Spellcraft: A Primer: Morningstar Magick, #1

By El Morningstar

The first in the Morningstar Magick series, this primer lays out basic theory and practice of spellcraft, including spell structure, raising power, common pitfalls, safety considerations, and the need for regular disciplined practice. Beginning practitioners and adepts alike will benefit from the brevity and clarity of this small volume.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Morningstar Magick
• Release date: Apr 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386954965

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Spellcraft: A Primer

Spellcraft: A Primer

El Morningstar

El Morningstar

Copyright © 2019 by El Morningstar

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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Ebook ISBN: 9781386954965

Contents

Preface

I. Theory

Reasons

Risks and Effects

II. Some Basics

Terms

Research

Magickal Objects

Bargains

III. Caution and Incaution

Common Sense

Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse

The Terror of Results

No Chosen Ones

The Rule of Three

IV. Practice

Magickal Act

V. The Trio

Cleansing, Protection, Divination

VI. Building, Charging

Abnegation, Sex, Sacrifice

VII. Release

Cutting the Cord

VIII. Cleansing (Again)

Failure, Success

IX. Mouth Shut, Ears Open

Keeping Silence

X. Keeping Records

Grimoire Games

XI. Stay Flexible

Valuable Discouragement

Afterword

XII. Appendices

1. Appendix 1: Sample Grimoire Entry

2. Appendix 2: Sample Spellbuilding Worksheet

About the Author

Preface

You don’t know the author, and it’s for the best.

The author is not interested in collegiality, and makes no pretense to be the best or only practitioner. The author’s aim with this work is simple and selfish. The more practitioners there are, the more camouflaged (and therefore safer) the author is.

Besides, the author may or may not be paying off a bargain or two by publishing. One never knows.

Herein lies the first lesson: Consider the source, take what is useful and leave what isn’t. Different techniques unlock the gates for different practitioners. Experimentation and common sense are key in magick as well as in more prosaic pursuits. Know thyself isn’t just good mental hygiene, it’s also a strategy for deciphering what transgressions or acts hold enough power to be useful.

Herein lies the second lesson: Do the work, then decide. With practice comes discrimination. Any new skill—and magick is a highly skilled endeavor—requires enough time and effort spent to acquire familiarity. Mistakes will teach one as much as success.

Herein lies the last lesson: Be careful what you wish for, lest it happen. The most common cause of failure in magick is the refusal to prepare the physical ground, leading to the work dying shortly after germination. The second most common is deep fear of success. Occult work tends to serve up what we really want, not what we think we want, and such an operation is terrifying for those who do not practice the requisite self-honesty.

I shall assume most readers have enough familiarity with correspondences, sympathetic magick, some divinatory