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Chumbley considered the practice of willed dreaming essential as a means of interacting directly and consciously with the spiritual dimensions he called ' the High Sabbat '; according to him " Every word, deed and thought can empower, magnetise, and establish points of receptivity for a magical dream, likewise any of these means can do the opposite-fixating perception in a manner that is not receptive-that seals the soul in the body instead of enabling it to go forth at will.

" In conjunction with dreaming and trance experience Chumbley used automatic writing and drawing to manifest the knowledge drawn from ritual magic ; these procedures, in which the magician offers her or himself as a vehicle for the forces summoned instead of utilising another as medium, is uncommon in the Western occult tradition-one modern exemplar being Austin Osman Spare.

The results of Chumbley's practices can be seen in his drawings and sigillisations.

Chumbley believed that the natural manifestation of magical gnosis and power occurs through creative activity: " Dreaming and the mutual translation of dreamt ritual and ritual-as-dreamt form the basic rationale and context for our work.

The active discourse between initiates and our spirit-patrons inspires and motivates this dreaming.

This is demonstrably manifest in the magical artistry of individual initiates, whether through text, ritual performance, song, tapestry, craftsmanship, or image.