#contagious magic

why muttering under your breath is actually system programming for the soul

Let’s start by dispelling a common misapprehension: That spells are just vibes and poetry with props.

No shade to candle lit poetry, but here's the truth: A spell is an intentional system of symbolic action designed to produce change in the self, in the space, or in the deeper structure of reality itself. It’s not the words alone. It’s how meaning is input into the world, shaped through tools, breath, ritual, and cultural memory. It’s code, not just floating in the air, but carved into the bones of the world.

Hello beautiful souls ✨

Most magic falls into one of three categories—even if you don't know the names.

When you light a green candle for money, you're using sympathetic magic.

When you tie someone's hair into a spell, you're using contagious magic.

When you draw a symbol and charge it with intention, you're using sigil magic.

These aren't traditions or paths. They're technologies—fundamental mechanisms through which magic operates. Understanding the difference helps you:

Choose the right method for your goal

Troubleshoot when spells fail

Build spells from scratch without recipes

Understand why certain ingredients "work"

Today we're breaking down all three, how they function, and how to use them effectively.

SYMPATHETIC MAGIC: Like Attracts Like

THE PRINCIPLE:

Things that resemble each other are connected. By affecting the symbol, you affect the reality it represents.

Also called: The Law of Similarity

The logic: If X looks like Y, acts like Y, or symbolizes Y, then magic performed on X will influence Y.

EXAMPLES IN PRACTICE:

Poppet/Doll Magic You create a doll to represent a person. Whatever you do to the doll affects the person.

Stick pins in it for harm (or healing)

Dress it in their colors

Name it after them

The doll is them symbolically

Candle Magic You burn a green candle for money because green = money in your cultural association. The candle represents wealth, so burning it "activates" wealth in your life.

Color Correspondences Red for passion, blue for peace, black for protection—all sympathetic magic. The color symbolizes the quality, so using the color invokes the quality.

Image Magic You print someone's photo and burn it to remove them from your life. The image represents them, so destroying the image symbolically destroys their influence.

Plant Magic (Doctrine of Signatures) A plant that looks like a body part treats that body part. Walnuts (look like brains) for mental clarity. Ginger root (looks like intestines) for digestion. This is ancient sympathetic magic.

WHY IT WORKS:

Psychologically: Your subconscious thinks in symbols. When you work with a symbol, your mind accepts it as real and responds accordingly.

Metaphysically: The universe recognizes similarity as connection. Energy follows symbolic pathways.

Practically: You're creating a physical anchor for abstract intentions, making them concrete and actionable.

HOW TO USE IT:

Identify what you want to influence (a person, a situation, a quality)

Find or create a symbol that represents it (doll, candle, drawing, object)

Treat the symbol as if it IS the thing (not represents—IS)

Perform your magic on the symbol (charging, transforming, destroying, empowering)

Trust the connection (doubt breaks the symbolic link)

COMMON MISTAKES:

The symbol is too vague. A pink candle for "love" is generic. A pink candle carved with initials, anointed with rose oil, and charged with specific intention is targeted.

You don't fully believe in the connection. If you're treating the doll like "just a craft project," it won't work. You have to feel the symbolic link.

You break the connection prematurely. You do a cord-cutting spell (cutting thread between two poppets) but then immediately text the person. The symbolic action must be supported by real-world follow-through.

STRENGTHS:

Accessible (easy to find symbols)

Flexible (can symbolize almost anything)

Psychologically powerful (subconscious responds well)

LIMITATIONS:

Requires strong visualization and belief

Cultural correspondence differences (green = money in US, might mean something else elsewhere)

Can feel indirect

CONTAGIOUS MAGIC: Once Connected, Always Connected

THE PRINCIPLE:

Things that were once in contact remain connected, even when separated. By affecting the part, you affect the whole.

Also called: The Law of Contagion

The logic: If X was once part of Y or touched Y, X retains a connection to Y forever. Magic performed on X will reach Y through that connection.

EXAMPLES IN PRACTICE:

Hair/Nail Magic You use someone's hair in a spell. The hair was part of them, so it still carries their essence. Work done on the hair affects the person.

