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POP MAGIC! PART ONE Oh how they've praised POP MAGIC! ...

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o%omo& Re)rai&

Pro)essor o) App%ied *&dersta&di&+ Ta&,ard *&iversity Author o) ' Will 0elp 1ou (ope

"2uite simply the best book ' ha+e e+er read on ho! to transform both your business and your personal life into the same endless !onderland of creati+e erotic endlessly morphing possibilities"

Adama&t -roussard e&ior Ee"utive Creative Co&su%ti&+ -roussard a&d teve

orewordy $a%e "heisse

ome time a+o/ as a wet0ehi&d0the0ears sa%es ma&a+er/ I was privi%e+ed to wit&ess a dy&ami"you&+ spea,er address a& audie&"e o) )ormida%e usi&ess %eaders )rom the 1PO. e)ore mydouti&+ +a2e/ this hard"ore +roup o) promi&e&t CEOs a&d ee"utive heads we&t sudde&%yo++%e0eyed/ +api&+ %i,e unter!asserkinder as the da22%i&+ spea,er )erti%ised their ima+i&atio&swith his pote&t methods )or 'perpetua% se%)0re0de)i&itio&'. C%appi&+ %i,e retards i& woo% hats/ thetita&s o) 3a%% treet a&d Madiso& Ave&ue p%ayed )o%%ow0my0%eader throu+h the "orridors o) theCo&ve&tio& Ce&ter 4ote%/ eposi&+ themse%ves to sympatheti" maids/ +uest a&d e%%oys at

every tur&.



The su5e"t o) this e&tra&"i&+ ta%,6stro,e6or+y7 *si&+ ma+i" to improve your usi&ess. The"harismati" spea,er7 Gra&t Morriso&.

As Gra&t ta%,ed/ I was i&trodu"ed to the idea o) "orporatio&s as %ivi&+ thou+ht)orms. The $ow8o&es Compa&y I&de or 'di"tio&ary o) demo&s'/ as Gra&t put it/ stood revea%ed as the )irst +reat+rimoire o) a &ew ma+i"a% "e&tury. 4e demo&strated the use o) ra&ds a&d %o+os as

)astreedi&+ memeti" si+i%0oms/ e&+i&eered to "o%o&ise a&d para%y2e u&prote"ted ima+i&ativespa"es withi& mome&ts. 4e showed his audie&"e 5ust how mu"h dama+e o&e o) their"ompetitors "ou%d "ause with o&%y a %itt%e ,&ow%ed+e o) adva&"ed ma+i"a% martia% arts a&d someasi" Neuro0(i&+uisti" Pro+rammi&+ a&d e&+0shui s,i%%s.

It was "%ear to me that I was seei&+ somethi&+ 9uite spe"ia%. A &ew voi"e a&d a &ew e&er+y hadarrived i& the usi&ess "ommu&ity a&d those 5aded e&trepre&eurs ,&ew it.

i&"e the& I've "o&ti&ued to wat"h Gra&t's eerie/ mesmeri" ta%e&ts deve%op over the years a&dhave shared podiums with him a%% over the wor%d. I've tried to a&a%y2e his sty%e ut I thi&, it:sest 5ust to sit a", a&d wat"h the ma& himse%). Gra&t %oo,s strai+ht i&to your )ourth eye/ theo&e you thi&, &o0o&e ,&ows aout a&d de%ivers a messa+e o) perso&a% "ha&+e a&d mo&etary+ai& that 5ust dema&ds a%% your atte&tio&.

o why ma+i"7 3hy &ow7

(oo, arou&d! The "ompa&ies Gra&t a&d I "o&su%t with are a%ready mutati&+ themse%ves i&to&o&0%i&ear vira% )ormats as we %eave the i&dustria% era ehi&d %i,e the arse0ri&+ o) a ro",et a&de&+a+e warp )a"tor ;< )or the ima+i&a% a+e o) the "omi&+ de"ade.

3hy do you thi&, -u))y/ =e&a/ 4arry a&d ari&a are so popu%ar7

3hy do you thi&, -orders oo,shop &ow se%%s '#oodoo pe%% >its' )or %ove a&d reve&+e7

Our pare&ts were the i&heritors o) eiste&tia% "u%ture whi"h +rew up i& the rui&s o) 3or%d 3ar ?.Now/ 5ust ima+i&e that apo"a%ypti" war )or a mome&t/ rea%%y thi&, aout what it mea&t to have

rea% evi% empires hu&+eri&+ )or your very )reedom. Thi&, aout oms )a%%i&+ o& your tow& a&dthe possii%ity o) %osi&+ it a%%. 4avi&+ to die or "apitu%ate as 5a",ooted so%diers mar"hed throu+hyour house. Thi&, )or a mome&t how it must have )e%t to survive the mud a&d the %ood a&d thes%ime o) death "amps/ rui&ed "ities a&d huma& remai&s.

