#Magic circle

[nyxshadowhawk]

Diagrams from a thirteenth-century version of the Ars Notoria.

#magic #ceremonial magic #magick #grimoire #book of magic #medieval manuscripts #manuscript #paleography #medieval #Ars Notoria #solomonic magic #occult #occultism #magic circle

[the-evil-clergyman]

The Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse (1886)

#john william waterhouse #art #paintings #fine art #19th century #19th century art #romanticism #pre-raphaelite #painting #british art #british artist #witch #witches #witchcraft #sorceress #magic circle #classic art

[ambermotta]

6 Types of Protection Magick

There are many ways one can do protective magick. In this post I'll be going into 6 of the most common and accessible ones!

Please understand that even one "protection magick type" can be done in an infinity of ways, some of which are closed to certain practices.

Disclaimer: based on my experience and research. I don't claim to know all truth. Further study is encouraged!

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#1 — Magic circle

The magic circle consists of creating a protection and delimiting a sacred space for magic and/or ritual.

The magic circle is probably one of the most popular protection methods thanks to its encouraged use in Wicca. However, other traditions have made use of similar concepts, such as in the afro-brazillian Umbanda concept of "chain".

The circle can be physically drawn on the ground, delimited by the members inside the circle, or visualized.

Casting one is fairly simple since it can be done in different ways, either in groups or solitary practice. You can use tools such as wands, chalk or physical objects to draw it, but what matters most is intention and successful visualization.

Before casting a circle it's important to have everything you will need already within grasp and inside the circle, since once created it is advisable that no one leaves it until the work is complete.

#2 — Amulets, and Enchanted Items

Enchanted Items are a very popular and effective form of magic, especially for personal use. These are often common objects that have been enchanted for protection.

They are often necklaces, rings and other jewelry since these are the most practical to carry around without suspicion. However, they can be any object.

Amulets can be created via enchanting, charms, or by asking deities and spirits to bless them with protective qualities.

The material and imagery used to create the talisman is also important in determining the kind of job it wants to do.

#3 — Sigils and other drawn Symbols

Sigils and Symbols can be used both for personal protection and for warding spaces. Here I am also including Runes.

They can be carved into objects, drawn upon skin and surfaces, or even tattooed.

However, before using any sigil, symbol or rune it is of extreme importance that you know exactly what they do, and know as much about them as possible. Especially if you plan on drawing them on your skin (either temporarily or permanently).

Unless specifically used only for protection purposes, inadequate use of them can lead to disaster. Even then, the type of protection they bring can vary.

For example, a protection sigil that works by hiding you from threats is different from a sigil that fights threats that come to you. It's important to set or to know how their protection work so that you do not come across unwanted results.

#4 — Prayer

My definition of praying: focusing on sending a message to a higher spiritual power, be it an entity, deity or energy.

Prayers are a great way of manifesting protection, though since you are asking for it to a higher power you must understand that it may choose to not grant it, or not grant it in the way you expect.

Plus, it is very important to know where you stand with this energy or entity. Do you work with them already? For how long? What is the nature of the relationship? Do you truly know them well enough to ask them for this? Is it really appropriate?

Cultivating a good relationship and having manners can be decisive factors for manifesting this sort of protection. Plus, it's always good to "give back" in some way. To receive something, something must be given eventually.

#5 — Affirmations and Visualizations

Words and the mind have innate power. Affirmations and visualizations are great ways to manifest protections because they rely only on yourself.

They are easier to do right if you use them together with other methods, or if you have physical representations of the work being done. To be successful one must focus, "feel" them happening, and maintaining that without help can be difficult. Frequent practice will help you get the hang of it.

There are also techniques that make affirmations and visualizations both more powerful and easier to accomplish.

#6 — Warding

Warding is when you set up a semi-permanent protection in a specific place, such as your house.

It can be done in many different ways. One of the most common is to have an object or place designated as the "holder" of the ward, which should be well kept.

Warding will be more powerful if you are frequently cleansing the space and recharging the ward. Leaving it alone for too long can weaken in or make it lose its properties altogether.

