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   Aunty Kreist to Karla   
   Re: Practical magick.   
   28 Feb 05 17:03:47   
   
   XPost: alt.religion.wicca, alt.arts.poetry.comments, alt.magick   
   From: Aunty_Kreist@satanickittens.net   
      
   "Karla"  wrote in message   
   news:0l172151p6nddqdvncvtfe28ulmqccn807@4ax.com...   
   > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:09:18 +0000, Shez  wrote:   
   >   
   > >In article <42232E94.3060700@skypoint.com>, Dale Houstman   
   > > writes   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>Shez wrote:   
   > >>> In article <42229c5a$1_1@127.0.0.1>, Pertial  >>> real.net> writes   
   > >>>   
   > >>>>"Shez"  wrote in message   
   news:iu3UWyBdujICFwFZ@oldcity.f   
   > >>2   
   > >>>>s   
   > >>>>.com...   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>>In article , Jane Asher's   
   > >>>>>Vagina  writes   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>>On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:51:19 +0000, Shez wrote:   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>For many people magick is a mystery   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>Not for me. I believe it to be pure bullshit.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>Your choice no one asked you to hang around on the magick group.   
   After   
   > >>>>>all I don't hang out on a poetry group.   
   > >>>>>Have you considered taking your ideas elsewhere, where you might be   
   > >>>>>welcome. Which you are not here.   
   > >>>>>Your the bald one aren't you...   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>One thing fer sure...   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>You're the one that is clueless about the contraction "You're".   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>P   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>   
   > >>> .   
   > >>> I have dyslexia... what's your problem... Or did you imagine that   
   > >>> spelling things correctly made you intelligent...   
   > >>   
   > >>True: but spelling things incorrectly doesn't make you intelligent   
   either.   
   > >>   
   > >>And you are a very selective dyslexic.   
   > >   
   > >I have a spellchecker for dyslexics that picks up most of the things I   
   > >spell badly, but not all..   
   > >Like most dyslexics I have a fascination with the written word, and a   
   > >vocabulary that is huge. Dyslexics are generally brighter than the   
   > >average and learn other skills to get them through the problems of   
   > >reading and writing.   
   > >Unless you are dyslexic you have no idea what the problems are, no more   
   > >than you could imagine being deaf, or disabled in some other way.   
   > >Dyslexia is something a lot of people suffer from in a mild form, mine   
   > >is medium, their are those who can never make sense of the written word.   
   > >Its not a problem that you can put right by study or practice. Its a   
   > >change in the brains structure... You learn to cope and to manage but   
   > >its not something you can change.   
   > >Dyslexics rule KO   
   > >   
   > >>   
   > >>> When you reduced to abusing people on their spelling your proving you   
   > >>> don't have the imagination to come up with a decent insult, its the   
   > >>> petty and desperate who need to point out spelling mistakes.   
   > >>   
   > >>And when you are reduced to thinking that the world isn't quite complete   
   > >>without the addition of some spurious "magick" you're proving that you   
   > >>don't have the imagination to see the world as being marvelous without   
   > >>the addition of delusions.   
   > >   
   > >I do see the world as marvellous, perhaps more than most, Magick is not   
   > >Walt Disney fireworks, its the use of natural skills, magick is like any   
   > >other talent its an art and a craft and can be learned.   
   > >Changing reality is something we all do in small ways, those who study   
   > >and use magick simply improve on an inborn talent.   
   > >It doesn't take ritual, words, it takes focus and concentration. I have   
   > >no time for delusions. I was taught how to use my mind and how to change   
   > >reality in a way I wanted it changed.. Like throwing a pebble in a lake,   
   > >the splash of the pebble is tiny, but the ripples carry on to the edge   
   > >of the lake.   
   > >Anyone can use magick, if they know how to use magick,   
   > >every time things go your way, and coincidences happen to favour you..   
   > >That is magick.. If things go wrong and you seem to be in a downward   
   > >spiral then that can be changed by magick.. Its a tiny amount of   
   > >pressure in the right place..   
   > >You really should not jump to conclusions about something you don't   
   > >understand, it shows a lack of imagination. Something that I would think   
      
   > >is necessary in a poet.   
   >   
   > I am curious.  Why do you and others spell magic as magick?   
   >   
   > Karla   
      
      
   Sometimes it's spelled that way to distinguish magic ( as in stage magic,   
   David Copperfield, card tricks) from witchcraft type magic. It helps keep   
   people from getting confused between the two.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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