Depression is a THING for a great many folks when they work with the spirit Elubatel, known commonly as an Angel of Omnipotence. "He's" a manifestation of intelligent design, effectively working as a kind of "Knowing Architect" motif; not quite a Hierophant, but decidedly a builder. One that does quite eloquently understand our inner dialogue without critique.

When we invoke him, we bring to the table a spirit who is quite literally able to get into our inner workings and bring them to light....and to life. This understanding has drastically change the way that I interface with spirit, and more than that it's change the way that I look at myself. It is quite evident to me that we wish to pay attention to what's inside us when we approach the crossroads. That is where we truly intersect with our quintessence of Self.

When you work with spirits and get their help, really think about how descriptive you are with what you want and what you need. Focusing really intently on what's actually going to bring you joy tends to make a huge difference.

Thoughts to digest!
-Chris

This whole pandemic/lockdown situation has been pretty wild for all of us, and I am certainly not an example to the contrary. My worldview has changed and evolved repeatedly through this process, make no mistake, and it is continuing to do so. I've spent a year of solid just reevaluating my mental continuum, digging deep to find the hiccups and hindrances within.

It has been a whole ass process, and while I am extremely proud of myself, I recognize that I still have further to go. This post arises out of the depths of these contemplations, and I share these thoughts with you in the hopes that I can catalyze further growth for you without you having to do the same kind of heavy lifting. Consider this a compassionate contribution to your cause and contemplate how to give this forward. That's part of the exchange and part of internalizing these teachings, as we really do have to get into the space of doing a thing to really understand it.

Anything less is lip service. With that in mind, let's dive in. ((Ready, go!))

​I know it’s scary to love; it’s scary to live. 2020 & 2021’s fear and unrest got too many of us, but they taught us an important lesson: we can’t always protect ourselves. Sometimes the universe is going to throw us these massive curve balls that hurt us, scare us & drive us towards timid, terrified submission. 

But we are more than that and it’s our friends and loved ones that help us through the hard times. Embrace these connections and come to live with an indelible, concrete connection with self. That’s where the magick is. 

Take this knowledge and be blessed. You are loved so much more than you know. 

Peace. 
-Chris

Continuing off my earlier post about consensus reality, it's time to talk a little bit about the foundations that we keep in our lives & how they affect us. Our past and how it lingers within our minds and expectations has a direct influence on this reality, and this is especially true for those of us who have experienced trauma.

It's possible for a person to become so accustomed to being in pain that they don't necessarily see even the remotest possibility of things ever getting better. When this happens, trauma becomes a part of consensus reality for the individual; if it is or becomes the most resonant experience a person has, it becomes the root of their existence and a part of reality as they experience it & expect it to be.

The implications of this are both staggering and extraordinarily wide-reaching, as this happens in all areas of life. This can affect us socially, romantically, financially & in a myriad of other ways too. It's not something you can ignore; the scars will shape you from the inside.

It's for this reason that Shadow Work is incredibly necessary. Therapy & healing too, as when we exist within a traumatized, triggered state over a long term, it changes and rewires us. It modifies the way we feel and how we respond to opportunity, so experiencing the possibility of "different" becomes a means of completely overhauling your status quo. 

This then directly and indirectly impacts consensus reality on the whole, as broken people break other people. It's simple fact, as the lore unhealed & unresolved trauma people have, the more they tend to hurt and harm other people and create new traumas. By working through these pains and difficulties we hold inside, we make a point of bettering the reality we exist in. We change the fundamental nature of the world around us and make it better while simultaneously making our own experience better too. It's a win/win situation and this capacity to change what's within makes magick an incredibly powerful tool during these internal journeys!

Blessings, folks!
-Chris

Hail & good morning folks! Its been a while since I sat down to do any writing, so today we're going to spend a bit of time in the deeper end of the pool. ;)

I've spent a substantial amount of time in what I'd term "observation mode" over the past few months. My time in this space has led me to some interesting realizations, not least among them being the apparent fragility of what we'd term to be "consensus reality".

This is as much a new perspective for me as it isn't, as the reality of the situation is that I've been pondering stuff like this since I was a wee lad. We've had plenty of time to ourselves in the past couple of years, however, and that's given each of us a great many opportunities to contemplate what we perceive as our reality at any given moment. We like to think that reality is a profound, meaningful, steady thing unto itself, but it would seem that the mundane world is as subject to our perspective as anything else in the world is.

