One of the perks of your amazing $10/month support is currently "Links to the best lecture/courses Niles has discovered. Per your request." The per your request part of that is really saying should you simply engage your will to ask me about them. As Sturgeon's Law states, 90% of everything is crap. That is no different for courses of any sort in any subject online. Let alone a course having to do with what one might call "spirituality" which can be very complicated and difficult to grasp. Over the years, I've found a few courses / lectures which are truly exceptional for sharing information which can allow one to continue to develop their Jedihood. There are currently three total and the aim with this post is to share the initial first one, (and the others in the future) in private exclusive Patron updates and tell you why each are so valuable.
The first course is on magic and is called "Quareia" and can be found at https://www.quareia.com.
It is structured in three parts, "Apprentice", "Initiate", and "Adept", and is simply a series of PDF files for download. I've always found information about real spiritual Jedi practice quite vague and really difficult to find information on which gives you the specific step-by-step HOW. This is likely to protect the knowledge by making it initiatory. This course however, feels like it's bypassing some of that. It is essentially a 1400+ page book on magic which gives you tools to do your own daily, weekly, monthly practices to move toward continuing to become the most actualized version of yourself possible. With detailed step-by-step lessons.
The creators of the course Josephine McCarthy and Frater Acher have given it away 100% for free as well with the goal of "advancing the education of the public in the UK and World Wide, in the subject of Mystical Magic/Western Esoteric Mysteries, including the concept of personal spiritual evolution, in a way that is accessible regardless of income, race, gender, religion or spiritual beliefs.” This is always a good sign as a real teacher of the great work will likely not charge you exorbitant amounts of money for the learning, but instead simply make you DO THE WORK. And boy does this course require you to do just that because what a staggering amount of work it is. It really is numerous years, if not a decade + of study and practice.
As we develop ourselves through our lives and our mind, our heart, and our will, if we are truly serious about the great work of self-transformation we will BE DOING THINGS (through will) that allow us to connect to what you might say is "divine." Magic is really the final frontier of that will work as the magician trains themselves to work with the four elements, Earth, Air, Water, and Fire esoterically. We can only get so far by ourselves and need teachers, or wise elders to help us along our journey and those who are seeking any sort of mystery school type education would behoove themselves to dive into this information.
While I am always a student of these things and don't claim I'm a magician, I am extremely interested in magic and have not vetted the entire course. However, at the time of this writing I've been doing it for about 6 months, and although still in the early stages, have found it very beneficial. I also have all the PDF files downloaded already and am happy to send them your way to expedite getting the course to you if interested. All you need to do is ask. I also have Josephine McCarthy scheduled to come on the podcast in the first quarter 2019 so keep an ear out for that!