Wahya Circle
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Magick & Medicine

Making Time

One of the most asked questions by those in the beginning of their practices, is “how” to practice more consistently, or even daily. For the more versed a Practitioner is in any Medicine or Magick, this becomes “what can I do to make my Work stronger”. When we see or hear that question, a Practitioner simply wants suggestions for bringing more energy into their practical routines for the activities of daily life. However, if we look closer, or listen more intently to what is being said, we will see and hear that they are not allotting enough Time for their personal practices and their mundane lives.

They lack balance.‍ ‍

We say the best way to add more Medicine or Magick into daily life is to change perspective.

Start viewing each of your actions as that which you desire to MANIFEST.

This means that when bidding someone a good day, we have cast a VERBAL spell of Abundance onto their day.

When cooking food for yourself or for someone else, a spell has been cast for Health, Wellness, Nourishment, etc.

When providing transportation for kids to school, a spell of Protection is cast over the Journey.

When caring for a sick Animal Ally, another spell for Healing or Peace has been cast.

For the more versed in this concept, everything we do can add Focus to our Intent for our Workings.

EVERYTHING YOU DO CAN BE MAGICK!
EVERYTHING YOU DO CAN BE MEDICINE!

In order to Experience THIS CHANGE personally in daily life, we need to be consciously aware of it and make room for it. Every day can be as Magickal as we each make that choice to embrace it.  The same goes for Medicine.
SEE IT. ☽◯☾

TREAT YOUR PRACTICE
AS SACRED!

Think about this, some of us, as we were growing up, may have gone to church/temple/synagogue every single Sunday (or another day). It was about 2 hours of the day almost every week for however many years we attended this practice with family or friends. Maybe you still do.

Some may have been, or are, grateful for this Experience to see the inner machinations of another Path and loved going to a worship service for the fellowship with other humans. Or, maybe it was having the time to zone out analyzing and getting to know one’s own mind or Self. Friends were sometimes there, singing took place (an ecstatic practice), and hopefully the Celebrant always had something interesting and thought provoking to share. It was not always “wasted time”.

What does this mean?

Many of of us may have had the same Experience, just maybe not with a Christian church but perhaps another religion such as Buddhism. The Path is not relevant, the commitment of TIME is.

MAKE IT A STANDING APPOINTMENT
This is often a difficult task with many factors that have to be addressed. This is especially difficult for those who lack Self-Discipline.

However, many people have made this commitment to their religious or spiritual practices as a STANDING APPOINTMENT and nobody thinks it “rude” if they say “sorry, I can’t do that, I have church that day.” (or temple, or mass, or moot, or synagogue, etc)

So, why do you think differently?

Treat personal spiritual practices as importantly as others do a commitment such as church, synagogue, mosque, OR temple. THIS IS THE CORE OF THE ETHICS OF MAKING TIME FOR YOUR PERSONAL PRACTICES. It is valuable TO YOU. You deserve it for Self.

Have a standing appointment with the Universe to meet personal practices and you cannot reschedule it for anything else. This is the Stream of Consciousness you are attempting to swim in with learning Knowledge of both Medicine and Magick.

“Sorry, I can’t do that, I have a ritual that day.”

That is the first thing we begin to do, For some, this is where the Universe begins changing our lives as we transmute the energy of it and learn to tell others, “no”. If we want what it can offer, to Know Thy Self, if we want to practice daily and we have a busy life, the INDIVIDUAL must put it on THEIR calendar as NON-NEGOTIABLE. (Yes. We know there are exceptions that can be made.)

Some of us have learned the hard way what happens if Divinity calls to us, via a God, Goddess, Element, etc, and we ignore it. We “don’t answer the call.” For some, strife fills our life because we are ignoring our Self. Is that turmoil already happening? The flow of Energy becomes negative or stagnant, further loses its balance and is no longer a benefit to our lives.

We, or those around us, stay ill. Strange things begin to happen until we LOOK and LISTEN to what the Universe has been telling us.

 WAYS TO ADD TO YOUR DAY

MAGICKAL/MIRACLE MORNINGS

When we are commited to doing something every morning, our day becomes a miracle. It is called the Magickal, or Miracle, Morning for a reason. Generally, the Miracle Morning for many Practitioners is a six-step routine that is based on the concept of habit stacking.

Habit stacking is when we pick several habits that we want to practice and make a sequence out of them. Eventually the sequence itself becomes its own new habit… a new “subroutine” that we run daily.

Examples of the six habits involved in The Miracle Morning are:

Scribing (writing/journaling)

Affirmations

Visualization

Exercise (like Yoga, or walking)

Reading

Silence (Meditation)

When we read only the first letter of each word, it spells out SAVERS, which is an easy acronym to help us remember.