Blood Magic Your blood in a spell creates a permanent connection. That's why blood magic is considered binding and dangerous—the connection can't easily be severed.

Photo Magic (Advanced) Not just any photo—a photo they owned, touched, or that contains their energy. The physical object absorbed their essence through contact.

Clothing/Personal Items Their worn shirt, their jewelry, their handwriting—anything they touched regularly carries their energy. Using it in magic creates a direct line to them.

Taglock Magic Any biological material (spit, sweat, skin cells, menstrual blood, semen) creates a powerful link. This is why you don't leave these things where enemies can find them.

Footprint/Track Magic Dirt from their footprint connects to them. Some traditions gather this to work magic on a person without their knowledge.

WHY IT WORKS:

Energetically: Physical contact leaves an energetic imprint. That imprint remains even when the objects separate.

Biologically: DNA and biological material are the person on a cellular level. The connection is literal, not just symbolic.

Metaphysically: The universe doesn't recognize separation the way we do. What was once joined remains entangled.

HOW TO USE IT:

Obtain a taglock (personal item, biological material, something they owned/touched)

Cleanse yourself and your space (you're working with direct connection—be protected)

Treat the taglock as a literal link to the person (not a symbol—an extension of them)

Perform magic on/with the taglock (binding, healing, influence, communication)

Dispose of properly afterward (burn, bury, return to nature—don't leave it accessible)

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS:

Contagious magic is powerful and binding. It raises serious ethical questions:

Consent: Using someone's biological material without permission is violation. Even if your intent is good (healing), you're bypassing their free will.

Permanence: These connections are hard to break. Blood bonds especially. Don't create connections you're not prepared to maintain or sever.

Vulnerability: If someone has your taglock, they can work magic on you. Protect your biological material.

Defensive practice:

Flush hair and nails

Burn used tissues

Don't leave blood anywhere

Be careful who has access to your belongings

Cleanse items before discarding them

COMMON MISTAKES:

Using a taglock from the wrong person. You grabbed a hair from the bathroom but it's your roommate's, not your target's. Now the spell affects the wrong person.

Not protecting yourself. Working with someone's biological material opens a two-way channel. If you don't shield, they can feel you working, or energy can backlash.

Underestimating the power. "It's just a strand of hair" becomes "why can't I stop thinking about this person" three months later. Contagious magic creates lasting bonds.

Illegal or unethical acquisition. Don't steal. Don't break into someone's space. Beyond ethics, the violation in the acquisition taints the magic.

STRENGTHS:

Extremely powerful

Direct connection (no middleman)

Works even if target is far away

Hard to defend against (if they don't know)

LIMITATIONS:

Requires access to personal items/biological material

Ethically fraught

Creates lasting connections (can't easily undo)

Two-way channel (affects you too)

SIGIL MAGIC: Encoding Intention Into Symbol

THE PRINCIPLE:

Intention can be compressed into a visual symbol and activated to manifest. The symbol bypasses conscious mind and speaks directly to subconscious/universe.

The logic: Words and thoughts are diffuse. Symbols are concentrated. By creating a unique glyph that represents your exact intention, you create a battery of focused will that activates when charged.

EXAMPLES IN PRACTICE:

Traditional Sigil Creation (Chaos Magic Method):

Write intention: "I WILL FIND A NEW JOB"

Remove vowels and repeated letters: W L F N D J B

Combine letters into abstract symbol

Charge through gnosis (orgasm, meditation, intense focus)

Forget the original intention (let subconscious work)

Bind Runes Norse runes combined into one symbol. Each rune has meaning; combined, they create complex intention.

Seals (Solomonic/Hermetic) Planetary seals, angelic seals, demonic seals—all are sigils connecting to specific forces.

Personal Glyphs You create a symbol that feels right for your intention, without linguistic method. Pure intuitive design.

Charging Symbols on Objects Drawing sigils on candles, doors, your body, tools. The symbol holds and radiates intention.

WHY IT WORKS:

Psychologically: Your conscious mind forgets the intention, so doubt can't interfere. Your subconscious remembers and works toward it.

