Tagged “practice”

1. Grounding? Centering? Balancing?

   Tue 11 Mar 2025 11:50 ritual practice

   I’m fascinated by the commonalities and differences in various pagan and magical practices, and also in the terminology we use for them. A perfect example is the first thing that pretty much every “how to do magic” or “how to do ritual” guide covers, the topic of “Grounding and Centering.” It seems like a simple topic, but there’s still a ton of diversity, and to some extent confusion, in how we talk about it. Today, I want to go a bit into the theory behind those things, to try to figure out just what we mean when we use those words, and share the approach that I’ve landed on, which seems to be a bit different from a lot of others I see.

2. Introducing Bondwork

   Tue 14 Jan 2025 20:48 practice

   Over the past three months I’ve been working on a general project for myself to “re-enchant my life”. Really, to me, this is one of the most important things I can do in my life, up there with (and tied into) things like “build strong communities” and “make a difference in the world.” But task-management is a thing, and so making it a specific theme has been really beneficial.

3. On Vessels, Consecration, and Six Ways

   Tue 19 Nov 2024 21:15 book practice

   I just finished a read-through of Six Ways by Aidan Wachter, which is hands-down my favorite book on magic ever written. Though it purports to be a book on “sorcery”, which is usually held as a fairly self-focussed practice, I find it deeply resonant as a spiritworker because it’s loudly animist, coming from a deeply animist place of building relationship with spirits. I still find new things to pull out of it whenever I read it.

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