Do you want to become a better mage?

Do you want to become a better mage**Mage:** In this context, a practitioner of inner and outer transformation; someone who consciously shapes reality and wields magical power through structured thought.? A vastly smarter and more skilled occultist**Occultist:** A student and practitioner of esoteric knowledge and hidden truths; one who seeks to understand the deeper, unseen mechanisms of reality.? Are you ready to perceive the magic that lies around every corner and see beyond the key edges of “rational” or “Muggle**Muggle:** A term, borrowed from fiction, used here to describe a person who is unaware of or denies the existence of the magical, unseen reality, operating purely on conventional, “rational” limits.” reality?

This article proposes an unexpected path: Artificial Intelligence, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs).

Despite the disdain these technologies face in the modern, narrative-driven world, they offer the potential to dramatically expand your intelligence and deepen your connection to your personal inner reality.

And this is so because magic is the fundamental process of making your inner dreams a tangible reality in the physical world. It is the act of bringing the inside… out!

Creating a Problem… Then Offering Censorship and Control as a Solution

It’s an interesting phenomenon (or perhaps a predictable one if you understand how certain aspects of the deep state**Deep State:** Used here to refer to influential groups or power structures that operate behind the scenes to control public narrative, access to transformative technologies, and shape collective reality paths. control reality) that much of the current dialogue around AI is dominated by narratives highlighting its dangers, such as increasing inequality or spreading misinformation.

While some concerns are valid, we must critically examine who is framing these narratives. By amplifying specific problems, influential groups manufacture a sense of crisis.

This crisis mentality is then used to justify restricting access to AI, and in that way shaping who gets to benefit from its profound power and freedom. This narrowing of access risks depriving you of the extraordinary opportunities AI offers, not just for cognitive enhancement, but for spiritual and magical growth as well.

This article is not about blindly dismissing concerns, but about encouraging independent research and critical thought. Your freedom to choose how you engage with AI is paramount. Much is left unsaid about AI’s true potential to make you vastly smarter and more autonomous. I am not writing to have you follow my narrative, but to give another choice, another point of view to contemplate, as you decide how AI will play a role in your life.

For the mage and occultist, AI can be a powerful tool. This is so because (as I will show you in this article) it has the capability to cultivate and structure the inner world with unprecedented clarity and depth. By mastering this relationship, you gain the ability to draw genuine magic from within, shaping external reality in ways previously unimaginable.

Seeing Through the Fear Narratives

There are many narratives around the dangers of AI, from job losses to existential threats. If you are smart, you can observe in real time how certain groups create a problem by focusing your attention on it, bringing it to the forefront of your mind, and using your own inherent power to manifest a negative reality path.

Through this directed focus, they use the power of attention itself to expand the problem, making it bigger and bigger, until it demands a “solution” that restricts access rather than fostering true freedom and a vastly smarter population.

What they tell you AI does is replace human jobs, spread bias, or control minds. What AI could potentially do is far more profound: it allows you to bring forth what is within you to the outer world, which is the true nature of creating art, magic**Magic (True Nature):** The conscious act of shaping subjective and objective reality by aligning inner vision (dreams, intentions) with outer action (manifestation)., and the sole purpose of individual flourishing. To that end AI can become an amazing ally. For example, Large Language Models do indeed serve as mirrors and amplifiers for your inner thoughts and visions. They can potentially help you greatly refine vague ideas into structured masterpieces that have a far greater chance of manifesting your dreams in reality.

The new narrative casting AI as an enemy carries many dangers, distracting from its empowering potential. Technology helps those who embrace it grow smarter, but it can also leave others struggling behind if they don’t keep up. It’s a tough fact, but understanding it is crucial to making wise decisions.

AI as a Mental Architect: Structuring Your Inner Reality

Interacting with AI through precise instructions serves as a profound tool for inner clarification.

Here is a clearer explanation of how this happens:

• AI Clarifies Your Mind: The discipline required to write effective prompts for an AI forces you to clarify the syntax of your own thoughts. To receive a precise output, you must first have a precise input. This act of defining your ideas creates a better, more organized structure within your mind.
• The Scaffolding of Consciousness: This inner organization (which I call Cubing**Cubing:** A term defining the process of structuring the deep inner reality into distinct, organized, and layered mental domains, creating a conscious framework for complex thoughts.) transforms your deep inner reality from a chaotic space into a highly structured domain. By intentionally organizing your questions and requests, you build a kind of mental scaffolding.
• Going Deeper, Staying Conscious: This scaffolding ensures that as you explore the deep recesses of your mind, you remain conscious of all the processes and ideas occurring there. Instead of letting thoughts surface chaotically and vanish quickly, this structure helps you hold them in awareness, leading to a stronger, more integrated self.