We can change the order of the sequence and adjust the times we want to spend on each item according to what is most important to us. If we do not have a full hour, we can even shorten the sequence to as little as one minute for each step (but try to get the full hour as often as possible).
#LifeSavers

SILENCE (MEDITATION)
As soon as we wake up, our brain starts thinking Consciously. Some of us have already mentally left home and headed to work or school, before even having our morning routine complete. When we do this, we forget. Keys. Kids. Coffee. etc. We know the stories.

The point of this step is to start our day with a fresh relaxed mind. Meditation is a great way to accomplish this. (Silence works here, too.) Some Practitioners like to start their morning with 13 minutes of meditation at sunrise, or just before it. Others simply wake up, exhale, sip Water and thank the Universe for another day of learning and adventure, thereby FRAMING THEIR DAY. Framing the day is what this activity does. It “sets the tone”.

AFFIRMATIONS
If we do not know what affirmations are, we will say that they are basically self-fulfilling prophesies. They help us to build our self-confidence. An affirmation is best when it is about something that we already believe or want to believe about ourself for starters. They help us to visualize our future. They also help us to take action today to develop the skills we need to achieve our long-term goals.

VISUALIZATION
Visualization is similar to affirmation, except it is with our mind’s eye versus words. Our affirmations usually make sure we VERBALIZE long-term vision, mapping mentally, to seed the idea of what the end goal is . Our visualizations help us SEE in our mind’s eye the baby steps we need to gain the much needed self discipline. In visualizations, we picture ourself doing the work that we choose to do today, to make progress. “See it to Be it.” (If you cannot SEE yourself doing something, you statistically WON’T.)

Visualization is also the use of the five senses to “paint” that picture in the psyche. What does it smell like? What does it feel like? Being able to do this can cure us of being unmotivated. We will do the tasks because we already saw/felt Self do the activity in our mind’s eye. it becomes “familiar”.

It is okay to visualize Self completing big goals, Experiencing the feelings associated with completion, even completion of magickal workings, clears an energetic pathway.

It is most important to visualize the day ahead. EVERYONE, even someone with aphantasia, can paint in their Mind’s Eye with their other senses. They do not “see” a rose, but they can “smell” a rose in their mind from memory. Or, they can feel the rose petals or thorns from memory.

There are a very few human beings who have this diagnosed ‘inability’ to visualize due to an unresolved issue of the mind, be it Shadow or Ego work, or other. Those Practitioners will fill that spot with writing out what they are attempting to visualize with their other senses to start. In time, they gain superb power in areas of sense to make up for the absence of “sight”.

EXERCISE
The previous five steps are designed to awaken our mind and our Spirit, exercise will activate our body. It is not enough time to do a full workout, but we are moving some blood to get it flowing to our brains and raising our heart rate a little for just a few minutes.

Some do find this as a golden opportunity to begin short workouts of Yoga, or stretches of various muscle groups, at home. This increased blood flow sharpens the mind, strengthens the breath/Energy and teaches our muscles to do activities that traditional workouts of the West do not.

READING
Reading allows our mind to move in new directions. Whether we read a book, read new tarot meanings from the book of with a new tarot deck (because someone did create the card, the art for the card, and their definitions are imbued into the cards when they are created). it is the fact that we are reading that moves that energy.

It also has the potential to teach us something new or help us to connect with different feelings, emotions, Medicine or Magick that we would not normally feel throughout the day.

SCRIBING (JOURNALING)
Journaling and writing are good for us, a dream journal, a Book of Shadows, etc. All those thoughts floating around in our heads are cluttering up our ability to focus properly each new day. Journaling first thing in the morning gives space to allow these thoughts to exit and make space for new ideas. It is called “brain dumping” by many and helps us to connect our thoughts and emotions on paper to things we wish to learn. (We can also use a “note” app on our phones to journal, or send ourself an email.)

How do we know we may need to Journal? Easy. We find ourselves falling off task when asked to answer simple questions in writing. If you find that you go off on a tangent, Journaling may be needed to heal something. (We never have to share our personal writings.)

RECAP IDEA

Step 1.Meditate/sit in silence at sunrise to focus your mind on one thought or idea.

Step 2.Recite your affirmations to yourself in front of a mirror. (Make eye contact with yourself.)

Step 3.Visualize (write about) your day and imagine yourself working on and completing tasks.

Step 4. Read for ten minutes to activate and inspire your mind.

Step 5. Transfer your thoughts into a journal that you can reference and analyze later, or burn in healing catharsis.

Step 6.Exercise using only your body weight to get the blood flowing.

By doing and evolving to all of the steps involved in Magickal/Miracle Morning we are putting ourselves in the right mindset to fully engage in our magickal life as it was intended, as well as live it to the fullest. This is the most common Practice amongst ALL Practitioners of every Path.

Signs of Shadow

WHAT IS THE SHADOW?

