Magick can be thought of as the intersection between the relativistc realm (space time and mass) and the quantum (probability, possibility, etheric patterns in shadow time.
There have been two major magickal philosophies until now,
Animisn - based on the idea that everything has a lifeforce, some vital principle, Mana, this is transferable between phenomena when magicians ingest or carry things that add to their own power and Mana.
Spiritism - all things contain a degree of sentiance, thought, memory, emotions and thuis can be responsive to petition, bargining or threat.
Combined these two branches of magic equate to Shamanism.
They must not be confused with Paganism which is where spirits are abstracted from their origin to become gods. Paganism is useful to adjust ones various selves whereas Monotheism is an instrument where one of those selves doinate the others, but for actual magic the animist paradigm is required.
The third system is Chaos Magic.
More later.

Well it's been an intresting few days, sam made up with me, she apologised, emilie calls me non stop and sends me e mails demanding to know why i won't contact her, despite the fact i saw her the other day, mmm strange magnitism that seems to exist between us all, i don't like the fact it seems to have an energy all of its own.
Started and halfway through Venuss Underground, very good, puts me in mind of Perdito Street Station by China Meiville, which i recommend you read asap. It's the kind of fantasy book that actually makes fantasy very cool. Brilliant.

Saw Jake again for a quick lunch, i like the way we go to the back of the bookshop and have our special tea, read the international magazines and papers and talk in snippets, he's really quite amazing. People say he is identical to me, he is in many ways, especially when i was his age, however he is much smarter, his capacity in incredible, i wonder what it is he will apply himself to.
Art I hope, music and creation. But at the moment he wants to do PR which i don't really know anything about.

It's a beautiful day here, the sun is shining, it's still slightly cold but it's blue skies, i watch the surf, perfect waves rolling in, crashing down, a few surfers, a woman jogging, pan sniffs around the bench, some kids come and chat with us, i start to read a few pages from my book, it all seems so perfectly simple.