Magic

2000-7-20 12:00:00

Rick,

People are telling me they can't join Spirit Web. Can you tell us what is going on with them?

I have just a minute to comment on Larry's question on magic, mediums etc.

Here are some of the scriptures you quoted:

From the New Testament:
Revelation 9:21:
Nor did they repent of their murders, their _magic_ arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Revelation 21:7-8:
He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice _magic_ arts, the idolaters and all liars?their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

I'll reference just one you mention from the Old Testament to give the trend of thought here:

Lev 20:66
I will set my face against the person who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute himself by following them, annd I will cut him off from his people.

What the scriptures are referring to here is the same as Djwahl Khul, through Alice A. Bailey, discussed when referring to "lower psychism." They both even use the word prostitute in reference to a misuse of powers.

The reason the leaders of the human race have discouraged lower psychism during the past several ages is that humanity has evolved to the extent that it is time for us to move into higher psychism, or the magical world of the soul. Lower psychism gets its power through the illusionary astral body which turns truth upside down and makes the truth seem false and the false seem true.

Higher psychism perceives through the windows of the soul and is the one infallible guide.

Lower psychism relies on signs without, whereas higher psychism focuses on the God within.

Any true student or teacher in this age will not depend on lower psychism for guidance, but will test all things against their own soul and that shall be their guide.

As far as magic goes the white magician (such as Jesus) creates supernatural results through the soul, or contacts through the soul. The magical power of the soul is only manifest when the self is forgotten and the purpose of God is sought and service is the objective.

Whereas the higher magic is not available to the selfish, the lower magic is available to all and is a definite tool of black magicians or the Dark Brothers. Lower magic is like money through which is neither good or evil in itself, but can be used in either direction. The temptation, when learning such arts, is that the person who gains power often seeks to impress the uninformed and often uses the power of magic as a tool to control others and use unjust authority over their lives.

If you see one using regular magic, you must look at his direction, and the fruit of his works, just as you would look at one who has money. If you want to know if a person is using money wisely, you must look at the end result and the same is true for one who has power to direct deva and elemental lives.