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Here's more 👉️ "The Adept must accept every 'spirit,' every 'spell,' every 'scourge,' as part of his environment, and make them all 'subject' to himself...
..that is, consider them as contributory causes of himself. 🔥 They have made him what he is."

"He must therefore realize that every event...occurs because he had need of it.

Iron rusts because the molecules demand oxygen for the satisfaction of their tendencies.

They do not crave hydrogen; therefore combination with that gas...does not happen.

All experiences contribute to make us complete in ourselves. 👑 We feel subject to them so long as we fail to recognize this."

From 📚️ The Magick of Aleister Crowley: A Handbook of Rituals of Thelema

If you had to pick THE most effective magical techniques, what would they be? 🤔

This was the question that shaped my development, years ago, of Jungian Magic.

💡 I wanted to take the best of Jungian psychology + magic (witchcraft, ceremonial magick, etc)...
..and create a theory + practice that amped up the success rate of my spells, supercharged my connection to myself...
..and, generally speaking, made life work a whole lot better.

Well, last year I set out to condense the fundamentals of Jungian Magic into a series of lessons, which became Enchantment Lab. ✨️

🚪Until now, the Lab was only available to my Portal members, but I've finally opened it up to everyone.

If you want to learn divination, dreamwork, spellcasting, and more—all with a Jungian twist—in easy-to-digest lessons...

(🪄 magical summer school anyone??)
..this is for you.

And I've also created a special bundle that pairs Enchantment Lab with my Sigil Magic Mini Course, because I'm OBSESSED with sigils. 🤓

Learn more >> https://realmagic.school/what-is-jungian-magic/

Here's more: "Our collective identification with perfection and reason is so automatic and ingrained, it is almost impossible to identify consciously...

We keep expecting perfection, rather than wholeness, to be the goal of psychological development."

From 📕 The Wizard, the Egg and Fitcher's Bird by Laurel Howe

🪞This seems particularly apt in social media land where the fullness of a life is often whittled down to a filters-heavy highlights reel.

It's not something anyone can live up to, not even the person posting it.

If you're feeling the suffocation of perfectionism, what can you do to step away from the opinions of the peanut gallery 🥜 ?

✨️ Can you put down your phone for 15 minutes?

✨️ Go for a walk around the block and look at the sky?

✨️ Read a purely-for-pleasure book on your lunch break?

You, me, everyone on this planet—we're not perfect.

We're ordinary human beings.

And letting that be enough—more than enough—is the journey of a lifetime. 🧡

Recently, I got a phone call from a relative during my work day. 📞

Normally I wouldn’t pick up while I’m working, but we’d been trying to get in touch with each other for a while, so I decided to take a short phone break.

We talked for fifteen minutes or so, and then I told them I needed to get back to work.

👉️ Their tone immediately changed. Responses were clipped, the warmth drained from their voice.

Cue people-pleasing urges. BIG TIME.

Or...how about a different option? 🤔

Keep reading >> https://realmagic.school/breaking-the-people-pleasing-cycle/

From 📕 Archetypes and Strange Attractors: The Chaotic World of Symbols

👉️ Signs That Your Shadow Needs Attention

Chronically frustrating situations you just can’t seem to shift, like…

✖️ getting involved with emotionally unavailable partners who seem so different at first

✖️ not being able to surpass a certain income threshold, even when you land a raise or work overtime

✖️ always offering more support in your relationships than what you get back

✖️ feeling like you’re taking one step forward and two steps back with–you name it–career, health, relationships, etc.

Ready to delve into your shadow side to see what treasures are ready to be unearthed? 🔍️

Sign up to get ShadowPlay lessons delivered straight to your inbox. And you can read or listen to all content to make it super duper easy to keep pace.

ShadowPlay is a mixture of theory 📖 so you understand the why, and practical exercises 🏃🏻 so you can live what you’re learning.

Ready to start? ✨️ Sign up here https://realmagic.school/product/shadow-play-reclaiming-the-disowned-self/

No, I'm not stoned, but I came across a passage in Jung's Collected Works that made me wonder about the default view that 💡 consciousness and waking life is "reality"...
..whereas the unconscious and our dream life is somehow less substantial, imaginary, second fiddle 🎻 to the ego's solo show.

