Cat's Rants - Confessions of an Occult Mastermind

We ALL Need Instructions for Something or Other in Life

Hey Occulties,

I just wanted to say something as it came up about 8 times in the last four days all through various people... NO it is NOT CORRECT to "JUST DO WHAT FEELS RIGHT" when it comes to magic, and that is some of the WORST FUCKING POSSIBLE ADVICE to give to someone and if someone gives it to you, do not listen to another word out the person says or writes. In fact, possibly unless you are a HIGH ADEPT at some paradigm (that's a particular type of magic) and definitely if you still require looking up spells in a book all the time* then you do not have the ability to begin doing such things. Like, I've been able to cook (albeit not well when under a certain age) since I was like 7 or 8 years old because I'm Gen X and that's just how we rolled. Now 35 years later, I don't need to look up a lot of recipes. I don't need to be told what ingredients work with what. I am a very good cook. One might even say I'm an adept at it. I might be able to just slap something together using intuition as I am INCREDIBLY FAMILIAR with cooking, and how foods react to certain heats and oils and the instruments of cooking from pressure cooker down to stove burner and even convection and toaster ovens and microwaves having over three decades of experience in it.  HOWEVER, if I had never even microwaved a frozen dinner (as would be the level of many newbies to magic,) nor heated anything directly out of a can onto the stove successfully, I sure as shit should not be cooking anything from scratch. This is the same as someone telling neophytes "Do what feels right," when that is TOTALLY WRONG. No, and if it is right in any way, it's only right for incredibly adept people who know the meaning and the use and the personality of every ingredient. If you would be cooking at a level of "I think all sugar is the same and that even salt is sugar as both are granulated," when compared to your magical knowledge, get away from the kitchen and the altar if you think you are going to be successful dreaming things up. If you're at the level where you literally can eyeball out perfectly measured amounts without a measuring cup like I can and can make a gazillion things from scratch just using your memory (you thought you'd brag about being cool when you start getting old, but it's this type of thing,) if we compared cooking skill to magical knowledge (and yes, I am a master of both, thank you for wondering,) then sure, you go do what you think sounds right because you'd know. You know that even though this ingredient does do this, it won't work with that ingredient, but that ingredient can be replaced with these two because they will work together nicely, and it's not just "I chose poppies because I thought they were bold and exciting"for a charisma spell when they do not have the effect of boldness or excitement whatsoever in spellwork. It doesn't matter if that's what they make you think of.

I'm sure I'll get some hate for it, but hate away. At least I'm over here eating good food and doing spells that work while you're just grumbling that you were divinely inspired with your non-manifesting spell and eating frozen dinners you burned, so :-P

~Cat

 

 

*I know some people will argue this is not true with Solomonic type traditions, except I know plenty of people who have memorized 4-5 page spell chants for several Solomonic spells so you can argue elsewhere. 

Time Frames and Why They Are Often "Wrong"

Hey there my Occulties,

I'd wanted to post a spell but judging from the barrage of emails concerning the "why is my time frame three whole days late?" or "Why is the time frame I made up in my head not being met," issue I'm having on my days off, this is what you all get instead. Also SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE MY DAYS OFF AS ARE ALL LEGAL USA HOLIDAYS, SO TECHNICALLY WAS NOT EVEN IN THE OFFICE TIL YESTERDAY. *shoots dirty looks around the rant room*'

So, first, we have to understand time is not entirely perceived correctly in the sense of that you and I are 3 dimensional creatures, therefore we have some perception of time (fourth dimension,) but experience it as linear when more and more it is looking as if it is not, it is just our perception. With that in mind, let's say I tell you that tomorrow at exactly 330pm, you will be hit by a bus. By telling you this, you avoid being outside whatsoever at this time and are never hit by this bus. So at the point I told you, this was in front of you, but you altered your path, therefore it did not happen. So this is what happens constantly - by altering our own actions through forewarning, fear, desire, - basically because of information and emotion and even actions which arise from the information received or emotions emoted, - we change the current future in front of us. This is why I say time is not linear, for if it were linear, you would lack free will to change the path. 

