SORCERY AS DEFINITIONS

Much of the work of sorcery has to do with definitions. We live inside of a specific set of definitions, of limits and borders, of culturally determined meaning. Sorcery is at the heart about choosing our own definitions, our own borders. Finding our own limits, and deciding if we wish to move within them, or beyond them. Do we wish to keep ourselves inside the accepted and easily understood cultural boundaries, or do we choose to travel elsewhere? If we choose to move beyond them, how far shall we travel?
Understand me: I am not (ever) speaking against tradition, or (as some have claimed) against folklore based practices. These are valid approaches and paths. What I am speaking to is the concept that any cohesive story-stream, by its nature and function, can and does ‘color’ if not outright define our internal landscape. This internal landscape is called upon when interacting in the spirit worlds, and constrains the nature of the interactions we have there. This is, I believe, intentional.
This intentional shading and shaping of Otherworld, Innerworld, and spirit interactions is one of the root functions of magical or religious traditions. It produces a coherent data stream, coherent contacts, and a coherent symbol system for interpretation of the events that occur within itself. This is all good, at least in potential, and certainly helps in generating what is essentially a coherent, shared tribal culture.http://www.aidanwachter.com/new-blog/stories-truth-belief-questions-chaonimism-animist-sorcery-part-ii