COURSE: Rebuilding Magick in Theory and Practise
Online Course
4 Pre-Recorded Modules
4 Interactive Zoom Calls
Starts Sunday 10th of July 5 p.m. CET/ 11 a.m. EST
A Magick for the 21st Century
In this second instalment of the ongoing Parallax courses on “Rebuilding Spirituality”, we will focus on Magick as an authentic western system of initiation and development. Although Magic(k), as a school of thought, has quite changed over the last centuries and in turn became more refined with every iteration, there are certain constant axioms and approaches which can help to situate the practitioners properly within the ever-increasingly complex psyche/world that they inhabit and align them with their future in a deep and profound way. This course aims to confront the catastrophe of postmodern spirituality and intents to provide a conceptual understandingof the history and basic principles, perspectives and methods of western hermeticism.
Join Tom for supportive depth-oriented feedback that includes live Q & A sessions. Get special access to advanced theory modules explaining the view necessary to make sense of how we reformat authentic transformational spirituality for our strange and disturbing times.
Module Outline
4 pre-recorded lectures and 4 live, interactive calls (Sunday class begins promptly at 5 p.m. CET/ 11am EST on Zoom
July 10 • Lesson I - A general introduction to the project, basic outline of the idea(s) and priciples of Magick
July 17 • Lesson II - What is the Daimon?
July 24 • Lesson III - Renewing Magick: Applying systems-theory to Magick
July 31 • Lesson IV - The rules of the ritual
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Self-efficacy refers to your ability to use our time in a way, that is nourishing, satisfying, while acting in the world in the most effective way, that is: where will creates the proper results. Self-efficacy implies knowing the answers to the questions:
Are you doing what you can?
Are you content with your efficacy in the world?
Do you do what you love?
Do you know what you love and what you want?
Do you know where you are good at?
Are you really doing what you want to do?
Magick is a school of thought and methodology that is concerned with self-efficacy: How deep do you know yourself, and are you able to translate this knowledge into proper action to give reality a positive bend.
There is of course an exoteric and let´s say occult site to Magick. ‚Occult‘ just means ‚hidden, secret‘, and refers to aspects of our relationship with the future and the unknown that not has been revealed yet. Magick is an ongoing process of gradually domesticating the unknown, bring it into light, and in a sense every culture technique (like writing) is or was occult at some point. One rule of Magick is: The deeper you know yourself, the better will be your grasp on reality and your relationship with the future.
In this course you will:
Get a sense of the historic western spiritual school of Magick
Understand basic ideas and principles of Magick
Understand the rules of the ritual
Get a conceptual idea regarding the Daimon, your way of creating purpose and meaning through action
Get a conceptual understanding of a systems-apporach to Magick
Get a post-postmodern framing for and understanding of Magick.
About your facilitator
Tom Amarque is a philosopher, writer and podcaster. He is the founder of Phänomen-Publishing, a publishing house for integral, metamodern and post-postmodern books based in Germany. He is founder of Parallax-Magazine and author of roughly 10 books on the philosophy of mind. He started meditation and age 18 and never stopped, while using Magick as a reference system to current developmental approaches.