Some plants are used for this kind of protection, since they (usually) stay in place, can be powerful magical allies, and you'll be checking on them often anyway. The ones usued are often those with thorns, threatening-looking leaves, or even poison.

Note: always be very careful about bringing poisonous plants home, especially if you have children or pets.

Conclusion

This was an overview of the most common types of protective magick. A lot of protection spells and works fall somewhere within these categories, or are a combination of them.

Each tradition has a certain way of going about spiritual protection, so if you are exploring an specific path, I encourage you to not only research about protection in general but to also look into what unique techniques your path has to offer!

Many blessings and thank you for reading! ♡

#witchblr #baby witch #long post #magick #paganism #spirit work #witch tips #witchcraft #pagan tips #baby wiccan #beginner wiccan #wicca #protection magic #warding #magic circle #pagan witch

[oldschoolfrp]

Magical diagrams, protections from extra-planar beings (from AD&D module S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth by Gary Gygax, TSR, 1982)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #The Lost Caverns of Tsohcanth #AD&D #magic #pentagram #magic circle #pentacle #dnd #1980s #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

[arcane-offerings]

Magic Circle from The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot, 1584, Wellcome Collection, London.

#magic circle #magic #ritual magic #16th century #elizabethan england #occult #esotericism #esoteric #esoterica

[2mysticmoons]

The Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse, 1886.

#art #magic circle #john william waterhouse #witch #witchy #witch art #witches #witchy vibes #cauldron #magic #spells #witchcraft #witch aesthetic #art history #painting #paintings #women in art

[thesorceresstemple]

#witching hour #magic circle #ritual #witchcraft #magic #sorceress #priestess #witchy woman #witchy aesthetic #witchy fashion

[mila-stardust]

Book Of Shadows

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I've been editing my Book of Shadows for a few days now and I think it's time to share some of it here. These are just a few excerpts from it. I purposely made it black&white so it looks Victorian and uses less ink when printed on parchment paper.

1. History of Paganism

2. Satanic Panic

3. The Sacred Circle & Altar

4. Lunar Transit

5. Moon Phases

6. Wheel of the Year + Imbolc

Keep in mind that these are just some of the random pages I picked so it's unorganized. I'll be sharing my Table of Contents next time to show you how I organized it all.

P.S. Almost all of the fonts are free to download from Dafont. So if you want any font from these pages let me know :) We do not gatekeep here!

#grimoire #book of shadows #wicca #baby witch #beginner witch #witchcraft 101 #hellenic pagan #paganism #hellenism #pagan #witchbrl #wheel of the year #ibolc #history of paganism #satanic panic #altar #sacred circle #magick #magic #magic circle

[anndr]

Sacrifice in the summoning ritual may vary

#anndr #myart #sketch #black and white #procreate #graphic art #magic #ritual #mage #wizard #summoner #warlock #oc #myoc #magic circle #deamons #monsters #pointed ears #fangs

[ave-aria]

@phantasyphest Day 2 - Magic Danny! I mean, if I’m gonna give Danny some magic powers, it’s gonna come with a cloak.

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(Magic Circle effect in the background is attributed to Rysoko on Deviantart.)

#Danny Phantom #PhantasyPhest2022 #Magic #cloak #Danny Fenton #magic circle #ghost powers #Sketchy Sketch

[mystic-crafting]

Least favorite part of teaching someone to crochet is that you teaching yourself weird little tricks that are second nature to you but absolutely make zero sense to a beginner

Or just trying to explain how to do a magic circle

#crafting #crochet #yarn crafts #magic circle #teaching

[zg9y]

The fox Is casting a spell, what will happen who knows? The fox sure doesn't

#fox #magic #magic circle #nighttime

[ambermotta]

Protection Magic: Some Important Concepts

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Long post based on my experience and research. Meant to be informative. I don't claim to know the absolute truth.

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Protection magic is any type of work meant to protect A from B, and there are many ways that this can be done: prayers, charms, talismans, tokens, casting circles, setting up wards, visualization. The list can go on and on because it can be done in many different ways and combining many different methods.

