Modern Sorcery & Old Magic, by Elhoim Leafar.

Modern Sorcery & Old Magic, by Elhoim Leafar.

Hugs to all the readers who came to this little virtual corner, the place where I feel more like sharing my ideas and the occasional experience.

In this short post, far from debating trivialities like "what kind of magic is better?", I am going to focus on making clear some ideas on the subject that I would like to share about it, especially towards my followers and readers who are keeping me positive. busy in the course of the day.

Remember that in this post, as in all the posts on this blog:

1. We do not seek to please anyone, simply to clarify some points of view from the practical.
2. There are no editors, so the ideas are written as they should be, completely "raw" and without filters.
3. This post is written by an individual who was born in a tiny Amazon town next to the Orinoco River, was raised between the cities of Caracas and Cumana in Venezuela, and currently resides in another city different from the world, if your vision and mine do not match, that is completely normal.
4. In this as in all my blog posts, I do not seek to sell my ideas to anyone, my job is not to convince you, my job is simply to make others understand my position regarding certain topics so that they know and understand that thinking differently does not It means being isolated, you can think differently from the rest and still be part of a civilized society.

Now yes, entering the matter, we are going to define certain points for your understanding.

Modern Sorcery vs Old Magic.

Do you remember Merlin the magician? Imagine Merlin for a moment, the old man with the long beard, the king's advisor, a well-known alchemist and sorcerer who guarded the folklore of Camelot, cared for the holy sword of Excalibur and fulfilled practically all characteristics of a druid.

Merlin revered the forests in order to win the favor of the old spirits, read fate in the stars and clouds, so he would be prepared for all events. Merlin studied folklore in order to understand the past, taking care of King Arthur, to whom he gave advice when necessary, since being the King's guide allowed him to fulfill his greatest task, protect and bring prosperity to the kingdom of Camelot.

Now let's analyze for a moment the practice that was carried out by the witches of Salem and New Orleans, in the US. They were mostly women who lived repressed because of a society that did not understand them, and slaves who unfortunately suffered the contempt of a class and racist society (the latter has not changed much), and therefore, in both cases, resorted to the spirits and the old deities to ask for protection, in a time when everyone came against them, to pray for protection, in times much more difficult than ours, to pray for love, because for young women, marrying a young man was the best way not to be “sold” by his parents to a wealthy man much older than them for economic gain, as well as prosperity, veneration of his ancestors, and even to become pregnant and thus ensure the well-being of the family.

I do not know much about the historical origins of witchcraft and voodoo in North America, that is not my area, and even if I studied it, it is not for me to carry out that analysis. But what I do know well, and could say that it corresponds to my area of experience, are the origins of these practices in the Caribbean and the Amazon.

Umbanda, Quimbanda, Palo Mayombe, Candomble and Santeria have gained enormous relevance in Latin America in these two recent decades. While Amazonia has become popular among tourists who go there to perform Ayahuasca sessions and Cocoa ceremonies at a good price. Cuba and Brazil are the destinations of all those magic seekers who want to enter the esoteric world of Afro-Caribbean mysticism.

All these recent practices have ended up merging with each other to the point of being almost impossible to differentiate, however, although superficially they look quite similar to each other, internally each of these comes loaded with a whole historical legacy, which walks through the first times of the slaves that were brought to the Caribbean from Africa, until the fusion that naturally arose from the practices of these men and women from Africa, and those natives * of South America.

Now, taking distance from the whole historical issue. The practice of magic in old America was very different from ours, it was more based on the connection with nature, on the study of clouds and stars, on divination methods, on the veneration of the dead and the ancestors, and in daily practice, as well as in the constant study and oral transmission of folklore.

The old witches used natural, single-colored, homemade candles, lighting them to win the favor of spirits, venerate the spirits of the night, ward off evil spirits, ask for protection and happiness, or ask for any kind. of wishes.

