Which Country's magick is your favorite?

[robyangel]

As far as I’m concerned, there is no such thing as better or worse magic.
I believe the most difficult part of this wonderful universe lies in finding your instrument.


Everything is deeply subjective and personal, and everything becomes incredibly powerful when it is the magic that truly fits you—when it merges with your inner world and acts as a catalyst, becoming a kind of condenser of energy.


The real challenge is to try and try again, to search, to study. Yet in my view, everything ultimately comes down to one’s own inner sensing. When we connect to our will and to our sensitivity, any instrument—no matter its origin or its history—can become powerful.


As Aleister Crowley used to say, “the proof is in the success,” and on this point I feel I strongly agree with him.

 

[Zander]

I'd say it depends on what is your cultural background, and even more, what you feel deeply called to. Not to people will have the same experiences and results working the same spirit or magick system.

 

[sapainca]

My 5 cents here is that your local magick is the best. There must be a special link to energies of your home and heritage.

 

[Thee Nightfool]

I would argue the "best" magical traditions are the ones that persist into the modern day fully. For instance Indian tantric tradtions, Daoist alchemy/sorcery in China, and legitimate Kabbalistic practices that are hidden behind lineage and tradition to most.

 

[dzb10035]

It is tempting to ask OP's question; I think we all have a desire to know what is "best" at something. But I'd also throw another question back and ask "best at what?", like others have done. No magick is 100% best at anything, no matter which tradition / country / lineage it comes from. And there are so many ways to phrase "best", that I think you need to ask a lot of questions in order to qualify this question. For example:

Which magick system / tradition is best for practical magick?

Which magick system / tradition is best for theurgy / inner work?

Which magick system / tradition is best for being "dangerous"?

Which magick system / tradition is best for being "high voltage" / "powerful"?

Which magick system / tradition is best for producing supernatural effects?


The list goes on and on without end. There is no answer to what country's magick is best because that entirely depends on the person who wields the magick. Some people might say Voudoun, others hoodoo, and others yet some shamanic belief. Many might even say hermetic magick, Kabbalistic magick, or Chaos magick. And certain people might say Tibetan magick, Taoist inner alchemy, or maybe even Shinto practices might be powerful. Who the actual hell knows? All of these in their own ways are effective for certain purposes and are quite powerful when practised by someone who is experienced and disciplined.

There is quite literally no objective answer to this question. OP would be better served to understand what the "fundamentals" of magick are and then find a system that resonates with them rather than wondering what is "best" or what is "powerful".

 

[sol_]

Every pagan magick from anywhere wins for me.

 

[borbponderer]

Not from where but from when. I'm more interested in the magic of deep time. Nationalistic groupthink is anethema to me. Heck, I even distrust language!

 

[perinete]

I'm new here on the forum and wanted to join this healthy discussion. I apologize for my English, as I'm learning about other magical systems and different cultures.
But the one I've seen with the most success, besides those of African origin and the indigenous ones here in Brazil, is Umbanda, which is based on the idea of offerings to the orixas and requests to their descendants. It's wonderful and has a certain level of speed.
Others like Candomblé and Kimbanda also stand out for their control of karma, and their practitioners act as judges, in addition to interesting rituals like the body-closing ritual.

 

[kusuri]

Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, and India

 

[borbponderer]

Indigenous Australian magic is pretty fascinating to me although admittedly I'm not very well informed about it. It seems like a very ancient and profound form of animism. Just look at the art. And the songlines.

 

[ElectricEgregore]

I'm drawn to the magick of the city state of Agartha, the moist and glow that come from deep inside objects draw me into myself until i can see all of creation at once - knitting a spherical rug made of lost and future alphabets & forgetting and re-imagining Esperanto-like speaking in frontal lobe re-arranging astral strobe sound-spaces that make my identification with my incarnation transubstantiate into the arms of myself, my holy guardian angel that is so much wiser through my monkey-mind decisions I made in 8th grade.

I also love the magick of the insomnia nation, it has many citizens of late (pun intended) I've heard, am I saying this out loud or am I just thinking this... wait

 

[zyfrtheFirst]

Another contender because I'm bias and can speak on the efficiency on real world application would be Hoodoo/Voodoo/ Vodoun ( from Benin ) and other ATRs. Afro centric conjuration is so fascinating !!! Fun stories to deep dive into would be the history of Gullah Jack, Uncle Monday, Harriet Tubman, Miss Ida and the Haitian Voodoo ritual that kicked off the Revolution.

African Magicians are cool ... there is binary counting system that the Yoruba use for divination (Yfa) and it is appears to be an early form computing or information processing.
White people on the other hand have Norse magic and Odin who created his own physical language with the Runes of Power!

So many civilisations have come to discover great truths in their history. Now I suppose we all share

 

[Akairyuu]

I'm interested in a few areas. I practice mainly kabbalistic stuff with Golden Dawn style ceremonial magick, and the arbatel, I've tackled some Solomon magick too; I'd like to look into enochian and plan to get the kindle version of one of Scott Stenwick's books once I've finished my current Arbatel work.

I have an interest in Norse mythology and Magick with the Elder Futhark, I find Egyptian gods really interesting, and I also practice a little Shinto from Japan. I'm interested in learning a bit about Onmyodo but I don't really know where to start. I did cone across Kuji-in though which I'd be up fir exploring more of.