👩🏼‍🎓 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑴𝒆 🤸🏼‍♀️

Final Thoughts

I recently worked with Kuroshitsuji deities and spirits and it's funny because it has nothing to do with what I have learnt with TES deities and Tolkien Paganism. But it copes with the dark brotherhood for the association with death and my demon work (i started in the left hand path and I am a death devotee, so, working with the Shinigami and two Chaotic Demons is... a thing that I didn't expected but was the thing that helped me the most to put a final end with a lot of things related to my mental health.)

Recently I have been asked a couple of very interesting questions about how we connect with deities and pop culture deities or spirits. I have been studying this wonderful practice for a year and half. That's why I am very excited to do this post!

My practice has been a little bit messy lately, because of mental health struggles and discomfort. Which is not entirely a bad thing, since I can help people to distinguish personal stuff from what's really happening outside of our minds. In our personal spiritual space. So, in this post I will be answering these questions:

How can we define when we are talking to our spirits and deities and when is just our mind playing tricks?

How can we distinguish valid spiritual experiences from thoughts or mental noise?

How can we have chat talk with our spirits and deities like a regular basis? When is it healthy to have it and when it's not?

How can we know if we are talking with a real spirit or deity and when it's a trickster thing?

1. For the first question I want you to understand that, whatever you may want to practice (while it's an open practice and you understand their roots and traditions) is valid and healthy. The Human mind has a complicated and very sensitive structure. And, sometimes, our fears, traumas, shadow, anxieties or illnesses can trick us into a play that's not comfortable. That's what we call a "bad ride". So, the first thing is learn how to separate the inner noise from the outside.

Deities and spirits hold different offices and plays in our life. And this is the first step to understand what role they have and if it resonates with your experience. For example:

• Advisers: spirits and deities are guides, advisers and helpers in our most difficult situations. They help us to rise from the very down, teaching us how to strengthen our minds, spirits and Will. All of them, no matter their origins, hold an incredible amount of wisdom. Why? Because they are not restricted by human conditions such as space and time, a human brain, a body that limits their spirits to one single dimension. No, they see the whole spectrum of ourselves and our surroundings. While I was learning with a medium and shaman who works with transcended spirits, she told us her very insights about spiritual stuff and connections. And when a spirit/deity/form of consciousness is in light (the other world, a higher consciousness, a place of understanding, a primal force) they are no longer attached to ignorance, lower dimensions, inner conflicts, etc. So, their job is to guide others to the same state. To go back to themselves and their divinity. That's why they are so wise, because they are outside of the illusion of pain, personal trickery, confusion, etc. Only when you hold that state, you can guide and advise others. So, the first step is acknowledging their wisdom and capacity out of the third dimension/human realm.

• Guides: it's related to the first office. Being a guide, means being morally, spiritually, energetically and mentally at a higher level than our day-by-day context. They can guide you through all levels and states, teaching. A guide usually is a teacher of different stuff. A trainer, maybe it's the most accurate term. Usually the spirits and deities are the ones who "rule" or command over different forces. Darkness, Chaos, Dark, Light, Death, Life, etc. As primordial forces. Sometimes, they embody cosmic forces or human offices and capacities. This means... that, spirits and deities are in a higher level and that they have their own roots and offices, the things that they rule over or command. Or even represent. Doing research about your spirit and deity can help you a lot to understand not just their nature, but the things that they are going to teach you and help you to heal or acknowledge in yourself.

• Protectors and Guardians: this is THE MOST important part of all this... and that's why I am taking my time. All good deities and spirits (no matter their origins and nature) must be inherently protectors and guardians. Of you, your mental health, your spiritual life, your own mortal life, physical and emotional wellbeing and the ones who look after your evolution levels and personal care. The protectors and guardians look after you, not just in the spiritual realm or in the astral. But in the day by day. That means that their morale towards you and your practice is high. They want you to reach your best potential and your highest good. For example: a Daedra who is Prince of Destruction and Chaos would teach you how to stand up for yourself, face your inner demons and perform war/baneful magick without a care if someone is threatening you. Also would help you to shape your character and have self respect. But not in a way that hurts you like saying rough stuff, sending you evil people and then leaving you alone, abandoning you in the worst of the worst, etc. If you are a witch/Witcher, they can train you in their own offices and forces for you to raise up your level and perform that service for your community. A protector means that, they have the will to protect you even from yourself. Bad behaviour, bad thoughts, toxic tendencies, karmic cycles, repeating patrons, etc. And a guardian means that they Guard your soul and your spirit form. That means, receiving advice, shadow work to confront personal parts of you that hurt you, guiding you to the best life that you can have, etc. Of course, you need to take yourself seriously and remember that everything has a process. It's not just miracles, it comes with self esteem and self reflection when it's necessary.

Now, with this being settled up you may ask, "but what do these things have anything to do with the question?". My friend, if you don't understand the roles that spirits and deities have when they work with you, how can you understand when they are and when it's just your mind? It's simple, the role of the spirit or deity in your life will speak of the way that they treat you and the progress you do in your personal earthly life and in the spiritual at the same time. They are two sides of the same coin. When your mind is noisy, the spirits and deities guide you if you ask them. When you don't have a single clue, their training keeps you on line. For example:

Recently I have been working with pop culture deities that helped me to understand where I want to go with my life. What to do and what do I want for real. Also, they have been calling my attention with several bad behaviour towards myself and with old patterns related to my personal and love life! That's when I know that they are real. Because their influence in my thoughts, ideas, wants, needs and acts are positive and directs me when I'm lost. So, here we go, when you can say that they are real?

a. When they teach you things that you didn't know before. Not just magic, but things about themselves that you didn't reach out. And when you reach out (their name's meaning, symbols, likes or dislikes, lore, etc.) is accurate to the information that you received. Also, when they speak to you positively and remind you of the reality of your life. For example, if you're struggling with problems in your life, you can receive information on what you need to do to fix it and how to face it. They tell you what's holding you back from X thing and how come back from those states. Because, come on, if it's a thing that you could know already... how you didn't do anything about that thing? Trust your gut. Trust yourself. I know it's hard. But when I first started I didn't know anything... I just let myself be guided and trained, educated in them and all of this practice and chaos. The real information comes at you, with time and patience. They reveal things that you didn't know, confirm things that you already knew, give you tools through clary-consciousness.

