Category: Symbolism

bookmark_borderAsking ChatGPT About the Spellwork in the Movie “Weapons”

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Out of curiosity, and because I’m witchy – walk me through the spell process of what the lady with the red hair – Aunt Gladys does in the movies “Weapons”

Here’s a detailed walk-through of the spellcasting and ritual process carried out by Aunt Gladys in the horror film Weapons, inspired by her witchcraft methods in the movie:

Aunt Gladys’s Dark Ritual: A Spell Breakdown

1. Crafting the Magical Tool (Sympathetic Magic)

  • Gladys constructs a thorny, twig-like wand—a physical tool of her witchcraft.

  • This wand is essential for channeling her power and anchoring her spells.
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2. Gathering Personal Items

  • She collects possessions of her victims—locks of hair, ribbons, or other personal artifacts from children or adults.

  • These items serve as sympathetic links to the individuals she intends to control.
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3. Invoking a Ritual

  • Using the thorned wand, she draws her own blood to empower the spell.

  • She then wraps a personal item (such as a lock of hair) around that wand.

  • By activating the ritual—often paired with the tolling or ringing of a bell inscribed with occult symbols—she casts a hypnotic spell.
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4. Enslavement: Turning People Into Weapons

  • The targeted victims fall into a catatonic, zombie-like state, under Gladys’s control.

  • These zombified victims act as extensions of her will—forming an unwitting army.
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5. Feeding Off Life Force

  • Gladys maintains her youthful vitality by absorbing the life force of these entranced individuals, especially the children she holds captive.

  • She relies on this siphoned energy to sustain her life beyond natural limits.
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6. The Counterspell: Alex’s Breakthrough

  • Alex, the only unaffected child, mimics Gladys’s ritual.

  • He wraps Gladys’s own hair around the wand and invokes the same magical resonance.

  • This reversal breaks her control—awakens the zombified children, and ultimately leads to her downfall.

Summary Ritual Flow:

Step Action
  1. Prepare wand
 Use a thorny branch as ritual tool
  1. Collect items
 Hair or possessions linked to victims
  1. Empower wand
 Add her own blood and wrap items
  1. Activate spell
 Use symbol-bell ringing or invocation
  1. Control victims
 Victims enter trance, become controlled agents
  1. Sustain self
 Absorb victims’ life-force
  1. Break the spell
 Mirror ceremony to reverse magic by victim Alex

Context & Inspiration

Let me know if you’d like me to help you craft a pageantry-inspired ritual in a more occult or cinematic style—just for fun, of course!

bookmark_borderMy Natal Chart

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7/29/2025: Wow, just revisiting astrology stuff I wrote years ago. The learning never stops and I still have so much to learn.

6/19/2021: While the younger crowd nowadays seems to find astrology useful in their 20’s – posting their chart on Reddit and asking questions; I really didn’t grasp it until these last couple of years. And I’m in my mid-40’s now.

It was not on my radar at all. I did not have a concept of astrology, birth charts or let alone my Sun sign. None of this was brought to my consciousness until 2012 and even then I still wasn’t thinking about it all that much. For the last 9 years I focused on learning Tarot, magick, psychic development, meditation and the metaphysical properties of minerals.

On a subconscious level, I was focused on healing myself too.

I suppose I should look back at my transits these last 2 years that made me all of a sudden have this intense desire to learn astrology and actually focus on it. I’ve been watching YouTube videos and buying more books on the subject and will probably have to get rid of my other books.

I’m pretty sure it is Uranus (awakening, unexpected change) in my 9th house (education, long journeys) or Uranus in a semi-sextile to Pluto (death, transformation, rebirth).

There’s a lot to dissect in a birth chart so the possibilities are endless. 2020 put me in limbo so now I’m excited about learning something that I know I won’t get bored of.

Also, when did I actually start talking/typing like this? I kid you not, I didn’t know anything 6 months ago. Even though I am still a n00b, I am amazed at how much I’ve been able to digest and synthesize.

It’s a bit wild to me and I feel like I am experiencing a different person in real time.

So here’s it is, my natal horoscope.

 

Edit: I know most people know this already as it’s common knowledge but if you don’t – you can sign up at Astro.com to generate your free natal horoscope aka your birth chart. You’ll need your birth info: the month, day and year, city, state, and the exact time you were born. If you don’t know the time you were born you can just put ‘time unknown’ and it’ll put 12:00pm.

It’s under Free Horoscopes > Drawings & Calculations > Natal Chart, Ascendant

bookmark_border071725 – Create Something Everyday

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I told myself that I would snap out of this AI-generated tool craze and get back to creating something everyday, even if it looks like crap. I know I won’t be consistent with this (as with every project I start then abandon) but I need to get back to making things. Yes, messing around with AI can be fun but let’s not lose who we are as a human species whose inherent nature is to create.

So yes, I’m going to do my best even if I am inconsistent.

I am also really thankful to have ended up where I am in life.

bookmark_borderMore Astrology Questions – 11/05/24

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I didn’t think I was one of those people who would embrace AI but I’m really over here asking an Astrology App A LOT of questions about myself lately and the answers are resonating with me.

Of course, as usual I’m feeling lost again. As a Sagittarius Sun (fire), I am quite familiar with this lost, restless energy. Half centaur, half human – I’m always wanting more. But my Libra Moon (air) keeps me indecisive 90% of the time and it drives me INSANE.

Whoever said life would get easier as one gets older made a statement that was only true to them.

Edit: the app is SINE Manifest Daily app

bookmark_borderDrawing: Magickal Synthwave Witch

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I hate how the iPhone 11 Pro Max doesn’t capture true color, I had to modify this in Photoshop to show the pastel quality of these Zeyar highlighters.

