I also do not need tools to do magic. And Mind power is a good description of it. I have always felt that the tools and the different herb, etc, were to give the new ones something to do while the magic was developing.
When I started my study of magick, one of the first things I learned was that every human beeing is born magical. But in todays society, we forget what we are born with as we grow up.
Now that I have been studying and talking with others, I have come to realize that I have been using magick for most of my life, I just didn't know it, until now.
There have been times when I needed something, or just wanted something really badly, but there was no way to get it. Being many years younger than my brother and sister, I spent alot of time alone as a child. I learned to fill the void with daydreams of my own making. Even now as an adult, if there is something I need or want, I will obsesively think about the thing I need or want, and ways to get it, even if I dont have money or any means to achieve the goal. And, guess what, I somehow manage to acquire that which I desire!
I like Variados's "Mind Power", for I now truely believe that is what I have done. It does not always work, but that is just the nature of the beast.
^_^ and that is I always said, "be careful what you wish for" because we never know.. O_O people tend to say "I wish" and suddenly it happens, and then they regret it.. ^_^
i've been telling students of mine, as well as those who don't know much about magic, that the mind is the truely the most powerful weapon in spell casting, as well as any form of magic. the tools are merely centers to direct that energy. Some of these kids today, just don't wanna realize that, they think harry potter is cool, and they wanna cast spells with a wand. Sadly, when they find out it doesn't work that way, they leave, and they miss out on learning REAL magic.
i love the statement *mind power* it shows that we all hold the power and spark to preform magic. but one must also remember that energie not only is produced by us but also by the world around us. such as the earth and the other elements. being a witch and useing magic is just generating our own energie and utilizing the energies of the earth for a specific cause. so no, tool arn't nessisaliy needed but we are not the only energies around. they are all around us and should be used too. and that is why some use tools. no make a connection of our energiy and the enrgy around us. (my main reason for this post was to shine the light on the other half of the story)
excellent. Thats what I've said all along. Tools are props. They help us reach the altared state of conciousness where we can do magick. an experienced magick worker can reach that state without them by his or her will. the magick is in YOU not the tools. I have to admit, tho I LOVE the trappings. LOL.
CM
Personally, a lot of my best work I've done without tools. Maybe a stick of incense, but it helps me concentrate. Words are very powerful, wether or not we know it. Saying is creating. Thinking is believing. We unconciously create our world every waking second. But sigils, seals, candles, wands, and swords all act as a catalyst for our imaginations, which hold the true power to bend the world with magic.
And since it's already been brought up, I don't like to think of Harry Potter as magic, but as sorcery. In the Dragerean books by Steven Brust he makes a clear point that magic and sorcery are two different things. Sorcery is saying some words and thinking to make it instentaneously happen. Magic is the art of sitting, meditating, opening yourself to the universe, using your own thought and being to create. I really like how he seperates the Harry Potter-ishness from the real practice. Plus, they are just really good books.
