My boyfriend bought me a wand at the 6th annual pirate fest in our town. What do you guys think?
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Friday, October 20, 2017
Do it now for your unborn son
White tongue is the result of an overgrowth and swelling of the finger like projections (papillae) on the surface of your tongue. The appearance of a white coating is caused by debris, bacteria and dead cells getting lodged between the enlarged and sometimes inflamed papillae.
Tongue
This obviously relates to speech, and the capable expression of what you feel. It enables you to articulate what is deep inside you, perhaps unknown even to yourself till it is spoken. So dreaming of the tongue being cut out shows real feelings of being mute and not able to express clearly.
Dreaming of any pain or injury to the tongue can either mean a problem with speech, or that you are being hurtful in what you say. An example is as follows. The woman was angry at her friend and was arguing:
She follows me around and won’t stop. After what seems like a long time, I start to do it too. Suddenly I see dazzling, sparkling blue and red colors like fireworks or prism colors on the end of my tongue. Ginny’s face goes out of focus. I am aware that I’m letting go and I’m in a different state of awareness. I talk rapidly, non-stop, and I’m vaguely aware that I might be saying hurtful things that could hurt other people’s feelings, but I know I must and it’s O.K. It spews out of me unchecked.
Sometimes the tongue refers to different languages we speak.
But the tongue and mouth are our first organs of gaining our needs and relating to the world and other people. The baby doesn’t just suck to gain milk, its tongue has wave like – peristaltic – movements that take the milk right down into the stomach. Kissing is therefore at least in part a return to this basic level of relationship and gaining needs, pleasure and contact with another being. If there are signs of this in the dream then it is reflecting ease or difficulty with that infant level of relatedness. The tongue can here be an expression of desire – of ‘I want’.Because of the way the tongue and mouth are sometimes used in oral sex, the tongue can depict the penis, or at least, the drive to penetrate or to make contact through that sensitive organ. Another side to this is that we can express a lot of care and love through the tongue, as when a mother animal licks its child, so can express healing. So any problems relating to the tongue and sex need to be understood.
Idioms: bite your tongue; cat got your tongue; find one’s tongue; forked tongue; hold your tongue; lose one’s tongue; on the tip of ones tongue; roll off the tongue; sharp tongue; silver tongued; slip of the tongue; tongue hanging out; tongue in cheek; thick tongue; tongue lashing; tongue tied.
In a dream, one’s tongue represents his translator or his business manager. One’s tongue in a dream also represents the chief cause of sin. Moving one’s tongue without speaking in a dream means committing a sin.
Seeing an increase in size, width, or length of one’s tongue in a dream means strength and overcoming one’s enemy.
Ifone’s tongue becomes elongated with no cause for dispute or argument in a dream, it means having a bad tongue, or backbiting others, speaking ill about others, or using base and despicable language. Having a long tongue in a dream also could mean clarity in one’s speech and eloquence in one’s expressions. Having two tongues in a dream means acquiring a second language or a second trade, using a proof other than one’s own in a court of justice, or winning victory over one’s enemy.
If one finds his tongue tied in a dream, it means stagnation of his business, or it could mean poverty.
If black hair grows over one’s tongue in a dream, it means a fast coming evil.
If gray hair grows over one’s tongue in a dream, then it means a slow coming adversity. Hair growing over one’s tongue in a dream also means writing or reciting a poem. One’s tongue in a dream also represents the perfect alibi, the beauty and eloquence of one’s presentation, a professional presentation, good fame and good conduct.
If a governor’s tongue is cut off in a dream, it means the death of his interpreter or his speech writer.
The human tongue in a dream also represents his pen and his signing authority.
If one’s tongue becomes long and reaches the skies in a dream, it means that he will be impeached or deposed from his leadership position following his tyranny and injustices.
If the tongue of a leader or a ruler becomes long in a dream, it also signifies the expansion of his power and the infallibility and effectiveness of his commands. One’s tongue in a dream also symbolizes a milk suckling baby, a lion in his den, or an intelligent warrior.
Thus, if one lets a lion out of a lair in a dream, it denotes his tongue, or hurting people’s feeling or reputation with one’s tongue.
Ifone sees himself without a tongue in a dream, it may mean the death of an infant.