In this essay, I explore what your life might look like from the POV of the unconscious and other trippy tidbits. 🪐

👉️ keep reading: https://realmagic.school/is-waking-life-real/

👉️ Everything in life is iterative, even though we often pretend that it's not.

The need for revisions might be obvious with something like writing a book...

but what about when it comes to setting boundaries? 🤔

There are so many choices and factors that swirl + combine to create any relationship—in some cases decades' worth!

So, why would we expect a one-off, ten-minute boundary talk to instantly change all of that (and if it doesn't, we've someone failed)?

That's an AWFUL lot of pressure to pile on ourselves! 😵‍💫

When we expect ourselves to nail it on the first try (and abandon ship when we don't)...

we stall our growth and whittle away our resilience.

💡But when we honor that everything is iterative, we EXPECT that we'll need to experiment, tweak, and try again.

And guess what?

This same iterative mindset makes us better at spellcasting, too. 🔮

Keep reading to find out how 🔗 https://realmagic.school/a-little-secret-about-magic-and-life/

What does the Qabalistic Tree of Life, Jung's tension of opposites, and approval seeking have to do with your creative process?

Well, I'm glad you asked. 😏

That's what we're unpacking in today's Full Moon essay.

We'll look at how all of those things 👆️either enhance or obstruct your creative channel that takes energy from an idea to a finished product...

Plus, we'll throw in some juicy tidbits about hypersigils and emoji spells, because...why not? 🤓

Read the essay here >> https://realmagic.school/a-surefire-manifestation-blocker/

Yesterday, I was really struggling with a situation that's 99% out of my control. And of the piddly 1% that is? Well, it's more "potentially influenceable" than "definitely controllable."

Lemme tell ya, my ego loathes that math. 😡

But this morning, I hiked to visit a tree friend, and I plonked down on one of its massive roots to ask for guidance. 🙏

Tree friend's advice? I'm not changing a damn thing by judging it. All I'm doing is making myself miserable.

🧠 And my attachment to beliefs such as, "Things shouldn't be this way!" are making it harder for me to sit with what the fact that, well, but...THEY ARE, and then creatively problem solve from there.

Judgement can FEEL awfully productive. We're thinking things! We're angry about things! Things and...more things!

And to be sure, sometimes it can pave the way to discernment, toward realizing what we do and don't want.

But just as often it becomes a swamp, and we're just flailing around in the muck, mad that things aren't magically improving. 😵‍💫

If you set down your judgment of what is...what happens then?

🧡

Setting a boundary is more than just saying some words, because every boundary exists within its own ecosystem.

✨️ On today's New Moon, we're going to explore some of the relational "animals" living in a boundary's ecosystem, because...
..they can make or break our efforts to set clear boundaries.

This will help you heap on the compassion if you're feeling super duper anxious about setting boundaries

(and maybe beating yourself up because you haven't set them yet).

🔮 I also show you how to use tarot and a pendulum to map *your* boundary ecosystem, even if you're brand new to using both.

This will help you get clear on what's holding you back and how to gently dissolve those barriers, so you can start setting clear (and kind) boundaries.

Let's do this 👉️ https://realmagic.school/your-boundary-ecosystem/

I was willing the guy in charge not to notice me, trying to hide my tattoos, not making eye contact—anything that would allow me to blend in. 😮‍💨

The person lying next to me asked, "Are you an Impossible too?"

This recent dream has lingered with me for days, and the meaning of this question is helping me unravel more family patterns and people-pleasing entanglements.

In the dream, to the rulers of the system I was trying to escape...
..it was IMPOSSIBLE that anyone could survive outside of its rigid rules...
..but it was also inconceivable that anyone would WANT to.

🛑 Surely we could all agree that it was far better, far safer, to follow along and belong?

🛑 Surely we would never risk our belonging for the unknown?

To be an Impossible was to believe life beyond the system was worth fighting for, and that it was possible to forge a new path.

