Concentration

Intense focus is essential in all magickal workings. It doesn't matter if the environment is full of distractions; one should always maintain total focus. This comes with having a trained mind.

I was involved in an ongoing project: freeing the Daemons.* My Guardian Daemon, Apollo, and Thoth came to me as they were working with me. Thoth was the Patron Daemon of our project, and he accompanied each of our Guardian Daemons, bringing each Daemon to be freed. Glasya-Labolas needed to be freed right away. My daughter was in my room watching TV, and there was a lot of commotion in my house. I told them I would have to wait until later.

Five minutes or so later, my daughter's puppy urinated on my bed. I had to strip the bed and wash the bedding. Because of this, everyone had to leave my room. When Demons want something done, things seem to fall into place.

I went into my room, locked the door, and began to work on Glasya-Labolas. My kids were fighting, banging on the door, and other kids came over, and the house was a madhouse, but I tuned out all of the commotion and successfully freed him.

Total focus should always be maintained, regardless of how intense distractions may be. Just keep doing what you are doing without letting outside distractions interfere. Of course, any doors should always be locked.

When we focus and concentrate to the point where we are not even aware of anything going on around us, this is when we have the most power.