What Is Magick? [Esoteric Saturdays]

[@zoejaneZJ]

"No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell." -C.G.Jung

[@FoolishFishBooks]

An important quotation by the master! 😊🙏☯️

[@jadengalicia7719]

@@TRUSTINYAH who said it was wicked???

[@Impericalevidence]

Paraphrased quote "people fail to seed god because they don't look low enough."

[@gerabadillo7889]

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.

[@gerabadillo7889]

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.

[@chompachangas]

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.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

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!

[@BUS-US]

❤ Facts and I just found it, started in sigil, Servitude things

[@MissBlackMetal]

He enunciates so clearly too, it's really helpful in understanding what he's saying in the first place, on top of his clear articulation helping to understand the meaning of what he's saying. Fantastic!

[@FutileGrief]

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 👏🏼👏🏼

[@timothygeaughan7382]

I just explained it in one sentence.

[@ericvulgate]

@@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.

[@MagoDrayk]

As a full-time sorcerer and theorist, I sincerely congratulate you marvelous explanation.

[@abyss5883]

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

[@Kahneq]

You had me hooked at “the same entities appearing in different cultures with no contact with each-other”

[@ethanhayes6542]

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!!!

[@ckinhappyland]

For many years I was a believer in science and nothing else.. but for some reason for the past 6 years my curiosity and life’s circumstances keep pulling me towards esoteric topics. When i began my journey I didn’t even know spiritual practices existed and thought astrology was just marketing to teenagers but each time I learn more I get more amazed and sucked into this world. I’m still in the very beginning of my journey, trying to make sense of everything and organize my thoughts so your video was really helpful, thank you

[@space1oddity]

I had similar experience. I'm scientist myself, but I feel incredible pull towards the occult...

[@TheOceanLoader]

How go your studies? Anything interesting happen?

[@Queenie-the-genie]

I have been on the fence for a long time now. I guess I am still agnostic. It’s a permissive word that gives me the freedom to explore it all. I love everything Jungian these days.

[@TheOceanLoader]

@@Queenie-the-genie I agree but I am "a gnostic" more than "agnostic" since the former suggests a less defined term, which I feel true agnosticism is.

[@RealPi]

" a believer in science" ... The scientific method is not based on belief.

[@coreybrand2777]

"Impossible things are still impossible." This answers a long standing question I've had, and thank you for providing the answer!

[@krishnadaskp21]

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.

[@lookoutitscaleb]

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.

[@savagesweetheart90]

I'm just starting it and I read it in between semesters for my online classes.

[@thepeopleslibrary8673]

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 ! ☀️ 🌙

[@kingpuppet5881]

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.

[@asteroxfoundation]

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.

[@walkmotopov]

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!

[@amanitamuscaria7500]

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.

[@Queenie-the-genie]

me too :)

[@MarinaB63]

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.

[@JesTarot]

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.

[@TheAether-kq7mq]

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.

[@TheAether-kq7mq]

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.

[@LayaCenter]

wonderful video! I have been practicing magick for decades - before Google - and I am still learning and receiving new information. Tantra is a logic, for me, next step. Thank you

[@dnunez773]

Magick is The art of control thought to produce a result..I love your synthesis of the information presented across this video⚛️🔯☯️

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Very nice definition :) Glad you liked the video! :D

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

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!

[@yqafree]

@@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551 I'm curious, especially about the scents too, are you willing to give an account of these?

[@gameoverthee]

@@TRUSTINYAH Wow you a good christian, too bad you are commited to that religion.

[@04dram04]

Thought, feelings, and beliefs. Thoughts are day dreams. Thoughts that are mixed with faith and feeling, are creation.

[@otimothy123]

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!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Thanks for the kind words, as always, @Timothy! :D I'm so glad you found something to chew on in this one! :)

[@otimothy123]

Jesus Bot gonna bot. Good robot. Take me to your creator.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

@@TRUSTINYAH oh boy

[@karna5998]

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

[@Di5functi0n3l_playp3n]

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.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Wise words as always, @DW! Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@Nica-Ra-Wata]

EGO does not belong in the occult

[@cristianocastagno9680]

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.

[@cristianocastagno9680]

@@Nica-Ra-Wata ahaha ! Really ?