Our Shadow is the “not-you of today” that sometimes controls the life of today. On several Paths, Shadow is where energy that has been called “Demons” comes from for those who believe in them. For others, it may be known as our Inner Child, the Inner Artist, or the “little you”. No matter what name it goes by for you, the Shadow is considered to be in the 4th dimension as it does not occupy our current Three Dimensional space.

It is energy FROM YOU that lives inside of your subconscious mind, tethered to the past (this life or another) which can project, or be projected, onto everything around you including the family pet. It can even be the trauma that your body secretly holds for you that you may not be consciously aware of. This can be anything from Womb Trauma, such as a difficult birth, to something that occurred before age two.

READ THAT AGAIN. *ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆

Shadow is composed of everything about us that we have rejected over time or have refused to acknowledge, Spirit and Matter. Thoughts and deeds. We begin our Awakening with healing the Shadow of Matter. Later, in Yona Circle, we are introduced to healing the Shadow of Spirit.

The Shadows

Shadow and Golden Shadow both can MUCK LIFE UP. It can destroy friendships and cause an irrational end to relationships, making us hateful Practitioners. It can cause us to neglect Self, driving us to sacrifice falsely for others’ benefit, taking away from us as individuals. For those that are blinded by their Shadow, they Experience unfounded emotions such as racism, prejudice, arrogance, bigotry, and various other energetically less productive or completely non-beneficial emotion. Shadow can cause us to cry needlessly or excessively. It can also cause us to act in manipulative ways to get what it (the Shadow) wants. It cares not what the cost to anyone or anything around, including the individual, may be.

Whatever name we call it, the Shadow is a part of us. When it is not acknowledged or looked after and healed or addressed problems can arise. When it is not an integrated part of us, or is an unevolved perception, the Shadow can cause all kinds of issues. These can be big and small if left unchecked. (Same with Unhealthy Ego.)

It can be difficult to know what is stopping us from moving forward and reaching our goals. If there is concern that the Shadow might be at the root of what is “going wrong”, or is non-productive in life, here are a few tell-tale signs that Shadow may be running the show.

THINGS ARE NOT
GOING YOUR WAY

Things just do not go the way we desire. We have a lot in our life that we dislike or find difficult to complete. We are dissatisfied. Life is either a disaster waiting for Death, it is empty and unfulfilling, or it is somewhere in between.

We do not enjoy life and we may feel a little ashamed of what we might look like to other people. Where we live and how we look raise an emotional response in us. We compare ourself to other people, or to an imaginary life that we thought we would have by now. We often receive in life what we fear, or the exact opposite of what we want. It is like life is a restaurant, and the only items on the menu are things we really hate.

There may be Shadow.

YOU DO NOT GIVE YOUR
VALUE TO THE WORLD

Personal value might be a lot of things. It could be love and passion, a creative skill, or an idea or practice that has changed our life. Even fulfilling hobbies can show value to the world around us. Our value could also be that we are good at listening and holding that “verbal bucket” (as we learn with ITB), or making people feel warm or welcome.

If YOU do not personally feel YOUR VALUE, no matter what it is - or - you simply do not want to share your Self with anyone, much less the world. We feel there is “nothing to share”.

This could be from past or present trauma/Trauma. Either way, this is a sign that there may be some unacknowledged or unevolved Shadow to work with.

When we feel that we do not have any personal or public value, or we are worried about our value being stolen or misused in some way, we shut down and do not share or show our Self, our face, our words, or a skill to the world or significant others.

Example: Giving with conditions. Why do that? Or, maybe there are thoughts about value that are based on other people’s perceptions or opinions, and not our own. Or, on things like net worth or professional achievements, we can feel it is unobtainable. (Money does not transfer Spiritually. A prime example are those on a Path that follows the often unfulfilling “Prosperity Principles”.)

Perhaps we want to keep our value to ourself because we think that the world has not given us enough value in return. (First two things many pick up from their Elders in Western Culture: “the World owes you NOTHING” and “NO ONE CARES”. Once Practitioners start operating at their heart’s personal contentment, they start feeling much lighter.) This mindset robs us community and other. A crucial part of spiritual growth.

Denying that you have intrinsic value FOR YOUR SELF as a person is incredibly soul-destroying.

READ. THAT. AGAIN.

It is often a vicious circle – if we do not think that we have value, how will anyone else know that we have value? Hence, if we do not LOVE OUR SELF, how can anyone else truly do so? Those who try, find an endless depth in a cup they can NEVER fill because it is our PERSONAL cup. If we find ourself giving and doing too much for other people, it is likely that we have not taken the time to really value Self, YOU. Stop doing it and see what happens.

Holding back your value because you have blame or judgements about the world is also a bad idea.

That blame and judgement is turned towards Self, because we have been an integral part of what has happened to us in some way. We are not our fathers. We are not our mothers. We are not that person who hurt us. Not now. NOT EVER. We CANNOT own that – and THAT, my Friend, feeds Shadow in a DARK, non-beneficial way. All we did was “trust”.

