It’s easy to convince yourself that everything is a spirit. I’ve seen a lot of beginners and even more experienced people do so. There’s also the placebo effect. Your friend says they saw a spirit and now you start seeing that thing around you. It could be because you’re giving it energy, but it could very well be a type of placebo effect. So be careful. Not everything is a spirit…
… and not everything isn’t.
Now, here I will be giving out information I have gathered around, however, take it with a pinch of salt and add what you wish to it.
Finally, remember that grounding yourself is also very important. I’ll expand upon that in another post.
Recognise a Spirit:
There are ways to recognise a spirit through all five senses, and for some, even the sixth one.
There are spirits with higher frequencies, “good” spirits, if you will. And some with lower frequencies, “bad” spirits, as some will call them. I am of the mindset that there are no good or bad spirits, just like there are no good or bad people.
Please note: I am not talking about demons, here.
Spirits with higher or lower frequencies will feel or be sensed differently.
Again, here’s a strong disclaimer. Not everything is a spirit/ghost. Especially if you suffer with a mental illness, please be cautious.
Sight:
Shadows: Shadows are an easy way for spirits to manifest themselves. They’re not fully manifested, but you can see them. There’s a difference between shadows and shadow people, you’ll immediately feel the change in energy.
Partial Manifestation: Although rarer, spirits can fully manifest parts of themselves, such as eyes, face, hands. They’re often a whitish hue or even full colour. These don’t last long due to the tremendous energy it takes.
Full Manifestation: A full body manifestation is very rare and doesn’t last long, because for a spirit to fully manifest itself, it takes a lot of energy. Some people can help a spirit stay manifested longer, but I’ve seen it take an awful toll on those people’s health. I don’t suggest you try it.
Peripheral Vision: Seeing people or shadows out of the corner of your eyes.This is the most common way to see a spirit.
Air Distortions: Distortions in the air where there’s no reason to have any. Can be a sign of a spirit either trying to manifest itself or simply there.
Orbs: Orbs are small balls of light that are usually captured when taking a picture with a flash. Though a lot of them is just the flash catching dust or pollen, there are also “ghost orbs”, or spirit energy. There are even orbs that you can zoom in on and see faces/shapes.Orbs have also been spotted just floating around.
Light Distortion: Sometimes, when a spirit is of a lower frequency, the light in the room seems to be drained, lights can spontaneously go off, candle flames dwindle without a cause and so on. But when a spirit is of a higher frequency, lights seem to shine brighter and candle flames can burn high.
Hearing:
Hearing is the most delicate one since I have, in the past, suffered from insomnia induced psychosis for several months, and know what it is like to hear voices. Please don’t assume that the voices you hear are spirits. And even if they are, don’t let them tell you to do bad things. They have no power over you unless you give them power, whether they be real or not.
Tinnitus: So this one is rather nebulous, but a few of my psychic friends/acquaintances claim that often, when they hear a sharp ringing in their ears, it’s a spirit attempting to communicate, but either they aren’t ready to hear what they have to say, or the spirit isn’t capable to getting their message across the veil.
Zaps, Bangs and odd little sounds: Sometimes, a spirit can try and get your attention through odd little noises only you hear, and seemingly come from nowhere.
Footsteps: Footsteps in a room when nobody’s home, or on the walls or ceiling. Your house is making more noise than usual without any causing.
Tapping: Little knocks at your door or on your wall through which you can even communicate. Sometimes doors slam without wind.<
Buzzing: Your ears may buzz loudly when spirits are around.
Whispers: Hearing whispers when there is no reason to.
Voices: Hearing voices around you when there is no one. This is a delicate subject matter. Don’t trust the voices without being 1000% sure. Don’t trust the voices if you are currently in a bad mental place (unless it’s trying to cheer you up and help you, in that case, even if it’s a hallucination, at least it’s pretty positive) and don’t trust the voices if they’re telling you to do something bad. Or something that could lead to something bad. However, it is a way for spirits to communicate.
Taste:
Odd Tastes: This is an odd one and I only know two people other than me that have that reaction to spirits, but it’s basically when certain spirits give you tastes in your mouth, such as blood, dirt, sugar, spices and more.
Smell:
Good Smells: A spirit can manifest itself with good smells. Smells that remind you of a deceased loved one or something comforting.
Bad Smells: Just as similarly, some spirits come around with bad smells like rotting flesh or blood.
Other: Sometimes, a smell that has no reason to be there just appears. Like the smell of roast beef in the middle of the night, wafting from your kitchen.
Touch:
A gush of Warm/cool air: You randomly feel a breeze when there shouldn’t be one.
A stroke: You feel as though someone is touching you, stroking you, often in a loving way, or sometimes, in a more uncomfortable way. It gives you goosebumps or shivers.
A Blow: A full on blow to your body. This is rare and more often happens in dream/while you sleep, while real life physical consequences.
