Practicing scientifically minded witchcraft means acknowledging the validity and veracity of both the scientific process and liminal magical practices. Despite the superficial contradictions involved in that statement, science and magic are not at all mutually exclusive, and no, I don’t need to appeal to quantum theory to make that assertion.
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All of energy manipulation and metaphysical manifestation is will vs will. When you don’t see results from magic that involves the wills of others, give yourself a break. Dust yourself off, and give it another go. Keep it up long enough, and you can bring down a wall with a hammer.
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I have frequently seen people state that they hate meditation and it doesn’t work for them, and then proudly declare that they are proficient in some sort of shielding, grounding, centering practice. Different meditation techniques are designed for different goals, and work differently for different kinds of people. What works for someone else may not work for you, and what works for you may not work for them.
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COVID-19 has dealt the entire world an unbalancing upset. Even in cases where this pandemic doesn’t strike to the very hearts of our daily lives, we are still seeing dramatic effects on our lives and the lives of those we care about. Here are some suggestions to help you find your balance.
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There are a lot of symbolic associations in pagan and magical practice which are often taken for granted. One such correspondence is directions and elements. Another is gender and elements. I mention these two in particular because they don’t make sense to a lot of modern practitioners, myself included.
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We all have personal Truths, whether we have no idea yet what they are, we are figuring it out, or we fully understand and embrace them. All of us have more than one. That is one of the appeals of paganism – the foundational belief that we can find our own Truths.
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The only essential for magical or religious practice is yourself. Everything else is icing on the cake, tools which can be used to aid in achieving focus for your magical or devotional practice. Are they fun? Sure. Inspiring? Absolutely. Useful? Undoubtedly. Essential? No.
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How do you perceive energies? Do you predominantly filter those perceptions through one physical sense, or multiple senses? How strongly do you perceive information that defies interpretation through physical senses?
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Death is about more than just the dead. Death is also about radical change and the transitions, good, bad, and neutral, we continually experience as time marches on. Radical change often leads to mourning and commemoration of what used to be. As a result, the energies of Samhain are powerful for any kind of mourning you may be experiencing, and for commemorating any important parts of your past.
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