If one has to appear in court and sees his tongue cut off in a dream, it means that his proof will be rejected by the judge.
If only the side of one’s tongue is cut off in a dream, it means that he has doubts about the testimony of his witness.
If he is a merchant, it means that he will lose an important business deal.
If he is a student, it means that he will not complete his schooling.
It is also said that when one’s tongue is cut off in a dream, it means that he is a forbearing person.
If the wife’s tongue is cut off in a dream it means that she is a chaste and a pious woman.
If a wife cuts off the tongue of her husband in a dream, it means that she will flirt with him and show him tenderness and love. Cutting off the tongue of a poor person in a dream means giving something to an impudent person to shun offhis evil.
Ifa poor person cuts off the tongue of another poor person in a dream, it means a fight between them.
Ifone’s tongue sticks to his palate in a dream, it means that he will deny or reject someone’s right, refute the truth, or lie about a trust he received to keep for a time. Eating one’s tongue or biting on it in a dream represents an act one will regret.
If a governor sees that in a dream, it means that he swindles people’s money and receives bribes. Biting on one’s tongue in a dream also means remaining mostly silent, withholding one’s advice, or controlling one’s fury and anger. Biting one’s tongue in a dream also could denote gluttony. Cutting off one’s tongue in a dream means invalidating one’s argument or proof, or preventing him from asking for anything.
The cutting off of a poet’s tongue in a dream means giving him money for his recitation.
Seeing one’s tongue black in a dream means that one may preside over his own people.
Ifhe is a wretched person, it means that he is a liar.
If someone who is scared of something sees his tongue in a dream, it means that he will lose his battle and become subject to defamation and humiliation.
If a wretched person sees himself having many tongues in a dream, it means that he will have a large family. Having many tongues in a dream also means speakingmany foreign languages.
Ifone’s tongue is split in half in a dream, it means that he is a liar. Having many tongues and of many colors in a dream means telling different and contradictory stories, or it could represent a music writer.
If people touch one’s tongue or suck it in a dream, it means that they are acquiringhis knowledge.
It also represents people toadying or lobbying in official business. One’s tongue in a dream also represents a hidden treasure, a hidden knowledge, a toadying servant, an employee, one’s house, a vehicle, a skilled enemy, a seedling of a fruit bearing tree, a bad wife, a barren woman, one’s spoken and irretrievable words, earnings, collecting garbage, following someone’s traces, a policeman, or a prisoner.
An animal’s tongue in a dream represents one’s life or death, because for an animal, his tongue is like a hand through which he takes things.
If a scholar’s tongue is cut offin a dream, it means that he will lose his argument, or it could mean the death of his assistant, student or son. Losing one’s tongue in a dream represents the malicious joy of one’s enemy, family, or neighbors for one’s losses, or it could mean the death of a beloved, severing a relationship, or a plant disease that will affect one’s fruit bearing trees. Perhaps losing one’s tongue in a dream could mean separation between husband and wife, divorce, losingone’sjob, or moving to a new town. Having two tongues in a dream also means backbiting others, or having two faces with people, for people say that so-and so has two tongues or two faces.
If the second tongue does not impede the person from speaking in the dream, then it denotes his truthfulness, love and affection toward others. One’s tongue in a dream also may represent something one fears, such as the collapsing of a roof over his head, or it could represent an enemy.
It also means isolating oneself from people of knowledge and wisdom, or it could mean remaining mostly silent, minding one’s own business, or offering devotion and being grateful to God Almighty for His gifts and blessings. One’s tongue in a dream also represents a captured prisoner of war, or a snake hiding in its pit. Looking at one’s tongue in a dream means controlling what comes out of it.
Tongue
To see your own tongue in your dream represents the things you say and express. You may have either said too much or you may need to express yourself more. If you dream that your tongue is unusually long, then it suggests that you are not being truthful and are lying to yourself about something. If your tongue is sore or looks unusual, then it indicates that you are talking negatively about somebody. The dream may also be a metaphor that you are tongue-tied. You are nervous about verbalizing or communicating some feeling or thought.
