The second I read the title, my brain was like, "Ahā¦ 
Another one where Iāll need to make a new topic just to contain all my words. I CANāT WAIT. 
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Okay, but watch this perspective jugglery.
This shows that youāre a true devotee to the path of chaos, intentionally creating chaos even when you donāt have to because you know the path towards order and choose to not take it.
I have no idea whatās going on, but I like āboringersā! 
Hmmmā¦ 
Iām kind of on the same train as @starbornā¦ I may need a whole separate space to approach this oneā¦ so many possibilities for this one & I have no idea where to start currently 
Challenge Entry (my first one!)
Iāve always been able to sense spirits, ghosts, demons and shadow people. It tormented me as a child.
I practiced witchcraft from 15-25 but I stopped because I couldnāt figure out how to keep those energies out of my way.
I never called for outside assistance other than the elements/guardians.
I was raised Southern Baptist and sensing/seeing /talking to ghosts was common in my family and I was very young when I was told I had the gift of discernment.
No one doubted demons existed and messed with you. Moving to witchcraft was and still is an issue with my mother, but only because she thinks it causes demons.
Even the good energies interfered and I just felt drained all the time. Big spells and rituals were successful! - but the side effects werenāt worth it, so I stopped practicing because of this āgift.ā
I would not say Iām a medium because ghosts /the dead donāt talk to me, just acknowledge that I acknowledge them.
Now Claircognizance is a term I just learned from here:
Claircognizance. This one was just recently brought to my attention. Itās a form of knowing without knowing how you know. You just Know. Thereās no way to prove it except to act on it. Within this sense is the experience of going to bed with a problem to find it solved or solvable by morning.
I know a lot of things that I have no explanation for. Most of it is controversial and have no way of proving (like reincarnation and tree of life and the micro/macrocosm of how the universe works.)
Some of it is I know when someone will call that day, or something bad happened but donāt know who /the circumstances.
I wish I had a cooler sixteenth sense that didnāt make me sound crazy to the majority, but at this age, Iām used to it!
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk!
Challenge Entry - Honing Your Magickal Senses
I suppose this is a more āthinkyā less ācraftyā challenge for me. I donāt think I have any of the Clairs. 
I guess the closest thing would be I am fairly intuitive and am an uncanny judge of character. I am rarely wrong about my first impressions and the only times I have been, I had actually ātalked myself out ofā my feelings and actively ignored them. I donāt know if being an empath fits into any of the clairs either, but I do have a good sense (even over distances) of how someone is feeling and their motivations.
I suppose I only rely on my normal 5 senses.
Sense of smell is important to me as it links memories. I do use essential oils to help me center and calm. I have a blend for when Iām stressed, and one for when Iām relaxing for sleep. I enjoy picking scents to compliment my spells and rituals particularly if a deity is involved.
I feel grounded. calm, peaceful, and close to the magickal source when Iām out in nature - whether itās just walking in the woods or digging in my garden. Growing plants is one of my passions.
Sight and sound play an important part. I find peace in guided meditations, listening to calming music while working on complex tasks, or working on big projects. Bringing greenery into my office whether itās houseplants, orchids, or my terrariums of locally collected mosses and ferns, brings a kind of peace just seeing them. Green is an important color in my life.
Touch is important as well. The feel of a crystal in my hand, the warmth of the sun on my skin, the buffeting of the winds against my cheek, the way a new craft comes to life in my hands. For me, itās important to have things I can hold, touch, or feel during a spell or ritual to connect more deeply.
I decided to read back through the suggested topics and was reading through Simple Techniques to Develop Your Intuition when I came across this section -
This.
This is me.
I use my time running to work through problems, let go of worries, commune with nature, and enjoy the meditation that comes with running longer distances.
Iāve worked through anger, grief, self-doubt, fear.
Iāve thought of solutions to problems, ways to tackle issues, or have 
moments where something suddenly effortlessly clicks into place.
I gain inspiration for creating, am in awe of the beauty of nature, and come home more at peace, less anxious, more me.
@Artemisia , good job. Youāre doing more than you give yourself credit for.
Cool! Thatās always interesting.
@Bonrok Welcome. I hope youāre enjoying the challenge! Gifts arenāt always the present under the tree or next to the candled cake we grew up with: sometimes they are given to help us learn and grow. It sounds like you could have used a dose of protection or warding. At the moment, Iām feeling a bit lost, so Iāll let others lead you if you are interested.
You are cool, just as you are.
Thank you for talking it!
Has it become any easier to deal with those energies since? 
Your photos are so beautiful.
Congratulations on your first challenge! Great entry! I hope youāre finding some help and guidance here and how you can protect yourself and your energies! Well done! 
Challenge entry
Caution: triggers- illness, death
I have been blocked, lately, so Iāll share the last one I had.
It was the end if August, 2019. All of a sudden, I could hear screaming and groaning clairaudiently. It wouldnāt go away. I had a claircognizance that everyone I knew was dying. There was no hint of Covid at that time, but Iām sure the pandemic was what I was sensing.
Only one person I knew died of Covidā¦ six months after the sensations. She and het caretaker had already moved out of state when I had the sensations, but I kept in contact with them to wish her a happy birthday that December- two months before we lost her. She was so happy! We were planning on my coming for a visit, but it fell through for the holiday.
The screaming never quit. I simply got busy with my own life and tuned it out. Iām still not tuned back in. Once in a while, I get a hint that my senses are trying to come back online, usually in dreams.
