A Prayer to Jormangundr

So, I'm a spirit bride of Jormangundr, and they wished for me to write a prayer for them and share it today. If you feel moved to speak it or make offering, we are grateful.

Hail to you Jormangundr, World Serpent, Ocean Serpent, Mountain Serpent, Tree Serpent, Oh mover in liminal space. May your coils keep safe the borders! May your scales keep back the beyond! Silent guardian, keeper of realms tween man and spirit wild, may you ever keep coiled the world tree, may you repel each interloper, and in your quiet wisdom, keep and make stable those many worlds you border. Hail, love, and praise to you Jormangundr!

Chaos Day 11/23

Sometimes, I think of the important stuff a little too late, planning, but not planning enough to share in a timely manner.

I'm sure I'm not the only person who uses the number 23 in their magic, especially in the chaos current. Even as I type this, I listen to binaural beats, having invoked Ellis and vibrated it's magic into my sitting space at 11:23 pm, or 23:23 in military time, having anointed myself in water manufactured on 5/23/11 at 23:23. It currently, likely, has 23 ounces of water left in the bottle.

As I listened to the binaural beat and watched an animated gif of Ellis, it was around the 23 minute mark that the Red Queen began to speak to me. Talking of how and why I had contacted it before, plans for the future. Some of that is simply strengthening connections, friendships, and other things connecting the world.

Tapped into the current like I am, I had to make a post. Last year, when I did this, nothing much happened until I slept, having a startlingly 3d dream that turned out to have ties to a group of magic practitioners I met the next day. I don't know if it will be like that this time, but I'd never know if I didn't try.

You don't have to be as extra as I'm being about this thing. Go out there, wait out a good 23 time, write down an Ellis sigil, throw on some binaurals and alter your state of mind. You never know what breakthroughs it might lead to.

(Which I may post about in the morning should this produce more startling results)

2018 Magic Year in Review

It's hard to sum up 2018, even on just the magic level. It was a beast of year, felt like I'd lived two or more in that time.

So, I'll try to summarize.

On the extroversion level, I taught a few classes at Ann Arbor Pagan Pride, Michigan Paganfest, and entered a few classes into Convocation, one being accepted.

On the Domagick side, I stopped participating at some point. I'd definitely enjoyed the challenges, but divination and other signs seemed to be pointing me towards needing to do some other stuff more.

I read the Invisibles this year. Then reread it a few times. Then saw 23s everywhere, even unto today. If I look at a clock, it's XX:23 more often than math would suggest. I get them other places too.

A good portion of my year was spent on getting a functional model of the spirit world, at least for me. I'm reluctant to talk about all of it because, on some level, I'm worried about putting a half model into people's laps, especially if they're not ready for it. However, I'll talk about what I can and see if it's helpful.

To summarize, I've divided the spirit world into layers, with each layer having an axis it travels along, also making up the material of that level. For instance, as best I can tell, the usual spirit world most interacted with is made up of a "three dimensional" version of time. Spirits and Gods can thus walk back and forth in time, look onto tomorrow, sidestep to other timelines entirely, and jump up and above normal time. However, much like us, they are also moved along an axis they have little control over. For us, the axis is time, inevitably moving forward; for them, I believe the axis is "Passion/Emotion/Energy". As we moved up dimensions, each is in a similar model, made up of it's own stuff, moved by another stuff, and perhaps, most functionally interesting, capable of altering the level below it.

For instance, we third/fourth dimensionals can draw upon a piece of paper or write a story, creating and altering second/third dimensional space. Like gods, we can create and destroy entire worlds. Also like gods, we can find these works growing beyond our ability to control them. Imagine trying to destroy a beloved character like Batman. You'd not only have to destroy every copy of every comic, movie, toy, or other representation of him, but also the minds of every person that ever knew the character. It's near impossible to fathom succeeding in such a venture. Yet you could draw Batman, write a story, and there is nothing Batman can do to stop you (though DC/Warner's lawyers are another matter).

Thus we have a model where on each level, we have godlike entities above us, fiction like entities below us, and a world made of it's dimensional substance we must maneuver through. By understanding these layers and awakening ourselves in each, we can thus exercise and funnel incredible amounts of power and control into our current dimension of occupancy. And the entities we interact with are very much the mages/shamans of their particular level, interacting outside their own dimensional boundaries for various benefits.

