#paradigms

[aesethewitch]

"First comes the working, then comes the work." Alright @witchquests.

I think there are two ways to interpret this statement. The first is: the magic is done, it's out in the world; now, put your feet to the pavement and make it happen. This is true in my practice -- simply wishing for something or casting a spell about it won't make something happen for nothing.

Magic and casting spells alters the chances of something else happening. A banishment reduces the chances of whoever (or whatever) you've banished from showing up. A cleansing spell improves the chances of something (or someone) leaving your space. A shield spell improves the chances of you reflecting or avoiding negativity in your daily life. A success spell improves the chances of getting a new job.

But if you're not putting job applications in, you won't get the job. If you aren't asking the thing to leave your space during the cleansing, it won't work. If you don't block that asshole, they're going to keep messaging you.

Magical actions bolster mundane actions. You cannot create something from nothing, and you cannot force the future into shape. That isn't how it works. You can influence it, and you can make changes. Magic + Mundane = Improved Results.

The second interpretation is perhaps not what was originally intended. After your spell working is done, it's time to work on the spell. You can't just set it free into the wild and let that be that. Well, alright, you can. But you won't improve at all doing that.

I'm a firm believer in the power of taking notes and writing shit down. By far the best way to improve your magical practice, cast better and more powerful spells, and learn what you really believe is to write it down.

Eventually, I'll talk about my note-taking methods in more detail because it really was a game changer. But the essence of it is to write down all the details of the working. That includes when you originally decide to do it (and when you're writing the notes), when you plan to cast it, ingredients/materials, the type of working it is, who or what you plan to invoke, and WHY you are planning on doing the working. And that's all before you even do the spell!

During the spell, you keep notes. Write it all down. Something weird happens? Write it down. Candle flickering? Write it down. Felt a shiver down your spine? Write it down! Nothing strange happened at all, and it all went smoothly? Write. It. Down.

And then you take more notes afterwards! How do you know a spell is working? How are you tracking it? I have a formalized system for this sort of thing that adapts to different types of spells. Write down how you feel afterwards, physically, emotionally, spiritually, energetically, whatever. Write down any thoughts you have. And then come back to it later and see if it all worked.

Spellwork doesn't end just because the spell's done. Keeping notes like this is, in my opinion, essential. Especially for beginners, but experienced practitioners benefit, too. It's the best way to examine your practice as it evolves.

Plus, it's practical -- if you want to go back and do a spell again but have it more efficient/effective, you have all your notes right there. You know what you did because you wrote it down. And now, you can tweak the process. Do it differently. Try different ingredients. Do another method. Work with another paradigm.

Etc.

#aese speaks #paradigms #spellwork #witchcraft #note taking #write everything down #practical witch tips

[progressivemillennial]

A good reminder on Black Friday, the most capitalist of days! Just because we are born into a capitalist world doesn't mean it has been or will always be a capitalist world, nor does it mean that there isn't something better for humanity than capitalism.

#capitalism #paradigms #politics #us politics #progressive #quotes #quoteoftheday #divine right of kings #status quo #black friday #ursula k. le guin

[philosophybits]

In fact, nothing is more conservative than science. Science lays down railway tracks. And for scientists it is important that their work should move along those tracks.

Ludwig Wittgenstein, in Recollections of Wittgenstein, Rush Rhees, ed.

#philosophy #quotes #Ludwig Wittgenstein #Recollections of Wittgenstein #method #methodology #science #paradigms #norms

[interretialia]

Chīrōn / Χείρων

Chiron

(Fons Imaginis.)

#Chiron #Cheiron #Kheiron #ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober23 #latin #latin language #latin translation #lingua latina #tagamemnon #latin fandom #paradigm #paradigms #latin paradigm #latin paradigms #declension #declensions #latin declension #latin declensions #Greek #Greek language #Greek translations #lingua graeca #Greek paradigm #Greek paradigms

[sidewalkchemistry]

Exposing Scientific Dogmas: Rupert Sheldrake's Banned TED Talk

The talk was reshared again in a video by the YouTube channel "After Skool." It was based on his book The Science Delusion.