Many people seem to grasp this - that if we know an unwanted or a wanted event is within our reach, that we can take simple steps to avoid it or to attain it 

What is less obvious is that your emotions have energy, and your thoughts have energy. This is not the stupid misused and horribly misunderstood law of attraction you find in pulply "manifest your dreams," books, but the real law of attraction at work. Think of it like an etheric form of physics. 

So if you are thinking how sad and miserable you are without your ex, and how you're afraid he or she will never return, and you find yourself anxiously dwelling on how this will never change, you are in fact disrupting spell manifestation of a reconciliation spell. If you are worried you aren't going to get the money to pay that bill on time, you are the one slowing that money spell's manifestation (and that's the one i am nearly always doing to my own self - so I often get stuck paying late fees, hehe.) If you keep worrying your enemy will never get their much deserved comeuppance, you are prolonging the wait on your revenge spell.

I'm sure you see where this is going. 

And I understand exactly how you feel. Of course worry is an entirely useless emotion, - it's, in all reality, a damaging and futile practice, - but for reasons I still don't entirely understand it's one that humans still naturally gravitate towards doing to ourselves. Worry is also not the only problematic form of thinking that delays an outcome, and several actions and behaviors can also impede the outcome we desire and/or have been spellcasting towards. Worry can cause panic, which in turn can cause bad behaviors and actions, and it can cause anger when we have no real reason to feel anger towards another. The amount of times per week that I get worried emails discussing how someone was unfriended or unfollowed and how this must be a "bad sign" is not tiny at all, when were it nearly anyone other than the spell target, the person who's super worried probably wouldn't even notice, but in a desperation grasps a social media relationship as having some bearing on reality, so now I get to waste a half hour in the hopes that they won't kill their spellwork.* 

Unfortunately, spellwork does work best when you are not anxious, when you do not overthink, when you do not obsess, and when you have some social intelligence. Since the "time frame is not matching with my expectation," when said expectation is not ridiculous (if you expect your spellwork to manifest in a day or two, you have a ridiculous expectation,) is a common complaint, it's really up to you to be HONEST with yourself and ask yourself how often you think on the issue you are working on. 

Further, while I understand not everyone is great in social situations, several of you need to understand that apologizing, complaining, or explaining can all be detrimental in love situations. So, as far as apologies - if you have said you're sorry then don't say it again. It's fine to admit fault to someone if you hurt them, but keep in mind that apologies are for the giver more than the receiver in many cases. Furthermore, if the person has told you that they need space, then give it to them. Do not beg or push for attention. Do not complain that they aren't doing enough, and stop explaining yourself. These are all annoying, anxious, and desperate behaviors. They will not endear you to the target - they will repel the target. Instead you need to be calm, collected, and act like you have a life outside of them, and interests outside of them. I know I say this a fair amount, but to attract an ex still requires you to be attractive to them, even with a spell - just like not washing yourself or your clothing for months would make you physically repellant, well, certain behaviors make you emotionally repellant, and until you stop engaging in those behaviors, your target - even under the influence of a spell, - will be avoidant as you are in such a state as to make yourself someone most people would want to avoid. As difficult as it may be, you do need to dust yourself off and get out of the funk...or if you can't, you need to speak to a doctor who can help you through this phase. I am not a free psychiatrist, and while I don't mind giving a little encouragement, if you need my assistance frequently in this respect, I strongly suggest you employ a psychiatrist to see you through this rough patch. 

