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teriel · 2 days
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I’ve recently started reading The Sacred Alignments and Sigils by Robert Podgurski (affiliate link) and he shares the following: “The way to illumination has long been described as a path, route, or journey, along with other numerous allusions to the plotting of a course…the path is an emblem that is vivified as students engage with their quest. The going makes the path: it’s both agent and action as well as facilitating magickal velocity bringing about union with the godhead or the One and All.” I thought this was an interesting passage and it got me thinking about my own use of the word path and what it describes in relationship to spiritual work.
It seems to me that path is both an ontological and cosmological term in context to magical work and perhaps spiritual work in general. Yet the path is also a descriptor of the map that we’re working with, and a route through that map. The path becomes the territory by which we understand the map. Wordplay aside, the path becomes the process through which we depict and explore the spiritual work we’re doing and put it into context within our lives. I use the word path because it is generally a relatable term and yet it is a highly personal term as well. My path isn’t necessarily your path, and yet can still be relatable.
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teriel · 9 days
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Add the #elements of #spacetime to your #magick In my series, How Space/Time Magic works, I walk you through my unique and innovative system of space/time magic where you'll learn how:
🔮to resequence linear time using non-linear cyclical awareness 🔮achieve deep altered states of consciousness that allow you to connect with alternate selves 🔮use retroactive magic to reshape present and future possibilities. 🔮and much more!
These books are available on amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and other retailers. You can also order direct from me and get autographed copies. Comment below and I'll dm you the link.
#taylorellwood #MagicalExperiments #SpaceTimeMagic
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teriel · 10 days
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In this video I discuss how I use sound, scrying and pentacles for the purposes of directing and focusing planetary and astrological influences. I also discuss the purposes of the overall purpose of these processes in relationship to ongoing work I’m doing with the sphere of art.
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teriel · 13 days
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My girlfriend recently told me about a short story she was reading from Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah Pinkser. In this story the main character is just one of many different versions of the same person and she is invited to a convention where she gets to meet the alternate versions of herself. I started reading the short story and it reminded me of a technique I came up with long time ago, and shared in my book Space/Time Magic.
The technique works along a similar premise, namely that there are alternate versions of ourselves and each version of yourself has something about them that is different from you. However they also have a connection to you, namely being an alternate version of yourself that is tied to you through your identity. I think its possible to connect with alternate versions of yourself utilizing magic in order to exchange information, swap skills, and otherwise interact with the alternatives of you. I have used meditation and pathworking techniques to connect with my alternate versions and this has proven to be a helpful process for skill swapping.
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teriel · 16 days
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In my latest magical experiments video I discuss the Inner Family System (IFS) of parts work and how it can be applied magically for inner healing work, but also for other purposes including learning and the use of different skills that your respective parts have for purposes you consciously choose.
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teriel · 20 days
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I share some perspective exercises I like to do that can increase the mental flexibility and spiritual awareness you apply toward your magical practice and your life.
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teriel · 22 days
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Recently a friend gifted me some planetary pentacles for Neptune, Uranus and Pluto. I was intrigued at the opportunity to work with the pentacles and also inspired to integrate them with other magical process and experiments I’m currently working on. In the past I’ve found that the pentacles have been useful tools for focusing planetary energies in my magical work as well as setting up specific passive magical workings that are activated as needed.
In my initial working I decided to work with two Uranian pentacles that helped inspire creativity. I set them up in conjunction with a folkloric magical working using three sticks in a pattern that’s designed to create focus. That very evening I was going through a class and I found myself feeling very creative and focused on how I could apply the learnings from that class. I started implementing some of the ideas and felt a sense of deep awareness around how the specific application pentacles, mixed with another form of magical could be used to inspire specific states of being and awareness.
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#pentacles #magick #Scrying #magicalexperiment #MagicalExperiments #taylorellwood #spiritwork #spiritcommunication #SpaceTimeMagic
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teriel · 23 days
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I recently started reading The Flowering Wand by Sophie Strand, in which she explores rewilding the sacred masculine. I found her idea of the wand being a masculine archetype to be intriguing, especially when she compared it to the sword. When I think of archetypes I think of roles such as father, king, warrior, bard, etc., but reframing archetypes as a tool or process is a useful approach to this kind of work.
