my brain is like a sieve, all things pass through it, some stick for a little while, some surface when i need them to but generally all things must pass through, i download most of it and keep the general hard drive with a lot of space. ive installed a few programs into the hard drive, some meta programs on top of the basic operating system, if you like, i tweaked the os with a few choice hacks, i downloaded some quantum programs and added a few space time matrix codes of my own using leary's map of the 8 circuit model. he was switched on for his time. so adopting these methods i have a brain that may appear different when held against it's analogue but although there are vast differences between both models and some structural similarities i have certain advantages. 
elementary steps of magickal thought requires that magick changes the brain, brain change is what we want, we need to start creating neural networks that have either lain dormant for thousands of years or as i like to think evolve them forwards. quantum magick must include the ability to travel in time and space, at least in the mind although sometimes it feels like the body is a passenger on the ride. so with experience the magickian develops a magickians cloak, this is the auric field around themselves, where certain astral tools are kept, protections, powers, defences and usually some humility. meanwhile in the astral plane various allies are in alignment and offer certain friendships, spirit guides i think they are often called. most magickians operate in white light, pure and divine, yet there are other types of magick, a spectrum as peter carrol points out in his chaos sphere of 8 colour magicks. i predominately use white, purple or sometimes green for matters of the heart, red for sex magick. the colour can act as an accelerant for the result. however despite most literature the details don't really matter, it's the energy behind the belief, intent that really turbo charges a sigil.
chaos magick understands that belief is the key to an effective spell and i have tweaked this to the point where the less conscious information one knows the better, thus if the intention is represented by a sigil or symbolic representation, the faster it can evade the filters that stop the brain processing occult significance. the key here is to not want to attach any expectation to a result, that's why i don't waste time with details, it's generally feeling and trusting intuition.