She is the Lady of the Depths, reigning Queen of the Heart – she is the master of emotion: love and longing, melancholy and mourning. Within the cosmic sea – she watches through the looking glass, Born in the abyss, she churns the waves of love and hangs the magnetic moon on the canvas of the sky.
I’m just curious if you’ve had similar experiences.
I’ve eaten them before
Aye, I can only imagine how terrible the nausea must have been! From what I understand, it’s the seed hulls that cause it – hence why I go by route of tea, where they are ground, steeped and strained out (along with that horrifying, aloe vera-like gel that comes with it).
I actually really don’t enjoy anything about the experience. The tea is one of the most horrid tasting things (near wormwood), it makes you sick or at least like you might be – BUT I have found it effective. Especially with Spirit Work.
Basically, there’s no way I’d ever take it recreationally, but for witchcraft? Yes.
This is a compiled list of all the works I’ve posted here thus far. I will attempt to do my best to reblog this periodically with updates, in hopes of making more blog more easily navigated. You’ll find below the links to all my (applicable) posts – arranged alphabetically and by category instead of simply chronologically. Hopeful this will be helpful!
To humans born was vice – recounted in the form of sin. In
each there is a darkness, ever-present and lurking at the borderline of our own
“morality” – intrinsic or instilled – and like the head of the hydra, from the
slain virtue come two vices in its stead. The Bible speaks of them – both as
they are customarily known and the antecedents of such – as the cardinal sins.
Lust
Greed
Gluttony
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride
This is the Dark Serpent – coiled about the body and
weighing on the soul, grounding it thusly to the physical world in which we
exist. It is our tether and our anchor so that we might remain bound –
necessary so that we might make our earthy contribution and learn our lessons
tasked. Without it – and these primal instincts – we ascend. Just as without
its compatriot – we would descend into the darkness. To be human is not to cast
of either – but to appease them both. This is the Balance: this is what keeps
us and this is what solidifies the plane – the Middle Ground.
I do not believe in evil – or rather – I believe that evil
is the creation of man; the condemnation of our own primal aspect, which lashes
back with the vehement will of survival. Evil lies in the neglect of man – the denial
of the primal and the healthy exhibition of such. The Black Serpent must be fed
– but only to appease it – so that it might return to its glutted torpor.
This can be done mundanely – through the unabashed expression
of lust, treating yourself to something decadent, superfluous, relaxing and
indulging in nothing but your own will, letting out your aggression and disdain
in constructive (or controlled, destructive) manners. The key is to allow
yourself these things without guilt –
for shame is antithetical – but to do so in moderation. These practices can and
should be easily integrated, even for the most righteous – for they are constructive
to experience, to mortality.
This being said, there is another ways to feed the Serpent –
one that can prove even more freeing.
To Perform
Go to a dark room – this is where the Serpent resides, where
it feels at home – and sit in the darkness. The key is not to simply sit
listlessly in the dark, but to allow yourself to connect to the darkness, feel
its inky touch upon your skin. If you enjoy/prefer visualization – imagine a
caduceus around which are intertwined a black and white snake. Call to the Dark
Serpent and watch as it unravels itself and comes to you. Search then your mind
for those thoughts of anger, lust, rage, envy and feed them one by one to the
Serpent and letting the leave you. Allow the Serpent to twist about your body –
allowing it to devour the negativity as it sees fit, and when you have been
cleansed – command that it return. Watch it slither back from whence it came,
and coil once more about the caduceus. You have been freed, and the Serpent
fed.
This same principle can be applied thusly to the Light
Serpent, as well, feeding it not with negativity, but giving it your great joys
and good memories so that it might keep them safe. It is fed not with Hate, but
Love – and in times of great darkness or sadness, feed the Light Serpent so
that it might lift you from the bowels of grief.
For those who work magic without the aid of deities or
spirits, these Serpents may also be employed to act as servants to your will –
enacting magic. Send the Light Serpent to bring forth a new love or the Dark to
feed on maladies so that they might heal.
Despite the difficulty the title suggests, this process is
relatively simple. But, foremost, we must define “Spectre.” While noted
regularly in witch trials in and following the Inquisition (specifically in
Salem, wherein “spectral” evidence consisted of the “victim” only need visually
see the “spectre” of a given witch perpetrating crimes against the church to be
formally prosecuted). While as unjust, unfounded and unpleasant those
circumstances may have been for innocent parties, the ideology is not so far
off – assuming we equate the “spectre” to an astral body. Thereby, a witch’s
spectre is naught but the astral manifestation of the witch – tethered most
often to the body, save in cases of astral projection, remote viewing and
occasionally during sleep.
Given these circumstances, the “spectre” may indeed be
transformed for any number of reasons – foremost (I could argue) for secrecy
and indiscretion. Depending, however, on the aim of the witch in astral form,
it could also serve as a(n) convenience/experience.
As such, the witch might adorn the guise of animals, others,
or even an entirely new (visual) being – all while in the astral form.
However, it is important to note that this is not only
applicable (and useful) while unattached to one’s vessel, but also while still
tethered: allowing for a shift in appearance on the spiritual plane. For many
the same reasons as aforementioned: discretion and secrecy – even so far as
mimicry.
No matter how unsavory, a witch could theoretically alter
his/her appearance to mislead other beings that reside therein – spirits and
the like. For protection, I would suggest being the most applicable. While one
may not easily alter their “astral fingerprint” or energy, the appearance may
be easily changed. Which should grant protection from most lowly entities for
brief periods.
The means by which this is accomplished, as I mentioned, is
very simple: merely change your own projection. It’s as simple as maintaining
the visualization of yourself as you wish to be seen. So long as you can
maintain adamant concentration, your form may easily be manipulated thusly.
Again, a breath of caution: this trickery will not fool all
spirits. I dare say even most. The more practice, the better you will become,
but even then there is an innate risk. It’s very much up to you which
situations you deem appropriate.
*I have also used this methodology to disguise myself in the
dreams of another – with great success*
Is it some sort of Dead people holiday? I’m out taking a 2:40am walk – because witchcraft – and the Dead are out in drones invading my personal space and creepily watching me. I remain unaffected, but need the hot goss about what on earth are they up-to.
The Qedavian Apocrypha 
