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I have a suspicion that Kenneth Grant's stuff, as written, isn't really suitable for anybody else but Kenneth Grant and the members of the Nu Isis lodge who did all that stuff at the time. Which is not to say you can't get a lot of interesting and useful material from his writings, but there's so much channelled material in there that you're probably best off using his work as an example or model of practice rather than a fully functioning received system.
I'd approach Michael Bertiaux's work in a similar way. Whilst this material probably is 'divinely inspired' in some sense, it's been translated through the personal filters of the person receiving it and therefore much of it may be specific to them. Of course, there's nothing stopping any magician from downloading their own 'divinely inspired' system of magickal practice through their own trials and efforts, and the recorded experiments of people like Grant and Bertiaux could function as an interesting 20th century model for stuff like this.
I think every magician probably reaches a point where the magick takes over and they find themselves working within a fairly unique system/framework that has been developed out of their own communications with the Gods and Spirits who they work with. Look at Crowley, or John Dee, or any shaman who has wandered into the wilderness and come back with their own magickal system taught to them by the Spirits. I wouldn't attempt to impose my way of doing things on another magician, and it seems to me that trying to work entirely within Kenneth Grants system would be equally misjudged. It may be the case that the level of scary alienness required by Kenneth Grant to get good results, is not ideally suited for you, or who knows you may require even more. I think the only way to tell is to walk your own road. If you're genuinely connected up to 'the Divine' (however you prefer to frame it), then you will probably find yourself developing your own way of doing things, as unique and interesting as anything received by Kenneth Grant or Aleister Crowley or whoever, but entirely tailored to inspire your own imagination and satisfy your own needs. If a degree of 'darkness' is required in your magickal career, then this will come through of its own accord at the right time, and you'll have a chance to deal with that in your own way. |
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