Belief Creates

														7/16/1996
	The way I see it the only kind of learning or study involved in magic is
the kind that I have done in the past.  I have 
studied the chaos, necromancy, and other magic with everything from ESP and
runes to spells and manna meditations.  I 
have been able to reduce all of that junk to a few very simple personal
principles of magic.  
	At first glance my   system can have the unfortunate effect of sending
anyone seeking power or divine ideals off to 
more "smoke and mirrors" type followings. I would like to stop the idea that
I have any belief in fate or destiny.    And yet for 
anyone to "believe" in fate is impossible.  The first basic law of my
magical philosophy involve that any thing believed in can 
become true.  
	If you believe that you are lead by fate than you must believe that magic
does not exist for magic is the manipulation 
of events.  Yet belief is a magic. That means that no one can "believe" in
fate or that magic does not exist.  Fate could only 
exist... (and not just because of the idea that" anything and everything can
and does exist somewhere", which I fully believe) 
...fate could exist if: 
1.   it takes into account every outside influence such and chance and every
world meddling magician (who I am one)
2.   it started its predictions at the end of time where everything was said
and done and could go backwards from there.
	The following are some very mixed names and places to search for and some
addresses of interest, of which many 
may lead to one another: 
1.   Liber Kaos
2.   Chakras
3.   liber KKK by Peter J. Carroll  (Carroll's work kind of got me started,
although I by no means fully agree with him)
4.   Evocation
5.   Divination
6.   Enchantment
7.   Invocation
8.   Illumination
9.   Laws of Bonewits in Mage (search for that whole thing)
10.   Lucid Dreaming
*11.   http://csbh.mhv.net/~dsprague/modmag/rit-theo.txt (this is a very
good text and if you can't find it search for: Ritual 
Theory and Technique)
12.   Kabbalah
13.   Tree of life 
14.   Kabbalah tree of life
15.   Rituals and spell objectives and design in eight magics  (also by
Carroll, it involves the "colors" of magic
16.   http://csbh.mhv.net/~dsprague/modmag/modmag.html  (a must if you
decide to ignore my letter as just some lunatic's 
mumbling, and you follow the way of so called "chaos" magics)
	(none of these are much like my ideas, however they are some of the things
I have read and studied leading me to 
my current thoughts on magic)
	(For many of those search names you're going to get a library of text and
pages to study)
	I often joke about the rising following of chaos magic that I too was a
member at one time.  Although chaos magic 
may be more appealing with writers like Carroll and it's open point of view
it really is just like any other magical group.  
Remember that belief makes, so just about all groups that don't contradict
themselves have the same "potential" power as all 
of the others.  Were I some other person I might say that Chaos is just
powerful now because of its # of followers but to say 
that I would have to believe that and I don't.  I find that one must be very
careful in what he believes for once you believe 
you're pretty much locked.  I consider myself lucky to have found someone
like you (at a point of exploration like I was) to 
explain my findings to, often people have set ideas or seek to disprove
magic altogether.  In a part in the text # 11 ( stared 
for I think its one of the very few with any ideas like mine) it puts
forward that anything done again and again can have some 
power.  I have found what that power is and were I able to contact the
writer I would take the liberty of answering his 
unanswered questions and tell him why his paper is partially true.  The only
power that repetition has is that it makes the 
subconscious form a kind of habit.  A habit is actually a belief of the
subconscious and that can be powerful in that you can 
not stop its release.  But if you start habits (or rituals as the paper
calls them) on purpose you can "program your 
subconscious to believe things".
	Many writers constantly say how children can have powerful basic magic and
yet little control.  This is because of the 
child's tendency to believe things not considered true by most.  This belief
is innocent thus strong.  The little control is a 
manifestation of their tendency to believe whatever people tell them.  This
fluctuation keeps their  power's down until the 
modern world completely discredits magic for them.
	I have purposely not yet gained any magical habits pending my further
personal experience.  I have however allowed 
myself to almost fully believe that belief creates.  I know that if anyone
completely believed that than if they had a single 
violent or stray thought it could destroy them although there does lie true
power: the "true control and belief".  I have a set of 
stones that total 12 and can fit in the palm of my hand and they are marked
with a picture each.  I could have used tarot 
cards or Runes but given that belief creates then you should "decide" to
believe in whatever  works for you.  The pictures on 
your cards (of which 7 to 15 will do should cover the widest available parts
of life to prevent the need to carry 30 some 
stones.  All of mine fit in a leather pouch that could not hold a third my
fist and yet they are sized to almost fill my opened 
hand.
	By casting these stones I do not see the future but can obtain advise as to
roads to travel so to speak.  They have 
another meaning that which they have not been used and I hope they never
will be.  That is to warn me if anything coming 
that would prove to be truly life or health threatening.  I have never
predicted anything of the sort ( that is more than likely 
because I do not really believe that I will)  The situation thus makes a
complete safe guard that I did not intend but that could 
be used by others.  Here is what you would need to believe to have this
protection:
1.  that belief creates to some degree
2.  that your stones have some ability to forecast events
3,  that you're never really going to predict any horrible event because you
live a normal life
4.  (and oddly) that these steps are a perfect safeguard