Analyzing Self further, we may see that we have regrets about how we have behaved in a situation. Or, maybe we do not have regrets, because we have never examined our Self that closely. Evolve. Look. Learn. #KnowThySelf

Another reason “blame of other’ becomes judgement towards Self is that other people are us, pushed out.

We all carry the entire Universe inside of us at the same time, the entire Universe exists outside of us. That latent potential to do or say anything, a behavior that we find unreasonably annoying or hurtful can often be found inside of us as well.

Example: If we find we overreact to a certain type of behavior from another that is considered mildly inappropriate, unwanted or unwarranted behavior, like lateness or monopolizing a conversation. It is often times like this that we exhibit the behavior too, in a different context.

Blame of others is sometimes easier to bear than judgement of Self.

YOU ARE STUCK IN
A CYCLICAL PATTERN

If there is a repeating pattern in our life, there is a chance that it is reflecting a twisted version of an unmet need. A Shadow need or desire can sometimes go both ways, good and bad. An intentional “peaceful” existence is not always good. Practitioners who live this way do not engage in the world around them fully. They are essential - where they are and have very little personal growth over Time. The perceived “peace” is merely avoidance of activities that may elicit unchecked behaviors.

The transfiguration of ‘wanting to feel needed’ to ‘wanting to feel used’ is a common one to perpetuate in cycles. We desire to be valued. This transposition often occurs in domestic violence, as well. It is a difference of helping others versus hurting Self when we are unable to fulfill that need of personal value and Self Love FIRST.

Examine common themes in your life closely. Do you have to hurt, or take from, Self to help that other individual? Do you have to always give something up to make others happy? Why do you do that?

What do these situations say about our subconscious or Shadow needs or desires?

Were relationship boundaries crossed in childhood?

Were you expected to act or be a certain way as a child that was beyond your age and stage in development?

Example: Did Mom project onto you when Dad was under the influence… and you inadvertently “always act silly” to make Mom smile as you saw her unhappiness?‍ ‍

Did your caregivers give you their time fully as you were growing through your Ages and Stages?

This is where the unchecked psyche develops unhealthy and unsafe relationships. This can also begin IN UTERO depending on what was happening with your Mother prior to your birth. You absorbed every stress hormone she released.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF
NEGATIVE SELF-TALK

If we talk down to, reprimand or otherwise bully ourself OR OTHERS, that is not only a sign of needing Shadow integration, but one of the causes of the Shadow separation in the first place.

The rejection of the Shadow is not some hard-to-understand esoteric process, but a result of a lifetime of rejecting parts of Self, and “stuffing them away”, drinking, or drugging them away, etc.

Read that again.

…and again.

Sometimes this process is as literal as putting Self down constantly inside our heads, all the way to doing it out loud in conversation with others. By doing this, we make it okay for others to insult us or devalue us in that moment as well.

Again, were you abused as a child verbally?

Were you abandoned?

Were you belittled or told you were incompetent at a task?

On average, it takes FIVE “well dones” to negate ONE “idiot” comment.

Statistically, research indicates that 5 positive comments (or interactions) are needed to override or balance the emotional impact of 1 negative comment. Known as the "magic ratio" popularized by Dr. John Gottman, this 5:1 threshold applies to both maintaining stable, happy children, friendships, marriages and promoting high-performing, productive workplaces.

In another way, it is asking for ‘advice’ when what we are really seeking is validation in our course of action or work, not because we genuinely think there is an issue with it, but because we don’t trust Self to make good decisions. (What did you Banish with Spell One? Is this related to that in any way?)

Again, who invalidated you?

Very rarely do children mock themselves or hurt themselves emotionally or physically without an underlying reason. A worse case scenario example, regardless of intelligence, is a child will hit themselves in the head if they do not know the words to convey the emotion of their hurt that originated from OUTSIDE OF THEM. It is often a RED FLAG and should be carefully investigated or questioned.

FALSE FACE
Sometimes it is pretending that we are not something we inwardly perceive as negative, even if outwardly we approve of it.

These could be related to things like sexual identity, creativity, likes, and dislikes —especially when it comes to things as simple as food or colors. Our friends and families have bias and prejudices, and when those things are displayed in our perception, sometimes we will reject parts of ourselves to fit in with our family’s or societies’ idea of ‘good’, or we stop the simple “liking of that color” because someone else said we “are not supposed too”. (Weren’t all colors created equally? Why are we drawing lines with colors?)

RESULTS
This is often thought of as where “fetishes” develop. If Self as a child is shamed or blamed or not allowed to explore the world around itself safely and without prejudice, those things that were frowned upon by the caregiver can become internalized by the child as they grow. (We are NOT speaking of “kink” between two consenting adults.)

