Controlling Variables in Magickal/Psionic Rituals/Experiments

In Science, repeatability is very important in properly designed experiments, but in Magick and Psionics, as many workers have discovered, repeatability is often very difficult to obtain. When you perform magickal rituals or psionic experiments, the work is usually performed in some sort of setting where certain variable conditions may be controlled to some extent, such as in your kitchen, living room, basement, laboratory, oak grove, or within your circle of standing stones at a convergence of ley lines...et cetera. In magick, some variables are known and are somewhat controllable, such as the location, the time of day, the phase of the moon, the positions of certain planets, the room temperature, the size of the Circle cast, the deities/spirits/powers invoked/evoked/invited to participate, the sequence of events, the program of the incantation, the number of times the incantation is chanted, the number of candles, the type of wand/athame/sword, incense, and so on.

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