	(You see? I have almost completely been able to make magic a logic which in
a way is a goal of mine.)
	I must tell you that the last protection thing is not a spell or a ritual.
As a matter of fact if you really look at it, it can 
be a list of suggestions or a logic system.  It could I guess be possible to
just believe that nothing bad will ever happen to you 
but with human survival instincts that is nearly impossible.  My system in
only an idea an anything of yours may work too.  If I 
have not made it clear my ideas do not disprove any other magics.  Actually
I am supporting them by saying because they 
believe that their order is giving them power then it is.  The only draw
back in them is that if you also believe that the rituals,  
regents, and spell are necessary then for you they suddenly are necessary
for your mind to properly influence the world. 
	I believe in a god but I chosen to believe in him as all forgiving and to
believe in a blissful afterlife.  I am not sure that 
if when I die my lifelong belief in a heaven with make it true for me that
is what I hope and hope is just a less secure form of 
belief.  Many people have chosen gods for power from following them.  Their
belief in that the gods will give them power can 
make them more confident strengthening their belief that they are strong but
you would get the same effect if you believed 
that a groundhog will give you power if you help it or even worship it. I
have chosen a god as a friend and companion and not 
some divine guard or super power source.  I do not believe it is possible
for a person to believe in god and be getting the 
collected images of all of his followers.  It could work though if someone
did believe that.  As I must constantly say: every 
thing can work with belief.  I just want to keep it logical and simple.
This paper is not a rule sheet to be followed but a writing 
of my ideas and thoughts and can create a simple calm cool living relaxation
when followed.
  	Meditation is a form of relaxing but with something called Divination,
you picture a desired event taking place, an 
event turning the way you want, or ordering or communicating to some mental
beast or power to make the outcomes what 
you want.  If you believe that you are influencing the events it works best.
Although truly believing that your work did 
perfectly what you want is true power it can allow the magic to disprove
itself if their was ANY doubt in you.  Divination is an 
easy form of belief because you are making a physical and mental effort to
believe in something and not just placing a 
random wish to the universe.  There are many ways to complete Divination but
the bottom line is that meditation relaxes you 
in a sitting position to concentrate and concentration is all you really
need.  I kind of have a basic rule of thumb to protect 
what I believe and my ideas.  I never : Test magic by trying to influence
events to strong or asking questions to the stones on 
things too specific.  In short I never give my magic the chance to disprove
itself.  That could stop me from  believing in it and 
then it would no longer work.  As another protection I interpret the symbols
broadly and they each have multiple meanings.
	You will began to understand that my idea is to control and make magic into
something that is not "smoke and 
mirrors" fake guessing but a logic and control in day to day life as well as
something of meaning to do.  Kind of some "Order 
of Order" kind of thing.  It is only now possible with the internet for
anyone like me to ever have been created.  The 
circumstances are that I can read forever on all beliefs by myself with no
inclination towards any ideas beforehand and see 
the basic connections that apply to them all and use them create such a
basic and all encompassing rule as "belief creates" 
that can sum up "all" magick. 
	Please sent any ideas and thoughts to (   paularou@atl.mindspring.com   ).
I like to hear at least one time from 
everyone to read my papers. I wish you all Peace, Belief, and Control.

								-Jonathan S. Lark