Symbolically: The brain processes images faster than words. A sigil is pure concentrated meaning.

Energetically: The act of creating the sigil charges it. Further charging amplifies and releases it.

Metaphysically: The universe responds to concentrated, encrypted intention better than scattered conscious wishes.

HOW TO CREATE & USE:

METHOD 1: Letter Reduction (Chaos Magic)

State intention clearly (present tense, positive, specific)

Bad: "I don't want to be poor"

Good: "Money flows easily to me"

Remove vowels and duplicate letters

"MONEY FLOWS EASILY TO ME"

Becomes: M N Y F L W S T

Combine letters into abstract design

Stack, overlap, stylize until unrecognizable

Make it aesthetically pleasing to you

Charge the sigil

Intense focus (stare until vision shifts)

Meditation (enter gnosis, imprint symbol)

Physical energy (dancing, drumming, sex)

Emotional peak (laughter, tears, rage)

Burn/destroy while at peak intensity

Forget it

Don't obsess over meaning

Let it work in subconscious

Trust the process

METHOD 2: Intuitive Drawing

Hold intention in mind

Draw without thinking (automatic writing but visual)

Refine into clean symbol

Charge and release

METHOD 3: Combining Existing Symbols

Choose symbols that represent your goal (astrological, runic, alchemical, cultural)

Combine into one glyph

Charge and activate

CHARGING METHODS:

Gnosis (Altered State):

Sexual: Orgasm while focusing on sigil

Meditative: Deep trance, imprint symbol

Exhaustive: Physical exertion to breakthrough

Emotional: Peak joy/rage/grief while viewing sigil

Sensory: Overload (strobe lights, loud music, spin) or deprivation (darkness, silence)

Energetic:

Breathwork while visualizing sigil glowing

Channeling energy through hands into symbol

Placing on altar during ritual

Elemental:

Burn it (fire transformation)

Bury it (earth manifestation)

Float it away (water flow)

Release to wind (air dispersal)

The method matters less than the intensity. You must hit an altered state where conscious mind steps aside.

COMMON MISTAKES:

Forgetting to forget. You create the sigil then obsess over whether it's working. Your conscious mind's doubt cancels the subconscious work.

Weak charging. You stare at it for 30 seconds while thinking about groceries. No gnosis = no activation.

Vague intention. "I want to be happy" becomes meaningless. "I experience joy in my body daily" is specific.

Reusing sigils. Each sigil should be unique to one intention. Reusing dilutes meaning (unless you're creating a personal symbol language intentionally).

Skipping the destruction. Some traditions say burn/destroy to release. Others say keep. Experiment. But if keeping, don't keep staring at it—put it away.

STRENGTHS:

No materials needed (just pen and paper)

Extremely personal (no one else's energy involved)

Bypasses conscious resistance

Flexible (works for any intention)

Can be hidden in plain sight

LIMITATIONS:

Requires strong visualization/focus

Forgetting can be hard (brain wants to remember)

Results can be subtle/delayed

No direct connection to target (if working on someone else)

COMBINING THE THREE: ADVANCED WORK

The most powerful spells often combine multiple technologies.

EXAMPLE 1: Binding Spell

Contagious: Use their hair (direct connection) Sympathetic: Bind in black thread (black = restriction, binding = constraint) Sigil: Carve binding sigil into black candle, burn over the bound hair

Why this works: Triple mechanism. Contagious connects, sympathetic symbolizes, sigil concentrates intention.

EXAMPLE 2: Healing Spell

Sympathetic: Blue candle (healing color) Contagious: Photo of person to be healed Sigil: Draw healing sigil on photo, place under candle

EXAMPLE 3: Self-Love Spell

Sympathetic: Rose quartz (self-love stone), pink candle Contagious: Your own hair or written name Sigil: Create self-love sigil, charge it during ritual

You don't need all three. But understanding when to use which creates more effective magic.

WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU USE?

