Book of Shadows: Intention Ritual

My pre-Ritual set up.

I took 9 pictures to share with all of you of the Intention Ritual that I did tonight at 10:10 PM on 10/10/10. The date, time, day of the week, and moon phase all helped give a boost to this Intention Ritual. If you are interested in learning more about the Intention Ritual or doing one, please click here.

There's my gnome, Sir Hedgewick Alejandro van der Gnome!

First, I got my area all nice and set up. I opted out of incense as the white candle I used was scented and I didn't want two different scents. I put out my angels, saints, rosaries and other holy items. I even put out my gnome . . . Sir Hedgewick Alejandro van der Gnome! I set up everything on my vanity after I cleared it off.

The angel with my nameplate I received when I was young.

Next . . . I waited. It took forever but I waited until it was 10:10 PM. I took a deep breath and began writing. I felt deeply connected to the place . . . the time . . . what was going on . . . what I was doing. It felt right. It felt like me. It felt familiar . . . as if I had done it before in a past life. At that moment I wondered if I had been a Witch in a past life. I have always been curious of this . . . but tonight it felt very familiar. Reflecting back on it . . . I now feel very certain that I was a Witch in at least one past life . . . but possibly many.

My paper, pen, and thread.

Then it was time to hold the candle and focus on Spirituality, God, and, I tried to "charge" the candle with my "energy" and, yes, intent. It got to the point where it almost seemed as if I were melting the candle. But as I sat there, eyes closed, I could feel my head spin. I knew what was happening. That familiarity came back. I am confident now in saying that, yes, this has happened before in another life. At that moment I was connecting with myself . . . my soul. My Spirit . . . my Higher Self . . . was coming together. My Clairaudience began to open up more as I held the candle and focused. I could hear voices; couldn't make out exactly what was being said but I definitely felt a male was speaking to me, trying to get something across. There was at least one other voice that was quiet . . . possibly a girl . . . could have been a young girl. The male seemed to repeat something a few times. But it all felt right; it felt as if he could have been telling me that I was coming back to where I have been in past lives. I don't know for sure what he was saying . . . but that's the feeling I received. The energy was so strong that my head spun.

One of my intentions for coming to Witchcraft is to open my Psychic Abilities up more. Yes, I believe it is happening and I am excited to explore them further. I felt a wonderful presence of love and guidance. Hopefully these feelings will continue.

One last picture before the Intention Ritual began.

Next, I put the candle in my candle holder. I lit it and then began to focus on my intent, the past of Witchcraft, its history, what I hope to do with it in the future, what I hope to learn, and so on. It was calming and, yes, I felt at home and at peace. I felt various emotions, though, when thinking over the past history of it and all the lives that were lost because many thought Witches were doing the Devil's work. I felt like I had been accused of doing so. But by thinking about the present and the future, it made me feel so much better . . . free . . . light . . . happy. It felt right and it felt like me.

The letter I wrote.

Repeatedly in this entry I have said "it felt like me" or "it feels like me" because it does. It's familiar. By pure chance I happened to do this today. I didn't plan for it to be done on 10/10/10 . . . nor a Sunday . . . nor during a waxing moon. Yes, nighttime was my choice. After a friend pointed out it was 10/10/10 I threw in the 10:10 PM time to match. But it almost was as if fate led me here for a reason (which I believe everything happens for a reason) and that it is a very important reason. It is just meant to be!

When I lit the candle.

Once I was finished focusing and putting out the energy (as I felt I was doing), I had to tie up the scroll. Let me just tell you . . . when you have nails, trying to tie a thread in a bow is impossible. It took me two tries with a piece of tape to get it to stay. But all is done! Yay!

When the Intention Ritual was completed and the scroll was wrapped up, I blew out the candle. Some wax ran down the edge of the candle and the glass. I'll have to clean that off later, I suppose. I put the scroll away in my vanity to keep it for later when it is needed.

What a gorgeous flame!

For those of you that wonder what this meant to me on a religious level, remember that I am Catholic and incorporate Christianity into my Magick. To me, this Ritual was like saying a really deep prayer. It was like dedicating myself to God and the Universe. I was confirmed when I was in 8th grade and I took on the name Elizabeth. At that time, confirmation meant this to me; it was dedicating myself to growing religiously. For me, now, this Intention Ritual was another step religiously to get closer to God, the Archangels, Angels, and Spirits . . . but also to get closer to my Spirituality. So I hope this makes some more sense to those of you that didn't see the point in this Ritual. Some Witches even take on a magickal name although I will wait until later to do so. I already have an idea of what I would like . . . but I will wait until later after I have time to focus and think about things (as I may change my mind). Remember that I do not practice Witchcraft as a Religious but rather as a way of life; I incorporate my religious beliefs into Witchcraft, though.

The end result. The flame is still there if you look closely but it was almost as if it knew it was over and time to dwindle!

I hope that this is the start of something new; something great. I know it will be. I look forward to doing more Rituals and exercises in the future. I hope to share them with you, too, so that you, too, can do them and can read my experiences, as well. I thank you for joining me along this Spiritual Path!

Beautiful Blessings,
Natasha <3

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Intuitive Art, a Psychic Abilities Exercise: Elizabeth I as a Princess

Welcome to the first installment of my new series of posts called "Intuitive Art." If you're hoping for a quick read, this isn't the post for you! This will go on and on for quite some time! First, let me tell you a bit about what I mean by the title of this series. By "Intuitive Art" we are going to look at a piece of art and use our Psychic Abilities to intuitively tap into information from what we see.

