I try to be a "purist thief"

while of course experience with different paradigms can prepare you for situations, I try to keep them seperate so as to not fall into that newagey occult stew mentality.

Generally, We find that working through a system completely in its "virgin" state first seems to assist when the real piracy comes in. By learning the inner mechanisms of the rites themselves as taught by either proponents or literature of that system it then becomes much easier to pillage those techniques which work and transforming them into one's personal system of Magick. From our understanding, gnosis (as defined within the parameters of CMT) and/or gnostic events fuel Magick. All systems use one form of gnosis or another, only the techniques geared towards attaining Gnostic Event seem to differ widely between systems. In short- work it through unaltered first. THEN add only those techniques that may come in useful (or one just likes) to the set of past experiences you mentioned (which are themselves techniques from other systems that either worked or one just liked.) After those techniques become part of the semiotic web, break them down into whichever preferred categories you prefer.

For example: Rather than using the COS Litany of destruction, break it down into its seperate parts (which may or may not be simultaneous occurences): Within the system, one reads aloud a hand written copy of the Litany (tailored to include the target in the many varied pains and horrors), stabs the parchment, and burns it upon the flame of a white candle. A plethora of theme variations stem from this one technique. They all seem to accomplish the same end.

Instead one could use a variation on the Howl form coupled with a barbarous mantram encoded with the desire before burning a sigil of the desire.

While reading the litany of destruction, perform the Howl Form before flinging the dagger through a sigil of the target.

Read the litany as prescribed, and then perform the Howl Form before stabbing the parchment and burning it. Et Cetera Ad Nauseam.

By working through the "Virgin" system first, one can get "the flow" of a particular model and THEN one should adjust as one sees fit based on experiences within the scope of the original working itself. DOES ANY OF THIS MAKE SENSE? I could just be crazy.....