But methods are not the topic of this post today. No, today I would like to talk about some key concepts to keep in mind before getting started on making protections and keeping them effective.

The Importance of Cleansing

Before doing any protection work I like to do a cleansing. Imagine you have an open water bottle, and because it was open, a lot of dirt has found its way into it over time. You decide to seal the bottle so no dirt comes in, but you don't pour out the old water, so you end up sealing it in. Yes, you'll keep more dirt from coming in, but the muck is still there.

It is easier to see this being applied to a physical location, but I personally also apply this to personal protective tokens. I feel they work better when you are taking care of your energies by doing regular cleanses and managing internal negativity.

Important Definitions

Protection ≠ Banishing ≠ Cleansing

I feel a lot of people are under the impression that these are all the same. I think they all work together towards a similar goal, but their jobs are different.

Protection: protecting something from something

Banishing: driving out entities

Cleansing: clearing out energy

You can do cleansing, banishing, and protection at the same time, but that doesn't mean they are the same. You can do a ritual including all of them, but you can also just do a cleansing or just do warding (which is a form of protection).

Note: cleansing is not restricted to “negative energy”. You can cleanse any kind of energy. Exemple: a friend of yours decides tarot is not for them and hands down their deck to you. If you wanna work with that deck it is highly advisable that you do a thorough cleansing of it and then infuse it/consecrate it with the energies you want. It's not that your friend has “bad” energy, it's just that you might not want to work with the same energies they have, or use a tool that has someone else's energy in it.

Not Necessarily a Lazy Job

One important thing with protection magic is that no matter how strong or how successful are at doing it is that it is not failproof. I have yet to see protection work that lasts forever, and there may be a few reasons for it.

Negativity also comes from within

Imagine you have a fish inside an open fish tank. Just like the bottle example earlier, you decide to put a lid on so you prevent leaves from falling into the tank and polluting the water. However, there's a fish, a living being in there, and it produces waste. It is impossible for the fish to live without producing waste. If you don’t regularly clean the water, ammonia and fecal matter will build up.

In this analogy, you are the fish. I am the fish. Humans literally cannot live without ever having a negative thought or feeling, it is part of our existence and we have to live with it. No one lives in constant bliss.

That doesn't mean we have to live in the muck though. That's why cleansing yourself is important.

No one is immune to the environment

Here I have another analogy for you. Imagine you're facing a harsh winter, but you are safe in the security and warmth of your house. Your house is protected from the cold so you don't even mind it. However, you have to go outside. You dress up, go out and you feel very, very cold. You could perhaps wear something warmer, but it will never feel the same as home. Yet it is better than going outside naked, no?

Same thing for energies. You can have protection, but depending on how strong the energy in the environment is you are sure to feel it to at least some degree. However it's best to have some protection than no protection at all.

And there is a difference between Feeling an energy and dwelling in it vs Feeling an energy and not letting it latch onto you.

Energy can wear off, and new energy can build up

Energy is ever changing, ever moving. If you do a strong protection spell once, it can last for a long while, but if you forget about it it will likely lose a lot of its strength over time. Some of what you put out there might wear off and be substituted by something else. The energy can also grow stale, which means it becomes less effective.

But if you do a strong spell every month you will not only make your protections stronger, but also constantly renew the energies and not let them stagnate.

So keep doing cleanses and every now and then give a boost to your protections so they are refreshed and recharged.

Note on "Negative Energy"

One of the main reasons someone might choose to do a protection ritual and a cleansing is to ward off negative energy. But is that really needed? What is "negative energy"?

Negative energy might feel like a sense of heaviness, dread, pain, sadness, feeling ill, angry, sad or anxious. Emotions produce and attract what we can call "negative energy", the same way it can make us feel those things.

And while I personally think nobody wants to feel them, we must understand they are not always bad at their core.

The uncomfortable feelings they can cause may also be a gateway for healing and transformation. Pain tells us there is something that needs to be worked on, that needs change.

If you are feeling negative, ask yourself why. Why does this bother me? What makes me feel this way? What can I learn from this pain?

