SIGIL INVERSION AND Master of the Words of the Island Under The Sea by Sean Woodward Robert Podgurski A ustin Spare was emphatic regarding the reification of desires through his prescribed technique of sigils. The sigil once formulat- ed for manifesting that desire is then projected deep into the sub- conscious void. Typically an expressed desire, no matter its sublime nature, is still a product of jagrat, the tonal waking state. Furthermore, it is enticing to consider what may be attained through summoning sigils from those very depths to inform and guide us in gaining some understanding of the pool of unadulterated desire. Gaining awareness of such sigil mechanisms is a process that may take on a variety of approaches depending on ones perspective. Like water itself the subconscious maintains a delicate surface tension, a membrane that sus- tains the dividing line between above and below, everyday awareness and shadow consciousness. This membrane is there for the creative play of the magician, and the permeability, presence, absence, and detection thereof is what lies at the core in such a magical operation. -72-