YOU HAVE ODD FLASHES OF DIFFICULT EMOTIONS AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES

As we mentioned above, the Shadow is formed by us rejecting parts of ourselves. A great deal of the Shadow is formed from many emotions like love, empathy, rejected lust, and anger. At times in our lives we have either bottled up our emotions and tried to ‘move on’ or we have ‘lost control’ of these emotions and performed a behavior which we now regret.

Instead of working out a system to both deal with new instances of human emotion as well as deal with the old emotions that are trapped in our mind, we often orphan those emotions and push them into the Shadow. Detoxing of the Ego is imperative to evolve through these emotions AND heal Shadow as well.

UNCONSCIOUS PARTS
The Shadow is a part of the unconscious mind and wants to talk to the conscious mind.

If we try to ignore it, it will force its way up and out of us at ‘inappropriate’ or difficult times. Exactly when we are not ready for it. In Chaos Magick, these are sometimes called “demons”. In Christianity, also “demons”.

Repressed emotions can get stuck and turn into energetic blocks within the body. Blocks can “make you act” or “make you NOT act”.

Sometimes, this releases telekinetic energy around us and “things happen” such as poltergeist activity.

If we are working on a block in some way, intentionally or otherwise, that emotion will start to release with the more we address it. Like working out a muscle. Since the transfiguration of stuck emotions into blocks does not always go the way we think it will (stuck anger turns into depression, for example) the sudden reappearance of emotion can be quite shocking and difficult to deal with, so we shove it back down into the Shadow again. If you KNOW this is happening, seek professional help to walk through this with you. This can become very heavy and clinical depression can set in, worsening the situation.

YOU FORGIVE TOO EASILY

How quickly do we brush off our emotions to please someone else? Or, how often do we put on a brave face at work? Or, do we perform ‘spiritual bypassing’?

This is where we suffer a wound from somebody else, and rush straight to forgiveness and ‘healing’ without letting Self feel through the pain. This is discomfort is how pearls are made. This is what our Animal Allies like the Oyster teach us. Discomfort is how “new life” is birthed.

Many unhealed individuals have an emotional reaction rather than a logical response. We exhibit fear or anger, associated with that wounding we just endured. This is an important emotionally evolutionary step in our being.

If ‘It doesn’t matter,’ or, “it’s okay”, is a common phrase in life, we might be rushing to some stage of forgiveness or acceptance far too quickly to learn or net any benefit from the Experience. Analyze that response if given.

This does not mean that we must change our behavior when it comes to other people. There is a fine line between allowing Self to feel angry and upset when someone has done us wrong, and holding a toxic grudge or a pissing contest feeling about them for the rest of our life.

Holding grudges is generally considered bad for long-term health and well-being, as it fosters bitterness, stress, and FEEDS ANXIETY, while damaging our mental and physical health. While sometimes used to feel empowered or protective after a wrong, maintaining resentment over time often leads to negative physical effects, including high blood pressure and increased, chronic stress.

Instead, try saying ‘Thank you for apologizing.’ or ‘Apology accepted.’ instead of ‘It’s okay’.

It is two fold to do this. One, it allows them to be accountable for their misstep or wrong doing without YOU taking that ability away from them, and two, it allows us the ability to acknowledge our Self and what may be at play. Do not brush of slights so easily.

Hold fast behind boundaries.

Write an angry letter that you do not send — if there is a need to express oneself, or indeed, work through the initial feelings of anger until a civil discussion may be had with the object of ire about how to move forward, if there is a desire to do so.

But do not dismiss something as ‘not important’ even if the reaction to someone else’s behavior is not their fault. We can not perform anger ‘at’ someone and have them feel the exact same way as we do. We cannot control the actions or responses of others.

Do not dismiss personal anger as being ‘silly’ or ‘useless’. While anger can be a useless emotion if not sourced to its root, do NOT reject it. Sit with that feeling. Take a moment, and figure out how to utilize anger to push Self forward into getting whatever it is that one may be lacking, wronged over, or are jealous of. Anger can motivate change for good.

YOU DENY YOUR REALITY

There is putting a brave face on, and then there is pretending life is fine — when in fact it is not and it bothers the Hel out of us. Even if life is ‘average’, whatever average means, if there is something in there that we do not like, accept that you do not like it.

If we do not like our life, that is a good enough reason to change it.

If we are not honest with Self about how we consciously feel about something, how will we cope with how we unconsciously feel about it?

AVERAGE TRAPS
Get out of the Average Trap. As asked, do you like your life? What about personal goals – do you like what the goals will bring you, or are you just trying to fit into the ‘average’? Average does not have to literally mean the average person on Earth. Every class, culture, ethnicity, identity, sexuality, and geographic location has their own intersecting Average Traps.

Sometimes leaving the Average Trap can feel like a betrayal. Sometimes people whose identities are so wrapped up in being certain things that they will actively try to stop people from leaving their Average Trap.