So, you may wonder, what am I going to touch on in this post? First there will be a brief introduction and then we'll get to the good stuff. Well, here's an idea:

1. History: We'll touch on the history of the painting, artist, and a bit more.
2. Observations: We'll point out things that seem to stick out in the painting.
3. Exercises: We'll focus on 11 Psychic Abilities involving this painting including Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Clairsentience, Claircognizance, Clairalience, Clairgustance, Empathy, Retrocognition, Remote Viewing, Precognition, and Mediumship.
4. Tarot: This is an added exercise for those of you Tarot Readers! It allows you to make this picture into a card! Don't know anything about Tarot? What about an Oracle deck? No? Just make something up!

Before I get into into the above, I wanted to mention we all have Psychic Abilities. Those of you that are already open to them will find the exercises easier to do. If you aren't open to your Psychic Abilities, make sure you're in a quiet area and just go with what you get for the exercises. Don't just make stuff up like you're writing a novel. But if something comes to you, by all means, write it down. You'll also find that from the 11 abilities listed, you may only be able to get 3 or 4 to come through for you. It's okay; most people never bother to develop the others while some just find it too complicated. You'll find some abilities stronger than others; focus on a few if you'd like.

Keep in mind that this is just a painting so it will take some use of our imagination and let you Guides know this before hand. Ask your Spirit Guides to help tell you a story of this painting whether it's real (remember, Elizabeth I had to pose) or not. Trust what you get. Your Guides may tell you what happened at the time . . . or they may give you a story that they made up to make it like a clip in a movie or book! Accept what you receive.

History

Levina Teerlinc painted Elizabeth I as a Princess in 1559; it was an oil on wood painting. She became a successful artist, painting for the royal court of England; a rival for her male counterparts! She seemed to be admired more than them, as well. She was known around the court for her life-size portraits. Elizabeth I as a Princess was 3'6.75" x 2'8.25". Teerlinc's skill can be seen on this painting of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; it is assumed that Elizabeth is in her late 20s in this painting. The art is that of the Late Renaissance and is currently part of The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, Windsor.

Some sources say this was actually done by William Scrots between 1546-1547; these sources clam her to be around 13 at the time. Can you pick up on who and when?

Observations

Is there anything that sticks out from the painting? Anything odd? Something that doesn't seem right? Or is there something that catches your eye? What is your initial reaction to the painting?

Exercises

Now what I am going to ask you to do is pretend that this picture is a glimpse of the present. This will help you to better understand a few abilities. 

Clairvoyance: This is the ability to "see" things. Often these will be called "visions." Do you "see" anything happening. Sometimes these will come as though a film is playing or as pictures flashing before your eyes.

Clairaudience: This is the ability to "hear" things. Sometimes it may come to you as though you're physically hearing it aloud, sometimes as though you hear it in your head (doesn't mean you're crazy), or just as sudden thoughts (your Guides telling you information). Is there anything you "hear" from here? It could be literal sounds or just information you pick up from messages.

Clairsentience: This is the ability to "feel" things. This can be emotionally or physically feeling things; it also has to do with touching objects and receiving information (Psychometry) but we can do that with this because we can't physically touch it. But focus on what this makes you feel. Any emotions or physical feelings that come up? 

Claircognizance: This is the ability to "know" things without possibly knowing how you know it. Such as sitting in the car and suddenly you just know a song is on so you change the channel just in time to hear your favorite song! Is there anything you just "know" from this painting? Accept that which comes to you.

Clairalience: This is the ability to "smell" things. Do you smell any flowers or food? Let us all know what odor or fragrance is filling your nose! 

Clairgustance: This is the ability to "taste" things. Do you taste any food or anything else? Let us know!

Empathy: Empathy is similar to Clairsentience because it relates to emotional feelings; however, empathy is also where you just understand someone and/or their situation. Is there anything you understand from this painting? Perhaps you understand how Elizabeth feels or her situation in life. What do you empathize with? This is a natural ability we all are aware of; it just takes some fine-tuning to turn it Psychic!

Retrocognition: This is the ability to look into the past. What I want you to do is to look into what happened before the painting. Do you see any preparation going on? Anything happen? This can be from Elizabeth's point of view, a 3rd person point of view on Elizabeth, or a 3rd person point of view on the area where she was painted. Use any of the "clairs" that we talked about earlier.

Remote Viewing: This is the ability to see something happening at the time. What you are to do is transport yourself there (not literally, of course) and take a look around. Can you see the room? Can you see people moving? Make this happen at the time the portrait is being painted. Use any of the "clairs" we talked about earlier.

Postcognition: This is the ability to see into the future; it's the opposite of retrocognition. What do you see happening after the painting? This can be from Elizabeth's point of view, a 3rd person point of view, or a 3rd person point of view on the area where she was painted. Use any of the "clairs" we talked about earlier. 

Mediumship: This may or may not work; but I thought it was worth a shot. Mediums can contact those that have passed on, spirits, angels, and such. Are you able to contact Elizabeth or those present during the painting? Perhaps the artist? Is there anything that they have to say?

Tarot

If you have a Tarot deck, what card do you think this painting would make based off of the picture and/or what you found out about it. Don't let suits make you shy away from choosing a card. Say, for example, if you feel it's the Three of Cups but don't choose it because it's lacking 3 cups; choose it anyway and pretend the cups are added in! What card do you see it being and why?

If you're an Oracle Reader then pretend this was a card either in one of your decks or in a deck that you can make up. What card do you see it being and why?

Don't Read Cards? Pretend you do! Pretend you're creating your own Oracle Deck where each Card has a name and means something. What would you name this card and why?

Please post your #2-#4 answers and results below as a comment! You can make it anonymously, if you would like; I would love to see them and so would others! I will post mine within the next 24 hours! =]

How did you like this exercise? Please let me know!

Beautiful Blessings,

Natasha <3

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