They )ou&d it hard to e%ieve i& a&ythi&+ a)ter that/ you "a& e sure. The hu+e re%i+ious )aithstru"tures e9ueathed y their pare&ts had )ai%ed to a""ou&t )or the sava+ery o) huma&ehaviour duri&+ the war0"e&tury. Good a&d evi% mea&t &othi&+ a&y more. @3hat +od wou%da%%ow this777@ they "ried. A&d/ missi&+ the poi&t/ re5e"ted spirit a%to+ether.

These peop%e +rew up a %itt%e )u",ed i& the head. -ut )or+ive them i) you "a& they we&t throu+hhuma&ity's dar, &i+ht o) the sou% so we wou%d&'t have to.

That does&'t mea& we "a& trust a&y o) their %ea, phi%osophies.

A&d &o amou&t o) "overi&+ it up "a& ho%d a", the tide o) the repressedB a)ter ha%) a "e&tury o)de&ia%/ peop%e are admitti&+ the truth a+ai& the wor%d o) 'spirit'/ o) a"tio& at dista&"e a&dpredi"tio& a&d "o&ta"t with 'a%ie&' i&te%%i+e&"es is as rea% as the wor%d o) te%epho&e "a%%s a&d9ua&tum physi"s/ e0mai%s/ dow&si2i&+ a&d u%%ets.

It shou%d&'t "ome as a&y surpriseB peop%e have ee& writi&+ dow& reports a&d detai%edi&stru"tio&s )or thousa&ds o) years. $id you ho&est%y e%ieve a%% those ri%%ia&t -uddhist sa+es/Christia& mysti"s/ Mus%im su)is/ wit"hes/ a%"hemists a&d 'o""u%tists' were 5ust %owi&+ it outthrou+h their asses7

Get with it. Ma+i" is rea%. It wor,s %i,e +as. Everyo&e "a& use it.

A&d everyo&e wa&ts to.



341 MAGIC7

-e"ause it's ma+i" time.

Gra&t Morriso& ,&ows this etter tha& a&yo&e. I& this a))%i&+ a&ti0matter topsy0turvy where

+reat opportu&ity a&d 2ero 5o se"urity eist side y side/ ma+i" "a& ,eep us )%ei%e/ adaptive/a&d ready )or tumu%tuous "ha&+e.

POP MAGIC! wi%% +ive you a& i&si+ht i&to the too%s/ the ideas a&d the pote&tia%%y %i)e0"ha&+i&+hi+h0per)orma&"e strate+ies o) today's ma+i"a% i&&ovators.

This oo, )as"i&ates the tits o)) me. Read/ the& do. Read the& do

$a%e "heisse

D$a%e "heisse is Creative $ire"tor at 3i&sto&0C%aire Co+&itive Ma&a+eme&t Asso"iates adivisio& o) o&y0Ma&ti"ore respo&si%e )or ma&a+eme&t trai&i&+/ "o&su%ti&+ a&d ee"utivema+i". 4e is author o) $an and Salesman/ #ames the (le+er %lay a&d "o0author with Gra&t

Morriso& o) the est0se%%i&+ sa%es "%assi" 3e+er $ind the %roducts4

PART

,0'35'3# A&6, ',

A%% you &eed to e+i& the pra"tise o) ma+i" is "o&"e&tratio&/ ima+i&atio& a&d the ai%ity to %au+hat yourse%) a&d %ear& )rom mista,es. ome peop%e %i,e to dress up as E+yptia&s or mo&,s to +etthemse%ves i& the moodB others wear a&ima% mas,s or -arare%%a "ostumes. The use o) ritua%parapher&a%ia )u&"tio&s as a& aid to the ima+i&atio& o&%y.

A&ythi&+ you "a& ima+i&e/ a&ythi&+ you "a& symo%ise/ "a& e made rea% a&d produ"e ma+i"a%"ha&+es i& your e&viro&me&t.

F'7S, S,*%S &3 ,0* %A,0

Ma+i" is easy to do. $o2e&s o) ru%eoo,s a&d i&stru"tio& ma&ua%s are avai%a%e i& the o""u%tse"tio&s o) most moder& oo,stores. Ma&y o) the o%der ma&ua%s were writte& duri&+ times whe&a power)u% a&d vi&di"tive Chur"h apparatus was attempti&+ to suppress a%% roads to the truth utmost o) them are +e&era%%y so heavi%y "oded a&d dis+uised ehi&d ar"a&e symo% systems thatit:s hard%y worth the other 0 e"ept )or a& idea o) how other peop%e used T4EIR ima+i&ativepowers to i&terpret &o&0physi"a% "o&ta"ts a&d "ommu&i"atio&s.

