Wicca: Magick Circles

My response to others' questions and comments on Wiccan use of magick circles. Oh, and some more story time.

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• Wiccan
• Wicca
• Pagan
• Paganism
• magick
• circle
• spirituality
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• Neopagan2007
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[HounganMoe]

they cannot tresspass. Everything is sacred, but.. distructive and constructive forces walk hand in hand, so as death and life. Our God/ess is everything and our mind can wander easily (and that way invoke unwanted presence). I work in a circle in diffrent way. I don't actaully draw the circle, but recite prayers that construct the same effect as a circle.

[cutewitch772]

@HounganMoe I don't normally go through the process of walking the circle anymore, either. I've only done small, personal things so I just do my usual shielding and then move on, rather than going all the way around the space, I just envision it. It's quicker and more effective, to me.

[scott33195]

when i was probably in the 8th grade i still believed in the christian God, and i would always wear this cross and it was sacred to me. whenever i would pray i would clutch it, it never left my neck, i always had it. sometimes if i felt like i needed good luck i would hold it and say "may the Lord bless this cross and whoever shall wear it." then good things would happen. i didnt know at the time that i was preforming spellcraft with that cross and what kind of power it held afterwards.

[cutewitch772]

@scott33195 =) Very cool. I still wear a cross ring sometimes that my mother gave me. Any Christian symbolism I wear now is more because it symbolizes my family.

[pleiadianstarseed]

Casting a circle is a ritual reminder of your auric field (which follows you if you leave the circle BTW). If you forget that you have an auric field it can be easily altered by forces externally and by your own consciousness. Be mindful. The circle is a re'mind'er.

[cutewitch772]

@pleiadianstarseed I've never heard of it described that way. That's definitely not how I think of it. Of course your auric field follows if you leave the circle, your aura is always around you. I don't think of it as having anything to do with your aura except that that's a good way of explaining to people how it works. It's like an aura in that it's a shield of energy.

[DeviantCandy]

Such an honest video. thank you for sharing! I'm rediscovering my path :)

[HounganMoe]

@cutewitch772 Good, we agree on that. :)

[HounganMoe]

"The space within the circle is between worlds" I think it's a great point; and you also make interesting points here Cara, and I agree- nature and life is sacred. The way I see it is that the forces (spirits) around us are as real as you and me, and our mind is a tool that can direct and work with these forces. When we draw the circle we prepare ourselves mentally and invoke the presence of the spirits we want there and at the same time let the "outside" or non-invited/harmfull spirits

[Neopagan2007]

When I refer to a world between worlds what I mean is that it is neither a space that is completely physical or completely spiritual. It is a place between those two worlds. It is a way if differentiating it from normal space because you have created a sacred place where you are in the presence of deity. It is also a place where power can be raised, contained, controlled and directed. Good video btw.

[DracoJesi]

@DracoJesi You become aware of your own energy and that of creation and how it glows through everything. You embrace your responsibility as co-creator. Tied to both worlds you mediate.... and use the forces of creation for the need at hand. And the link between the two holds the many. It isn't abandoning either word but embracing the interconnectedness and of both and thus their true nature as one.

Hope that helps.

[DracoJesi]

A transcendental space has to do with consciousness not so much in a mundane manner. Being between worlds means you are between spirit and the expression thereof. It's not making it more sacred but embracing the sacred essence therein.... The Quarters and elements correspond to states of manifestation. Being between worlds means defining the outer in relation to the inner, the above and the below, consciousness and sub-consciousness. It's a transcendent sate of awareness in which you work.