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Amateur Magus
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Приєднався 26 сер 2018
I'm Dave the Amateur Magus and I make Videos on the mechanics ceremonial magick, occultism, esotericism and the mechanics of everything found in dusty old grimoires. Typically full of snark and dismay at the current state of most esoteric discussion online. With a tone reminding some people of that one high-school teacher you were constantly disappointing way back when. The focus of this channel is primarily ceremonial magick in the hermetic order of the golden dawn style as a solitary practioner.
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Kabbalah Magic and the Great Work of Self Transformation | Book Review and Experiences
This video is about 40% review 40% my experiences 100% self reflection
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A look at Christian Necromancy | Mechanical Magick
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Delving briefly into a topic of "Good Wholesome Christian Necromancy" and ancestor work My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
The Truth About Contacting The Holy Guardian Angel | Mechanical Magick
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Explaining the difference between hard and soft contact with the holy guardian angel. My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
Is banishing over-hyped | Mechanical Magick
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Replying more or less to the banishing conversations that have been going on. My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
Redeeming Demons and The Ars Goetia | Mechanical Magick
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Once Again Covering demons after contemplating how my opinion on Demonology has changed as ive gone through the occult. My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
Spirits don't always care about you | Mechanical Magick
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Addressing the overly optimistic view of spirits I occasionally see in the occult world My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
Top 3 Motivations for Occultism: Money, Love, and Power | Mechanical Magick
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In which Dave the occultist talks about why people get involved with magick and the why some of these things are easyer to get then others. My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
Gemini: The Sign of Communication, and Lies | Mechanical Magick
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In which Dave explains the sign of Gemini and how hes employed it in magickal workings in the past. My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
The Basics of Occult Theurgic Practice | Mechanical Magick
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Salvaging one of the many projects that I spent too much time working on over the course of this year in order to give everyone a lecture. Talking about how to begin in theurgy from a practicing occultists perspective. My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagu...
Fear Success But Crave Experience | Mechanical Magic
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Talking about why if you're going to be afraid be afraid of success. My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
Thoughtforms: Mantras and Manifestations | Mechanical Magick
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Talking mantras again, Thoughtforms and how to deal with it. My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
Outer Appearance, Inner State, And Diet | Mechanical Magick
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Talking about the as within so without section of as above so below. My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
Geomancy : My preferred divination system | Mechanical Magick
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Re-do of an old video where I talk about my favorite divination system now with 90% more explanation. link to the book I recommend (Affiliate link) : amzn.to/4dohLlX My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
The Letter Squares of the Abramelin | Mechanical Magick
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I think this is my least favorite and least recommended part of this book but its still part of the ritual so i figure I should make a full video. Other then the patreon exclusives I have on the topic My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discor...
An Overview of Hermetic Qabbalah | Mechanical Magick
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The basics of talismanic magick as well as a very barebones method of consecrating a planetary talisman if you have one. My Links : Email for business inquiries : amateurmagus@gmail.com Patreon : www.patreon.com/amateurmagus Instagram : amateur_magus Twitter : AmateurMagus Community Discord : discord.gg/u5aVW4v3zA
Evil, Suffering and Perspective | Mechanical Magick
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Evil, Suffering and Perspective | Mechanical Magick
Why occultists Shouldn't Lie | Mechanical Magick
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Why occultists Shouldn't Lie | Mechanical Magick
Elemental Magick Is BORING | Mechanical Magick
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Elemental Magick Is BORING | Mechanical Magick
My thoughts on the Demiurge | Mechanical Magick
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My thoughts on the Demiurge | Mechanical Magick
The Basics of Talismanic Magick | Mechanical Magick
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The Basics of Talismanic Magick | Mechanical Magick
The Importance of Hermetic Qabbalah | Mechanical Magick
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The Importance of Hermetic Qabbalah | Mechanical Magick
Saturn, Shadow work and the Hero's journey | Mechanical Magick
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Saturn, Shadow work and the Hero's journey | Mechanical Magick
Skill Mastery and the Ars Notoria | Mechanical Magick
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The Element of Fire | Mechanical Magick
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The Element of Fire | Mechanical Magick
Reading Your Comments | Mechanical Magick
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Reading Your Comments | Mechanical Magick
The Time I Accidentally Evoked the Grim Reaper | Mechanical Magick.