If you happen to feel negative energy, it is good to cleanse and protect. But I advise you to always look for the source to see what can be done about it or what you can learn from it. Don't just try to use spellcasting to run away from your shit. Own your shit. Deal with it.

Otherwise, it will keep coming back no matter how much protection you have.

Conclusion

It is impossible to always be free from “negative energy” all the time, no matter how strong your protections are. But protections can absorb some of the blows that you would otherwise take and ease the ones you were going to take no matter what.

Protection magic alone will not solve all your problems. It is a great tool to help you keep your center and remain grounded, but it is not usually something you do once and forget. It is a continuous, ever evolving work, meant to be used in conjunction with other types of spellwork.

And most importantly, it can give you some comfort through the many trials of life.

Thank you for reading, and good luck on your path! ♡

#long post #protection magic #magick #spirit work #witchcraft #witchblr #paganism #witch tips #baby witch #baby wiccan #wicca #energy work #paganblr #pagan tips #pagan #protection #magic circle #spiritual cleansing #banishing #negative energy removal

[aliasjuno]

witchy bounsweet 🧙‍♀️🔮

#witch #pokemon #halloween pokemon #pokémon #bounsweet #digital art #artists on tumblr #cute #doodle #fan art #fanart #pokeart #magic circle #magic #witchcore #halloween #costume #spooky #moon #stars

[norrisleclercf1]

If anyone could break the never winning twice in Baku it'd BE THOSE FUCKING RED BULLS (the hell is that DRS on them, it's insane)

#magic circle #please redbull DNF double DNF pretty please #yes i like redbull but id rather someone else win like charles #f1 #formula 1 #baku #azerbaijan #f1 x reader #norrisleclercf1 #f1 memes #f1 fandom #f1 imagine #f1 x y/n #f1 scenario #formula one

[the-corvus-luna]

Sakura Kinomoto's first Magic Circle, which is Clow Reed's Magic Circle as depicted on the Clow Card Fortune Telling Guide.

A brilliant six pointed Sun being protected by the Moon, meaning this magic has a tendency to be masculine since its Clow Reed's.

That's why when the Sakura Card's come into existence, Sakura's magical circle also changes since she's using her own magic to power the cards.

Similar to Syaoran's, this Circle also indicates the proper cardinal directions, starting from the topmost going around clockwise.

北、東、南、西 - North, East, South, West

Now for the fun stuffs,

We have the mashin/rune god symbols depicted:

Rayearth: NW, Windam: North, Selece: SE

Water and Fire are on opposite sides while Wind is North. Maybe the first card that Sakura used was intended, or maybe it's a coincidence...

But as a wise woman once quoted, "There is no such thing as coincidence."

Well, here's Yuuko Ichihara's circle too. Western zodiac is displayed around the Cephiro mashin/runegod sigils... featuring one that's not in MKR thats honestly just a stylized infinite symbol.

The beautiful iconography of the moon cycle in the center, featuring a full moon for the element or water and a new moon for the element of wind. Even magatama are featured.

While Clow Reed's Circle is very Western/Chinese influenced and Yuuko Ichihara's is very Western/Japanese influenced, they still prefer to refer to the elements using the 'Cephiro Sigils' as opposed to Alchemical Symbolism.

... also Fai D. Fluorite's staff is featured... or at least a similar design?

D?

D.

Look really closely at the bottom of Clow Reed's Circle....

D...

Clow Reed potentially was a part of The Magic Association and maybe even stole their secrets, hence why he's been able to do inhuman feats while being shockingly human.

Dies?... He'll just fracture his soul in 2 parts just to put the association off of his trail.

It's not too crazy to jump to that logic either since he knows of Cephiro (and True Mokona too) and the magic they have access to, including whatever training the magic association put him through.

I think the main question is, was the Clow Card's actually made by him or did he steal it from the magic association? Do the cards attach themselves to their most powerful user, meaning they had another owner and another name in the past?

#clamp #magic knight rayearth #xxxholic #cardcaptor sakura #ccs #rant #magic circle