Hey whats going on everyone. Im new to the forum and just want to introduce myself and give a little bit of background info. Well I've been around the studies of the occult since I was very young, I want to say about 9. My father was the one who got me interested in these studies. The first i want to say occult knowledge i started to dwell into was what most aspiring magicians lean towards and that's the secret and mysterious world of ancient occultism from sumerians to Egyptian magic and so on and so forth. I always felt i had a natural incline to learn about magic on all areas of it (chaos, black, white, etc.) and i can remember when i was 10 years old i travelled to Dominican republic and saw a shapeshifter to be honest it scared the crap out of me but as i got older and started to learn about the reality of what's in between i started to accept that what i saw was just a part of this true world when the veil is off and that led me to stay with the studies and ultimately find out the true goal of a magician is, through experiences like when i was younger and other ones through my teenage years. Being only just 21 i realize i have a lot to learn and a difficult but yea rewarding path of life in getting back to the true self and im looking forward to learning more through this forum.