Do you know someone like this? Is it you?

‘No, don’t sell your house. It’s beautiful.” (Despite it being impractical)
“Aw. Don’t sell your cool car.”
(Despite it being unaffordable.)

Terry Pratchett once described it as a ‘crab bucket’. These buckets don’t have any lids, because if one crab tries to escape, the others will pull it back down to ‘safety’.

Madness.

Well, I have news for you. Everyone Vibrates at a different frequency. No two humans are alike hence, NO TWO LIVES ARE THE SAME. And YOU, Crab, can climb out of that bucket.

We can love and appreciate our roots while growing beyond them, into a trunk and branches and leaves and fruit. AND THAT IS OKAY.

YOU DENY YOUR OWN
WANTS AND NEEDS

Rejected desire is the main body of the Shadow. We reject desires constantly, whether by pretending we do not NEED or want something, or by prioritizing other activities over acting upon that desire so consistently that we begin to forget we even have that desire.

By accepting that we want something, we start to integrate those orphaned desires and we can begin to act on them in a kind, conscious and deliberate manner for our Highest Benefit.

YOU’VE CHANGED YOURSELF TO SUIT SOMEONE ELSE

We all have masks and personas. Small created selves that we use in different situations. A more professional mask for work. The parent that we become around yur children. But when we confuse the mask for the reality, when we strip our identity back towards being ‘just’ a caregiver, or a writer, or whatever it is that we allow ourself to be, we repress all that we could be. Stop it!

These changes can seem small at first and are often in service of someone else. Perhaps our emotionality is inconvenient for a logical family member, or our critical attitude is misjudged by our more sensitive friends, or coworkers.

We can manage and work on our behaviors, tones, “resting bitch face” (A face which NO ONE has. That is NEGATIVE SELF TALK. Or, it is an insult to another human whose shoes we have never walked in.) How we express key personality traits can and are often misinterpreted, but we will never outrun who we reallyare.

As children, our personalities are less well-rounded, and our basic traits are more obvious. We are essentially born ‘who we are’. We are still learning how to be in this perception, or world, and too harsh a judgement can have us focusing on the trait as the problem, not the behavior. Sometimes in trying to reintegrate our Shadow, we can transmute that self-judgement back into blame of other – ‘I’m not too critical, it’s other people who are too sensitive.’ (Unhealed individuals make this statement.)

By acknowledging all our traits as neither positive nor negative, but as gifts we can bring to ourselves and the world, we can view ourselves through a non-judgmental lens. As stated above, THIS is why we LIVE IN OUR TRUTH. Being non-judgmental to Self is showing Self UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
That’s divine!

YOU USE YOUR UNIQUENESS AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM

There is a difference between being proud of all we are in our whole and holy uniqueness and using the weird parts of ourselves as a defense mechanism.

The amount of times we have seen someone else introduce themselves as ‘weird’ is staggering. We each are in fact, NOT WEIRD in the modern sense of the word. It is a way to self-reject, built to push people away from us so we do not show/share our heart. It is something we learned as a negative coping skill to then get rejected when we do and we did not have the tools to work through the emotional response or were not ready for it. We were blind sided.

Or, it is a way to make excuses for our unwanted behavior – we do not ’t have to do the hard thing of trying to connect with other humans, because we have the Weird Card. Weird People only get to talk to other Weird People. The thing is, we are not that weird. And by announcing it, we draw attention to it. By describing things about us as weird, we make other people uncomfortable.

One reason is because they have that weird thing about them too, somewhere deep down. Maybe they did the Self Work that we did not and now they know what it means when someone insults themselves. Remember what is said about each of us carrying the whole Universe inside of us? A lifetime of studying fiction in all its forms has told us that there is no such thing as an “original idea”. That is an improper thought. Often, humans do have original thoughts.

We are similar multitudes of ideas as everybody else, BUT stacked up differently.Instead of trying to find people who have the same pattern of weird as you do, you will fare better trying to stack a few ideas together and seeing if those are compatible with various other people.Doing so guarantees we will have variety. We will have book club friends, and foodie friends, and people we tolerate at work, and so on. We do not have to agree on everything – we simply have to find them interesting. (And preferably kind).

The second reason why announcing our weirdness is used as a self-defense mechanism, is that an unconscious warning light will flicker on inside of the other person, wondering what else is going to be called “weird”. One’s judgement can come into question. They will begin to hide the things about themselves that they think are weird, or boring, as evidenced by our words to them. It is almost completely unconscious that this is done.

If everyone is hiding from each other, no one can connect.

And genuine connection with another human being is often scary as hell, even without the ever-present risk of rejection.

Also, consider when we describe ourself as weird, we are sometimes looking for validation – and that is not a particularly attractive prospect, especially when we have first met someone, which is normally when this announcement happens.