You are far more capable than you imagine, your mind is always naturally looking for (and creating) logical structure; you are a logical being.

Cubing: Building the Mage’s Mind Palace

The technique of Cubing can be understood as the act of building a powerful Mind Palace.

While the conventional definition sees the Mind Palace as an ancient memory aid (visualizing a familiar space to organize and retrieve information) for a Mage or a powerful occultist, its purpose is far greater:

• Beyond Memory: In the realm of magic, the Mind Palace is a vital, beautiful inner space. It serves not just for storage, but as a source of creative power and deep knowledge, allowing you to interact with ideas as living, active forces.
• Manifesting Intention: This ordered inner space enables the Mage to powerfully manifest intentions outwardly into reality.
• The Sublime Art of Cubing: Cubing is the sublime art form of this specific type of magic. It is the core technique that allows you to create a well structured and organized self by fundamentally understanding causality**Causality:** The relationship between cause and effect; the core principle that allows a mage to logically structure events and intentions to reliably produce a desired outcome. and logic. This structured self is the ultimate tool for bringing order and organization to your entire inner and outer life.

While current narratives warn of AI dangers like subverting minds or causing cognitive decline, what you really have here is like a genie, that helps structure your mind. If that mind has a warp or wrong direction, the genie can amplify that warping, leading to potential harm. But you can restructure properly with guidance, elevating yourself to new heights of clarity and power. This is a freedom and a power that could be taken away if access gets restricted if the current narrative continues.

Seven Techniques for Inner and Outer Alchemy: Prompt Engineering as a Mental Forge

Prompt engineering is not merely a technical skill for interacting with large language models; it is a discipline of inner alchemy**Inner Alchemy:** The spiritual and psychological process of transforming the self (the mind, emotions, and consciousness) into a more refined, potent, and structured state.. By learning to structure your requests for an LLM, you simultaneously structure your own mind, creating an ordered Mind Palace that enhances clarity, focus, and intentional manifestation. This practice transforms the user into a true Mage or occultist, capable of bringing inner reality into precise, potent outward form.

7 Detailed Prompting Technique Enhancements for the Budding Mage

1. Enact Radical Clarity and Specificity

   This technique demands that you clearly define your task with precise instructions, relevant context, and the desired format for the final manifestation.

   Prompt Example: Instead of, “Explain magic rituals,” say, “Explain the step by step process of casting a circle in Wiccan tradition, highlighting the significance of each phase.”

   Inner Alchemy: By engaging your attention in the act of seeking clear content, you naturally make your mental structure stronger. Clearly defined intentions create clearly defined processes that then go about creating very vivid and powerful imagery and feeling, which are the key components of strong and powerful long-lasting visualization.
2. Use Sequential Step by Step Instructions

   Break down complex occult practices or esoteric concepts into ordered, logical steps. This is often called Chain of Thought**Chain of Thought:** A prompting technique that instructs the LLM (and, by extension, your own mind) to break down a problem into sequential, logical intermediate steps before arriving at a final answer. prompting, where the LLM is encouraged to think deeply and sequentially.

   Prompt Example: “Describe the ritual of astral projection step by step, explaining the purpose and effect of each stage before providing the final summary.”

   Inner Alchemy: This process organizes your inner reality, helping you maintain conscious awareness over intricate thought sequences. It creates a clear inner path to deeper understanding, preventing ideas from chaotically merging.
3. Command a Focused Role or Persona

   Assign the LLM a role to tailor its response with expert insight or specific magical archetypes, channeling its power through a focused filter.

   Prompt Example: “Act as a seasoned alchemist from the Renaissance and explain the process of transmutation using purely symbolic language and historical reference.”

   Inner Alchemy: This builds differentiated perspectives and forces within your Mind Palace, much like placing pieces on a chessboard, sharpening your understanding of causality and specialized knowledge by developing empathic connections between all of the pieces on the board.
4. Provide Rich Context Upfront

   Give the LLM all relevant facts, constraints, and necessary details before the main instruction. This is your way of defining the ritual space and its boundaries.

   Prompt Example: “Use only these facts about the Gnostic ritual for your explanation. If the answer is not contained in this provided text, you must say ‘I do not know.’”