A%eister Crow%ey 0 ma+i"'s Pi"asso 0 wrote this a&d I "a&'t say it a&y etter tha& he did.

"'n this book it is spoken of the sephiroth 8 the paths of spirits 8 conjurations of gods spheres8 planes 8 many other things !hich may or may not eist. 't is immaterial !hether they eist or not. y doing certain things certain results follo!9 studentsare most earnestly !arned against attributing objecti+e reality or philosophical +alidity to any ofthem."

This is the most importa&t ru%e o) a%% whi"h is why it's here at the start. As you "o&ti&ue to %ear&a&d deve%op your ow& psy"ho"osms a&d sty%es o) ma+i"a% pra"tise/ as you e&"ou&ter stra&+era&d stra&+er de&i2e&s o) the 4e%%wor%ds a&d 4yperwor%ds/ you'%% "ome a", to these words o)

wisdom a+ai& a&d a+ai& with a &ew u&dersta&di&+ ea"h time.



0&W ,& * A $A#'('A3

imp%e. $e"%are yourse%) a ma+i"ia&B ehave %i,e a ma+i"ia&/ pra"tise ma+i" every day.

-e ho&est aout your pro+ress/ your su""esses a&d )ai%ures. Trippi&+ o& F<< mushrooms mi+ht%oose& your astra% sphi&"ter a %itt%e ut it wi%% &ot +e&era%%y "o&)er upo& you a&y o) the e&e)its o)the ma+i" I'm dis"ussi&+ here. Ma+i" is aout what you ri&+ -AC> )rom the hi&i&+ Rea%ms o)the *er"o&s"ious. The ma+i"ia& dives i&to the Imme&se Other i& sear"h o) tips a&d hi&ts a&dtreasures s6he "a& ri&+ home to e&ri"h %i)e i& the so%id wor%d.

A&d i) &e"essary/ a,e it ti%% you ma,e it.

0&W ,& * A $A#'('A3 :

Read %ots o) oo,s o& the su5e"t to +et i& the mood. Ta%,i&+ aout ma+i" with &o&0ma+i"ia&s is%i,e ta%,i&+ to vir+i&s aout sha++i&+. Readi&+ aout ma+i" is %i,e readi&+ aout seB it wi%% +et

you hor&y )or the rea% thi&+ ut it wo&'t +ive you &ear%y as mu"h )u&.

Readi&+ wi%% +ive you a )ee% )or what's "rap a&d what "a& use)u%%y e adapted to your ow& sty%e.$eve%op dis"rimi&atio&. $o&'t uy i&to "u%ts/ a%ie&s/ para&oia/ or "omp%a"e&"y. (ear& who totrust a&d who to steer "%ear o).

0&W ,& * A $A#'('A3 ;

Put dow& the oo,s/ stop ma,i&+ e"uses a&d TART.

$A#'(A< (&3S('&6S3*SS

Ma+i"a% "o&s"ious&ess is a parti"u%ar way o) seei&+ a&d i&tera"ti&+ with the rea% wor%d. Ieperie&"e it as what I "a& o&%y des"rie as a 'head0"%i",'/ a )ee%i&+ o) aso%ute "ertai&tya""ompa&yi&+ a per"eptua% shi)t whi"h +ives rea% wor%d tra&sa"tio&s the &umi&ous/ u&"a&&y)ee%i&+ o) dreams. Ma+i"a% "o&s"ious&ess is a way o) eperie&"i&+ a&d parti"ipati&+ with the%o"a% e&viro&me&t i& a hei+hte&ed/ si+&i)i"a&t ma&&er/ simi%ar to the e))e"ts o) some dru+ trips/a%vador $a%i's 'Para&oia"6"riti"a%' method/ Near death eperie&"es et". ma&y Pre"o+&itive a&dte%epathi" %ate&"ies e"ome more a"tive duri&+ periods o) ma+i"a% "o&s"ious&ess. This is thestate i& whi"h tea %eaves are read/ "urses are "ast/ +oa%s are s"ored/ poems are writte&.

Ma+i"a% Co&s"ious&ess "a& e pra"tised u&ti% it mer+es with a&d e"omes everyday"o&s"ious&ess. Mai&tai&ed at these %eve%s it "ou%d i&ter)ere with your %i)esty%e u&%ess you have

o&e whi"h supports %o&+ periods o) ri"h%y asso"iative thou+ht.