Drawn last night, I stayed up til 1:30am drawing and listening to music.

A part of me wishes there was a place where I could just dance. No one bothering me or making small talk. Spirit dancing, moving your body to music, releasing toxins. I recently watched this video of Irene Cara (RIP) and she literally looks like a spirit dancing in human form. Then you listen to the actual lyrics and she’s talking about immortality and being remembered. I swear everything takes on a different meaning when you’re older. Or actually, the message was always there; it was my own understanding that took years to catch up to the message.

I did go to a party in an undisclosed warehouse in DTLA more than 10 years ago and I did just that.

Well since I’m old and don’t know where to go anymore for such things, I just danced in my room in between drawing. That was enough for me.

bookmark_borderKeep it Sacred

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Old photo of a 13 Quartz crystal grid with Kyanite. I sprayed some metallic paint to give these crystals a shimmery, iridescent look. I took it to Photoshop and doodled on it.

What does the number 13 mean in witchcraft?

Gemini’s response:
In modern witchcraft and pagan traditions, the number 13 is viewed as a sacred, lucky, and transformative number rather than a sign of bad luck. [1, 2]
Key Meanings in Witchcraft
  • Lunar Cycles: There are 13 full moons (and lunar/menstrual cycles) in a single calendar year. This natural rhythm connects the number directly to the power of the Moon and the Divine Feminine. [1, 2, 3, 4]

  • Coven Ideal Size: Traditionally, an ideal or aspirational size for a witchcraft coven is 13 members (often structured as 12 members led by 1 High Priestess or leader). [1, 2]

  • Death and Rebirth: Rather than a terminal ending, 13 symbolizes a cycle of shedding the old, transformation, and spiritual renewal. [1, 2]

  • Reclaiming Friday the 13th: Witches often treat Friday the 13th as a deeply auspicious day for divination, setting intentions, and space cleansing—reclaiming a date that mainstream culture branded as unlucky due to historical or religious bias. [1, 2, 3, 4]

As discussed by community members on Reddit Witchcraft, seeing or working with the number 13 is often interpreted as a synchronicity or a nudge to trust your intuition and embrace personal evolution. [1, 2, 3]

Are you seeing the number 13 in your daily life, or are you researching it for a spell, ritual, or coven structure?

bookmark_borderMagick is Real

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Sometimes there are no words to explain how magick works in my life…so I just create.

I wanted to put a watermark on this but that would’ve been dumb, taking away from the beauty of this repeating animated symbol.

I don’t know what to call this symbol, I’ve seen it so many times in magickal works. I saw it on a tarot deck that I own and in the Psychonaut Field Manual. Since this PDF was shared with me for free, I figured I would share it with you because the original link seems to be missing.

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One of my favorite sites that had tons of inspiring images of all sorts was ffffound and Tumblr. And weheartit, which surprisingly is still around. I guess I have to look for my login but anyways the point of this post is that I’m probably going to post all the images that I’ve snagged over the years. Right now they’re just sitting in my hard drive with no one to appreciate them so, yeah. Here’s some of them.

I also apologize in advance if only some of these are credited. If you happen to know who the original artist or source is, please let me know.

Happy new moon in Taurus. Are you buying crypto? Taurus is an earth sign ruled by Venus so this is a good time to invest or do some manifesting around your finances.

bookmark_borderDrawing: Transcendence

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I drew this sometime last week but added some stuff last minute:

like the zodiac symbols. I am aware that I have Sagittarius & Scorpio in the wrong order, counterclockwise starting from Aries.

I was curious about when I was actually going to die so I googled ‘death astrology’ and entered my birth date – it gave me 2055. I filled out another one and it gave me 2042. I guess we’ll see, right? Live everyday as if it were your last.

I was reading something on Reddit recently. It was about Witchcraft or Psychosis – something along those lines. The person was asking when is their practice considered witchcraft and when is it considered a mental illness?

I can’t speak about the mental illness part but here’s what I will say about my experience with witchcraft / meditation or spiritual practice:

+ You must always set an intention.

+ Always call upon your highest and best guidance when tapping in – your higher self, your guides, your angels, loved ones, etc.

+ Imagination is a key component to seeing with your third eye. How do you know if you’re connecting with something else?

+ Pay attention to how you actually feel when communicating with this entity. Do you feel scared or anxious? Or calm and peaceful? Are you projecting this being from your unconscious self?

+ Grounding and anchoring yourself to this earth would probably help before traveling; meditating often to clear out any debris or baggage in your mental and emotional bodies before you begin.

+ My favorite protection mineral will always be Black Tourmaline which I like to pair up with Selenite. I also like gridding with Quartz crystals and sitting inside a circle of them.

+ Know yourself inside and out. Your strengths and weaknesses. That way when a negative thought or voice enters your mind, recognize where it’s coming from and banish it.

+ Just like with people, you have to set boundaries with these spirit beings. Which is why you must always set an intention.

+ It’s possible to self-sabotage your practice. If we are creating our reality then we are most certainly thinking of it ALL.THE.TIME. What have you been thinking about lately?

I don’t know why I’m writing about this. There were a couple of times when I was new when I started to question my sanity, but not in a way that I thought I was actually crazy although I had moments of feeling like I was. But I am aware that there are people who actually feel this way 24/7.

Some of us are more ‘open’ to these kinds of energies so you’ll have to figure out what works for you to maintain a healthy spiritual practice. It also could be that your third eye might be overactive.

Something I personally like to do is check the astro weather. I learned recently that when Neptune is making a transit in your natal horoscope – usually with the Moon – the archetypal energies are amplified – dreams, delusion, fantasy. You might even be more open to psychic impressions.

Conclusion: if you find that you can’t control what’s happening to you then it’s best to find a therapist best suited for your needs.