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ambermotta · 4 months

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6 Types of Protection Magick

There are many ways one can do protective magick. In this post I'll be going into 6 of the most common and accessible ones!

Please understand that even one "protection magick type" can be done in an infinity of ways, some of which are closed to certain practices.

Disclaimer: based on my experience and research. I don't claim to know all truth. Further study is encouraged!

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#1 — Magic circle

The magic circle consists of creating a protection and delimiting a sacred space for magic and/or ritual.

The magic circle is probably one of the most popular protection methods thanks to its encouraged use in Wicca. However, other traditions have made use of similar concepts, such as in the afro-brazillian Umbanda concept of "chain".

The circle can be physically drawn on the ground, delimited by the members inside the circle, or visualized.

Casting one is fairly simple since it can be done in different ways, either in groups or solitary practice. You can use tools such as wands, chalk or physical objects to draw it, but what matters most is intention and successful visualization.

Before casting a circle it's important to have everything you will need already within grasp and inside the circle, since once created it is advisable that no one leaves it until the work is complete.

#2 — Amulets, and Enchanted Items

Enchanted Items are a very popular and effective form of magic, especially for personal use. These are often common objects that have been enchanted for protection.

They are often necklaces, rings and other jewelry since these are the most practical to carry around without suspicion. However, they can be any object.

Amulets can be created via enchanting, charms, or by asking deities and spirits to bless them with protective qualities.

The material and imagery used to create the talisman is also important in determining the kind of job it wants to do.

#3 — Sigils and other drawn Symbols

Sigils and Symbols can be used both for personal protection and for warding spaces. Here I am also including Runes.

They can be carved into objects, drawn upon skin and surfaces, or even tattooed.

However, before using any sigil, symbol or rune it is of extreme importance that you know exactly what they do, and know as much about them as possible. Especially if you plan on drawing them on your skin (either temporarily or permanently).

Unless specifically used only for protection purposes, inadequate use of them can lead to disaster. Even then, the type of protection they bring can vary.

For example, a protection sigil that works by hiding you from threats is different from a sigil that fights threats that come to you. It's important to set or to know how their protection work so that you do not come across unwanted results.

#4 — Prayer

My definition of praying: focusing on sending a message to a higher spiritual power, be it an entity, deity or energy.

Prayers are a great way of manifesting protection, though since you are asking for it to a higher power you must understand that it may choose to not grant it, or not grant it in the way you expect.

Plus, it is very important to know where you stand with this energy or entity. Do you work with them already? For how long? What is the nature of the relationship? Do you truly know them well enough to ask them for this? Is it really appropriate?

Cultivating a good relationship and having manners can be decisive factors for manifesting this sort of protection. Plus, it's always good to "give back" in some way. To receive something, something must be given eventually.

#5 — Affirmations and Visualizations

Words and the mind have innate power. Affirmations and visualizations are great ways to manifest protections because they rely only on yourself.

They are easier to do right if you use them together with other methods, or if you have physical representations of the work being done. To be successful one must focus, "feel" them happening, and maintaining that without help can be difficult. Frequent practice will help you get the hang of it.

There are also techniques that make affirmations and visualizations both more powerful and easier to accomplish.

#6 — Warding

Warding is when you set up a semi-permanent protection in a specific place, such as your house.

It can be done in many different ways. One of the most common is to have an object or place designated as the "holder" of the ward, which should be well kept.

Warding will be more powerful if you are frequently cleansing the space and recharging the ward. Leaving it alone for too long can weaken in or make it lose its properties altogether.

Some plants are used for this kind of protection, since they (usually) stay in place, can be powerful magical allies, and you'll be checking on them often anyway. The ones usued are often those with thorns, threatening-looking leaves, or even poison.

Note: always be very careful about bringing poisonous plants home, especially if you have children or pets.

Conclusion

This was an overview of the most common types of protective magick. A lot of protection spells and works fall somewhere within these categories, or are a combination of them.

Each tradition has a certain way of going about spiritual protection, so if you are exploring an specific path, I encourage you to not only research about protection in general but to also look into what unique techniques your path has to offer!

Many blessings and thank you for reading! ♡

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Honestly, my best magick happens in the bath.

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👏 if you won’t change the terms you use when marginalized people tell you it’s appropriation, you’re not fighting for anyone’s freedom, you’re just an arrogant colonizer 👏

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lucasthewiccan · 2 years

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I think beginners only really need to know 2 things before they start trying out witchcraft, but these are probably the MOST important things.

1. Fire safety and 2. Basic chemistry!!

Fire safety:

Learn it, memorize it, practice it!!! This is essential to NOT burning your house down!! So many posts that blow up are HUGE fire safety hazards! Know what to burn/what not to burn, how to SAFELY burn it, and what to do if things don't go to plan! People will absolutely try to convince you to do things that are unsafe so please know your stuff on fire safety!!

