#magick studies

[ladyiristheenchantress]

Magic for the college witch

In honor of finding out I am set to graduate in December with my associates in science I have decided to celebrate with you all by sharing my tips and tricks I used to help pass some of my classes! Each tip will be sorted into circumstances as to where they may be applicable. Please enjoy, and congrats to all my future grads!

Reminder: In dorms and such you wont have access to many tools, but if your living in an apartment things are less strict. every time you see candles and such if you live in a dorm replace it with either electric candles or even colored stones you can rub together or place in a grid!

Registering for classes

Often times we try to register for classes as soon as possible, especially when you are an incoming freshman. When it comes to getting accepted and starting the process congrats your here.

Set up registering appointments on lucky number days, during the new moon, or on Mondays and Thursdays because those times represent readiness and preparation

Manifest getting good classes and teachers by sending off a prayer out to the universe

Do divination when registering opens to see if a teacher is a good fit or not (Also check out rate my professor)

If you are having trouble establishing classes, or just cant seem to get that *one* class you need, light a blue candle and put mint at the base of it to promote an opening

If your facing a situation where you are trying to get into an exclusive class (this also works if your presenting a thesis) put a sugar packet under your tongue to sweeten your words and make you more convincing

Getting to class on time

The commute anywhere can be a really hard thing to do, whether your commuting from a dorm to a classroom or city to campus it can be hard to be on time or find the motivation to show up to class

To motivate yourself to go to class keep a carnelian under your pillow to help you rise in the morning

Keep a consistent schedule, not only is this helpful psychologically but magically consistency helps build up magical energy towards motivation

enchant your walking shoes (or get heelies) to put pep in your step and always be on time when walking. You can optionally put a sigil in your shoe

enchant cars to avoid red lights by charging your keys in full moon light

Light a green candle before important days to make sure your morning commute runs smoothly

Setting up magical space in the dorms

Most dorms don't allow things like candles or flames, heaters, strip lights, etc. With this in mind people assume it must be hard to create a magical space without some of the key items, but we do have solutions!

Instead of regular candles, use electric ones as votives on deity altars

Instead of incense use MILD essential oil diffusers like lava stones in the corners, or a defuser. Bonus points if you use a dehumidifier

Chances are you wont have a lot of space, so opt for small placements on desks via mini figures and small stones

Set up sachets around your space and put them in clothing areas, not only do they smell good and keep moths away, they act as magical protection

Start working on energy based practices like meditation or enchantments with only your body

Navigating relationships

College can be a hard time, your adjusting to life without the friends you grew up with, most people start their dating life, and friends begin to come and go as you go through classes. Don't restrict what you experience

When you brush your teeth, enchant it to represent you 'speaking your truth' and 'biting back' so your protected from people who have bad intentions or are deceptive

When at parties and such put a sigil of protection on your left thigh, this represents protection from people looking to harm you

blow cinnamon at your door, or use a light cinnamon essential oil wash to invite new people and opportunities

Keep amber under your pillow or by photos to maintain friendships and help you let go of ones that no longer serve you

wear silver to repel energy vampires or people who are looking to use you

Studying success

Studying and how effective it is will depend on you and how you like to study, there are hundreds of posts online that look at how to find your study style, this more focuses on magic you can do for memory retention

Chew mint gum during studying AND during your test for memory recall

Draw sigils on your physical flash cards to make the information easier to retain

On the third of each month save that day to brush up on all information from the class, not only does this prep you for the final but this day is Athenas ritual day

Study the most on Wednesdays as they represent wisdom

Use a shungite worry stone during studying and testing to help keep your mind focused and stress free before tests

Test taking

Test taking can be a really hard part of college, I know it was for me. We do a lot of things to help prepare but what can we do during a test?

Create a sigil of good luck on top of your exam

Wear green on exam days

Eat and drink something enchanted (I swear by a snickers and a red bull) before a test for good luck

Create a superstition like a lucky shirt or pair of socks after your first good exam grade

Wear gold accessories to enhance your test taking skills, and speed up your test (Great when you are being timed)

Mental Health

Your mental health in college is very important, it can be hard being separated from your home town or family and just know that it does get better. College is a mix of emotions, from the loneliest point in your life, to the most social. You will be navigating new challenges, new feats, and its important to take care of yourself. Seek out the college mental health resources available to you like counseling as needed. you matter!

