— Casual Ways To Connect With Deities

Adept level magic: Protection of the four elements enchantment

Timing:

• New moon, preferably in an earth sign, especially Taurus

• Do not perform on a waning moon, any waxing moon will do as needed

• Perform at sunrise

Supplies:

• 4 sachet bags preferably black

• A shovel or spade

• Black yarn or twine

• Salt (1 tsp per bag)

• Cinnamon (1 tsp per bag, or 7 drops essential oil per bag)

• Obsidian (1 piece as per bag)

• 28 Rose thorns (7 thorns per bag)

• chamomile ( 1 tsp dry or 7 drops essential oil per bag)

• Lavender (1 tsp dry or 7 drops essential oil per bag)

• Patchouli (1 tsp dry or 7 drops essential oil per bag)

Preparation:

Place all components in sachet bag as described. Below,

In bag 1 place: patchouli, obsidian, salt, and 7 rose thorns

In bag 2 place: lavender, obsidian, salt, and 7 rose thorns

In bag 3 place: chamomile, obsidian, salt, and 7 rose thorns

In bag 4 place: cinnamon, salt, obsidian, and 7 rose thorns

Dig 4 holes for the bags at the 4 corners of the property. They should be deep enough that about 6 inches of dirt cover the bags after they are placed.

At sunrise,

Intuit which hole to begin with,

Go to it,

Meditate in the way which works best for you.

Place bag 1 in the hole.

As you do, say

Element of earth I call to thee, by the power of you and earthen patchouli, of protective rose and salt to halt the steps of my foes, upon this place the protection of the earth shall grow.

Cover the hole,

Move to the next hole,

Place bag 2 In the hole,

As you do say

“Element of air I call upon you, in companionship with lavender true, salt and rose that shall aid you, defend this space as if it were a sacred tomb

Move to the next hole:

Place bag 3 in the hole,

As you do say,

“Element of water i invoke thee, come and work with chamomile too maintain peace, with thorn of rose and salt of the earth, within this space let only goodness be birthed”

Move to the next hole,

Place bag 4 in the hole,

As you do say,

Element of fire come and hear my desire, along with salt and thorn, lead by cinnamon, shall you see an enemy of mine, you shall defend against them, be it spirit, mind, or flesh, by this spell you will protect me your best”

Move to the front door of the home and look up,

Say:

“By four elements joined, and the word of my spell,

No being in any form who wishes me unwell, shall enter this home, by the four elements I sit upon safety, this is my fortress and throne”.

some ideas for non-verbal spell casting:

so i’m a pretty quiet person irl, and i find a lot of spellbooks and posts on here include verbalization in the form of incantations, mantras, et cetera.

which is all well and good if that works for you, whatever floats your boat and casts your spell; but what if you’re like me and verbalizations make you uncomfortable?

or you’re practicing late at night while your housemates are asleep?

or you just. prefer to not speak?

well, here are some alternatives!

say your incantation internally

visualize your incantation

make your incantation physical (could you add movement/gestures to your spell?)

make it symbolic (breaking something, binding something, burying it?)

use a noisemaker! (eg. a bell, clap, a song, note, chord, etc)

simply do without! not every spell or ritual needs a verbal component, and maybe you’re just not that kind of practitioner. that’s okay!

i’m sure there are tons of things that i’ve left off or forgotten, and i definitely want to hear more ideas if you have them!

wind be with you!

Daemonism things...

Not knowing what to say when someone asks about your form related jewellery.

Being careful not to answer "too fast" if asked what animal you would be.

That split second where you and your daemon are disagreeing over what to do next.

Knowing the whole journey of trying to work out if you are settled enough as a person yet to find a settled form.

I’ve been really interested in His Dark Materials since the new TV show started. I was looking for more in depth research about the world building of daemons because it’s such a fascinating concept and like I discovered how daemons get their names. So when a child is born, the child’s daemon is named by their parents daemons.

So when Lyra was born and Pan started existing, that means that THIS MOTHERFUCKER

THIS THING is what gave Pantalaimon his name.

You could argue that Stelmaria might’ve contributed to the name but based on the fact that it was a highly scandalous affair, I doubt Asriel was anywhere near Lyra’s birth.

But like, the golden monkey being the one to name Pan is so fucking wild. Like he chose a name based on a Greek saint? A name that basically means all-merciful?

The monkey wanted Lyra to be merciful. He wanted her to have mercy.

posting this here so it can leave my mind

october 31th international holiday for: bisexuals, goths, middle childs, ig baddies, metalheads, people who started shit during debates on sociology class, crazy scientists, entps, people who read books they hate so they can criticize it properly, people with adhd, and last but not least, necromancers.

Are daemons furries? Discuss.

dr. malone: knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit- wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad

lyra: philosophy is wondering if that makes ketchup a smoothie

pan: common sense is knowing that ketchup isn’t A FUCKING SMOOTHIE LYRA