To see your own tongue in your dream represents the things you say and express. You may have either said too much or you may need to express yourself more. If you dream that your tongue is unusually long, then it suggests that you are not being truthful and are lying to yourself about something. If your tongue is sore or looks unusual, then it indicates that you are talking negatively about somebody. The dream may also be a metaphor that you are tongue-tied. You are nervous about verbalizing or communicating some feeling or thought.
To dream that your tongue is hairy or that there is hair on your tongue indicates that you are regretting what you said. Something you said could be leaving a strange taste in your mouth.
To dream that you rip someone else's tongue out indicates that you are extremely upset with something that this person has said, but you are not able to appropriately express your anger. Because you tend to keep your emotions inside, it is finding expression in your dreams in a violent way.
To dream that someone is sticking out their tongue at you refers to some sexual connotation. The tongue is sometimes connected with sexuality and maybe seen as a phallic symbol. Alternatively, the dream symbolizes some sort of insult.
Forked Tongue
To dream that you have a forked tongue means that you are lying about something or that you are being a hypocrite. Similarly, if you dream that someone has a forked tongue, then it suggests that you cannot trust this person.
Tongue Depressor
To see or use a tongue depressor in your dream suggests that you are not expressing yourself effectively. You are holding back on what you really want to say.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Basics of Sigil Magic
What is a sigil
Sigil (first explanation can see its origin in latin word siggilum, which means “seal" or it is also possible, that it came from a Hebrew "seagull", which means “word, action or item of spiritual effect)“ is a symbol, which is created for one special purpose: to express & manifest our desire. For a magical purpose it can be a sign or an image, which represents our desire and carries its essence. Sigil is a message to our unconsciousness, the call for change or action or transformation, which we normally cannot achieve, because of the limits of our rational self, the mind.
How to create a sigil?
Sigil magic includes several steps. In order to be successful, one has to pay proper attention to every step: 1. Definition of desire 2. Creation of sigil 3. Work with sigil (charging sigil with energy) 4. Final merge (symbol flows into the unconsciousness) 5. Forgetting the sigil
1. How to define your desire? It is very important to pay the proper attention to define, what exactly you want. Good definition is concise, clear and positive. Don’t speak about what you don’t want! Speak about what you wish, about desired result! Let your intuition to speak. Is this desire good for me? Will it bring me what I need? Doesn’t come this desire only as a reaction to the expectations of the people around me and the society??
2. How to create a sigil? We offer here two simple methods, how to create your sigil. There is no “good" or “bad" way how to create it. So, you cannot make it “wrong”! You just have to follow your feelings, your intuition. Creating your own sigil is always better than some sigil from others. It has your essence inside and it is you, who knows the best, how to speak to the deep layers inside of you!
Method A: for people who prefer to work with words.
For example, you want to succeed in some situation you may decide, that the keyword for your desire is the word “SUCCESS”. First step is to get rid of all double letters, that means, we will work with letters “SUCE". Then we combine the remaining letters to form we feel “right" or “nice”. See the work with the letters on the picture.
If you need to describe your desire will more words, don’t use “I want…" formulation! I want in the language of the World means, that you have a lack of something, you don’t have something and you want to keep this state! You should always formulate in present and begin with “I am…."
Method B: for people who prefer to work with images.
We will again work with the word “SUCCESS”. You will need several sheets of paper and a pen. First step is to calm down, so sit down and relax. Focus strongly on your desire. Now close your eyes. Take the pen. Allow your hand to wander freely through the paper, without your intervention (automatic drawing). Do it till you feel it is enough. (See picture 1.)Then relax even more, while being focused on your desire. Then look directly at the paper. What is the very first shape/part/thing of it that catches your eye? Highlight it. (See picture 2.) Then, draw it to new paper. Look at it and "correct it" as you feel is right. (See picture 3.) My sigil turned to a personal symbol with meaning, but it is not necessary. Sometimes it is better to have it in form of pleasant shape, so that you can forget its meaning soon…
3. How to charge sigil with energy? Creation of the sigil is not the end of our work. We have to work with it further, otherwise it has no meaning! We put the sigil to some visible place, so that we can see it often. Don’t memorise your intention every time you look at the sigil! In fact, you have to forget it! Best way, how to charge it, is to feel it. Be relaxed, prepared to “play" and then, with thinking, feel the emotion of victory. How would you feel, if the desire is fulfilled right now? Feel the result every time you look at the sigil.
