This past weekend a box was found in the back shed at my partner’s parent’s home. This box, thought long gone, had been missing since a move twenty years ago, and it contained almost all my magical tools and altar supplies at the time. I would have been homeless at the time if not for my chosen family. What belongings I kept went into the garage, apparently except for this one box, turning it into a personal time capsule of my magical practice at the age of 23.
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I sometimes get asked how to use sigils, from people who would like a little more guidance than the blurb tacked onto the end of every sigil post I make. In this post, I write about how to determine which sigil will work best for you, and some methods how to use sigils.
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Chronic conditions are CHRONIC, so this sigil is intended to help manage symptoms and boost medical care, vs attempting to cure. The Chronic Pain Management Sigil seeks to support higher quality of life through reduction of symptoms, warding against detrimental things, soothing the body and mind, and increasing beneficial aspects.
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My 2012 drawing, The Longest Night, is a dedication to the deeper meanings behind the sabbat of Yule, of the winter solstice, of the longest night of the year. That symbolism is relevant throughout the year.
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It is possible to use magic to nudge the odds when rolling dice, but they are useful for so much more than that! From spellcrafting to divination (called astragalomancy), dice are a fun and useful tool to keep in your witch’s kit. After all, unconventional magical tools are just as valid as typical or traditional ones.
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It is easy to fall into the thought trap of needing everything to be perfect before acting, whether that action is magical or mundane. It is certainly true that some things must happen before other things can happen, or it may be best practice to wait for certain circumstances. However, you can never be absolutely certain that everything will go perfectly, so if you wait until perfection is assured, this can easily result in never acting at all.
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It may seem counter-intuitive to include a plastic tree as a sincere spiritual component of Yule, but it makes sense to me for some very specific reasons.
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When I talk about or call upon the Void, I am talking about that which is outside of our universe, outside of our reality. I am talking about that from which our entire universe came forth, and to which it will someday return, only to begin a new universe all over again. I am talking about a place of unreality which is pure undetermined potential.
Contemplating the Void is an attempt to answer the question of what existed before “The Big Bang”, where creation deities came from, how anything ever came to be, and where it will all go when it ceases to be.
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Color associations are complex, multi-layered things, which are predominantly based on cultural and personal understanding. They are not immutable or universal, and the meanings change depending upon the circumstance in which they are used. In the context of Black Lives Matter, white color magic is not necessarily positive or beneficial.
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In my experience, the elements are worlds away from the isolated energetic bastions of oppositional power which they are often portrayed as. On the contrary, I have found that each element, no matter how “pure” the conjuring or elemental, contains a seed of every other element. Rather than being isolated and oppositional, the elements are interdependent and interconnected in a balanced matrix, incapable of existing without each other.
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