will find a nice article I wrote. At the end of the historical part you will find two legends including in it which talks about some of these deities. These are our oral histories passed down since time immemorial.

[@MisstressMourtisha]

Thank you 🙏

[@talon7132]

As a Chickasaw we have very similar Spirits and Deities . Too many Tribes to say they are all alike , however of the handful I have been around the evidence and proof speaks for itself

[@navypinkdesign]

@@IBMikmaq thank for this tip!

[@Nova19-1]

your esoteric saturdays ARE a rabbit hole i spent 5 hours just watching your videos

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Haha! Yes you can go deep, without a doubt! 😄 I'm glad you're enjoying them 😄🙏

[@talon7132]

Being half German/half Chickasaw , my Tradition is unlike anyone else's. I joined an Eclectic Wiccan Coven while in my 20s. After becoming a High Priest by Rite of Initiation , I circled out and went Solitary. I have spent a little over 20yrs researching all things Chickasaw I could get my hands on. I have worked on fitting my Heritage into a Wiccan practice. A friend says I have created what he calls "ChickaWicca"

[@FoolishFishBooks]

That's truly awesome 🤩

[@huntbot]

Hey! Chickasaw Nation member here too! 👋

[@tony16175]

How can I contact you ?

[@salomonsaachz6823]

In Carl Gustav Jung's Red Book I came across this concept that Magick is out of the realm of Reason and cannot be comprehend by it, nor explained, and this brings an Eureka kind of moment to me, it shifts my perspective on things. Magick might not be explained by mere words, as words act as a veil between our subconcious mind and our shared conscious reality. They map chaos into order, but the map is not the territory. And as human we might be the bridge between these two realms : Magick / Chaos being accessible by our right hemisphere (often linked to artistry & creative flow), Reason / Logic by our left one (home of the carthesian mind, segmenting the whole into parts). I now see the Right Hemisphere as a "Daemonic Space" from which one can draw energy to be manifested into our perceptive Left Hemisphere reality. In one way demons (& daemons) are but the shadow of our subconcious, the unknown waiting to be named into conscious reality. Drawn by letting go of the mental control (left domain), in a kind of improvised dance. I dunno, that's the kind of symbolism that speak to me anyways :)

[@asteroxfoundation]

Choosing your magick is like selecting a car to purchase...find the one that both you like and that likes you back. Similar to making your own salad or making your own sundae, add the flavors and toppings that you prefer. My magick is primarily based on asking the spirits for assistance...and then providing gratitude for their efforts. They are our mentors and psychopomps.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Well, having only ever owned one car which I hated (never wanted one after that) I can possibly agree! 😄 Jokes aside, adding your own ingredients is a majorly important factor I didn't mention this week, so thanks for bringing it up! 🙏

[@bmmaaate]

An interesting analogy. My mother won't eat 'foreign muck' as she calls it. But I have different tastes and as Terry Pratchett says, magicians like all the flavours at once!

[@pleasureisgood5957]

For me is something like the manifestation of emotions. Being able to control them all.

[@FraterIgniUmbra-ci7gv]

How you been Astarox? Seems we all see each other around.

[@asteroxfoundation]

@@FraterIgniUmbra-ci7gv 👍

[@JohnMcCfatty]

you and damien echols have got me into magick, been chronically ill and since my last flare up my connection to god, intuition, emotional capacity, and wonder in life has faded substantially. ive only just started and im already having strange synchronicities back and seeing 11.11 more. straight after doing my LBRP today i was clearing stuff out from my attic and found my old school bag from years ago, first thing i reached in and took out was a religious studies book from my confirmation (brought up Christian but not Christian). the first page i opened there was a drawing i did with a man with a cross on his shirt and it reminded me of the qabbalistic cross envisioning that white light going through you, few pages more and i saw FIRE, with this quote "Breathe on me, breath of God till I am wholly thine until this earthly part of me glows with Thy fire divine" which is funny because i decided i want to focus alot on the fire element with magick, being a musician and someone who feels like they have lost there passion. this has given me some hope and sense of wonder back, i now feel again like there is purpose order and wonder still in the world although sometimes through my sick depressed lenses i may not see it. thank you for your content

[@foxinsocksonboxwithknox9677]

If you're getting sick doing magick make sure you're grounding at the end of each endeavour. Also consult your doctor to make sure its not a biological thing. Also make sure youre eating healthy, hydrating and trying to get enough sleep

[@JohnMcCfatty]

@@foxinsocksonboxwithknox9677 thanks man appreciate it but i was chronically ill before i started, been ill for a few years and housebound unable to work etc. i eat really healthily too mostly beans vegetables and smoothies. appreciate your concern my friend :)

[@sharon_rose724]

@@JohnMcCfatty I don't know if you're strictly vegetarian/vegan, but I was for a few years and got to the point I was not thriving physically or mentally. I started eating meat again and feel so much better in both ways. I know everyone is different, and I don't know your illness, but just wanted to share my experience. Best of luck!