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The Enochian Aethyrs | Mechanical Magick
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The Enochian Aethyrs | Mechanical Magick
The Elemental and Qabbalistic Archangels | Mechanical Magick
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The Elemental and Qabbalistic Archangels | Mechanical Magick
Magick to stop Bad Astrology Transits | The lesser ritual of the Hexagram
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Magick to stop Bad Astrology Transits | The lesser ritual of the Hexagram
How to Use magick to affect the weather | Mechanical Magick
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How to Use magick to affect the weather | Mechanical Magick
Like Karl Sanders from Nile would say : "It's as metal as fuck"
For those who don't know, the author of this book has a UA-cam channel where he goes into very in-depth discussions. He does a great job at clearing up misconceptions.
I get excited for your videos and i really like this format you adopted
Its a format im trying to do more but its not as easy to do as ive been busy
@ It’s always appreciated Dave
Great video
Amazing explanation
Which Egyptian book?
Excellent video Lyam Christopher is truly the Man! It’s funny how I had purchased Regardie 6th Edition - black brick years ago - so it was two steps to a book shelf to get started . It’s dam hard to do all requirements , which is the point !
I’m curious if anyone did the Elemental Grades in parallel with Ayahuasca Ceremonies. Someone from the G:.D:. Order told me, as long as you keep doing „The Work”… you can do both.
Is this a precursor of aligning oneself with angels before engaging with Demons as previously mentioned/showing in a recent video of yours, please…?
I'm at the 🔥 grade and I always did outside magick.... But not that much. So far theoricus was the worse for me. I was a total scatterbrain. Now in Philosophus I became more lustful, as in sexually and towards life in general. Up until this grade I tried to be as pure and moral as I could be but with fire I just feel like doing whatever I want and stop feeling sorry about it.... Its a strange shift
Man how is no one talking about the authors youtube channel?
Its in the description of the video
Should I use a circle like Frater Xavier recommends for other magickal work?
Hi! What paradigm do you subscribe to now, if you can tell? You said you were not keen on the psychological paradigm. Also do you have an opinion on how chaos magick 'works'? So not on the system but on how it is told to manifest.
Kind of splitting the difference between psych and spiritual models.
Did anyone else have some hallucinations after doing the lbrp. Mine are very cartoony
Same here, like cartoon messages you're supposed to interpret. Kinda like a series of GIF's
@KristofferThorne I get scrambled letters, I also see loony tune style monsters and anime characters, and they interact in strange ways i can sometimes control.
Now I feel stupid for not getting anything.
@miwwie1504 I wouldn't, i had a few sleepless nights learning to deal with it
⭐Thanks Subbed. My “bible” of choice is Transcendental Magic Doctrine and Ritual…. You would like Key of Mysteries too. Eliphas Levi ✨✅
Thanks, Frater Dave! I really like your longer videos! If you have the bandwidth after the work day, I'm sure that folks in the community (INCLUDING ME) would love to study under you. Hope you're well and God bless!
his channel, he posts every sunday and theyre quite amazing
I'm so glad you are reviewing this! I'm doing the neophyte grade now and it's amazing how quickly results start to manifest
Sorry to pull away from the main topic of the video, but I have a question I wanted to ask, since my one occult friend didn’t know. So I’m a beginner, and I was doing some meditation when I had the sudden mental image of a cloaked figure with a fox head and weird turquoise stuff (it looked like smoke or flashes of light) around it. It didn’t seem harmful or malicious, and it didn’t seem to have or want a name. I’m not quite sure what(who?) that was, and online research didn’t help. What kind of spirit could it be? Should I try to seek it out again? Any help with this would be hugely appreciated, thanks!
I'm Getting so many questions regarding "what does it mean by no outside magick?" That im just going to answer it here. This book assumes youre starting from square 0 and takes you up through to "Adeptus minor" in ceremonial magick. As such heres what I'd consider "outside magick" NEW magickal operations : If youre not already doing something then dont start any new stuff. If you have talismans or other stuff youre currently upkeeping then keeping those should be fine in my understanding. But just dont start anything *NEW* if you need to let spirits know your going to be doing this and might not be as active with them but you should be able to keep all land spirit relationships. ANGEL AND DEMON WORK STOPS COMPLETELY. Do not continue any operations of that nature At all. Same goes for elemental work other then what is described
Great review of a fantastic book. I checked the link to see when I bought this book, and it was December 11, 2006, exactly 18 years ago. Coincidence? lol I didn't do all of this curriculum because I had been doing Golden Dawnish work for almost 25 years when I bought this book. I also don't agree with the magic is all in your head concept, although much is, there ARE external spirits, bad, good and neutral. This is the book that I recommend to anyone looking for a good start in magic, it used to be Modern Magic, but I think this one is better. There really aren't a lot of books that have a complete curriculum. Most just kind of ramble around, but this book will get you there.
