Anyone noticed that sometimes you can break the precise rules of a working and still have it work?

[mirta000]

I over-utilize sigils in my craft. Now if you were to lookup how to perform sigil magic, you will be advised to make one -> forget the intent -> activate it by concentrating on it -> burn it into your memory through meditation -> release it by burning it.

I looked at my stack of sigils and realized that for me what happens is I make a sigil -> stash it into my stack -> it works.

And I can’t recommend it as a short-cut for anyone else, because I am not too sure that it is meant to work, it just, for some reason, does to me.

Now that I think about it, you are also not supposed to be able to affect other people with your sigils and if you are going to be trying to affect them, you are expected to show the sigil to them by embedding it somewhere noticeable but at the same time invisible enough to not cause a ruckus. Once again, seems to not be true in my case. Mind you the two workings that I did on other people involved “my bosses treat their employees nicer” (next week the slew of never ending meetings ended and we were allowed more freedom in our schedule and flexible work) and “deter evangelicals from sending me hand-written mails” (once again made that sigil and not a single new letter came for over a month now).

So my question is in the title – ever found your own little quirks in workings that work specifically for you?

Discussion

[Rob_Fucking_Graves]

*chaos magicians entered the chat*

[kai-ote]

“ever found your own little quirks in workings that work specifically for you?” All the time. I always modify a spell for the exact situation. I dont want an off the rack spell, I want a custom tailored fit for precisely my needs. And I dont so much break rules, as make my own. They are still rules which inform and bind the Universe of how I want it to flow, just more precise for my exact need. What works for you isnt breaking rules. You are creating something that works, so you are making new ones. Have fun. BB.

[GraySpots]

I would recommend you check out Laura Tempest Zakroff’s method of sigil working.

[PariahDogStar]

I believe that the old spells were rhyming because people couldn’t read and it was easier to pass the knowledge along. I don’t rhyme my personal spells and it used to bother me. Now I believe that it’s the actual intentions and focus on the spell over whether I have an obscure ingredient or Limerick to speak

[basementmagus]

This method you talk about with sigils actually has a name; “Shoaling”, like a Shoal of fish, the number of sigils cause you to forget them. Innovation is key here, in the realm of occult and witchcraft.