#practical guides

[theoryofmagick]

How to Raise, Move, and Throw Energy: A Practical Guide

One of the most common questions I get is "Ash - how do you ACTUALLY, PRACTICALLY move, throw, and raise energy? A lot of those guides seem to be missing some key steps!" I hear you - and I'm here to break it down.

Below is my own method, slowed down piece by piece. Remember - raising and using energy is a personal matter/varies from person to person, so feel free to adjust, change, or discard any part of this guide to suit your practice!

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1. Raising Energy

With a combination of physical action, “psyching yourself up”, verbal action, or psychological methods, raise your adrenaline, emotional, or excitement levels in a way that gets more intense the more you do it. E.g., chanting until the words start to lose meaning or you get into a trance state, dancing around the circle until you get a runner’s high and start laughing/having fun and forgetting yourself, and then basically keep performing that action until your emotional/excitement/adrenaline reaches a breaking point. The best way to describe this is escalating excitement. If you’re into EDM, this is how it feels when a beat is about to drop and keeps escalating. This should feel physical and psychological - literally like hitting a runner’s high when you’re exercising, or getting so excited about a date you start to shake. The easiest way to do this is to raise energy with physical activity or chanting. You can enhance this action by doing it moving in a circle around the object you’re going to put energy into.

Many sources cite a series of ways traditionally used to raise energy, which are practical actions to be used in conjunction with the above, as a focus: Raising power with chanting (sub in your own belief system in what you choose for the chant), dance, or singing is common - you can stick with praying too, just be sure to raise and escalate, just to name a few.

2. When you’re sufficiently pumped, keep going. Now, let's THROW!

At this point, you have two options: Physically moving the “energy”, or achieving “gnosis”. (This is the beat drop.)

A) Gnosis

Gnosis is (oversimplifying) the moment when you fully forget yourself and the energy takes over. Basically, you lose sight of where you are and what you’re doing and there’s a moment where everything snaps into place. A real-world example would be, if you’re raising energy with sex magic, the moment of climax. A SFW example would be - this should feel like, when you’re staring at a magic eye painting, after a long while of staring it “clicks” to form an image. Physically IRL, this should feel like - for a split second, even - you do not have control over your energy or emotion. When achieving gnosis, look at (direct your attention to) the object you are raising energy for.

B) Moving or “throwing” the energy

Moving or Throwing is a little more abstract, but I’m going to guide you best as I can. By now, you’re buzzing with actual physical energy, like before a birthday party (nervous jitters OR excitement), or like when you’ve just finished a workout. Take a moment and feel the physical and mental effects of this. Do a body scan if helpful. (The reason why visualizing is helpful is that you can visualize this buzz as a physical thing, once you sense its effects with a body scan, for the next part.) You’ll now need to “direct” the energy. Try and physically move your body to “gather” all your energy up (moving your arms to see how far-reaching the effects of the buzz are, then experimenting by moving your body to see if it changes the scope of the buzz). Then, physically thrust your hands or arms (or your body parts of choice) at the object you’re directing energy to. Do this by performing a strong, firm, decisive physical action, and, if it helps, visualize the energy flowing from your body into the object like a giant blast of fire/light. If done correctly, YOU should no longer feel a buzz - the buzz should now be entirely within the object. If you still feel full of adrenaline, try again - perform a physical throwing movement or (sorry for the dumb example ahoy, it’s 9AM) Dragonball style kamehameha at it. You know how when you’re really upset or nervous, and you shake it off or primal scream and your energy dissipates? Do that, but this time, using a combo of physical actions (and if you wish) visualization, instead of shaking it off into the air, “shake it off” into the object. Try and repeat until you feel like you can appropriately “transfer” the energy using physical movement, and you are able to reliably A) create the physical emotional buzz, and B) use physical actions to move that buzz into something else, removing it from yourself.

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Over time, you’ll become adept at not only raising that energy, but physically sensing it and acknowledging it, and then you’ll get quite good at being able to move the energy around without using visualization at all, if you wish. It does take practice and it is rather abstract.

A great way to practice this sort of energy movement is (and I’ve seen folks bring this up on witchblr lately!) tai chi (with love, your favorite Cantonese witch). Your local park should have approximately 20 aunties doing this at any given Sunday morning.