Marks: Odd marks on your body. For example, I had a hand shaped mark on my inner thigh, in a way my hands couldn’t have done it, it was outlined with a white line, but was not a scratch. Don’t assume every bump/scratch is a spirit.
Hands: You feel someone touching you. Not really like a stroke, just a hand on your shoulder, or around your throat, or on your cheek. Sometimes a hand holding yourself.
Change in Air pressure: The air around you feels lighter, or heavier, depending on the vibrations.
Pressure on Chest: a very common one I’ve heard is the feeling someone or something sitting on your chest, most of the time, in a very oppressive way.
Electric Shocks: Some people, like myself, feel electric shocks down our spines when close to spirits.
Skin: Your skin crawls, or goosebumps suddenly erupt for no reason, you feel dirty.
ESP:
Extra sensory perception, possibly the most common way to feel a spirit.
Anxiety: Unexplained anxiety, stress, fear, panic attacks, depression and such.
Joy: Euphoria, happiness, confidence, comfort, compassion, good emotions that come out of nowhere.
Empathy: Suddenly feeling emotions that aren’t yours when you, yourself aren’t an empath.
Paranoia: Sudden feelings of being watched, being in danger/vulnerable, feeling you’re not alone.
Intuition: Sudden increase in intuition, like someone is telling you something.
Dread: Your stomach drops,a feeling of dread, tight throat, unexplained sadness.
Dizziness: Dizziness, nausea, motion sickness, you just feel queasy and wrong.
Become more Sensitive:
I don’t know if someone who isn’t naturally sensitive to spirits can become it, though they probably can, I wouldn’t know the methods. So here, I’m going to list ways of increasing already existing sensitivity.
Always Start by Grounding: Grounding is incredibly important. Everyone has their method. Mine is to walk barefoot in the earth or to just stand up and feel my feet. You can meditate, use crystals and so on. I’ll list more grounding methods later.
Meditate: Meditation is an effective way of becoming more receptive to subtle things around you. Everyone has their techniques, but I like doing Anapana before expanding into consciousness projection.
Just get yourself into a spiritual state: May it be through music, walking in the woods, cooking, anything that gets you spiritual, it’ll increase your sensitivity.
Herbal Infusion: Make a herbal tea that favours psychic powers. I’ll give recipes later.
Open your Third Eye: Everyone has their method, but the third eye is a very effective way of doing so.
Work with Crystals: I’ll give a list of crystals later.
Get Spirit’s Attention: Again, many methods that I will list later, but you can find your own.
Channel: Play a good game of Ouija, or do some automatic writing, maybe use your pendulum or any methods of channeling you use. It can get you going.
There are many other methods. Find your own!
Grounding:
Walk: Take a long walk in nature, barefooted preferably, and just feel the earth beneath your feet.
Trees: Hug trees, meditate under trees, just be around trees, imagine yourself rooting yourself in the earth. Can work with house plants, just dig your hands into the earth and feeling your energy going deep.
Dance: Dance around, stomp your feet, rock the world, just get in touch with your physical body.
Meditate: Meditate. Just concentrate in your breath, your body. Then, you can try and expand your consciousness, but instead of reach up, go down, into the earth.
Massage: Massage yourself or get someone to massage you. Nothing airy. A nice, deep massage. Rub your limbs and pat yourself down. You’re here, in your body.
Exercise: Do physical exercise. Yoga in particular (I don’t recommend Kundalini or westernised Yoga Pilates/etc, but actual Indian yoga. Something grounding like standing poses, especially Tadasana/Mountain Pose.) and Qi Gong
Animals: Spend time stroking your dog, cat, horse, earth animal (not birds, or aquatic animals)
Earth Spirit: Ask earth spirits, such as trolls, gnomes and others to help you be grounded.
Herbs:
Herbs for Psychic Awareness:
NOT ALL OF THESE ARE SAFE TO INGEST!!!!!
Taken from Scott Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. Feel free to do your own research.
Astral Protection: Mugwort, Poplar, Dittany of Crete
Mental Powers (Strengthen): Caraway, Celery, Eyebright, Grape, Horehound, Lily of the Valley, Mace, Mustard, Periwinkle, Rosemary, Rue, Spearmint
I am not listing them all since there are a lot. Feel free to do your own research.
Increase Psychic Awareness:
Azurite: It vibrates at the level of the third eye chakra, for clairvoyance, crown chakra, for heightened spiritual connections and throat chakra for psychic communication.
Angelite: Used to communicate with Angels and higher frequency. It helps open you up to new information and spiritual senses.
Amethyst: Opens higher chakras, helps strengthen psychic abilities, protects and good for meditation and dreams.
Bloodstone: This one is really known to strengthening psychic abilities of all kinds, especially clairvoyance. It also protects from lower frequencies.
Carnelian: This one helps heighten/develop intuition, clairvoyant and clairaudient gifts. Used to transfer living to the spirit realm and vice versa.
