“I´ll try to explain and show how to create magickal intentions from idea to written material.
An example : I need some positive energy to regain my strength from practicing many rituals last month. So I will write something like :
-“Dear Universe and Goddess of the Crones, Hecate, please aid me in regaining strength. By hard work and meditation I´ll build up my strength. By the Air that I breathe, The Fire that burns in my heart, the Water that runs in my blood, and the Earth that I walk upon, as I will it, So Mote It Be.”-
First I´ll light a candle in my sacred space. Then I´ll burn my note and light incense/use aromatherapy to clear the space for new workings. The whole process took less than 15 minutes to plan, arrange and simply enjoy.”
Yes, and it was my last words in my post What I love about witchcraft a week ago.
To me magickal intentions are both specific wishes/questions asked to the Universe. I cannot myself create everything I want and need, not even as a witch. But what I can is this, I can try to pull in some positive energy by asking politely for help to do something. The help consists of my confidence from having grounded my wish by writing exactly what I felt in the moment.
I work hard to write, to keep this blog running and to live a meaningful life with witchcraft on a daily basis. And I meditate by reading during a daily tea ritual and by always having a book nearby. There I manifested my wish.
Has it been better since ? Yes and no. Yes, meaning that I love to sit and write about something I love. witchcraft. No, meaning I´ve been somewhat touchy this week. Autumn is here now. I can feel it all over my body, but especially in my shoulders and my hands.
It annoys me, not the pain itself, but the reaction from my body. Achy, shaky, a few pain killers of the kind that leaves you happy without the brain fog. And a natural cream for my sore shoulders. The shifts between all day rain and sunny afternoons, with the cold lurking before the idea of lighting a bonfire, are tough for the body to conquer.
Mentally, I´m quite fine, thank you, but nevertheless I´m careful not to overspend my energy. In a few weeks I will have terminated my weekly schedule with psychiatric care for this time in my life. It has been a little more than two years now, and it is time to move on.
When I write an intention to a spell/ritual, or when I make one in my mind in my daily practice, I almost always ask for guidance, for mental aid so to speak, to something I´m prepared to actually work with. If you don´t want to do the job, don´t make the intention at all.
I keep it simple and direct, and then I add something polite and beautiful to me. In rituals it always results in a feeling of affirmation, because I will know that I´m already working with the intention.
That has a self-reinforcing effect on me.
There are as many ways of making intentions as there are people in this world. Therefore there are no strict guidelines whatsoever. This is my way of showing you one way of doing it.
What about questions ? How to ask and how to write ? As simple as possible. As specific as possible. As good as it gets. It´s all up to you, dear reader.
It all depends on what you want vs. what you need. Ask for help with needs, not wants. Wants are selfish, one-dimensional desire. Needs are necessary to exist.
I ask for the little extras that are the reasons for us being able to thrive as a family. The little extras are not necessarily money, but can as well be a little more peace in the daily life, a little less anxiety on a day with that on the agenda, and a little less stress when the everyday is too much.
In reality, I ask for simple things that can easily be accomplished even on a budget. But I like to do it a little witchy, and I write intentions for many purposes, when I work with magickal intentions. The magick about it is simple, a lit candle and some incense/aromatherapy.
This way of working has helped me face many of my inner fears and I´ve learned to handle everyday matters with enough seriousness and at the same time humor.
Today´s post is one of the shorter ones, only 1,001 words. It´s not a good writing day because of my hands, which are my essential tools when writing. But it hurts too much to keep on without medication, so I decided to write a minimum of 1,001 words.
If I can manage that, then the pain has not yet conquered me. It always makes me think when I´m in pain. Today I think about intentions for the Full Moon tomorrow morning. I´m not able to celebrate it this time, but I can still make intentions for the Full Moon.
And here they are :
- Keep on writing, whatever situation I´m in.
- Be ready to face a quick decision and do less if necessary, but still do it right.
- It´s alright to have a bad day. It won´t last, as won´t a happy one, is my new mantra.
I don´t burn the note, since it is online. But I send them out in the Universe with the wish to quickly regain strength and to write once again.
I didn´t ask for any guidance/aid this times, because I felt I was strong enough as will power behind intentions, and my dominant hand will always be the most powerful athame, I´ll ever own.
Have a great weekend, see you on Monday about blog writing.
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