Here are the 10 Scientific Dogmas he listed (which could prevent science from greater discoveries and true scientific thinking since they create the default worldview of people worldwide):

#1 Nature is mechanical

#2 Matter is unconscious

#3 The laws of nature are fixed

#4 The total amount of matter and energy is always the same

#5 Nature is purposeless

#6 Biological hereditary is material

#7 Memories are stored inside your brain as material traces

#8 Your mind is inside your head

#9 Psychic phenomena like telepathy are impossible

#10 Mechanistic medicine is the only kind that really works

#txt #exposing scientific dogmas #rupert sheldrake #scientific materialism #materialism #science #mindful consumption #mindful living #mindfulness #mindsets #dogma #paradigms #worldviews #philosophy of science #unlearning #laws of nature #autodidact #food for thought #groupthink #thought experiment #genetics #sidewalkchemistry

[hauskaat]

stick to the script

So 2 weeks ago, I got COVID-19 while traveling back from Bali. Getting sick and being quarantined forced me to face some of my most uncomfortable fears, and since I had nothing to do but sleep all day, I really had a lot of time to think. I realized that I harbor some deep insecurities about being able to follow through. Most of that is tied to an insecure money mindset, but it also affects me in my skill-building and staying consistent with my commitments.

For example, when I start feeling insecure, I end up finding excuses to quit my commitments, such as jobs, classes, or other programs I’m a part of. I noticed myself doing this with my fitness trainer during the quarantine, as I started panicking about not being able to afford it, not knowing how long I was going to be out of work for. I tend to have this doomsday approach - like, once I hit a roadblock I project it into the future as if there is no hope at all.

This is a horrible habit to have! However, I’m glad I’m becoming increasingly aware of it. Hopefully, awareness can help me nip it in the bud. I will say, though, that not all of it is unfounded. Sometimes, it is a good idea to reevaluate the situation and be realistic as circumstances change. For example, one goal of mine this year is to get out of debt - particularly, the credit card debt I racked up over these last 2 years while trying to survive the pandemic. I have to be realistic about what I’m expecting to make this month, especially since I wasn’t able to work for half the month due to being quarantined with COVID. And if that means I need to cut some expenses for the time being, I think that’s ok.

I’ve been looking for more tools to help me stay aligned and stick to the script. I have a few goals this year, and since the year is more than halfway through, I think it’s a good time to reevaluate and see what’s not working and readjust. I set a goal to get myself out of debt, and though I have been making good progress, it’s just not consistent. I think I have to focus on not giving up. Like, if I take two steps backwards, but the next step is forwards, then I have to focus on that step forward, and not let the backwards steps discourage me. I found a new tool that I’m excited to try - it’s called You Need A Budget and I really think this might be a game changer for me. With other budgeting apps, they merely track your spending, but this one has a unique approach of assigning your income to various categories as it comes in - so you sort of pre-allocate your spending ahead of time. I feel like this might just be the tool I need to get myself to the finish line.

I feel this way about music, too. Looking back at these last 10 years, I had so many start and stops, and most of them were all due to myself. Nobody was getting in the way but myself. And I have to take full accountability for that. Every time I got close to making some progress, I’d get frustrated or feel financially insecure and start focusing on all the wrong things. I think about how I was learning so much and finally feeling on the right track when I was studying at Berklee, and how my fixation on fear of debt ultimately led me to drop out and lose the scholarship money I did have. And look at me now, 9 years later, in the very debt I was afraid of, and for what? Not even tuition, but for frivolous credit card debt.

I don’t mean to beat myself up - I just want to call it out because I think being honest with myself about my bad habits is the first step. The next step is to make up my mind to reach my goals - no matter how many times I have to start again. I’ve made up my mind that even if I have to crawl there, I am going to reach my goals. I know I can do it!

