Bob Makransky

What is Magic? (Introduction to Magic, #1) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Magic is a spiritual path which is not very well understood in our society. This is because the theory and practice of magic have never before been explained clearly and convincingly, in a way that makes sense to intelligent and thoughtful people. Written in a sassy, irreverent style, What is Magic? answers the questions which all serious spiritual seekers, no matter what their spiritual path, ask at one time or another, but can never find satisfactorily answered:
1) What is the difference between faith and fooling yourself?
2) What is the relationship between altered states and normal, everyday life?
3) If you lose your desires, as many spiritual paths advocate, what zest or spice does life have left?
4) If the world is an illusion or dream, as it's said to be, then why does it seem so real?
5) Where does the world of magic the shaman's world take off from the world of everyday life? What and where is the interface?
6) Why is it so difficult to achieve real, permanent spiritual growth?

This book will change your life!

"Bob Makransky, I feel, has written a great treatise on magic. I urge you to enjoy it as much as I have." from the foreword by Michael Peter Langevin, publisher of Magical Blend Magazine

"What Is Magic breaks down the study of Magic into familiar elements such as spirits, demons, spells and spell casting. It also explores white and black magic, stalking, and bewitching. Makransky explains how all of these things exist in our everyday world whether we believe in them or not. Almost everything we identify as magical 'spookiness' occurs to us on a day to day basis. We are bewitched by people and things. We are demonized by those who treat us badly. We just don't recognize that things we see, say and do might actually be influenced by magical thinking.

"There is a certain no-nonsensical feel to his presentation that is both refreshing and a bit disconcerting. Makransky's writing style is very different from other New Age authors, and that alone should appeal to readers looking for a bit more substance in their study of magic" J Byrne, Psychic Magic magazine

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bob Makransky
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781465780409
• Artikelnr.: 48344121

Autorenporträt

Bob Makransky is a systems analyst, computer programmer, and professional astrologer. For the past 48 years he has lived on a farm in highland Guatemala, where he is a Mayan priest and is head of the local blueberry growers' association.

Bob became interested in magic at Micky Russo's Spiritualist Church in San Francisco in the 60's, but it wasn't until twenty years later that he began channeling spirits himself. He moved to Guatemala in the early 70's and started a farm which operates on principles akin to Rudolf Steiner's Biodynamics, but with a Mayan slant. He became involved with local Mayan priests because of Mayan calendar software he had written, which they had all adopted; and he was given a ritual to invoke Mayan spirits himself. He studied Mayan astrology and performed ceremonies with his teacher, Don Abel Yat Saquib, until Don Abel's death in 2009.

The Magician's Creed

You are the people,
You are this season's people
There are no other people this season.
If you blow it, it's blown.
Stephen Gaskin

I. The human race is in imminent danger of self-destructing and dragging our mother earth down with it.

II. There will be no miraculous salvation due to Mayan prophecies; or Jesus' or the Mahdi's return; much less from the irresponsible governments, corporations, media, and academics who got us into this mess in the first place.

III. The theory of probable realities states that each individual person decides the fate of the entire universe. If you truly choose to save the world, you will wind up in a probable reality in which the world is saved.

IV. The only chance for survival not to mention prosperity is for each individual to reject society's mutual suicide pact and make saving the earth and future generations their NUMBER 1 PRIORITY (as opposed to something they may get around to someday). This is the magician's equivalent of the Bodhisattva's oath.

V. Rejecting social conditioning means eradicating all trace of self-pity. Only by clear, sober, objective thinking (not unquestioning adherence to beliefs) can each individual save him/herself and the earth.

VI. This type of thinking is based upon what each person's heart tells them. It is different for everybody; and everybody has to find their own answers for themselves by examining their own habitual thoughts, moods, and concerns minutely. To do this magicians use various techniques, in...