Ash

#energy work #raising energy #energy basics #witch basics #raising and throwing energy #practical guides #witchcraft 101 #witchlings

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Ben Sweetland - I Will - Wilshire - 1966

#witches #psychics #occult #vintage #i will #wilshire books #practical guides #powerful forces #subconscious mind #mind #subconscious #ben sweetland #1966 #melvin powers

[saltmalkin]

water droplets 

#watercolor #illustration #traditional painting #cat #been practicing how to stylize water #it's hard but really fun #a friend gave me a copy of jan hart's watercolor guide too #which has been extremely helpful

[zaerxa]

Practice

#bsd #bungoustraydogs #artists on tumblr #procreate #chuuyanakahara #skk #soukoku #bsd chuuya #practice #me when drawing guides actually help #I don’t use any procreate features bc I can’t understand them #that WILL change though look at this

[s0fter-sin]

something happening on a mission, something personal that has soap spiralling; panic and rage making him reckless, thoughtless, and ghost has to draw the line

“you’re compromised johnny; you know what that means?”

“you’re not pulling me out,” soap immediately snarls. he turns on him and ghost barely recognises him; venomous fear turning his eyes to unyielding ice. "you're not sidelining me; i need to be in this-!"

but ghost has never been afraid of venom; spat or dripped straight from bared fangs.

he snakes out a hand grip the back of his neck, jerking him in a rough shake. "if you can't think, you can't be a soldier," he growls and he flinches like he's been struck.

his lips quiver as they twist in a sneer and he wrenches, trying to free himself of his hold.

ghost doesn't let him.

"it means you give your body to me because your head ain't fucking attached to it anymore."

soap stills, body trembling beneath his hand as he sucks in shaking breaths.

he tightens his grip, pulling him closer and digs his forehead hard into his. “it means you give yourself to me so i can have the weapon that you are and use you the way you're meant to be used."

the ice in soap's eyes fractures.

ghost’s voice drops to a whisper, spoken only to johnny, not this facade of vengeance and pain, and wills it to reach him through the glaciers.

“so i can keep you safe ‘til it’s done and i can bring you back.”

#in my head its bc graves abducts his sister and is using her as hostage to draw him out knowing ghost will always follow him #but the intensity and intimacy of saying ‘you cant trust your mind not to betray you so let me be in charge of your body until you can’ #after what happened to tommy he could never deny johnny his right to save his sister #but its bc of what happened to tommy that he knows he cant let him do it alone with only his rage to guide him #hes more likely to get himself killed and ghost wont live through that #so he has to balance it #and the only way he knows how is to completely shut down soap’s mind until hes no more than instinct and muscle memory #if he cant think practically then dont let him think at all #reduce him to a place where he can only follow orders #and when its finally over and his sister is safe and graves is dead #only then will he drag johnny back up to the surface #he’ll do it even if it means dragging him kicking and screaming back to humanity #instead of letting him sink in the depths where nothing hurts. theres no fear down there. no pain. only order #and thats the risk ghost took sending johnny to that place but he only did it bc he would stop at nothing to bring him back #and help him through the after #the breakdown. the rush of panic and rage and relief and anguish johnnys been supressing on his order #it was his word that turned johnny into a ghost #and its his touch that brings him back to the man #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #we’re a team. ghost team #cod #soapghost #ghostsoap #ghost x soap #ghoap #simon ghost riley #ghost cod #john soap mactavish #soap cod

[not-a-farrier]

I can't wait for chapter 3 of Wizard, Witch and the Wild one.

Suvi, I'm sure you're just wearing black to look badass.

(Quote from practical guide to evil)

#brennan lee mulligan #worlds beyond number #aabria iyengar #the wizard the witch and the wild one #practical guide to evil

[vintagewildlife]

Everglades rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni) By: Chris Mattison From: A Practical Guide to Exotic Pets 1994

#rat snake #colubrid #snake #reptile #1994 #1990s #Chris Mattison #A Practical Guide to Exotic Pets

[himecommunism]

i have been hoodwinked into a tabletop game based off a YA webnovel, have my elf

#art #character art #character design #knight #plate armor #elf #yes its a practical guide to evil #fantasy

[thepersonalquotes]

Thoughts create emotions, emotions create feelings and feelings create behaviour. So it’s very important that our thoughts are positive, to attract the right people, events and circumstances into our lives.

