Comments on: Magician Helps Golfer Win

By: Plosiguant

Plosiguant — Mon, 16 May 2005 06:13:01 +0000

One thing I found encouraging about this particular case is the statement that the magician has a sense of humor… In my experience, those who have achieved a lt spiritually speaking tend to have wonderful senses of humour.

By: Occult Investigator

Occult Investigator — Sat, 14 May 2005 05:52:59 +0000

yeah i love the earthsea trilogy. and i dont think this guy is a magickian. and bizo – thats the sort of direction i was thinking for these “magicians” – as possible CIA handlers, at least in michael jackson’s case. see my linked article for further conjecture

By: ray

ray — Sat, 14 May 2005 03:10:18 +0000

Are we talking “magician” or “magickian”??

All magick involves manipulation of forces that should remain in balance. I’m not saying magick is wrong, just that it is dangerous to use it carelessly or frivolously. You wouldn’t build a house that was physically unstable, would you? Or some sort of electronic device that exposed you to high voltage? Or a machine that caused violent swings in temperature or pressure? Similarly, you wouldn’t want to perform a spell or ritual that seriously upset the “spiritual” field. This is really what the concept of karma is all about: understanding the totality of an action (magickal or mundane).

Ever read Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea Trilogy? The main character, Ged, a mage, is always concerned about how any of his workings might upset the balance of nature. I think Le Guin gets it right on. She had a lot of exposure to Native American philosophy through her father, an anthropologist.

By: bizo

bizo — Fri, 13 May 2005 23:46:15 +0000

have you read the book”men who stare at goats”? there is a magician in that book. he does hypnosis on a man who later ‘commits suicide’. a man who was involved with lsd experiments for the cia.

By: Haeresis

Haeresis — Fri, 13 May 2005 21:23:11 +0000

Additional thought: these are the same kind of arechontic hypnotists who got magick outlawed in the first place.

By: Haeresis

Haeresis — Fri, 13 May 2005 21:20:19 +0000

I don’t think it’s realy that surprising. I know most of us avert our eyes these days, but have you noticed that the “spells” corner of the mass market bookseller has become an entire aisle? It’s not ritual magick, it’s crass spellcasting, and it’s everywhere. That the dilletantes of every circle see dollars signs and ego magnification in teaching sigil magic to CEOs or “Hermetic Kabbalah Powers” at New Age market-fests was inevitable.

By: Occult Investigator

Occult Investigator — Fri, 13 May 2005 17:08:08 +0000

COME ON! WE’RE TALKING ABOUT MAGICIANS HERE, PEOPLE!

whether or not there’s anything “wrong” with it, i think we can all agree that its more than a little strange. if theyre so similar to “success coaches” (which are also creepy) then why not get one of those? why waste time with a dude who can pull rabbits out of your underwear? theres something inherently weird about this!

By: Jason Bradfield

Jason Bradfield — Fri, 13 May 2005 16:44:31 +0000

Don’t see what’s wrong with having a personal magician. I think that makes more sense than using some fundamentalist like Billy Graham as your spiritual guide. Maybe if George W had a good personal magician he wouldn’t be such a dumbass.

In all seriousness, it seem like what this guy does is not too different from what success coaches do and success coaches are very popular even among otherwise conservative executives in corporate America.