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Frater Acher
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Do You Know Your Magical Ethos?
The only question more pertinent than whether you actually have any magic at your command, is whether you have a magical ethos?
The etymology of the word ethos points us to the genius of a person, a habitual character or disposition. In short, the question of a magical ethos asks us to be clear about what kind of human we want to transform ourselves into through the use of our magic. Whether this
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“Judging without even trying is incredibly convenient—especially if it lets us remain the victims of circumstances created by global forces far beyond our realm of control or influence. Behaving like a wolf when surrounded by wolves often seems like the safest option. Unfortunately as human beings, rather than following our blood, instinct and tribe, each one of us carries the burden of first finding a vision, and then realizing a version of our noble selves.”
― Holy Daimon
― Holy Daimon
“One horse represents what we may as well call the biological self, guided by what Romantics called the instincts and Platonists called the appetites. The other horse, though, represents what the ancient Greeks called thumos, the spirited or irascible part of the self, the part that responds non-rationally to praise or blame from others, and more generally is guided by the pressures and influences of the community to which the individual belongs. To use a phrase Plato didn’t, where the first horse is the biological self, the second horse can be described as the social self.”
― Holy Daimon
― Holy Daimon
“more often than not, our failures are not due to any evil daimon: they are all our own work. For it is exceptionally hard to become what only humans can become: a bridge which allows for undistorted communication between nous and matter, one flowing into the other. Yet man can be such a bridge, standing in the service of what passes through him, unconditional and free from all appetites and desires. Man can be a noble soul.”
― Holy Daimon
― Holy Daimon
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