Fluorite: Offers psychic protection, from negative energies and psychic vampires. Helps strengthen intuition, psychic abilities, connection to spirits and spirit guides.
Herkimer Diamond: Especially known for having magical properties, the Herkimer Diamond helps with telepathy, connections to spirit guides, past life and enhancing psychic abilities.
Kyanite: Great stone to use in meditation, to aid lucid dreaming, astral projection, connecting to spirit guides and Intuition. (Do use with caution since it’s really strong)
Sapphire: Helps open communication lines with the spirit world, helps give clarity, open the third eye and enhance psychic visions. Also aids with out of body, telepathy, precognition and intuition.
Turquoise: Enhances clairvoyant and clairaudient abilities, strengthen psychic powers and balance chakras.
Quartz: Quartz is the most powerful stone for psychic abilities, and the most accessible. It enhances psychic vision, understanding messages from the spirit world, opening communication with it and balancing chakras.
Psychic Protection:
Labradorite: Good for protection against negative energies and very powerful psychic protection.
Tiger’s Eye: Also amazing to keep you safe from negativity, it helps mostly with more human bad energies. Still very good.
Black Tourmaline: Black tourmaline helps ground you and keeps you incredibly safe from negativity. Like a pillar. My personal choice.
Emerald: Emerald is incredibly powerful psychic tool and keeps you safe from negative energies.
Most of the crystals mentioned above are really good for protection too.
Most black stones are good for grounding/protection/Absorption of negative energies, such as: Apache tears, Black tourmaline, obsidians and more.
Finally, a disclaimer. I don’t know everything. I may have made some mistakes. Please take care of yourself when working with the subtle and please don’t force yourself into doing something that frightens you or that you don’t feel ready to do. If you are mentally unstable, first look into healing yourself before going into spirit communication, since spirits can trick you, just like humans.
Please take care, but don’t be afraid either since fear is food for spirits with lower vibrations.
@theitsybitsywitchling to answer your question, a Bonding Journal is basically a log or diary of your daily (or otherwise like me that forgets to bring it with her everywhere) experiences and learnings with your spirit/ entity companions. They can be anywhere from learning what their favorite food is if it wasn’t told to you already to what has so-n-so taught you regarding your magical practice this day. Or even something as trivial as “omg my bffs moved and hid the candies I was saving for later! ”
This not only helps you learn more about them, but help them know more about you because you’re all in it for the long haul unless your companions have nothing more to teach you and then you find them new homes for others to learn from them (aka “rehoming”). I’ve sat with my guys and did anything from tarot to sigil work to casting with my Keep so these are things you want to have because, in the long run, you could end up with many companions and forget things. I’m always forgetting so I flip back and be like “oh yeah! XD Good times~!”
I hope this helps explains things. I actually keep one of these, a divination book just for tarot readings and other messages I get, and a Book of Shadows. You can bunch it all in one of you like, but you will find a system that works best for you and your keep.
So mant people want readings for free, either because they don’t respect the skill or because they think that we don’t deserve to earn a living wage for our work. I charge $35 for my full readings because they take a lot of energy and I let you ask multiple questions. If you want a free reading, that’s fine, but don’t try to ask someone who has set their prices. We’ve set them because we have spent our time giving free readings and building up our skills. My prices aren’t even that high in my opinion, I know there are those who charge over a hundred. So don’t sit there and tell me you still want me to do it for free, go find a new reader who’s looking to sharpen their skills and take the gamble. Especially when it’s cause you think your girlfriend is cheating, I am absolutely not lowering my prices for relationship readings. I should be charging way more for those, most of those who ask for that legitimately need some form of therapy
People with the elk spirit know how to pace themselves. They may not be the first to arrive, but they will get there without burning out. Like the horse, folks with this spirit animal will often feel the need for companionship or group support. They understand that they do not have to do everything alone, and that help is out there waiting for them. All they have to do is ask for it. people with this totem need high energy levels.
I won’t be sharing all the portraits I do of all my people for Patreon, primarily because I will absolutely forget to cross post them, but also because, you know, they’re for Patreon. Thank you for your understanding.
Anyway I wanted to share this one because I love it a lot. I was inspired by the partially damaged murals of the Muses discovered in Pompeii.
It was his birthday at the end of February. I am drawing and writing about all the guys that live with me on Patreon for their birthdays all year because that’s a magical bond I never tire of pouring energy and love into. Patreon is a really nice place for it because it feels a bit like the friends-locking capability that Livejournal-era internet socialising could offer, with all the associated comfort and security. Tumblr and Instagram feel too open to scrutiny, and don’t really encourage the sort of in-depth engagement that I would prefer to see with my work. I wish there was a non-paywalled option, though, despite the obvious far-reaching benefits of being able to enjoy the support of a paying audience.
Either way, here he is, I love him very much, and I need you to look at the linework here and marvel at how much I am capable of now that I am chock full of anti-adhd “Brain Vitamins”! I just hatched some ringlets over the course of several hours like it was no thing whatsoever!!!!!