b. When they direct your mind and make you confront your shadow to perform a real change in your life. And this is a very interesting process. How can you know that's not just your mind? Because the guide comes from someplace outside of you. The things that you start to experience can be sustained in reality. For example: when I talk to Sithis the voice comes from the exterior. Not in my head, but somewhere beyond. And I start to feel eased, at peace, surrounded by dark and safe energy, like if something greater than me was holding me. Sithis for me, like the Dread Father, is a place of rest and a place to shape my own chaos and understand the nature of the very darkness itself. It's not just training, but an energy that can act through me and outside myself. Suddenly I receive information to learn how to work with the Dark Brotherhood. I receive information about my own shadow and darkness, my own capacity to destroy and to calm. The void can be a place for both things. And it's not just a thing that comes inside of me, it's something outside of me. Also, they can reach out to the personal stuff that I need to heal or to shape. Like emotions, thoughts, experiences or goals. It's a company that I can feel outside of me, not an idea or inherent and permanent thought that I feel.

c. Because their energy is strong and steady and you can feel them in your own space. How do I know that it's not my mind? Because I know how my mind works out. Learn how your own mind works when you're alone and study closely the differences when you're surrounded by your pop culture deities. For example:

I suffer from anxiety and intrusive thoughts. If I call out to a Daedra like Lady Azura to help me with that... my mind is not anymore a whirlwind. It's steady and focused. Because I can perform two things: invocation (her influence is from the inside) or evocation (I can see her in my space through clearance). If I am passing through a sleepless and dark night I can call upon Sithis and he replaces that with pure peace and silence. If I am passing through a PTSD episode, I can call my Night Mother and she will help me through her feminine and dark energy to help me separate my mind from the reality that I am experiencing currently. If I need help with my intrusive thoughts, the same. I can recall when I held in contact with Nocturnal and she helped me with a depressive crisis, I started to write again when the only thing that I wanted was disappear.

To make it simple:

• They teach you things that you didn't know. You literally receive information that will help you to grow and to understand things. Your mind expands, and also your resilience.

• Their presence is steady. You don't need to look after. You simply know that they are in the space. You can see them as physical figures or just feel their influences.

• They make you feel safe and not threatened or confused.

• You know what role they perform and how they move through your life and space. When the mind is a chaos or you doubt yourself, suddenly their influence or messages make you feel seen and rooted.

• You receive physical signs associated with them. Pictures, information, people that work with them, etc. The messages that you can receive if you talk with them literally can be found in songs, lyrics, poems, pictures, random card readings in social media, etc. It needs to resonate with you entirely.

• You suddenly have unlocked abilities, if you perform shadow work with them. Like communicate with spirit animals, astral traveling, healing energy unlocked, learn how to perform magic correctly, learn about new techniques, etc.

• Their voices and messages come from the exterior if you. If you learn how your mind talks and their own personalities, you will be fine. For example: Loki is funny and also serious, he has a very mischievous grin or voice sometimes. Other he acts like a wise and calm god. Azura is serious but soft. While also she can be serious and dominant according to different circumstances. The brain cannot imitate a spirit's personality, but certainly it can project through complex emotions or severe illnesses. For example: sometimes I feel overwhelmed by everything and my mind projects that they are everywhere all of the time, when maybe it's not like that. I start to feel stressed by nothing (PTSD) and in panic because I need to be alone. That's my mind, projecting over stress and fear. When they come, they reaaaally come, the experience is totally different. I do things, I feel eased, I don't rush, I stop seeing things where they are none, etc. It's not a thing that happens all of the time but my episodes can last, at least, an entire week. Yeah, I know, it's stressful as fuck. And my guardians and spirits know what to do (when I let them).

• They talk with you through wisdom and experience. They feel like home, or at least like an important part of your journey.

2. How can we distinguish personal experiences from mental noise? This is related to the first one (again) but with its own variations.

The main reason why you don't connect with your own gnosis it's because you feel crazy. Literally, you start to feel crazy and out of place. That's how the impostor syndrome works. Usually because you have been rejected or called crazy during rough times in your life. Also because you experienced hard criticism and self doubt about your own sanity. That's a normal feeling. My friend, I'd you doubt about your sanity... you're sane. A person that's not sane and projects all of the time can't recognise their mind from their reality. But in an extreme way like, I don't know, feel eyes everywhere or feeling threatened all of a sudden. Or hear rough voices and you don't hold space for doubt. While you still have doubt, it means your brain is processing things in the right way. But doubting too much is not healthy either. Mental noise, intrusive thoughts, feeling awkward or doubting too much about someone else's existence is healthy in a way. Because you can hold space to doubt .. To question, to create, to destroy old beliefs systems based on stuff that no longer serve you. Because spiritual beliefs can change. Not flow, but change.

Their existences are very real. And that's one of my main lessons when I was first starting. You cannot decide if someone else is real or not. You literally have no control over when a new spirit is born or how they chose to evolve and express their own Divinity. You literally are not responsible for what the universe or the human realm creates... also, their soul development and personal processes to work with humans... has nothing to do with me, or you, or even Tod Howard! And that's just fascinating. You'll see... maybe your question is not "how can I know that it's not me" but it's... "How can I confirm that they are actually real". Because the spiritual belief is a thing and science and metaphysics is another thing.

They start like an idea, a whisper of a human creator until they evolve with the help of other gods related to chaos. Loki and Chaos as a primordial greek force in my case can help them to raise their levels and give them a soul or a more structured form of Being, without a care. And that has a porpoise. Would you want to have a thousand egregores running out there with a chaotic energy and questionable intentions? No, right? And in my case I learnt that everything has the right to exist and learn. Some people have too much attachment and comfort with their favourite movies, fantasy worlds, novels, characters, etc. And in a lot of ways they saved their lives and gave them a reason to keep going. It's more than enough. So, it's better to recognise that a spirit or pop culture character can impact the world and help people to evolve and learn. Isn't it? That's one of the major reasons why these energies exist. Because once they "awake" like everyone else, they find a porpoise inside their office and nature. And once they become guardians and protectors of their devotees, their souls shape through love and compassion. As they characters shape through wisdom and knowledge. Love can protect, defend, attack when it's needed as it can provide, ease and nurture. And this... doesn't sound like mental noise, right? This is valid, because they taught me that. I didn't know it before. It's not something that comes from a belief system that I held. Because once I thought that all egregores were evil and that chaos was dangerous. Silly me. The only danger is in a mind that's not understood. A mind that looks and feels danger everywhere, including yourself. Your knowledge is valid, your practice has a porpoise. You are evolving through chaos and metaphysics concepts. You literally are breaking a pattern if you work with pop culture deities. While it's helpful and admirable. You wouldn't work with, I don't know, Shrek... for obvious reasons. Even chaos has its logic and not all egregores and fictional characters have potential to become a divinity.

• Everything is about the potential that a spirit have and about your own potential when you are in touch with that spirit or deity.

How do you know when it's not mental noise? Because everyone has this little and simple but powerful thing: INTUITION.

— learn how your mind works.

