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Most people think of magick as a rather niche subject which should be of interest to no more than a minority of the population, but when one understands the definition of the word magick it becomes clear that this is not the case at all. Aleister Crowley famously defined magick as “the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity of the Will”, and if we think about the subject in this way then it is something we should all be studying in order to become more effective at using it.

Regardless of personal beliefs, all human beings are in the business of trying to make their lives as good as they can be. In other words, we are all trying to bring about change in accordance with our will. We work hard to try and get a promotion, dress smartly to attract members of the opposite sex, take on home improvement projects to make our environment more comfortable, and so on. None of these things appear to have anything to do with anything metaphysical, but they are all examples of magick in action. In the examples given it is lesser magick (also known as mundane magick) that is being used, but it is a type of magick nevertheless.

What this means is that everyone who tries to improve their lives in some way is practicing a form of magick, and even the person who doesn’t ‘believe’ in anything metaphysical could be described as an accidental magickian.

Since we are all using magick whether we realise it or not, it makes sense to acknowledge that fact and to then shift from being an ‘accidental magickian’ to being a ‘purposeful magickian’, and we can do that in three simple ways:

1 – Study Magickal Systems
There are numerous magickal systems that we can study and all of them can teach us something, so we should follow our instincts and start with whatever magickal system feels right. Maybe you are drawn to the writings of Aleister Crowley, to the Chaos Magick works of Phil Hine or to Daniel Keaton’s immensely practical Magickal Creation course that we have discussed elsewhere (see our Magickal Creation excerpt). Whatever the case, make a point of studying your chosen system for at least a short period of time each day.

2 – Recognise Accidental Magick
Your regular study of magickal writings will help to make you more aware of how you are ‘accidentally’ using magick in your life right now. For example, you might suddenly realise that you are doing things which project a certain type of energy out into the universe which brings about certain results, positive or negative. You might also realise that the attitude you have about life is itself a magickal tool which you are using, for better or worse. If you are fortunate then you will find that you are currently using magick in a way that really is helpful to you, but some people find that they are accidentally using magick in a way which hinders them – such as by having more cynicism than optimism, for example. In this case your awareness will allow you to get your magick back on track so that your Will – and not your fears – is always in the driving seat.

3 – Use Magick Intentionally
The final way to shift from being an accidental magickian to a purposeful one is to start using magickal intentionally. This is a matter of taking the magickal system that you are studying and using it in a deliberate and purposeful way. Start viewing yourself and acting like the powerful magickian that you have the potential to be. Recognise the power that you have allowed to remain dormant with you and release it to create the kind of life that you have always wanted. When you start to live your life with that kind of attitude – as a creator who chooses to make things happen – it will be as if you have just flipped a switch in your life and you will start achieving the kind of results that most people only ever dream about.

Many metaphysical practitioners and students are creative individuals with a strong artistic flair. For this reason, creative magick is something which has been used for centuries by practitioners to attract wealth, success, power and other common desires, and you too can begin using it for the same purposes.

Begin by choosing a mode of expression. Creative Magick can be worked through painting, sculpture, drawing or any other form of artistic creation. It matters little if you have great talent in any of these areas. Your creations will be for personal use only to achieve a magickal end, not for public exhibition.

Having selected a mode of expression which appeals to you (for example, drawing) take the necessary tools (pencils and paper) and create the image of what you most want in your life. The image may be literal, or it may be symbolic, as you feel is most appropriate.

As you create the image of your desire with pencils, clay, oils or any other medium, be mindful of the fact that you are simultaneously creating the actual manifestation of your desire on a non-physical plane of existence. You are, in fact, visualizing your desire as you create the physical image, thus establishing a spiritual bond between the physical creation and the actual desire.

When you have completed creating the image, display it in your private room. Then, on a daily basis, visit the image and chant the following phrase seven times:

‘This or something better is even now coming into my life.’