Digital work and traditional work on the same piece. A few alternates over on patreon of course. I am cajoling myself to post here more frequently, but my energy is at a low, painful ebb. This year has been very good in some ways, and excruciatingly painful in others. Thank you for your patience, and your interest in my work, if that’s still something that applies.
We usually don’t speak about that, but I always wondered how people:
***who can’t connect no matter what they try
***people living with mental disorders or other unique mental conditions
***someone going through hard and heavy time when they’re loosing themselves in sheer physicality and chaotic activities they need to perform at certain moment at their life
I mean all the people who feel lost, disturbed, overwhelmed and disconnectedduring prolonged period of months, years, possibly entire life-
how uniquetheir connection to the spirit guides might be.
Dear heart, if you’re struggling in that way, I’d like to share with you some things which might help you to understand the uniqueness of your condition.
There is a real reason behind your condition, this is your chosen way to learn, refine your soul and spiritually evolve - you’re basically a child learning to swim, alone, scared, but only this way without any help you might learn a lot, really a lot.
***It needs a lot of bravery, special commitment of your soul to live any experience truly and deeply, being a mystical warrior who is going in the very darkness and let it destroy themselves while studying its ways. And compassion - it underlays everything, your soul committed to that hard journey as a way to gain knowledge to contribute to a lot of beings, without learning and transmuting darkness cosmos can’t continue…
You possibly have experienced strong connection with your spirit guides at certain moment and now high vibration energy you received is working in you, purifying, transmuting, it should be rather hard experience, your darkness is moving and manifesting, karmic connections and lessons are activated. But you’re on the way.
If you’ve previously tried to connect with the spirit guides through various rituals and tools but failed, it might possibly indicate that you were searching in wrong direction and tended to allow yourself to be led by wishful thinking and fantasies. Your failing is your blessing, it means you’re staying on your true path. It’s an indication that it’s time to let go of all expectations, fears, go back to your inner child and open your heart.
All things are coming in time, there is a time for sowing and time for gathering.
Spirit guides for the lost, disturbed, deeply down
Embrace simple things, things which are personal and unique, how you experience darkness counts. Your connection with the spirit guides is actually very unique, subtle and personal. Let yourself experience it without holding the images of certain rituals, people, conditions allowing that connection happens.
Anxious? Lost? Heavy? Go for that and experience, cry, dissolve yourself in day-to-day office work, fight your obsessions but embrace that as your way to grow and connect.
Sometimes it might be as simple as stopping at road crossing and staying for a while observing people, cars and trees, speaking to somebody you never meant to speak, finding beauty in the ornament created with windows and roofs of the houses you’re passing by. Raw, simple, authentic.
Relax in every moment, no matter what, as deep as possible, relaxation is your way back to reality of your heart
Stay focused, you’re not preparing yourself to experience something special or searching for particular signs, you have no expectations - actually you’re opening to experience anything as that special, but without clinging, letting everything flow
***images and pattern - did you notice twins walking street in front of you? or three beautiful girls in black stepping from drug store?
***colors - what is the color of your neighbor eyes? what is the color of mug you were given at coffee shop that Sunday morning?
***symbols - what was in that strange dream about you your mother saw yesterday?
***sounds, smells, sensations
***words - messages you find on bill boards and in graffitis
— } all that things might lead you nowhere or somewhere, uncovering experience after experience beneath, so you might find yourself remembering childhood or feeling sadness or longing, subtle memories of so many places, so many feelings, that’s your cosmic heritage, but every time make sure you are back in your present moment.
Open your heart, nothing fancy behind that, just try to turn from your mind conditioning every moment it arises strongly and go back to your heart, with trust and compassion towards yourself,
practice asking yourself: what I feel? what I love? what I love in myself? do I love myself right now in that difficult moment?
Lastly,start asking your guides to heal your body, even if you feel well, your etheric body might hold huge traumatic experiences
Be on the look out for any falsehoods, deceit or illusions that could be clouding a current situation or relationship. This may indicate your need to tap into your deeper emotions. Dragonfly’s are also a sign of magic and mystery and may hint that you need to recharge your psychic energies. Finally could suggest you are going through a major transformation in your life.
CALL ON A DRAGON FLY WHEN:
You feel emotionally shut down and want to free up your energy and expressiveness. When your life feel stagnant and you need change, when a situation or relationship seems clouded with illusion and if your feeling drawn to study any mythical arts or ancient mystery’s
IF DRAGONFLY IS YOUR POWER ANIMAL:
You’re a very emotionally intense person and passionate individual, although as you have matured you’ve learned the art of detachment and emotional containment. you have a lot of nervous energy, flitting here and there a lot, and must balance this energy by getting grounded from time to time. You have a strong connection to the nature spirits and love gardening and working with plants. You’re a master of seeing through illusions, whether others or your own
Merry meet! This bibliomancy reading will be composed by the spirits in the form of a poem, just for you. The spirits will choose both the books and the lines therein to compose your poem, which will be edited by myself to suit the mood and intention of the poetry, whether that be to smooth things out or to make them more sharp and pointed.
