Magical Will

Magick, as it is known to most, is more an act of will than any other event.  It is commonly agreed that it is through this force, this enlightened Will, that all magick is given its fundamental potency. Though it is the energy that gives substance to any working, it is the will of the magick user that shapes and wields the energy. 
It occurs to the author of this passage that the difference between magical will and personal will should be investigated and clearly defined.
“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law” – Aleister Crowley
Take the above statement, at face value the word is taken to mean the force of personality, a desire, some facet of a person’s ego.  Yet once the phrase is fully analyzed, with the element of magick involved as Crowley intended, the meaning becomes much less cut and dry.  There is a difference between what is commonly referred to as will and what can aptly be aptly called the Magical Will.
Will, as it is known and accepted, is the vehicle that transports the desires of the ego and personality.  This can be taken to mean that a strong willed person is someone who can forcefully manifest his or her desires into physical or social reality. This is not to say, however that a person equipped with a strong will is necessarily capable of great magical workings, or that a person with a weak personal will cannot have a strong magical will. Quite possibly, a person with an absolutely weak magical will could possibly have a near indomitable and unshakeable personal will.
The Magical Will is the force that one exerts in order to manipulate magical energy. It is used to both gather and shape those energies, as well as control and send out those energies. Magical will is the raw strength of a magick user. It is a spiritual element of all humanity that allows t to touch, tap, and control magick.
Therefore, if the magical will of a person is their raw power, the skill of a person determines how well the power can be used. The amount of learning, wisdom, and knowledge gives the magus the ability to understand and perceive the motivations, causality, and consequence of magical workings. So it is that one must not only have strength, but one must have knowledge and skill. It is with the proper skills and sufficient knowledge that the adept is able to fully utilize the magical will, whereas all others wane in weakness or misapplications of uncontrolled power.