This Isn't Magic

Thanks 😊 u 2

I think you mean the Star Saphire? Star ruby is just rebranded LBRP.

It’s about sex (what else would it be with thelemites?)

You can still do the ritual as it’s written, or how it may be interpreted, or just laugh at it like a lot of thelemites that don’t actually practice magick. “Hehe sex position hehehe”

Though maybe the Star Ruby is also a joke - wouldn’t rule it out 🤷‍♀️

I’m going to ignore that I read that and any possibility that it could be a thing that people are trying to do.

Sometimes I wish humans had never evolved to sentience.

My beliefs have nothing to do with my personal ethical viewpoint...???

This is a rather weird question. You’re not one of those people that thinks religion is the only place that ethical and moral standards come from are you?

Thanks! Love you too, anon. 

I mentioned this topic in an earlier post [link]. There are absolutely lineages and families that claim descent from non-human spirits, as well as living spirit spouses who are wedded to spirits and intend to/already have children with them (whether this is by incarnating a spirit into a pregnancy or by other means like having the spirit possess a human partner depends on the tradition). I could provide a number of examples just from my own culture where these practices are the subject of many folk tales and traditions of magic, and I personally know a number of rural cunning folk from my country who venerate non-human ancestors that lived as humans, as well as their non-human parent spirits. The ways in which the “non-human” aspect of the born children is determined varies greatly, but almost always includes certain physical omens and characteristics as well as observable psychic talent, for lack of a better expression. Ultimately, such things are always confirmed with divination.

Of course, not every person born in a caul or with two hearts, two sets of teeth, certain birthmarks, and so on is a fairy or a witch or a vampire etc. Even in my culture it’s not unheard of to hear children with certain atypical physical characteristics and mental disorders being labelled as “fairy children”, which only furthers the ableism and social isolation so many are subjected to. It’s as delicate a subject as any especially when attempting to draw the lines between genuine spirit traditions and the all-too-human prejudices that pervade them. There are also those I know who were formally diagnosed with certain disorders but are also talented shamans who serve their villages and claim fairy blood, and find a balance between both aspects in their own interpretation of their communal role, and its their voices I’ve learned the most from in this matter.

I would definitely research some of the local history, myths, folklore, etc. as well as look into which populations used to live on that land, which currently do, and who is buried where. A quick scan through local cemetery listings can reveal a lot of useful information to the discerning sorcerer. Once you have a better understanding of the sorts of spirits you might encounter, you could always do a basic road opening and offering ritual to introduce yourself to local spirits, let them know that you appreciate the hospitality, and that you hope to have a beneficial relationship. You could set up an agreement for regular offerings, even if they’re quite simple, and ask that in return the local spirits open the ways to your success in the new area, whatever that might mean to you (new friends, business prospects, etc.).

Last time I moved, I determined through divination and the advice of my own spirits who scouted the area for me which landmarks were places of power I could commune with the local dead and nature spirits at. It was there that I did the majority of my offerings and local work. But even just a simple rock near your home at which you slather honey and pour milk is sufficient once you’ve established your contact.

Best of luck with the move!

We’ve seen it. Absolutely delicious shit.

It’s heart-warming to see that we made a lasting impression on the Weenies.

I wish they were friend, I wish they were

Damn, it’s almost as if we don’t have a reading list that addresses this exact question

(Yeah it’s fine)

Here are some of my thoughts on this matter:

1. Let me just get this out of the way: yes, it is possible to conjure a familiar or a spirit for another person, seat it in some vessel, and give it to them. There are techniques to do such a thing across cultures and systems of magic. 

2. Spirit companion shops are not an example of this in the slightest. They absolutely are scams. That does not meant the person running them does not believe in their work; in other words, they likely do not see themselves as consciously fraudulent (though I’m sure know they are frauds and scam people anyway). But when you have someone who essentially knows no magic (though they might pretend/believe otherwise) offering to sell an assortment of imaginary friends to people, from spirits of various traditions they have no exposure to, to romance novel-type “vampire” and “demon” (oh god) “lovers”, fantasy and role-play inspired tropes and “species” of “fairies”, “dragons”, and whatever else, putting them in tacky jewelry and gemstones and then sending them off to people, it’s hard not to raise an eyebrow.  In fact, it’s probably a good thing that such claims are false, because if any of these people were capable of summoning these spirits they’d quickly get devoured by them and find out that they are nothing like their paranormal romance books and TV series portray them to be in pop culture.

One google search of “haunted djinn” or something similar renders all these incredibly blatant fake results. If half of these “conjurers” could summon even one of the many “king and queen” djinns while knowing literally nothing about Arabic magic and the existing techniques to come into contact with such beings, they would be wealthy enough to not have to resort to selling Etsy jewelry as imaginary playmates. It’s frankly disgusting. Not to mention that there are no guidelines on safety, discerning lying/trickster spirits from ones that are benevolently disposed to people, how to get rid of and repel spirits, and so on. 

3. Let us never forget the ability of people to convince themselves of utter nonsense. I once had the displeasure of happening upon an online group of incredibly mentally unstable teenagers who were utterly convinced they were not only “demonkin” but also “kin” literal fictional characters whom they claimed to not only hear the voices of but also feel their presences/touches. Keeping in mind, I had never heard of such a phenomena prior to being introduced to this hellsite by the other mods, whom I met off Tumblr. One can convince themselves of almost anything. Discerning what one is experiencing and verifying the efficacy and tangible reality of such experiences is another matter entirely. 

4. If you lucked upon someone who was able to send you a genuine spirit, it is important to have the discernment to figure out if the spirit is who they say they are, or if they’re essentially a psychic shell that anything could inhabit and take the form of what you expect them to look like. From your description it seems like you’re having experiences of touching and feeling this spirit, whatever it may be. But can you communicate with it? Can it bring you knowledge you otherwise would not have? Can it bring you boons such as money, grant you success, teach you hidden names and gestures by which to call it, explain its function and how it came to be associated with you? Or is it some sort of being that for whatever reason has chosen to go along with its given description, though its true nature is more malevolent? 

5. The fact that you mention it having bitten you multiple times is not exactly helping the case.

Essentially, my stance that such shops are scams remains. Whether or not someone ends up with some sort of genuine presence is almost irrelevant when one can do nothing with it and does not know how to discern its character, intentions, nature, and so on. For all we know, it could be a parasitical spirit hoping to get offerings and sustenance and will role play along with whatever form is expected of them. If you are fortunate enough that this is not the case, it’s up to you to determine what it is you’ve invited into your home and exactly how beneficial it is by verifying and testing its claims and abilities. 

When you said “discussion” there I think you mean “brain rot”

As mind-numbingly toxic as this inbox can get with its pointless tantrums, I do check it every now and then and appreciate the kind messages like yours. I would update/answer more frequently, but am usually quite busy with my own magical practice!

Haha, honestly it shocks me how many people seemed to have read Red Goddess and Apocalyptic Witchcraft and thought “this is it”. It was such mindless, masturbatory drivel. Some men truly think “witchcraft” is whatever titillates them and gets them horny, whether in women or in whatever politics they find fashionable in the moment. 

Very close to Bulgaria, actually! Also in the Balkans. :)