In my last post, I talked about different types of spirits that witches may work with. Today, we’re going to discuss how to approach spirits and establish a working relationship.
Keep in mind that these are general guidelines, and every spirit is different. I encourage you to do your own research beyond this post, especially if you plan to work with powerful entities like deities, angels, or fairies.
Remember the Four R’s
It’s important to keep these things in mind when working with spirits:
Respect. The spirits are powerful, and you need to have a healthy respect for that power when working with them. It’s also important to respect them as individual, autonomous beings.
I’m not saying that every interaction you have with the spirits needs to be a full blown ritual with incense and chanting. (In fact, some spirits don’t care for those types of rituals.) But every interaction you have with them should be conducted with an air of respect and reverence.
What this mostly boils down to is good manners. Being polite will get you better results — and it will also keep you from being on the receiving end of spirit mischief. Proper etiquette depends on the type of spirit you’re working with, which is one reason it’s important to do your research. In general, it’s polite to make an offering, use respectful language, and thank the spirits before you leave (unless you’re dealing with fairies — some traditions say you should never thank the fae).
Respecting spirits also means respecting their desires — even if that means respecting their wish not to work with you. Not every spirit you reach out to will want to form a relationship with you, just like not every person you meet in your life will want to be your friend. When a spirit turns you down, respect their decision, politely bid them farewell, and move on.
Reciprocity. The goal of spirit work is to establish a mutually-beneficial partnership — not for one partner to serve the other. On one hand, this means that you can’t just command spirits to do your bidding without giving anything in return. On the other hand, it also means that you won’t be worshiping/honoring them without receiving some kind of boon.
This is why it’s important to make offerings to the spirits you work with. These offerings “feed” the spirits by giving them power, and a good offering will likely make a spirit more willing to work with you. Offerings are not payment for favors from spirits (it’s not quite that simple), but they are a sign that you intent to practice reciprocity in your relationship.
In general, it’s important to make an offering when you first introduce yourself to a spirit and again before you ask them for anything. But you shouldn’t only make offerings when you’re about to ask for something! How would you feel if you had a friend who only did nice things for you when they were about to ask for a favor? You’d probably start avoiding them, right? You might even get angry. To avoid this kind of dynamic in your spirit work, make regular offerings to the spirits you work with. If you’re especially close with a spirit, you may want to offer to them every day.
Relationship.The spirits are not vending machines where you put offerings in and blessings fall out. They are living, sentient beings with feelings, and deserve to be treated as such. Your relationship with the spirits you choose to work with is just that: a relationship. And like any relationship, it requires time, energy, and emotional labor.
If that sounds like more effort than you want to make, there are plenty of ways to do magic without ever working with spirits. You don’t need to do spirit work to be a witch. It may not be your thing, and that’s okay!
But if you choose to work with spirits, it’s important to remember that you are working with them as an equal partner — you’re not their boss, and they are not obligated to like you, help you, or even tolerate you. Relationships with spirits are built over time, through mutual respect and trust.
You wouldn’t drive up to your friend’s house, throw a fast-food burger at them, and then demand a special favor. Likewise, you shouldn’t just dump an offering on your altar and demand something of the spirits. Take the time to sit down with them. Talk to them. Get to know them. Put some thought into your offerings, instead of just offering the same thing every time. Spirit work is, at its core, about building an authentic relationship with the spirits we choose to include in our practice. Enjoy it.
Research. When it comes to spirits, it’s important to know exactly who (and what) you’re dealing with. As previously mentioned, the etiquette for dealing with fairies is very different from other land spirits. Different deities have different standards for their worshipers, which vary from one pantheon to the next. The way you interact with your ancestors will probably be shaped by their personalities, cultures, and values. All this is to say it’s important to know who you’re reaching out to, preferably before you reach out to them.
With deities, this is easy. Most witches who choose to work with deities will feel drawn to a certain pantheon, or even a specific god or goddess. There’s a lot of information out there about most historical pantheons, so researching them is easy. The same goes for angels, saints, demons, and even fairies.
It can be a little more difficult to do your research when you’re dealing with land spirits, spirits of place, or other less well-known figures. In these cases, it’s best to take three steps: 1.) figure out what type of spirit you’re dealing with (land spirit, animal spirit, ancestor, etc.), 2.) find out what this type of spirit is like generally, and 3.) find out how that applies to your specific spirit.
For example: you want to connect with your local land spirits. You do some research to find out how land spirits have been treated in various cultures — you find out that they’re typically benevolent, are closely tied to the natural landscape, and were often given food offerings. Then, you do some research into your local plants and animals — what form might a nature spirit take in your local environment? Would it be a huge moose with snow-covered antlers, or a magnolia tree in full bloom? Is there any local folklore in your area that could be describing a land spirit? Once you have answers to these questions, you’ll have a much better idea of how to approach the spirits and start up a relationship.