[@JohnMcCfatty]

@@sharon_rose724 funny you say that I've been considering that for a while as I'm a vegan of 8 years I always thought people who did badly on a vegan diet probably didn't plan it well and ate junk food alot but idk I'm considering trying meat now to try either fish or wild venison but idk after 8 years of being vegan its repulsive to imagine, if it allows me to be more functional though I'd try it.

[@sharon_rose724]

@@JohnMcCfatty I really get it.. I had to work on changing my perspective on it. I think about the indigenous peoples that very much rely on meat for survival.. they always have. And they're very grateful and express that to the animal for their gift to them. Our way of life, of course, is very different. But it's also very artificial. Our bodies are organic and meant to consume naturally occurring things. If we didn't have the luxury of grocery shopping and plant based options.. how would we eat? I definitely have my reasons for having gone in the plant based direction, and I made sure to get the nutrients that I needed but.. in the long run it didn't work for me and I was sacrificing myself for the cause and my ability to operate physically and mentally both suffered. I started off with fish, then poultry and even though beef was a tough one for me that's what helped to heal me. And the fact that the "3D printed meat" and other artificial options are being kind of pushed by the powers that be.. it makes me raise an eyebrow. I'm grateful beyond belief for those animals that have helped me heal and thrive. People have healed issues like leaky gut and psoriasis through the carnivore diet. I don't eat it regularly, but I listen to my body and brain. Good luck, your health is important! Maybe give it a try and see if it helps. If it doesn't, then you know that's not the issue.

[@jeddak]

After years of dabbling with different points of entry, I found Aidan Wachter's _Six Ways_ (thanks to your channel!) and his views really got the wheels moving for me. Relationships, as you say, are the key.

[@josht777]

I've been drawn to dragon magick, in which has lead me towards buddhist magick of south east asia.. after practicing dragon magick to change my life some crazy events happened which lead me to Chiang Mai - Thailand. Shortly after arriving I found out about Thai occult magick and animism, I feel like this magick chose me. There's so much to go into about it here, but it's truly fascinating once you start learning about it, and how deeply rooted it is in Thai culture.

[@zaetoir3586]

I think choosing the best magickal system might depend on your goal and if it aligns with the goal of the magickal system. If your goal is something along the lines of union with the divine, enlightenment, or Nibbana, then you probably want a magickal system that emphasizes things like meditation and/or yoga.

[@findmestudios]

What type of magick system as this?

[@cornbeanwheatbeet]

You always speak with reverence and respect. Your humility is inspiring and refreshing. Another wonderful FF video! Blessings to you and your family:)

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Thank you so much for your very kind words :) Very best wishes to you, Mackade!

[@anthonysullivan2973]

A truly great ambassador for the occult and magick. My humble thanks

[@bookmedia67]

Great recommendations as always. I have realized that restricting myself to just one system does not work for me, but I have also attempted to absorb too much information from too many complex systems at the same time. Finding what connects with you and pursuing it thoroughly is the key.

[@hadenshaffer9674]

Thanks for your videos! Your ideas on magick have completely shaken what I thought I'd understood (either concretely or loosely) for years, which I think is pivotal to spiritual growth. I have had a "raging brainer" since finding your channel Monday. The implications of your work ripple in many ways you may have never anticipated and I hugely appreciate it all. -Haden, Rural Chaos Witch

[@FoolishFishBooks]

HI Haden, I'm so glad you've found my videos useful! Thank you very much for the very kind gift! :) Best wishes to you!

[@robertblackmore703]

Lovely work on this one, my friend. It was thoughtful of you to take the time to do this video in particular. So much information everywhere… it’s both a gift and an obstacle. Your channel is exposing folks to a wide variety of systems (One of it’s best features). And while I personally don’t feel you are in any way responsible for helping people pick what might work best for them, it speaks to the kind of person you are that you would choose to do so. There are great suggestions here in material as well as approach; I know I found some helpful ideas to consider. Thank you!

[@robgau2501]

You've hit the nail on the head. Great video. One of my issues is that I don't know that I want to work with Abrahamic entities, but I do love Egyptian ones.

