who's that dude?

(online energy manipulation community, I mean) 

I’m likely not the best person to make a post on this, simply because I’m pitifully out of practice (studies and practiced for multiple years on and off) however— 

you all focus a lot on the basics, which is fine, but you never discuss: 

what the hell to do when the basics fail at times, 

posts on and discussion on how to freaking program, 

different ways of visualizing, 

encouragement to actually practice, checklists and stuff, challenges, 

how not to overthink things, just one way of doing things for those who are super overwhelmed, 

options for practice groups and what-not

everyone forgets about both centering and field matienence. i haven’t seen a single post on either topic. 

in my opinion, actual help, actual advice past the basics, good posts outlining what’s realistic for beginners and also maybe some positivity. 

i understand those who are super experienced and good at this may not want to help out beginners, which is totally understandable, it gets exhausting, you shouldn’t have to hold people’s hands, i agree with that. 

i just hate this massive gulf between those who are beginners and those who are mega experienced (in nearly every OEM community) because it’s honestly never really improved in any OEM community i’ve seen and it is very frustrating. 

when there are nearly no active people who are like,, moderately experienced on Tumblr who are willing to help beginners, it is very frustrating, as someone who feels like a beginner and yet has done hours and hours of research and practice. 

@motherfuqueer(a)theism = Belief(a)gnositc = CertitudeSo for me, I don’t believe there is a God but I am not 100% certain in my belief.Just like someone can believe in God, but not be 100% certain. They would be an Agnostic Christian for example.Or they could believe in God and be 100% certain in a God, they’d be a Gnostic Christian for example.There are also some people who don’t believe in God and are 100% certain, but I believe that’s very rare.The Chart below helps a lot.

instead of making high stress levels a competition, brag about feeling whole and at peace.

make it cool as hell to take 2pm naps and go on mindful walks by yourself.

talk about mental health and normalize visits to counselors or support systems

teach kids that being different is beautiful and that it’s healthy to love what makes us who we are.

(last edited 4/23/15)

Crystals that CANNOT be added to water: http://natural-magics.tumblr.com/post/45755012154/minerals-that-are-not-suitable-for-adding-to-water

Identifying fake stones and crystals: http://cryptia.tumblr.com/post/117123325405/crash-course-on-fake-stones-misrepresentations

Taking care of your crystals (cleansing, etc.): http://natural-magics.tumblr.com/post/61775211651/taking-care-of-your-crystals

How to use healing crystals: http://natural-magics.tumblr.com/post/38043795557/how-to-use-healing-crystals

Things to put sigils on/in: 

-Coffee (with creamer or something) 

-Toaster Strudel (frosting will all mix together anyway) 

-Dust on something 

-Maybe digital sigils under artwork or pretty opaque would work. 

-Just drawn with your finger on anything. 

-People have brought up putting sigils in foundation and then rubbing it in. 

1. Visual: Visual. Daydreaming. Seeing things, etc. An example: visualizing shields being repaired.

2. Feelings: Feelings, not anything more complicated. An example: raw, seething, anger (from the depths of the soul).

3. Concepts/Intent: Not visual (in my opinion). A more complicated form of feelings, more like (or possibly) programming instructions.

An example: Saying or imagining something along the lines of, “this object will reflect negativity or radiate positivity”, without using visuals. Personally I experience this as more of an intuition.

These kinds of visualizations can also be used together.

(last updated 9/30/15)

Eco-friendly ritual tools: http://thegreenwolf.tumblr.com/post/124376411962/eco-friendly-pagan-ritual-toolson-the-cheap

hey witchy babes: you don’t need expensive stuff: http://spiritofally.tumblr.com/post/117351949205/witchy-babes

Pagan Study Groups Tips for witches on a budget: http://thepaganstudygrouppage.tumblr.com/post/111806260815/do-you-have-any-advice-for-a-nascent-witch-who

Links to budget witchery posts: http://rainy-day-witchcraft.tumblr.com/post/121028504287/hi-i-thought-that-maybe-you-could-give-a-little

broom closet witchery: http://lunarlace.com/post/65926263629/broom-closet-witchery

big broom closet post part 1: http://the-brambled-way.tumblr.com/post/66754247512/big-broom-closet-post-part-1

stuff to put in shoebox altars: http://broomcorner.tumblr.com/post/117718928365/ive-been-reading-about-shoebox-altars-for-those

my discreet witchcraft series (ongoing): pinewitch.tumblr.com/tagged/discreet

witchy tips and tricks: http://seashellies.tumblr.com/post/79310935233/witchy-tips-and-tricks

thriving in the broom closet (the pagan study group): http://thepaganstudygrouppage.tumblr.com/post/76551343740/lexis-take-on-witchcraft-week-2-thriving-in

advice for those new to witchcraft: http://fawn-and-fang.tumblr.com/post/76120589417/advice-to-those-new-to-the-craft

