Neopraxism
Neopraxism not to be confused with “praxism” or “isopraxism” is the practice of creating a new practice that is different than other established traditions. I created the term Neopraxism in order to represent my practice Viadescioism, and other practices that were like it. Neopraxism is a combination of “Neo” meaning new, “praxi” meaning practice, and “ism” meaning a distinctive practice, system, or philosophy. Rather than being a traditional, […]
Why are you pro-cursing/hexing?
I’m actually not “pro-cursing” (and I try not to use the word hexing). I am not for, or against acts of harmful magick in the way of promoting them, or demeaning them but much rather choose to do so based on the situation, and my relativistic subjective understanding of the magick, and why the magick is being sent out. In […]
Can the power of a birth name be swapped for the power of the witch name, if that makes sense? How do birth names vs witch names work for trans people?
Your birth name will always be stronger then your witch name in the aspects of it being connected to you. Primarily because of the time in which the name was given to you, and because of how long it has been associated with you. You also greatly connected yourself with that name, and many others have connected you with that name, […]
Do you think it necessary to cleanse clothing? And if so how would one do it?
Most of the time I do not believe you need to go out of your way in order to cleanse your clothing because a lot of their energy comes out usually when you go to the process of washing them in the washing machine, and most of the time your clothes are going to have the exact same energy that […]
Practices that I believe are good for beginners
These are some of the practices that I believe are good for beginners, and that some people may want to start with when first entering the practice of magick. Energy Work, learning to work with the fundamental energy. Protective Magick, shielding and warding because protection is important. Sigil Magick, is very simple and can be incorporated into your life. Crystal Magick, if you have access […]
Viadescioic Magick: Crystal Controller
A crystal controller is a specific seal in which you place underneath a crystal in order to charge, and buying that crystals power to the will of the practitioner. This is so you can focus the energy of the Crystal upon your individual person without needing to keep the crystal on you. Once the crystal controller is beneath the crystal that you want to […]
Viadescioic Magick: Caga Guardian
A caga guardian is essentially a basic thought-form that works as a protector by warding, and shielding areas for the individual who creates them. All you need to do is create the caga Guardian, and keep it close to you or the space you want to be protected, and it will do so for you. 1) Find, or make a body that can contain the essence […]
Witchcraft: Common Yes and No Questions About Witchcraft
This is a common list of yes or no questions about witchcraft: Are witches real? Yes Is witchcraft real? Yes Can witches cast magic like in the movies? No Do magick spells work? Yes Do I have to believe in magic for it to work? No Can males be witches? Yes Isn’t a male witch called a warlock? No Can […]
Witchcraft: Common misconceptions
This is a list of common misconceptions that are not true about magick, the occult, and witchcraft. This is not a fully fleshed-out list, and I will add to it as I find more things. Witches aren’t real. Witches are mythical creatures. All witches are devil worshippers. No witches worship the devil. Witches are evil. All witches are wiccans. Wicca […]
Terminology: Residual Energy
Residual Energy is spiritual energy left behind from entities, constructs, and events on places, and objects in which they happened, or resided near to. All things leave behind residual energy, but more powerful positive or negative entities, constructs, and events can greatly change the energy of place or objects they come near to. This is the energy that people pick up psychically, and is what we cleanse away […]
Terminology: Spells vs Rituals
This post is about the difference between spells, and rituals as they relate to magick. It is important to remember that many forms of practices will include ritual, and spellwork in the same working, and because of that the difference between these two aspects can get very blurry. It is usually a combination of both spells, and rituals that go […]
Terminology: Libation
Libations are ritualistic pouring out of a liquid, or of grain. This pouring out is an offering to spiritual entities, such as deities, and ancestors. This is a very common practice that has been used by many various cultures all over the world. Alcohol is a very common liquid that is used for libations though pretty much any form of […]
Magick: Is the word “Black Magick” racist?
Introduction: This post was originally something I wrote for tumblr. I’ve been seeing a lot of this topic on the witch side of tumblr, and I thought I would talk about it to clear up some misinformation, and maybe add some stuff to the discussion. This is coming from my experiences, understandings, teachings and my research I’ve done on this […]
Wolf Magick: The connection to the Moon
Wolves have a very strong connection to the Moon even though the physical animal generally does not interact with the Moon. How wolves originally got associated with the moon seems to be from them being nocturnal animals, and also them raising their heads while they howl looking almost as if they are communicating with what is above them which was […]
Wolf Of Antimony’s personal practice: Sigil Magick, and Sigilcraft
My sigils are created for my own personal practice, and are made using the ravens of antimony. My practice is a combination of all that I have learned, but in regards to sigil craft it does come from chaos magick. I use the Austin Osman spare method, though I use my own alphabet of desire, and really take the time […]
Sigil Magick: Recreating sigils
All sigils are able to be reproduced by recreating the sigil representation again, because of this you are able to use any sigil that you are able to find, and charge, and activate in order to use it in your own working. You do not need to make the sigils a hundred percent exact, when you are going through the […]
Magick: Book Recommendation
Anytime I find books that I recommend I will post them here: Liber null & psychonaut by Peter J Carrol Liber Kaos by Peter J Carrol Practical Sigil Magic by Frater U.D Sigil Witchery: A Witch’s Guide to Crafting Magick Symbols by Laura Tempest Zakroff The Temple of Witchcraft Book Series by Christopher Penczak Three books of occult philosophy by […]
FAQ: 1
This is a FAQ that will hopefully answer most questions folks have. We certainly get some very frequent inquiries. Please do this before asking a question ^^ Understand it gets pretty bothersome to answer the same things again and again. Q: The Royal Question: How exactly do you use and charge and activate these sigils/ symbols? A: Well, dear dear friend, here is the master companion […]
Spirituality: Do drugs help, or hinder Spiritual and magickal practices?