Avis J. Williams, The Psychic Mind: A Practical Guide to Psychic Development & Spiritual Growth

#Avis J. Williams #The Psychic Mind: A Practical Guide to Psychic Development & Spiritual Growth #quotes #motivation #inspiration #thepersonalquotes #literature #lit #abundance-creation #believe #cosmic-ordering #fear #focus #goal-setting #happiness #law-of-attraction #life-changing #manifestation #manifesting #millionaire-mindset #mind-body-spirit #mind-power #new-age #new-thought #opportunity #positive-attitude #positive-thinking #positive-thoughts #positivity #self-belief

[4dkellysworld]

luvcompass highlights: Surrender

･ ｡ﾟ☆: *. ♡ .* :☆ﾟ.･ ｡ﾟ☆: *. ♡ .* :☆ﾟ.･･ ｡ﾟ☆: *. ♡ .* :☆ﾟ.･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.♡ .* :☆ﾟ

We think that we are our mind/body (identity) and we try desperately to get away from "it" - that leads to questions like "How do I change my awareness?". By society, we're taught to make effort, try harder, do this, do that. But the funny thing is, what's required is "no" effort - the watercourse way - no effort from the side of the mind. Because "trying to change" is the equivalent of trying to fight a shadow. The identity is a shadow, it is not us. Analyze your mind briefly, and you will find that it is nothing but a byproduct of societal conditioning, peer opinions, books, movies, whatever content you've most willingly consumed. The mind is incessantly thinking 24/7, it never stops. It drags you into its each and every thought. It's not really you thinking, you are being thought. "I want to change my awareness" - who does? The mind? It is not even you. You merely believe it to be yourself, and let yourself get dragged away by the thought. How do we stop this? There's only one way: surrender. Stop fighting. You cannot fight a shadow, you will only look like a fool. When you surrender, you go beyond and you re-realize yourself. Surrender. Surrender to however you are, whatever state you are in. Surrender to whatever is going on, whether you believe it to be good or bad, it does not matter, because it is the mind putting these labels on it. Stop chasing, because there is nothing that you need to achieve. Not even awareness, because you already are. There is no need to "go beyond the mind" because you already are beyond it. Do not try to intellectually understand this, just accept it, because it is truth. Your blood is flowing now, but your mind is not controlling that. What is? Awareness. You are already aware. So leave it. You are perfect as you are, perfection, godliness, divine.

Source

#highlight key: blue 'action' points-purple key points-pink very important (though the whole thing is important lol) #luvcompass #highlights #practical #needed to bring back this gem #check the source link if you're going to ask how #also check my 'practical' tag or the comments for a short surrender guided meditation #non dualism #nondualism #non duality #nonduality #surrender

[eldritchwyrm]

please read A Practical Guide to Evil

#once again i am on my bullshit #the first book is shaky but i PROMISE. i PROMISE it is worth it #a practical guide to evil #apgte #pgte

[avasetocallmyown]

𝟭𝘅𝟭𝟲 || 𝟰𝘅𝟬𝟯 || 𝟲𝘅𝟬𝟲 || 𝟳𝘅𝟬𝟳

#outlander #jamie x claire #outlanderedit #outlander parallels #s1e16 #to ransom a man's soul #s4e03 #the false bride #s6e06 #the world turned upside down #s7e07 #a practical guide for time travelers #avtcmo #gifs #s1 #s6 #s4 #s7

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Melita Denning and Osborne Phillips - The development of PSYCHIC POWERS - Llewellyn - 1985

#witches #psychics #occult #vintage #practical guides #photography #red is the colour #melita denning #osborne phillips #llwellyn #llewellyn practigal guides #the development of psychic powers #llewellyn books #psychic powers #1985

[kvothbloodless]

God okay so I tried to resist making this post because I cannot give it even a tenth if a percent of the effort it deserves and also its very obvious but god. The parallels between Baru Cormorant and Practical Guide to Evil are Getting to me. Like I said, i know this is obvious because theyre both early members of the lesbian atrocities subgenre but still. Fuck.

Theres So many parallels but also so many interesting differences! Alas, for I am tired and longposts are long.

#practical guide to evil #pgte #baru cormorant #the masquerade #tracking

[thebluesthour]

from A Practical Field Guide to Mystery (by arsspoetica)

#lit #quotes #words #essays #A Practical Field Guide to Mystery #substack #Yves Klein #the secret of blue is well kept #queued #m

[tenofmuses]

I just saw a TikTok just now about “how to become a witch,” with a list of steps for beginners to follow. The first two things on the list were to buy books on witchcraft, and then to buy a bunch of materials. So here’s me reminding you that you don’t need to buy anything to become a witch. Sure, buying the tools is fun and all, but it isn’t a requirement to getting started. Witchcraft is a spiritual practice, not a consumerist hobby.

#I would also argue that it’s easier for beginners to grow in their practice when they aren’t bogged down by materials that they #don’t understand yet #I can make a guide later on some free stuff beginners can do to start learning #but spending a bunch of money on tools when you aren’t sure what sort of practice you’ll be drawn towards seems unnecessary #wish I would’ve known this when I was starting out and worried that I couldn’t be a witch because I was too broke #witchcraft #witchblr #baby witch #beginner witch #em rambles