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Visualization in Witchcraft: The Basics

I’ve gotten many, many requests for more information for beginning witches or those who are just curious, and I’ve decided it’s time I start writing and posting such things more often. This article will be (one of) the first in a series where I’ll talk about common beginner issues an techniques for those just starting out, skills that I personally found useful early on, and anything else that comes up. My plan is mostly to write based on questions I receive, and address topics as needed. Here we go.

Today, I’ll be writing about visualization, and I’ll just be explaining the basics as I see them. I recently got a message from someone interested in studying witchcraft who was concerned about how to begin practicing without having to buy things. This is a common sentiment, and I get questions about it a lot. There’s not too many authors who address it, except in passing. The books that do talk about practicing witchcraft without tools often suggest learning to astrally project and creating a sort of sacred space in the astral realm containing all the tools you might need. This never seemed practical to me, as many people who are just starting out won’t necessarily be able to fully project, and heck, even many experienced witches never quite pick up the skill. 

A far better approach than trying to astrally project right away would be to study visualization and develop it as a skill. Visualization is the art of manipulating your own imagination in order to create vivid experiences within your own mind. This practice sharpens your intuition and magical acuity. Even many rituals and spells in books (with or without suggesting tools) will call for the witch to visualize, though they may not call it that, and sometimes say “imagine” instead. 

It’s perhaps best explained by way of examples, and can take many forms with varying levels of complexity. Sometimes, you might want to visualize something as existing within your physical space. In other words, you would want to strongly imagine it appearing to you as if it were physically in front of you. In one particular ritual I used to perform regularly (it was for banishing), part of it entailed my strongly imagining a pentagram in a particular color left in the wake of my ritual actions. That’s a form of visualization. This may sound like a simple thing, but it does take practice. 

After a while, though, I got to the point where yes, I could “see” the pentagrams surrounding me in the ritual, though I knew it was actually a visualization sprung from my imagination rather than a physical object hanging in the air. Techniques like that are pretty common, and they aren’t a new thing - books written in the Victorian era and earlier will often recommend doing this, though the word visualization itself wasn’t often used. 

Many witches and magicians incorporate visualization into simple symbol and sigil magick. In the image below, I’ve listed the planetary symbols and associated colors. While many people, when working with symbols, would assume they’d need to carve, draw, or sketch the symbol on a physical talisman or something similar, there are other ways.

One technique using visualization would be to trace the symbol in the air with your finger. You would visualize light in a particular color (of your choice, or relevant in some way) flowing from your fingertips and forming the symbol hanging in the air. The length of time you’ll be able to visualize will likely vary based on how long you’ve practiced, as well as whether there’s anything breaking your concentration. In some settings, I can only “hold” the symbol in my mind for a few seconds before it’s interrupted by something in my environment. Conversely, I can think of a ritual I recently did with a partner that involved visualizing symbols. We did this in a quiet room and with much mental preparation, so I was able to “see” the symbols for much longer than in other situations.

All of that, of course, is going to be done with your eyes open, visualizing objects in your physical space. Things can get pretty interesting if you close your eyes, though! Obviously, you wouldn’t be moving around doing a ritual with closed eyes, but it’s possible to work magick while sitting (or even lying down!) with your eyes closed performing an intense visualization. Some people find this easier than open eye visualization, but for others, it’s the reverse. It just depends on the person.

One mistake I made when learning this type of visualization was trying to make my visuals too complex too quickly, not realizing that these things take time, and complicated, immersive scenes are something that has to develop slowly. One way of beginning is to start with, again, symbols, visualizing them projected on the back of your eyelids. 

Simple shapes, like line drawings, are great to begin with, too. Slowly add color and depth, and eventually you’ll be able to build a proper scene inside your mind. This could consist of imagining the workspace you’ve always dreamed of with everything you would need for any kind of spell, but for many witches, the visualization is the spell itself. I find that method more productive than just imagining tools. Experimentation is key, and you’ll find something that works for you, but one common method of using visualization in spellwork would be to visualize the goal of the spell manifesting in an efficacious manner. For example, if I were visualizing as part of a spell to help a friend’s wedding go smoothly with no mishaps or delays, I would visualize exactly that happening.

There is, naturally, a strong connection between visualization and scrying, and usually improving your skills in one will improve your skills in the other. In the image below, I discuss how scrying can often be much more than just seeing images, and that is true of visualization as well - you can experience any sensation or impression via visualization, be it auditory, visual, olfactory, or really anything else.

