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What is Humanistic Magick?
There are moments in life when something feels misaligned, yet difficult to articulate. You may have done the therapy. You may have explored spiritual practise. You may have worked hard to think strategically, lead people responsibly, or improve yourself consciously.
And yet, something still feels fragmented. Perhaps logic and intuition feel at odds with each other. Perhaps the insight you’ve discovered does not translate into action. Perhaps empathy feels present, but structure feels missing. Or structure is present, but meaning feels absent.
Humanistic Magick emerged from this tension.
Humanistic Magick is a framework to support the philosophy and art of affecting intended change through an unseen cause. So this means it isn’t “a thing you learn.” It’s a lived experience. It is not a belief system. It is not a rejection of psychology. It is not a mystical promise of effortless change. It is an integration framework.
Humanistic Magick is a way of holding reflective depth and practical structure in the same space so that insight does not evaporate, and action does not become mechanical. Humanistic Magick intentionally dissolves the separation between psychology and spirituality and it meets you in your lived reality: your stress, your yearning for meaning, your desire to grow in confidence or leadership, and your longing for something that feels real.
What Humanistic Magick Means
In this framework:
Humanistic refers to its grounding in humanistic psychology. Particularly the principles of intrinsic self worth, agency, and the understanding that people reorganise when offered psychological safety rather than pressure.
Magick is a word that is used deliberately and carefully. It does not refer to supernatural intervention. Instead, it describes the ability to use symbols carefully in order to engage the unconscious and translate meaning into embodied action. This is the “unseen” part of the philosophy and art of affecting change. This is in the use of metaphor, ritual, symbols, narrative or intention-setting
We know that this word often evokes scepticism. That scepticism is understandable. Many symbolic traditions have been either romanticised or dismissed. In this framework, symbolism is neither mystified nor trivialised; it is treated as a psychological tool for accessing layers of experience that purely analytical approaches sometimes struggle to reach.
Integration refers to the movement from fragmentation toward coherence. It refers to the bridge between logic and intuition, identity and expectation, emotion and behaviour. It is the process of reconciling internal tensions so that action flows from alignment rather than internal conflict.
Humanistic Magick exists because many contemporary approaches separate what does not need to be separate. Psychology, coaching, therapy and where it is appropriate and wanted, spirituality.
This framework attempts to bring those strands back together.
How Change Happens Using Humanistic Magick
Humanistic Magick is an integrated path that combines the emotive insight of humanistic psychology with the embodied mysticism of esoteric practise to create real, felt change in your everyday life.
Humanistic Magick is not built on inspiration alone. It rests on a clear mechanism of change:
Psychological Safety: A non-judgemental space where identity can reorganise without defensiveness so you can tune into your deeper intentions. Here you are looking at not only what you want to change, but why you want it and finding the blocks to realising your goals.
Conscious Awareness: Making implicit beliefs, emotional patterns, and internal narratives explicit. This is where you are noticing what’s happening inside you, your thoughts, your emotions, beliefs, and unseen patterning.
Symbolic Engagement: Using structured reflective tools to access meaning beyond purely rational analysis. Here we use ritual, tarot symbolism, guided meditative imagery, and focused intention to help you shape your experience.
Structured Embodiment: Translating all that insight into intentional behaviour, habits, and relational shifts so your thoughts, emotions, nervous system, and imagination all move in the same direction. Towards change.
Accountable Action: Sustaining change through supported responsibility rather than pressure or shame.
At its heart, Humanistic Magick is practical transformation. It isn’t about escaping reality using magick, it’s about transforming your relationship to your lived reality and lived experience. Instead of feeling passive or at the mercy of your mind, your emotions, or behaviours, you learn how to engage with them as co-creators of your life.
The Humanistic Magick Integration Path
The framework unfolds through what we describe as The Humanistic Magick Integration Path. This is a movement from feeling internally divided to feeling internally aligned. It describes a shift many people experience, whether in personal life, creative work, or leadership roles.
The Unseen Fragmentation: Most people start here. Something feels “off,” but it’s hard to explain. You may feel stuck, misaligned, or quietly frustrated. Often, this stage carries self-doubt and the assumption that the problem is personal rather than structural or environmental. We work with you to help you move from stuck to recognition.
Recognition: A moment of clarity arrives. You begin to see that the tension you’ve been feeling has a name. It might be the clash between logic and intuition, expectation and identity, empathy and structure. The relief here is subtle but powerful. That there is nothing wrong with you, something simply needs integrating. This is where you set your goals.
Conscious Integration: This is where deliberate work begins. We work with you to explore the patterns beneath your reactions, and what is getting in the way of goal achievement. You start to experiment with new ways of thinking and being. By doing the work your insight deepens but importantly, it is held within a structure. One where reflection and responsibility begin to coexist. It is here that you see what action you need to take.
Embodied Practise: After some time doing the work, change becomes visible in your behaviour. You respond differently. You make decisions with more clarity. Emotional reactions feel less overwhelming. The work moves from “understanding” to “living.”
Integrated Authority: You no longer feel split between different parts of yourself. Empathy does not undermine strength. Structure does not suppress meaning. You act from a place of congruence rather than tension. This is alignment.
The Path is not rigid or linear. Lots of people move back and forth between phases. But over time, and with real effort on your part of course, the movement trends toward greater integration.
Where the Framework Applies
While often encountered in personal development contexts, Humanistic Magick is a uniquely empowering framework for people who are:
✔ plateauing in personal growth despite effort
✔ overwhelmed by inner conflict when integrating empathy and leadership
✔ seeking meaning beyond conventional self-help
✔ spiritually inclined but craving grounded methods to their work
In personal integration, it supports emotional alignment, self-acceptance, and meaningful change through spiritually grounded healing.
In leadership and influence, as organisations increasingly recognise the importance of psychological safety and emotional intelligence, the Integration Path offers a structured way to cultivate empathic influence without abandoning strategic clarity.
In sacred enterprise and creative work, it provides structure for intuitive and esoteric practitioners seeking sustainable income without sacrificing depth.
Citing This Work
If you reference this framework in your own writing, teaching, or research, please cite:
Brookes, A. (2025). How to use Humanistic Magick. Magenta School of Magick. https://magentaschoolofmagick.com/how-to-use-humanistic-magick/
Humanistic Magick is an original psychology-informed framework developed by Andie Brookes.