I used what I heard to prepare myself as best I could- buying up food for an Indiana winter, getting cleaning supplies and tp before the rush. I had no clue it would last as long as it did nor what the economic outcome would be, so there was no way for me to be totally ready for it. Yet I was and still am grateful for the heads up.
Challenge Entry
Iām usually a pretty concrete person and, although Iāve definitely had profound experiences outside the 5 senses, I usually donāt think about them unless they are happening TO me. Iāve been working through A Year and A Day of Everyday Witchcraft by Deborah Blake and todayās entry was about the sixth chakra aka the third eye. It talked about ways one can clear the third eye to help with divination. The exercise Iām going to try is to place an amethyst over my third eye and visualize the color purple seeping into my forehead in a clockwise swirl. Iām excited to give some attention to a sense I usually donāt use with intention.
Iāve also joined a local tarot group and have been trying to rely more on my sense of intuition. Iām brand new to tarot and feel really insecure about my ability to read the cards. But I recently set a goal to listen to my gut BEFORE looking up what someone else has to say about a card.
Update:
LOL Right before I wrote this, I lit a deep purple candle with out even paying mind to the color. And then after I posted, I started surfing the forum and saw that the ritual in Sacred Space was to light a purple candle and do a third eye meditation. This morning has been a very sweet reminder that my intuition is always at work whether Iām paying attention or not. So now Iām even more excited to incorporate it into my craft.
Challenge Entry
Stress can really muddle your magickal senses. Which is why relaxation is an important part of honing my magical skills. It allows me to sense things that I wouldnāt have noticed if I were under a lot of pressure.
I think my skills have been honed enough to the point where I can sense certain things even during stressful times. Something (probably a dragon) will tell me that everythingās going to be okay and to just focus, concentrate on it. I donāt always listen to it, but when I do, I find myself releasing a bunch of energy that does not serve me.
Challenge Entry
This is my first time doing a challenge since I joined. The senses that I use during my craft are the physical senses. I donāt have any of the clairs yet. For the challenge I would like to work on improving my intuition using the resources listed above. I plan to learn about different divination methods and find out which feels right and works for me. I also have a couple oracle card decks that I havenāt used yet, so I plan to use those and also take the course on taro. Iāve also always been interested in astrology so I might read a book to learn about that as well. I will also do the purple candle meditation and Poseidon devotionalā¦ I am so excited to start this challenge! I have always been interested in learning how to improve my intuition and the other clairs but I was never sure how to. Iāll add to this post after I have finished the challenge.
CHALLENGE ENTRY
Iāve never consciously honed any of these skills, things just happen 
Iāve always known when things or people were off, not always why though. It feels like a wall is up, and thereās no door, and if I try to push through, I canāt. I canāt fully let the person/place/thing into my life and constantly distrust them. Sometimes very quickly itās revealed why, but with one person, I felt off for 2 years. Everyone else thought I was being silly, but I just couldnāt open the door. It turned out, his motives towards my family werenāt good and Iām convinced Loki shoved him out, because one day, he just walked away 
, sometimes itās good to have a no nonsense deity in your corner. 
Iām able to hear stuff, but itās as ideas or thoughts, or nudges, to look up a book, pull a card, or switch a radio show on and thereās a show thatās just for me. I donāt know if thatās clairaudience or still Clairsentience
Up until last night, I wouldāve said Iām not clairvoyant, yes Iāve seen a shadow dog in the corner of my eye, or a demons image in my mindās eye, or through dreams and meditations, but until last night, Iāve never seen an entity, ghost thatās like right in your face (my husband has when Loki put his face over my face, and when my husband looked at me, he gave me a funny look! 
)etc.
My Aunty is a psychic, she sees ghosts all the time, they live in her house. She had a friend stay once, they only stayed one night then got a hotel. You see, my auntieās ghosts love her kitchen, and make all kinds of noise, get things out and stuff. Aunty says itās fine as long as they tidy up before the morning, which they do. However, her friend did not think this was fine . As a result few people stay the night. She has the gift of sight, and communicates with those across the veil all the time. So when I did a prayer to Mr Lucifer, last night, it was a shock to see a reflection in my TV of an entity. Iām in the reflection, my sofa, the cushion, but on the far left is a hooded figure that shouldnāt be there, because opposite the TV, in that spot, is just a plain, white wall!
So I sent the picture to my Aunty in Australia via email, and hereās her reply:
Iām cool with this, however I do hope it doesnāt get too overcrowded, what with Loki, demons coming and going, now my spirit guide, and possibly an Archangel, Iām going to run out of cake fast. 
What I will say, is I think itās probably best I dont bring a spirit board into my house, otherwise theyāll all visit and take over my kitchen
Happy days 
It wouldnāt be true chaos if it didnāt.
You do so much. Iām glad you have such wonderful guides and guardians to help you.
Iām wondering where you got that scholarship in āspirit Communicationsā @tracyS
This all would be overwhelming to us mere muggles 
Isnāt that the truth!!! I really do need to practice meditation and visualizations more to help combat my levels.
Congratulations on your first challenge! You did great. Youāll find they are pretty fun and fulfilling.
Divination is so much fun, I love elder futhark runes, tarot, oracle, witch runes, Lenormand, and ogham staves.
Challenge Entry
I need to go back to basics. I feel Iāve missed something along the way. Tried to learn too much too soon. Overwhelmed wit astrology, tarot, runes, history of the dieties and pantheons, spells, etc. etc. etcā¦
I will try to establish a routine of meditation which I was always comfortable. And advance as I learn slowly. And follow the forum and all you wonderful witches. Remaining the Baby Witch I am and ease into this at a slower pace.