4. How to merge sigil with the powers of unconsciousness? Words and logic cannot penetrate into our unconsciousness. In fact, to use mind in this process is to create opposite effect- we cannot believe in what is not our present reality and channel to unconsciousness is locked. On the other side, our irrational part understands pictures and feelings. It doesn’t care, if something is real or not. The way is simple: to create image with the help of mind and then forget the meaning, so that mind cannot interfere. To activate sigil means to allow the image to flow into our deeper levels and work there! Best way how to do that, is in trance, or meditation. Meditation and relaxed state should help us to stop logical thinking and allow the sigil to work.
5. Forget everything.This step is maybe the hardest to do. Why I should forget my desire, when I payed so much attention to it? It is matter of trustt. You did your best and you know, that thing are moving. You don’t need to focus on it anymore. In fact, more you interfere, more you disturb the results. So, let the hidden powers to work and one day, you will realise with a genuine surprise, that you have, what you want, that you are, who you wanted to be!
Observe the situation. When you feel that the effect is manifesting, let sigil go. You can for example burn it and ashes bury under strong tree, or let the wind take it to the world…
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Creation & Activation
Sigil creation is a fantastic introduction into chaos magick, and a good way to begin your exploration of occult concepts. It’s also extremely easy to do, completely safe, and only requires a bit of time and a few items you almost certainly have readily available. Although there are many, many variations of the rituals for creating and activating a sigil, we’re presenting the most newcomer-friendly versions below.
We’ve also written the ideas out in plain English, and with a bit of context for why you’re doing these specific steps at all. This isn’t to take the mystery or the “magic” out of the experience, it’s just to give you some basic idea of what you’re trying to accomplish as you go.
BASIC SIGIL CREATION
A “sigil” is a symbol. In this context, it’s a symbol that represents a specific goal, desire or ambition that you’d like to bring into your real life. Although sigils are powerful tools, it’s important to understand that there’s nothing inherently supernatural about them. They simply give a concrete form to an idea, and help to focus all of the power of your unconscious mind on making that idea a reality.
The method for creating a sigil is simple, creative and generally a lot of fun. It can be done alone, or with a small group of like-minded friends.
You will need:
- Something to write with. Any normal pen or pencil will work.
- Blank paper, at least three or four sheets.
- A comfortable, distraction-free place to work.
- About 30 minutes, including prep time.
Step 1: Create a quiet, distraction-free environment. There’s a simple reason why traditional magick rituals are done at night, by candlelight, or under the light of the moon. It’s not that one time of day is inherently more powerful than another, it’s simply because it’s easier to focus your attention when you’re not distracted by the normal activities of daily life. Chaos magick is all about bringing a desire or intention one step closer to reality, and the less distracted you are when you’re creating and activating the sigil, the better the results will be. Turn off your phone and your TV. Turn down the lights. Unplug or cover up anything you find distracting. Sigil rituals rarely take more than half and hour (and often considerably less than that), so don’t worry about missing anything.
Optional: Create a focus area. One of the practical reasons for things like the “protection circles” you see in popular occult fiction has very little to do with anything supernatural. It’s about creating a physical area where everything around you reinforces the ritual. Creating a rough circle around you composed of things that are important to you, or which strongly relate to the sigil you are about to create, helps keep your mind focused during the creation process. Along the same lines, turning off the room lights and working under the light of a few nearby candles helps to keep all of the distracting everyday world in the shadows, at least for the duration of the ritual. Some people find that certain music helps them focus, while others find it too distracting. As long as you’re feeling focused, the specifics don’t matter.
Step 2: Quiet your mind. Just like you’ve removed the distractions from your environment, you must now to the same for your mind. You don’t need to meditate or go into a trance. You just need to close your eyes, and take a dozen or so deep breaths. Clear your mind of all thoughts, just for a moment or two. Once you’re done, you should be able to focus a bit more on the task at hand.
Step 3: Write down your goal or desire as a sentence. Be clear, succinct and specific. It’s important to write down the thing you truly want, rather than the thing that you think will give you want you want. Writing “I want a raise at my job” is much less effective than “I want to make $50,000 a year.” This is particularly true when it comes to love. “I want Brian to ask me out” is far less potent a statement, for instance than “I want to be deeply in love with a wonderful man.” You can also write these in the “I will” format, as in “I will open my own successful organic bakery.”