Initiating a Relationship with a Spirit
Begin by identifying who this spirit is. For example, let’s say you choose to reach out to a specific ancestor spirit — maybe a deceased grandparent. Make sure you’re familiar with the etiquette for interacting with this type of spirit so you don’t accidentally do something disrespectful. (If your Grandma hated cussing, try not to drop any f-bombs while communing with her.)
Create a special space to communicate with the spirit. This can be as simple as lighting a candle or as elaborate as setting up a special altar. If you’re reaching out to a grandparent, you might set up a small ritual space with a photo of them, any of their belongings that you have access to, and some things that they enjoyed while they were alive. These items may make the connection easier, but you don’t need them to communicate. What matters is that you’ve taken the time to create a special space for this moment. (Like all ritual spaces, it should be clean and tidy, and it’s a good idea to do an energetic cleanse beforehand.)
Make an offering. Make sure your offering is appropriate for the spirit you’re connecting to. Offerings should be made with an air of reverence — don’t just toss a bag of Doritos on your altar and expect it to be well-received.
Introduce yourself. Speak out loud. State your intention and who you are hoping to connect with.
Wait and listen. You may feel a presence or receive some kind of sign — or you may not. Just because you didn’t get a sign doesn’t mean that your offering wasn’t noticed or that you’re being ignored. You may also receive a sign several hours, days, or weeks after you first reach out. Be patient.
Say your farewells. Express your gratitude for the spirit’s presence, and let them know that you are ending your little ritual. It’s up to you whether to invite them to stick around or politely tell them to leave, but if you’re going to give a spirit permission to linger in your home you better be 1000% sure you know who they are and what their intentions with you are.
Moving Forward
As you work with this spirit, it is important to establish clear boundaries for the relationship. Be clear about what you want to accomplish by working with them, and make sure you understand what they expect from you in return.
You might want to establish a time limit: for example, maybe you’re choosing to work closely with the goddess Brigid from Imbolc to Samhain, at which point you can choose to continue the relationship or to take a step back. Or, you may choose to work with a spirit on a specific task — for example, working with the goddess Aphrodite to get back on your feet and rebuild your self esteem after a breakup. Once this task is accomplished, you may choose to form a more long-term relationship or to take a step back.
Forming a permanent or long-term working relationship with a spirit is a very big, very serious commitment, and should not be taken lightly. This goes double for anything involving a ritual commitment, such as dedication to a deity. When you make these commitments, you are choosing to make a spirit and their energy a permanent part of your life. This decision requires some very serious introspection and consideration, and should not be made impulsively.
Resources:
Southern Cunning: Folkloric Witchcraft in the American South by Aaron Oberon
A Practical Heathen’s Guide to Asatru by Patricia M. Lafayllve
Where the Hawthorn GrowsandThe Morrigan: Meeting the Great Queens by Morgan Daimler
Wicca for Beginners by Thea Sabin
Azrael Loves Chocolate, Michael’s A Jock: An Insider’s Guide to What Your Angels Are Really Like andThe Angel Code by Chantel Lysette
New World Witchery podcast (several episodes, including “Episode 164 — Irish Folklore and Magic,” “Episode 161 — Practicing Safe Hex,” and “Episode 152 — Honoring Ancestors”)
I crave deeper connections. I wanna talk about the spiritual realm. I wanna talk about the magic of the Universe. I wanna talk about how we are the creators of our lives. I wanna talk about manifestation and the law of attraction. Where you guys at??
A vague topic, but a fun one. Guides come in and out of our lives for many reasons. Animal, angel, spirit, tree, plant, water, etc. are all different guides we have behind us.
Whether we meditate to find them, we always knew, a psychic told us, or they just smacked us in the head one day (legit way these things happen), we will always have many more behind us.
A few of my guides are seal, otter, an irish woman that laughs at me (I couldn’t spell her name if my life depended on it), and lots of dragons and faeries and such. One specifically wants to be known as “The White One” and to let all of you know about it. lol She’s a funny one. I met my main guide through my mom (the joys have having an intuitive parent), but many others came through meditation or smacked me. Again. Legit.
So my question is: who are you guides (if you want to share) and how did you meet them?
ILLEGAL GALLERY PRESENTS: OUTSIDER ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: MADGE GILL
“The tremendous creative outpourings of the mediumistic artist Madge Gill began after her only daughter died at birth in 1919 and a subsequent illness during which she lost the sight in one eye. Her early life had been no less traumatic. Born in london to an unmarried mother, at the age of nine she was placed in an orphanage and subsequently sent to Canada as a farm servant.Gill returned to london when she was nineteen and before her marriage lived with an aunt, who introduced her Spiritualism. Gill’s discovery of drawing was a direct result of attempts to contact her daughter and one of her sons, who had died during the influenza epidemic of 1918, the other side. She maintained that she was guided by a spirit she called Myrninerest and often signed works in that name. Her oeuvre ranges from postcards, produced after another in all-night sittings, to drawings covering immense rolls of calico, which she finished incrementally, earlier parts of the drawing becoming hidden as the fabric was rolled to reveal a new blank surface. At times Gill exhibited work at amateur art exhibitions in the East End of london, but rarely sold her creations, insisting that the belonged to her spirit guide.”