*=*7('S* >

As a )irst eer"ise i& ma+i"a% "o&s"ious&ess spe&d )ive mi&utes %oo,i&+ at everythi&+ arou&dyou as i) A(( O IT was tryi&+ to te%% you somethi&+ very importa&t. 4ow did that %i+ht u%"ome to e here ea"t%y7 3hy does the murder vi"tim i& the &ewspaper have the same u&usua%sur&ame as your )ather0i&0%aw7 3hy did the pho&e ri&+/ 5ust at that mome&t a&d what were youthi&,i&+7 3hat's that water stai& o& the wa%% o) the ui%di&+ opposite7 4ow does it ma,e you)ee%7

ive mi&utes o) )o"us duri&+ whi"h everythi&+ is si+&i)i"a&t/ everythi&+ is %umi&ous a&d heavy

with mea&i&+/ %i,e the o5e"ts see& i& dreams.



Go.

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Net/ re%a/ +o )or a wa%, a&d i&terpret everythi&+ you see o& the way as a messa+e )rom the

I&)i&ite to you. 3at"h )or patter&s i& the )%i+ht o) irds. Ma,e ora"u%ar se&te&"es )rom the %etterso& "ar &umer p%ates. (oo, at the way ui%di&+s move a+ai&st the s,y%i&e. The &oises o& thestreets/ voi"es "ut i&to rapid/ a%most su%imi&a% "omma&ds a&d p%eas. (iste& etwee& the %i&es.3a%, as )ar a&d )or as %o&+ as you )ee% "om)orta%e. The more aim%ess/ the more you wa%, )orthe sa,e o) pure eperie&"e/ the )urther i&to ma+i"a% "o&s"ious&ess you wi%% e immersed.

Ma+i"a% "o&s"ious&ess resem%es states o) %i+ht meditatio&/ 'hyp&a+o+i"' pre0s%eep tra&"e ora%pha wave rai& a"tivity.

S'#'<S

The si+i% te"h&i9ue was re"o&"eptua%ised a&d moder&ised y Austi& Osma& pare i& the ear%y

?<" a&d popu%arised y Chaos Ma+i"ia&s a&d the Temp%e o) Psy"hi" 1outh i& the ;<s.

A si+i% is a ma+i"a%%y "har+ed symo% %i,e this o&e

The si+i% ta,es a ma+i"a% desire or i&te&t 0 %et's say 'IT I M1 $EIRE TO #IIT R3AN$A' Dyou"a&/ o) "ourse/ put a&y desire you wa&t i& thereH a&d )o%ds it dow&/ "reati&+ a hi+h%y0"har+edsymo%. The desire is the& )or+otte&. O&%y the symo% remai&s a&d "a& the& e "har+ed to )u%%pote&"y whe& the ma+i"ia& "hooses.

or+etti&+ the desire i& its vera% )orm "a& e di))i"u%t i) you've started too amitious%y. There's&o poi&t "har+i&+ a si+i% to wi& the %ottery i) you do&'t uy a ti",et. tart with stu)) that's &ot tooemotio&a%%y0i&vo%vi&+. I usua%%y si+i%ise to meet peop%e I'm i&terested i&/ or )or parti"u%ar 9ua%itiesI'%% &eed i& a +ive& situatio&. I've a%so used si+i%s )or hea%i&+/ )or %o"ati&+ %ost o5e"ts a&d )ormass +%oa% "ha&+e. I:ve ee& usi&+ them )or twe&ty years a&d they A(3A1 wor,.

or me/ the period etwee& %au&"hi&+ the si+i% a&d its ma&i)estatio& as a rea% wor%d eve&t isusua%%y days/ wee,s or mo&ths depe&di&+ o& the varia%es i&vo%ved.

i+i%s A(3A1 wor,. I) you e&"ou&ter a&y pro%ems +etti&+ them to wor, )or you/ %et us ,&ow.

o. -e+i& your desire:s tra&s)ormatio& i&to pure throi&+ symo% %i,e this

irst remove the vowe%s a&d the repeati&+ %etters to %eave a stri&+ o) "o&so&a&ts 0TM1$R#3N.

Now start s9uashi&+ the stri&+ dow&/ throwi&+ out or "omi&i&+ %i&es a&d p%ayi&+ with the%etters u&ti% o&%y a& appropriate%y wit"hy0%oo,i&+ +%yph is %e)t. 3he& you're satis)ied it:s do&e/you may wi&d up with somethi&+ %i,e this

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Most homemade si+i%s %oo, a %itt%e spoo,y or a%ie& 0 %i,e *O writi&+ or wit"hy wa%%0s"rat"hi&+s.There are &o ru%es as to how your si+i% shou%d %oo, as %o&+ as it 3OR> )or you. RE*(TON(1 are importa&t at this sta+e. I) somethi&+ does&:t wor,/ try somethi&+ e%se. The poi&t is&ot to e%ieve i& ma+i"/ the poi&t is to do it a&d see how it wor,s.