[@thekitchenoccultist]

I feel like another obstacle for practitioners finding a magickal focus is how fast-paced social media is these days. I always recommend people read everything even the bad stuff to formulate their own opinions or perhaps take the only gem for their own arsenal and I think there's an energy and a lasting imprint to that route compared to a 15 second clip. This was such an organized video. Glad you popped up on my feed ☺️

[@siyasamente9590]

That's essentially how I spent my adolescence on the quest to find magic, understand the nature of reality and to prove to myself that the divine\deity I found within wasn't a figment of my imagination and that there is a history of others who recognised that God sits inside us all in deep meditation manifesting this reality full of passive & voluntary change. I'm a scientist by pursuit and a black South African by birth traditionally we commune with ancestral spirits\gods to intercede on our behalf with the most high, with that being said my journey has led me to lean more on the mentalism of Hermeticism, tap into the implied apotheosis of Eastern Philosophy through yoga\zen and to craft my own rituals based on ideas from Ceremonial Magic & Voodoo. So essentially I'm a chaos magician (one who uses techniques that work) with his own Kriya itual and philosophy\paradigm that describes why\how what I do works. You're comment mostly reminded me of the part of the journey in which I was reading everything looking for the similarities amongst the literature to establish the simplest & most effective way to impact reality (in a metaphysical way) with minimal exertion.

[@AHOY_MATEY]

I gotta say. I really appreciate the memes and gifs you lace throughout your videos. Also you ability to laugh at yourself, while conveying useful and insightful information. Thank you.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Gotta stay foolish! 😄

[@Meichrob7]

I've mostly found your channel through doing research for a writing project, I dont think I'll ever personally hold any belief in the occult or supernatural and dont have any plans to practice it in the future, but the way you explain things and discuss ideas is incredibly interesting and easy to follow. I've found myself listening to more of your content even outside of the areas I was planning to research.

[@ScottishWitchSorcha]

Norse and Egyptian touches are exactly what I love... More please Blessed be 🌛🌕🌜

[@robgau2501]

Me too. That's what I'm looking into.

[@andreeadobre3190]

Ahh this speaks to my soul. My local spirits of place & ancestors are what got me into this in the first place, kinda envy people who get claimed by a deity and can just go read a book about them. Later edit: thanks for all the resources you recommend for going into this specific direction!

[@andreiadetavora8471]

This was a precious video to watch. I'm somewhat having a spiritual crisis. And funny enough, it was also born with the Gnosticism worldview!! I founded some recognition in the ONE (i think, the Father?), but was/and still am confused about the duality of the world... Last year, i got sick (i'm still recovering, but i'm a lot better!!) and started to do meditation to help heal my body :) Mind power and all that!! So... Last year, after starting meditating regularly, i saw Jesus. It was like an energy being, full of fire, and radiation, and He was healing everybody... He said to me that anyone could do it! I don't know how to express it. But He was full of love. After that, i was still doing my regularly meditation for health and in one of them, saw the Holy Spirit, a dove with a very VERY bright light. Oh and the sound.... Like the sound of the universe!!! Yeah... That scared me... The Holy Spirit was trying to enter my head! I kid you not, i was so scared i jumped out from the meditation. That said, i needed this perspective. So i somehow missed Her? She came to me and i missed Her. Oh, does this strange accident meditations can cause a sensation like a sensation of having "cold" in the top of your head? Does anybody have ever felt something like that? I sound like a true lunatic. Yep. That said, this lunatic loved your video!! I'm feeling more serene and balanced, i think it was the piece missing. Thank you, truly! Much love, from Portugal

[@Aureus_Jackal]

This video gives great advice for a complicated topic. Its important to know what works for you but figuring that out can be an overwhelming process given all the different directions out there.

[@diginoalessio]

Great video coming at the right moment. Thank you Dennis

[@FoolishFishBooks]

That's great to know! Thank you as always for your kind words and your support, @Alessio! 😄🙏

[@postbunnie]

Six days ago? But .... This wasn't uploaded that long ago . OMG OBVIOUSLY YOUVE MASTED THE TIME TRAVEL MAGIC

[@FoolishFishBooks]

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[@rezashahmizad9585]

Literally, past few weeks, I went through all your videos and this was my problem: What should I actually do? I've been trying to figure out what is the actual magikal system that I should commit to... I just finished your great recommendation: "six ways" and I am going back, cause it has a lot of great little things that I want to incorporate to my daily life. But this discussion was an eye opener, and as always, you delivered when needed the most... Brother, you are a blessing and I pray for your health, happiness and for abundance in your life. P.s.: I have found a beautiful friend that lends me books and has a lot of the books that you recommend. Thanks for your weekly prayers brother Denis❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@FoolishFishBooks]

All good things! 😄🙏 Very best wishes to you, Reza! Great news about funding someone with similar interests, sounds fantastic!

[@rezashahmizad9585]

@@FoolishFishBooks it certainly is😁❤️🙏🏻

[@samwalker8200]

You should look into terence mckenna he has many wonderful ideas that may help

[@bcarr1122]

As a newcomer to the subject, I had no idea about the diversity of perspectives. Thank you for this video, and thank you for your guidance.

