The Holy Bible is much more than a history book, a book of wisdom, or a book of faith. It is a book of immense power. If we are to read it for all it's worth, then we must follow its tenants. It can be considered the Christian gremoire.

There exist certain tenants to follow:

	We must believe that Jesus is the Christ (God manifest in the flesh) and in Him know God (John 17:3)
	We must come to Him as a child (Matthew 18:1-7)
	We must come boldly to the thrown of Grace (Hebrews 4:16)
	We must have faith (Hebrews 11)
	We must put action to our faith (James 2)

Granted these are only some of the basics. It is our attitude of heart that often keeps us from the glories God has already given us. We must be willing to set aside our rights to ourselves, and this allows God to fill us with His will and His power. We are then able to perform the works that He has said that we will. We must never forget, though, that God does not supersede the personality He created within us. He augments it. He adds to us His own personality and we become a deeper aspect of the Is. In this state of consciousness, we are then able to perform the magicks that He has shown us in the Christian Bible. The Christian Bible is a teaching tool. It contains much wisdom. We must read it for all it is, and take it in its entirety, if we are to make full use of the power we are created for.
How can this power be realized? Simply… indeed. When we get our attitudes realigned with those of the Creator, and get our hearts open to the greater power of The Creator. We are able to receive the power that The Creator has set us aside to accomplish.

We must approach the Christian Bible as a book of power. It is common to see the Christian Bible as merely an annotated book of words. We must see it as a learning tool, a book of secrets to find, and read it with the light of the Holy Spirit shining through us. Then we can appreciate it fully. The Holy Bible takes on a life, and power. We can therefore read beyond the words, and actually feel the breath of God flow through us as we pour through us.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was with God." John 1:1 The Word has often been described as Christ. This is likely true. When a man gives his word, he is making an oath to that person to follow through with whatever action he is giving the oath for. Christ is surely a promise in many ways, and His presence on the earth has brought many prophecies to light. Yet, if we take a deeper look, it can be read thus. 'In the beginning was God's Sacred Promise, and the Sacred Promise was God, and the Sacred Promise was with God.'
What does this mean to the Christian Mage? We are building our strength on the promises of God. What greater strength can we have when we find God giving us His word in every thought we read? The Holy Bible is called God's Word, thus His solemn vow.
In practice of the Arts, there is an apprentice, an adept, and a master. We apprentice to the Master Himself in order to become adept. An adept takes all the tires and internalizes them. This enables him to perform magick with virtual seamlessness. We do the same thing in Christianity, although the terminology has changed. We pray, thus yielding ourselves to a higher power. To a pagan this can be construed as the rites of a spell. We cast this spell, calling on higher powers to enable us to perform a deed or function. We seal this spell with an "Amen". In its original text "Amen" means, "So be it" or "So mote it be". We deliver this spell and forget about it. The more we meditate and pray, the stronger we become in our relationship with The Creator and his son our master.
Prayer opens our minds, hearts, and spirits to the leading of The Creator. We are admonished to pray unceasing. This means that we are in a constant state of receptiveness to power. This state brings us into a greater communion with God. We seek first the kingdom. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much, to loosely quote James 5:16. Why does such prayer avail?
When the heart, mind and spirit become aligned with The Creator, and His power within us, all things are possible. It is as if we are living the spell that we breathe. When we exist in such a state, we need not consciously think about the ritual to build the spell. We merely will it to happen. Why else would free will be such an important aspect of human existence.
God gave man free will. It is a strong power; else our immortal enemy would not want to subvert our will so strongly. Again, I challenge you to think about it. When the angels expressed their free will and challenged God, He took from them their physical form. Yet, He gave us physical form in order to express free will. Now this is a most interesting quandary. It demonstrates the nature of the power in will.
We are encouraged to release our will in order to be able to be used. Hence we allow that power of God that indwells us to be joined with the source. How greater can we accomplish our goals when we are joined with the Creator, and have allowed our will to be molded by His? We are more than conquerors through Christ. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. There are constant references to having Christ indwell us, of putting to use His mind within our spirit. If we have accessed to the greatest mind in the entire Universe, then why don't we make better use of it?
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God." (Romans 12:2) "Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God." (I Peter 4:1-2) "And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." (I John 2:17)
It seems that there is a direct correlation between the lust of the flesh and the will of God. We put on the mind of Christ, which is essentially the directing power of God. In this knowledge we can untangle ourselves from sin, especially that of the flesh. We are drawn deeper into the realm. As we grow in Christ we no longer act, look, nor present ourselves as one who is without Christ. In this we are set apart, or sanctified. Being set apart we can work on our relationship to the father as it is enabled through the son. Christ is the bridge between man and God. Our humanity prevents us from actually being God, but not from having His reflection in our souls. Only through Christ can we access the deeper essence of who we are.
In taking on the mind of Christ, we also separate ourselves from negative influences around us. We become less susceptible to those wanderings of the evil and arcane. As we take into our hearts and minds the truth's of The Creator, applying those truths to our lives, we can grow in wisdom and understanding of the heart of The Creator. With such a direct connection indwelling us, then we are capable of any form of miracle, or magick. Through this learning of the nature of The Creator we become an adept. Our magick is then performed as we allow the will of God to motivate our will. Through our will All things happen.
We have a conscious and unconscious will. Our conscious will is often cluttered with the trappings of this present statement of reality, called life. Whenever we realize that this life is merely an illusion, that the true life is the one we currently live in eternity. Our unconscious mind is often more pure, or closer to our eternal selves. It is not cluttered by its surroundings. It has a more immediate control over the world, and its interactions. A prime example would be that thought you had in passing of something you would like, but never gave it a second thought. You released it to your unconscious mind, thus allowing the true magick within you to be released. Your spell has been cast, and unbeknownst to you completed.
We often cast our spells in the privacy of our mind. It is when we consciously step aside, and allow our unconscious mind to take control of the issue. In religious circles it is referred to as releasing something to God. You are releasing it to the aspect of God indwelling. Therefore it is our unconscious mind that has the strongest link with The Creator.
Essentially everything that has life is part of The Creator. It is our conscious mind that gets in the way, using our finite understandings to interfere with our own infinite nature. Only by setting aside our comprehension of the things we can see, and taking things on faith can we fully perform as the mage God created us to be. The conscious mind is a by-product of external stimuli, while the unconscious maintains an unsevered link with The Creator.