Drugs, and their role in spirituality, and magick is a very interesting topic. These substances being revered in some traditions, while being banned, and abstained from in others. From what I have found in my practice, it is not as simple as if they help or hinder, but it seems that they can be incredibly helpful in some ways, and hinder in others. Around […]
Spirituality: Personal spiritual practice
Introduction: There are many ways to go about creating your own personal spiritual practice. One that is completely unique to you, even though it may share elements with the practices of others. Making a personal spiritual practice allows you to start from scratch, and create your own spiritual tradition on what you believe, and have come to know to be true. If you have […]
Spirit work: Why I don’t believe in the concept of demons
Demons are usually portrayed as these very malevolent negative evil entities, and that is usually where the similarities stop between all types of entities that we consider to be demons. From the understandings that I’ve gained from my practice, and the experiences I have had overtime I feel that the moniker of demon does not really have that much of […]
Magick: Guide To learning
This post is not entirely completed but it is a rough outline of how I would go about setting up this system. It will be added to as I find more information. This is a general guide for magick based on my understandings and practices and what I have found to be helpful at each level of development. This scale starts at absolute […]
Magick: Four Powers of the Magus, Four Powers of the Sphinx, or The witches pyramid
The four powers of the magus also sometimes referred to as the Four Powers of the Sphinx, or the witches pyramid is a magick philosophy that was first articulated by the French occultist Eliphas Levi in his book Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual. The Four Powers of the Magus are to know, to will, to dare, and to keep […]
Wiccan: Wiccan Traditions
This is not a complete list, and more will get added as I find them. Gardnerian Wicca – 1954 Alexandrian Wicca – 1960s Central Valley Wicca – 1960s Universal Eclectic Wicca – 1969 Georgian Wicca – 1970 Odyssean Wicca – 1970s Dianic Wicca – 1970s Blue Star Wicca – 1970s Algard Wicca – 1972 Seax-Wica – 1973 Chthonioi Alexandrian Wicca […]
Magick: Types of magick list
Thaumaturgy/Theurgy magick classification: Thaumaturgy, Low Magick, or Lesser Magick Theurgy, High Magick, or Greater Magick Right/Left magick classification: Right Hand Magick Left Hand Magick Active/Passive magick classification: Active Magick Passive Magick Ceremonial/Folk magick classification: Ceremonial Magick Folk Magick Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa magick classification: Elemental magick Celestial magick Intellectual magick Color magick classification: Black Magick White Magick Gray Magick Advance color magick […]
Witchcraft: “Can males be witches?”
The answer is yes males can be witches. A witch is a person who practices the act of witchcraft, and because of this a male can identify, and practice as a witch. Though the idea of witches has been portrayed in popular culture specifically as a female practice, it is also important to remember that male practitioners have always also […]
Spirit work: Questions to ask your spirit guides
When you begin to communicate with your spirit guides you may want to go through the process of asking them specific questions that they will be able to answer that will allow you to do have some form of dialogue. This list is meant to help with that by providing you with certain questions that you may want to ask. […]
Spirit work: How can you be sure that your spirit guides is the one you are talking to?
Be skeptical when you come in contact with specific entities that you may believe to be your spirit guides that you are not sure of. If you already know one of your Spirit guides you can use that spirit guide to confirm the identity of the other spirit guides. This process is also able to be done if you are able […]
Spirit work: Ways of communicating with your Spirit guides
There are many ways to go about communicating with your spiritual guides in order to build bonds, and to gain insight from them. Individuals, and their Spirit guides can have different preferences for how they would like to communicate, and because of this finding the right communication method will allow you to communicate more effectively. This is by no means […]
Terminology: Spirit Guide
A spirit guide is a spiritual disincarnated entity that guides, and/or guards an incarnated protégé. Spirit guides are a completely different concept from the understandings of spirit companions. The main difference being that spirit guides are assigned, or connected to you by your higher self, and a spirit companion is a obligational, or companionable spiritual entity that has chosen to […]
Viadescioism: Offerings, and Devotional Acts
These are offerings, and devotional acts that can be done for each deity in the Viadescioic pantheon, except for Oxakna. Oxakna does not take offerings, and Devotional Acts, due to the fact that they do not speak, and that everything is a part of them. As you go down the hierarchy of divinity the diviners become more prevalent to give […]
Sigil Magick: Sigil Utensils
You are able to use many different utensils in order to create sigil representations upon a surface. These utensils can be use to help you make your sigil practice more effective by empowering the symbols as you go through the process of drawing them out. Some utensils that you made use in order to make sigils are things such as: […]
Maigck: How do crystals work
Crystals are used in many different forms of spiritual practices in order to facilitate certain outcomes. Why crystals work is usually not always understood, which has led them to be used in situations, and practices in which they are not as helpful. The metaphysical properties of crystals are physical, mental, and spiritual like everything else, and it is a combination of these elements that […]
Viadescioic Magick: Curse of your inner shadow
This curse works through the process of using your inner shadow, and applying it in order to cause harm to another. It’s a pretty basic curse that you can do that focuses on creating a thought-form, and sending it to the person you want to curse. The thought-form will be created from your negative thoughts feelings and emotion and will […]
Magick: Words of Power
Words contain power. By speaking, thinking, or by writing words one can relay, and send out their will into the universe to manifest. Our words carry our will upon them, and when they are released out through your vocals, or are focused upon within the mind their power can be sent out. In order to do this you don’t have […]
