I\u2019ve been experimenting with sigils.<\/p>\n
This is partly because Gordon recently wrote the clearest treatise on the subject<\/a> I\u2019ve ever seen.\u00a0 There\u2019s also the whole thing where, until I started digging into the Western Ceremonial Tradition, I didn\u2019t really understand how Chaos Magick was distinct from it.\u00a0 It\u2019s also just an inevitable manifestation of my escalating magical practice, and forays into practical magic.<\/p>\n I haven\u2019t been doing as good a job of keeping notes as I should have, but it\u2019s also only been about ten days since I launched my first shoal<\/a>.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been firing them off in accordance with the appropriate planetary days and hours using either appropriately-colored chime candles to help fuel them, or votive candles marked with the planetary glyphs.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also been experimenting with quick-and-easy circle constructions to help power and focus the sigils.<\/p>\n Here, in no particular order, are some of my first impressions.\u00a0 Fellow n00bs may find them interesting; more experienced sigil-users may be amused.<\/p>\n 1) Holy shit, drawing sigils is FUN.<\/p>\n 2) While I\u2019ve generally thought of sigils as quick-and-dirty magic, I think I need to refine my technique.\u00a0 Quick-and-dirty just isn\u2019t as psychologically satisfying, particularly when I need something more complex (conceptually) than some candle-based healing magic.\u00a0 Firing them off should be just as much fun as drawing them in the first place.<\/p>\n 3) Timing is key: Do not fire off \u201cThe Registrar Gives Me What I Need\u201d while simultaneously expecting that registrar to sit on a piece of paperwork for a week.\u00a0 Even if you don\u2019t need it processed with any alacrity, you may find yourself inconvenienced when your change-of-advisor form gets processed overnight and your old advisor can no longer provide you with the password for class registration.<\/p>\n Besides that temporary inconvenience, however, that sigil seems to have worked out well: my appointment to discuss my transfer with the registrar has been rescheduled (at her behest) for after the Jupiter election<\/a>.<\/p>\n 4) Specifying duration is key: The \u201cI Have Fantastic Sex\u201d sigil was AWESOME \u2026 the night I fired it.\u00a0 It\u2019s been back to business as usual (which, lest my lovers who read this blog take this statement amiss, is still pretty awesome) ever since.<\/p>\n 5) Coming up with \u201cSigils to Fire for Saturday\u201d is not the way to go.\u00a0 I need to work on my \u201c100 Bad Ideas\u201d list first, sort out the good ideas, and then sort them into planetary correspondences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve been experimenting with sigils. 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