I’ve learned so much in this process, and I think it is all finally just starting to make sense to me. I have to push through the fear and insecurities, and remind myself that those aren’t real - those are just bad habits, habitual negative frames of thinking that my mind is conditioned to default to. But I can readjust to a new paradigm - one that views all of this as a learning curve, lessons on my way to acheiving my goals. As long as I stick to the script, I know I’ll get there.

xx

#personal development #paradigms #self compassion

[lilbluntworld]

#progress #revolution #revolutions #paradigm #paradigms #innovation #science #space expansion #acceleration #history #civilization #century #economics #economy #market #growth

[akaratna]

By : Sherene Seikaly

Jadaliyya May 15, 2023 Palestine

"In the age of catastrophe, Palestine is a paradigm. It can teach us about our present condition of the permanent temporary: we are all unclear about what the future holds."

#jadaliyya #Sherene Seikaly #palestine #paradigms #ongoing nakba #life under siege #shared and global #the permanent temporary

[impriindia]

Shifting Paradigms: India And The Gulf In The Last 10 Years - IMPRI Impact And Policy Research Institute

ANIL TRIGUNAYAT In recent decades, six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE have emerged as pivotal in West Asia due to their huge sovereign wealth and Petro dollars, reformist policies and fast-moving diversification of their economies and interests beyond the hydrocarbons and regional heft as they continue to play a much bigger role…

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#Gulf #impact #impri #India #Institute #Paradigms #policy #research #Shifting #years

[agreenroad]

Getting Ready… with hip waders

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#consciousness #healthy boundaries #Oneness #paradigms #shifting #spiritual #transformation

[apnaanews]

#apnaanews #atal #bihari #vajpayee #coalition #politics #economic #paradigms

[hellobeautifuldigitalworld]

The map is not the territory.

The traffic jam is not the traffic.

The code is not the truth.

Art: the beautiful lie.

#code #art #truth #lies #paradigms #realities #the map is not the territory #making stuff from symbols

[interretialia]

Hecatē / Ἑκάτη

Hecate

(Fons Imaginis.)

#Hecate #Hekate #ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober23 #latin #latin language #latin translation #lingua latina #tagamemnon #latin fandom #paradigm #paradigms #latin paradigm #latin paradigms #declension #declensions #latin declension #latin declensions #Greek #Greek language #Greek translations #lingua graeca #Greek paradigm #Greek paradigms

[paradigms-uk]

#paradigmshift #paradigms #health #medication #medicine #wellbeing #wellness #health information #psychology #psychiatry

[finelythreadedsky]

it's so great that in greek tragedy there are only three paradigms for a woman leaving her house (her wedding, her funeral, and maenadic rites) and they're all kind of the same thing also

#this is very much entirely in the realm of the cultural imaginary #in real life ancient greek women (of all classes) did indeed leave their houses for a wide variety of reasons apart from these #but tragedy doesn't acknowledge them and instead suggests a world in which these are the only three legitimate reasons a woman leaves home #and thus tries to understand everything else in terms of these three paradigms #mine #reading

[paolatelesca]

Paola Telesca Musée Légitime A projekt by Martin La Roche My work has arrived safely to Amsterdam!! :-) Loosening the Braid, 2023 Tiny braid, small book The starting point for this work is the fairy tale of Rapunzel. According to the interpretations of the fairy tale, the braiding of the 3 strands into a plait refers to the countless generations of women or mothers - daughter/mother/grandmother relationship. Here I think of the heritage of paradigms that is preserved and unconsciously passed on from generation to generation. A heritage that I can accept, reject or transform. #muséelégitime #smallmuseum #martinlaroche #paolatelesca #looseningthebraid #braid #generations #rapunzel #fairytale #heritage #paradigms #accept #transform #reject (hier: Amsterdam, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoHpfeNIcHc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#muséelégitime #smallmuseum #martinlaroche #paolatelesca #looseningthebraid #braid #generations #rapunzel #fairytale #heritage #paradigms #accept #transform #reject