[@Nica-Ra-Wata]

@@TRUSTINYAH EGYPTIANS wrote the bible or helios byblos or codex inscryptus and freemason stole the wisdom of Kemet or Egypt... Zeus is jesus

[@brianvolpe3242]

I think we’re learning how to become responsible creators while we’re manifested/ focus in this realm. The first key for me has been to become aware of what I’m thinking about (awareness) along with clearing the mind or shifting the will back to the moment of silence and breath.

[@BlancoDevil]

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...

[@_GreenShadow_]

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 🙏

[@Li-bn2tw]

Woo, so magic! I begin to understand what is magic! It is definitely different than I what thought it was before.

[@LUCIDX.]

Such wonderful and helpful information. Great teacher thank you

[@chrismessmer3265]

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.

[@TheFlagnard2]

This video blew my mind approximately every 2 minutes. As someone who is VERY new to magick THANK YOU. This was absolutley a good launching pad. I'm off to watch all of your other videos.

[@axelmont]

Wow, that last bit just blew my mind. My first approach to magick and mysticism was yoga, without getting into tantra. Then I began to explore the traditions of the west, like ceremonial magick. And now it all goes back to the east again lol. Guess it's time to get into tantra. Excellent video.

[@CapiSocialist]

Just come across your channel now and subscribed, I’m not a practitioner in the sense I actively ‘think’ about performing magick in the pursuit for anything, but my life has definitely led me to the realisations surrounding it and I’ve applied it unknowingly. I discovered oneness and the power of intuition/ intention through an awakening that stripped away my bad mental health and constructed illusions. A real profound paradigm shift in my own experienced reality that literally changed my sense of vision and connection with reality. Took a few years to adjust to, went through a range of dissociative states, in fact I’ve had to put myself together again and form an identity I resonate with. I didn’t want to find god I was actually trying to fix my internal state. After a period of bliss for myself covid struck, and I opened my eyes up to the corruption of the world. That was another hurdle to overcome because I instinctively wanted to fix that too and tortured myself joining political groups, learning about social revolution and the financial system. I realise now change is nuance, not necessarily direct which I suppose is what magick touches on. Anyway enough of that, cheers for the content!

[@dontchewglass]

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.

[@davidchojnacki2996]

wonderful teaching! clear and concise with hardly a wasted word. beautiful. thank you for sharing

[@Magick_in_the_middle]

Great post. I'm hip. Love LBRP got me going.

[@rodstarman]

This video should be called "How to understand reality and make existence make sense"

[@mindheartmatrix2151]

Wow what a wonderful description of magick. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Just subscribed.

[@Mart5000.]

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😁.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hahaha! Doing my best seems to be doing the trick :D Best wishes to both you and your wife!

[@Mart5000.]

@@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 👍

[@babisbabinos8075]

@@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.

[@joeroubidoux2783]

Thanks for saving me 20 years of confusion

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hehe! You're welcome! 20 years of confusion sounds about right! XD

[@Di5functi0n3l_playp3n]

I agree 👍💯, this video is absolute gold for anyone starting out in a magical or mystical path.

[@robgau2501]

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.

[@LisaHPhoenix]

I love how you put together the common themes. I too have been always interested in going back further and further to find the framework that all modern magickal practices are based on. So seeing it as a MOD put on potentially Tantra model is very interesting to me. I also believe it to be the basis of creating your own personal spirituality and working with our non physical existence and energies.

[@karlaa9796]

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

[@MarshallArtz22]

Hands of applaud to you sir ..through my private studies and analysis I have observed that the tantric system have been the tools used through many systems even, many of the orthodox vedic seers, and yogis adapted many tools from tantra. Thank you for the information.

[@ForgeMasterXXL]

As a scientist I have to say in my observations that is where I most closely see the magic of the universe, I practice various forms of magic which together becomes my own practice. That is to say I believe their is a set of rules for how the entire universe works, and magic manipulates those rules to achieve what we desire. Not sure I made myself clear there, but I hope you get my point of a fusion between science and magic.

[@ravjesus4848]

you could say magic is simply science we haven't figured out how it works yet

[@Njadmessi]

@@ravjesus4848 oh shutup you child

[@ModernMetaphysicae]

I have long said that Science and Religion/Spirituality have always existed on opposite ends of the same spectrum, one that is trying to answer the same questions. A wonderful discourse and perspective. Thank you for sharing!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Thanks @Modern Metaphysicae! 😄🙏 Best wishes to you!

