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To: alt.magick From: jr15948@nyssa.swt.edu (Majipoor) Subject: Xian/High & Low Magick Date: 4 Jul 96 13:20:11 CDT As I am a beginner in magick, perhaps I am missing the relevence of some of the terms used here. I would like to know what a Xian is ... sorry if I used it in the wrong context. Also, it was my understanding that High and Low Magick were named such because of where they were developed. High Magick was developed in the cities, by the wealthy upper class. It was called high because those who practiced it lived on the more easily defensible hills. Low magick on the other hand was developed by the farmers and country people, who wanted to get closer to nature and understand her. They lived in the valleys (so their crops could get water) hence ... Low Magick. Of course, I am just a beginner at comparitive magick, so I could be wrong. I practice High Magick, not because it's better, but because I have a very analytical mind. It's my thing :). Not because Low Magick is better or worse, it just doesn't work as well for me because there is too much room to move around in. In my practice, I do what my mood requires, but within the framework of the ritual which I am working. For instance in the LBRP, I visualize a sphere instead of a circle. I don't think that High Magick is for everyone ... my room mate is a die-hard Wiccan. She wants nothing to do with a impersonal and unnamable God ... she needs the personal touch of a Goddess and a God in her life. Just some thoughts ... Majipoor
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