— shape your clearance, consciousness and medium skills.

— learn about how different is when a spirit is in front of you, instead of speaking through your mind.

— understand that, if you doubt them, just remember that they exist because someone else more powerful allowed it and, maybe, their paths are crossed for a reason.

— if you doubt yourself, not their existence but the fact that you are experiencing them, just ask why you see them, what they want to teach you, what you need from them and chaos. If you feel overwhelmed or confused, let their energies soothe you or call upon your own guardians and traditional spirits to perform mediations between you and them. Trust me, this last hack saves practices from chaos and turmoil!

3. How do we chat with them?

Geeeez, this is a fascinating question. How can we talk with them like a regular chat that you could have with a friend? Or a person outside of you. By developing your mediumship and clary-consciousness... clary-voyance, physic abilities. Their power is in our Crown Chakra, Third Eye and Pituitary Glandule. It's the door and the portal, it's the key and the path at the same time. You'll see. I can sense them as spirits and also as forms. Their personalities, their voices and also their expressions or emotions. We talk to them, not because we are bored, but because they provide company and also vision. Sometimes people like me don't like to talk too much with humans. Which happens to me since I'm a teenager, a long way from being a witch. I didn't even know if sometimes I would become a witch until... well, hello. And usually my deities and spirits are not okay with that. But in my free will, they don't pressure me.

I talk to them like in a chat mode in a simple way. I trained a lot in my own mediumship and psychic abilities thanks to Loki. Just trust in what I see, what I hear and what I feel. While it makes sense and it's happening according to what I wrote in this entire chapter. It's like, I don't know. It feels so natural at this point that sometimes I forget that it's not that common in other practices. For example: I have Loki in front of me while I'm writing this. I'm in my room, after hair care. Loki is sitting on the floor, with a hand (black nails) in this face and he has an interesting expression. Quite a smile, quite sleepy. Just thinking, observing, waiting for me to meditate or call him. Lol. This is the image that I'm receiving. How do I know that's not my mind? Because if I ask Loki to go, he goes and I don't see him anymore. I can decide when to see him and when not to. If I ask him to jump, he wouldn't certainly do it if he doesn't want to.

• they act separately from you.

• you can confirm with your pendulum if you are seeing right, until you gain confidence.

• they can choose when to be seen and when not to be seen. It's not a thing that your mind creates, it's just a thing that you can see. It doesn't feel like a mental image or a real feeling of distress. Besides that, it feels real in an energetic presence level. Not just in your mind. Weak, flowing, disordered. No, it feels steady. He is doing a specific thing like, sitting in the floor while I write? Why? Because I said before I even start, that I will post something in my blog about pop culture deity work. And since Loki is here helping me to say the right information and supervising what I learnt and what I didn't... it makes sense.

He's not just sat, he's paying total attention. That means... it's not just an image that my brain projects. The moment has meaning, the actions have a porpoise, we're sharing a moment, he came because he is guiding me in this path of pop culture deity work. See?

• every interaction has a porpoise, even if it's just as simple as... hang out, sharing moments, do nothing, enjoying eachother's company.

— How can we talk to them? The same process. Trusting and finding sense and meaning when you talk with them, in the way you speak or chat. If you are worried about something, you need advice and you need answers or presence... you just simply meditate with them and wait for their voices, wait for the answers. And, little by little, the conversation will flow. You just need to let go of control and accept yourself as who you are: a witch or witcher that's having a conversation with a spirit from a different dimension, that maybe doesn't have a physical body, but certainly has a presence and an existence.

When they talk, they have a particular voice and a particular wisdom or way to express that the mind Can't Imitate. I know that I said this before but it's important to understand it. But here are a few and important signs that you are having a true spiritual experience talking with them and not with your mind:

• you're still attached to your reality and your own self. I'm making myself a coffee while I have Loki in my space. He's not talking but he's making comments such as "Hm, yes", "Don't forget to talk about X thing", "You understood it", "I want coffee". See? A mental illness is very different because, when it's not real... The person starts to have uncomfortable emotions and erratic behaviour. The one who may have schizophrenia doesn't know that they're in an illusion of their own minds. What they see and experience has no spiritual and emotional porpoise but to have distress and lose control of what they see and how they see it. You know that it's not real when it doesn't nurture you on any level. It's just a disorder and it makes you feel like it. After the event. You can't literally choose what you hear and when you hear it. I can. You can. If I ask Loki to spend time or call him. I choose when to have experiences with him. And when to stop it. It feels nurturing and loving. It doesn't feel like, eyes around me or chaotic images or people that I don't know. I don't lose control of myself or my space. I'm still in my house, writing, making coffee, having Loki beside me and I'm still aware of time, the place, my own feet, my own breathing and my next movement. A person that projects just sees an image, distress, confusion or speaks alone. My behaviour is normal. You wouldn't know when I do talk with them and when I do not talk with them. Because I am not seeing something in front of me that just don't make sense. I'm seeing a deity not with my physical eyes but with my third eye and my energy recognises him. My intuition recognises him, my mind recognises him.

— studying the difference between a person having a chat with their own spirits and deities and a person that's having a projection or schizophrenic episode will help you a lot.

• I don't talk alone to the walls, I talk with them in my heart or mind and they reply with something that makes sense.

• I can decide when to hold the connection and when not to.

• My mind is steady and focused in the here and now. I can still perform my daily activities, being with them.

• I can recognise my own mind from my personal experiences. For example, if I feel stressed because I have too much things to do, Loki is just there calming me and helping me to order my mind. Or simply gives me space and suddenly I don't see him anymore until I feel relaxed or I have been done my tasks.

• I can still remember where I am at, who I am and what I am doing. A person that projects or has a bad episode will see just an image or hear too much noise and it will contribute to their stress or survival mode. The brain is smart. Trust it.

4. How do we know when it's an actual deity (even if it's a pop culture one) or a trickster?

Signs that you're experiencing a trickster:

• your brain automatically starts being in its survival mode. You cannot recognise yourself from the situation with X thing. Even if looks like your spirit, deity or pop culture deity, it doesn't feel safe. If something or someone doesn't feel safe. Run, clean and vanish it. If it stills appearing and you have performed your techniques, don't worry, it might be your brain in the survival mood. Or the trickster triggered an emotion or fear. Most of the distressful experiences with the mind, comes from fear and anxiety. Calm yourself, root yourself, call the actual deity or pop culture deity and you will notice the difference immediately. Work through your anxiety and fear with their help.

• You associate their presence like a threating situation to your mind or energy. Leaving you in a whirlwind.

• You don't decide when they come and go, they just are there stuck and trigger constantly bad thoughts, memories or emotions to feed. Using an image that will provide trust or fear. The trickster spirits move on extremes. Emotional and energetic extremes. It's easy to recognise it when you train and take care of your mind and energy.