Basic chemistry:

In the same way people will try to get you to use fire inappropriately, people will also try to get you to inadvertently cause chemical reactions. Do not fall victim! Know which stones are safe/not safe in water, the sun etc. Know how to handle essential oils properly, they are not for skin or ingesting. Know what substances cause reactions when mixed! This is huge for things like "room cleansing sprays" etc. I see a ton of people reccomending unsafe mixtures or saying to put crystals in your drinking water when that specific rock creates toxic products when mixed with water. Know your stuff!

Please be rock solid on safety before ever listening to anything else! It should be the first thing you research because people WILL try to lead you astray. The ignorance of others can cause great harm, so please be careful.

If you never listen to any other beginner advice, listen to this. It will keep you safe in the longrun.

Also, keep your crystal balls out of direct sun, they will burn your house down.

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channel17 · 2 years

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Energy (Qi) can neither be created nor destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.

To create your best reality you must utilize your energy to turn what you currently have into what you would like to experience.

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solar-hedonist · 2 years

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Beginner witch tip!

Stay out of the beginner witch tag. Anybody and everybody who thinks they can teach is in there and 90% of it is misinfo and stolen culture. You’d do best to start learning occult and pagan history instead (I know, boring. But it’s ESSENTIAL and can not ever be skipped on if you want your practice to be ethical and powerful).

Remember, being pagan, a witch, anything of the sort, you are automatically signing up to be a scholar and historian. And if you aren’t, you are absolutely doing it wrong, because you so easily run into unethical things and lack the understanding of *why* something is the way it is. There’s no masterpost or cheat code that’ll give you all the answers. You have to learn it yourself.

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theoakwitch · 2 years

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Meditation is something quite important to build as a skill in your witchcraft practice, so in this video I go over what it is and some tips for meditating!

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wybielune · 9 months

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Correspondences 1

Welcome back! Today, we’re looking at correspondences and what they are.

Generally, they’re a very big, confusing sounding word for something not that big and confusing.

The dictionary definition of the word is, a close similarity, connection, or equivalence, which is exactly what they are.

When a spell or potion calls for certain ingredients, its because each ingredient has an equivalent meaning to it.

There are a number of correspondences that even non-witches are aware of, so we’ll start there. Lavender for example has a connection to calmness, so someone might add lavender scented Epsom salts to their bath water. Likewise, someone trying to enhance self-love, might wear a rose scented perfume or aftershave.

So, non-witches are doing witchy things without even knowing about it. Its like how when people see a bouquet of roses, and how the giving of one is considered a deeply romantic act.

This is just the very basics of correspondences. In short, every food, crystal, fluid, has some special meaning attached to it, which is why spells call for specific ingredients. There is however, more to it.

Multiple items might have the same correspondence. An example of this would be the lavender that we mentioned before, and chamomile. Maybe the witch doesn’t have time for a 30 minute soak to take in the spell, so making up a cup of chamomile tea might be the next best, fastest option. A minute and a half steeping plus a 30 second enchantment are a lot faster than the time it takes to run a bath.

Now, having covered that multiple items can have the same meaning, its important to mention that all items can have multiple meanings as well.

The most well known correspondence of rose is love, but it can also be used in spells that require items that represent luck, happiness, protection, and even friendship. Calm is the correspondence of lavender, but lavender also represents success, money, and even drawing in a new, loving partner.

This can be useful, because there are a number of spells that require items that I just don’t have, or even items that go against your morals to use. For example, grave dirt, or coffin nails. Others can use those if they want to, but I personally feel that in my own practice, it’d be wrong, so finding out an item that has the same correspondence would be great.

Grave dirt can be used in rituals for the upcoming festival of Samhain, but items that can be used instead are patchouli or coffee grounds.

This can be important for spells that require correspondences that against your morals and your wallet.

For example, vegans would be against using animal products in their spells, so finding an available alternative is the only alternative.

As for finding out what correspondences the items have, google is your friend.

Find out what herbs, foods, spices and such that you have in your home and go into google. Type in, Magical properties of, and then the name of the item. Once you’ve found them out, you can list the items and what to use them for in your Book of Shadows, something I can go into in another post.

Thanks for reading, and, until next time, stay safe guys. Blessed Be.

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ambermotta · 4 months

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Working with Dragons — My POV

When you look up "draconic magick" or "dragon magick" there is not really a lot to read. In fact, a lot of the info you'll find looks like a copy-paste from one another.

So I thought I would bring my own insight into what working with dragons feels like to me. Not exactly an informative post, just a "personal experience" one.

I believe it is important for newcomers to read about variety of experiences because otherwise, they might start feeling their practice is "wrong" if things are different for them.

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If it wasn't clear already...

UPG WARNING!!!

This is my experience only, other practitioners WILL have different takes on working with dragons.

