RE: PRactiKal MagicK: 101 e: Make a Talisman out of your Sigil
No one was harmed but a friend and I were scared shitless. I have an Aunt (cousin but she is much older we always called her Aunt growing up) who was into the esoteric and I used to baby sit for her. I notice in her books one on witchcraft and asked to borrow it and she said sure. She knew I was always wanting to read and learn all I could about whatever piqued my interest.
I had came across a conjuring spell and my friend had a milton bradley Ouija board so we decided to try it out. We got a mirror, candles and that night did the process, once it was complete the mirror broke and candles went out. The next day we tossed the board into the trash can on the way to school (it was garbage day and the can was at the street for pick up). The kicker is when we got off school and got to his house the damn thing was on the table again. We were really freaked out then, he lived across from the school and I though he played a trick and went home at lunch to put it back but he reminded me we both seen the trash truck coming when we left.
I asked my Aunt what to do she laughed and said I told you be careful (she did). I seriously just thought it all hocus pocus. Boy did I learn. Her advice was just burn it but knowing what I know now surely just burning it released whatever was conjured and who knows where it went after that.....
there are spirits all around us all the time. I pray all the time. I ask the Highest Entity that I know of to protect me at ALL times. When I am at work (retail) ESPECIALLY - I ask Him to stand between me and every customer - I don't what they have and I don't want any of my old mean-spiritedness getting on them - so I ask for a barrier between me and every human so that I am protected from them and they from me. This point-of-view keeps me in a bubble. Prior to this, however, I did need to go back through my life and right all wrongs, so that I am "clean". Any new wrongs - in the form of thoughts or actions have to be rectified immediately. Negative thoughts can be rectified by talking to someone and acknowledging it - or prayer- and then taking a helpful action toward another. I dabbled when I was a young adult - I was in a coven with 5 other women - but I don't think we were ill-intentioned... I have been scrying my drawings since 2012 and have not run into anything that has harmed me - although some of the readings reveal demons in people's spirits. I have also been involved in a sort of exorcism activity for many years - but I have not gotten anything that has harmed me - as long as I follow natural law. Listening to Mark Passio - whatonearthishappening.com has really helped disuage my fears of the occult. Occult just means "hidden" - sigils, ouija boards, spells are neutral - and it is our responsibility to recognize them as powerful tools - like a gun - guns don't kill people - people do - so I just have to learn about the tool before I use it and then use it in a spirit of Love, not hate. See, I would never "hex" someone - I see a lot of people who teach magickal work - about hexing - what they don't tell you is about the LAW of CAUSE and EFFECT - what I put out there, comes back to me, 3 fold. Sometimes more. Why would I put out a "hex"??? No WAY. There are things to NOT do to prevent negative consequences falling on you. Look into the Kybalion - the 7 Hermetic Principles - which lie behind magick and these occulted traditions - they are the principles that govern this planet. All this stuff is based on using these principles - which are Laws - you should familiarize yourself with them so you know what you are dealing with - the Law of Correspondence - As Above - so Below ... As within - so without... and the Law of Cause and Effect - are both operating as well as the Law of Polarity and the Law of Rhthym and Vibration... check it out - you will start to see that all the practices - of old - are based on using these principles - and people can use them for GOOD or for self-interest ... the trick is to use them for Good and have enlightened self-interest. I think this all gets such a bad rap because most people use them for self-interest without prayer and without thinking of the Highest Good of All... I have done a lot of bad things in my life, but I was able to make them right and start with a clean slate - you can too - I have had demonically possessed people yelling curses IN MY FACE - and me literally say "God Bless you" and not even mean it - and they literally DISAPPEAR into thin air - so - hope this rant helps.