Use words of affirmations when you wake up and before you sleep to remind yourself you matter, my favorite is from the help "You is smart, you is kind, you is important"

Carry rose quartz and carnelian on you for self love and energy

Before bed drink lavander tea for rest and revitalization

Pray over your food to nourish your spirit as you go through college

Write down letters and petition to the universe for stability and how you feel.

I hope you all have enjoyed! Again, congrats to all my future grads, and I hope you all can come with me as I journey to getting my bachelors

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[croww1tch]

Athena's Digital Temple

🛡 “ can't let the candle burn, you cant let the candle burn. “ 🥇

Information/Research

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Prayers

General Prayer

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Gifts to Athena

children of athena

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Spells

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[high-voltage-rat]

I often wonder what the actual state of medicine as a field is in dragonfable. We see that Magus Neron has a microscope, petri dishes, and hypodermic syringes. We know that the existence of cells is a known thing. Clearly we're not living in a pre-germ theory equivalent. But we also don't really see doctors around- alchemists like Alina seem to be the pick. Sir Junn is the only example I can really think of, and he also seems to be oriented towards alchemical solutions like the royal honey and corruption-cleansing potions, though we do have mentions of him using IVs in an ICU in his field hospital.

Healing potions would certainly be good for physical injuries, but I wonder at how well they treat illnesses and diseases. Are they a cure-all that's become so heavily relied on that, in the rare cases they don't work, nobody knows what else to do? Riadne's arachnomancy healing, delivering potions directly into the bloodstream, is treated as revolutionary, so I assume that pills or IV drips and infusions have not been popularized enough to be commonly used. Is that because potions as they currently exist are good enough for most applications, or because most people don't know how to use them, or because they're difficult to create or get ahold of? There are incredible technologies out there, as evidenced by the magisterium's drones and the gnomes'... everything. But whether or not these advances have ever been applied to medical applications has also never really been shown.

We've seen many examples of healing magic in lore, but the capabilities and limitations of it, as well as the actual process, are never really explored. Is it an actual active process of changing the body, or is it just empowering the natural healing process? We know that fleshweaving is a thing, but forbidden as an art due to its potential for abuse (and the fact that it apparently requires consuming elemental spirits), and Jaania's soulweaving-based healing of Brittany was a method she apparently invented through experimentation. So we can conclude that soul/fleshweaving are not being employed as a tool for medicine, and any commonly used healing magic probably doesn't modify the body in such a way.

There's lots of potential for medical technology and practice to improve, so one has to wonder what factors are at play to ensure they don't. Is it just reliance on the magic that already exists, leaving the people with rare cases to be untreated? I wonder if, to a degree, there's a perception of standard alchemy being "good enough" that medicine doesn't need to be improved. Perhaps that's compounded with some cultural taboos around "messing with" or manipulating the body, which may extend beyond magical practice into the scientific sphere. It could even be an acceptance of a flawed paradigm surrounding healing magic, just like how most mages accepted the leyline model of mana as absolute, when soulthreads demonstrate that it's flawed?

Or maybe the devs intended it all to remain in the mcguffin realm, where healing magic does everything you want when it's convenient and is limited only when necessary. But that's less fun to think about.

[hyerpwr]

Salt Bowl For Broken Crystals

I've never seen anyone do anything like this for broken crystals, so I thought I'd share a practice I've picked up since I've started my own journey in my craft. This is my personal take on salt charging dishes in which I use salt, herbs, and incense ash to heal my broken crystals.

I have an unnatural obsession with fluorite, and I also happen to be someone with chronic butter fingers when it comes to crystals. I decided to gather all my broken pieces of fluorite and preform my own practice to seal them and basically make them new again by restoring their lost energy by allowing them to absorb more energy.

For this practice, I simply picked a dish I felt drawn to that would fit all my broken pieces, then I added my salt to the dish. I used the tip of my finger to draw a spiral in the salt pile with the intention in my mind of drawing energy towards the dish by drawing the spiral. I then added my choices of a couple healing herbs and incense ash before adding my broken shards. For this practice, I only used the shards of the crystals that I wanted to be the "new" sealed crystal; most of the shards that were left when they originally broke were too small and plentiful to keep track of, so I didn't (my bad). After adding all my desired crystals, I circled the dish with my lit incense with the intention of drawing energy near. I meditated for a couple minutes and set my intentions clear and firmly of what I wanted to become of the crystals after the practice, then I stored the dish in a safe, open area for them to remain charging until I feel that they're new again.