It is this unsevered link that enables us to be in constant communication with the nature that created us. We strive within ourselves to open our minds to the greater mind of Christ, the nature of The Creator indwelling us. In this state we have access to the creation power of the Universe. We are limited by our humanity, a finiteness. Christ is the conduit that enables the power of The Creator to flow through our flesh. As we reside in the mind of Christ we are constantly challenged to match our will with that of The Creator.
By submitting our will to that of The Creator we open the floodgates of power. We unconsciously attain for a higher understanding. An example would be the desire to be financially independent. We have the conscious thought, then put it aside for the present reality we must endure. As we strive for our place among the commerce arena of society, it becomes the path that we follow, more specifically than the goal, which brings us comfort. We have found our gold within the grasp of our fingertips, and not slightly out of reach. As Paul puts it, running the race for the high calling of God.
As we strive, with dignity and honour to grow in the glory of God, we attain our unconscious desires. It all comes down to seeking communion with The Creator first. "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." (Matthew 6:33) The Divine will provide for us according to his riches in glory. We need not concern ourselves with such trifles. Our highest call is to grow in this communion relationship with the Divine, and creation. Within this expression we find that deeper essence of ourselves, and therefore become the enlightened that the Divine hopes for us to be. Within this enlightenment we find that some of our desires are no longer as strong as they once were. We become content in all circumstance, as was Paul. "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." (Philippians 4:11)
It is therefore our unconscious desires that lead us to our goals. As we grow in this enlightenment, we grow in the essence of Christ. As we live this example we become more like the Divine. Hence that aspect of the Divine that indwells us is further capable to perform those things which our conscious mind cannot fathom. Our will resides in our unconscious mind. We grow in the Divine, as we yield our conscious mind. All things become possible.

This is not an impossible state in which to exist. Many strive for deeper quality in their relationships, in this we have freedom to be all the Divine wills. I do not feel that it was the eating of the fruit alone that cast man from the garden of paradise. Nor was it entirely allowing evil into the world. It was man's desire to hide what he had done, and essentially sacrifice his relationship with the Divine. It was the lust of the flesh that brought man to the place where the Divine could no longer see him. God cannot look upon evil. As man took evil into his being, he became a shadow to the Divine. It took the Divine becoming man in order to restore the balance of the Universe.
What this means for the modern man is this, as we put aside our singular desires for those of the Divine, we grow in power and truth. We are able to live by our inheritance, rather than waiting for it as most care to do. We grow from apprentice to adept. All the while we gain wisdom and knowledge from the Master. In this delicate construction of magick we become more intuitive, and are able to perform rites we never before imagines. By the very nature of this relationship with the Divine we are able to have total communion with nature and are able to walk upon the surface of the water, change water to whine, etc.
Evil has a name, and its physical manifestation is known as the devil. While the Christian Satan is a true person , the devil is a thoughtform we hold within us. By releasing this thoughtform from our minds, we negate the powers of evil over us. This is more greatly accomplished through the power given us by joining with the mind of the Divine, via His incarnation Christ. If there is one tried and true rule of earthly magick verses Divine magick, it is the physical. Earthly magick encourages a spiritual change through a physical action. While Divine magick encourages a physical change through a spiritual action.
Through the consternation of our spiritual relationship we can therefore attain to those things that our bodies require. In the Psalms we are told that as we grow in relationship with the Divine, He will give us the desires of our heart. "The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted." (Proverbs 10:24)

We are further admonished to approach the Divine through prayer, which is relationship conversation. "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." (Mark 11:24) The New Testament is filled with promises that our belief and our prayer will bring us fulfilment. Christ himself admonishes us to this in John chapters 14 and 15.
So we take our life, which lacks virtue except that which comes from the Divine, and open ourselves to the greater Is. We are made whole and clean. In this cleanliness, we are able to put on the mind of Christ. Through reading the wisdom in the Holy Bible, we are able to grow in relationship with the Divine. We are separate from those around us by virtue of our holy relationship with the Is. This relationship enables us to put aside our finite will, in lue of the infinite will of the Divine.
Making use of that greater strength, infinite power, purity of will, incredible faith, we are empowered to accomplish any goal, and achieve any desire. As our desires reflect those of the Divine we grow in this virtue and truth. It is only through this communion relationship that we are able to perform miracles and grow in sensitivity to the greater presence of the Is. Through this power we are finally able to do all things. We are become heirs of magick, essentially a Christian Mage.