Char+i&+ a&d %au&"hi&+ your si+i% is the )u& part Dit's o)te& advisa%e to ma,e up a u&"h o)si+i%s a&d "har+e them up %ater whe& you've )or+otte& what they ori+i&a%%y represe&tedH.

Now/ most o) us )i&d it di))i"u%t at )irst to mai&tai& the pre"ise Je&0%i,e "o&"e&tratio& &e"essaryto wor, %ar+e0s"a%e ma+i". This "o&"e&tratio& "a& e %ear&ed with time a&d e))ort ut i& themea&time/ si+i%s ma,e it easy to sidestep years o) trai&i&+. To "har+e your si+i% you must"o&"e&trate o& its shape/ a&d ho%d that )orm i& your mi&d as you eva"uate a%% other thou+hts.

A%most impossi%e/ you mi+ht say/ ut the huma& ody has various me"ha&isms )or i&du"i&+rie) '&o0mi&d' states. asti&+/ spi&&i&+/ i&te&se ehaustio&/ )ear/ se/ the )i+ht0or0)%i+htrespo&se wi%% a%% do the tri",. I have "har+ed si+i%s whi%e u&+ee05umpi&+/ %yi&+ dyi&+ i& ahospita% ed/ eperie&"i&+ a tota% so%ar e"%ipse a&d da&"i&+ to Te"h&o. A%% o) these methodsproved to e hi+h%y e))e"tive ut )or the ea+er e+i&&er &othi&+ eats the 3AN> TEC4NIQ*E.

Ma+i"a% masturatio& is more )u& tha& the se"u%ar ha&d sha&dy/ a&d a%% it re9uires is this at themome&t o) or+asm/ you must see the ima+e o) your "hose& si+i% %a2i&+ e)ore the eyes i& yourmi&d a&d pro5e"t it outwards i&to the etherea% mediaspheres a&d %o+overses where desiresswarm a&d "o&de&se i&to )%esh. The si+i% "a& e writte& o& paper/ o& your ha&d or your "hest/o& the )orehead o) a %over or wherever you thi&, it wi%% e most e))e"tive.

At the mome&t o) or+asm/ the mi&d %i&,s. I&to this %i&,/ this ayssa% "ra", i& per"eptio&/ a si+i%"a& e %au&"hed.

3he& the pea, passes a&d the si+i% has ee& %au&"hed/ )ee% )ree to ro%% over a&d retur& to your)ever dreams o) Tom Cruise wie%di&+ the "at o:twe%ve tai%s as "rue% (estat whi%e arah Mi"he%%eGe%%ar/ u&a%e to resist her ruta% tra&s)ormatio& i&to a s%utty u&dead it"h/ +ets o)) o& dri&,i&+

do+ %ood...

Or whatever si", thi&+ ma,es it easy. The si+i% is &ow sa)e%y o& its way a&d you may "o&ti&uewith your %i)e a&d await resu%ts.

The si+i% is the )irst a&d o&e o) the most e))e"tive weapo&s i& the arse&a% o) a&y moder&ma+i"ia&. I& up"omi&+ "hapters we:%% ep%ore &ew deve%opme&ts o) the asi" si+i% "o&"ept%ear& the s"ie&"e ehi&d "orporate hu&ter0,i%%er si+i%s %i,e the M"$o&a%d's 'M'/ a&d how to "reatei&"redi%y power)u% u&)o%di&+ &arrative hypersi+i%s %i,e T4E IN#II-(E "omi" oo,.

PEC*(ATOR TIP

The )irst perso& to "reate a&d %au&"h a mass mar,et +%ossy ma+i" ma+a2i&e )or you&+ wome&

wi%% e"ome as ri"h i& the )irst de"ade o) ?" as the "reators o) '(oaded' ma+a2i&e e"ame i&the %ast de"ade o) ?<".