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Regarding Identity

For the majority of my journey with dragons, I have only worked with one dragon. They reached out to me, but took me years to finally feel ready to work with them, and since I was still a bit insecure, I didn't really seek out other dragons.

By the way, I use they/them pronouns because I don't feel a particular gender signature coming from them.

They are strongly tied to energies of the ocean and I have only seen them as very serpent-like.

The other main dragon I have worked with, who showed up a lot later, is a dragon strongly associated with fire and protection, and his energy is mostly masculine from what I can tell.

As of now, this is what I can share about them. One of the things you'll see being talked about dragons is that you should not talk about the ones you work with unless they give you permission to, and for the most part, this has also been my experience.

They can be quite secretive — I had the ocean dragon very often remind me to stay quiet about the work I'm doing, and be very careful about what I share. Not just about them, but about myself.

Some things need not be secret forever, but when they ARE supposed to be done quietly, I will get the nagging, almost intrusive feeling, of keeping my mouth shut whenever I am itching to say something I shouldn't.

They have also shown to be secretive when we work together, as in I'm instructed to do something a certain way but not told why until the work is done.

And I understand why afterwards.

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Demanding?

From all dragons I have worked with, they have always been quite insistent. Be it regarding how something should be done, how to behave, or on what to get.

Please do not misinterpret this as being pushy or forcing boundaries.

What I mean is that some spiritual beings can be very subtle with their messages when they want to tell you something... But for me, dragons aren't subtle. They keep sending signs and messages until I get it.

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As for being demanding, it depends on your relationship with them.

They were not demanding at first because I was still unsure of what I wanted, but once I decided to commit, they definitely started communicating more and giving instructions on work we should do together.

So there's a greater degree of commitment that we both respect.

As for being "demanding" with offerings, to me they seldom ask for those. If I do it it's because I want to, not because they have asked or shown they needed it. In terms of spiritual beings I have met, they seem to be the least interested in offerings or praise. But again, this is just my experience.

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Personality

It can vary drastically from one dragon to another.

For me, the Ocean Dragon is serene, regal, mysterious, but standing in their presence can also feel scary and can make you feel small. They also have a more turbulent side.

The fire dragon feels much more assertive, fierce, loyal, but at the same time less "massive" in size and less intimidating somehow. They remind me of a knight or paladin archetype to be fair.

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So I assume that personality and energy signature, as well as your relationship with them, will change drastically from one dragon to another.

I have not experienced finicky, prideful, or petty behaviour from them. Dragons are often considered in media and mythology to have big egos, but to me, they feel the exact opposite... wise and humble, but their presence is so massive I feel one must be very careful not to mistake their good disposition for weakness.

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Conduct when working with dragons

I find that while they are wondrous and inspiring, their energy can feel intimidating, and maybe because of that I feel like I must be more serious when working with them. I am not necessarily being formal around them, but I do have a great deal of respect for them and other creatures in their presence.

It feels more like respecting the elders than an authority figure though.

As for magical conduct, I have never had to work with them on anything that did harm to others. In fact, they have heavily aided me in works that focused on helping others.

They have also helped me through my fair share of shadow work. So, both right and left hand path.

You may see some folks claiming that dragons have no qualms with helping mages with "dark magic" and that you actually must work on keeping balance, "working on both sides of the coin" if you will.

They have never demanded that of me, though I recognize it could just be in respect for my decision of not wanting to do most baneful work.

I can't say I fully understand their nature and moral compass yet.

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Types of Dragons

So far, they seem to come in all sorts of shapes. The traditional western-type dragon is far from being the only one or the most common one. Some may look much more like snakes or birds than to winged lizards.

I can see some elemental associations, but I don't think they are restricted to working with just one element.

Unfortunately, since I don't know many dragons, I am not sure if they are always tied to an element or how many types there are.

However, the ones I met did seem to "dwell" in certain environments. The ocean dragon I only see in water, and the fire dragon I have seen on top of a rocky hill, looking down a vast, dry, sunny field.

As for dragon guardians of the elements, directions, etc – I haven't met them, haven't worked with them, so I don't know if there is such a thing.

by Kou Takano

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Mythological Dragons

I have not met a lot of people who worked with widely known dragons, such as Tiamat, Fáfnir from norse mythology, or Yamata-no-Orochi from japanese tales.

But I feel working with them would be a singular experience, just as it is with any other dragon (or spiritual being for that matter). It could be easier considering you would have at least an idea of who they are and what they may like, either from "lore", ancient worship, or SPG (Shared Personal Gnosis).

This is still something I'm thinking about exploring in the future.

Fáfnir, found on Harreira.com

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Conclusion

This was just an overview of what working with them feels like to me. I'm definitely not as experienced as some other folks I've talked to, and my practice is constantly constantly evolving.

So far, it's been great! I'd love to hear from other people on draconic magick.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Or share your experiences as well!

Thank you for reading!