[@andrewbasile1847]

This is the video I have been waiting for, thank you. I have learned a lot about magick since I first began researching it a number of years ago. However it has been like going down a rabbit hole with so many different tunnels and no way of knowing where that tunnel goes without a great deal of study. That introduces the problem in the long run, that study reveals a type of magick that is unsuitable or a type that is too difficult to perform where I am. This video has shed some light on those tunnels and with it comes a great sigh of relief. Much more work to be done but a very helpful tutorial.

[@04dram04]

For me the most effective magic is thinking from the reaity I want to experience. If I want something, I need to think as if I already have it. Rest in a sense of satisfaction, and lack of desire. Also creating an imaginal scene that implies my desire has already manifested. And making the imaginal scene so life like, that it feels like it realy happened, after Im finished with it.

[@machinemaker2248]

I'm asking sincerely, what is your approach to reality when it does not yet reflect your intention? I have been drawn to what you describe but have difficulty holding on to that perspective after experiencing a contradicting reality.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Yes, this is the method I describe in "Quantum Magick" or "Quantum Mechanics for the Magus" or whatever I called that early video 😅🙏

[@machinemaker2248]

@@FoolishFishBooks I'll check that out for more guidance. Thank you.

[@BBoldGaming]

@@machinemaker2248 think of it as being in “edit” mode

[@danix454]

This is very New Age, ala Neville Goddard, Joseph Murphy, etc

[@TheMagicofJava]

'I want to be certain that it will work and I want it now.' Such desires can only be resolved spiritually, not by wandering down a materialist cul-de-sac.

[@liltreesap]

I love this video, and I appreciate how your awesome sense of humor comes through your video edits :)

[@thewizardofawes8194]

“Language is the tool with which we experience reality itself”: couldn’t agree more. In fact, language is our interface with the world(s), especially the exterior but also the interior one. Is not magic itself a form of language after all? I also liked the concept of conceptual components as “baked” traits into one’s culture. In short, another great video, Denis! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@elmonte5lim]

Secrets Oubliés Des Derniers Initiés Gitans - the author's name escapes me for the moment - is an interesting window into Romany, esoteric practices, if one can find a copy and one's French is up to it. Taiji, Hsing-i, Bagua, I-Ching, Lao-tse, Chuang-tse, TCM, lead to the vastness of further Taoist practice. Perhaps it's one for the digital age - eight trigrams, sixty four hexagrams etc. - universal principles across seemingly unrelated disciplines. The way it all coheres seems to suit me nicely, and I'm not even slightly Chinese - maybe in a previous life.

[@dylanmagoiofthethalasso4032]

I would recommend "The Oracles of Apollo: Practical ancient greek divitation for today". It's really good, it has a section on how to use the ancient greek alphabet in magick. My Dad got me "Strix Craft: Ancient Greek Magick for Modern Witches", I'm only on chapter 2 or 3. It's not too bad but it seems like this book might be the authors first book. Another great video.

[@hellenicblonde6117]

I have both of these books and can recommend them both.

[@roblane5085]

As always, thank you for your insight on everything. I’m still stutter-stepping into magick. I’ve been reading “Kabbalah magic and the Great Work of Self Transformation”, for about a year. I’ve been trying to learn Hebrew and keep a dream diary and everything else but there’s so much in the book’s curriculum that it’s hard to do it all with a busy family life. So I do what I can when I can. I don’t think I’m progressing enough.

[@standandelivery]

Revelations that last lifetimes come in the briefest of moments. Be confident that you're approaching the thing with the careful seriousness due to it and be diligent in contemplation and reflection.

[@-whiskey-4134]

I’m on the Chaos Magick path but I do incorporate a lot of Eclectic Witchcraft and Easterm Mysticism into what I do. I pull from a lot of systems. A lot of my practices focus on the darker side of things, but I incorporate a lot of nature based stuff too. Lots of stuff from psychology, im obviously a fan of Carl Jung. I did a lot of shamanic stuff in my early 20’s. For me, if it seems to bridge the gap and make a connection between the physical and astral/spiritual/mental realms, it’s all valid. What works for me may not work for you. That’s why I dont choose a specific path. It feels like self limiting practice. If I want to grow my knowledge and refine my practices, I will use anything and everything as a means to an end. Even when I mess with spells and stuff, I’m not really trying to gain anything aside from knowledge and understanding. Its a pretty scientific approach. If I allow myself to believe in this, do this spell, do something else from this system and another from that, will it be more efficient? Will it work at all? Are they all pieces of a whole and we dont see it yet? Maybe this person was right about this thing, this other person was right about something else seemingly completely unrelated, but what happens when we combine them? What if we add more stuff? Does it make it stronger? I cant pick one path because I have too many questions to be satisfied. I know I’ll never know it all and never know how our universe truly works, but I get satisfaction from getting as close to that truth as possible, and yes, I’ll embrace all of this stuff to see if there’s something to it. I’ve gotten way more out if this than i did with organized religion, so…

[@Hermetic_]

Thank you. Your KZbin content (to include your presentation method, organization, and knowledge) is praiseworthy. I work in an office, and somehow watching your content makes me want to be better at my work. On the Magik front I am only just starting, and surprisingly I enjoyed reading “The cult of the black cube”, but have found it challenging to read with the same fervor “Quareia”.