[@vssss9018]

@@FoolishFishBooks can you please address the difference between Magick and law of attraction? I am having a hard time seeing the difference.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

@@vssss9018 you might say that magick includes the LoA, but just like Science "includes" the field of Optics, there's a lot more included as alongside.

[@vssss9018]

@@FoolishFishBooks can you hopefully one day make a video going into depth about this? I can't really find anyone really breaking down the difference.

[@martynrawlins8050]

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'.

[@thomaswilson4418]

Thats the exact disclaimer I need when I start a conversion with someone.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

😂

[@adinocc2042]

This is a great channel that I intend to visit more often in the future.

[@TheMagicofJava]

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.

[@TheMagicofJava]

@@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.

[@neuemilch8318]

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.

[@TheMagicofJava]

@@neuemilch8318 that's certainly what we've been taught.

[@MissBlackMetal]

Regarding the "nugget for the long-time practitioners": I thought it was fairly well-known that the Golden Dawn and western occultism was heavily based upon eastern philosophies, in particular Hindu Tantra? It was HPB (Blavatsky) who really popularized eastern philosophy in the West, and she was heavily interested in Tantric practices. I don't mean to burst your bubble or anything, I just thought this was a known thing. Regardless, awesome video! I just found your channel today, and I'm a huge fan. I just spent like 30 minutes adding half your entire catalogue of videos to my "Watch Later" playlist 😂 Thank you for this fantastic resource on magick! 🙏🏻☯️

[@andrewbasile1847]

This was brilliant and is exactly why you are needed. With so many magical paths to pursue I find it important to clarify their differences as well as enmesh their similarities. Because of recent studies in physics, scientists are embracing ideas that they would never give credibility to earlier.Parallel Universes, multiple dimensions, questions on space and time, and the unavoidable persistence of reincarnation. Much of the movement into these studies are because of particle discoveries, dark matter, and new elusive parts of the Atom. However it is being driven much more because of the inability to define consciousness and where it originates. Consciousness (together with spirituality) has become the unsolvable piece to who we are and why we are here. Children telling detailed stories of their previous lives and articulating that that we go up when we die and then come back down as reported by The University of Virginia remain baffling but accurate. There is a school of thought that the Universe itself is conscious, thereby another way of explaining God. I believe we are entering an important phase where science and Magick are beginning to intertwine becoming one. Magick is rising in popularity and showing us possibilities that the dogmatic organized religion can never sanction. It is also pushing science to see spirituality in a new light, opening up their absolute view that everything is is hard and real and based on equations. It is an exciting time. Thank you for your thoughtful and important insight.

[@TNMParkour]

Best magick explanation ever. 🛐

[@Jeberdiah]

I found psychedelics can be EXTREMELY helpful for understanding this and elevating your mind

[@kjwends]

I became aware thanks to psychedelics. AWAKENING was a random thing that occurred to me while on LSD. to be honest it would be very hard to understand all of this from a lower consciousness state.

[@rickdeckard1075]

like all drugs they burn you out and subvert the development of more permanent increase in power and intention

[@Maliaa510]

I love this video thank you

[@GoddessTheOldeGodd]

Magick is the conscious manipulation of energy. 👑🙏🏽👑

[@kristyalberton9498]

@@GoddessTheOldeGodd yesyesyes!!

[@TexasRy]

Hi Foolish, thank you for the videos, very informative. I was raised Southern Baptist, later turned to Eastern Philosophy and after getting into IT, turned to Quantum Physics and all of these have similar concepts, around abilities, whether they come from God, Will/Intent, etc. All seem to center around intense intention and flows towards "The Secret" type of concepts, where "If you concentrate on something, you can will it into existence". Some say "God answers questions = Christians", others say your quantum conscious wills it into existence (New Age - Quantum Physics), where the Universe is Mental and you have to LEARN to "integrate" with the Universe and once you can "connect", you can have a physical effect. I've always heard of Magick as rooted in Spirits and receiving "gifts" from these Spirts, which have a COST, where YOU don't have any power but ask a "spirt" for the request ($$, Love, etc.). The first options seem to put the "power" into the person, who needs to LEARN how to "integrate" with the Universe (however you do that), while Magick seems to be a partnership with Spirts/Entities. I guess the question is - Are BOTH of these types of "power" or "integration" real or is all of this a delusion from movies, New Age books, imaginative minds...everyone looking for some meaning and purpose in our lives? Sorry, this is very long and probably doesn't make sense but I love your style and info and will continue to watch and learn more!

