The Azotia,

The Azoëtia,

Chapter Two: The Sacred Instruments

-by Andrew D. Chumbley

‘Veil of Night’ Serena Malyon

Let the Day perish wherein I was Born, William Blake, 1825, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings

The seven days of silent mourning are now over and a new cycle begins. Now Job reacts against his woes. His proverbial patience has ended; he ceases to endure passively his misfortunes. His wrath emerges in a turning point of revolution. He no longer sits beneath the stone cross; it is gone forever. Now he questions his situation and the justice of his disasters, and by this questioning eventually finds the true God. Meanwhile the cross stands above his friends, who remain in error. Ultimately, Job comes to the realization that his great wealth never brought him the happiness of security. He questions the former purpose of his whole life. In the margins, clouds release rain drops upon toadstools, briars and thistles. Size: 8 ½ x 6 5/8 in. (21.59 x 16.83 cm) (sheet) Medium: Engraving

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Artist’s Temporary Decaying Art Brings Enchantment To The Forest

British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy is known for his phenomenal and temporary, installations which involve using natural elements, ranging from sticks, stones, leaves and twigs and anything that grows out of the earth. Sharing a special connection with the land ,which he celebrates in all his sculptures, Goldsworthy shows the world that nature cannot be contained, but only its beauty can be held on a canvas for precious few moments before the land recalls what it once grew.

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Howd u develop ur hearing of spirits?

How did I develop my ability to hear spirits?Well, anon. First thing first I’m going to direct you to this link. It’s a good read. (Trust me, I wrote it). https://astralcaw.tumblr.com/post/160469074899/how-to-develop-your-psychic-ability-fastSecondly, clairs (clairvoyant, clairauident, etc.) are either naturally gifted or take a lot of work and practice to obtain. In my personal experience and observations, if you can access one clair skill, you have potential to unlock them all. I began my journey with natural abilities with clairsentience (clear feeling. Empathy falls under this), and clairolfaction/clairalience (clear smelling). Here’s a website that nicely explains the clair-senses http://www.psychic-readings-guide.com/list-of-psychic-abilities/. And here is a post I made on my smelling.  https://astralcaw.tumblr.com/post/159622966774/clairolfactionNow let’s get to hearing. After studying the above for a few years and involving myself with intensive meditation practice, I started to get into spirit work and I would regularly take time out of my schedule to separate from my world and focus on the other. I interacted with and talked to spirits, companions, mentors, friends, enemies. After a few months doing this the spirits found their way to me without my need for trance. I can be writing up a blend for my next tea and hear a suggestion in my ear. I research it and it would work wonderfully. I hear times I need to meet or an extra nudge to focus. They aren’t going to tell me the answers to my test, but they’ll tell me how to make spells and how to preform rituals. A select few can even come into my skin and wear me for a while. However, they aren’t always nice. I’ve had spirits send me visions of me killing myself in hopes I’ll do it. Whispers of paranoia and worry that have no place. I’ve even had someone’s hand reach through the window of my car and strangle me silently as I’m driving. This is a list of minor offenses I’ve enjoyed since involving myself with spirits. 

So, you may like this story but worry it doesn’t answer your question. You may want a step by step guide to how to hear spirits. Well, that’s the point; there isn’t one. Ones craft and ones practice is a very personal experience. The way I can hear spirits may not reflect the path another took to do so. Some are born with it. Some dedicate their efforts to communing with spirits for years. So, if you really want to do this, here are my suggestions. Involve yourself with spirits, and do so respectfully. If you cannot hear them use a divination method such as tarot, pendulum, dowsing rods, ouija board, or whatever else may suit your fancy. Pretty soon you’ll likely feel ‘nudges’ of intuition. Or maybe full sentences while your pendulum swings. Focus on those and know that with them you’re one step closer. 

Another important thing to note is that when you “hear” a spirit you aren’t actually “hearing” anything. A voice or sound is vibrations that bounce off all sorts of parts of your ear and you process them as sound. A spirit, however, doesn’t have a voice that does that. A spirits voice sounds like the voices in your head when you’re reading a novel. They sound like a cognitive push in the right direction and it’s up to your brain to decipher what it means. They sound like the whisper in the trees, or a mental reminder you have work to do. 

So, to dabble in such would mean you’re to dabble with spirits. Any spirit worker worth their salt will tell you that it’s a rocky path. You need to learn discernment, protection, banishment, discernment, your own ego, and discernment. 

Trust me, I know the “voice of paranoia” sounds like I may have an issue with mental health. Hearing “little voices” in my head. I worried about this too. I was under attack by a rather malicious entity who wanted me dead, and he imbued his thoughts into my own. This was before I was into magic or anything. I went to therapists and psychs and counselors and they all looked concerned about the voice in my head, but outside of that they saw no signs of psychosis and had no idea why I was hearing them. Once I exhausted all medical resources, I had a friend voluntarily preform a banishment, and my head cleared up. JUST BECAUSE YOU HEAR VOICES DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE SPIRITS. Please exhaust medical and scientific answers before claiming you hear spirits. I personally believe all people involved in magics should involve in mental health checkups every so often to keep our wits about us. 

Also, meditation will help with the ability to discern your own voice from that of a spirit. That’s the whole “discernment of your own ego” part. Meditation helps with that a lot. 

I hoped I helped! I wish you luck, and keep in mind that it takes time and practice and opening yourself up to these new energies in order to properly attune to them. 

we keep saying “never again” but when are we going to actually mean it?