Battle Magic

[Rayko]

OK, i am not asking for any miracles here, i don't expect to shoot fireballs or put someone on electricity (without a stun-gun that is   )
i am just talking bout anything that's possible for using magic in battles, i am not saying i am gonna attack people with it for no reason or planning on ruling the world o_0 i am not such a n00b, i am just talking about self defense with magic, i know it is possible i am just asking for some guidelines here, some sites, techniques, anything???

hope to hear from you guys soon...

Rayko

[bloodsong]

OK, you kind of contradicted yourself toward the end there.  You start asking for help IDing battle magic and its use, aka curses and hexes, but then finish saying you are interested for self-defense purposes.

For psychic self-defense, most of the time, it isn't really necessary to know the magic being used against you, just where it is coming from.  Stronger cases would need to know who specifically is attacking you and why, and that takes care of almost everything I have gotten into with other magicians.  

Read Dion Fortune's Psychic Self-Defense for more information on the subject.

As for the nature of battle spells, it all boils down to imagination.  The techniques and spells are identical, it is the will of the magician and the intent behind it that makes the difference.  One case I had personally was an old friend didn't like the person I decided to make my wife, so he built a standard thoughtform and made its mission to cause discord in our relationship to affect our breakup.  Problem was he is never really been known for subtlety, so seeing the thoughtform while I was in meditation was simple enough.  Banishing it was the only thing needed from that, but I decided not to go that route.  Instead I managed to confuse the thing and send it back to my "friend" to complete its mission for a period of a year.  Drastic, but I figured he could've at least told me he didn't approve of my choices instead of sending something like that.

Bloodsong

[Rayko]

ok so now, u helped me there really

for my next question on this topic i might be in the wrong forum, but i am asking in magic forum anyway

ok so: how for battles in general, the old fist to fist way, anyway i can improve it trough magic or psychic stuff?

also for self defence it is, if people don't like my face they got the urge to punch it (allthough most times i am able to punch them back a couple of times and make them stop, but how do i increase my power or anything trough magic or psychic?

[bloodsong]

In a physical street fight, the only thing from magic that can help you is the focused attention and intent.  Those are two things that can help you in anything that you do though...

A lot of the martial arts are all about this type of "magical" fisticuffs.  For example the old martial arts maxim "Chi follows I" (Energy follows Intent).  Sounds pretty much like a magical axiom to me, how about you?  Basically what it means is that when you focus your Chi, your bodily Energy, into anything, it will take the form your Intent dictates it should.  You definitely will get more out of such a punch against, say, a mugger than you will against, say, your mother (hopefully)

If you are looking into protecting yourself when the proverbial fecal matter hits the rotating oscillating machinery, my suggestion is one of these practices.  If you are looking for something with practical usage that will help you refine your magic abilities, I would suggest one of these practices.  Personally I use Tai Chi.  Easy, flowing, and the purpose of the movements are not on apparent physicality, but on strengthening your ability to manipulate your internal energy.  When you need to, that energy will be available to you for anything and everything, from figuring out how to get that big assignment you were given at work before your kid's next football game to stopping the idiot in the park from taking your paycheck's meager remnants from your wallet.

Bloodsong

[Cutester]

You can either go to Robert Bruce's Official website and read his free tutorials or buy his book at amazon.com called Psychic Self Defense.  The book of course goes into more detail and I think it is the best book of that type I've ever read and yes I did read Ms. Fortune's book on defense also.