Wahya Circle
Wednesday Works

Beginning Practicum
Sigil Craft

A Sigil is one’s Intent condensed into a single glyph. Whether it is a “word”, “picture” or a “mantra/phrase”, it is built to receive a Practitioner’s Will and Focus.  They are a powerful Craft that are encoded with one’s unique purpose. A strong Sigil Craft is only decipherable by the Practitioner themselves. Their Intent is to remain a secret as the Universe works to align and deliver one’s desire through that Sigil’s creation to the Cosmic Power.

Once designed and activated, a Sigil can be utilized in a variety of ways.

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These sigils can be carved, drawn, painted, OR created in many ways:

- Made into a pie crust with or without specific ingredients added before baking (Kitchen Witchery)

- Carved into particular firewood before burning (Fey Witchery)

- Carved into candles before lighting (Universal Witchery)

- Painted onto rocks with environmental “paint”and buried OR setting them out for the Elements (Elemental Witchery)

- Drawing them into the steam on a mirror after a Ritual shower
(Sea or Water Witchery)

While these are not the only Magick where sigils are found, its a start! There is NO LIMIT to where a Practitioner can place these Sigils of Will and Intent nor WHO can utilize this Practice. Cardea, Babalawo, Voudouists, etc. ANY Practitioner can utilize this Universal Cosmic Power.

Utilized for both Medicine and Magick, a Practitioner can employ a Sigil. The method of creation must be decided beforehand. Do not overthink it, keep it simple. A complicated sigil is not needed for most “every day” Works.

There is NO definitive method for creating a Sigil, only the elements that Sigils typically contain and the fact it must be charged/activated to work are common amongst all practices. You do what calls to you. The following outlined method are some of the more usual, simpler, methods. Feel free to experiment to find what works best for your Craft or Practice.  

Step 1. Write Your Intent
All Magick and Medicine begins with Purpose. A Practitioner’s Intent is the most important piece of that working. Sigils are a great way to practice writing and actualizing your Intent.

Step 2. Remove Any Vowels and Repeats (Or Don’t, Diffferent Paths follow different ways!)
Looking at the Intent written down, erase or mark out all of the vowels and any letters that repeat, eventually leaving only one of each consonant from the original Intent phrase or word. It is noted that some Practitioners mark out both repeaters, some leave one. Unless you are walking a “specified Path”, YOU work how you are called to!

Step 3. Simplify the Letters (Optional)
You can break down the letters individually into simpler shapes (lines and curves) or leave them as they are. (Example: “breaking letters” – make a “p” into a “line” and a “curve”.  An “s” becomes two opposing curves, etc.)

Step 4. Arrange the Shapes
Manipulate these final shapes how you are called to. LISTEN TO YOUR INTUITION.  Try laying them in different manners, directions, on top of each other, etc,  in order to try to fit them into a single glyph. It will take some time to “feel Intuitively” about what the final shape will be but DO NO STOP until it FEELS RIGHT. It is a symbol of your Will and you will find it difficult to Focus on something you do not like. Visualizing your Intent through what you see will not come and the Work will fizzle out.

Step 5. Activate/Charge the Sigil
In a few cases it may be enough to simply draw the Sigil to activate it. Especially if this undertaking includes other elements such as herbs, colors, stones, planetary alignments, etc. But there are other Works where “a bit more” is needed. It helps to visualize the Sigil Work changing form as it does its work for you. For example, the pie baking and the Sigil changing color or carved into wood, it burning to ash and returning to Earth or drifting into the Air.  One can even imagine the Sigil on the candle melting with the wax and being trapped in it OR released into the Air with the power of Fire burning it away, etc. See in your Mind’s Eye the ways your Work is going to change. That in itself Charges or Activates it.

All of these are simple and easy to visualize or actually see happening. However, gnosis begins and is often achieved by just drawing the sigil. Developing a deeper gnosis is something we will slowly step into as we master the noise of our minds naturally.

Sigil Notebook
Some Practitioners do NOT keep their Sigils. Three Circles Medicine™ will alert you if in a Lesson if you are to keep them for future Work. Typically, it is a “one and done” type of Work. Other Practitioners keep record of Charging methods and sigil uses ONLY. Even others keep a record in their Book of Shadows as these are considered Sigil Craft and can be reached for multiple times, especially if a Practitioner has what they call a “positive result”. (Chaos Witchery/Sigil Witchery) No matter one’s method, be consistent, be concise. As we move through Golanv Circle, we will explore the energetic balance of that which we engage in Magickally and Medicinally via the Element Rose.

Happy Sigiling!

Wednesday W22

General - Journal - Book of Shadows

SUBMISSION: W22 WED SIGIL ONE (Due by Sunday)
After reading the passage above, you are asked to Craft a simple sigil
utilizing one of the methods mentioned above.
The Intent may be anything you are called to do.

PLEASE SUBMIT ONE PHOTO OF YOUR FINISHED WORK

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