An Intro to Magical Heroes
Some of you all may have seen around the words âIRL Magical Girlâ or âMagical Boyâ or âMagical Heroâ being thrown around online. What does this mean? How can you get in on it? This post will walk you through exactly what real life magical heroes are and where to start looking when it comes to becoming one yourself!
in this post I will be referring to all magical girls, boys, and heroes as âmagical heroesâ overall. This word may not fit you perfectly, think of it as a wide umbrella term!
When wondering about magical heroes, one must start with the original genreâs ideas and concepts:
The Magical Girl genre as a whole features cute girls who are granted magical powers through some means, usually through a guide or magical companion, and they use their powers to fight forces that cause negativity and harm in one way or another.
There are many interpretations of the genre, and not all will fit in this definition perfectly.
Magical girls will usually have some sort of transformation which will hide their identity, Usagi becomes Sailor Moon, Ahiru becomes Princess Tutu, etc. They will live double lives, carrying out their regular day-to-day identity and taking care of threats as their magical persona in secret.
Keep in mind these genre conventions going forward, as it informs magical hero practices as a whole!
So how do magical heroes work in real life? Can you really change into a big poofy skirt in a flash of light and are there really giant monsters attacking people?
This depends on your interpretation of reality, I suppose! At the very least I can say, not on this plane of existence. Real life magical heroes, for the most part, use astral projection and a sort of energy work to banish manifestations of negative energy (which will usually take the shape of monstrous creatures) which affect our reality.
Magical transformations, changing into your magical persona, usually happen during the process of astral projection.
so what is astral projection anyways?
it is a purposeful, generally self-induced, out-of-body experience. you induce this by sending your consciousness to your astral body, which allows you to travel around in the astral plane.
the astral plane is a sort of reality that is inhabited by immaterial beings, such as spirits, or the manifestations of emotions and energies.
astral projection is generally achieved through meditation and self-hypnosis. it is used in many spiritual practices for a multitude of different purposes.
so, to put all of these concepts together:
real life magical heroes use astral projection to transform into their magical personas, occasionally forming a contract with a spirit or familiar to help them in their projection, and in the astral realm they fight manifestations of negative energy that may cause the general populace harm.
please keep in mind that being a magical hero is a form of spiritual practice. I would recommend reading up on the basics of witchcraft before starting. having an understanding of spiritual protection is a MUST. grounding is an amazing skill to learn as well, and if you have any drive to develop your intuition it will only help you during your travels.
how do I become a magical hero?!
learn how to protect yourself, learn grounding, develop your intuition (optional), learn how to do energy work in this plane of reality, THEN learn how to astral project.
Once you have learned to astral project you must learn how to control your astral body, tie your magical transformation to your astral body, and, if you feel it is necessary, make a contract with a spirit for familiar.
protection is very important in any contracts you may make, as you can be tricked. be very careful, and if you need any advice or help, do not be scared to reach out.
now that you have the preliminary setup done, now you may begin to seek out these manifestations, or âmonstersâ some may call them. this is when you use your energy work that you learned and developed into your magical attacks. take down and release the negative energy, allow it to disperse.
this is a very simplified version of this process, please do not attempt to become a magical hero with this teensy little instructional bit. do your research.
thank you all for reading! please keep an eye out for more informational posts of mine, and do feel free to request topics in my ask box!
make sure to spread positivity wherever the winds may take you ~