[@TheOneandPrime]

All great books in that list although some of them are pretty dense (looking at you Crowley) may I also recommend "Luminarium; The Cunningman Grimoire by BJ Swayne" for anyone just getting started who wants to hit the ground running and learn by doing. Very inexpensive and more importantly effective.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Great recommendation. Love BJ Swayne's approach :)

[@nealjohnson3970]

One of your Best Esoteric Saturdays so far. Just listened again for maybe the 3rd time. Thank You

[@michellewolff11]

Thanks!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Thank you so much, Michelle! I really appreciate this very kind support 😄🙏 all my best wishes to you!

[@yoelnapoli]

Quareia for the win! I'm a newbie to magic and onto barely the beginning of the course, but determined to go through it...Thanks for the wonderful video, sir, I am glad to have gone through the sea of shit that is modern spiritualnewageism to get to hidden gems of modesty and sophistication like yourself

[@jeremiezulaski3774]

I am captivated by what seems to be a flourishing of sincere creativity in ancient pagan revitalist/reconstruction movements. Perhaps similarly, Tibetan Buddhism seems to inspire creativity and vitality within the tradition via artistic practices revealed through termas, etc. Do you have thoughts on how you are situating authentic historical resources and recent innovations/interpretations in your work? A title wave indeed..."Pushing the boundaries of your own comfort zone" is a significant aspect of where my current practice is orienting from.

[@francinebacone1455]

Hey thanks for this. I'm a Mi'gmaw fan who left a snarky comment on one of your videos about how the no-discussing-politics rule gives a free pass to organizations/traditions - like freemasonry - that have been complicit in Indigenous genocides, while leaving us with little room to discuss why many Indigenous traditions are underrepresented in these discussions. My intent was to point out that absences can be intensely political as well, and if this video was in any way a response to any of my comments then know that I feel heard. Just to be clear I do not think you're a bad person lol. I greatly appreciate you and this channel and this video and your thoughtful suggestions about working with native spirits. Thanks again. Have a good week

[@aribusaribus9652]

You do great things Denis! Great great things. May the reward come in abundance.

[@scarletshield009]

Well I do recommend for beginners candle magic and sachets. Protective herbs. Also start with the 4 basics. Meditation Grounding Centering Shielding

[@jasonwilcox6890]

Exactly. I find it best to keep things simple and of course positive with accentuation on positive.

[@andrewmiller6272]

I was in an apprenticeship with a few Toltec sorcerer's that taught me their sacred knowledge, wisdom, and rituals. I studied a lot of different types of magick before I met my Toltec teachers and warrior party. I found that Toltec sorcery is the most powerful type of Magick and sorcery that I have ever come across and I didn't choose it the spirit chose me. And once the spirit descends upon someone. It changes them forever. And then that person becomes marked energetically. And seers can see that the mark in the luminous cocoon that is in a certain position of the assemblage. point.

[@Panagos22E]

The value of this video. Dear Lord I am so thankful for the Foolish Fish!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

:D I'm so glad you found the video useful, @Panagos! Very best wishes to you!

[@ohdarling6657]

Wow... First time i've heard of someone talking about how hard it can be to work for spirits that you have associated with bad people, i personally have a lot of dificulty in working with the christian god and jesus, mostly for the amount of prejudice and hatred that some of the religious groups in here demonstrate... However, i do like to work with some christian saints and to pray the rosary (mostly to honour and conect to the spirit of my heavilly christian great grandmother), and even tho i really like these practices it can be really hard! It's not easy to put all your thoughts and prejudices aside when working with certain entities... I dont have a lot to say about the subject as i'm still strugling with it but i really want to thank you for making me feel so validated, sometimes it's hard to understand that it's ok not to be perfect in your spiritual practices

[@LoneStarWomanInACajunWorld]

Very glad this video showed up in my recommendations. Thank you very much.