Cactus🌵🌺

for those who have Cactus in their house or wish to have one You should keep in mind that there are certain types of Cacti that are better to have outside the house, for example: those types of cacti that are very large and have large spikes. since on the spiritual side spiked plants are generally used for defensive "magic" and in closed spaces this can cause fights and arguments in your home. It is best to have a small cactus with not very large spikes for the interior of your home. I want to clarify that this applies to other types of plants that are also pointed. image:desertgardencare

Tarot Initiation (Iniciación al Tarot)

NORDRI, SUDRI, AUSTRI AND VESTRI

In Norse mythology, Norðri, Suðri, Austri, and Vestri (North, South, East, and West) were four dwarves mentioned in Gylfaginning in the Prose Edda. Each of these dwarves held one of the four compass directions. Together, they held up the vault of heaven, created from the skull of the primeval jotun Ymir. They probably also represented the four winds, thus corresponding to the four deer of the cosmic tree Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór, which grazed under the branches of Yggdrasil. The myth is comparable to that of the four giants who personified the four winds in Greek mythology

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use of eggshell by :themagickkitchen.

how to load and clean quartz

1: put it in the water This is because water helps to clean, which is why it is used in cleaning "spells". but this cannot be done with all quartz because it could be damaged. so it is important to find out well. 2:put it on the earth this is so that the quartz discharges all the accumulated energy and it also helps to charge you with the energy of mother earth. 3:put it "near a candle" this because fire is a symbol of purification and helps to purify and clean the accumulated energy of your quartz. 4:put it in a place where the moonlight hits it to charge it with lunar energy. 5:put it in a place where sunlight hits it to charge it with solar energy. 6:put it in "lunar water". 7:put it in "solar water".

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other data to take into account:

*it is better to collect it before the sun "rises".

*this is so it cannot be touched by sunlight,porque no lo puede tocar la luz solar.

*not all crystals or (quartz) can be added with water as this could "wear out" or "dilute"

I want to add one thing that may be a bit obvious

but it is necessary to remember.

They can substitute one candle for another in case they don't have it in hand when they need it.

for example: if you are going to do something related to love, you would normally use a pink candle but you can substitute a red candle.

Candle Colour Correspondences - Redo 

 Candle Magic & Candle Magic Omens

💀Atropa Belladonna💀

Atropa Belladonna

Atropa means "cruel or inexorable"

in Greek, logically alluding to the deadly properties of the plant. It is also called "beautiful woman" because before women used to use parts of this plant to make a solution that they used to put in their eyes to dilate the pupils and make them "bigger" and "attractive" for men. this plant is associated with Saturn and Venus.

voodoo dolls.

Voodoo dolls are generally made or made with cloth and filled with cotton. but they can be made of any other type of material. such as: with corn leaves or wax. on New Orleans they do it with wooden sticks and they fill it with Spanish moss, cover it with cloth and finish making the details. and it has different uses, it is not only to inflict damage. It can be used to represent a person and help him with health problems for example. or any other kind of problem. You can also fill in with specific things: *personal "objects". *or some "herbs". and put more details if you wish. Or you can use it to make a representation of yourself and this in turn will be an "extension" of you and you can put it on your altar. so that a part of you is "accompanying" to the altar. Before using it, in general, before using it, it is "baptized" in the name of the person who is going to represent the doll.

and it is made "holy water".

or with any other type of water that is used within the "magic".

Modern Male Witch Project: Masterpost

A personal project that has become very important to me: male witches in their private dens, with their belongings surrounding them that show what kind of person they are and what kind of magic they practice. I try to make every single piece emit peace and comfort, but with a magical twist!

