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sometimesmagic

6 years ago

How would one start conjuring? I see so many people talking about it but the only actual specifics/guides are in the lesser key and I don't feel comfortable conjuring those without practice. Thank you :-)

SPIRIT WORKER HACK #9:

Conjuring is essentially just calling spirits to you! 😊

It can come in many different forms and is usually more complex than just standing in a field and shouting that you want a spirit to talk to you. It can be elaborate rituals or much more simple procedures, but at the end of the day, all you are doing is calling a spirit to you.

There’s two main reasons that conjure methods are usually kept secret. The first one being that each person’s method of conjuring is usually personal and many people feel uncomfortable sharing personal things. Second, it’s not the safest thing. You definitely need experience for conjuring. The majority of Tumblr’s community doesn’t even have one year of experience. And while of course people progress at different rates, I was was lowkey conjuring one month into my practice for example hehe, it’s much more likely that a beginner will go in over their head and get hurt. Also people are all too eager to open up spirit shops even though they just learned what spirit work was like 5 months ago, giving out conjure information would only exacerbate that problem.

I learned how to conjure on my own and through my own experiments (like how i learned p much everything ^^;) but, despite working, my procedure was super shitty. Someone began to help me refine it and it’s so much better now. So while I’m a huge supporter of learning and developing things on your own, I think conjuring is one of the things that you just might need the guidance of another if you want to do it well. Of course if you are already experienced in spirit work then you might not need someone else’s help. My friend just gives me pointers, 95% of my procedure was created by me and me alone for example. But once again we return to the problem of the lack of experience in the community.

Now you’re probably wondering, what kind of experience is needed for conjuring? Or maybe not, I can’t read minds. I’m just going to give a list of some of the things that conjuring entails and if you feel comfortable with all of that then you’re probably ready for conjuring! Skills needed for conjuring include:

Being able to discern the presence of spirits. Calling a spirit and not even being able to know for sure whether it’s there or not is really, really, bad for anyone who tries conjuring.

Being able to communicate with spirits. I don’t know why anyone would be conjuring when they can’t even communicate with spirits but I’ve got to mention it lol.

Knowing how to protect yourself. If you’ve never banished a spirit before or never had your wards broken through, then you’re probably gonna want to hold off on conjuring spirits. Already knowing what to do in those kinds of situations is super helpful when you’re inviting potentially dangerous spirits right into your home. You’ll need to stay calm and most people don’t when they have to deal with a malignant spirit for the first time. Better to deal with an angry human ghost banging on your wards than an evil demon queen inside your house for the first time you need to banish.

Being able to tell apart different species BY THEIR ENERGY. You need to know for sure if who walked into your room is actually who you wanted. Impostors happen all the time. Appearance is a very unreliable way of discerning species because there’s a lot of shapeshifters out there and even spirits who aren’t usually shapeshifters can change the way they appear. Energy is a much better identifier.

There’s definitely more but those are just the main points that are coming to mind right now. Check this out for more things that you should consider before conjuring.

Now we reach the conundrum, you should have those skills before conjuring but conjuring is also a great way to learn those skills 😂. Becoming a better spirit worker is all about practice and learning from experience and conjuring teaches you a lot of the skills that you need for intermediate-advanced spirit work because it is intermediate-advanced! Haha. So what are some ways to gain those skills without conjuring? Well first of all, time. If you’re passionate about spirit work and actually want to improve your skills to the point of being comfortable conjuring then you’ll get there eventually just by being an active spirit worker.

Second, this is the whole reason why I wrote this lowkey conjuring guide right here. Yes it isn’t much and it’s geared towards pop culture spirits but remember what I said at the top of this post? “Conjuring is essentially just calling spirits to you.” And what are you doing in that procedure? 🤗 I was hoping that someone would make the connection that you could use that procedure for calling anything but so far only my smarty tarty friends have pointed that out to me. Guess I gotta do all the hard work huh? 😜

While I’d recommend sticking with the pc spirits just cause they’re less likely to cause any problems if you’re mindful about who you call, one of the points on that list was that you know how to deal with problems so go ballz deep cause you ain’t gonna learn unless you encounter problems. You can easily use that procedure to conjure animal spirits which are also very good beginner spirits to work with as well if you focus on more docile or human-habituated animals. Plant spirits can be called in the same way. All you would need to do is use the name of the animal (scientific name is probably best) instead of the name of a character and a picture of the animal to act as a focus point. Follow all of the other instructions that I wrote and bada-bing, bada-boom, you’re practicing calling spirits to you aka you’re conjuring babyyyyy!!!! The more you practice, the more you build those aforementioned skills, and the more prepared you are for more intense conjuring.