But I've digressed a bit... So, let's get back on topic. As I have said, much to the annoyance of all, the real true answer to "how long will this take to manifest?" is properly "As long as it needs to." It can sometimes be "ballparked" meaning someone might be able to loosely give an idea of how long, but as I've said over and over, I've had a personal target who would take 60 days to the minute almost every time I cast a spell to react to it, and I was neither overthinking, nor worrying, or even anxious about the outcome. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the spellwork, it was just how it hit that particular target. I have also seen targets who reacted emotionally very quickly (so those close to the target or the target themselves later reported as very rapidly feeling the effects to me at some point after the spell had manifested) but did not act on said emotions rapidly whatsoever...therefore from the perspective of the petitioner (me in some cases,) the results felt like they took forever...especially if I was too focused on the situation. :P 

I can't tell you how long something will take and always be right. I can tell you that if you're nagging me about a "lack of results" the moment an APPROXIMATED SUGGESTED TIME FRAME would have passed, that you are likely obsessing and delaying the manifestation. Further if you act against the spellwork (and the spellwork is not going to care if you "couldn't help yourself" and had to do something contradictory to it's manifestation,) you may be delaying the manifestation as well. Until you realize that spellwork is not like a vending machine where you make an incredibly specific request that just instantly manifests because you lit a candle once, and does so regardless of your actions (it won't work that way,) then you are going to be disappointed and probably very aggravated by time frames which are almost definitely going to pass by with you still waiting. 

Now, can someone "feel out" a time frame? To some extent. So when I work on a person, I have an idea of what they are thinking or feeling like one might understand what another person is thinking or feeling by the expression on their face. This is not an in depth understanding like a reading might give and pre-emptiviely if you ask me about it I will likely put you off because people attach far too much anxiety to whether or not the target is initially resisting (very normal, not a concern,) so don't ask. That said, because of years of experience, and having worked on hundreds if not thousands of targets, I do have a sort of feel for how things will go normally and I am not usually too off on the time frame...until you calculate that I am not the only one who knows what I am doing. That would be neither here nor there if the petitioner did not obsess, become anxious, or had a high social intelligence in many cases, but instead I also need to gauge that and the more anxious and needy the petitioner is, the longer I have to add to my average manifestation time figure. 

And before you decide I'm discussing you personally, an example of a high-maintenance and obsessive client of mine in the past was a person who literally demanded twenty-five to forty hours PER WEEK (not including spellwork) of my time with emails to reassure, to explain and re-explain how spells manifest, and to basically act as an on demand therapist. While this is an extreme case, the average spellcasting client takes up about 2-3 hours of my time in total per spell. So the average person does tend to have the average manifestation figure fit their situation. The lowest maintenance clients I have tend to have the average figure fit their situation...but, with some exceptions, the more nervous and anxious a client is, even if I hardly hear from them (I can tell even when I don't, but to be fair 85% of my high maintenance clients are the anxious type) the longer it will take. 

So why do time frames change? Actions and behaviors of those knowledgeable about the work can delay and in some cases speed up the approximate time of manifestation estimate.

And again this is not about a particular person. I've had at least 14 people that I can count in the last 6-7 days who waxed prosiac about social media to me, for example. 

~Cat

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*I have been blocked, unfriended, unfollowed, unliked and all of that by my current partner merely over mild annoyance or a quick argument and it has had 100% no impact on our relationship, to the degree that sometimes the partner in question (and it's more than one of my partners including the one I have at this writing and those previous to him who have done this to me at this point,) actually has forgotten I am unfriended or unblocked, etc. Why? Because it has no relevance to anything and it's not worth the enormous waste of my time weekly to try to console someone over a non-problem. Why did they stop following? Why unfriend? It's not your business, really but maybe they feel like if they get distance from you they won't think about coming back so much or similar. The fact you noticed in most cases instantly tells me this is going to be a longer wait for you to get results. So for the last time, STOP SPYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS YOU ARE JUST PROLONGING YOUR WAIT. If you complain about what's happening on your Insta, your FB, or etc to me, you may have me tell you to stop using social media, or if you annoy me with it enough, I'll tell you exactly what the problem is...and it's that you're obsessively stalking someone using social media and you need to stop. 

 

 

Correcting Bad Advice From The Interwebs - October 2021 Edition

Hey Occulties,

So today I'd like to introduce a new series which hopefully will carry on for awhile. It is a collection of sad, hilarious, or even somewhat believable (but wrong) things regarding magic/spellcasting/the occult that I've located on my travel through the internet. 