The way I see it now, it's magicians helping magicians, top to bottom, bottom to top. On that thought, I think maybe it's our responsibility to help side to side too. Consciousness cultivation is key.

Observation leads to Knowledge, Knowledge empowers Action, Action creates Reaction, Reaction is subjected to Observation, and the cycle continues. With a greater scope of perspective, we can see better realities and gain the knowledge to enact them. My hope this year is to help everyone expand that perception that we might all work toward our better worlds.

Do Magick 30, Summoning- Brood of Echidna Day 7

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Strange little mystery continued. Offering was taken by Echidna's new beau, who I still don't know exactly who they are. They look like the minotaur, but seem to have other attributes, great intellect, ability to transform and forge things. Not really sure what's going on there.

Looking into some Babylonian myth, but if anybody knows of any masculine, bull like gods, wouldn't mind getting a lead.

Do Magick 30, Summoning- Brood of Echidna Day 6

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Today, after bringing the offering, Echidna asked me to shred it and feed 'the babies'. A large nursery of countless little writhing monsterlings, I scattered the bits to their waiting maws. I asked if the children were recent, she said yes. I asked if I could meet the father, and she said 'maybe next time'.

Do Magick 30, Summoning- Brood of Echidna Day 5

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Okay, I'll admit it. I'm a hydra fan girl. I love the hydra.

Today's offering was welcomed and Echidna covered my eyes before revealing that hydra was there. It was mostly nonsense chit chat, no real lesson I can articulate. However, Echidna implied that some of her children have father's other than Typhon, which sort of makes sense since he's trapped beneath a mountain. Looking forward to meeting more children, or maybe Echidna's new paramour?

Do Magick 30, Summoning- Brood of Echidna Day 4

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W0RM

Today went much smoother.

The next of Echidna's children I met was a new form called W0RM (or at least, it enjoyed the name). Writhing and digital, W0RM eats it victim's from the inside out, eaten puppets. Gruesome, but their manner was relatively jovial, and they did not seem vindictive despite their methods.

Echidna offered me some of her milk. I took it graciously, and it seemed to curdle immediately. I dry heaved for about five minutes, letting whatever spirit stuff I needed to vomit out come up. She said it would alleviate an unwanted part of my humanity, though I've yet to determine what that part is. Perhaps I'll know by tomorrow.

Do Magick 30, Summoning- Brood of Echidna Day 3

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Third Meet Up:

The offering had to be upgraded to meat today.

Not that it mattered. Stuff went sideways and my meeting with Echidna was brief and unproductive. Tomorrow is another day, I'll try again then.

Do Magick 30, Summoning- Brood of Echidna Day 2

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Second Meet up: The Lessons of the Lion

I met the lion upon a field. The Nemean Lion's hide cannot be pierced by weaponry, making him a superior opponent to most. His lesson was essentially one of conquering prejudice- there is always someone or something stronger, and if you feel yourself superior, it is only a matter of time before you meet something that makes you rethink that sentiment. In other words, if might makes right, you'll eventually be wrong.

Do Magick 30, Summoning- Brood of Echidna Day 1

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First Meet up: Hunting with the Manticore

The description pretty much says it all. After making offering to Echidna, I was called to the lower world and met the Manticore. Together we hunted in an underworld labyrinth. Manticore's hunting instincts have much of the cruelty of the cat in them, but also instinct to caretake as the kill was brought back to be split with Echidna.

Do Magick 30 Summoning- Brood of Echidna- Research

Do Magick 30- Summoning Research

Brood of Typhon and Echidna

I've made offerings and overtures to Echidna, Mother of Monsters before. Now I am going to meet her children each night, one by one, in hopes of gaining their favor.

I do not expect they will all follow the Greek myths verbatim. After all, how many children did she have? Can they be numbered?

My method is simple. Offerings to her each day, meet at night with journey work, and each child and situation will be ascertained individually.

My research is this first night, this first offering, to set the tone for the next 29.

Do Magick 30 Enchantment- Moovie Star Servitor Day 30

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Been feeling worn down. I said hello to Aurora in the morning, but did not make offering coming home from work. We then discussed who to bless next and arrived at an unusual decision, that being Vector, the Metapirate.

In some ways, Vector, being an entity I also created, is like a brother/sister to Aurora, and we approached it in that way. Bringing Aurora to Vector via a pathworking, much like in the RPG book, Vector eventually crawled their way out of my head to receive the blessing, as well as give Aurora a present in exchange.