FUCK IT. HERE’S THE BASIC BITCH’S GUIDE TO CONJURING A PLANT SPIRIT. ANARCHY! ANARCHY!:

Note: I will only be explaining in detail how to conjure. Ward making, banishing, sensing spirits, communicating with spirits, energy work, etc. have all been written about a gazillion times and you must take responsibility for yourself and research and learn all of that on your own. Furthermore, the intention of my sharing this is so that people can learn the basics of the skills needed for conjure in a safer way (tbh conjure is never safe) so that they are prepared for more complex conjurations. If you use this procedure as written to open a shop or some shit, you are a fucking fool. I’ll explain more why at the end. Once again, conjuring is never safe. EXPECT TO GET HURT at some point if you choose to practice it. No matter what you call, there is always a possibility for danger. Use those times as a learning opportunity, failure is the best teacher.

Disclaimer: There are many different ways to conjure as I mentioned before, this is just the bare bones of what I see it as. Other people will not agree with my methods, other people have better methods, I don’t care. If you choose to do this, you are doing it out of your own volition and any consequences thereof are your responsibility. Sound mean? Well it’s the same thing that you agree to whenever you do a spell or curse you found online or in a book or whenever you use a spirit communication or astral travel method that you read on someone’s blog or heard in a youtube video. I am not afraid to share this even though it may mean that some people will get hurt. I mean I’ve already shared two other methods for conjuring spirits that are literally the same kind of thing so at this point I’m all in lmao. And that’s the reality of this path, there is always a possibility for being harmed. Why else would we recommend beginners to learn how to protect themselves as the first thing they do?

Disclaimer Part 2: If you do not know the basics of warding, communicating with spirits, sensing the presence of spirits, banishing, cleansing, energy work, among other things, hold off on attempting this until you are more prepared. Remember, this is not for beginners. The procedure may seem simple, especially because it’ll probably be shorter than all of these disclaimers lol, but it truly does involve a good amount of knowledge of and experience in everything that I just mentioned and more.

Remember the motto of this post: Conjuring is essentially just calling spirits to you.

In today’s class, we will be conjuring a spirit of rosemary or Rosmarinus officinalis. I’m choosing rosemary because it is a safe and common witch herb and thus is less likely to give you trouble. However, you need to acknowledge the fact that no spirit nor species is entirely safe. Even the spirit of rosemary can harm you in some way. For example, a bunny spirit sounds nice and safe right? You decide to conjure a bunny and a giant demon bunny comes through. Uh-oh! This is a mama hell bunny, she’s really nice and won’t hurt you unless you hurt her kids but imagine expecting a small and cute bunny and getting a demon instead. In my opinion that’s an awesome surprise but for most people that will probably be jarring and it’s something that you need to be prepared for if you choose to conjure. Plants, rocks, docile animals, and nice pop culture spirits are all good places to start. I’d recommend sticking to plants in the beginning but what you decide to call is up to you.

So now that we know what we want to conjure, it’s time to prepare for it. This means you’re gonna need to set up your protections. Your home should be warded at all times. You should also ward the room that you are conjuring in to prevent the spirit from escaping to the rest of the home in case they break out of your other protections. Multiple layers of defense are a necessity and knowing how to make energy wards really helps with that. Make sure that you check the health of all of your wards before conjuring.

Now you have some options on how to directly protect yourself during the conjuration. Circles I believe are the most common and I like them cause they’re fun to design. I usually draw mine into energy spheres so that I’m protected from above and below by energy wards in addition to the forces that comprise the circle. Some people conjure the spirit inside the circle leaving them free to move around. Other people have both themselves and the spirit inside a circle. Some people don’t use circles at all and elect to use another method. Protective talismans can be pretty good for example. In my actual conjuring process, I use a conjuring circle and it has built in protections as another layer of safety. You can never be too safe. (I attached a link to a masterpost on circle casting at the end of this post if you need it. Circles aren’t the only way of protection, as I mentioned, but they’re pretty simple to make tbh).

Once you have a plan for how you will protect yourself, you now need to get a focus point for your call. In this example, using a rosemary plant, dried rosemary, or even a picture of rosemary whether in a book or on the internet will work. If you are calling an animal, you can use their remains or you can use a picture as well. You can also use a clear quartz crystal, a crystal ball, a black mirror, etc. once you start calling spirits like demons or fae. I personally use energy work for this and make portals to the aether but that’s just me lol.

Next is an offering. Apparently not everyone gives offerings to the spirits that they conjure which I think is pretty rude but I guess they have their reasons. One of the reasons that plant spirits are great for beginning is that water offerings are super easy to provide and they love them.

Finally, decide on how you’ll call the spirit. The phrase that I would use for calling a rosemary would be something like “I call the spirit of Rosmarinus officinalis that once took a physical form on the Earth to come speak with me. I have an offering of water in return for your time.” I specify the part about living on Earth because I don’t want to accidentally call a rosemary bush from hell or some shit. I also use the scientific name as it is more precise.There is the whole thing of intent where if you intend to meet a specific kind of spirit then only that kind of spirit will come forward no matter what you say. However, in my opinion, relying on that is dodgy because I’ve had experiences that contradicted it. Up to you on how specific you choose to get with your calls.