Step 4: Strike out all the vowels. Words are defined by their vowels. As long as the vowels remain in the words, it’s hard not to see them as words rather than symbols. Without the vowels, the letters can represent any number of ideas. We’re taking the sentence away from it’s role as a literal transcription, and making it one step closer to being a symbolic representation of an idea. What about “Y”? It’s up to you. If it looks or feels like a vowel, strike it. If not, keep it.
Optional: Strike out duplicate consonants. If you have a bunch of the same letters remaining, it can be distracting. You probably won’t be using them in the final sigil, so feel free to go ahead and remove them.
Step 5: Rewrite the remaining letters in a jumble. As you read the vowel-free sentence, you’ll find your eye drawn to certain letters, shapes and orders. We want to break that up a little bit more. An easy way to do this is to write them in a grid or a circle (you’ll see this method used a lot in various forms of sigil magick). Many people also write the letters in their capital form, which helps to blur the line between, say, the first letter of a name and some random letter from another word.
Step 6: Rearrange the letters until you have a new symbol. This is the fun part, and there’s no right or wrong way to do it. Let yourself play with the shapes until you have one symbol that, to you, looks right. Combine the lines of one letter and the loops of another. Place letters over each other. Drop letters that don’t fit. Make new shapes. Don’t think too much about any of it. You have lots of paper, so doodle until you make something you like. As soon as you make the right symbol, you’ll know.
Optional: Immediately activating the sigil. Creating the sigil is the first part of a two-step process. The second part, outlined below, is called “activation” (or sometimes “investment”), and it’s distinct from sigil creation. Some people like to activate their sigils immediately, others prefer to give the sigil’s meaning a little time to sink in first. Activation rituals are fairly simple, but they do require their own preparation and an additional time commitment. The sigil works the same in either case, so it’s entirely up to you.
Step 7: Congratulate yourself, then return to the world. This isn’t an optional step. Although it may not seem like it, you’ve just worked actual magick. Take a deep breath. Look at the sigil you’ve created. It’s a unique work of art, containing both form and meaning. It only exists because you invested it with your intention, and it was brought into the world by your hands. No one else in the world knows what this new symbol means. It’s powerful, and it’s completely yours. Embrace yourself and your new creation, if even just for a moment, and then slowly come back to the world, observing any differences in how you now perceive your surroundings and yourself.
Additional: Once you’ve gotten the hang of making sigils, you can simplify the process. The instructions above are intended for first-time sigil makers. Once you’ve learned the basic steps, you’ll probably find that you don’t need all of the prep work. You will be able to put yourself in a prime sigil-making mindset almost anywhere, even in middle of a noisy cafe. What’s more, you’ll probably be able to make outstanding sigils in just a few moments, rather than the half-hour estimate above. Well done! This is a great indication that you’ve mastered the basics of sigil creation, and on a path towards a richer, more vibrant life. Just remember to be mindful as you learn more about the mysteries of magick!
BASIC SIGIL ACTIVATION
When you create a sigil, you’re investing it with a certain amount of emotional importance. When you hear practitioners of magick referring to the “energy” of a sigil, ritual or spell, this emotional investment is often what they’re talking about. For a sigil to be effective, however, it requires more than just the energy invested in the creation. It needs to be “activated.”
In the creation process, you’ve built up a substantial amount of psychological, emotional and creative tension, all around a symbol. For the sigil (and your subconscious) to do its work, you have to release that tension. This is called “activating” the sigil, although you’ll sometimes hear this referred to as “consecrating,” “charging” or “discharging.” There are as many methods for activating a sigil as their are practitioners of sigil magick, but they all share a common theme of buildup and release.
As with the sigil creation, we’re presenting the most newcomer-friendly version of the activation process. It’s something anyone with access to basic household items can do in just a few minutes. We’ve also written the steps out in plain English, and with a bit of context for why you’re doing these specific actions. This isn’t intended to take the mystery or the “magic” out of the experience, it’s just to give you some basic idea of what you’re trying to accomplish, and to make you as comfortable as possible with the process.
You will need:
- Something to write with. Any normal pen or pencil will work.