Use SYMPATHETIC when:

You want accessible, flexible magic

You're working with abstract concepts (abundance, peace, confidence)

You don't have personal connection to target

You want culturally-understood symbols

Use CONTAGIOUS when:

You need powerful, direct connection to specific person

You have access to their personal items/biological material

You're willing to deal with ethical complexity

You want results that are hard to defend against

Use SIGIL when:

You want to work alone without outside energy

You need to bypass conscious resistance

You want something portable/concealable

You're good with symbols and visualization

You want to "set and forget"

Mix them when:

You want maximum power

You're experienced and can handle complex working

The goal is serious enough to warrant multi-method approach

THE ETHICS QUESTION

Sympathetic magic: Generally ethically neutral. Using symbols doesn't violate anyone.

Contagious magic: Ethically complex. Using someone's biological material without consent is violation, even with good intent.

Sigil magic: Ethically neutral if used on yourself. If creating sigils to influence others, same consent questions apply.

The rule: If you wouldn't do it to someone's face, don't do it with their hair.

PRACTICAL EXERCISE: TEST ALL THREE

Try the same intention using each method. Track which produces better results for you.

Goal: Attract new opportunity

Sympathetic Approach:

Orange candle (opportunity color)

Carve "new doors open" into wax

Burn while visualizing doors opening

Scatter ashes at crossroads

Contagious Approach:

Your business card or resume (contains your energy)

Anoint with success oil

Carry in wallet, sleep with under pillow

"This is me, attracting opportunity"

Sigil Approach:

Create sigil: "OPPORTUNITIES COME TO ME"

Reduce to: P R T N S C M

Draw combined glyph

Charge through meditation/dancing/intensity

Burn and forget

Track results over two weeks. Which method felt most powerful? Which produced tangible results?

Your magic will naturally favor one or two methods. That's your signature.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Sympathetic magic: Like attracts like. Work with symbols.

Contagious magic: Once connected, always connected. Work with physical links.

Sigil magic: Intention becomes symbol. Work with concentrated will.

All three are valid. All three work. The question isn't which is "best"—it's which serves your specific goal and matches your personal power.

Master all three, and you can build any spell from scratch.

No more following recipes you don't understand. You'll know why each ingredient matters, how the mechanics function, and when to use each technology.

That's when you become a witch who understands the craft, not just performs it.

YOUR TURN

Which type of magic do you use most?

Have you been combining them without knowing?

What's one spell you've done that you can now identify as sympathetic, contagious, or sigil work?

Let's talk. Understanding the mechanics changes everything.

Blessed be 🔗

Hello beautiful souls ✨

Here's a question that keeps witches and scientists up at night: Does belief actually create reality, or does it just change your perception of reality?

And here's the uncomfortable answer: Both. And the line between them is thinner than you think.

This is where psychology and metaphysics crash into each other—where provable science meets unprovable magic—and where your practice gets either very powerful or very delusional, depending on how you understand it.

Today we're exploring:

How your brain literally constructs your reality

The psychology of belief and expectation

Where magic enters the equation

How to use this knowledge without gaslighting yourself

The difference between "you create your reality" and toxic positive thinking

Let's dive into the mechanics of belief.

THE BRAIN AS REALITY GENERATOR

First, the uncomfortable truth: You've never experienced objective reality.

Everything you perceive is filtered through your nervous system, interpreted by your brain, and presented to your consciousness as "reality." But that presentation is:

Incomplete (you only perceive a tiny fraction of what exists)

Biased (your past experiences shape current interpretation)

Constructed (your brain fills in gaps, predicts, and smooths)

Delayed (you experience reality 80 milliseconds after it happens)

You don't see the world as it is. You see the world as your brain predicts it to be, then corrects for errors.

This isn't metaphysics. This is neuroscience.

THE PSYCHOLOGY: HOW BELIEF SHAPES EXPERIENCE

THE RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM (RAS)

Your RAS is a filter in your brainstem that determines what information reaches your conscious awareness.

Example: You decide you want a red car. Suddenly, you see red cars everywhere. They were always there—your RAS just started flagging them as "relevant."

In magic: You set an intention for abundance. Your RAS starts flagging opportunities, resources, and synchronicities you would have ignored before. The opportunities were there—you just didn't see them.