Now you’re ready to do the conjure! I will now write in a different style so that it is easier to follow:

Step 1: Check the wards on the room that you plan to conjure in. You don’t want an unwelcome spirit getting in and masquerading as the spirit that you’re trying to conjure. You also don’t want a rogue spirit that you conjured to run amok in your whole house. Make sure that everything is in tip-top shape. If not, fix it. Don’t be lazy, even if you’re just calling a simple plant spirit.

Step 2: Prepare your materials. You should have: Any protective talisman or amulet or tool that you need, anything that you need to make your circle, a focus point, an offering, any tools that you use for banishing

Step 3: Prepare your direct protections. These would be your circles or whatever you choose to use in place of a circle. (I like to put the circle around just me so that’s what I’ll describe. You of course can do this however you want.) I don’t have a giant sheet with a circle on it so I create mine using carefully placed objects and energy. First I begin by calling upon the elements to aid me in protection. I start with Fire cause he’s my boy and I call for his aid as I place a carnelian stone in the south direction. When I feel that the fire element has arrived, I draw its energy away from the stone and in a curved line until it reaches the west point where I then call upon Water using an aquamarine. I connect Fire’s energy to Water’s stone and being to draw a curved line of energy from Water to the north point where I call upon Earth and so on. Once my pointy circle of elements has been completed, I then call upon my gods in the same way but by writing down their names/placing images of them slightly outside the circle of elements so I have two energy circles around me. Once the circles are complete, I feel their energy and then draw it upwards to form a two-layered dome of energy and then I draw it downwards to form the sphere. Your method of circle making will probably be different than mine but I figured I should give a detailed example. Remember to keep any tools that you need such as banishing equipment somewhere that you can get to without breaking the circle. Also make sure that the focus point is outside of your circle. I strongly recommend putting a circle around the focus point as well because the more protection the better haha.

Step 4: Make sure you’re ready. If you feel uncomfortable in your circle or are getting bad vibes from the whole thing, stop what you’re doing, take down your protections, and come back to it another day. Maybe even cleanse the room and yourself. You should only conjure when you have the energy to, when you feel safe, when you’re prepared for anything to happen, etc. If you feel unready or unsafe, listen to that feeling and stop.

Step 5: Call forth the spirit. Focus hard on the focus point (lol). It will act as a portal, a connection to our world for the spirit. Focus and say the call, “I call the spirit of Rosmarinus officinalis that once took a physical form on the Earth to come speak with me. I have an offering of water in return for your time”. How the spirit appears will depend on how you sense spirits. It’s form might also differ from spirit to spirit, person to person. It will not be some grand arrival nor will a spirit physically manifest. Conjuring really isn’t as exciting as people think. A spirit may make a grand entrance depending on their personality or status but it’s more likely that you’ll just begin to feel their energy/presence and get mental flashes of them or hear them or whatever clair you use. Give the spirit the offering, be respectful, etc. etc.

Step 6: Send the spirit back. Thank them for their time and say that it is time for them to leave. Once you can no longer feel their energy and/or see them leave, cut any energy connection that they may still have to the place. I do this by chopping the energy apart and dismantling it but you could also just cleanse the focus point after you close your circles. Yeah, next thing is to close the circles. This is done by thanking the forces that you called on and telling them that they can leave but in the reverse order that you used when making the circle. Just do everything in reverse lol. You may feel the need to cleanse the room if you feel any lingering energies.

If they don’t listen to you when you ask them to leave, demand them to leave. If they continue to be noncompliant, call upon the forces of your circle to help you banish them as you perform your banishing ritual/method. When their presence has been dissipated, cleanse the room and any tools that you used.

Note: Conjuring expends a lot of energy and time so make sure that you’re able to sacrifice those things before beginning.

Now remember, this is a very basic conjuring guide. Basic as in bare-bones. If you want to develop a more complex and complete procedure, which you need to if you want to progress, you’ll need to add to it. To give you an example, let me describe my conjuring circle that I created myself for my more personal conjuring method. In the middle of the circle is a sigil that acts as a portal to the aether. There are two rings around that sigil, soon to be three. The innermost ring is a ring of sigils that are designed to strengthen the connection to the aether so not only will my call get through easier, but also the spirit will have an easier time manifesting. The second ring is my fail safe, a code word-activated offensive sigil that will attack the spirit and send them back through the portal if I require that function. The third ring will act as another protective measure though I haven’t decided what kind yet. These are the kinds of things that you need to be thinking about in order to develop a stronger conjuring method.

Because people are probably wondering, I chose to give a more bare-bones method because I want people to be self-sufficient. I want yall to experiment with your own conjuring methods, develop something unique to you. You can surely get by using this method as written but if you seriously want to become a conjurer then you should look at creating your own procedure that is safer and more efficient. Perhaps even something that is related to your specific craft, the possibilities are endless!!

(If you haven’t yet, I definitely recommend reading my post on calling pop-culture spirits. Skip the intro, start at safety. It’s essentially what I described here but probably easier to follow and it goes into some potentially helpful details that I left out here.

https://hecaatia.tumblr.com/post/159900026547/my-method-for-contacting-pop-culture-spirits)