If you wish, you may begin another creation (for the same desire – you should not try to focus on more than one desire at a time using this method) whilst you are waiting for your desire to come to pass. Many seasoned practitioners find that they rarely need to create more than a few such images before their desire has materialised on the earth plane, but of course this does to some extent depend on the nature of the desire.

The creative magick technique presented here can be extraordinarily effective in helping you to create good things in your life. If putting your creative urges to good use sounds like an attractive idea then follow the instructions provided and try it for yourself!

I will round up this series on The Magic Cloak with a few notes. First, understand that eventually someone will comment that you are like a completely different person. When this happens just smile and tell them that you feel like a completely different person!

Of course, it takes time for you to truly become what The Magic Cloak represents…

Occasionally you may be tempted to ‘step back’ into your previous self by smoking a cigarette, skipping your exercise routine or allowing a problem or stressful situation get the better of you. If you do give in to such temptation then realize that you chose to give in – you didn’t have to give in. Once you have taken responsibility for your action (and the new ‘old’ reality that it created) go back and create your Magic Cloak all over again. Never, under any circumstances, allow one mistake to bring your entire journey of power to a complete halt.

In addition, you may need to learn new skills or develop new habits so that you become more congruent with what The Magic Cloak represents. If this is the case then learn those skills and develop those habits. You will find that your new way of thinking, speaking and acting actually accelerates the learning of new skills and the development of good habits – often so much so that you can learn a skill or develop a habit in just half the time it takes the average person, so go for it!

By the time you have lived in The Magic Cloak for thirty days, you will find that it takes less and less deliberation to think, speak and act as your new self. Instead these patterns will start becoming far more automatic.

By the time you have spent sixty days living inside The Magic Cloak, you will probably begin to forget that you are wearing it! This is because as your inner identity (formed by beliefs and thoughts) becomes more in line with the cloak, the cloak itself will begin to disappear!

Eventually The Magic Cloak will not exist. It will melt like a shield of ice in the midday sun. But by that time it will not be missed, for you will actually be the person you deliberately designed yourself to be.

So start now. Put aside the questioning scepticism of your old self and instead put on The Magic Cloak. Not only does ongoing success depend on you doing this but the act is vital if you sincerely want to create good things from the inside out.

The Magic Cloak is a wonderful device which can help you to transform almost any aspect of your life in an instant. It may take you a little time to understand the concept and how it works, but study this series carefully, follow through on the techniques presented and you will soon master one of the greatest transformational tools available.

Think of a time when you felt the need to put on a ‘mask’ for a certain occasion. Perhaps you have had to deliberately present a certain image at an important meeting or interview by temporarily ‘acting’ like a different person. Perhaps you have felt compelled to ‘act’ in a confident manner when you were actually nervous, or to ‘act’ enthusiastic when you were actually quite lethargic.

Such ‘masks’ can be of help in the short term, but as soon as we get back to a place when we can take off the mask and be ourselves, most of the confidence or enthusiasm we feel disappears with it.

The Magic Cloak is similar to the ‘masks’ that we all wear from time to time, but with several vital distinctions:

- The Magic Cloak is more powerful than any ‘mask’ because it affects us just as much as it does other people and the world around us.

- If we wear The Magic Cloak long enough, our inner identity, personality, abilities and reality will actually change so that they are congruent with the external cloak. In other words, the cloak enables us to transform ourselves into the kind of people we truly want to be.

- The Magic Cloak is deliberately and thoughtfully designed, not just cast on quickly when the need arises.

Say for example that you want to be a wealthy entrepreneur. By using the techniques which are presented in this series you will actually be able to design your own Magic Cloak which will enable you to not only think, look and act like a wealthy entrepreneur, but to also become that person.

Or maybe you want to quit biting your nails and develop the body of your dreams. Using the same techniques you can design your own Magic Cloak which will enable you to achieve the physique you want and eliminate the nail-biting habit with amazing speed.

I realise that this sounds incredible – and it is! However, you will only truly understand the phenomenal power of The Magic Cloak technique when you use it, so let us close this theoretical discussion and in the next article we will go on to the practicalities of how you can design and use a Magic Cloak in your own life.