Okay, so my basic, spiritual hygiene practice consists of meditation, banishing, leaving offerings for local spirits, and recharging my home protection talisman (mine is a 5th pentacle of Saturn). I figure the first two would be fine to continue while working through this curriculum, but would the offerings and talisman maintenance breach the "no outside magic" rule? Also, I'm sure you're getting a ton of questions about that specific rule, and I'm sure the book itself clarifies most of them... so sorry about that xD but I do want to make sure I don't have to abandon my relationships with the spirits of the land, or leave my home unprotected if the book offers nothing to replace it.
It was very useful to hear about your experiences at each grade. Thanks for sharing! And as you probably know, this book isn't teaching traditional GD curriculum, as many GD practioners keep saying when it's mentioned. Having some experience with a more traditional order I can agree with them. Doesn't mean it's not useful by any means, just worth mentioning in my opinion.
Just wanted to thank you for doing this video. I have really enjoyed working with this book, but I get so much shit from other Golden Dawn types about it. Nice to see that someone else likes this curriculum and has found it useful.
What do you think is a better initiation, this book or the abramelin or what Dr Skinner wrote for self initiation? And which system of magick do you think is better overall? This or what the abramelin gives you or Goetic/salomonic? Or are they all similar? I’m ready to move on from the “internet research” /armchair magician phase and into the practitioner phase. Also what sort of IT job do you have? I’m finishing up school right now and hoping to land an IT job asap
This book is the one i recommend. Abramelin can throw your life into chaos and i don't know which book Dr Skinner wrote on self initiation. Typically you work through one system master it then move to the next ones. Also if youre looking for advice in IT work get Security Certs and find something in security. I cant really give advice on this as i kind of "fell" into my IT job because of magick
When it is stated to not do any other magickal work, does this include tantric practices? I am also very very interested in Tibetan Buddhism/Vajrayana and have picked up several meditation practices from it. I understand that both systems should be compartementalized to some degree, since there are things that differ such as symbolic correspondances between eastern and western systems. But do you think one can follow this book and still perform tantric practices?
It says it in the required reading section of the Neophyte grade chapter. and to answer the question about tantra I don't think you should be doing two systems at the same time until you come to a good "stabilizing" point in at least 1 of them.
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Hmm i did get the message in my dream that i am not seeing the big picture and now u r saying angels see things from the big perspective so confirmation i just started working with them
How can one differentiate whether it's fear or subconscious block ? They don't look so different to me, still curious about the comparison.
What if time is spherical and you exist in an infinite number of ways within that sphere. Could you communicate with other versions of yourself? There’s got to be a version of you somewhere in there that has figured that out as well. Imagine that power…
Perhaps we are all in that “sphere” and are all different versions of the same thing. Everything, everywhere, all at once… all is one, one is all. So then when you talk to the “dead” you’re merely talking to another version of yourself from another place and time
Jason miller talks about getting dirt from those who've passed that in life did something that might be able to help you. Ie a soldiers dirt for protection or attacking, a city council or mayora for dealing with local beuracracy etc
In the Orthodox church we also pray for the departed. We even hold feasts for our dead relatives and give alms in their name and on their behalf.
You can also call the souls in Purgatory as a group for assistance (like you would a saint) but you should have a track record of praying for them first.
Christianity is a death worship religion, and they don't see it.
Always has been.
God bless
Thanks
My mom does this with at Michael as a catholic without any teachers and she doesn’t like it when I call her a necromancer
I've always found it difficult to decide how I feel about necromancy. Part of me feels like it's wrong on every level, BECAUSE I feel like the dead WANT and DESERVE rest. To be left alone. This past samhain, I honored my ancestors with a temporary altar and some alchohol and incense. But I would never call on them and disturb their death. If anyone has a good counter argument then please share it. Necromancy has always been fascinating to me. But that moral delema is what stands on my way from calling on the dead.