Bad Advice Tip #1: The full moon is AMAZING for bringing things to you! 

Reality: Nope. The full moon and new moon are both "stagnant." They have their purposes but it's actually best to use the day AFTER the new moon (first day of waxing moon,) or the best planet day AFTER the new moon (so almost 2 weeks before it's full!) to bring things to you or manifest them. The growth of the moon is thought to grow your desired need into fruition. 

When the moon is full, it is actually just about to start shrinking, (or give the appearance thereto,) which clearly would be unhelpful in growing an influence. 

I'm honestly surprised when I see "experts" claim the full moon is great for drawing things to you. It might not be bad for keeping things with you, but no, the day after the new moon until first quarter is the superior time for "to bring to you, to draw up, to grow," etc. 

Bad Advice Tip #2: If you find a feather on the ground, you need to ask the bird who dropped it to use it in your spells or else it's CURSED!!!!

Reality: I assure you, the bird gives not one shit if you find the feather it molted off and use it for something. If you pull it out of the living bird it will give many shits (and a screech,) but a dropped feather is usually a relief to that bird because he or she is getting the new ones in, and it was probably kind of itchy. The birds ancestors, and the bird itself are about as freaked out as you would be seeing a bird flying off with a hair that came out of your hairbrush so it can line it's nest with it. Some of you would freak out about that, but I assure you, the bird is literally just using something you dropped that you don't want anymore, just like you are if you use it's feather. 

There are some legal concerns about possessing songbird feathers or raptor feathers. I would check with your local, state, and federal laws if this is a huge concern.

HOWEVER, you aren't angering the bird or the bird spirits by using a found feather in your magic. Just take the cool feather, and use it if you know the bird it came from and what magical uses there may be for that feather. 

Bad Advice Tip #3: Put a 7-day vigil candle in water to prevent fire accidents!

Reality: That might actually encourage the possibility of the glass chimney exploding when it's a risk any time you use these candles (just not as great of one in some cases over others.) It's not the worst advice, but I'd strongly recommend something like ocean sand or traction sand (SAND being the key word) around the base. It's not flammable, fire retardant, and also holds heat well without surface transference. I like to put them on a bed of sand in a coffee can, then pour sand around them. Even if the chimney part explodes, the whole candle continues to burn itself out. It's never been a fire issue. 

Bad Advice Tip #4: All spellcasters are called "witches" regardless of practice or gender!

Reality: The term witch is actually derogatory to a lot of people who are not neopagan. The original word did come from "wise" so a wisewoman or wiseman, sure. But you know gay used to mean lighthearted and carefree, and the last time I went to gay party it was my friend's birthday at the gay bar where there were a lot of homosexuals who referred to themselves using the term "gay." Come to think of it, it was gay not only because it was lighthearted and carefree, but also because the vast majority of the people there were gay gentlemen. But my point being, words can change meaning over time, so the meaning of witch has undergone some changes in it's lifetime just like the word gay has. So...when we say "witch" we might mean the traditional meaning of it, we might mean Wiccan or Neo-Pagan, too, and we might mean bad poisonous evil person. A fair amount of the time outside of Neo-Pagan and Wiccan circles, it tends to be seen as a less than positive term for someone. 

So while you might be well meaning when you say it, use the term judiciously. Many paradigms prefer different terms like Magician or Spellcaster. 

Bad Advice Tip #5: When spellcasting, just throw things in as your intuition tells you to!

Reality: This is a bit like saying "When doing major heart surgery without any training on the anatomy or function of the heart, just do what your intuition tells you! I'm sure it won't lead to any problems in the outcome of that surgery!" 

If you aren't adept at magic and if you are unable to do work without looking up the correspondences of each ingredient (and lack the practice to know the meaning and use of every single ingredient as well as what all actions and etc are for,) this is the absolute worst advice possible. Please LEARN MAGIC, and don't assume that you can just wing it because it sounds like fun. 

While I do realize some of the above have been posted before in some Questions You've Asked Me form, I figured this would be a good type of new article. Still working on that spell article. :)

~Cat