Predominate: Conquer your Other Half (Taken from @popculturepagan (now deactivated))
Cherubs are creatures rooted in duality. Every child cherub shares their body with an other half, a sibling with the opposite sense of morality to themselves. Cherubs learn to fight this half and eventually, dominate it in a process known as predomination. The creature changes from two beings sharing a single body to a single, unified and mature. creature
The purpose of this spell is to help humans to over come their other half. We might feel plagued by a defiant piece of our morality, who actively works against us, a piece of ourselves that is somehow, not us. Something we must fight— and hopefully through the course of this spell, conquer. This is no easy process, for humans or for cherubs. I am writiing this in hopes that I can help the process to unify and mature ourselves.
Green Paper (One or Multiple)
Red Paper (One of Multiple)
Pen/Writing Utensil (Black Ink Preferred)
Sugary Treat of your Choice
A Metronome or Ticking Clock
A Quiet/Special Place to Meditate
Predominating your other half is not going to happen in a single sitting. This is more of a process than a “just do it” spell.
First thing to do is to set up your place to meditate. If you already have one, great! If you don’t, try to find some place that is quiet and makes you feel comfortable. You also want to be alone and with minimal distractions that could interrupt you. You might even add an altar, or some kind of focal point. I won’t spend to long on this, there are a lot of other great books and posts about setting up meditation areas.
Take your green candle and red paint, and paint a spiraled stripes around the candle. It should look like this—
Now take your pen and pieces of paper. One of the most crucial steps to dominate over your other half is to recognize what that other half is. On the green piece of paper, write down traits that are you. These traits are good, they are positive, they are mature. They are the traits that help you to achieve your goals in the best fashion. Write these down. As you write each down in blank ink, take time to ruminate. Congratulate yourself for having these traits. Be proud and happy with yourself. Solidify them in your head.
On the red piece of paper, write down the traits of your other half. These traits are negative, they hurt your or others. They keep you away from your goals. For a while, you have known that these are not “you.” As you write them down, continue to remind yourself that these are not the true pieces of “you.” Push them away. Recognize how they are bad. Vilify them for what the are. As you write these, build in your mind the image of your other half. Other them.
It doesn’t matter what order you write these traits down. You do not have to write any one list all at once, or take turns. Do whatever is comfortable.
If you are in a place where you can safely light your candle, do so. If not, simply hold the candle in your hands. Turn on your metronome or ticking clock. Take deep breaths in from your nose, and out through your mouth. Try to have your breaths deep, feeling them rise in your chest and stomach. Your inhales should be as long as your exhales. Continue to breath like this, and focus on the ticking clock.
Once you become comfortable with this deep breaths, imagine in your head the depths of space. It is as vast as possible, and surrounds you on all sides. Except for the noise of the steady, ticking clock it is silent. Feel the nothingness on all your limbs. After you observe this space for a while, begin to travel through the space. Move forward, faster and faster. The stars blur around you. You are traveling through the vastness of space.
Before you, comes a black hole. It it turning, slowly, spiraling before you. Stop in front of this black hole. Watch it slowly turn now, slowly turning. Something is coming from the depths, it comes slowly. Do not try to speed its progress. Watch this green figure approach, and watch the black hole spin.
It may not even be in this sitting that the figure arrives. You might have to meditate on this visualizations multiple times before she arrives.
When the green figure finally arrives in front of you, it is Calliope. This is the Calliope that has predominated over her brother. She is in hiding, this is why it took her so long to come to you. When she arrives, tell her what you plan to do. You have identified your other half, and you plan to predominate over them. Ask for her blessing, and her help to do this for it will be hard. If she says yes, thank her. She might give you more advice, listen to it carefully.
Now, say goodbye and leave the black hole. Go back through space, and slowly feel the sensations in your limbs. Come out of your meditation.
Every time you come out of meditation, whether you were successful in contacting Calliope or not, try to eat either your special sugary snack or a piece of red meat. You need to keep yourself full of energy.
Now, as it fits to your schedule, repeat this meditation. Try to do this frequently. Start these subsequent meditations by rereading the pieces of paper. Read the red paper first. As you read it, vilify these traits. Remind yourself how they are hurtful, how they are unhelpful. Then read the green piece of paper. As you do, remind yourself how these are great traits. How they help you, help others, and are good. Apply a gratuitous amount of self-love for these traits. You are awesome to have them!!
However, after you have contacted Calliope, you will not meet her again. When you approach the black hole, you will be visited by your other half. The other half will try to trick you into accepting them and recognizing that he/she is part of you. You tell him— you are part of me, but not for ever. Tell him you will conquer them. He will try to tell you you are weak. Remind him, and yourself, about the wonderful traits you just read and how they are wonderful and good and he is bad.
Do not fight him— he will want to fight. Do not take him up. Instead, keep away from him and remind him how he is bad and you are good. He should get smaller or appear weaker.
When you come out of meditation, eat your meat or sugar (or both.) This will strengthen your spirit.
While you are doing these meditations, in your life, you will feel the presence of your other half. They will try to fight their way into your life. Ignore them, and reward yourself for doing so.
Try to live with the principles of self-love, self-admiration, and self-worth. Do things that make you happy, do things that make you strong.
After each meditation, your other half should be getting weaker. When you finally think it is time to complete the spell, start your meditation by reading the green and red lists. Now, paint or apply the green make-up to your cheeks. it is time for you to dominate.
Eat your red meat, maybe even feel the juices on your lips. You are powerful.
We were once together- today we split.
I am stronger. I am better.
I am kinder. I am better.
I am helpful. I am better.
Say it like a battle cry. Feel the words resonate in your chest.
Say this as many times as you need to, to yourself.
When you are ready, start the metronome, light the candle, and do your breathing. You are in space again. Do not move slowly— you are ready. Fly through the sky, to your black hole. You will see your other half They are weak, and small, and of course dying.
This is now when you will fight them.
At the end of the battle, you will feel…. strange. You might feel like something is missing. This is natural, and a sign of victory. Come out of meditation. Celebrate your victory— literally. Maybe even through a party.
Continue to live with the principles you have learned— self love, self- admiration, self-worth. These will continue to serve you. If you stop reminding yourself of how great your traits are, of your traits that help you, you might welcome back your other half. Do not do this.
It should become natural to live with a pride about yourself. Feel proud about yourself.
If you ever feel you are becoming weak, repeat the ritual and start by contacting Calliope again.