What we feel and think about a given thing largely contributes to our experience of that experience. How we interact with a given subject matter and opportunity is almost entirely a byproduct of our internal reality, making our experience of what we believe to be reality rather substantially subjective. 

What this means, functionally, is that whatever beliefs we hold impacts what we perceive of a given situation. This directly & indirectly influences what we get out of any given interaction, since the mindset we hold within informs how we interact with environmental stimuli. Case in point, how many of y'all do the mental math around COVID infection rates each time you leave the house?

That's a simple enough example, but think about how this mental math and ongoing analysis has affected your interactions with other people? How close are you comfortable getting with someone you don't know? What about those you do know? The wider threat of a virus we can't see has fundamentally impacted the way in which we interact & engage with others, and these experiences are going to have a ripple effect which influences what the living generation does for the next 20+ years.

Now, the point of all this is to draw attention to just how much this newfound perspective has influenced consensus reality. If reality is a constantly determinable value which is affected by perspective, what happens when the general consensus around a given perspective changes? What we'd term to be "consensus reality" breaks down and social order is deeply impacted, in effect turning the world on its head to an extraordinary degree. In short, consensus reality is great until there's no consensus.

When that all breaks down and gives way, we are largely free to create whatever it is we wish provided its achievable within our current skill range. Contemplate and use this understanding, as magick has a profound capacity to impact our worldview and expectation directly influences what we feel empowered to create within our world. If you're self-limiting because of aged perspectives that no longer serve you, now's a fantastic time to tear those systems down and rebuild.

The world (and all experiences within it) is (are) what you make of it!
Blessings, folks!
​-Chris

Hey y'all, its been a hot minute since I had a chance to write for you - I hope you're each keeping well!

One of the topical points that's come up since right about the start of the month is the idea that fear is a hindrance to SO many things. Its a necessary survival mechanism, but if we're not careful it can be empowered to own us and control our every action.

When I was in congress with some of my spirit friends, I heard something significant & worth sharing:

Really let that sink in. Read it back to yourself a few times & go write it on a post-it note as a reminder. For extra credit, make that into a wallpaper and read it as a mantra.

Understand that fear is a necessity and something you cannot/will not escape unless something has gone deeply wrong for you somewhere along the way. It is a part of who we are & we are innately incomplete without it, but that does not mean that we have to obey its every whim.

Make intelligent, cognizant decisions for yourself, minding fear as an advisor rather than as a controller. You'll be shocked at how much you empower yourself.

Food for thought!
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Be well folks,
-Chris

Following up on my post on conceptual thinking, it seems appropriate to pen a bit more on the subject as the Gemini moon rears its head! This week, we'll be blessed with a New Moon and solar eclipse on the 10th, meaning that creative ventures & the thought processes we attach to them will become more and more meaningful.

The desires we cling to & the creative ventures we hold dear are important, as they're expressions of our fundamental nature. They're reflections of who we are now inasmuch as they're inclinations towards who we wish to become. Just as Gemini has two distinct halves to its whole, so too do we have more going on under the surface than might initially meet the eye.

Recognizing this fact and seeing these aspects of Self as core truths to our quintessence & its expression becomes a part of the self-actualization process. We become what we assume, whatever that may be.

I invite you to contemplate this deeply. Consider how you relate to the moving pieces in your life & reflect upon your disposition towards these life experiences. How do you relate to loss? How do you relate to gain? To opportunity? To excitement? To sadness? To happiness? Each of these things are important experiences which contribute to the whole of our engagement within the world, but more than that, they're also building blocks for our conceptual framework. 

As you come to understand how you respond to the "elements" within an experience, you'll learn to better comprehend how you relate to the spiritual world too. Spirits are often reflections of a specific concept made real, and so just as we might contemplate Water, Fire, Air, and Earth, we should likewise consider how we relate to Happiness, Grief, Joy, Loss, Gain, Passion, etc.

Such enhances your conceptual awareness and gives you a means of interacting with spirits who embody these things.

Food for thought!
Blessings to you all. Have a glorious week!.
-Christopher

When circumstances beset you & cause you to feel frustrated and "low", contemplate what's being communicated to you by your spirits. There's always a reason for the message and a cause for the actions occurring in your world, so contemplating the "intended function" of the experience can assist in the process of stepping beyond whatever is causing you to experience the hindrance before you.

