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taking a piece of text that someone probably put their heart and soul into creating and using it as your raw material, cutting out everything that you deem irrelevant to the point you want to make

i mean imagine cutting up a painting and using it to make a collage, or taking a marble sculpture and carving pieces out of it to make a different sculpture

Some traditional methods to raise storms are:

1) by casting flint stones behind your back towards the west - I’ve never used this method but I have seen others use this method of clicking stones together to bring rain.

2) by flinging a little sand into the air - I’ve actually used this method at one of the local beaches in the area. You can feel the sea breeze pick up the sand and carry it. Then you feel the wind shift and you can smell the briny salt of the ocean as the wind whips up the waves. Dark storm clouds form in the distance and you can watch as it rolls towards shore.

3) by striking a river with a broom - this is meant to send the water from the river into the sky thus bringing rain. Splashing river water works just as well. Swinging a broom in circles above your head in the air is also said to bring great winds and even storms.

4) by stirring water with the finger in a hole in the ground - my family’s method of bringing rain and storms uses an adapted version of this method however we tend to use water in a bowl instead of water in the ground though both methods work. 

5) by burning rain bringing incense - My aunt uses this method when Melbourne really needs some rain. She buys an incense called ‘rain drops’ made of herbs known for bringing rain and then burns it while standing out in her yard while looking to the sky. Burning ‘rain bringing’ herbs also works.

Whether you want a light shower or a huge thunderstorm depends on this.

Hello earthandoceantarot, and first ofall let me say thank you for asking this question; it’s something all peoplewho work with the weather should know.

Weathermagic is a complex art. Yes, witches often dabble in weather magic with varyingresults but in order to become proficient with weather witching you have toknow more than just spells; you have to have a deep understanding ofmeteorology. In other words, you have to understand your environment before youcan manipulate and change it.

Now there are many debates as towhether a person who works with the weather actually creates weather or if they simply move certain types of weather towards them. I am of the personalbelief that weather magic is actually a bit of both. Witches cannot createstorms out of thin air. To form clouds, water particles as well as microscopicparticles of dust are needed. To create a thunderstorm you need a very unstableatmosphere in which warm updrafts will collide with a wall of cold air. Theseconditions cause friction between microscopic particles which results in anelectric charge (lightning).

So let’s say I wanted to bringsome rain. I would begin by examining the current atmospheric conditions and thencommence slightly shifting them to create the ideal conditions for cloudformation. I would then draw the moisture which is already in the air togetherand encourage it to bond together, forming clouds. After, I would call the windto bring more water vapour to where I was. The wind would help drop thetemperature and pick up dust which in turn assists in bonding the cloudstogether.

Depending on the day, where I am,the starting temperature, the amount of water vapour in the sky, the directionof the wind etc. this process usually takes 30 minutes to an hour for clouds tobe covering the sky.

So to answer your question, yes Iam aware of the effects of my actions. I have to be. Am I pulling moisture awayfrom other areas to form a storm? Yes I am. However because I live on the coastof Queensland, I have access to the water from the ocean which evaporates everyday. So, I tend not to pull water vapour away from areas that need it.

As for sending storms away, I don’tsend them away whole if that makessense. I either bind their energy in a bottle or rope (to be used at a laterdate to power another storm) or Idisperse the storm over a wider region. This decreases the intensity andseverity of the storm. In other words I lessen the possible damage the stormcan do.

So yes, I check the radar andweather patterns if I plan to do some big weather magic. For little local bitsof weather magic, I usually don’t bother. I know that what I do fucks withnatural systems. I actively change the weather around me. This change haseffects on the natural environment. So I always try to make things better if Ican. Every time I visit Melbourne to see my Nanna and my Aunts I always try andbring some rain, because every summer Melbourne falls into a drought.

However, with global warmingAustralia (and the rest of the world) has been having hotter temperatures insummer, colder temperatures in winter and the number and severity of storms hasincreased. Where I live gets a lot of tropical storms and cyclones. I do what Ican to minimise the damage and direct the storm so it doesn’t hit densely populatedareas. I bind the energy of the storm and release it when it’s safe.

In my opinion, if someone isserious about learning weather magic they have the moral obligation to not onlybe aware of the natural systems but also the effects their actions can have. Soonce again thank you for asking this question.

SOUTHWEST ROADTRIP

The American Southwest feels like the spiritual home of the roadtrip. Our culture is steeped in these landscapes from our movies to our very foundational myths, and your first visit will likely feel like a homecoming. Whether it’s the vast sagebrush highlands of Nevada, the stunning sculpted red rocks of Utah, or the sprawling canyons of Arizona, the landscapes and sun-bleached colours evoke an awesome sense of desolation and possibility. It’s a trip everyone should take at least once in their life, and with the great variety of sights and stops you can fully customize it to your time and interests. 

This was our first trip to the area, and with just over a week we admittedly bit off more than we could chew. We wanted to see it all! From Zion to Arches to Monument Valley to the Alabama Hills, it was a whirlwind trip of beautiful locations, but next time I’d prefer longer stays in fewer spots. And pretty dang sure there’ll be a next time, yes yes