It is a horrible thing to do to ourself, to bring up everything that makes us personally “YOU” and label it as weird. This is something the other person needs to be aware of before we have even had a conversation.

There is a vast difference between being proud of all of our weird bits, and being, as they say, all edge and no point. When we apologize or justify our weirdness, we are actually NOT accepting Self.

Read that AGAIN.

When we apologize or justify our weirdness, we are NOT actually accepting Self. When we use our weirdness as a battering ram or a wall to keep people away from us, we are not accepting of the trait being ignored. We are not loving it. If we did, it would not be weird to us, but embraced, celebrated, shared. We do not have to have a reason to like something or to be something or to crave certain Experiences. Being subversive or going against the grain is often a sensible way to live our life – do what we have always done, get what we heave always got, etc. But loving Self, rather than apologizing for it, will make it easier for that genuine connection to happen.

YOU WORK HARD AT SOMETHING AND DON’T GET RESULTS

Lastly, If we are genuinely pushing at something, we are not under crossed conditions or cursed — or not performing at our best due to circumstances or bodily illness, and nothing’s changing, that’s a huge sign that our Shadow needs integrating.

No long explanation here – if we consciously want something and consistently work towards it and nothing’s budging, that’s a huge sign that our Shadow needs to be integrated. You may be trying something for the wrong reason.

Waning Crescent

REMINDER:
The Knowledge expressed in here is not presented as a signal for you to question your Path. It is presented as the viewpoint of one of many Paths. “No two Paths are the same.” …and only that, no matter what that Path is. Trust your Self and what calls to you.‍ ‍

WANING CRESCENT
The waning crescent is the last phase of the moon we will look at IN the essential phases for this walk with Wahya Circle. During this particular phase, the illuminated part of the moon gets smaller and smaller, until the cycle meets its end, and starts again with a “new moon”. The waning crescent is meant to restore your thoughts and your intentions. During the Waning Crescent Moon phase, the lit-up part of the Moon decreases from 49.9% to 0.1%.

A recent study found that ovulation occurs in most human mammals, on average, 12.4 days before menses. If menstruation starts near the full moon, a female’s most fertile phase would occur near the new moon.

Do you know when your cycle is? If you do not have a Moon Cycle, do you know what your biorhythm cycle is?

All species have a cycle. Even if we do not have the “physical” components of a biological “female”, we can have them Energetically in Spirit. They can remain in our Spiritual body. Whether we are a female who has had a full or partial hysterectomy, a male who identifies as female, or a fresh Spring Maiden, …even a biological male who identifies as a man has a biorhythm. ALL OF US cycle with the moon.

WATER RHYTHM
It is imperative to understand when this is occurring amongst the many other changes related to biorhythm, as it can be Additive or Subtractive to the energies of our Works. this is especially true if we are near an active body of water.

Two parameters are required to calculate the cycles: birth date and the date to start calculations (today).

Each cycle is calculated as a sine wave using the following equations:
Physical = sin (2Πt / 23)
Emotional = sin (2Πt / 28)

Generally, the formula to calculate biorhythm is y = sin(2Πt / B), where t is how many days we have been alive and B is the number of days in the cycle being calculated. Every day in your cycle, calculate the new t value for each biorhythm, then plug them into the general equation.

BIORHYTHMS
Know that there are 3 types of biorhythms: the physical, emotional, and intellectual. The physical biorhythm has a 23-day cycle (Planetary), the emotional biorhythm has a 28-day cycle (Lunar), and the intellectual biorhythm has a 33-day cycle (Solar). They all require BALANCE.

Even the strongest and most important biorhythm is the daily circadian rhythm (from the Latin circa, meaning “about” or “approximately,” and dian, meaning “daily”) that guides the daily waking and sleeping cycle in many animals. This rhythm requires balance as this is where melatonin comes into play.

”Too much” melatonin and we can get drowsiness, dizziness, fatigue, headache, confusion, nightmares, hypotension (low blood pressure), tachycardia (high heart rate) and hypothermia. “Too little” and we can get the most common symptoms of melatonin deficiency which include: Insomnia. Those struggling with insomnia, whether it's stress induced insomnia or acute insomnia, often have a difficult time falling asleep during bedtime and staying asleep. Many insomniacs will fall asleep eventually, only to wake up during the night.

But, not all of us know our natural rhythms, nor are we efficient at the higher maths. We simply watch for the effects of each portion of the cycle. We see it can cause a healthy human body to pull Element Water away from its Spirit as evidenced when our sputum thickens, or when our vaginal secretions thicken and become “stringy” to “sticky”, or our ejaculate becomes thick. (A dehydrated person is imbalanced and cannot easily see the effects of the Elements around them while they are in Matter.) Humans have forgotten how in tune their bodies can be, or are, with the Universe around them and with all the energies they connect.