This is why "manifestation" often works: You're training your brain to notice what supports your goal.

CONFIRMATION BIAS

You seek, interpret, and remember information that confirms your existing beliefs.

Example: You believe you're unlucky. You notice every setback, forget every win, and interpret neutral events as proof of your bad luck.

Or: You believe magic works. You remember the spells that succeeded, minimize the failures, and interpret coincidences as validation.

This isn't necessarily bad. Confirmation bias is a tool. The question is: what are you using it to confirm?

THE PLACEBO EFFECT

Belief alone can produce measurable physical changes.

Medical examples:

Sugar pills reduce pain (if you believe they're painkillers)

Fake surgeries produce real healing (placebo effect up to 30-50% in some studies)

People told a substance will make them drunk show drunk behavior (even if it's non-alcoholic)

Your belief changes biochemistry. This is proven.

In magic: The spell's power isn't just in the herbs or words. It's in your certainty that it will work. Your belief triggers psychological and physiological changes that support the outcome.

SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY

Your expectations about the future change your behavior in ways that make that future more likely.

Example: You believe you'll fail the interview. This makes you anxious. Your anxiety makes you perform poorly. You fail. "See? I knew it."

Or: You believe a spell will bring you love. This makes you more open, confident, and present. People respond to your energy. You meet someone. "See? The spell worked."

Did the spell work, or did your belief change your behavior?

Answer: Both. And that's the point.

THE METAPHYSICS: WHERE PSYCHOLOGY ISN'T ENOUGH

Psychology explains a lot. But it doesn't explain everything practitioners experience.

WHAT PSYCHOLOGY CAN'T EXPLAIN:

Precognition that's later verified You dream of an event in specific detail. Days later, it happens exactly as you saw it—including details you couldn't have known.

Non-local effects You do a spell for someone across the country. They report feeling it at the exact time you cast, without prior communication.

Divination accuracy beyond chance You consistently pull cards or receive messages that are too specific and accurate to be random or cold reading.

Physical phenomena Objects move. Temperatures shift. Electronics malfunction during ritual. Witnesses confirm what you experienced.

Information you couldn't have accessed Mediumship that provides verifiable information about deceased people you never met. Remote viewing that describes places you've never been.

This is where we enter contested territory. Science hasn't (yet) explained these experiences. That doesn't mean they're not real—it means our models are incomplete.

THE OVERLAP: WHERE PSYCHOLOGY BECOMES MAGIC

Here's where it gets interesting. What if the distinction between "psychological" and "metaphysical" is false?

What if belief is the mechanism through which consciousness shapes reality?

THE QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS HYPOTHESIS (Speculative but compelling)

Some interpretations of quantum mechanics suggest:

Consciousness collapses probability waves into concrete reality

Observation (which requires belief in what you're looking for) determines outcomes

The universe at quantum level is probabilistic until consciousness interacts with it

If this is true: Your belief doesn't just change your perception—it influences which version of reality becomes "real."

Your spell isn't just psychological reprogramming. It's your consciousness selecting from infinite possibilities and making one more probable.

Again: This is speculative. But the experiential results are consistent.

THE FIELD THEORY

Another model: Reality is a field of information/energy that responds to focused consciousness.

Your belief:

Generates coherent energy

Focuses that energy toward specific outcomes

Interfaces with the field in ways that increase probability of desired results

Think of it like:

Radio waves exist everywhere

Your belief is a tuner that locks onto specific frequencies

You don't create the signal, but you do determine what you receive

Whether this is metaphysics or advanced psychology doesn't matter as much as: it produces consistent results.

THE MECHANISM: HOW TO USE THIS KNOWLEDGE

If belief shapes reality (through psychology, metaphysics, or both), how do you work with this intentionally?

1. BELIEF MUST BE EMBODIED, NOT JUST INTELLECTUAL

Doesn't work: "I believe I'm abundant" (while feeling scarcity in your body, acting from lack, and obsessively checking your bank account)

Works: "I am abundant" (while feeling gratitude in your chest, acting generously, and trusting resources will appear when needed)

Your subconscious reads your actions and emotions, not your affirmations.