[alephskoteinos]

I'm gathering notes on the practice of chaos magick with the aim of linking them to the practice of art (and music) in relation with my personal paradigm so that I can really get back into some things, and I'm transcribing some notes from Jan Fries' Visual Magick into my journal, and I see Fries say this:

If you try to learn 'automatic' drawing, you are creating a gate through which the deep may reveal itself.

I'm liking the framing of automatic drawing and the pursuit of learning it as "creating a gate through which the deep may reveal itself", because it connects to something I was expressing last year, after reading Revolutionary Demonology.

I must create in ways that bring demons and the demonic into the world, and in turn I must make myself demonic, so that I may propel towards the absolute and become divine.

I hope I'm not wrong in thinking I've stumbled on a way to bring demons into the world through artistic practice. 😈

[amongthefallingstar]

Mysticism is the easiest aspect of my spirituality to understand but chaos magic is like my voice or a system for me to express my actions & ideas from.

[thealchemistsgarden]

My own unique spiritual journey... 🦋

The main reason and primary goal for getting into spirituality, quite honestly, was to ascend out of this insane world, but with time, learning and a smack in the face from the Gods, I've come to learn (much to my initial dismay) that the physical world is just as important as the Spiritual.

I, so very much, did not want to learn that we, in the physical realm, gave the magic of creation the space, time, and tools to manifest, to exist. The bridge between what could be and what is. We, the artists, the inventors, the scientists, the architects, the alchemists, help creations come into existence. That, in itself, is irreplaceable. Matter is the instrument through which Spirit expresses itself.

So, because I am not one to deny a truth revealed, my question to myself became:

How do I align myself to my most divine expression?

... Enter the onslaught of discovery and research. I don't, at all, like to follow established systems, rituals, structures, etc when it comes to Spirituality - I do what I feel, and what provides results; so everything very much started from complete scratch.

There were 3 key parts I realised I needed to consider.

Myself. What is true of it?

My expression. How does it manifest?

What is conducive & what is harmful to the truth of myself.

If Earth/the Physical/the Lower Realm is a tool of the force of Creation, it is a tool I need to be able to use. Which means, I :

Need to be in good Health.

Need to have at least a vague idea of who I am, outside of the influence of the outer world.

Need to be able to make manifest the ideas/emotions/instincts/projects that come to me through inspiration.

Remove any physical, emotional, psychological or spiritual blocks, beliefs or definitions that do not serve me on the path to genuine alignment.

This does, by extension means that everything became spiritual to me in a way. Everything was/is a chance for me to be more true to myself - who I wanted to be despite the outer world, despite validation or condemnation.

I got into skincare, exercise, selfcare, painting, fragrances, writing, reading new material, self-improvement/self-actualization, fashion, recently I've been trying to learn more about the culinary arts to find more flavours that speak to me.

From larger forms of expression to the tiny things, it's where I am now. Learning what exists in the physical world that sings to me.

In hightening my connection to my own spiritual energy & life force it helps manifesting what I need on my journey, which is important to me.

Anyways, trying to learn enough about the "lower realm" so I can marry it with the "higher realm", that's where I am now. Its fun, living a healthier lifestyle, finding out what feels more true than others, what creative pursuits I'm learning I'm good at.

[psychics4unet]

Hi there, can I get a cloud divination reading? I was wondering if I’ll receive a fully funded study abroad opportunity starting in the beginning of 2025. Thank you for your insight :)

cloud divination

Looking at the clouds, here’s what I see about the possibility of receiving a fully funded study abroad opportunity starting in early 2025:

The first cloud resembles a large, open book, suggesting that the opportunity is aligned with your academic and personal growth. This indicates that the chance for study abroad is very much connected to your learning journey and ambitions. 📖

Next, there’s a cluster of clouds that appear as arrows pointing forward. This symbolizes progress and direction, hinting that there are positive developments and a strong likelihood of moving towards this opportunity. ➡️

Finally, I see a cloud that forms a gentle arch, indicating that the path to receiving this opportunity might involve some preliminary steps and adjustments, but it is ultimately heading in the right direction. 🌈

I hope this gave you clarity. Want to know more? Whether it's about love, career, or any other topic, let's get the full picture with a personal reading just for you. Click the link and join me on this journey!