I experienced something like this over the weekend, as I felt an extreme series of ups & downs in response to what has occurred in my life. It was frustrating, but also an eye-opening necessity, as this "trauma" (a term I use rather loosely in this context) helped me to see a difference in how I was presenting myself to the world compared to myself as I am.

Contemplate these challenges & see where they take you. The more you dive into the patterns that cause your experience, the more you'll see and understand of them. You'll experience wide shifts in your perspective, and they can be tools for further unpacking and dissecting your experience!

Blessings,
​Chris

As of late, I've been learning ASL, and that's brought about an interesting series of inspirations worth sharing here!

English is not a conceptual language. Our words represent things, sure, but they're really not a "sight picture" process. We spell out lavish descriptions of things, and we can use our words to invoke emotions & visualizations in others, but we don't really paint a picture with those words. ASL is radically different in this respect, and this is actually what makes it magickally useful.

In sign language, you paint a picture with your hands. Its an inherently visual language in this way, and in this respect, it directly correlates to both mudras (magickal hand signs found in India & Asia) and hieroglyphics. Its something of a cross between interpretive dance and invocation, and it can be a powerful, consuming source of passion.

Fair warning, it'll take some mental gymnastics for this to make sense.

Remember what I said about English being spelled out rather than conceptual? What I mean is that we don't often think/visualize what we're describing on a conceptual level. When we spell a word, we're usually thinking of the verbal building blocks of the thing, NOT the image of whatever it is we're describing. Its inherent to our language. If you need proof of this, try to finger spell out the name of a Rhinoceros and see if that's the image it invokes..... ;)

The sign for Rhinocerous, however, makes it SUPER obvious.:

Try to take this into account when you consider what you're looking to convey to spirits. There's a LOT of ways to use this, either with your own self-created mudras and signs, or by using ones that are already in existence. Get creative with this, and try to find ways to relate the concept of a thing to others without necessarily needing to be all that linear in your process.

This will be difficult for the non-visual folks at first, but that's part of what makes it so incredibly powerful!

Be blessed!
​-Chris

As some of you may know, I'm currently offering a giveaway that'll wrap up on Friday. I will be individually blessing each person who signs up for this, in effect scaling-up the lives & experiences of everyone involved. This gives me an opportunity to write about some things that's generally glossed over in the magickal community at the same time. 

Blessings are probably the simplest form of active magickal ritual a person can perform. The very process is predicated upon the understanding, cultivation, and conveyance of good will. It is an exercise in active compassion, and that desire to see others do well becomes the basis of the Work. As I see it, there are two ways into this practice: 1) You can seek to bless yourself & see yourself thrive, or 2) you can seek to bless others. Both are entirely valid, and the irony is that either path will automatically involve you performing the opposite of what you've chosen. 

When you bless yourself, you indirectly bless all who interact with you, scaling up the potency of your efforts & all those who interact with you. When you bless others, you beneficially impact those that you will be interacting with, thereby improving your day perpetually, provided you keep up with the process. In this way, it's a very cool win/win & it's a powerful practice with an incredibly small, easily accessible way in to practicing magick. This is a tool, and with it you can improve your life and the lives of others quite readily. 

If you find yourself interested in being able to do this, I will walk you through how you might go about doing so in this article. It is not a difficult process to begin, but there is a core tenement that must be respected if this is to function correctly: you must genuinely care for the person & want to see them do well. There is no room for selfishness in this process, even when you're working on yourself. That might seem counterintuitive, but selfishness is counter to true desire for improvement. It is an negative current that runs counter to that of compassion. It must be put in its place for you to be truly successful in this venture. 

If you can create within yourself that desire to see others succeed without concern for self, you can convey this to spells & rituals. This very expression of active compassion changes the way the brain works and brings the body and mind in alignment with soul. As you create this emotion within yourself, focus it upon the person you care for in this context & spark alight a single candle while visualizing and appreciating the creation of "better" in their lives. See them happy, see them successful. Watch how your spell burns, and see what this feels like to you both during & after. Endlessly contemplate these rituals each time you do them, and you'll start to see and feel how the framework of the universe fits together.

All it takes is a single step. A continual effort like this can become life-changing. It will become life-changing if you let it. If you've not already signed up for the giveaway mentioned above, I would recommend you do so. If you are already participating in this, try doing this ritual directly alongside my efforts this coming Friday & see how that feels. ;)

Blessings to each of you. Thanks for reading. 
-Chris