Broom closet solutions: http://the-brambled-way.tumblr.com/post/48544978390/broom-closet-solutions

Great broom closet ideas: http://thesubtlewitch.tumblr.com/post/114414234367/witches-of-tumblr-i-need-your-help

Rainy’s broom closet tips: http://rainy-day-witchcraft.tumblr.com/post/116567608382/so-im-underage-and-expressed-that-im-using-witch

How to hide your witchy ways: http://saltwater-phoenix.tumblr.com/post/42912838110/how-to-hide-your-witchy-ways

hiding a Satanic altar in a Christian household: http://whoreofabaddon.tumblr.com/post/60194749701/pagan101-im-a-spiritual-satanist-currently

feather-set’s advice for being in the broom closet: http://feather-set.tumblr.com/post/114357835609/ok-i-cant-figure-much-out-because-im-kind-of-new

seraphickal’s and elysium’s advice for practicing without your parents knowing: http://elysium-configuration.tumblr.com/post/115089744063/hi-i-was-wondering-if-you-could-help-me-i-have

small crystals at michael’s: http://irlweeb.tumblr.com/post/114964957072

assembling an altar without breaking the bank: http://draconic-gryphon.tumblr.com/post/105136387948/assembling-an-altar-without-breaking-the-bank

low budget altar supplies: http://low-budget-witches.tumblr.com/post/114809085171/a-low-budget-list-of-altar-supplies

1. Jars: you can use these for any kind of spell, and they’re nice to look at!

2. Vials and small glass bottles: use for storing herbs, infused oil, or small charms.

3. Baskets: put all of your smaller stuff in baskets, small containers, etc.

4. Pockets: charms, papers with sigils written on them, other small items.

5. Altoid Tins or similar sized things: mini witch kits, altars, or shrines, witchy things, probably Tarot cards but I don’t know exactly how big they are, see @altoidskits for more ideas!!!

6. Bowls: if it’s fireproof you can use it to light incense, but you can also use it to store a lot of different things. you can charge them for certain purposes as well.

Physically feeling energy isn’t as necessary as people say it is.

If you do energy work fairly constantly (at least a few times a week, about once or twice a day as long as it’s not too strenuous), even if you don’t start out instantly feeling energy, you should be able to feel something in about a month (at least), or at most a few months to half a year, which is more like average. You may have trouble with this, I do too, it’s ok.

I personally don’t feel energy as overly physically as others may, if I make a energy ball with my hands, I can feel a magnetic sensation and a change in density in the air where the ball is. That’s all. No tingling, no exceptional warmth (not a lot, only a tiny bit), only what I described

If I make an energy cannonball (so in the middle of my chest), I can feel a sort of light shifting or swirling of energy that feels light, clear, and the change in density

Usually with energy work for me, it’s only a “knowing”, a sort of intuition, and the perceptible change in density.

So I don’t get a sensation of warmth (not a overly obvious one), or coolness, or tingling, etc., and it is fine if you don’t either. But I do get some sort of sensation. 

If you don’t feel anything at all, please practice, do not just quit after once or twice or even 9 times, because there’s a reason you aren’t able to feel anything yet. It’s most likely that the energy ball you made isn’t dense enough to feel, or that you’re expecting a sensation that you will never experience.

I don’t expect a grandiose tingling, warmth, or coolness for any energy work I do, because I know that is not the way things personally work for me when doing this kind of work. Figure out how things work for you, and be open to receiving other sensations, but don’t earnestly look for and expect something you don’t normally experience in your same realm of work

And: the main thing to have, besides visualization (and this includes outcomes, using imagined, visual or unimagined, non visual concepts to make constructs), is willpower and knowing that what you do is actually happening and will materialize.

1. Your body is a lightning rod that goes into the ground.

2. Lightning goes through you and cleanses you. It exits your body through your feet.

so we’re bad at talking with people but we want to go to our prom 

at least because our boyfriend/best friend will likely be there, and we only get to see him literally once or twice a year 

he is literally the only person who understands us as a system and as a person (that we get to see remotely often), and it hurts to not get to see him because we just wanna do cute stuff like hold his hand, and talk to him, and tell him about stuff, and spend time with him, but we never get to 

so we need excuses for getting to the prom 

we are really bad at talking (which is ironic because we’re good at writing). we stim a lot and we never know what to talk about, we frequently look tense, we don’t like talking to people a lot and making eye contact is uncomfortable at times,