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[inkygardenserpent]

study & test-taking spell jar

jar can be replaced with any kind of container that works best for you

you will need:

dried orange peels: mental clarity, confidence, academic success

turmeric: memory retention

shake with intent occasionally while studying and right before a test

happy studying :>

[ome-magical-ramblings]

Opening the door for Petitioning Ganesha

I am opening this for a few days, maybe until Wednesday 5th of April. Ganesha is known for being lord of obstacles and remover of obstacles both mundane and spiritual, a cross-road god and a gatekeeper, if anything he's a very benevolent god. I have a small ganesha Murti at home, and I welcome everyone to come and write their petition here, as a reblog, or through the ask, or they can send it to me to my discord in my profile. You can add your initials or something to identify you when I write it for him. The door is open for everyone and it is a free service. I will personally write the petition, seal it, and offer date, rose, and rose water alongside of it. I am going to perform a small puja for Ganesha alongside the offered paper, after the petition if there's any signs I might post it/repost it for people to know if there's a sign. You can ask in your petition if you have any inquiry from Ganesha for him to answer you in your dreams or through another method. Hail to the Lord of Vows, hail to Ganapati, hail to the First Lord, hail unto you, to the Big-Bellied, One-tusked, Obstacle-destroyer, the Son of Shiva, to the Boon-Giver, Hail, hail.

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[impossible-rat-babies]

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[lunasapphire]

⚠️Warning: Religion⚠️

However I’m not religious, I have taken on a project of comparing the Satanic Bible to the Holy Bible and this is only some of what I found interesting! Thought I’d share:)

The Satanic Bible talks in a POV of you, and you finding your inner voice to rise up and let others hear you, instead of a all mighty god, higher being or higher power and I find that more reliable then the Holy Bible and a lot less confusing.

Please share your thoughts of this in the comments! I would love to hear them, and I am very open minded and civil to all!

I love learn about history and faith others have:)

[hyerpwr]

Water Practice

One essential element included in any ritual/practice or altar set up is water. A lot of people feel it to be necessary to use naturally sourced water when including it in their craft, however the source of the water used doesn't matter as much as it's perceived to. Although it's better to use naturally sourced water, it isn't required for a ritual or practice to be affective. Depicted here is a way to prepare non-naturally sourced water to be used in one's craft.

Required Supplies:

water

storage vessel, ideally something not made of plastic

something to cleanse with (smoke or sound preferred)

Optional:

clear quartz shards

river quartz shards

clear quartz freeform

anything you feel called to incorporate into your vessel

Practice:

Before collecting water, cleanse the vessel you will be using with your preferred method as you visualize bad energy being removed from the vessel (I typically visualize darkness being chased away by the light of the method of cleansing I use). Using the same method of cleansing, rid your crystals of negative energy if you wish to include them before adding water to the vessel. After cleansing and adding your desired components to the vessel, collect your water and incorporate it into your vessel.

Uses:

Water can be used in many different ways, but it is typically used to cleanse objects to be used in rituals/practices, channel and conjure energy, and represent the element in altars and sacred spaces. However, the use of water in a given craft is entirely up to the craft of the person who wishes to use it; there is no rule or guideline to be followed in relation to how water can and should be used, because it's decided by the user.

[alephskoteinos]

Now that I think about it, Austin Osman Spare's alphabet of desire may be basically sigil magic but its use of "sacred letters" can be related to the logic found in theurgy (and for that matter goeteia) at least to a small extent. The "letters" are basically sigils, or components of sigils, which means that, much like the "barbarous" names of ancient magic, they don't have a discursive meaning or translation. Rather, they form a means of communication that is unconscious and sacred. The alphabetical sigils do not communicate discursive sentences but rather unconscious messages and forces that impact upon unconscious thought and desire, and it's probably meant to work precisely because it is non-discursive and non-translatable.

[alchemy-arts-bookstore]

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[curiouscottage]

Hello! Looking for some baneful practitioners to answer this question.

What ingredients would you use in a baneful working meant to end a friendship between two people (Both have abused those around them and have now formed a friendship where they feed off each others cruelty) or what are your favorite baneful ingredients to work with in general? I’ve already got a working planned I just want to see if there’s anything else I should add to it to really make sure it works.

(not looking for judgement or lectures and I am 6 years into my practice so I’m not a beginner I just like hearing other witches experiences and learning about different practices)