Invisibility
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Invisibility One of the powers of the magician is invisibility. This brief essay will give you four exercises to play with. Like any skill you may really need at some point, learning by doing is a good idea. I suspect you know the obvious – dress in muted tones, look like everyone else (or at least like a stereotype), speak quietly , don’t make eye contact etc. Here are a few things that can help. I. Make sure you see everyone before they see you. As you shop, walk down the street, enter a pub learn to see everyone first. You make the decision what face to show them. This has three great side benefits. Firstly it gives you grace because you suddenly find that you can avoid tie-ups and crowds acting stupid. Secondly it shuts off the internal dialogue so you have the chance of being brilliant. (You may have noticed this before that when you are involved in movement you suddenly have near ecstatic flashes of brilliance). Thirdly it helps with that important alchemy of changing “character amour” into “character awareness.” II. If you are venturing into dangerous territory, know your routes. No one sees people that know their way to the elevator, back door etc. The ability to “disappear “ from a dull party can be part of your mystique. III. Learn a neutral visualization. One of the problems I had as I was learning magic years ago is that I “set off” vagrant insane people. These sad souls who have no buffers between them and other psyches – sort of dribble glasses of Self. I would walk by and they would want to talk to me, or tell that
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Transcript of Invisibility
Invisibility
One of the powers of the magician is invisibility. This brief essay will give you four exercises to play with. Like any skill you may really need at some point, learning by doing is a good idea.
I suspect you know the obvious – dress in muted tones, look like everyone else (or at least like a stereotype), speak quietly , don’t make eye contact etc. Here are a few things that can help.
I. Make sure you see everyone before they see you. As you shop, walk down the street, enter a pub learn to see everyone first. You make the decision what face to show them. This has three great side benefits. Firstly it gives you grace because you suddenly find that you can avoid tie-ups and crowds acting stupid. Secondly it shuts off the internal dialogue so you have the chance of being brilliant. (You may have noticed this before that when you are involved in movement you suddenly have near ecstatic flashes of brilliance). Thirdly it helps with that important alchemy of changing “character amour” into “character awareness.”
II. If you are venturing into dangerous territory, know your routes. No one sees people that know their way to the elevator, back door etc. The ability to “disappear “ from a dull party can be part of your mystique.
III. Learn a neutral visualization. One of the problems I had as I was learning magic years ago is that I “set off” vagrant insane people. These sad souls who have no buffers between them and other psyches – sort of dribble glasses of Self. I would walk by and they would want to talk to me, or tell that I was an Angel etc. This was both gratifying to the worst part of my occultist’s ego, and scary to my rational self Now I think of a cinder block wall, and they go gaga over the local witch, who can then boast of her power.
IV. Finally here is a MBM formula. Try it out. Don’t “believe” it. As you go to sleep say the following in your head a few times. The formula doesn’t have to be word-for-word. “As my ba flies forth to interact with the bas of the sleeping men and women of my city, it casts invisibility in the eyes of those who would hinder me.” After you have had a few solid looking results – for example your car is over-looked by a meter maid that nailed everyone else, try taking the practice up a notch and say , “As my ba flies forth form my body tonight to interact with the sleeping men and women of my city, it draws to itself those who will give it happiness, prosperity and mystery.”
