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I don't even know where I should begin then. The first questions you should have is something like, what is magic and what is the history of magic? I still don't even know if psychic ability and magic should be under the same umbrella or if they are fundamentally different. What I've concluded very recently is that magic may be in two main forms, one where magic comes from you, or one where magic comes from a spirit that is not any of your own spirits if you were to believe in concepts like different parts of the soul and a higher self. I'll have to think of this some more but the more formal categorizations of magic generally reflect this, like sigil magic being personal but Goetic is spirit interaction.
Ceremonial magic is one group of magic that is what many people consider to be Western magic, but it derives from Mediterranean and Middle Eastern traditions, while excluding folk magic from the West. Folk magic is like any indigenous form of magic from across the world, so stuff like runes, galdr, house spirits, shamanism, and to a lesser extent voodoo. Voodoo has been influenced from Ceremonial magic and classifies more towards medieval magic. medieval magic is like a blending of different magical traditions, which gave form to alchemy and Icelandic magic. Alchemy has ancient roots from the Middle East but greatly changed in the Medieval period. Chaos magic is basically magic outside of magical orders and mystery schools, but usually more experimental than folk magic tends to be. Ceremonial magic and Medieval magic are often the same, and often involve Abrahamic religions. Folk magic is usually pagan and animist. Psychic ability is discussed throughout all culture but didn't really take off as a field of study until modern times with stuff like dream interpretation and remote viewing. Eastern magic involves Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Shinto. Religion will get confusing so you will need to see how spiritualism, religion, and magic are all separate things but very interconnected. Eastern magic is often tied to martial arts, but Western magic often benefits from this too, which is why you may see stuff life yoga overlapping everything. Native American magic is mostly animistic ritual.
To better place magic into context, you're also going to need to understand the origins of magical traditions to better understand the world in which the techniques derive. So history, science, mythology, folklore, religion, philosophy, and language are to be expected. Anthropology, geography, and psychology are especially useful. Physics is also useful. Chemistry actually came out of alchemy, and physiology and geometry developed in ancient Greece. Geometry is apparently important to freemasonry but I never got into freemasonry or geomancy. Covens, lodges, and temples are all names for places and/or groups of people. Abrahamic religions have their origins with Zoroastrianism, Egypt, Babylon, and Buddhism, but are more like a corruption of these older traditions.
Magic usually comes from your subconscious more than your conscious, or more like your heart more than your mind. This isn't the most accurate description and is more than half a description, but just assume you are always in a state of projecting magic. So fear and negative emotions/thoughts need to be avoided as using magic will amplify these. This is why you need to look inside yourself, hold yourself accountable for all of your mistakes, and always question why you think the way you do. Pay attention to your intuition, signs that grab your attention, and dreams.
My posts can only be so long so I'll break here and paste the next half under this post.