Separate pieces

Bedroom witch | Bathroom witch | Kitchen witch | Home Office witch | Attic witch | Greenhouse witch

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Some movies related to wicca

Cirkeln - 2015

The Craft Legacy - 2020

The Craft -1996

Nowhere Boys- 2016

Fairy rings or (fairy circle)

the fairy ring or also called fairy circle This is what mushroom vegetation circles are called it can be from Amanita muscaria or any other type of fungus. and it is called a ring or fairy circle because there is where fairies usually gather to dance and celebrate. it is said that fairies can dance "until they drop" and if a human being were to enter said circle. They can make him dance and dance until he dies. Also when you enter you could be trapped in their world and you could not return. So before entering you must take these things into account and be sure before entering. That said, if you are sure to enter, you can put offerings that are to your liking as long as they are natural things such as: stones, flowers and honey. or even milk and bread. this out of respect, to be able to go out and not to offend them.

on "working" with animal bones

personalente I am not in favor of killing animals

since I think that they are living beings like usand they deserve to live like us and they also think and feel like us. if you want to "work" with animal bones it is best to use the bones of animals that died naturally. and collect the bones of the animals in specific places where they may raid the state and raid the dead such as: train tracks, on highways or even in natural places such as rivers or streams. "working" with animal bones helps you connect with the energy and spirit of said animal as well as also with the spiritual meaning of said animal. or if it is the bone of an animal it can also help you to connect more with your animal take the spirit guide depending on the bone of the animal you have chosen. Another very important thing is to know how to clean your bones after having it picked up. There are various forms and debates regarding this.

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Favorite Witchy Youtubers

Just a list of witchy youtubers I love to watch! Thought to share with you all in case you never heard of them and or wish to find more witchy people to watch on youtube!

Ladygravedancer

Molly Roberts

Star Girl the Practical Witch

Magickians 

Ashera Star Goddess

Hekterios

RandomWitch

Creosote Coyote

Conjure Queen

Vervain and The Roses

Valerie Love - KAISI

Noah Tempestarii

Autumn Asphodel

Azura DragonFaether

Kelly-Ann Maddox

Now It’s So Vivid

Miss Melinda

SANCISTA BRUJO LUIS

The Angry Alchemist

WitchandMoon 

About fairies (Art: by Brian Froud)

fairies are metaphysical and symbolic beings.

In Animism it is believed that any natural element has life, soul and consciousness of its own.

It could be said that one of them are the fairies that are energy found in any natural element and that can also be manifested through it, they do not have a specific physical form but they can take a certain physical form

more specifically that of humanoid since generally this is how we usually associate them in that way by representations in art and folk tales and take the form of what we are famerialized with, which in this case is how we see them or (persist).

Are they good or bad? many believe that there are fairies or Faery beings who are: good and others who are bad.

others: that in reality they are neither good nor bad, rather they have no reasoning that it is good or bad, or rather that they do not know how to differentiate between what is good and what is bad

just like nature which is where they come from.

for some others: they tend to be temperamental so they should be treated with respect and not offend if they are so, they will play practical jokes on you and can "steal" and hide your things or even "reverse" "luck".

the Faerie world and the world of the dead: Fairies are seriously believed to be the spirits of the dead, fairies were dead people, perhaps sometimes dating back to pre-Christian times, and that the land of fairies was a transcendent land of the dead, which, in special circumstances , it could be penetrated by the living.

An ingrained tradition is that fairies are the dead pagans (or perhaps post-Purgatory Christians not good enough for heaven but too good for hell), living in a world of limbo, occasionally coinciding with our own. A story that captures this idea well was compiled by folklorist William Bottrell in Cornwall in the early 1870s.

the fairies taboo :The taboo of fairies are restrictions or prohibitions that are set by fairies and that if they are broken have consequences and These consequences are almost always (although not exclusively) harmful for the human protagonists of the stories.

How to protect yourself from fairies that only want to do harm?putting iron horseshoes since they are believed to protect and ward off evil and it is also believed that it burns and drives away fairies. I want to make it clear that all the information not only refers only to fairies, it also refers to all beings related to fairies such as: elves, nogmos, etc, etc, etc.

my tiger eye quartz(mi cuarzo ojo de tigre)

Planet: sun Element: earth and fire Chakra: solar plexus chakra Sing:capricorn helps with creativity, balance and strength,protects you from hexes and curses especially from the evil eye. helps you with self-esteem, mood and depression due to its association with the planet of the sun. It also helps you to have spiritual and mental balance and it also helps your physical body . It is also called the stone of the "thieves" since it was believed that it gave them luck when it came to doing their misdeeds. It was also loved by gambling players, because it was a good amulet in gambling.

Magic is your name, it is your strength, it is you.✨🔮⭐🌜🌞💫 @wicketoficial

Noooo that's so sad, why would you say that? And even if it did in the next world or in spirit it's still growing.