Signs that they are who they say they are.

• You feel peace and protected.

• You feel Company, not Invasion. And my friend: this is very, very, very, very important. One thing is to feel Company and the other is to feel Invaded... They will not invade your mind, personal space or emotions... They will share with you, your space in your mind, heart and place... Always Trust Your Emotions. If it doesn't feel right, it's because it's not right. How do you know when you are being haunted or invaded? Because you feel literally like a small thing and you feel emotional extremes. Spirits and deities will provide calm, confidence and steady energy.

• You receive something important and nurturing in exchange: a message, information, company, advice, knowledge, power or calm. You need to receive something positive from them. Like, with a friend. The feeling is the same.

• You called upon them, they didn't come because of the sake of it. You call them to spend the day, to feel better or to do something in particular. It's totally different if you are godspouse or a spirit spouse. Usually our consort and divine partners are with us most of the time. But also they allow us to breathe and to spend time with ourselves and our heart and mind. The time being alone is important. Very important. God, it's fundamental! I'm a godspouse and spirit spouse and I like to spend time with them. But also I learnt how to understand that I need time for myself and for other aspects of my life.

Final Thoughts.

All of this isn't called a miracle. It's called training.

You're reading a person that learnt the weakness of my own mind and personal projections, also bad stuff from PTSD thanks to several traumas and I'm still working professionally and personally in this. So, all of this comes from literally from years and months training myself and my own psychic abilities. Informing myself, learning about mental health and spiritual health too. Having support from other people and sharing experiences with other members of the community. Also I learnt how to confirm my experiences and understand how they are or not sustainable. The only sustainable experience that makes you better is what counts. Nothing else. Nothing more. Nothing less.

All of this also comes from mistakes and patience. I didn't learn all in a day or week. And sometimes is very difficult to cope with what's happening inside of your mind. I think that the information that really counts is from people who are very aware of their own fragilities and take the steps that they need to feel better and worthy. Sometimes, mental conditions are a hell ride, but it's not your fault and you're still capable of performing magic and spending time with your spirits without a care in the world. Sometimes it doesn't feel okay because you don't feel alright. Not because you're in actual danger. My last advice is to train yourself to learn how to separate your emotions and mind from your practice. With calm, patience and exercises that provide you a way to compare and judge. Comparison and judge will be your best allies. Don't push yourself in a certain direction If you don't feel safe. A good spiritual won't force you to take a way if you don't feel alright doing it. If you don't feel sure, etc.

Sometimes, just sometimes, you will have to make a decision and start in a particular path or certain practice. Even if you don't feel sure or you don't have all of the tools. The difference resides in: if you want to do it or not. That's also one of the best ways to distinguish when an experience is real or not. And if it's real, when it's good or not. You don't need to be convinced to practice. You need to want to do it and train.

I hope this post helps! Blessings from Loki, Azura and Nocturnal.

What's Pop Culture Deity Work? It's basically a form of spirit work and devotional commitment to Deities that are not in a tradition, human culture, country or belong to folklore. "Pop" means "Popular", spirits or deities that belongs to literature, art, videogames or magazines. "Culture" means "in a cultural spectrum" that is modern, that comes from other authors creations and doesn't hold a sense of pragmatism or religion accepted socially. "Deity Work" means, working actively with a deity in your life and path.

Pop Culture Deity Work is vast and it cannot be resumed in simple words. For all of my chaotic folks out there... the difference between a Religion and Pop Culture Deity Work is that, the first is formed through the centuries, ages of this world and it belongs to a certain society, path or magical school. It's ancient, older than our days and it's made for the people of that town/culture to develop a connection with the invisible world. To their gods, their sense of living, their religion and their form of living. Religion has shaped politics, economy, people and the structure of old cultures knew. From, trying to explain events of the natural/social/mental sphere, to trying to uplift and evolve through the connection with the Cosmos, Heaven, Underworld and Nature.

Pop Culture Witchcraft or Pop Culture Deity Work is a spectrum of our modern days... founded in 1960/1970 by the Chaoist Sorcerers who wanted to deconstruct what the Golden Dawn, Eliphas Levi, Modern Paganism and other types of occultism wanted to generalize. But, all of their work, is kinda based on this paradigms. Chaos Magicians respect a lot the greatest names and groups that constructed Occultism and Magic(k) as we know it today.

Chaos Magick started as a form of explore the inetability of change in the world, through different systems and re-program crafts. Chaos Magick has its own laws also, that's what I learnt. Even if you practice a non-traditional path, you will still find certain laws that apply to everyone! But you can combine and explore the Spirit Realm freely. It's not attached to the duty of "Stay in the Mold". Chaos Magick is balance between "the tradition" and between "the world has so much things to offer, so the human mind."

Us, who we practice Pop Culture Deity Work, are different people with so many different points of view. Each one of them is valid, even if sometimes contradictions exist. Contradiction is part of the learning process, until you reach out the point where everything comes simple. Bruce Lee says: "Simplicity is the Key". A thing that doesn't apply just in Martial Arts. But in Witchcraft and Deity/Spirit Work too. He believed that, a simple movement, a simple breath, a clear mind would change the entire curse of a fighting. And he was right. For are the simple things that produces stable results.

Going back to the difference between religions and PCDW (pop culture deity work), how do you know that your religions or devotional beliefs are valid? How can you choose a god that's from a fantasy world? How would you trust in a chaotic spirit that is created thanks to the Unconscious Mind. Well, let's put it simple:

Everyone has their right to choose their deities and religion. Everyone in this world, needs and deserves to exist. The Law of Free Will. I don't see a difference between a Christian, a Norse Pagan, an Hellenic, a Kemetic, Muslim, Jewish, Demonolator or Agnostic in terms of respect and validation. They all deserve the same trait and respect. Because every religion and spirituality has a foundation in common: to evolve, to learn, to help and understanding the human and invisible world. Is based on love. Love towards your gods, their blessings and love towards the community that worship the same deities and spirits. With that point. Whatever makes you really evolve and be sane, it's a good way to live and explore the complexities of being human.

