Spiral Gate Command

Spiral Gate Command

Command Magik Chapter 11, 12 & 13

Sep 26, 2025
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In this final installment, I present the final chapters of the book. Full book will be available here and on my in a few days. Here will be ONLY paid subscribers.

CHAPTER 11

Collapse Protocols – When to Burn It Down

The Art of Deconstruction – When Addition Isn’t the Answer

Most people approach transformation the way they build IKEA furniture: they keep adding more—more affirmations, more crystals, more journaling, more supplements, more mantras—until their metaphysical house looks like a hoarder’s garage with no Feng Shui and a dozen contradictory gods squabbling for shelf space.

But there comes a moment in high-level work when nothing new will help. No more is required—what’s required is less. What’s required is destruction. Not metaphorical. Not poetic. Literal dismantling of the self, of your patterns, of the rituals and belief systems that got you this far, but now choke your momentum like overgrown ivy on a collapsing roof.

This is the art of deconstruction. And yes, it’s an art. Done right, it’s elegant, surgical, and ruthlessly liberating. Done poorly, it’s just chaos in a shiny robe.

Let me make this very clear: not all destruction is transformative. Some is just reactivity, tantrum disguised as insight. But when you feel the walls closing in—not because your goals are wrong, but because your entire internal architecture no longer supports the kind of power you’re meant to hold—then it’s time. Time to stop patching. Time to burn the damn thing down.

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