Introduction
Contrary to the title, Instant Magick is not a quick book of spells that requires no energy, effort or imagination. Instant Magick is not one quick, easy open package designed to make your life perfect with a few herbs, crystals or candles. Magick doesn’t work that way, though we often wish it would.
Magick is a path of transformation, healing and awareness. Instant Magick is a book that will help you weave the natural energies of life through your will, words and visions into a transformation. The initial results can seem instantaneous. You will an event to occur, and it occurs. The process of magick is to explore your will, your wants and desires, and through it, to weed out the unwanted, unhealthy and unnecessary desires to find your true will, the desire of your soul.
I’m a practical person, and think the exploration of your true will should have practical applications. The traditions of magick I have studied are about learning to go with the flow of nature, and gently shape it to aid your journey. The knowledge of magick can simply be the difference of learning when to swim with the stream of life, rather than against it.
The spells of Instant Magick are not your typical pagan or ceremonial spells. They don’t involved complicated rituals. They don’t involve altars and magickal tools. You don’t need candles, special ingredients or exotic symbols. I love those spells, and have used them before, and will use them again, but there are many times in life you need to tap into your energetic awareness and create change. You can’t always get to your altar, and many times, you need magick in your car, at work or on the run. The spells here are accessible at any time, through meditation, visualization, words and intent. Many practitioners gain a greater awareness of energy as they practice traditional magick, and learn to adapt their will-working techniques to many different traditions. They do magickal working similar to Instant Magick, yet most only teach and talk about specific traditional spells with traditional recipes.
You don’t have to be involved in traditional magick to use this book, but it doesn’t hurt. It is for beginners, but can show new methods to the experienced practitioner. An understanding of magick helps the study of any technique. You don’t have to come from a specific belief system such as modern paganism, witchcraft or ceremonial magick, though we’ll be using elements from those traditions. My background is in these forms of western magick, so of course they will be a part of my magick and writing. We won’t, however, be using traditional spellcraft techniques, so you don’t need to buy any tools, herbs or crystals. All you need is yourself.
I’m not a fan of traditional spell books. I’m not a fan of teaching people to just do spells. I like magick books, and I like teaching people how to do magick, to understand the discipline, theories and practice of it. I don’t like teaching pieces. It’s the difference between teaching someone how to cook, and how to cook just one thing, with no idea how the process works. If you stick to one recipe, or one spell, you are fine, but if you venture from that one familiar territory, you are out of luck because you don’t have the fundamentals. I like to teach people the foundation, so they can make their own magick.
Instant Magick is a different kind of spell book. Though it will have recipes, they’re not the typical recipes you’ve seen before. The ingredients are non-tangible, but just as effective. The first chapters will give you the fundamental concepts of traditional magick. The non-tangible ingredients are the energies that correspond to the traditional colors, candles, herbs and stones. Through working with them on a primal intuitive level, you will understand the fundamentals of all spellcraft, and take it in the direction you wish. Use this book and its spells to inspire your own spells. Work with your own understanding of magick to fill your own needs and find your own path of the true will.