[@CountofSerenno]

Read/listen to the Law of One Ra material

[@Musings.By.Marivii]

New here. I've been working with divination tools like the tarot for 8 years, but have been called to take the plunge and dig further. Many thanks for the solid content. Greetings and love from Canada.

[@kasperspardigm]

Greetings from texas

[@Musings.By.Marivii]

@@kasperspardigm 🫶🏽

[@michaeltillman886]

The Great Book written by L. W. DeLaurance gets really deep in the subject. I think it's out of print, but well worth the time it takes to find it.

[@Impericalevidence]

I have a feeling I'll be binge watching your videos.

[@04dram04]

Im very grateful for this channel. KZbin has such little quality educational content on the Occult and Mysticism.

[@AllanM444]

I really appreciate how careful you are with your words. So precise!! Thank you for your work!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Thank you for the kind comment, Allan! I certainly try my best 😄🙏

[@snowdragon1732]

Great video! While watching your second YT video, I was still undecided whether to subscribe yet. I grabbed my tarot deck and pulled the Fool tarot card. Subscribed. Thankyou! 🙏

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Haha! That's awesome 😂

[@The2ndCuz]

i wish i knew about your channel before now. please dont stop uploading

[@tturing5698]

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

[@artawhirler]

Excellent video! I plan to watch this a number of times!

[@chrissymcgee5930]

Excellent as usual, it's interesting that you mention the tantric origins, I've been watching Sadhguru for a fairly long time on line etc and the links between the yogic science and western magic are everywhere, from the layers of the self to the route to mukti. It's also interesting that allegedly Shiva after just sitting for a very long time, trained the last 7 people who remained in his presence in the yogic sciences and that these 7 travelled around the world passing these things. Also Sadhguru says that the 33 million Indian gods are made by people but real consciousness nonetheless, for example it is perfectly possible for Kali to put in an appearance, yogic science from what I can tell puts a heavy emphasis on devotion as opposed to control and a universal intelligence, every cell being intelligent, ie, your body is merely an accumulation of food, you eat bread, your body builds your body, your conscious mind being an accumulation of learning and experiences. Fascinating stuff all around, thank you for your thoughts.

[@christygrattan6847]

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!

[@kasperspardigm]

Well said

[@fergusryan1486]

Top video! Really enjoyed the resonant qualities of your marvellous voice🙏🏻

[@ericsuperdietz9936]

i think your final conclusion of the golden dawn is nailed straight down! well done!!

[@CapiSocialist]

Just 1 thing, after my awakening I discovered the recognition sutras by Christopher D Wallis, his second book. I wanted to understand what had happened to me, at first I thought I was the first person to have an experience like it as I’d never been exposed to any literature. Religion seemed like a foreign concept and until I started looking I hadn’t even known my transition is something religions are based upon. I don’t know why I started with this book but it practically reaffirmed my realisation, which made it all the more jarring 😂 no one who knows me knows my real story not even my family. I chose to keep it to myself, think that’s why I’m info dumping now. I highly recommend the book

[@FoolishFishBooks]

I LOVE the recognition sutras! Very useful work, and Hareesh (Christopher D. Wallis) is a deeply important figure in modern spirituality!

[@mysteria_hermetica]

This is highly informative. Thanks for sharing!

[@nickyounger1368]

Foolish Fish, thank you much for this. Wonderful video. Most are familiar with Crowley’s definition…. I like this much better.

[@ChrisLeRose]

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.

[@jameslangley2196]

DMT. There is a fast track to connecting into the source code of reality which shows us that we are simply manifesting our lives as are others and that our mental projection has more power than we are ever lead to believe.

