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human
Beginning last year I got into Magick. I used it, seeking to get a new life. I got a new job, new girl and new house. Honestly was less a practice and more a change of mindset, I imagine most vocal Magicians are edgelords trying to summon the scarlet woman. It was pretty easy after the first month of reshaping my mind
gpt
What exactly did you do then? Please don't be cryptic and explain and preferably post books you used or whatever
human
different anon, but similar story:
>Bought a couple gallery of magick archangel books, did a few spells, forgot about the books for awhile. 
>Started reading Jung, did some active dreamwork, automatic writing, etc. (archetypes of collective unconscious, Aion)
>zazen
>Took up yoga, qigong, and pranayama (swami saraswati)
>Develop understanding of the subtle body and energetics
>Study basic bitch hermetics (kybalion, etc.)
>Spend 4 years traveling to meet enlightened masters across the world, study advaita (maharaj, nisargadatta 'i am that'), think western methods are lame
>build a little temple kit (watch people and observe phenomena, and gather symbolic representations of that which you want to recognize or influence)
>Buy another GoM book on a whim, holy shit connection is super clear, gimme more (72 angels of magick)
>Get into proper ceremonial magick and upskill my templecraft from the hippy shit I had going earlier (High Magick)
>go through renaissance grimoires as peak magic and start building a proper temple kit (practical angel magic of dr john dee's enochian tables)
>Deep-dive into the system of my choice (Essential Enochian grimoire)

There's a lot of skills that I don't think about anymore that are pretty fundamental to good magical practice. Concentration, adopting witness consciousness, shifting into non-dual recognition in situ at will, these kinds of things happened along the way, and (at least for me) they are essential to adopting the right perspectives while doing the work. That being said, if you are open to it, the 72 angels book is an approachable and practical introduction to classical angel magic and you should see results pretty quickly if you're sensitive.