[@mojavedaemonwitch3743]

🌹💙 Thank you immensely for your unbiased presentation: your research and thoughtfulness really shine through, especially with providing guidance for us. Speaking from my own experience, I’ve found that beginning with a foundation within a resonating belief system-to start with-then, based on one’s personal experience (which is different than someone else’s), one should develop their own Path-infusing their energy making it their own, bringing their own Path alive. Everyone’s journey is different, so should their Path be. Strictly following “only” an established system IMO, is following someone else’s journey-someone else’s creation. (For me, my Path led me to conduct an in-depth “Soul Contracts Release,” then writing my own script (practice) within a respectful framework of Daemonolatry. All of your content is valuable for consideration-I’m thinking to become a patron in the near future. Darkly Blessings! 🕯🙏

[@FoolishFishBooks]

100%, Mojave! Adding your own touch is not just recommended, it's essential in my opinion!

[@mojavedaemonwitch3743]

@@FoolishFishBooks 🌹💙👍

[@WHREIKI_EARTHING_ET_ALIAE]

Take the best of each system, which mean you must put in work to study/research/explore/practice consistently, like serious working outs (especially as you discover systems that are new to you) and create a personalized system for Self!

[@todd_halfacre]

as one who's trying to reconnect with the more spiritual self..i must thank you for truly putting my thoughts at ease as to my feelings on this sort of thing.

[@FatherOvGods]

Excellent video! Thanks again. In the realm of Nordic based practice I would also highly recommend the works of Lars Magnar Enoksen. The gentleman's depth of knowledge on the subject is rather astounding.

[@whitebirdification]

You never disappoint. Thank you :)

[@Akamaholic]

I see myself as a jack of all trades but master of none, so instead of picking one of these paradigms and refining it to mastery, I've been trying to dabble in all of them. Like a wine tasting festival, but with magick. But judging by your recommendations the paths that seem the most interesting to me are Quareia, Aurum Solis, Grimoire spirits, and chaos magick.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Very good choices! 😊👍

[@clouds5866]

Just wanna ask on you're knowledge which do you think is the most powerful demons tbh? I do know some rituals you are gonna need to do human sacrifice like in the grand Grimoire you must slit the child troat. Are those the most difficult demons to summon as not everyone will wanna slit a troat?

[@swindler1570]

As I've journeyed into the esoteric, having come from a strong Christian background, I've felt the *need* - very specifically - to challenge myself by working with entities which make me uncomfortable. This, in my mind, is an integral part of my evolution as a person. To me, discomfort, or revulsion, or fear, or any other negative emotion is a sign that there's something in me that I'm not comfortable with, and that I must make peace with.

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

I would say that almost all of the people practicing a magical tradition that I have met are performing the Golden Dawn system with another set of gods or spirits bolted onto that framework and then violently deny that their system has anything in common with the Golden Dawn when this is pointed out to them.

[@Derek-jg2dt]

i appreciate you expanding on your recommendation of working with culturally familiar entities. some would no doubt hear that and interpret it as a variation of "stay in your lane," but emphasizing the relevance of cultural *attitudes* as well as direct background was a very important (and reassuring) point to make. for example, in america, with such an individualistic culture, it probably feels a lot more acceptable to be interested in traditions that are not strictly "your own," as opposed to the idea of straying from cultural norms in much more homogenous (or potentially even restrictive) places. i feel as if those drawn to the idea of seeking knowledge or understanding of the world will find kinship with entities associated with those ideas, from a wide array of backgrounds (often those with whom they share no genetic lineage), and that seems more than okay with me. no doubt the same goes for those whose goal is to feel completely attuned with nature, or who have any other kind of personal focus. people will naturally gravitate towards a path or entity that aligns with them, and as is the point of the video, so long as it works for them, i don't see any issue with that.

[@inlesinlet]

I've struggled to find practices or traditions that resonate with me. This video felt like a warm, affirming hug. Thank you! (I'm of the "local nameless land spirits" persuasion, and it's been very hard to figure out how to learn *anything* since it's both so specific and so vague.)

[@Crimson11100]

Thank you for your explanation, it makes perfect sense. I grew up as a Christian I was taught during Bible studies to pray to God and that other practices were wrong. Growing up I was pulled towards spirituality as I knew we are all made of energy and there is more that we can do than just praying. I tried the LBRP a few times, but I felt so uncomfortable invoking the names of archangels and drawing the pentagram symbol that I believe it's from the teachings scorched in my subconscious. So this would not work for me. On the other hand, I feel great working with energies by just using visualisation.

[@thesomaticsorercess]

Brilliant video and super helpful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@hazelmartin7911]

Thanks for sharing your mind so freely.