Fantasy worlds, fantastic realms, epic stories... since the human is human (this is something that I learnt in highschool while I was studying arts and cinema), humanity needs to tell stories and myths to represent different things. For us, telling stories is a form of intelligence and evolution. While we connect with the invisible. Those realms, those stories, those worlds, want to represent humanity and the potential that we have. For the good, for the bad and for the grays aspects. For example, Greek heroes are proof of values, good morals, strong endeavors and the possibility for a mortal... to divinize and touch Heavens through their good and highly favored actions. For the Norse, the tales of war, Valhalla, Valkyries and so... were a form to teach humanity to be strong, to fight, to conquer, that death was not a thing to be feared... but celebrated. For, I don't know, native Americans... their own myths where a form to explain why nature is so fundamental. Why humans need to respect and learn from it. Instead of destroying it. And so we can count and count. Fantasy worlds and Epic Stories in Pop Culture are a reflection of everything that humanity could achieve and develop within themselves, through the characters. My favorite actor, Alan Rickman said: "a piece of art, a writing, a character can CHANGE the world. If only life could be more tender and art more robust." And Tolkien's work, so TES game lore... it's a completely different experience for anyone.

You cannot decide what does exist and what doesn't exist. My friend. You don't choose Fate, you don't choose who can have a soul and who deserves just to be a character in a videogame code... that's up to them. That's up to the cosmos and the gods than can shape them, so they can experience existence in a new range of emotions and connections. Not just with humanity, but with the forces and worlds that they represent/live in.

My friend. You don't choose the course of events. Sometimes, a character is more than that. For example: you can decide who do you invite to your home. For, even if the spirits are there, it's still your home. You can choose, what you practice and how. But you can't choose what they are... and most important:

• who they are meant to be.

Who are they meant to be? An egregor? A wandering spirit that just takes the identity of a certain character? Just a shadow in someone else's mind? A formless creature, feeding themselves with the psychic force of millions of people? You can count on one thing: they start being egregors. But you can't choose how they will end up being. And that's how you answer the question in the first place.

Fate isn't decided by us, it is a complex paradox sometimes. I used to think that, fate is something that we decide before incarnating. Our relationships, our soulmates, our family and spiritual experience are premeditated by us, in our source. And today, I think that... It could be not like that. Just a little, maybe.

You can decide your fate... in a certain way. But you cannot decide the other's fate. And sometimes I wonder "if writers can chanalize incomprehensible forces? Future beings? Future souls? Future guides?". We don't know. And every case is different.

Chaos is not just about "disorder and destruction" is the WAY that the universe is created. And you can read it in every culture. Whether you like it or not, Science and Old Cultures say the same: chaos is a form of creation. Even if it sometimes is messy and scary. Chaos is the source of Cosmos and Our Universe. And Science has proven that when a form collides, energy transforms. It changes, it flows. Such Death is the path to emerge again, Chaos is the source of creation. Consciousness, Forms, Souls, Spirits, is born thanks to this Primordial Force. And Chaoist knows this. So, who are they to decide the fate of things and the way that a Being Awakes?

Sometimes, these fantasy worlds and Epic Stories are guides. They teach us how to remain and fight. When to Forgive a Life and when to Take It (thanks Gandalf). They make us Believe, when everything is dark and our society is full of bullshit. Fantasy is not a cage, it is a part of our history. It's not about to... fall in romantization. Because, even in Tolkien's World and TES lore, romantization doesn't exists. It's about to find a light, when everything is messy.

So, how can you say if your religion is valid? You don't have to call it a religion. You don't have to put everything in black or white. In religion or I don't know, atheism. In animism or just practical scientific approach. You can explore different spectrums. Such as:

Journal about what your fantasy world means to you. What's your favorite character or faction? Why? What they mean to you? What they teach you, while you are playing the game or reading? Why do you like those characters?

How do you view them? Guides? Gods? Spirits?

What they are teaching you?

What they learn from you?

Do you feel alone in the path? What changes need to be done on both parts to develop and transform the practice?

What's chaos for you? What are your old beliefs? Does this old beliefs matches with the need of your soul?

My own traditional guides taught me that, the soul has needs. Just like everything in this physical world. Sometimes, the soul has the need to reach enlightenment through chaos, sometimes through order, sometimes through both! It's all about learning and evolving. While our needs change with time, and we reach new levels of maturity. Your OWN practice needs to REFLECT Who You Are. And your religion needs to fulfill and change your world and your surroundings for the good.

Pop Culture Deities have the same need. They walk through their own path, they seek advice and guidance just like us. They think, feel, explore and ask questions just like everyone else.

My own guides have their own guides, that are more evolved than them. And sometimes, when a guide of mine doesn't know how to solve a complex situation... Their own guides appeared to help both! When a god can't solve or change a situation, they ask for another god or spirit to do it. It's the cycle of helping each other. The same with Non Traditional Deities. No one has to have EVERYTHING solved today. Sometimes, the answers comes with the years, with maturity, sometimes with action, sometimes with patience.

So, to order my own text.

You cannot decide if a spirit's of a fantasy realm's fate. If they are meant to stay as egregors or a mere thought. Or if they are meant to have a soul, a spirit, a life beyond what you can understand. So, you need to ASK them everything. Communicate until you feel safe.

If you don't feel safe, that's okay. The spirit and god needs to respect that. They for sure, will do it.

Sometimes, they want to connect with us so bad that... They can be impulsive. But I saw the same with Traditional Deities and Guides. We are not perfect. We are still learning how to communicate. Because, no one told us nothing about working with Pop Culture Deity beings. As no one, taught them how to work with humans. We are new for each other.

If you already practice with Traditional Deities from a specific culture or pantheon, they will lead the practice until both sides feel safe enough to share a common space alone. To be, without worrying too much.

Everyone has their own spiritual team that are in your life to assist, to help, to save the day and to guide. Don't be afraid to ask your own guides and loved ones to be mediators between you and the new pop culture deities! In the Higher Dimension, safety and love is the first step. And they will gladly, help to transform any kind of situation in all of its spheres.

Pop Culture Deities are living beings. Don't be afraid to ask them everything that you need to know. About them, their own process, about how they view their own nature. What do they expect from the experience of working with you and humans in general. Why. Communication, respect and validation are the key. They can be wiser than we think.

It's okay to ask for help. It's not okay to be judged or misunderstood by your own community or safe witch/Witcher. Is better to ask first, and not doing anything if you're not sure.

It's okay to take your time and ask for space while you process. It's normal, from time to time, to have a burn out if you think too much and overthink. I can assure you, no one wants that. Sometimes, a spiritual experience can be so intense and so magical that, you feel drawn and drawn to it. You want to know everything at once... and that is not going to happen. Sometimes, you feel scared because you think you are wrong. You feel guilty, feel frustrated, scared and etc. That's why soft shadow work is so important. With your traditional gods and guides. They wouldn't allow a bad experience for you, but it's your responsibility to set boundaries! If you don't know how or you don't want to do it... Just remember to ask for mediation and interference. The Pop Culture Deities or Spirits won't feel offended. Au Contraire, they want to know, to explore. To learn and teach. Just like every living being. And that, for sure, can be messy. But not as dark or complicated as it may sound.