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PART T3O

-e)ore movi&+ o&to a "oup%e o) &otes o& adva&"ed si+i% ma+i"/ there are a )ew poi&ts worth

"%eari&+ up. ome readers/ IKve &oti"ed/ "o&vu%se with &ervous %au+hter whe&ever I me&tio& the wordLmasturatio&K. A&d &o wo&der/ &et to wetti&+ the ed or shitti&+ i& your ow& "atKs o )or a%au+h/ itKs the o&e thi&+ &o0o&e %i,es to admit to. 3e%%/ IKm a)raid there are more emarrassed +i++%es a)oot as we ta",%e this topi" o&e %ast timea&d hope)u%%y reassure some worried "orrespo&de&ts Masturatio& is o&%y ONE o) "ou&t%ess methods you "a& use to ri&+ your me&ta% "hatter to asta&dsti%% )or the sp%it0se"o&d it ta,es to "har+e a&d %au&"h a si+i%. I su++est masturatio&e"ause IKm ,i&d0hearted/ e"ause itKs "o&ve&ie&t a&d e"ause itKs )u& )or most o) us.

4owever...o&e does &ot "ha&+e the u&iverse simp%y y masturati&+ Dte%% T4AT to the mi%%io&so) sperm )i+hti&+ )or their %i)e a&d the )uture o) the spe"ies i& a a%%ed up >%ee&eH. I) that weretrue/ every va+ue )a&tasy we had i& our heads at the mome&t o) or+asm wou%d "ome true withi&mo&ths. I&te&t is what ma,es the di))ere&"e here. or+et the wa&,i&+ )or 5ust o&e mome&t i) you "a& a&d rememer that the si+i% is the importa&tpart o) the ma+i" ei&+ per)ormed here. The mome&t o) or+asm wi%% "%ear your mi&d/ thatKs a%%.There are &umerous other ways to "%ear your mi&d a&d you "a& use a&y o) them. $a&"i&+ orspi&&i&+ to ehaustio& is very e))e"tive. Meditatio& is e))e"tive ut ta,es years to %ear& proper%y.ear a&d sho", are very +ood )or "har+i&+ si+i%s/ so you "ou%d proa%y wat"h a s"ary moviea&d %au&"h your si+i% at the it where the heroKs head "omes ou&"i&+ dow& the a%umi&iumstep%adder i&to his +ir%)rie&dKs %ap. A ru& arou&d the %o", "%ut"hi&+ a si+i% mi+ht e e&ou+h to"har+e it.

Chi%dre& o) Christia& u&dame&ta%ists or a&y other you&+sters "he",i&+ out this site i& de)ia&"eo) their pare&tsK i&siste&"e o& the %itera% truth o) a series o) )o%, histories "omposed severa%thousa&d years a+o i& the Midd%e East/ may )i&d it di))i"u%t to masturate i& the )a"e o) the-i%eKs stri"t ru%es aout spi%%i&+ seed o& sto&y +rou&d D%u",y )or you/ +ir%s! I& spite o) 4isthou+ht)u% additio& o) a "%itoris to AdamKs %ive%y ri God appare&t%y over%oo,ed the pote&tia% )or)ema%e masturatio& a&d )or+ot to prohiit it. The& a+ai&/ he did add Lthou sha%t &ot su))er awit"h to %iveK to "over 4is ass i& a&y eve&tua%ityH. *&der these "ir"umsta&"es/ IKd su++est a"haste ,iss or a ride o& the dod+ems/ either o) whi"h shou%d e e&ou+h to white out"o&s"ious&ess )or as %o&+ as you &eed. I) you do&Kt su))er )rom the symptoms o) re%i+ious ma&ia ut TI(( "a&Kt ma,e the o&e0a",edeast with yourse%)/ IKm a)raid you may have to use a more i&vo%ved method. -u&+ee o)) a

rid+e/ perhaps/ or sit &a,ed i& your %o"a% +raveyard at &i+ht. Or da&"e u&ti% you )a%% over. Theimporta&t thi&+ is to )i&d your ow& est method )or stoppi&+ that i&&er "hat 5ust %o&+ e&ou+h to%au&"h a )ier"e%y0visua%ised si+i% i&to the +ap. tates o) ehaustio& )o%%owi&+ AN1 i&te&searousa% or deprivatio& are idea%. A&d i) you eperime&t a&d sti%% have trou%e with si+i%s/ try some o) the other e+i&&er eer"ises)or a whi%e Dsee up"omi&+ "hapters o) POP MAGIC! or +et ho%d o) some +ood spe%% oo,s )romthe %ist over i& the se"o&d wee, o) the "o%um&. IKve o&%y met a "oup%e o) peop%e whoKve to%d methey "a&Kt ma,e si+i%s wor, so maye there are a )ew o) you out there who +e&ui&e%y havepro%ems i& this parti"u%ar area. Tou+h %u", ut it does&Kt mea& thereKs &o ma+i" )or you to p%aywith. I "ou%d&Kt whee2e LTwi&,%e twi&,%e %itt%e star...K out o) a "%ari&et ut I "a& p%ay the +uitar we%%e&ou+h to have writte& hu&dreds o) )au%ous so&+s. I) IKd stu", with the "%ari&et a&d +ot&owhere wou%d that mea& there is &o su"h thi&+ as musi"7 Or wou%d it i&di"ate simp%y that I

