tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889529596531127755.post5822377820086489407..comments2024-03-12T12:06:53.187-07:00Comments on Doing Magick: The Spiritual and the SocialRoberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10144040453666802786noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889529596531127755.post-80204515489867923162012-03-08T06:25:34.877-08:002012-03-08T06:25:34.877-08:00I'm not sure it's possible to work on '...I'm not sure it's possible to work on 'seriously' enjoying yourself at social functions. My general habit is to either <br />A) talk about something I care about to someone who seems interested, or <br />B) try to get someone else to talk about what they care about.<br /><br />But I find that I agree with the idea that I'd rather talk about ideas and processes than people or things. I can't abide conversation about celebrities, and I often bow out of such conversations.<br /><br />In magical circles, I'm increasingly aware of how I 'camped out' as a solo magician on GD turf by starting my training with Israel Regardie's book from the 1960s (although I didn't buy it until the 1980s, and I didn't USE it until the 1990s, and I didn't really practice any of it until the early 2000s). Yet when I read the blogs and about the controversies within the wide-spreading GD community today, I'm kind of glad I didn't ever find them back in the day. I'm glad I've found this blogging community and you all <i>now</i> of course, but as a newbie I'd have been overwhelmed, and probably taken advantage of.Andrew B. Watthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648607752310525039noreply@blogger.com