In the book she speaks about the sword and the wand. The sword is the patriarchal archetype while the wand is the sacred masculine archetype:
“Let the masculine use his wand to pour himself into other modes of consciousness so he can develop a matured ecological empathy. With the wand he does not have to prove anything through force. His job is to connect, to close wounds - his own and the wounds of other beings and landscapes.”
This passage exudes an approach to masculinity that fits my own spiritual work. Since 2017 I’ve been developing a process for magic that has released the use of force and focused instead on the connection and collaboration that occurs through embodied and somatic awareness.
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teriel · 24 days
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#scrying is a lot more than just looking into a crystal ball or a pool of water. And while it can be a method that's used for #divination it can also be used #spiritcommunication and #spiritwork as well as doing #innerwork and #pathworking Lately I've been combining #planetarymagick #pentacles and #folkloremagick with scrying as a way of working with spirits while also doing #inneralchemy If you want to learn more about my innovative scrying practices check out my latest book #scryingthedivine where I share my #magicalexperiments Comment below if you want to order the book from me directly and get a signed copy! #taylorellwood
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teriel · 28 days
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In my How magic works series I break down how magic works in the Process of magic and then share how to create artistic and writing based approaches to magic The Magic of Art and The Magic of Writing, as well as showing you how design your own magical workings in Magic by Design and troubleshoot your magical workings in How to Troubleshoot your Magic.
If you want to understand my methodology and process for magical workings or discover how to personalize your magical workings to get better results then you'll want to check this series out, because it will be a gamechanger for your magical workings and the results you generate from them.
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teriel · 29 days
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In this final video of the series I discuss counter cursing and why you may want to do it and how to do it. I also discuss how to turn someone cursing you into an opportunity that benefits you by taking the curse and turning it into an advantage.
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teriel · 30 days
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I wrote this article last year and it asks the question what makes a spirit a spirit?
I've been thinking about the question, "What makes a spirit, a spirit?"
I'm currently writing Walking with Nature Spirits, and in the writing of this book I've been thinking about this question because of how I approach the work with nature spirits, but also because of the stereotypical imagery associated with nature spirits, which usually has them set up with imagery of gnomes, undines, sylphs, etc., basically humancentric shapes and appearances.
The benefit of the humancentric shapes is that it makes easy for us to identify with those spirits. The downside however is that we all too often get stuck filtering our experience of a given spirit on the basis of the human oriented shape we associate with it. This isn't limited to nature or elemental spirits either.
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teriel · 1 month
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I have never been comfortable being vulnerable with other people until recently, but one of the realizations I’ve had is that I’ve also never been comfortable with being vulnerable with myself. What I learned early on in my life is that I had to shut myself down and keep everything wrapped up tight, unless I want to get punished. Undoing that kind of thinking and being takes a lot of work, and along the way of doing this work I cam to realize that I didn’t feel comfortable being truly vulnerable with myself because doing that meant feeling everything I had pushed down and being honest about the cost to myself.
The irony of this statement is that I talk with myself all the time. You would think as a result I would be comfortable being vulnerable with myself, but if anything what I discovered is that I covered up a lot of my vulnerability. It was easier after all to justify my circumstances to myself or get caught up in a shame spiral about something I had done. True vulnerability with myself could only happen when I learned how to be vulnerable with other people in a way that was transparent, honest, and brought in accountability.
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teriel · 1 month
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I discuss how to protect against curses and share what your thought process and overall approach ought to be toward handling curses that someone sends your way. I also share how to turn someone’s curses into fuel for your own magical work.
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teriel · 1 month
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No is a magic work and learning how to say it and stick with is an important skill. I share why men need to learn how to say no in their own lives. Additionally I discuss why it’s important to learn how to listen and accept a no, and move on with your life. Finally we discuss self respect and how setting your own boundaries and acknowledging other peoples’ boundaries is a form of self respect.
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teriel · 1 month
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I discuss the karma of cursing and how the act of cursing can create attachment or karma between yourself and the person who is cursed. I share why this can actually cause the curse to not happen or backfire on the curser.
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