[@JessBisme123]

I love your videos. The memes and gifs always give me a laugh. I typically work with... Whatever responds. I have several spirit friends, but I just refer to them as the nickname I've given them. I send them gratitude, and they seem satisfied. They're typically very responsive. I've always felt a bit weird trying to evoke a specific entity because idk if they actually WANT to help me. I did also very easily connect with the spirits of the islands of Hawaii. I'm not at all ethnically hawaiian, but they accepted me straight away. They would often comfort me or sit with me when I sat on the beach at night. They didn't help me like my other entity friends, we more just... Hung out. It was interesting

[@Charlotte-js5ux]

Thanks for an interesting video 👍. You've become one of my favorite KZbinrs recently and I'm having fun watching all of your previous videos. I have been searching for the right path for a long time and I started reading about occultism in my teens. Since then, I have tried different paths in spirituality, but specialized more in magic in the last 10 years. However, I have tried to do everything, because everything is so exciting. Which means I've not gotten very far in anything. Now I have finally found an order where I feel that everything is right and now I try to focus on it.

[@annahgibbus8]

Kinda long time subscriber & first time commenting. Wow because just yesterday I was thinking about this subject matter & interested in books. Oh geez there's to much out there & I don't want to waste time on a book that I wouldn't find helpful. You answered All my questions today! The parable of the 2 carpenters really helped also! I gotta be honest you are way over my head LoL, but I so much enjoy listening to all your videos. With all your brilliance & wisdom you have a true gift for being able to explain in layman's or less then layman's terms in my case. LoL Thank You So Much ❤️

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hi @Miss You2 ! Thank you so much for your kind words, I'm so glad you found the video useful! Messages like yours always make my day 😄🙏

[@alexanderkaval7506]

What a wonderful video, these ES clips just keep getting better (which I guess is how it should be!) and I think this will be a favorite of mine. Really hit the spot, thank you Dennis! 😊 🙏

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hey Alexander, that's really very kind of you! So glad you're still enjoying the content! 😊🙏 Best wishes to you!

[@twinflames4249]

Your valuable information is greatly appreciated and l love the smoothness of your explaining 🙏

[@martynrawlins8050]

In 1968 I was given a school bible. I wrote all the names of the West Bromwich Albion team over it. As a punishment I was given school detention and all my school pals laughed. However West Brom won the FA cup that year. So many times I heard coincidence from my 'intellectually superior' pals. It's surprising that the original name of West Bromwich was West Broomwick because it supplied the best broom handles in the local areas. Never could ride one though without my eyes watering.🤫

[@omarbouchabaka2952]

Thank you from my heart 🙏❤️

[@sjlees]

I like a mix of localised spirits, alchemy, chaos magic, hermetics, Viking and Celtic or northern / Western European and British witchcraft. I’m using the Celtic golden dawn by John Michael greer

[@davidkurtz3711]

I like a mix of these as well although I lean more towards the Goetia and djinn magick. My first experiences were actually with Egyptian entities.

[@SentientSoup]

Thank you as always! Be well ☀️ and shine ✨

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Thank you @Michael! Best wishes to you!

[@rumbalala]

Thank you so very much for your, as ever, extraordinarily well informed and inclusive upload. You provide an embarrassment of riches. Bless and thank you.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

So glad you liked the video, Neil, and thank you very much for the kind words and for your support of course enabling all of this 😄🙏

[@matthewclark4155]

I've dabbled with many forms of Magick, although now I have focused more for internal development rather than material gain (although I can say I've had ridiculously powerful results in the past, though at a price), my thoughts seem to Dovetail with the person who posted this. HooDoo is traditionally a Black American/Caribbean system with Roots from Africa, but make no mistake, it can be harnessed by anyone. That's just an example, but just like the OP claims, whatever works for you is the best form of Magick. Develop your will first, that's your best step in working anything, Magick included. Also, music is a good place to look, if you can recognize the patterns within it that transcends language and time, you can gain an inexhaustible source of strength...

[@JustAnotherFallenAngel]

Great video. I always go with what's calling me. Which as the man says is a luxury of the modern age.

[@wolfram07]

Thank you for sharing. This was a most informative video. Best wishes on your channel!

[@jonsey3645]

Very nice, interesting while concise, informative without bias and Jolly Well researched. Thank you.

[@RevBeggs]

Thank you so much! You do a great job of bringing solid, factual info to the beginners and you help all those who are experienced see things differently

[@franciscoadrianzen2908]

Wonderful video, very insightful.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

So glad you liked it, @fransisco!

[@mvrko8064]

Enjoyed it very much! Thanks😸

[@FoolishFishBooks]

I'm so pleased you liked it, @Marko! 😄🙏 Thank you for your kind words and for your support! 😄🙏

[@mvrko8064]

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[@akilasultana2368]

This video is just amazing. Thank you!

[@forensicfaithinprofiling]

Superb advice utilizing local spirits. Superb advice on books too. Thank you.