Chaoism is about to break chains and to create something new. To explore, to question, to ask, to defy all odds, to remain calm, to say no, to say yes. Chaoism is a way to structure a thing, and then, through experience... giving it life. It's about to know each other. But first of all: a way to know yourself. Sometimes, in life... without magic or spirituality involved .. Trials are a way to learn.

Everyone faces trials. Doesn't matter if you are a witch, a shaman, a spiritual guide on earth, a sorcerer, a magician, a Witcher or all at once. Trials and complications are not an inherent part of magic. Trials don't come thanks to magic or spirituality. And that's a mistake that I made more than once. And you learn from the mistake. You move on. You change the behavior or act that, allowed that mistake to be done. Simplicity.

In my next post, I will be journaling a few of the interviews that I have done. Questions and what I learnt about them! And so, the update of my practice. To help anyone who is actively working with Tolkien's spirits and deities or TES deities and need help. If you feel that you might be reached out by a spirit or god, I will help you without problems.

Since I am in the perfect and safe space to do this... I want to share a little bit of my thoughts about this practice that I have been doing a lot of research and reflection of...

I have encountered TES deities and spirits that leaned me to study hard about this very interesting subject, thanks to Loki (one of my main patrons) and finally thanks to all of the TES pagan comunity here that allowed me to express myself and feel noticed when... I really don't know anything about this.

I am a traditional witch in all senses. I practice traditional paths, have traditional guides and bounds and I perform traditional spells and incantations. Started from green witchcraft and followed to Ceremonial Magic(k), Invocation, Conjures and Meditation, Spellwork, Spà/Spàe and more. So it is kinda strange to me to find that it is actually possible to connect with other kind of spirits and deities that are not created by a divine source (in the traditional sense), but it is created thanks to human imagination, intention, hard work and canon/non canon lore.

In the comunity that I am currently, this deities are called egregores... usually associated with not so good intentions at all. From my perspective, I wasn't in a healing space or in a good space the last five years... and today something came to my mind: why did I had to listen to the same people that did a lot of harm to me with their actions, bad use of magic and poor knowledge of something so sacred? People that are not in a good place in their lives and get their own space so dirty energetically and physically all the time. People that betrayed me and bullied me a lot inside of the comunity... are the same that tries to pretend that their witchcraft and magic is better than mine. So, a lot of mistakes and pride are in between the Hispanic comunity of witchcraft. The same that set rules that I followed for so long. In that spectrum I always have been afraid of being rejected by them (that happened anyway). And when I entered to this space I felt safe. Not just that, but I noticed that it is pretty common to PCD pagans to respect and support each other practices, educating in mental health too and sharing all of their knowledge to create a safe place for all.

Neurodivergent people in the comunity are the best, even if I only read posts and I am not actively talking with anyone... it is beautifully insane the amount of respect and love that they show, not just to us, but for their own deities too. So, this is a post about my questions, thoughts and conversations that I had with TES deities.

Enjoy the ride, dearies!

• ¿What is pop culture deity work to me? •

— This is a hard question to do, to me, today... For I am not always sure about me or my craft (I suffer from a very bad lack of self esteem and panic). So I will talk about the practical aspects of it first, then I will talk about my personal belief system from a very specific culture.

| Practical Aspect |

Pop culture deity work is based on two spiritual and magical systems;

† Animism: considers that every single thing, being and force has/is a spirit itself. With consciousness, power, intelligence and inherent wisdom to share. Animism is the base of witchcraft and the base of every spiritual practice that involves energy manipulation or energy work. So, in this aspect a stone, an herb, a cloud, a tree, the stars, the sky and the 4 elements are a spirit, ancient, alive, with eyes/ears/sensitivity. They are capable of communicate with us, perform a change on this earth and hold influences in us and in the cosmos. The second part sets that every object that exists... possess or is an anima. A spirit that can be awakened or it is awake. They can interact with us through ideas, symbols, emotions, signals and events. A knife, a cup, a crystal, a stone, a wand, a candle or even a house can be very alive. And awake their spirit through energy work and sacred chants. So, everything that surrounds you and me, breaths. Shamans, healers, witchers, sorcerers, etc. know this perfectly.

† The mind CREATES: you can change your world, reality or situation through the power of the mind and the good direction of your intentions and emotions. You can charge energy into something that you want. Give it form, shape their bases, construct the psyche of it and give it a name and a porpoise. We are made to create, preserve and destroy as humans (not gods or deities) in our little square of life. Like a shape-shifter, we can modify the aspect of things and the way that we do things with time, practice and being humble.

— So, with those basic principles (I know that pop culture deity work involves more than this) we enter to the concept of egregor. Settled in chaos magick by the 80' decade. Even if the concept was very well scripted in ancient cultures like Egyptian Hermetism and modern ones like the Golden Dawn comunity. Also I believe that the Greeks and Norse people settled their own construction about "guardian spirits". Platon says that we all come from a realm called "The Ideas Realm" or the invisible one, from up to down we awake our divine spirit in our path on earth. So, it is not weird to think that if our mind is divine (daemon greek concept), our ideas are inherently divine too. For, everything that we think and throw can make a severe impact in the astral realm and in the spirit world, connected to us.

That makes me think a lot. The egregoric form of a lot of deities and forces become independent from us, as the egregores of spirits, characters, ideas and more. An egregore is settled like an illusion, but a real one. An energy with a specific form feeded by the thoughts and emotions of a great comunity of people that believe in it, shaped the form, gave it offerings until they reached a higher state of consciousness and freedom to move away from their source and expand their spirit (anima) away from us. Reaching a new level of emotional experience in their interaction with the existence. Call it people, adoration group, things, animals, astral spaces or whatever. An egregor is not necessary bad or harmful, it depends on the energy and the way that it was formed... so, like they are bad spirits, they are also good ones! And here the pop culture deity concept arrives.

• A deity is inherently good, even if it's chaotic or presented as amoral or inmoral in a way. It doesn't mean that is going to do bad because of pleasure. It means that they understaning of the world is different and their concept change and evolves as the society does so. That it means, the ancient cults are not the same cults as we know here, in modern times. We can get close, very close! But it will never be the same in their nature.

A deity can be a guide, a mentor, a companion a teacher who provides hard but necessary lessons for own own evolution, learning and healing path. Even if it tough they remind me of this Buddhist Quote;

—Master, why do I feel pain?

—Because you choose the cure and not the anesthesia anymore.

So in this case, I think it applies.