2. BELIEF REQUIRES CONGRUENCE

All parts of you must align:

Conscious mind: "I want this"

Subconscious: "I believe I can have this"

Actions: "I'm behaving as if this is already true"

Emotions: "I feel aligned with this outcome"

Incongruence kills magic. If one part doubts, the whole spell fractures.

3. BELIEF NEEDS EVIDENCE (EVEN IF YOU CREATE IT)

Your brain requires proof to maintain belief. Give it proof—even small proof.

Example: You're doing money magic. Find a penny. Frame it. "This is proof abundance flows to me." Your brain accepts this as evidence, strengthening belief.

You're not lying to yourself. You're training your RAS to notice what confirms the belief you're building.

4. BELIEF MUST BE SPECIFIC

Vague beliefs create vague results.

Not: "I believe in love"

Yes: "I believe I am worthy of a partnership with someone who communicates openly, shares my values, and wants to build something lasting"

Specificity gives your subconscious and the universe clear instructions.

5. BELIEF REQUIRES RELEASING ATTACHMENT TO HOW

Paradox: You must believe with certainty while releasing control over the method.

You believe: "I will find the right job" You release: "I don't know how, when, or where—but I trust it will happen"

Micromanaging the how = trying to control the universe with your conscious mind. That doesn't work.

Trusting the how = letting your subconscious and larger forces find paths you can't consciously see.

THE SHADOW SIDE: WHEN "YOU CREATE YOUR REALITY" BECOMES TOXIC

This philosophy gets weaponized. Let's address it.

TOXIC BELIEF #1: "If bad things happen to you, you attracted them."

No.

You don't "attract" trauma, abuse, illness, or systemic oppression through bad thoughts.

What you CAN control: Your response. Your resilience. Your meaning-making.

What you CAN'T control: Other people's choices. Random events. Structural inequalities.

Blaming victims for their circumstances is spiritual abuse, not wisdom.

TOXIC BELIEF #2: "Just think positive and everything will be fine."

No.

Positive thinking without action is delusion. Ignoring real problems doesn't make them disappear—it makes them worse.

Healthy belief: "I believe I can find a path through this difficulty" (then taking concrete action)

Toxic positivity: "Everything happens for a reason! Just be grateful!" (while ignoring legitimate suffering)

TOXIC BELIEF #3: "If your magic didn't work, you didn't believe hard enough."

No.

Sometimes:

Timing is wrong

Other forces are at play

The outcome you wanted wasn't actually in your best interest

The universe has a different plan

You need to address mundane factors first

Failed magic isn't always a belief problem. Sometimes it's information.

THE DIFFERENCE:

Empowering: "I can influence my reality through belief and action."

Toxic: "Everything in my life is my fault because I didn't manifest correctly."

See the difference? One acknowledges agency within limits. The other denies external factors and blames victims.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION: BUILDING BELIEF FOR MAGIC

If belief is the engine of magic, how do you generate it—especially when you doubt?

METHOD 1: ACT AS IF

Fake it till you make it (but embodied).

Example: You don't believe you're confident. Act as if you are. Walk like a confident person. Speak like a confident person. Over time, your brain accepts the evidence of your actions and belief follows.

In magic: Cast the spell as if you know it will work. Move, speak, and feel with absolute certainty. Your subconscious notices and aligns.

METHOD 2: START WITH SMALL, PROVABLE WINS

Build belief by proving to yourself magic works.

Example: Don't start with "manifest a new car." Start with "find a parking spot." Success builds confidence. Confidence builds belief. Belief builds bigger results.

Track your wins. Write them down. Your brain needs evidence.

METHOD 3: BORROW BELIEF FROM OTHERS

Can't believe in yourself yet? Believe in the practice. Believe in the tradition. Believe in other practitioners' successes.

Example: "I don't know if I'm powerful, but witches have been doing this for centuries. I trust the method even if I don't yet trust myself."

METHOD 4: USE ALTERED STATES

It's easier to believe in gnosis (altered consciousness) than in ordinary consciousness.