The witches of New Orleans and Salem gathered the herbs in the forest to prepare ointments, medicinal oils, and burn them as votive incense to the spirits. In Latin America, specifically in Peru, Colombia, Guatemala, and Venezuela. Shamans and witch doctors healed with herbs, ointments, and oils, burned herbs to dispel illnesses and evil spirits, and animal sacrifices were the order of the day. All this without mentioning the human sacrifices that were historically contemplated in Central America and Mexico.

The Magic of our time.

Yes, it is very different from the more traditional methods, but it is not "plastic magic" as some call it, although many "neo witches" are more focused on collecting books and buying a hundred herbs and beautiful bottles of oils on Amazon to post very nice photos on IG / FB. Out there you can find many great magicians and sorcerers who make use of these facilities to instruct others in the magical art of sorcery, to form appropriate Coven for the performance of rituals collectively, for the veneration of the ancestors and various gods, to conjure powers and consecrate various rituals.

Of course, the witches of the old-time did not use glitter in their spells, they did not decorate their altars with mirrors because they would rather remain hidden, they did not have two thousand different incense fragrances or used colored candles, all their candles were white and white.

But just as everything in the world continues to advance, sorcery has also advanced, and we who have had the opportunity to embrace this change can now perform magic (which at least I consider) much more powerful. Complementing our candles with symbols that direct all the energy to a more specific goal, incenses that evoke the power of our purpose, and we place all kinds of oils and herbs in our shower soaps to include small rituals of love and protection.

We have the opportunity to do all that magic that our predecessors did not have, we have the opportunity to carry out our practice openly and in broad daylight, and that has led us to study new and different techniques that combine different types of magic in one more modern, more complicated, more complex, and richer sorcery.

For the witches and wizards who preceded us, surely it was also a great change, having to go from the fires of a huge bonfire and a cauldron in the middle of the forest to working with candles between caves and huts to get discretion.

Is Truly Old Magic?

If you have had the opportunity to read the greatest magic and sorcery books ever written, such as the "Greater Key of Solomon the King", "The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King", or "the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage". You will know that those great magicians used a quite complex esoteric science, rich in symbolism and with long and very well structured rituals, their rituals were more based on ritualism and less on "that's what you attract" and these more modern elements.

Those books were loaded with enormous symbolic, kabbalistic, esoteric and astrological knowledge at the same time, all of them not to mention Saint Cyprian the witch-sorcerer "Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic", which was more based on direct practice and less on theoretical study, without stopping being one of the great books that every magician, sorcerer, and sorcerer should have in his library.

All of the above are examples of powerful magicians and summoners who were true idealists and pioneers in magic, and those practices they carried out several centuries ago still remain with us, intuitively linked to hundreds of more modern spells and rituals that we can find in the books of many modern authors.

While for many who call themselves "real witches" the modern magic seems to make little sense, or see it as a modern excuse to make money, these same individuals should discuss two important things here, the first, which probably all those magicians were also considered by theirs as "very advanced for their time", as well as those of today, and second, that everything in this world, absolutely everything that is created by man, and that includes from the sciences and the philosophy, even religion, and art, everything is linked to money in one way or another, because it is the way in which the universal law of exchange takes shape in our hands.

While many modern authors may seem quite extreme in their practice, and many other individuals are more focused on "practicing to look cool." There are still very good authors out there who combine magical modernism with traditional sorcery, achieving very good results, not only good books but also beautiful rituals rich in cultural symbolism and elements typical of traditional magic, which combine with each other to give good results, all these, fruits of his incredible study and years of practice.

Now, it is not to forget an important factor, all the magic that today many people superficially classify as "modern magic", in two or three decades it will be rather classic, which will inevitably influence the practice of many other magicians and younger and more modern sorcerers.

Note: Regarding the use of the word "indigenous", I must always repeat this to avoid the discomfort of the readers (especially American whites who often reproach me for the use of these terms), where I come from the words like black or indigenous, they do not have no negative connotation, in fact, my sisters call me black for love, and we call my nieces "negritas" (little girls), I am the whitest of my brothers and my two grandmothers are native to the Wayuu tribe in the surroundings of Venezuela, the words like "Indian" or "Indian" are not offensive to us.

From Elhoim Leafar Made With Love.

Elo.

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