1. If we associate a deity with wisdom, good, a high level, a high emotional intelligence and capacities... it is settled on the spiritual world, that we adore a spirit as a deity or we create a deity (even if we don't know that we do it) we are going to have a good experience (even if it not always comfortable, because hard work requires discipline and getting a little uncomfortable sometimes and that's okay). Also, they are not associated with harm to humans in any way, so everything that we consider divine is good for us (no matter if they are associated with chaos, dark, death, crossroads, light, sins or war), because it is not human. It is more, it is better, it is safe, it will makes us reach up a better level of enlightment.

2. With this, settled up. A pop culture deity is a form of energy that started being an egregor with with time they reached a higher level of divine consciousness and approach to humans/mortals, helping us with the path and the way of living to do it better. So, the kind of experiences are not always bad, but sometimes is different to we can experience with a traditional deity.

A. For example, I can be very close to Sheogorath but he understands that I am not ready to accept him fully because of my own ignorance (I am just starting in this). And he is going to be like, in a second plane and try to do things at his own way but in a comfortable pace. Not like Loki. Because I have another relationship with Loki and I accept him as a fully primordial god and my dear one. So, Loki is going to be more open than Sheogorath.

B. Probably the first signals of Sheogorath are not going to be just in an astral of energy form at first because I will think that I am delusional. The same happened with my main traditional deities at first. Since I suffered bad mental illnesses, the first step was connecting me with people that actually do this for me to feel safe. So, in that case first Sheogorath is going to introduce me to the social media comunity, teaching through posts, people, images and sending virtual signs. Not like my deities that can appear in dreams, send very physical signs and show in my astral plane or in my house very often.

C. My conclusion is: they are no difference in the sense of... interactions. Since Sheogorath is a good talker like me and other gods. So, they will have a different approach than traditional deities. Not because one is an egregore and the other is divine (this is absolutely relative and I will explain why), but because it is easier for us to connect in a virtual space than in a physical space (for the lack of information and books about this). And since our psyche is USED to see them as cartoons... at first , maybe we will have the feeling that we are living in a cartoon or fictional world. And the last things they take it so light and so well, but also can be uncomfortable... — until our brain take this as a reality. —and that last part is important.

With him, I sensed at first the thing of "theatrical" thing, for is a kinda eccentric spirit. Why the pop culture deities guides us with the social media? Because there are no official books or studies that can allow the practice like in blogs or pages on internet. So, here are the questions that I will be answering.

• 1 • ¿There is a difference between TES pop culture deities and traditional deities?

— DISCLAIMER: Look, I will be only talking about TES deities because I only had experiences with them. I thought I saw Grell from Kuroshitsuji once, but it was just once and I was walking in the street. I thought it was too much and it gone immediately. So. I can't talk about pop culture deities in general because I don't feel like I have the place to do so.

ANSWER: yes and no. The only difference that I found was the origin of their spirits. Since traditional deities have a more divine and cosmic origin and pop culture deities have a human origin. This means a simple thing: a human creates an idea, gives it a form, concept, personality and nature. The fandom around can change the same personality and add their own things. The funny real question is... when this spirit became a god? When it awakened as a god or as a highly intelligent figure? (So much more than we humans). I don't know, but in my belief system I believe that the gods did it, to make sure that we humans don't have a bad experience with the energy form, in their first developed. Like, the creator maybe was like: "Oh, I am going to create this fictional god called Sheogorath! It is going to be like this and it is going to act like that. His favourite food is... and his story, realm, personality is going to be like that, etc. So, we can say that, while the gods are a creation or other primordial forced or awakened before this earth was even formed... Pop deities was created by a human or a bunch of humans. And then, their own fandom made the rest, as the cosmic laws of correspondence, animism and chaos. As simple as that. Like, we don't even know who was the first magician to encounter Sheogorath and have a magical experience with him (the game is not that old as traditional deities who hold literally thousands of years).

In the sense of practical magic, emotional intelligence, divine essence and approach I see no difference between a traditional god and. TES god. Like, they are like the same high force but with different origins. Just that.

BELIEF SYSTEM: in my eastern philosophy I believe that everything that surrounds us is inherently divine. Not everyone and everything is a god, but all is certainly sacred and divine. If we humans can became divine, sacred, saints, angels or even daemon spirits and guardian spirits, protectors and we can literally evolve... so the mind, so the human mind creation. And I also believe that good and love is one of the main things that will give you the higher aspects the divine aspects and the power of change reality and have a soul. So, I also believe that any pop culture deity that can love, guard, guide and show empathy can develop a soul and also that gods can give a soul to a being that deserves it. To continue their path, interact with us and shaping the form to reach even more higher states.

• 2 • How is the TES pop culture deity approach and what is the difference with the traditional deities?

ANSWER: this is a very good question to make. For I see a very common difference... and that is the TES gods understand the limitation of the human mind. They notice when a thing it is literally too much to believe. So at first, they can be there and do literally nothing. Like, they wanted to me to be sure of their presence and to know that... their presence represents no risk to me or my mental health. It is pretty common that a lot of people can feel like they are being crazy/delusional. So a traditional deity (understanding that we literally normalized their existence) can be more abrasive. More open to us, more confident in the interaction with us, humans. In exchange, a TES deity at first is going to be quite, like a whisper, like an idea or an emotional. And I remember feeling a lot of nostalgic and connected with a lot of primordial forces. I sensed them a little bit shy, at first. But with time, they can be more open until you are ready. Not because they don't know how to approach to us. They know it very good; but because they understand that I don't know how, not always at least. And they wait until my brain is ready to accept their full existence and my nervous system feels safe at least.

a. A traditional deity is more open, more abrasive, more clear, more noisy in their signals, more warm and talker.

b. A TES deity (at first) stands there, studies your sistem, your beliefs, your mental state, your spiritual and evolutive level. Just making sure that you are ok and not talking to much.

b. A traditional deity literally takes Space, is confident, is there and you know it. A TES deity waits for you to give them space. And they settle when it is time to be and talk and when it is time to go and give the human brain space to accommodate oneself. And you Need that time and space, not forcing anything. In fact, they have been away for a long time because I simply wasn't ready at first and in my emotional state I took it to the extreme of overthinking and obsession. So they stopped and I was like; alright. No I understand that I need to work in the difference that I am creating.

c. A traditional deity can handle everything by their own, because you have faith and your brain has accepted the spirit or divine figure as a real god. A TES deity usually asked a traditional deity for help, to make sure that my own brain was accepting their existence as real gods, step by step. Like I don't know. Nocturnal is in my space, so Hekate is and she handles me while handles the situation and checks (thanks mother).

d. A traditional deity (in my case after years of connections, trust and practice) accepts my emotional feelings and love. TES deity says: calm, I know you admire me and want to be a devotee, your heart knows what your mind is not ready to process. So I am not taking this. Give it time.