Do you know of any ways to contact your spirit guide? I’ve tried many times but no luck. Or maybe I just haven’t realized it was contacting me. Please and thank you!
Meditation is a great way to contact a spirit guide. I would venture to guess that astral travel could also work, but I have little to no experience in that area. The meditation that I used once a long time ago began with what I believe was a martial arts inspired relaxation. Find a place to lay flat on your back and very slowly relax all the muscles in your body starting at the feet and working your way up.
Once this is done, close your eyes and imagine a pinpoint of light in the distance. Try to clear your mind and then start walking towards it until you reach a set of stairs. Count them as you climb towards the light. When I did this, I counted only ten, but it may vary. And when I came out, I was in a library where I met my spirit guide.
Meditation can be difficult and some people aren’t great with visualization or clearing the mind. I’m sure there are other ways, but this is the only one I’ve had experience with. You might try having kunzite, amethyst, or fluorite with you to help concentration.
These are the four main types of personal spirit guides which split spirit guides up into 3 categories based on the relationship of when, and how you came in contact with them.
Soul Guide:
A soul guide is a guide that has been your guide in another or multiple incarnations. They probably met up with you in a different life, or in between lives, and are now a more constant part of your soul group, spirit council, or spirit family. These entities are usually very connected to you, because of the past that you share, even if you do not remember it. Soul guides are also a lot more connected to your higher self.
Lifetime Guides:
Lifetime guides are guides that are going to be an entity that sticks with you throughout your entire life. These guides are assigned at birth, and will connect with you during this lifetime. They may choose to leave once the life is done, or may continue on with you depending upon many different factors.
Short-term Guides, and Temporary Guides:
Short-term guides also sometimes referred to as temporary guides are guides that will show up from time to time in your life. These guides usually come into your life in order to teach you a lesson and then will leave once the lesson is learned. They will usually come in the form of animals, or mythical creatures, so that you can receive your message from whatever form they take. They will come to you in times of great need, dire situations, or when you must learn a life lesson, and will last with you and tell that time is complete.
The roles of the guides:
These are the main roles that guides usually fit into. A guide can take up one of these roles, or they can take up multiple of them, or multiple guides can take up the same roles.
Main Spirit Guide, and Primary Spirit Guide:
The main spirit guide also sometimes referred to as the primary spirit guide is the entity that watches over the rest of your soul group, spirit council, or spirit family, and will make sure that they are doing what they are supposed to. these guides will communicate and even manage, or coordinate the rest of your soul group, spirit council, or spirit family in order to keep everything going smoothly, and in line with your higher self’s plan. Main Spirit guides are usually going to be lifetime guides, or soul guides.
Teacher Guides, and Philosopher Guides:
Teacher guides also sometimes referred to as philosopher guides is a guy that teaches you lessons that you need to learn, and will help you figure out things in your personal life. They will try to teach you everything they think you need to know, and will try to do it in the best manner for you, and when you are ready to learn it. These types of guides are very intuitive, intelligent, reasonable, wise, and logical. They will usually focus on specific teachings that they are assigned to teach you by your higher self. These guides will help you problem solve and help you work through certain situations in order to better yourself. Teacher guides can be short-term guides, lifetime guides, or even soul guides.
Helper Guides:
Helper guides are guides that will try to help you with anything that you need to accomplish. They are a lot like good friends that you can always count on for assistance, and will help you achieve a certain desire, or outcome. These guides will usually be called on by the practitioner in order to ask for their help in certain situations, but the guide can always help without being asked. Helper guides can be short-term guides, lifetime guides, or even soul guides.
Healing Guides, and Doctor Guides:
Healing guides sometimes referred to as doctor guides our guides that are skilled in the act of healing. These guides are usually called upon when you need healing, or will help you heal when you are injured. These guides may even be short-term guides that pop in just to heal you when you are injured. A lot of the time these guides also take the form of animals in order to heal you using the energy of that animal. These guides may also help you in healing others, if you ask them to and can be powerful allies of channeling healing energies. Healing guides can be short-term guides, lifetime guides, or even soul guides.
Joy guides, and Child Guides:
Joy guides sometimes referred to as child guides (not to be confused with guides that take the form of children) are guides that try to make you happy when you are feeling down, or need a pick-me-up. They usually will have a great childlike wonder which is why they are referred to sometimes as child guides. A lot of the time these guides are also very energetic, and optimistic allowing them always to make you feel good even in the darkest of times. Joy Guides can be short-term guides, lifetime guides, or even soul guides.