When our bodies, made of Matter, pull Element Water out of balance - because we are ON EARTH (Element) and we are “of Earth/Terran” (Birth Sign), Element Water is pulled FROM us back to its Source, Mother Earth. There is not a lot to hold it in place energetically.

Thereby, we have to ADD ELEMENT WATER to our Working, especially if it serves as a Correspondence for us and the Moon is in a phase that allows Mother Earth to pull Her Element Water back, which occurs in Crescent and New Moons. To avoid so much of an energetic shift, we can work with an Water Deity, rather than a Celestial (Deity) if we need every drop of energy we can muster from Element Water.

Or, simply drink or place water on your altar for the spell or ritual.

An example of something that could cause us to need Water added during the Crescent Moon phase for a Working would be a deep trauma/Trauma, or Shadow Work.
Water = Emotion (You will soon learn the difference in the traumas soon — if you do not already know.)

The Dark Moon utilizes Element Water, especially when passing through a “Water sign” Zodiac, more than any other phase of the moon. By that, we mean that Luna loosens grip as Earth tightens grip. It is a beautiful ebb and flow of “as above, so below.”

The Moon effects the ebb and flow of the tides in Water, because we contain a high percentage of Water, the Moon effects us too.

Understanding biorhythms with the moon is a new concept for most humans. However, everyone having the “same cycle” is NOT what we speak of. We have to find our cycle. (No two cycles are exactly the same.) and it may not occur as suggested. The other factor to consider is who we are around. There are studies that suggest groups of females will often begin to cycle together, office groups, nursing groups, coworkers, fellow students, etc. Females that live in the same house will often cycle with the stronger emotional Moon Woman or the Alpha Female. We believe this is a holdover from our days deeper in the animal Kingdom.

The same can be said for the male of the species. They cycle together. If seeing human animals in the male form is difficult for you to view at this time cycling together, look at the male deer rutting, runion or salmon running, any mammal. Look at birds and their mating dances and courtships. WE ARE ALL EFFECTED BY THE MOON.

ESOTERIC MEANING OF MOON
The time of the Crescent Moon represents the Goddess in Her Crone aspect when many Practitioners give praise to Hekate, Morrigan, or one of the other Crone Goddesses. This is also known to many Paths as the "Moon of Harvest".

LOCATION
It is located 270 - 315 degrees ahead of the Sun and happens seven to ten and a half days after the Full Moon. Use this time wisely.

Practitioners draw upon the release of any negativity, not just banishing it but consciously letting go of it. (Remember your Banishing Spell?) They also continue any banishing done during the last phase —a previous Work, in order to “recharge” their jar or sigil, or whatever magick they used for that Work.

As stated before, this is a good time to concentrate on removal of Self from situations, relationships, and habits that no longer serve you or in fact may be harming you. It relates to the storing of the Harvested Plant, your Self Worth, your benefit. A time to rid oneself of everything that is causing obstruction, to rid your Self of anything or anyone that no longer serves you to your “best benefit”. Some Practitioners say it is a good time for hair cuts to slow growth, dye hair, pluck eyebrows (wax ...) It is also a terrific time for Self-analysis, rest and recuperation, meditation, GROUNDING, and readying oneself for the energies of the coming New Moon if working before its arrival.

“The Moon is letting go, but She is placing your in good Earth energy.”


DEVICE APPS
It is highly recommended that you keep an app on your phone for this walk. These have been the most popular:

App: Sky Map (Android)

App: Sky View (Apple)

Moon Phases (Trusted source)

Surrounding Energies

It is a very interesting perception that we take on as Practitioners when we begin looking at the Energy of everything, including ourselves.

Think About It
Think about what you have had going on for the last month. Think about your First Spell. Have you noticed any changes so far in yourself, or your surroundings? Have you noticed others treating you, or viewing you differently? Do you have any “positive” results?

Moon Day WM2

General - Journal - Book of Shadows

SUBMISSION:
WM2 MON CONTEMPLATIONS 101 - Surrounding Energies
(Due by Sunday)

Please answer questions found in Contemplations 101 in
ONE PARAGRAPH or more.

EMAIL
Three Circles Medicine & Magick™
Please utilize the above email link
IF NO BUTTON IS PRESENT
to receive full Submission credit.

Moon Check II

General - Journal - Book of Shadows

SUBMISSION:
WM2 MON MOON CHECK II
(Due by Sunday)

Please submit the following for your final Moon Check of the 28 Day Watch.

ONE PICTURE of the moon in its current phase - or - where in the sky the moon would be located for you if overcast —SHOWING THE CLOUD COVER, with the following items written or typed on a piece of paper IN THE PICTURE:
(Moon apps may be used.)

1 Moon Phase
2 Zodiac Sign that Luna is in
(Tropical or Sidereal)

EMAIL
Three Circles Medicine & Magick™
Please utilize the above email link
IF NO BUTTON IS PRESENT
to receive full Submission credit.