[@Unclaimed_Username]

Honestly I've dabbled (as in "I am vaguely aware of some magical concepts, and browsed 'Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard' in high school") but lately have wanted to try and learn a system. The mention of goetic demons has me interested. Especially since my favorite accessory is a pendant with the seal of Buer on it. This video, and your channel in general, has been very informative even if most of the information goes over my head at the moment.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Thank you for watching, @Unclaimed Username 😄🙏 and good luck in your searches!

[@Cpt_Can0pen3r]

A mind valley advertisement came up about halfway through the video and the man speaking in the ad sounds almost identical to you (to such an extent that it took me a second to realize it was an ad and not just part of the video 😅)

[@thelestrangelair]

I do a mix of these really, but I have never attempted working with the spirit of my home until today, thank you. Your videos are always so wonderful. Like meditative. We have worked with the local goblins when out walking, that's lways very nice. Bellatrix L

[@AngDevigne]

Thorough content. Thanks for this video and your recommendations.

[@patdzon]

This was fascinating. Thank you!

[@treeleigh634]

I work with mexican folk magic, I am currently trying to study curanderia ( mexican traditional medicine) it mixes judeo christian and old mexica things as well as north african because people in Spain are mixed of different tribes from the world. I want to learn more in a reconstructional experience of Mexica Gods which are Aztec. I also want to learn about Maya and just all north american and south american magic. But I also started to work in a few hoo doo things although I just mainly mix it with what my abuela taught me of magic. I am going to the Uni of New Mexico it is so good !

[@convelwolf9544]

Any books you recommended to start on? Thank you!

[@fabianlozano5944]

Thank your for uploading esoteric content for us 😊

[@ECA2]

It's good that so many here in the comments are into esoteric knowledge. Sapere Aude

[@KneedleKnees]

What's your opinion on "mixing and matching" practices for beginners? My main religious experiences and beliefs line up more with Abrahamic (mainly Christian) sources, and I feel drawn more towards the Golden Dawn tradition. However my first magical practices (mainly just seeing how it works) was with Chaos magick and I have had experiences in the past (and fairly more recently) which lead me to believe that I should, at some point, work with Odin. Any advice?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

I'm afraid I can't advise. But I do wish you luck! 😄A few mental gymnastic exercises to be done there. Nothing unmanageable I should imagine.

[@KneedleKnees]

@@FoolishFishBooks thanks! I think I need to stop thinking of life as a big buffet and just pick one to study for a few years

[@behnamkiani3736]

thank you for knowledge you shared with us, how about persian and Zarathushtra that had effect on spirit and environment and the word magic came from mogh in persian

[@robertrodriguez8665]

Thanks for clearing this up for me. I have most of the Denning Phillips books ( gifted). I'll probably stick to Agrippa and KJV bold text pew Bible and lbrp. The ( ghost) aura is really all I need and when life becomes too trivial I consult the tarot

[@tiana.griego]

Love these videos. Thank you so much

[@davidnagy1046]

i share Patrick Dunn's view on how magick is communication (and with what i've learned from David Chaim Smith's work i'd add "communication with the dance of phenomena"), and different paths and traditions are languages through which we can "receive" information (divination), or have Reality adapt to our communication (sorcery)

[@davidnagy1046]

i recommend his 2 first books, Postmodern Magic, and Magic, Power, Language, Symbol, they present a really interesting view

[@cavejelly]

Thank you, this was helpful

[@adebleswordfish]

I tend to focus on a mixture of hermeticism and Hinduism with a modality that relates to Buddhism. It’s more about ease of use and “meme magic”, using fundamentally archetypal systems as well as densely symbolic videos/thought forms, repeated as you would for chaos magick. What do I do it for? I do it for the ideas contained in bodhicitta, a compassion and detachment for all things. 2:58 magick is a science relating to the cognitive nature of the universe itself rather than reality, and the nature of quantum entanglement through non-locality of time and space in relation to the mind, body, and spirit. Any magician, yogi, sorcerer, or spiritual worker has the force of the universe behind them, holding them when accomplishing their true will in accordance with the cosmic will/great dao/Brahman/Pan

[@TheNoSuchThingPodcast]

I was in the OTO in my early 20s and abandoned it after a relationship went bad and I had my heart broken. I turned my back on the order and all things magick. Then in my 30s I got deeply interested in eastern philosophy and now, at 50, have come full circle and am revisiting but have no clue where to start. I guess your channel could perhaps help me with what lol

[@sirguntas]

😂😂😂😂LOVE the clip of Sir Patrick Stewart as Cpt. Jean Luc Picard clapping. 😁👌🏾

[@Rose-be4ou]

Wicca as "Golden Dawn with pagan flavor" is an accurate description lmao! 😋 My background is Wiccan but having started to dip my toes in Golden Dawn ideas, I keep thinking to myself "Ah, Wicca with extra steps." 😅

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hehe! yes, that's accurate!