To be an Impossible is to step outside of the status quo in ways that are meaningful for *your* personal growth.

✨️ Learn how >> https://realmagic.school/are-you-an-impossible/

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Relationship red flags 🚩 tend to focus our gaze on the other person, warning us to look out for things like lying or gaslighting, the trampling of boundaries, or displays of jealousy.

And to be sure, these are useful signs to pay attention to.

In the last couple of years, though, I’ve gotten even more curious about *inner* red flags. 🤔

If you struggle with people pleasing...

or feeling like you need to rescue people...

👉️ This post's for you >> https://realmagic.school/do-you-know-your-inner-red-flags/

How can our psychological complexes serve as a conduit to magical power? This diagram holds the key 🗝️
..and starting next week in the Portal, we'll be exploring the connection between:

✨️ complexes

✨️ archetypes

✨️ and the source of magic power

Along the way, we'll build our very own Jungian Magic energy work practice, which you'll learn how to do in a mystical guided meditation. 🎶 💫

If this sounds like your cup of tea, I'll see you inside the Portal >> https://realmagic.school/product/the-portal/

This is Santi from 📕 Meet Me In Another Life 📕 by Catriona Silvey. Contrast Santi's sentiment to the struggle of Thora, the other MC. 👇️

"Each time life put her at a crossroads, she doubles back, terrified of the thought of trapping herself on a single path.

It's driven away everyone she's ever tried to have a relationship with.

And it's kept her from her ambition as effectively as a wall across the sky."

💡What if we spent less time regretting our timeline, wishing we could get a do over, berating ourselves for "wrong" choices?

What if this is just what happens...and now we get to choose:

✨️ How are we going to respond?

Every moment is a new branch in the timeline. 🕰️

Where will you branch to today? 💫

If you're a nerd like me, I've got some magical booster packs for you 🎒 on today's Full Moon.

I'll show you how a few small tweaks to my daily planner resulted in WAY more productivity with WAY less stress...

(which then left me more time to spend with cute cats)
..and how boosts in productivity relate to building your magical power. 🪄

Oh, and I share my plans for turning my romance novels 💋 into giant sigils, should you feel inclined to do the same with your own creative projects! 🤓

Keep reading on the blog >> https://realmagic.school/turning-books-into-sigils-other-nerd-magic/

Use your Sun + Rising signs to create more energizing, personally motivating goals! 🧨

We'll draw on a super effective technique from 📕 Atomic Habits and combine this with personalized insights from your astro chart.

Ready? Learn how here >> https://realmagic.school/astrology-personalized-goal-setting/

This is my favorite tarot spread, designed to give you a heads up on juicy opportunities and potential pitfalls for every month of the year. 🔮

You don't need to know how to read tarot cards, either–I promise!

🦄 I show you, step-by-step, how to access personalized insights from the cards with my effective Symbol Vision method.

Bonus: If you're learning tarot, practicing this method will supercharge your skills!

🗒️ You'll also get a free worksheet to organize your results into a quick-reference for the year ahead.

Ready? Get step-by-step instructions here 👉️ https://realmagic.school/how-to-do-a-new-years-tarot-reading/

I'll cut right to the chase. 🏃‍♂️ My biggest lesson of 2023 was...

✨️ Little steps, consistently taken, can create surprisingly big change ✨️

Might seem obvious, but learning this one required unraveling some deep-rooted family patterns...
..and three supporting-cast lessons helped me get there. Those were:

#1 Reality Is Way More Amazing Than Fantasy

#2 People Pleasing Can Generate False Urgency

#3 You Often Have To Do The Thing In Order To Figure Out How To Do The Thing

Now, these might seem totally unrelated, but check out how they all wove together to create a BIG impact on my creative process and my ability to get 💩 done...

keep reading on the blog 👉️ https://realmagic.school/my-biggest-lesson-of-2023-2/

In case you need to hear this right now 🩵💜

A tangible feeling that magic is REAL–this is one of the most powerful witchy tools in your arsenal 🪄 because...
..it's a signal that you're plugged into your personal wall socket of magic. 💡

Being able to enter a magical mindset before casting a spell or doing a ritual or activating a sigil...
..makes your magical workings exponentially more powerful. 🧨 Without it, we're sorta just going through the motions.