have a& aptitude )or p%ayi&+ the +uitar whi"h I "a&Kt seem to rep%i"ate usi&+ a "%ari&et7 I) I wa&tto ma,e musi" I use the i&strume&t IKm most "om)orta%e a&d a""omp%ished with. The same is



true )or ma+i"a% pra"tise. $o&Kt +et upti+ht aout it. This is &ot aout de)e&di&+ a e%ie) system/this is aout produ"i&+ resu%ts. *E ON(1 34AT 3OR>.

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ome peop%e ,eep their si+i%s/ some dispose o) them i& a& e%eme&t appropriate to thema+i"ia&Ks i&te&t DI have ur&ed/ uried/ a&d )%ushed away a&d s"attered si+i%s to the wi&ds/depe&di&+ o& how I )e%t aout them. (ove0si+i%s we&t to water 0 )%ushed dow& the toi%et or throw&i&to rivers or oi%ed i& ,ett%es. 3ar0si+i%s were ur&ed et"... ome o) my si+i%s are sti%% arou&de"ause I de"ided they were s%ow0ur&ers a&d worth ,eepi&+. ome are eve& sti%% i& pri&t. $owhat )ee%s ri+ht a&d produ"es resu%ts.H oi%ed paper a&d tissues "a& easi%y e disposed o) i& your mumKs purse or the po",et o) dadKsrai&"oat.

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The vira% si+i% a%so ,&ow& as the -RAN$ or (OGO is &ot o) re"e&t deve%opme&t Dsee Lthe Na2isK?<". ?<s0<sH ut has e"ome a& i&es"apa%e +%oa% phe&ome&o& i& re"e&t years. The Na2iswere the %ast thi&,ers o) the Imperia% A+eB they sti%% thou+ht wor%d domi&atio& mea&t trampi&+over the 'e&emy' a&d ta,i&+ his rea% estate. I) o&%y theyKd had the )oresi+ht to see that +%oa%domi&atio& is o&%y possi%e usi&+ "orporate stea%th0vio%e&"e methods a&d "omi&ed that withtheir u&douted desi+& se&sesB the re5e"ted artists who e&+i&eered the Third Rei"h mi+ht have"reated the wor%dKs )irst +%oa% superra&d. The M"$o&a%dKs Go%de& Ar"hes/ the Ni,e swish a&dthe #ir+i& auto+raph are a%% "orporate vira% si+i%s. Corporate si+i%s are super0reeders. They atta", u&ra&ded ima+i&ative spa"e. They i&vadeRed 9uare/ they i&)est the "ra&,y streets o) Tiet/ they et"h themse%ves i&to hairsty%es. They

reed a"ross "%othi&+/ tur&i&+ peop%e i&to advertisi&+ hoardi&+s. They are a very power)u%deve%opme&t i& the history o) si+i% ma+i"/ whi"h dates a", to the )irst iso& draw& o& the )irst"ave wa%%. The %o+o or ra&d/ %i,e a&y si+i%/ is a "o&de&satio&/ a "ompressed symo%i" summi&+ up o) thewor%d o) desire the "orporatio& i&te&ds to represe&t. The %o+o is the o&%y visi%e si+& o) the"orporate i&te%%i+e&"e seethi&+ ehi&d it. 3a%t $is&ey died %o&+ a+o ut his si+i%/ his "artoo&ishsi+&ature persists/ "arryi&+ its ow& vast wei+ht o) mea&i&+s/ asso"iatio&s/ &osta%+ia a&dsi+&i)i"a&"e. Peop%e are or& a&d +row up to e"ome $is&ey ee"utives/ mouthi&+ the 5ar+o&a&d the "redo o) a %ivi&+ "orporate e&tity. 3a%t $is&ey the ma& is %o&+0dead a&d )ro2e& Dor so)o%, myth wou%d have itH ut $is&ey/ the imme&se/ i&visi%e "orporate e+re+ore persists. Corporate e&tities are worth studyi&+. They a&d other +hosts %i,e them ru%e our wor%d.

o...)i+ure out why the Co"a0Co%a spirit is stro&+er tha& the $o"tor Pepper spirit Dwhat +reat"omp%e o) ideas/ %o&+i&+s a&d de)i"ie&"ies has the Co,e %o+o su""eeded i& "o&de&si&+ i&totwo words/ two "o%ours/ ta,i&+ Orwe%%Ks ; "o&"ept o) Newspea, to its %o+i"a% "o&"%usio&7H3at"h their haits/ tra", their moveme&ts over time/ mo&itor their repeated ehaviours a&dwat"h how they rea"t to "ha&+e a&d &ove%ty. (ear& how to imitate them/ stea% their su""ess)u%strate+ies a&d use them as your ow&. Create your ow& ra&d/ your ow& %o+o a&d see how9ui",%y you "a& ma,e it spread. -ui%d your ow& +od a&d set it %oose.

