#spirit vetting

[xerxeswitch]

Hi Carmen! I really appreciate you getting back to my last message. Do you mind if I ask, how are you doing btw with *Nora* these days? I was also wondering too~ what does "vetting process" mean? I know nothing about witch craft, let alone the terminology involved. Hm, maybe I should just pm you next time...I have so many curious questions lol, but only of course, if I have your permission. I do not wish to appear intrusive in any way. Anyways, take care and hope to hear back from you :)

You're not being intrusive at all. I will happily answer these questions. Witchcraft is such a big umbrella with many things under it on what classifies witchcraft. It's way too broad to define what witchcraft is other than this simplified answer -- and pay in mind, this is what I define witchcraft: A secular practice used in occult and religious groups to set the intention with magic involving rituals and spells. The definition for some may be slightly different, because everyone's path is so...well, different. I am still studying on its history and customs myself. ---------------- So far, Nora seems to be doing okay. Though, she is still a little standoffish for the most part. On the other hand, she's also trying to test me. She sometimes eagerly ask me if there's any enemies in mind for her to feed off of -- in which I can't say; as I also find it strange to request. I don't have any enemies nor do I really like to make them at all. At the same time, she doesn't really intuitively strike me as a parasitic/bad spirit/entity either. Her haunt is still very quiet. The vetting process will always take time in really deciphering the entity by their entirety, so I am still studying her energy and meditating on it. And speaking about the question with vetting... ... Vetting is the process of discerning and studying the entity/spirit over time. It's basically to make sure the entity/spirit fits to what you find helpful/useful to whatever intent you have, or just to hang out with. This is to ensure you are not inviting a trickster or a malevolent entity/spirit. Some conjurors also check specific capabilities and willingness to help out with certain intentions and properties for their work like healing/revenge magick/prosperity, etc. It's like introducing yourself to a new roommate and you slowly see them and their dirty laundry. This is never a one time thing, this process can take a very long time. The longer, the better. Some new red or green flags can appear over time even if your intuition is already giving you a heads-start. Avoid over-simplification as possible. Don't rely on the appearances of a spirit/entity alone either. Ask as many questions as you see fit. -"Who are you?" -"Why do you agree to be here?" -"What are your intentions?" -"What kind of entity/spirit are you?" -"What should I know about you as a person?" (Yes, they can lie but the truth always come out eventually during the vetting process. Or you can do a spell that reduces this intention) You may also use these techniques for these questions: -Using pendulums asking questions. -Meditating with the vessel in your hands and connect with the energy. (If there's no vessel, just ward and ask the entity/spirit to step in) -Tarot cards -EVP device if you have one (probably the most optional one here) --- Red flags that I find in the vetting process: -Pushing against your boundaries -Just bad energy you feel emitting from them -Constantly hungry for your attention -Trying to pressure you to make vows very early on -Saying things to you that you want to hear/too good to be true -Trying to make you co-dependent on them -They contradict themselves down the line

... But each vetting experience is different and they always turn out to be something I never expected. -- Hope all of this helps! And thank you again.

[little-pondhead]

Idea I don’t wanna write but has been eating my brain for days:

Contrary to popular belief, Danny cannot get along with every spirit he meets, even after a round or two of fighting. Sometimes a spirit is too old, too physically far gone, too corrupted to see sense. Spirits like these are sick. They hoard curses like it’s gold and haven’t seen the green sky of the Zone in centuries. These spirits become the worst kind of ghosts; ones that are barely hanging onto their sanity by a thread and who actively seek to harm the living.

These are also the spirits that won’t respond to the King, no matter who it is. As such, it is the King’s duty to hunt down these spirits and either get them help by returning them to the Zone, or exterminate them.

Well, Danny is now the King. And the next ghost on his list is the Spirit of Gotham City.

[melodiousoblivionao3]

I want Sam Staab and Ashley Sanchez back.

[chikinan]

older cat opened the door somehow while I was sleeping and went outside two days ago and now has a swollen bump on her face (unseen before due to long hair). taking her to the vet tomorrow.

[stagkingswife]

When working with multiple entities, how do you distinguish who may be interacting with you? Similarly, when vetting, how can you tell you’re not accidentally interacting with more than one spirit at a time?