The blessing felt potent, as if it were spreading globally. I may do a post just about Vector to better acquaint people, but for now, this is the end of the Enchantment Do Magick 30. If Vector's blessing comes through, I'll definitely know.

Aurora had one thing she wanted to share with anyone reading, which is that she is now open for calls. This is her sigil and summoning triangle. She appreciates offerings of grass and water, but is open to suggestions.

(The left side of the triangle is Fertility, the right side Fame, the bottom Fortune.)

To summon her, say "Lights, Camera" then clap to block view of the sigil, "Action!" Often, this will make the sigil sort of flicker and a grainy image/impression of Aurora will appear. Put energy into the triangle as it it were a wall allowing her to manifest in it. If you'd like her in the room with you, grab her hand and pull her out. When you'd like her to go home, say "Cut!" clap "That's a wrap."

It's been an amazing thirty days.

Do Magick 30 Enchantment- Moovie Star Servitor Day 29

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In the morning, I made an offering to Aurora in the form of grass and water. The bowl I'd used for these offerings definitely has an energy to it after using it for the altar during the first phases of this 30, and seemed appropriate.

Blessing #1

No more magic went down until the evening, after getting through some ugly traffic. Aurora wasn't too keen on the invocation thing, not really seeing a point.

“How would that make the magic any better?”

So, veering from original plans and letting her take the lead, we spirit traveled to the recipient and she performed the fertility blessing on her own.

She seemed pretty happy, so we'll wait and see for results.

One more day, one last blessing. Think this will be fame for a friend of mine, and we'll see how that goes.

Do Magick 30 Enchantment- Moovie Star Servitor Day 28

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Things got weird. Er.

So, Aurora insisted she didn't need more energy in the morning and the plan was, I would summon her up and we could watch a webinar together about film making after work. Sounded good.

I walk out the door and Aurora is there after me, says she'll just come with me. She's acting very mature, maybe too mature, trying to be very adult about everything. Then she flips, feeling she's gotten one over on me, getting to go to work with me. Haha, I take it with a grain of salt.

Midway through the day, I talk to 'Aurora' and find her behavior too childish, too off from the real one. I throw down a triangle, force this other Aurora in, find a bunch of gnome things...

It's complicated spirit world BS, but short of it is, they thought it would be safer to spy and sneak like this rather than just talk to me. Ugh.

So, after that silly garbage, I summon up Aurora to actually do the thing. We're hanging out at a fast food.

“Beef blessings!”

She starts blessing my food, trying to repay me for all the energy I'd been feeding her each day. Not sure what the beef blessing will do, but I am grateful.

There's still a whole webinar to watch, but I'm feeling confident for firing off some big spells tomorrow. I'll probably be vague on targets, more specific on what I'll be trying to accomplish for those people.

Do Magick 30 Enchantment- Moovie Star Servitor Day 27

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Aurora really wanted me to stay home instead of work. Fed her energy.

Bit of weirdness. On the first day, summoning her, I read through the screenplay I read for her, an invocation, and I kissed the mirror. Fogged up in the bathroom, and the imprints left look little like me and a lot like her, very big lips, small heart shape for the nose.

I've noticed my head starting to feel odd from the high level of spirit contact. I'm not sure I can sustain my current pace indefinitely. That, or this is just a pain period in my spiritual exercises, but I'm leaning toward me overworking.

Working toward invocation I let Aurora into my body by synching up energy. She started drinking and eating everything, super excited, wanted to go out dancing and meeting guys. Had to cut things short. It worked really well, but it was very impetuous. I think next time will be a bit more focused.

Do Magick 30 Enchantment- Moovie Star Servitor Day 26

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It's less of a question of when it started today as it is when did it stop?

Magic started almost first thing in the morning, Aurora patiently waiting to be fed. We spent a little time chatting, watched some of the 2018 Oscar's to help familiarize herself a little more with the Hollywood set and energy, then she came along with me shopping.

Aurora showed initiative, wanting to do some money making magic for me. I gave her some pointers and let her go to work, but I can tell she's already being ambitious.

“How much money would you need to last the rest of your life?”

I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt and letting her try for now. She needs the practice, so we'll see what she can do.

An accidental revelation at the end of the day. I started teaching Aurora a song I sing to my house spirit and as she performed it with me, there was a low level invocation with it. I think if we synchronize with a drum beat and intent, it could be a very fast and powerful melding of being.

