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Jason Miller
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May 11 - September 3, 2020
If you will grant me the indulgence to talk a little Bible, I’d like to share one particular verse that has had a profound influence on how we in the West view money and spirit. In the Book of Matthew, Christ says, “You cannot serve both God and Mammon,” mammon being a word that means “money,” but also implies a demon. Though I am writing a book on (financial) magic, this is a sentiment I tend to agree with. You cannot serve mammon and spirit. Those who serve money tend to become slaves to money, which tends to run counter to the aims of spirit. Money can corrupt those who serve it as surely
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If you would rather wander the earth I also have the number of Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School, which includes survival training, in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Spend a few weeks with him and you’ll be able to walk into the woods and be self-sufficient there for life, with just a good knife and the clothes on your back.
If we cannot serve money, and we cannot avoid money, that really leaves only one option: to master it.
Last, please keep in mind that magic is an art that can have drastic effects on one’s life and psyche. Even seemingly simple practices such as meditation can bring up repressed thoughts and memories. Contact with spirits and gods can at times be jarring and open up unwanted communications. Spells may manifest in ways that you do not expect or plan for.
Wealth is not a flow of income; it is a state of positive finances. Buckminster Fuller once said that wealth can be measured in the number of days that one can live one’s normal lifestyle without a paycheck. When your assets and sources of passive income are high enough to provide sufficient income to support your lifestyle without your having to work for a paycheck, you are wealthy. I like this system of measurement.
Comfort can be the enemy of growth. When using magic, make sure you are growing and not stagnating.
Apart from spiritual growth and enlightenment, practical magic can do two things: it can affect the minds of other people; and it can shift probability in your favor, making improbable things more probable. Some things, however, are so improbable that even major magic will not be sufficient to manage it—the big pots in the lottery are like this.
Practical magick, but I have the belief that the odds can be hacked in my favor. I have a thought form as well as example in place that proves this is valid. I will do it!
That said, I usually buy two tickets for each one: one, because you have to be in the game to win it at all, and a dollar is certainly worth that; and two, because it also seems worth another dollar to double my chances. After that it is diminishing returns, and I do not devote any more money, and certainly no more time, to the lottery. I am not against playing the lottery; I am against incorporating it into your financial strategy for your life.
Though I do not believe that money is a literal spirit, it does share many of the characteristics of a spirit, as surely as a demon in a medieval grimoire does. Money, like a spirit, is intangible and invisible. The cash and symbols that represent money are similar to sigils and talismans. Despite its intangible nature, money can create very concrete effects in people’s lives by its presence or absence. More importantly, money requires certain offerings and has certain protocols for handling it if you want it to remain friendly. If money is mistreated, it will leave as surely as an offended
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So, if you want to improve your finances, it is important to like money. You don’t need to obsess over it or make it the center of your life. You need to like it enough to learn about it. Like it enough to honor its place in your life and in the world.
What this means for the sorcerer is that rather than doing simple spells for drawing in sums of money, the focus should be on managing the flow of money through your life.
Very crucial, this is in alignment with financial confidence. Seek financial confidence and everything else will make way for you.
Money likes to be given away. It likes to be donated. If you understand money’s mobility, you will understand that giving money will open up an opportunity for the universe to give back. It is said that gripping money too tightly will mean that your hand will never be open enough to receive.
Larry Winget, in his book You’re Broke Because You Want to Be, notes, “When you share what you have earned with others, then it magically comes back to you. I don’t know why it works, but it works.”
As you embark on the path of financial sorcery, you should take a second look at the people in your life and how they affect you. Make no mistake: Everyone in your life affects you both in terms of what happens around you and your own psychological makeup. You will find that some people in your life will be threatened by the idea of you making more money. Some will interpret any attempt to better yourself as a betrayal of working-class roots or a rejection of your heritage. You will find some friends accusing you of thinking that you are better than them or of acting “high and mighty.” When
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No matter how elaborate your altar, everything on it should be clean and meaningful. Nothing can be placed there that doesn’t have a purpose. I don’t care if the rest of your home is a filthy hoarder disaster waiting for an HGTV crew to clean it up—your altar must be clean and nothing on it should be left to rot. If there is liquid in anything (oil lamps, water bowls, and so on) they must be changed regularly. If there is incense, the ash must be taken care of regularly. Treat it like a living thing, because on an esoteric level, that is exactly what it is.
Very necessary for a perspective that a lot of operators dont take into account. If you don’t want something negative to manifest you should definitely take notice of what is out on your altar.
A Daily Offering to the Spirits for Financial Wellness In my last book, The Sorcerer’s Secrets, I included a good general offering, and in my Strategic Sorcery Course I give another, more elaborate example as well as different variations that can be made. In this book I wanted to include something that was even shorter than what I put into The Sorcerer’s Secrets but which also has an eye toward the financial dimension. There are three segments to a proper offering: the invitation, the offering itself, and the dismissal. When using physical supports, these three should be preceded by a
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Planetary Powers In The Sorcerer’s Secrets I point out that although many people think of Jupiter as the only planet/god to invoke in money matters, if you are doing real financial sorcery you should be a little more nuanced in your thinking. In that book I suggest working with a Jupiter/Mercury combo—Jupiter handing the collection of money and Mercury handling its movement, sort of the way your savings and checking accounts complement each other. If you are really intending to become a financial sorcerer, though, you should consider the role of all the planets in your work.
So how do all the planets impact your work? Let’s give an example—say you want to land a job: Luna: The moon is often misunderstood as a planet that is only about deep instinct, women’s mysteries, dreams, and such. But it is also about time and rhythm. For ancient peoples the most obvious and easiest way to track days was by the phases of the moon. The tides and some bodily functions also flow with the moon. Tibetans believe that there are certain key Bindus, or drops, that flow through different parts of the body based on a lunar schedule, and to work yoga correctly you need to know where
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The perspectives on how the planets affect your life and how to use them to an advantageous outcome.
One of my rituals with which a lot of people have had success is the cashbox. Find a cheap wooden box that is big enough to hold a good amount of papers and items. (It doesn’t need to be huge; mine is 6 inches by 3 inches by 3 inches.) Carve, engrave, or paint the symbols of the planet, intelligence, and spirit of Jupiter on the front of the box. Put four Jupiterian astrological symbols on the lid along with one of the pentacles of Jupiter from the magical grimoire The Key of Solomon—the choice is yours. On the inside of the lid, place the Kamea (or “magic square”) of Jupiter. Paint or stain
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