For example: I am not even ready to perform a ritual with Nocturnal. I would not have an emotional bond with Lord Mora or accept a guidance from Lucien Lachance all at once. Because I couldn't handle, would start overthinking, etc. I perform witchcraft almost every day (it is my current work) but I am human and I need to respect my own limits.

The only differences that I note are that.

DISCLAIMER: this is only my experience and this it serves like a grimoire and like a good place to start if you are also in pop deity work.

— An advice is: "don't force your mind to process everything at once; even if your heart knows the path"

• 3 • Since you are a romantic and devotional godspouse, do you believe that is possible to have a romantic gp with pop culture deity work?

ANSWER: yes and no. It depends. Like, I wouldn't worship all of the fictional characters that I see because I have more appreciation for mental health and the energy and spiritual realm in the human unconsciousness is tricky as fuck. And my mind can change a lot to now until years ahead. But today, my answers is: it depends. It depends on your mental health, rooted scheme of your psyche, what it conveys you to your own good and the limits that you can handle and you cannot handle! TES gods never offered something similar to me (I am like a baby TES pagan so it has all the sense). But I know of a few people that had/has godspousing with Pop culture deities (don't know them personally or talked with them) (not TES deities).

If a pop culture deity is interested in you in that way (no matter the kind of gp, if its romantic/devotional/parenting/religious/platonic/etc.) it will wait until there is a solid bond between you and them. Like any other spirit. Because they can be gods and deities, but our brain maybe can't process that because their origin is very different. So. It is possible based on your own personal circumstances, understanding of life and spirituality. I believe that the first thing is trust and confidence. Not just in them, but in you! In your own skills, mental health, capacity to be a safe space for yourself and being absolutely nature with what you're doing.

For example: I was very confused at my very first beginning with Lord Hermeaus Mora. He is not like the... bunch of eyes and tentacles of the canon lore. No, he is like a Daemon in many aspects. Well dressed, well looking, with a strong presence, a lot of knowledge like an Ancient Spirit would have. And he was my mentor during my first encounters. But I was starting to feel confused because of attachment. I didn't receive any signals of him wanting to go beyond the "knowing" spectrum. But also I didn't felt rejection or uncomfortable feelings when he sensed my emotions and confusion. He didn't took a step back but also didn't made any approach beyond that.

What it also made me thing was... the energy between us shifted slowly. It was different, it was more close to Satan or Lucifer when I received my first court for gp. But with the passing days maybe decided that was enough and that I wasn't able to practice that and that, it was too much. Definitely.

• CONCLUSION: even if it's weird, maybe you can practice that but is totally personal. I wouldn't recommend that if you are a baby pop culture magician, witch or witcher. No matter how years you spend on godspousing and traditional magic.

• Every

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• Is

• A

• Path

• That you start

• From Zero.

You become a novice, a child in the good sense, following the basic principles and understanding the same three or four concepts until your brain PROCESS them and you get to really know your deities and they get to really know you. So, wait until you are ready to accept those kind of sacred practices. Not just with godspouse, but also with Priest/Priestess, Oracle or Shamanic Charges.

It is possible? I don't know, I am not a godspouse. But it is, it requires time.

Is real? Probably yes.

It is recommended? It depends on you.

• 4 • Do you need a chaotic wizard/witch/witcher/magician to perform pop culture deity?

Yes... you need to be. In the specific case of TES paganism, it is not only chaos magick... but also folk magic of Nirn, literally. So, in that case you can learn Daedric Magic, Wizard College Magic, Nine Divine Magic and even follow the different cults. The Black Hand cult, the Mythic Dawn Cult, the different cults from the different Daedra. Create your own cult or practice, etc.

Like, I don't want you to believe that you are actually a dunmer, a khajjit, a nordic, etc. You will be human like everyone else. You don't live in Nirn and their provinces. But you will use the concept of the realms and follow their own culture while you adapt it to your own. Like, it is pretty common for chaotic magick you make you lose your sense of personality and you can harm yourself if you let the fantasy get it too much inside of you. Besides, TES gods absolutely don't want that. You can love something without letting that thing be corrupted at all. So. You will need to understand this.

a. Trust your gut: trust your gods, deities, guides or spirits in the folk magic of the fictional world. They know best than you, don't try to take the canon lore too literal (the same applies with the traditional deities). But first of all, trust in yourself. You don't have to change your identity or think that you need to imagine that you are from a specific race from a specific place. This is not a fanfic, this can be very real and very earthly.

b. Learn about chaos magic. Story, foundation, the people that discovered it, rules, what type of chaos magick is allowed for us humans to practice.

c. Learn about the lore, in this case, TES lore. Start with the simple, pages and fandom. Then go to the actual witchcraft community.

d. Learn to separate the game from the magic work... you can spend hours watching and gaming, but when it comes to magic is another thing. The astral realm is yours and the practice is yours. You can take things from the game and adapt them to you. But also, if you play games and don't practice witchcraft with them, but still want to perform devotional acts, gaming is a good way.

It is a way if you are not okay to perform witchcraft, is a good way to be devotional and connect with their personalities and it is a good way to have fun and enjoy the ride!

On the other side, The Magic Is Not The Game... so, it becomes a serious thing. With their own rules, methods. Blah, blah, blah. Not exactly as mine or other people, but as yours.

For example: I am gaming Skyrim and completing Lord Mora missions. Lord Mora character is not the same as Lord Mora guide and pop culture deity. So I don't expect real harm or manipulation. Another example. I am playing and completing Namira missions; so I don't expect that after that I need to eat people. You get me? The same with the others. I am completing Dark Brotherhood missions... well, I don't expect Lucien Lachance coming to me and saying: "Hey I have a contract for you, light a candle and slay this person".

Because that it is not going to happen!

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So... this is all for now! I hope you like the reading. If you got more questions about this topic I would love to start a debate with you, feel free to express yourself! Also, I am just starting. The next post is going to be about me sharing experiences with each one of them.

Plus: I haven't confirmed those kind of experiences with other witches or magicians...

So this is not a confirmed reality. This is just a diary with thoughts, experiences and practical studies that I have been done for myself and that only me confirmed. Since I don't have the correct space to do ask anyone else about this. But my best friend has been accepting of this in the past. If you know of someone that can sell services to confirm (a pop culture pagan) also feel free to share the contact.

This is all for now! Thanks for taking the time and welcome to my safe space. I don't have any requests, but please maintain respect and love. I am a great listener, so, if you ever need help for something don't doubt on reach out!

Maybe sometime I will share anything more about me... but this is what I can thing about for now.

And you may ask... how in the universe can you all of that magic all at once? Well... I just can do a lot of things in a day, I suppose. And I really love taking time to do things and to be okay. But hey, you can do it too!

♥️ Blessings and have a great road in life.