- Blank paper, or tracing paper.
- A candle, fireplace, or other safe, standing flame.*
- A metal or ceramic bowl suitable for safely burning a small piece of paper.
- A comfortable, distraction-free place to work.
- About 30 minutes, including prep time.
Step 1: Create a quiet, distraction-free environment. There’s a simple reason why traditional magick rituals are done at night, by candlelight, or under the light of the moon. It’s not that one time of day is inherently more powerful than another, it’s simply because it’s easier to focus your attention when you’re not distracted by the normal activities of daily life. Chaos magick is all about bringing a desire or intention one step closer to reality, and the less distracted you are when you’re activating the sigil, the better the results will be. Turn off your phone and your TV. Turn down the lights. Unplug or cover up anything you find distracting. This method of Sigil activation should only take about 15 minutes, so don’t worry about missing anything important.
Optional: Create a focus area. One of the practical reasons for things like the “protection circles” you see in popular occult fiction has very little to do with anything supernatural. It’s about creating a physical area where everything around you reinforces the mood and emotional state you’re trying to evoke. Creating a rough circle around you composed of things that are important to you, or which strongly relate to the sigil you are about activate, helps keep your mind focused during the activation process. Along the same lines, turning off the room lights and working under the light of a few nearby candles helps to keep all of the distracting everyday world in the shadows, at least for the duration of the ritual. Some people find that certain kinds of music or incense helps them focus, while others find these too distracting. You’re doing it right as long as you can completely focus on the activation.
Step 2: Quiet your mind. Just like you’ve removed the distractions from your environment, you must now to the same for your mind. You don’t need to meditate or go into a trance. You just need to close your eyes, and take a dozen or so deep breaths. Clear your mind of all thoughts, just for a moment or two. Once you’re done, you should be able to focus a bit more on the task at hand.
Step 3: Light the candle, ready the bowl. You’ll want the candle burning and the fire-safe bowl within easy reach as you go into the next phase of the activation. Make sure to remove anything flammable from the area.
Step 4: “Invoke” the sigil. This isn’t as arcane or mystical as it probably sounds. If you already have the sigil you created in hand (if you’ve just created it, for instance), you’ve already “invoked” it. If not, you’ll simply want to draw the sigil again on a new piece of paper. You can use a pen or pencil, although some people prefer the look of charcoals, crayons or oil pastels for visual effect. Don’t worry if you’re not much of an artist, this is about the intent behind the sigil, not being a perfect calligrapher. As long as it looks right to you, it’ll work just fine. You can also trace an existing sigil, which is a great way to activate a sigil that you didn’t draw yourself. (If you bought one from Sigil Daily, or found a perfect example in a book, for instance.) The act of redrawing the sigil helps to bring all of the emotional investment — the “energy” — back from your subconscious to the forefront of your mind.
Optional: Tear away the edges of the paper around the sigil. Don’t worry if you accidentally rip the sigil, or tear a small piece off of the drawing. Your goal here is to end up with a piece of paper that “fits” the sigil, and to reduce the smoke and flame for the next step.
Step 5: Focus on what the sigil represents. Look at the symbol you’ve created, and remember the reason you wanted it. Look at all of the shapes and angles. Does it speak to your core goal, desire or ambition? Now that you’ve identified what it is you want, are you ready to release that “energy” — as well as the psychological, creative and emotional tension it represents — and let the magick do its work? Listen to your emotions. There’s always a chance that what you actually want isn’t what the sigil represents, in which case there’s little point in activating it. (If that happens, use what you’ve learned and repeat the sigil creation process to create a new sigil. It should only take a few moments, and you can do it right on the spot.) Once it all feels right, move on to the next step.
Step 6: “Discharge” the Sigil. There are lots of ways to “discharge” the emotional investment of the sigil, and in this case you’re simply going to be burning the paper you’ve drawn it on. Light one side of it, and then place it carefully in the bowl, making sure not to singe yourself in the process. Watch as it burns, and imagine that all of the emotional investment you’ve placed in the sigil, as well as the idea it represents, is being transformed into a new form made of the universal forces of light and heat. Imagine that light and heat radiating out from this moment, into your past and future. Imagine the glow of the sigil’s tiny light spreading across your entire life. Watch it until the flame goes out.