If death was the final place souls wouldn't re-incarnate
Offering them what you offered counts as necromancy. You technically "disturbed" them. Your ancestors had to come by and enjoy and partake on your offerings.
This, of course, depends in the individual, but I think of it in terms of how humans work in general. Living or dead, most parents have some level of innate investment in their children. For many, this investment is very deep and meaningful. I've had the privilege of getting to have a close relationship with my grandparents before they passed, and got to experience firsthand the insane amount of affection they showered my sister and I with. There's a reason grandparents are so infamous for spoiling their grandchildren. As with most mammals, protecting our offspring is in our blood. When I was little, I always felt bad that I could never spoil my grandparents like they did me. When I heard my parents tell me "Just spending time with them means the world to them", I remember thinking "that's bs! They're just telling me that to make me feel better..." Now I realize that, in a weird way, I spoiled them by just existing. As a young adult, I'm starting to see the same thing in my parents, too. Parents' love for their offspring is a beautiful thing. All that's to say that an ancestors personal investment in their offspring is a part of who they are. It exists on an emotional, spiritual, and biological level. It's not just "I'm supposed to care about this". While there are definitely some very unfortunate cases where this is the case, true parental love is so natural and innate because it helps us humans survive, just like our love of sugar exists to benefit our survival. Chances are, if you have ancestors, at least some of them care about you quite a bit! And if they don't, chances are they just won't show up. It's not like you're calling them up and trapping them in a triangle and beating them with a blasting rod. By the sound of it, you care quite a bit about respecting the will of the spirits, I don't think you have to worry about accidentally enlisting the service of unwilling participants. I've thought about that same question before myself, but when I do, I'm reminded of the image of my grandparents sitting on their front porch, eagerly anticipating our arrival. Yeah, they may be dead now, but they're still them. Even when they were battling cancer, which they both died to, they'd never turn down a chance to spend time together, and I don't see any reason to think they'd feel differently today.
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“Something given has no value” is confusing me.
That line is a reference to both a movie and a psychological principle. If you are freely given something no matter how valuable it is you wont actually value that thing or experience as much as if you have to work for it. The more you have to sacrifice the more valuable the thing youre getting will be to you
@@amateurmagusI value free candy over paying for it. It's also important to distinguish the contextual polarities as only Siths speak in (as in invariably dead-ending on, oppositional aka unresolved) absolutes.
@@Tucker_Tries Free collage degrees are only valuable because of a time investment. and "free" candy isn't free you just aren't fronting the bill. Unfortunately economics is a mode killer in all spiritual matter
@amateurmagus I'll say gifted candy then. Also fruit growing wild is free. Many people live free. Etc we can go back and forth but I'm just saying that something earned and something given are both two edged sword contextually
Hey, I know it's an older video, but Scott Michael Stenwick's book Mastering the Thirty Ayres has a lot of information for using the aethyrs for practical magick. In particular, he lays out where these locations are and how to use them. I have found his three-book series on Enochian magick really helpful.
Blue and green was once The same color in ancient japan
Getting similar vibes from Babalon as from Lilith, but Babalon is much more nuanced and much more on the side of the "good guys"
Amateur Magus do you think it is posible to change how one's brain work through the use of magick? I mean if you abnormally fear something, if you can change that and generate love for that same thing instead of being fearful. And changing some several issues with the way your brain works. And have you tried the ars notoria to learn something in a shorter amount of time? Thanks in advance.
The four fold breath help u focus on your breath then thoughts. Hence meditating. It’s essential for newbies.
I did too much too fast and enjoyed a mental breakdown as a result. The greatest work is in picking up the pieces and putting it all together again... it's like the Beatles writing their greatest hits AFTER and not DURING their LSD excursions.
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Hi, I think I am very much aligned with your take, but I would be really interested what you think of Thelema and the New aeon. I consider myself more christian than a thelemite, but I would lie if I said that Thelema didn't absolutely stun me with its truths and deep revelations. I do believe in God and Christ deeply, but "Do what thou wilt" truly resonates with me as well
Let me tell you, when you FEEL like you are doing everything and you dont FEEL results... How can that be not scary
It is then that you shall know despair
Ive been there thats why i started fearing "excessively positive results" it has been...Incredibly successful so far
So cool n practical