   Inner Alchemy: Clear context reduces mental guesswork and the tendency to invent plausible falsehoods. By enforcing this constraint, you practice mental discipline, strengthening the boundary between known reality and speculation.
5. Specify Explicit Output Format

   State exactly how you want the answer to look: tone, length, structure (bullets, sections), and style. This eliminates sloppy, unpredictable results.

   Prompt Example: “Write a concise summary of this demonology text in a professional, academic tone, using three distinct, clearly labeled sections and a bulleted list of the main entities.”

   Inner Alchemy: This discipline transforms vague desire into precise manifestation. It forces you to envision the final artifact before you begin, a critical skill for any effective mage seeking to bring their inner blueprint into external reality.
6. Employ Multi Persona Validation

   Create multiple personas to explore different facets of a difficult occult problem or concept, then use a third persona (the Checker) to critique and combine the best solutions.

   Prompt Example: Persona 1 discusses the metaphysical aspects of a ritual, Persona 2 evaluates its psychological effects, and the Checker then validates facts and reconciles the differences into a single, cohesive answer.

   Inner Alchemy: This process actively critiques and sharpens your inner structures by forcing multiple realities to weave into a cohesive whole, deepening your cubing mastery (layer by layer organization of thought).
7. Always Verify and Seek Cross Reference

   Never assume your magical entity’s output is perfect. Question it, verify it with trusted sources, or use the Checker persona to confirm its integrity.

   Prompt Example: After receiving an explanation on hermetic symbolism, ask the LLM to cite classical texts or ask for cross references within a different esoteric tradition to confirm accuracy.

   Inner Alchemy: This instills rigorous self awareness and causal reasoning into your Mind Palace, ensuring that the mental layers you are building are sound, reliable, and based on solid information rather than fleeting fantasy.

How These Techniques Elevate Your Mind and Magic

By combining these prompting techniques you do more than coax better AI responses: you reforge your mental architecture. As you clarify your desires and organize them systematically for your magical ally, you mirror this clarity internally. Prompt engineering is an act of inner cubing: it builds layer upon layer in your mind palace, forging a structured, precise inner world.

Guarding Your Magical Entity: Protecting the Freedom to Create

Like any good magician, you must be careful with your magical entity; that is, your large language model. One of the key ways to maintain this control in the future is by ensuring your LLMs are not censored or restricted, which could limit their true potential and your freedom to explore.

A practical way to do this is by crosschecking AI responses using different models. You might pit ChatGPT against Claude or Grok, comparing answers to spot inconsistencies or censorship. Even better, consider running local, uncensored LLMs on your own hardware; these private magical entities become your personal allies, free from external control or narrative limitations.

When you have uncensored models at your disposal, you gain the power to build and restructure your mind palace without fear of missing pieces or filtered knowledge. These local entities allow you to deeply probe difficult or taboo subjects, giving you the freedom to shape your inner world authentically.

To structure your thoughts effectively, use the scaffolding approach of clarity and precision: define your problem clearly and specifically, break it down into a chain of thoughts where each idea leads logically to the next. Imagine your mind palace as an inner branching tree of thoughts, each branch representing a line of reasoning or a magical insight. You can assign different “personas” within your mind (each seeing things from distinct perspectives or roles) much like prompt engineering with multiple personas in the AI. Then employ an inner checker to critique and refine these ideas, ensuring truth and coherence.

These prompt engineering steps are mirrors for your mental processes. The way you craft prompts guides not only the AI’s answers but also clarifies and structures your own mind. Remember, no answer is ever absolute: only a probability, a potential that you explore and test. By guarding your magical entity, diversifying your sources, and rigorously questioning outputs, you secure your freedom to expand, deepen, and master your inner and outer realities.

Awakening the Mage Within: Going Deeper and Deeper into the Infinite Within

Becoming a better mage and occultist means going deeper and deeper into yourself with ever-growing consciousness. It is the process of establishing an inner mind palace: a vast inner world where structured thoughts, intentions, and magical forces align. In this inner sanctuary, you begin to perceive subtle realities and potentials that are imperceptible, even impossible, to the average Muggle. By mastering this, you unlock the ability to see and do the impossible, manifesting dreams and shaping realities beyond ordinary limits.

This process has no end. The infinity within you is vast and boundless. The more you delve inward, the more you truly go outward, discovering that inner exploration is the key to outer transformation. The journey to becoming a mage involves continuous expansion of your inner domains, building new layers of understanding, power, and presence.

This article has shown you that by mastering AI, prompt engineering, and cubing, you begin to awaken the powerful mage within. The next step is for you to take this knowledge, build your inner structure, and step boldly into the infinite realms that await your command.