Note: Don’t worry if the flame accidentally goes out during this process. It doesn’t mean that the sigil activation has has failed, or anything supernatural. Some paper burns better than others. Simply relight the remaining paper. The power of this step comes from the intention to release the tension behind the sigil, not on whether or not some wood pulp catches fire.
Step 7: Let it go. Once the flame of the sigil’s paper has gone out, the sigil is discharged. While the sigil may still be a fun thing to look at or think about, the magick itself has already happened. The process has started, and it no longer needs you attention. Let the sigil and what it represents go. It will work the exact same, even if you never think about it again. That doesn’t mean that you should avoid the sigil or anything. It’s a piece of art, and you made it! But now that it has been discharged, think of it as something like a souvenir.
Take a nice, deep breath, and then congratulate yourself. You just worked actual magick! If you feel the urge to laugh at how strange the whole idea was, do it. Put one some music or something, just to change your state of mind. Now it’s time to return to the world. You’ll probably feel a little lighter, and you may even notice that the world around you looks a little different. That’s perfectly normal, so enjoy the feeling.
Additional: Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride. In the coming days, you’ll start to see little things that are eerily evocative of the sigil you activated. Don’t deny these. Don’t dismiss them, even if they seem minor. This is the process starting to work, bit by bit, to bring your intention into reality. The more open you are to these changes, the faster the magick will come into effect.
It’s important, however, to note that your decisions play a hugely important part in how effective the sigil will be. If your sigil is about meeting a new romantic partner, for instance, you might want to think about going out to a place where that could plausibly happen. Staying inside your home, with curtains drawn and lights out, not answering the door, is actively working against the thing you want. Don’t count on the sigil to do the work for you. You’ve already bought the ticket, now you have to take that next step and take the ride.
If you’re uncertain about the whole “magick thing,” start with something minor and irrelevant. In fact, a great way to test the effectiveness of sigil magick is simply to create an activate a sigil that is of both fairly unlikely and of absolutely no consequence. “I will meet a jolly man wearing a furry hat,” for instance, or “I will overhear someone humming ‘Thriller’ by Michael Jackson.” You’ll soon be surprised at how utterly powerful sigils can be.
OTHER RITUALS
There are other ways to activate a sigil. Below are brief outlines of a few of the most common activation rituals. These are provided for reference, and to give you a starting point to find an activation ritual that is more suited to your interests.
THE FIRE RITUAL
The ritual outlined above. There are countless variations on this, but they’re all fairly similar.
THE PASSION RITUAL
By far the easiest way to activate a sigil, although it’s not for everyone. It works by focusing the intense power of sexual energy and orgasm into the sigil in order to activate it. This is usually done by setting aside some time, setting the right mood, getting aroused as possible and then either having sex with a like-minded partner or masturbating. As climax approaches, visualize the sigil and what it represents in your mind. The orgasm provides both the energy and release required for activation.
THE VOID RITUAL
This technique relies on creating a meditative, trance-like state brought on by staring intensely into a mirror. It requires more time than most rituals, and is greatly aided by a basic familiarity with mediation and breathing techniques. It involves sitting in front of a large mirror, and starting intensely into your own eyes in the reflection. After a few minutes of such intense focus, the peripheral world will start to seem distorted, and soon a kind a non-thinking state will start to develop. This is called the “void” state, in the sense of a great emptiness. Once fully in the void state, eye contact with the reflection is broken and the sigil and its “energy” are released into that quiet nothingness.
THE “DEATH POSTURE” RITUAL
This activation technique has the same basic function as the Void Ritual, but uses a very different method to get there. It uses the dramatically named “Death Posture” (popularized by influential artist and occult thinker Austin Osman Spare) to achieve a state of “enlightenment” or “gnosis” through physical exertion. The actual death posture requires standing on tiptoe, arms locked behind your back, with your back fully arched and neck strained, bringing to mind someone being hung by the neck, straining to breathe. Thankfully, you don’t actually need do this. Any reasonably intense yoga posture will do. Once you reach an altered state of mind from the stress, focus intensely on the sigil and what it represents, releasing all of the energy and stress you’ve built up. Immediately relax your posture, and let go of all physical tension.
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