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That is therapy. I am feeling a bit confused by your distinction. As I understand it, depending on the type of therapy, development of full potential as you say above can be the aim. I think this is the case in Jungian analysis where the focus is individuation - the recovering of your true self (including unwanted repressed shadow aspects) and so being able to realise your own full potential and creativity.
Or, to put it simpler; how can I know my True Will if I dont know or understand my true self ?
I don't really know what counts as magickal practice...
Here is a start
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_banishing_ritual_of_the_pentagram
.However, as for instability...hmm..I have had my moments. I recently stayed in an old faded hotel in Hastings with a huge floor to ceiling mirror on the staircase. I was fascinated...what sort of things had this hotel seen.... I thought I would take some pics or try scrying, it felt like a portal. One of my children went to walk up the reflected stairs through the glass, it was that realistic.
When I checked the photos to see if anything interesting had shown up I was disappointed to see nothing. Then I noticed that there seemed to be something unpleasant about the reflection of me (taking the picture). When I enlarged it, the distortion of the glass had given me one horrible blackish staring eye, I was gripping my iphone like a mad demon woman and to finish off my thumb and scarf had blurred together to look like the head of a bald imp coming out of my chest...I pretended at the time that it was funny, but really I was a bit freaked out.
As it stands, that seems to veer to towards 'instability'. But if you delved into, scried into the mirror or photo and got information from that process that helped you to advance towards to your Will and purpose and expression, then I would call it a magical act. Some 'magical acts' however can have a 'phase' of instability in the process, whether they are magical or not depends on the outcome.
the spell dudes... I don't know...perhaps boundaries can become blurry and it is harder to be sure what is real and what isn't at times for some people especially if they are having difficult times. For me they just sound like exploitative conmen... but then that is coming from someone who thinks she see's Crowleyite bald imps in her pics
Yeah, sound like exploitive con men to me too ! Actually, if you want that Crowley imp removed from your aura ... I can do that.... just send $400 and a blank video to ....
I havent' really got to grips with the elements yet... I understand kind of superficially what you are saying... but not really, if that makes sense.
One simple way of understanding balancing the elements in yourself is to achieve an equal influence from ;
your connection to spirit, individuation, aspiration, inspiration, invocation.
your feelings and deep emotions, connections to unconscious, intuition, empathy, dreaming,
your rational abilities, reason, logic, mentation
abilites and methods of putting things the above qualifies innto practice and reality.
Mix fire and water, from that comes air ( steam ), contain and direct the air to achieve the work at hand.