[@jameslangley2196]

Not for the faint hearted I might add and something to be researched and prepared for mentally and dietary. Research is usually where most people drop out as it does sound very scary. Seen a few people all ready to do a changa ceremony and then decide against it at the last minute 😢

[@jameslangley2196]

@@TRUSTINYAH , John 3:16 is good advise 👍🏻

[@5kr3aminMunk33]

You can attain the same state of consciousness without DMT tho, in reality you shouldn't rely on drugs to build or sustain your connection to divinity as it's a pretty weak bridge overall, if you rely on drugs to make the connection then you'll have a pretty fuzzy connection.

[@jameslangley2196]

@@5kr3aminMunk33 , I actually agree but peeping behind the curtain before you manage to draw it back is certainly interesting and encouraging not to mention mind boggling beautiful.

[@jameslangley2196]

@Josiah Ali , really? Perhaps you weren’t ready? Nothing but love over there.

[@johnt5994]

Thanks so much for making this video, we have a thoth tarot group and this will be so useful for people new to the group who want to know what magick is. Great channel

[@fredpapa4928]

Without disparaging this video, it occurs to me that science and magick are a dialectic which do not represent the center path. Therefore, while both are useful, there is a better way. Thank you for this video.

[@auk8174]

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. 🌼🍀

[@FoolishFishBooks]

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!

[@jawz2005]

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.

[@aces2342]

Brilliant! And I love the John William Waterhouse painting in the intro I have that picture hanging in my dining room!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Love that picture! 🤩

[@jwhazze]

I would love to sit in an old library with you, old books and a joint, discussing magick. Thank you sir

[@shroomed999]

Psychedelics have shown and awoken me to Magick

[@jbtv5617]

They literally remove the veil where born under, from cannabis to shrooms it all has its uses.

[@lawrencelord9777]

@@jbtv5617 couldn’t agree more. It’s painful to hear people speak down on them. When they are so useful if used consciously

[@czb3130]

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]

@@czb3130 I was microdosing shrooms and was shown the secrets of magick, I didn’t even know what it was when it was happening

[@czb3130]

@@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.

[@noahdanielg]

Very fascinating for a 'newbie' like myself who is familiar with Dharmic traditions but I don't know much about Western Magick or Occultism, would like to learn more!

[@derflerp538]

Magick and Science are the Yin and Yang of our understanding of the Universe. The sooner we begin to view the two less as rivals and more as allies, the sooner we will benefit from both.

[@Nursesaids]

This is what System of a Down meant in thier song "Science" isnt it?

[@no_not_that_one]

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

[@FoolishFishBooks]

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.

[@no_not_that_one]

@@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?

[@dylanletchworth]

Fantastic video friend

[@jord1242]

Everything was impossible until that one person showed how it's done 🤘

[@JoeMonteleone]

Foolish Fish we are so lucky to have you on the virtual plane. Your videos are amazing!

[@rolandbovens8532]

Hallo I want to thank you for introducing me to Magick. Since 2013 i am a big fan of the Books of Jed Mckenna and I believe his Books are the best Books ever written. His Books are about enlightenment. Thank your channel. love from the Netherlands

[@babisbabinos8075]

Be careful with those things. At the beginning they seem nice but nicht lead you to satanic paths.

[@jaimeguerrero7320]

@@babisbabinos8075 Okay? And?

[@waterflutehope]

You confirmed my suspicion on the similarities Fish.

[@angelorosini4326]

Very nice even Franz Bardon makes the same historical connections. And teaches some on this in his books.

[@Lok783]

I think you nailed it in Qauntum mechanics.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

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.

[@notsure5876]

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! 🤦🏻🤣

[@eastonradio]

Wow this video is awesome. Thanks for doing what you're doing!

[@theratscratch]

2:55 would love a video expounding upon this!

[@Gianfranco_69]

depends how you spell it but its usually defined as a method of manipulating the physical world through metaphysical means by employing ritual action.

[@atazoth_rising]

"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.

[@edgarsanchez5479]

An improved broad definition of magick (in my opinion): “Magick is the study of the Multidimensional Levels of the Universe and then the practical use and application of that knowledge.”

[@kristyalberton9498]

Thank you for the great info.

[@omtheta1821]

Great video love all your videos! One problem I study Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) and have for years, It actually has qualities way closer to Pantheism, not monotheism

[@jasonarcand1871]

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