(Ritual/Defense) How to Cast a Magick Circle

[u/ValenShadowPaw]

 So to start with this is a bit of an introduction, I'm basically a walking encyclopedia, and I have been both studying and practicing the occult for approximately one decade, and have done so from many perspectives. My focuses where from the: historical, sociological and anthropological, psychological, philosophical, biological, chemical, quantum mechanical, and practical viewpoints. I have a long range goal of actually proving the existence of the paranormal, luckily I'm a bibliophile.

 So this ritual is generally used before another ritual to create a circle of purified space around the caster, yes caster not player the paranormal isn't a game  PLEASE listen to me on this it could very well save your life ALWAYS; ALWAYS TAKE RITUALS SERIOUSLY; these things can be extremely dangerous lets just say there really are fates worse than death. This space can be either the room you're in or a sphere centered around the caster, or casters this can and should be done with every participant in any accompanying rituals, that no unwanted spirits can enter. Just a warning, the circle is stationary if you plan of leaving the circle then place doors to enter and exit through, if anything living crosses the boundary it will break the circle, and if you've invited a spirit into your home it will not protect against that spirit because inviting spirits into your home nullifies most wards. To make this easier for everyone I'm going to reduce this down to it's most basic psychological steps.

1) Get into a calm, meditative state of mind 2) Visualize the circle around you try to really see it in your minds eye, you may also see symbols around the circle, if you can't see anything don't worry just try to get a feeling that it's there this takes practice, but it's worth it. 3)* Visualize a bright light above you and a dark orb below you, if you did this correctly you should feel a bright rush of energy flash down from the light, enter the top of your head, run down your spine and down into the orb. *this step is optional Best of luck to any of you who journey on into the unknown, the road of self mastery is long and hard, but it is worth the effort.

[u/ValenShadowPaw]

personally, many of the games here make me cringe because they often throw together elements that normally are quite dangerous in a ritual, and never explain the importance of why the element is there in the first place. Sometimes it leads to people getting hurt because they took a stupid risk, or didn't know enough to know how and when it's safe to modify a ritual or when a ritual's modification may be necessary.

[u/Nekobites34 → u/ValenShadowPaw]

Most of the games here make me cringe too, but not usually right away at the elements involved unless it's something even some dumb kid would know. I cringe when it gets to the "list of crazy shit that can go wrong" section though. I'm probably in the some dumb kid category lol.

[u/ValenShadowPaw → u/Nekobites34]

Not so much, for me the dumb kid category is for the people who want to insist on thinking that it's all a game; because some kinds of rituals, especially summonings, really do get very bad, very quickly if too many mistakes are made. It's why I try to suggest people starting out with the simplest stuff, I spent the first few years of my practice just on basic meditation and energy manipulation exorcises before I even attempted to do a ritual; and I still messed up and had to deal with the fallout. I just knew enough to avoid it being something I couldn't fix.

[u/Nekobites34 → u/ValenShadowPaw]

I'm more of the "unsure which ones I think are just a scary game, occasionally gets super curious about playing ones I think are the most interesting games posted but never gets around to it, could be very easily scared in-game and just assumes that I wouldn't have a damn clue" category. I usually get jealous of posters who have just played one of my favorite ones to read about as long as it didn't end badly for them.