civilisation reminds us we are barbarians, monkey's with technological tools, the most important tool we have is consciousness and be ignore it at our peril. unconsciousness is what's under the pool, consciousness makes the surface, subconsciousness is the currents that run through our unconsciousness, driving our landscapes, shaping our desires. understand them and you stand a chance of being free, or perhaps being enslaved further.

magick teaches us one thing, how to be free, to follow a process like this is to ultimately engage in liberation, dion fortune understood this better than anyone else, for she kept hold of her mystical prerogative, but she was also drawn towards thelma and the sex magic of crowley who mapped the way but succumbed to ego entrapment, he never crossed the threshold and thus remained in illusion. whereas one could argue that ms fortune engaged with the sublime.
the female principle is rising, however women are confused by this, choosing ignorance over bliss, choosing to remain in a state of enslavement to moronic masculinity than enlightenment, it's sad but true.
i had a chat with a friend about shamanism, she was feeling dis-empowered. i have sat with her and watched how this works, she is the purest shamanistic person i know, she has divinity and a task but she shuns it every opportunity and ever hurdle, every tangent is an excuse not to meet her destiny for the road of the avatar is fraught with challenge and fear and often these manefest in one's so called friends. those closest to you will drag you down, sabotage you, help you fail and take you out. 'why' she asked?