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[arethinn]

Some people do the same thing every day, endlessly (like some Buddhists I know) which ultimately offers little in the way of transformation - judging by their personalities - and only serves to fossilize belief well and truly; they end up feeling certain that their path is THE PATH and brook no argument about it. Other people love to do a big exciting knees-up ritual a few times a year, and don't pay much attention to their magic in between (there are plenty of Wiccans like this, I've met them too). So to answer the point you raise, in short: I believe that the belief that transformation only occurs within the context of ritual or sacred activity always leads to "religion" [is] a terrible disease which sorcerers could usefully avoid! I think that [the Azoetia] puts the case very well for a total integration of ritual, dreaming by day and night, creative activity, inspired thinking, sexual activity, and so on - all the best things in life in fact! - and that the sorcerer should turn everything towards his or her Path. Transformation is happening at every moment, whether we want it or not - the point is to encourage changes to go in the directions we want them to go.

(Francis Blackman)