Spirit Guardian, Protector Guides, Gatekeeper Guides, or Guardian Angel:
Spirit guardian also referred to as protector guides, gatekeeper guides, or guardian angel are guides that will watch out for your well-being. These guides will usually defend you from threats, and keep you out of harm’s way. This entity will also protect you when you open yourself up energetically, and will also keep away other entities that you do not want to interact with. They will also protect the connection of entities that you’re communicating with during spiritual communication. These guides may also tell you how to defend yourself, and will keep watch over you. Spirit guardians are usually going to be soul guides, or long-term guides, but can still sometimes be short-term guides in certain situations.
Journey Guide, and Message Bearer Guides:
Journey guides also referred to as messenger bearing guides are going to be usually short-term guides that show up with a message for you, and then leave after you receive the message, or after you complete a certain task. These guides will usually come out of nowhere to help you on your journey by giving you a certain wisdom, or understanding that you need. These Guides also usually take animal form in order to deliver their message through the animal symbolism they possess. These guides can be incredibly helpful when they make their presence known to you. A lot of the time they may give you a message in meditation, or in your dreams. Journey guide are most definitely going to be short-term guides.
Shadow Spirit Guides:
Shadow spirit guides are guides that challenge you to face the hidden parts of yourself that you don’t usually deal with. This usually makes you deal with such things as fears, insecurities, and hidden parts of your sub conscience, That you may have locked away. These guides may also take forms that you fear, or are uncomfortable around in order to show that they are indeed the shadow guide. They will do all of this in order to allow you to better yourself, and we’ll still have your common good at heart. Shadow guides are usually going to be soul guides, or lifetime guides.
Creative Guides:
Creative guides are guides that inspire, and motivate practitioners to create, and will try to get you to make, and create new things. They will try to be your muse, and can inspire arts, and can help clear artist block. Creative guides can be short-term guides, lifetime guides, or even soul guides.
⛓: I will not be giving specific word counts as I thinkforcing the outcome of anything is very unhealthy and can demage the reading! However I will be giving three possibilities which are short, average and detailed! And remember to not be scared to message me and ask for anything! I will welcome you with open arms!
s stands for short, a stands for average, d stands for detailed
i don’t take requests for anything that involves sexual questions about a person that won’t consent to me picking up on their energy. also no questions about health or immoral things! payment is done before the service.
—astro
: please remember that i am not amazing at this
birth chart analysis short being your big three, average your big six, detailed is everything i find important, trying to include everything ;; s5$a10$d25$
careerin this i will simply analyse your birth chart to be able to answer a question you s5$a10$d15$
love i will answer any love question you have by analysing your chart (and the one of your crush) s5$a15$d25$
healingguiding you in how to heal and from what, but you would need to provide information for this s5$a10$d25$
—dream analysis
This actually depends on the length of your dream! I don’t mind what it is about as long as you keep respectful.
short5$ , average 10$ , detailed 18$ , extra long35$
—tarot
loveany question as long as there is no third party involved. s5$a15$d30$
spiritsthese can involve questions about ones that are not your guide s10$a17$d25$
careerany question. s12$a20$d35$
custom question you can ask anything, but if it makes me uncomfortable i will decline. s5$a20$d28$
—messages
petss 5$ a 10$ d 15$
passed one s 5$ a 15$ d 25$
guidess 5$ a 10$ d 25$
your God! i don’t care which religion, just tell me your beliefs and what you think is a good additional information. s5$a10$d25$
your future selfs 5$ a 10$ d 20$
future spouse s 5$ a 10$ d 20$
—fun
past life we will discuss which topics of your past life you want to touch on! <3 s 10$ a 20$ d 35$
celebrity crush yess!! you can ask whatever! If they would like you! compatibility! yall in a relationship! but please be respectful towards them s 10$ a 20$ d 35$
you in x verse just ur life in whatever fictional universe s 15$ a 25$ d 45$
compatibilitywith ur crush!! Idc who it is, I’ll answer for u s 10$ a 20$ d 35$
shiftingyou can just go and ask whatever s 5$ a 15$ d 18$
What if changing the world was just about being here? By showing up no matter how many times we get told we don’t belong? By staying true even when we’re shamed into being false? By believing in ourselves even when we’re told we’re too different? And if we all held on to that, if we refuse to budge and fall in line, if we stood our ground for long enough, just maybe the world can’t help but change around us.
im obsessed w physical closeness, romantically….not even sexually just if u date me it’s all hugging all the time we are gonna lay in bed and im gonna cuddle w u, we will stand in the kitchen and i will stand hip to hip w u, u will sit on the couch and i will stroke your hair and kiss your forehead….it’s so intoxicating as a concept
hey just wondering can i fast forward to the part of my life where i’ve renovated an old nature claimed cottage into a little apothecary and metaphysical shop and i’m a witch and diviner for hire