I'll tell you about the night that magic became undeniably real for me... ✨️
..because this feeling–THAT'S what I conjure before practicing magic, and you can do the same once you know your personal magical activators.

🦄 Keep reading >> https://realmagic.school/the-night-my-mind-was-blown/

Such a beautiful reminder when life is feeling heavy. 🙏🕊️

Now that I'm in the home stretch of writing my first romance novel 💋 I thought I'd share exactly how I used magic throughout the writing process!

Think sigils, spirit guides, dreamwork, and more...

I also share a cute image of the love interest for your viewing pleasure. 😘

Read about magic + book writing > https://realmagic.school/how-i-used-magic-to-write-a-book/

This weekend all of my magical courses are 30% off with code MAGIC23. 🔮 Read tarot like a boss, spellcast like a Jungian Witch, or dive into the shadow like, uh...a mole, I guess? 🤔

I've put together some handy sneak peeks so you can see what's inside each course 👁️ and find exactly the magical skills you want to hone next.

Advance your magic >> https://realmagic.school/shop/

Need a psychic chill pill? 🫠 Traveling + family time can be fun...and stressful AF. These 5-min meditations will bring you back to center.

Use code MAGIC23 to get 30% off, pop on some headphones...and breeeathe 🙏

Download them now https://realmagic.school/product/5-minutes-to-center/

When the same 💩 keeps cropping up, it's easy to feel defeated and wonder if we're making any progress at all.

But the fact that progress isn't *supposed* to be linear means we're not screwing everything up when it's not.

Change often precipitates first in the unconscious before eventually bubbling up to the surface.

🔍️ If you want a clearer sense of what those changes are and how best to navigate them, working with your dreams is an incredible tool.

By seeing what your WHOLE psyche–not just your ego–is "thinking," you'll have an uncanny X-ray vision of the past, present, and future...
..and the focus is zoomed in on what will be *most* useful for you to notice to right now. I mean, this is like divination on steroids! 💪

💡Learn how to interpret your dreams (did you know you can use tarot and a pendulum to help you with this?) inside the Portal >> https://realmagic.school/portal/

I couldn't agree more, Steve. Learning to decode your dreams can give you access 🗝️ to creative solutions the ego simply can't grasp on its own.

Inside The Portal, my Jungian Magic membership, we've been doing a deep dive on dreamwork, including...

🌙 how to use tarot and pendulums to fine-tune your dream interpretations

🌙 how recurring dream elements can help you shift stubborn limiting beliefs

🌙 ways to use dream insights to develop highly personalized (and highly effective) spells

If this sounds like your cup of tea, start accessing super-useful insights from your dreams tonight. 😴

Once you join The Portal 👉️ look for Enchantment Lab in the Portal archives (you'll get a link to the archives in your welcome email).

All your dreamwork and spellcasting lessons are waiting for you there!

🔮 Sign up here https://realmagic.school/portal/

If one form of spellcasting works better for you than another 👉️this says something verrrry interesting about your unique psychological (and magical) makeup... 🤔

This month in The Portal, we're honing our spellcasting skills by exploring this very thing.

🗝️ What does it say about you if petition spells are your superpower?

🗝️ And what does it mean if present-tense affirmations are more your speed?

Find out in this month's spellcasting lessons ✨ sign up here https://realmagic.school/portal/

Plus, once you join you get instant access to ALL previous Portal lessons and bonus guides, covering topics like...

💸 money magic + the crafting of sigils

👻 working safely with spirit guides

🔮 boosting psychic intel with tarot and pendulums

🪐 and so much more

Discover *your* spellcasting superpowers in The Portal >> https://realmagic.school/portal/

Scorpio energy can help you dive deeper 🦂 sussing out hidden patterns that might not be the best use of your precious time and energy.

🌑 The New Moon is a great time to let 💩 go and start fresh, so why not make these energies work for you?

Grab your natal chart, and let's do this >> https://realmagic.school/using-scorpio-energy-to-dive-deeper/