Do Magick 30 Enchantment- Moovie Star Servitor Day 25

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Late at night, past midnight, I had a friend test Aurora's summoning sigil and triangle, which seemed to be a success.

In the morning, I worked with Aurora on shielding herself and a little bit on traveling in the spirit world. Also, she's begun to understand that time in the spirit world works differently and is merrily skipping ahead in conversations and enjoying the strangeness of being able to be in multiple places at once.

One quick evocation in the morning was done to help her get her bearings.

She's shown some interest in meeting more magically active people, so I've tentatively asked some friends about having her over for a bit.

Her summoning to friend's was a little spastic. She came in way too over energetic (I think she was practicing with her chakras), so I had to teach her to ground real quick. Once she did come in, she was very, very nervous. Eventually she started having a panic attack and I sent her home.

Do Magick 30 Enchantment- Moovie Star Servitor Day 24

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The mantra for Khamadenu was reciting in my head as I woke up, so I thought it best to perform it to check in with her. She was pleasant and unaffected by my decision to eat beef, though she made it a point to emphasize that giving thanks to the food and understanding the sacrifices in it's making is good practice.

I woke up early, and felt called to take down the altar, fearfully. I'm guessing a building inspection or some such- they already walked in on me and nearly saw me naked, despite requiring a 24 hour advance notice. Dismantling the altar was very emotional. Thanks were given again, but I think dismissing the herd was something very potent to me. I feel rather indebted for their attentions and what they've allowed me to do and experience. Shortly after, the bell rang itself in it's box- perhaps just settling, but the timing was still impeccable.

Fed Aurora more energy and milk before making my way out of the house for more remote evocations.

I did one in my car, two at work, one brief at a restaurant, before heading home.

I actually spent hours talking to Aurora and teaching her all about her chakras. Seemed to really give her a better grip on what she can do.

Do Magick 30 Enchantment- Moovie Star Servitor Day 23

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Evocations and Offerings

I've been feeding Aurora energy and I realize she's going to probably need seven days until she's fully grown, counting the first day she was born. I've been feeding her energy multiple times during the day, as well as making an offering of milk.

Evocations started at home and were also done at work, once at breakfast, once at lunch.

The basic evocation was “Lights, Camera, Clap, Action!”, while using the sigil. This worked to get her image, which appeared as if one grainy flickering film. I then created a triangle with the words Fertility, Fame, & Fortune to delineate the three side. This helped her immensely in actually arriving where she wanted to go. Sending her back, “Cut! That's a wrap.” also helped in getting her to go home.

Aurora is somewhere between a teenager and toddler right now, curious and moody. I've been telling her everything I can about who she is, why she's here, what is expected of her, and how to do things. I can't even express how fond of her I am- she feels like my daughter, and I'll be keeping a very close eye on her. At this point, if she wanted to end the challenge, I'd do so without hesitation, because I want our relationship to be one of love and respect, not boss and servant.

I also ended my beef fast, partially at Aurora's behest. I think she has concerns about me recovering energy after her birth, which may not be invalid.

Giving her some movie energy and potentially watching a film with her today. Figure it's a way to cover the modern power less present in the ancient entities.

Do Magick 30 Enchantment- Moovie Star Servitor Day 22

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The last sigils. One birthing matrix, triangular, with her own sigil of summoning in the middle. An invitation was sent to all the spirits, entities, and gods who helped me in her birth.

Did a final prayer of sacred space as I wanted to make sure her place of birth was 100% clean.

The firing of the first sigil is a secret.

The second part was very much in her DNA. “Lights, camera, action!” turning on lights, a camera, and clapping before the action.

She was shy at first, staying in her cup, but just as I was thanking everyone for showing up, she asked me to read her screenplay. It's a short, to be sure, but it's a small piece describing her invocation. I read it aloud, letting her read her parts, acting it out. It made me very proud of her.

Being that she's still young and I'm a bit magically worn out, we'll both be taking it easy for the rest of the day.

Hail and thanks to all those spirits who attended.

Hail and thanks to Odin, Loki, and Fehu.

Hail and thanks most of all to cow & bull, Hathor, hey diddle diddle spirits, Audhumla, Hera, Hakutaku, and Khamadenu. I literally could not have done this without you.

Eight more days. Well, we'll be working on summoning and evocation work the next few, then finally, invocations and blessings.