Its not a race

Since announcing the Crying of Calls 49 group I have gotten several e-mails from people asking about doing the 49 calls in 7 days. I have gotten enough of these that I want to respond here rather than individually.

First: I let me say that applaud your hutzpah.  If you REALLY want to do it in seven days than I would say you should do some divination’s and have at it. One day I ignored the timing completely and did them all at once – it was a rather sublime experience – not overpowering at all.

THAT SAID…

I have noticed a trend in magic lately to speed it all up. People want rituals to take less time. They want processes to be fast and effective so they can move on to the next thing. Sometimes I feel like people play a version of Name That Tune with their magic: “George, I can attain K&C with my angel in just 6 days!” “Well I can do it in four!”

I am all about streamlining. Strategic Sorcery tries to establish long, short, and extremely concise modes for doing just about anything. My time is easily as stressed as yours – probably more so. Things like results oriented magic are best done in a way that is very short and to the point. Things like daily practices often need to be condensed – sometimes exceptionally so. But speed does not make those versions better.

Faster is also not more potent for most things. Yes, you can do the, calls all in a week. Yes you can do the seven gates in seven days. Or in 14 to follow the Chaldean  and harmonic order. But honestly, I find that I get more out of them when a bit of time is taken.

Several people wrote to me that they are not afraid of the influx of power from doing it all in a week. That’s good. I like Sorcerers who are not afraid to get their hands dirty. I too have faith in your abilities. Its not about the danger though. Its about the process. Its about letting that one aspect of that one planet color your day. See how it reflects and reverberates in your life outside the temple. Explore the space a little bit. Live it a little. This is one reason that Andrieh’s 30 day challenge was so good for people.

Take the call out for a bit. Romance it. Get to know it a little. Soak up the ambiance. There is no hurry. It will be much more fulfilling than a Wham Bam Thank you Ma’am approach to zipping through the calls.

That said I do think people who are new to the planetary influences should be wary of doing 49 calls or seven gates all in a week. I mean even the freaking Necronomicon wants you to wait a moon between gates. If your plan is less cautious than the Necronomicon I think you might want to take another look at your plan 🙂

Whether you are doing my calls, or the gates, Carroll’s Liber KKK, the K&C of HGA, or even an LBRP or Star Ruby sometimes it is a good experiment to see how long you can draw it out for. I can do a Star Ruby in a few moments, or I can draw it out into a ceremony that takes an hour.

Anyway, the Crying of Calls 49 is on. Many people did theirs at Sunrise. Friend me on FB to join in the fun, or just do it on your own and maybe drop me a line for how it went.