Use:

Breathwork to shift brainwaves

Drumming/dancing to enter trance

Meditation to quiet the skeptical mind

Ritual to signal "this is sacred time, different rules apply"

In altered states, belief becomes easier because your analytical mind steps aside.

METHOD 5: ELIMINATE CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE

If you're trying to believe in abundance but drowning in debt, your brain won't accept it.

Address practical barriers:

Get your finances in order (or at least start)

Clean your space (disorder reinforces chaos)

End relationships that contradict your new belief

Stop consuming media that reinforces old patterns

You can't out-manifest your environment. Change both inner and outer reality simultaneously.

THE EXPERIMENTS: TEST THIS YOURSELF

Don't just take my word for it. Test how belief shapes your reality.

EXPERIMENT 1: THE PARKING SPOT TEST

Before you leave for somewhere popular, believe—with certainty—you'll find parking easily.

Hold that belief without anxiety or checking. Notice what happens. Track results over a month.

EXPERIMENT 2: THE SYNCHRONICITY TEST

Choose a symbol (feather, specific number, animal, color). Tell yourself "I'll see this today."

Go about your day without obsessively looking. Notice if it appears. How often? In what contexts?

EXPERIMENT 3: THE BELIEF SHIFT TEST

Pick one limiting belief. Example: "I'm bad at remembering names."

Flip it: "I'm great at remembering names."

Act as if this is true. Repeat it. Notice over weeks if your memory improves. Is it because you're trying harder, or because belief changed something deeper?

EXPERIMENT 4: THE SPELL TEST

Do the same spell twice:

Once with full belief, embodied certainty, ritual intensity

Once going through motions while doubting

Track which produces better results.

This is science. Hypothesis → Test → Observe → Conclude.

THE INTEGRATION: HOLDING BOTH TRUTHS

Here's where mature practice lives:

Truth 1: Belief shapes reality through psychological mechanisms (RAS, placebo, self-fulfilling prophecy, behavioral change).

Truth 2: Something beyond psychology also happens—whether you call it quantum consciousness, universal field, or magic.

You don't have to pick one.

Hold both. Use psychological understanding to work smarter. Trust metaphysical experience when psychology doesn't explain it.

The most powerful practitioners:

Understand the psychological mechanics

Don't reduce everything to psychology

Use belief intentionally as a tool

Don't gaslight themselves about what they experience

Balance healthy skepticism with open possibility

THE BOTTOM LINE

Does belief create reality?

Yes—through your perception, attention, behavior, and possibly through mechanisms we don't yet scientifically understand.

Does this mean everything in your life is your fault?

No. External factors exist. Trauma isn't attracted. Oppression isn't manifested. Bad things happen to people regardless of their thoughts.

Does this mean magic is "just psychology"?

No. Psychology explains some of it. But consistent experiences beyond psychological explanation suggest there's more happening.

What do you do with this information?

Use it. Build belief intentionally. Track results. Stay grounded in reality while remaining open to mystery. Don't weaponize this philosophy against yourself or others.

And most importantly:

Stop waiting for someone to prove magic is real. Test it yourself. Your experience is valid data.

YOUR TURN

Do you believe belief shapes reality?

Have you experienced results that psychology alone can't explain?

Where do you land on the spectrum between "it's all in your head" and "consciousness creates reality"?

Let's discuss. This is where philosophy meets practice.

Blessed be 🧠

NaNoWriMo started strong, but didn't end well.  Got about 35k in and just kinda died overnight.  But, that's still 35k of Kill Your Heroes that I didn't have beforehand.

Currently frequenting a writing forum, which is why this blog isn't full of my writerly musings anymore -- they're all on the progress thread over there.

Also got an idea for an Undertale/Harry Potter crossover recently, so that's been occupying me for the last week or so.  It's a self-insert, because of course it is, but it's all told in second person, so it reads a lot like most reader-inserts.  I've got part of chapter one, and part of chapter two, but right now the plan is to finish at least first year before getting into posting it, so that's at least a 100k to get through before that happens.  If this were a perfect world, I'd finish the whole thing before thinking of posting, but I'm not sure I have the attention span for that.  Oh well -- think of it as practice, self.