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Is aout ma,i&+ thi&+s happe& a&d per)ormi&+ eperime&ts. I& these e&deavours we do &ot&eed to ,&ow 4O3 ma+i" wor,s o&%y that it does. 3e prove this y doi&+ the wor,/ re"ordi&+



the resu%ts a&d shari&+ our i&)ormatio& with other ma+i"ia&s. Theoreti"a% ma+i" is a%% the madideas you "ome up with to ep%ai& whatKs happe&i&+ to you. App%ied ma+i" is what ma,es themhappe&.

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A%ways ,eep a 5our&a% o) your eperime&ts. ItKs easy to )or+et thi&+s youKve do&e or to missi&teresti&+ %itt%e "o&&e"tio&s a&d "orrespo&de&"es. Ma,e a &ote o) everythi&+/ )rom the i&te&t tothe )u%)i%me&t. Ma,e a &ote o) dates/ times/ moods/ su""esses a&d )ai%ures. tudy 1O*RE( the way a hu&ter studies prey. Ep%oit your ow& wea,&esses to "reatedesired "ha&+es withi& yourse%).

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-a&ishi&+ is a way o) prepari&+ a spa"e )or ritua% use. There are ma&y e%aorate a&ishi&+

ritua%s avai%a%e/ ra&+i&+ a"ross the )u%% spe"trum o) pomposity. Thi&, o) a&ishi&+ as i&sta%%i&+virus prote"tio& so)tware. The a&ishi&+ is a ,i&d o) va""i&atio& a+ai&st i&)e"tio& )rom -eyo&d. Most a&ishi&+s are i&te&ded to surrou&d the ma+i"ia& with a& impe&etra%e shie%d o) wi%%. Thisusua%%y ta,es the )orm o) a& a",&ow%ed+me&t o) the e%eme&ta% powers at the )our "ardi&a% poi&tso) the "ompass. ome %i,e to visua%ise themse%ves surrou&ded a&d prote"ted y "o%um&s o)%i+ht or y )our a&+e%s. A&y prote"tive ima+e wi%% do 0 spa"eships/ superheroes/ warrior0mo&,s/whatever. I do&Kt other with a&y o) that a&d usua%%y visua%ise a u%e radiati&+ outwards )rommy ody i&to spa"e a%% arou&d aove a&d e%ow me as )ar as I thi&, IK%% &eed it.

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Rememer that you may e ope&i&+ some part o) yourse%) to a& i&)%u o) i&)ormatio& )rom L&o&0ordi&aryK/ appare&t%y LOtherK sour"es. I) you pra"tise "eremo&ia% ma+i" a&d attempt to summo&+od)orms or spirits Dsee &et mo&thH thi&+s wi%% u&douted%y happe&. 1our )ou&datio&s wi%% etested. There is a%ways the da&+er o) osessio& a&d mad&ess. As ma+i"a% wor, pro+resses/you wi%% e )or"ed i&to "o&)ro&tatio& with your deepest dar,est )ears a&d desires. ItKs easy toe"ome s"ared/ para&oid a&d stupid. tay )%uid/ "%i&+ to &o o&e se%)0ima+e a&d mai&tai& yourse&se o) humour at a%% times. -a&ishi&+ remi&ds you that &o matter how ma&y +ods you ta%, to/ you sti%% have to ta,e a shitea&d e a%e to "oo, di&&er a&d ta%, to peop%e without s"ari&+ them. 3he& you "omp%ete a&y ma+i"a% wor,/ +rou&d yourse%) with a +ood %au+h/ a +ood mea%/ a +oodsha+/ a ru& or a&ythi&+ e%se that "o&&e"ts you with the rea% wor%d. -a&ishi&+ a)ter your ritua% is

over wor,s as a de"ompressio& a", i&to &orma% wor%d o) i%%s a&d us stops a&d 5osatis)a"tio&. The ma+i"ia&Ks 5o is &ot to +et %ost i& the Otherwor%d ut to ri&+ a", its treasures)or everyo&e to p%ay with. 1ou &ow have the asi" te"h&i9ues o) ma+i"a% pra"tise at your disposa%. Get out there a&d"ause trou%e.

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