#illusion witch

Day 20:

Happy Juneteenth AND Father’s Day!

The Muscle Girl Next Girl  Vol 1 -  Amesuke Ano

A boy-meets-ripped-girl love story! College student Daria isn't a big guy; he's thin and kinda scrawny, and he's a little self-conscious about it. When he bumps into Rubi-san, a totally cut lady who can haul massive logs around, he thinks she's the epitome of macho coolness. And it's more than just admiration or even envy's immediately smitten by her! Watch slight Daria chase after the buff and sexy Rubi in this charming modern love story.

Nook #1 -  Caleb Thusat, Marcelo Biott & Martha Webby

Fleeing the oppression of WWII Germany, Avery and her parents move to a remote town on the border of France only to discover their new is haunted by a dark past and a cat named Nook. Swept up into a deadly cycle of violence, Avery will come to both fear and love her fuzzy new friend as the dark and twisted history of her new home is revealed.

Our Colors GN -  Gengoroh Tagame and Anne Ishii

Set in contemporary suburban Japan, Our Colors is the story of Sora Itoda, a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synesthetic hues of blues and reds and is governed by the emotional turbulence of being a teenager. He wants to live honestly as a young gay man in high school, but that is still not acceptable in Japanese society. His world changes forever when he meets Mr. Amamiya, a middle-aged gentleman who is the owner and proprietor of a local coffee shop and is completely, unapologetically out as a gay man. A mentorship and platonic friendship ensues as Sora comes out to him and agrees to paint a mural in the shop, and Mr. Amamiya counsels Sora about how to deal with who he is. But it won't be easy.

Clementine Book One - Tillie Walden

Clementine is back on the road, looking to put her traumatic past behind her and forge new path all her own. But when she comes across an Amish teenager named Amos with his head in the clouds, the unlikely pair journeys North to an abandoned ski resort in Vermont, where they meet up with a small group of teenagers attempting to build a new, walker-free settlement.

As friendship, rivalry, and romance begin to blossom amongst the group, the harsh winter soon reveals that the biggest threat to their survival...might be each other.  

Dirty Pictures: How Rebels Invented Comix -  Brian Doherty

In Dirty Pictures: How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfits, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix, author and journalist Brian Doherty tells the wild history of the outlaw, outsider, and sometimes illegal world of Underground Comix. With a narrative that weaves together the stories of Harvey Kurtzman, R. Crumb, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, and Art Spiegelman, among many others, Doherty details, in the first complete narrative history of this movement, the local scenes that sprang up in the 1960s and '70s in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Chicago, and provides insight into the rivalries, ideological battles, and conflicts that flourished.

The Lonesome Hunters #1 (of 4) -  Tyler Crook

An old and out-of-practice monster hunter in hiding crosses paths with a young girl that forces him to confront these chaotic creatures. As the beasts invade their tenement, they set off on a supernatural road trip to stop these ancient evils in a story that explores the ways that youth informs adulthood and how early traumas can haunt us of in old age.

Samurai Sonja #1 - Jordan Clark, Pasquale Qualano & Lucio Parrillo

The Sengoku period of Japan: A time of near-constant civil war. Sonja, daughter of a slain samurai, is eager to prove herself worthy of her family's glorious history. But in a desperate moment, Sonja will make an awful deal with a dreaded sea goddess: She will be gifted magical armor and weapons capable of slaying mythical beasts! But if she falls in battle, her bloodline will be erased, her family's name no more.

Until I Find My Husband GN -  Ryousuke Nanasaki & Yoshi Tsukizuki

From school crushes to awkward dating sites to finding a community, this collection of stories recounts the author's "firsts" as a young gay man searching for love. Dating isn't ever easy, but that goes doubly so for Ryousuke, whose journey is full of unrequited love and many speed bumps. But perseverance and time heals all wounds, even those of the heart. This moving memoir by gay activist Ryousuke Nanasaki, following his historic life story, was originally released in Japan in a novel of collected essays and in a beautiful manga adaptation; now both will be available in English for the first time.

The Illusion Witch Book One - Ruben Romero & Andrea Errico

The Illusion Witch tells the story of Aadya Locke a world-famous illusionist traumatized by the loss of her father and son, she has become cold and disconnected from reality. Transported into Saari a fantasy world filled with magic and danger, Aadya is paired with a talking Quoll, A warrior, his son, and a powerful mage. Hunted by The Three a wraith with monstrous intentions, Aadya will face her inner demons while battling real-life monsters in her attempt to save herself,  and Saari.

a cloaking glamour that will allow to slip by undetected and unnoticed, and keep the stares and attention of others off of you.

Personally, I use this glamour a lot in a school or group or crowd setting to draw the eyes of someone else off of me. Using the fluid and fleeting properties of air, I am able to almost erase their gaze, and remove my face and voice and name from their current focus.

This works for me so well during lessons when I just don’t know the answer or need to space out a bit but don’t want a teacher calling me out for it, and I am proud to say that this is tried, tested, and true.

step 1. feel the air around you and will it to start moving. there is air everywhere, this glamour can work with all kinds of states of air (stagnant, moving, freaking hurricane) but a sort of ventilation device like ceiling fans or air-conditioner would give it a boost.

step 2. start pulling the air into a casing around yourself, focus especially on your face. visualize the air moving against your skin and covering your face and tighten into a layer around you. here’s where handless energy work really comes into its own.

step 3. visualize your face, your name, your voice disappearing from their focus. visualize a blurry form every time they look at you, a muddled mess of words every time they try to say your name, and a static gurgle of noise when they you don’t want them to hear your voice and look your way.

step 4. maintain the glamour. the one thing about glamour magic is that it requires quite a feat to be able to maintain the illusion of it. the more you’re aware of it, the more you’re willing for it to happen, the more it will. however, obsessing and stressing over it is not the way to go. with practice, you’ll be able to find the right balance between the two, and eventually be able to keep it at the back of your mind while maintaining the cloaking.

remember to break the layer of air afterwards because it can accumulate and get icky or may cause you to feel ignored.

and that’s all I have for this cloaking glamour. I’ll definitely try to be writing up more on glamour and illusion magic as I go along. 

~ Raven

Day 17:

Day 4:

Eloise the witch of illusions!

Never forget, you deserve that crown.

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