Everyone has their own approaches to this, in my opinion this is where treating your spirits like folks and developing relationships with them is the answer! If you're communicating with more than person, even if they're strangers to you, even if you're only communicating via text and don't have distinguishing markers like usernames, you learn to tell them apart as you get to know them. One person may type out every word while the other uses abbreviation, one may be snarky while the other is warm, they may use different idioms. With incorporeal entities it's very much the same! As you vet an entity you'll get to know them and recognize their particular "voice" - maybe you experience them a certain way with your extra-sensory perceptions, maybe certain cards or runes always show up when you communicate via divination, maybe you develop a solid system of communicating via signs and omens. This is one of the benefits of approaching vetting as a long, slow process, rather than a one and done process. Each entity is unique and will communicate in their own way and you will get to know their styles. If you're in the process of getting to know one entity and another enters the chat this approach works with two at a time just as well as it does with one at a time. It may be a little harder and take a little more work, a little more note taking, and a little more critical thinking but all of the same skills and tools can apply!

[slavicafire]

strange gloom weighs over me today. like a shroud, heavy and absolute, and with no apparent reason - or rather, fueled by reasons which remain unchanged for a longer period of time and yet today seem to be more overwhelming.

maybe there's something in the air, as they say.

[psychicpanic]

i still remember when fancy asked me to adopt a spirit dog, and her reasoning / convincing was “it’s a spirit, it doesn’t shed”. 😭 WAHHHHH

[dogtorari]

My baby boy out & about last night ! We were watching Christmas movies together in my living room lol 🤣❤️

[ask-paradox-and-friends]

Hijinks(don't ever test the toppat or galefore men.)

Rubert Price and Dave Panpa:*driving a caravan to a local theater to have a meeting.*

Damian's solider:*Rams into them*

Rubert:whoa whoa WHOA! WATCH IT!

DS:you aren't welcome here this is Petrov land.

Dave:this is natural lands...

Grigori:*Peaks his head out.* da. He's right. No need to get this close little man.

DS:Shoo! Shoo! Run away and get out or we'll have to take care of it!

Right:did he just?

Grigori:da.

*both make confirming nods and grunts*

Ds:what?

*Both men jump the guy.*

[doberbutts]

Lmao how you know something is wrong with us [working] doberman peopleand exhibit A for why I say dobes are terriers that simply forgot:

I described Evander's initial behavior upon meeting me aka jumping 4ft straight up in the air trying to bite me in the face because I took the package of hot dogs (while being a tripod) to a working dobe breeder friend. Her response?

"...is it bad that I kind of love it? Dude's got BALLS despite it all"

Me: YOU. YOU GET IT. YOU KNOW WHY I LOVE TERRIERS.

[marxistmiku]

a saga in two parts

[the-game-spirit]

I had to make me dog vomit TWICE today and frankly that is way too much worry for one day thank you

[merkerlerspeaks]

btw I ask for prayers for when I speak in my class that since I am in a class that is religiously diverse and have zero desire to with hold my beliefs, that 1.) I don't say something in a way that horribly offends someone (I prefer to be gentle when in religious discussion) 2.) That when I do speak about the topic that the 'baby christian' boy in my class is able to understand me & that if I ever try to help him learn that I don't come across as if I am dismissing him (I am worried that I made him feel stupid or ganged-up on yesterday and hope that I did not) and that 3.) I don't slip up and say something horribly offensive to my preacher/veteran teacher because while I am a Christian I am not conservative and have opinions about the army that he doesn't need to hear right now after being freshly retired after serving for over 2 decades.

[stagkingswife]

hey stag. how do you go about learning spirits/unknown deity's names?

I’m going to link you to my post on Vetting Unrecorded Entities, because everything really comes back to that method for me. In my experience you learn a spirit’s name by getting to know them and asking for it. If an entity has a set name, and not all of them do, it may take awhile before they give you a Name, but you may get a title, an epithet, or a “you may call me…” as you develop your relationship with them. Sometimes they might let you decide what you call them, because they aren’t fussed about it. And sometimes those names will change as you get to know them, you might go from a “you may call me…” to a name that the entity was more guarded about but is now comfortable giving you. Or you may give them one name as you start out, and then eventually find that it no longer really fits, so you work out a new name.

[hallofharmony]

waiting for the day a performance spirit come back as ts

[danpellysuicidewarrior]

BERKSHIRES WESTERN MA 🙂