Being a New Spellcaster in Times of Social Media Pressure.
Greetings and welcome once again to my virtual corner, I am Elhoim, and without further unnecessary introductions, this is my post of the day.
If you have recently entered the field of witchcraft and occultism, it is quite easy to feel lost among so much information, all the information that was once so inaccessible, today it is within the reach of a click, spells, rituals, sabbats, lunar phases, infinite lists of gods and goddesses to conjure, and hundreds of "Influencers" willing to put this information at your fingertips in exchange for practically nothing.
So in general, there is so much information that it is quite easy to get lost and not know who to believe or where to start. Any experienced practitioner would simply answer "it is easy and logical that the correct way to start is...", but when you are new, and you want to have results, it is not difficult to stay in the middle of the road watching what they do. the others, and many times by mistake and total ignorance, try to imitate what they are doing, because if they say that this has results, how not to believe them?.
The work of a Sorcerer or a Spellcaster goes much further than reading the spells in a book, buying the implements, and performing them, a good spellcaster must be qualified to identify with the naked eye the essential aspects of a spell, its method of application practice and its use, as well as the inconveniences that it may present in the process, not to mention the results.
Just as a doctor is not a doctor just because he has a degree, but because he is a highly qualified individual to show results of his work, a Spellcaster must keep track of his rituals in order to notice the effects of it and know if a spell worked or no. But then, where and how to start?
Learn from everyone and doubt everything, doubt until you see the results.
Constant questioning is one of my usual personal practices, and it is what I always personally suggest in each and every one of my online classes and workshops. Questioning who you are, where you are, and why questioning what you do and how you do it, will lead you to understand in depth the result of your actions and the consequences of them, and in sorcery, there is no exception to this rule.
Questioning the work of others in private, not to criticize negatively, but to lead you to understand how they do it and why they do it, is key in magic, to understand why suddenly an author that you follow recommends you to do this spell or this ritual, from What bases does he decide to recommend this practice to you and why, or what is the origin of this spell, is it associated with his culture and individual practice? Or is it perhaps linked to some initiatory rite of the author in question? All this is important to know, not only for general culture but also to know how the results of the magical work in question could be shown.
Previously (here I speak in terms of years) learning witchcraft was a constant work of practice, trial, and error, it required a huge investment of time and money in classes and workshops, and a lot of individual practice, there were very few books available and they were the only one guide that was had, so we had to put everything into practice to know what worked and what did not.
Today the practice is faster, nobody takes seriously a 45-day ritual to master the Tarot or a personal growth ceremony of nine days in a row, today if it is not something fast, beautiful and practical, easy to share in a video of Tiktok or a beautiful photo of Instagram, there will be very few interested in doing it. Well, today I practice it is the order of the day (many times without equally effective results!).
With so much variety of options in such a complex and constantly growing market, new search engines are easily lost when they notice that most of the authors or "experts" in the area are busy competing with each other, by numbers and by followers, and it is common that many of these young people in search of being initiated in the magical path, decide to abandon the practice soon after not seeing results, not because they lack the human talent for the realization of spells, but because there is more information available than They practice is within reach, and among so many contradictory proposals, they will end up exhausted, anxious, irritable and disappointed.
The variety of options is not bad, in the diversity lies the strength, the problem is that for a novice, who is in today's world, surrounded by followers of the #WitchesOfInstagram movement, falling before the pressure of the virtual world, rather than a cheat, it's almost a must.
Everyone seems to want to be part of the esoteric movement now, and that is not bad at all, but there are so many looking for results, and wanting to be quick teachers, that in the end, you end up having a room full of witches who do not know the difference between Wicca and Witchcraft. , who have never invoked anything in their life, or who are conjuring spirits with an Ouija, without having a gift of clairvoyance to know if the invoked spirit is present in the room or not, and these same individuals are constantly performing spells "without results ”, Which means that they are working with energy, performing rituals, but without achieving the expected results.
From witches who are more focused on promoting left and right "shadow work" more for trend than for useful purposes, and sorcerers who are more dedicated to collecting books than experiences and knowledge, the holistic community is increasingly disparate, weirder, and ends up becoming for many novices, more a mine of inexperienced tricksters than a center of worship and teamwork.
Being a good wizard takes years of experience, it is more than buying a book and making a few spells out of it. It requires an enormous variety of talents and practical knowledge, a lot of studies, meditation and constant individual work, a full-time investment, attendance at classes and workshops (if within the newbie's possibilities), and a lot, a lot of practice, as well as constant monitoring of the results of your spell.
This spell that I performed, did it work? It didn't work? How do I know that the spell worked or not? Any sign or comment about it? You will know all this by keeping track of the spell performed, taking notes on it, seeing what results are presented and how long, and all this is part of the work of a Spellcaster, in order to know if a ritual works properly or not.
Spiritual advice to others, constant consultations and long conversations with other practitioners, a lot of study of the lunar phases and the spiritual world, work of breathing and visualization before and after the ritual, a lot of communication with the spiritual plane, veneration of the ancestors and others spiritual entities to solicit their help, their guidance, their advice, and their protection. All of this is part of a Spellcaster's job, and all of it wraps the realization around any spell.
If you are starting on the esoteric path and you are not having results, it may be time to question your work and the way you are doing it, the actions you are taking, and the clear intentions behind each magical work. This way you will know exactly what you are doing wrong, or what you are failing to do in the process.
With Love, Elo.
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