šŸ‘ļøā€šŸ—Ø Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE - Honing Your Magickal Senses

Challenge entry

This oneā€™s been really difficult for me. :face_with_spiral_eyes: While I have an interest in all of these senses, I havenā€™t actively engaged with any. Itā€™s a bit like asking someone what itā€™s like to see and hear things, isnā€™t it? :thinking: Weā€™re all probably so used to them by now, that we donā€™t even gauge them.

Anyway, I very much like @georgiaā€™s write up of 23 Senses, Not 5. :smile: Thatā€™s where my interest started to grow greater in the first place. Itā€™s like she opened up this whole new world of possibility that was inclusive of everyone. And when I saw that, I decided I did want to embrace it, because I saw I could do so alongside everyone else. :black_heart: I mean, I donā€™t have a problem with being different ā€“ I tend to be the weirdo in a group, anyway. But even more wonderful than that is being able to share gifts with others. :star_struck: :sparkles:

I wanted to do something more in-depth and fun, but I havenā€™t had the time this past week. So, I will use her format to ramble a bit and then call it a day. :slightly_smiling_face: Iā€™m mentally crashing right now, so please excuse any incoherence. :bowing_woman: Anyway, let the stream of consciousness beginā€¦

  1. Touch. Touch is at the core of my mindfulness activities. It keeps me centred and grounded. I prefer my mechanical keyboard over touchscreens, physical books over digital, etc. Iā€™m also sensitive to vibrations, so when a car drives down the road or the wind changes direction, it drags my attention away.
  2. Taste. Iā€™ve become a pretty good kitchen witch and cook, but I donā€™t taste my food while cooking like I should, becauseā€¦
  3. Smell. My sense of smell covers that for me. Itā€™s pretty sensitive, so many scents overwhelm me and I prefer lowkey earthy tones. for example, I love stick incense, but I have to burn it a good distance away.
  4. Sight. I spy with my little eye, something beginning withā€¦
  5. Hearing. I can be good at picking out certain sounds. Iā€™m not sure what itā€™s based on. I used to be able to pick up my partner driving our old car when they were blocks away, in heavy traffic. But that might be related to a different sense.
  6. Space. I have good spatial awareness in general, so I can gauge distances and sizes pretty well. Iā€™m also good at navigating without seeing or knowing, whether thatā€™s making my way around a room, or knowing which way to turn to get somewhere. My friends are constantly perplexed by how quickly I can point in the right direction and not be able to explain why I know itā€™s the right direction. I can be impatient, so waiting while they verify me is sometimes a bit tedious.
  7. Time. Iā€™m pretty good at telling the time of day without looking at a clock. I can also feel the seasons change. The air becomes different, especially during the periods in between.
  8. Voyeurism. (Sorry, I named this myself.) But yeah, Iā€™ve always been able to tell if someoneā€™s looking and it used to make me feel very awkward going outside. I would be walking normally and then suddenly, it would feel as though I suddenly forgot how to walk. Iā€™m much more secure these days, so it doesnā€™t cripple me so, but I can still tell.
  9. Heat/cold. The examples mentioned picking up on moods, but for me, rather than heat/cold, itā€™s like a sense of gravity. When someone is angry, the gravity gets heavy around them and they are shrouded in darkness. Not quite the same, but a similar spectrum.
  10. Danger. I think my sense of danger needs a lot of healing still.
  11. Rightness/wrongness. See Claircognizance.
  12. Future. I see these images in dreams that I end up seeing in real life months later. When theyā€™re mundane scenarios, I usually see them 1 for 1 in the future. For example, I recently lived out a dream I had about working on a website ā€“ I didnā€™t design it, but the one from the dream looked the exact same as what Iā€™m working on now. Anyway, on the other hand, when the dreams are dramatic, itā€™s usually the symbolism or imagery that comes true. For example, (TW dream violence) when I dreamt that my great grandfather was shot in the neck, the way he fell down was the same way he fell down not much later when he had a heart attack.)
  13. Spirits. This isnā€™t constantly on for me, but I have sensed them at times. I think I was a bit blocked because I intentionally tried to block this when I was a little kid. I didnā€™t want to see them so I would chant to myself that I couldnā€™t see them. I talked a bit about some spirit stuff here, What has haunted me this whole time? and @georgia helped me with the shadow here, How to Deal - Shadow Figure.
  14. Personality. I often know whoā€™s going to call right before they do. Not sure if itā€™s related, but I can also tell my partner where each cat is without checking. For example, ā€œSheā€™s on the sofa in the hangout room.ā€ I pick up on personalities well and quickly, which has saved my butt on a few occasions. But life experiences messing with my sense of normal have let some terrible ones fly under the radar, too.
  15. Soul. My soul is tired. And Iā€™ve faced death numerous times in this life. I will have to return to this topic another time. It requires more soul searching (excuse the pun) than I have the energy for right now.
  16. Clairvoyance. This probably ties into many other things Iā€™m talking about here.
  17. Clairaudience. Iā€™ve heard things, from music to voices to random other sounds. But I havenā€™t done anything with them.
  18. Clairsentience. I feel like this encompasses a lot of other things here, so Iā€™ll leave it.
  19. Clairgustance.
  20. Clairalience. I assume this one is tied to olfactory hallucinations? I havenā€™t been able to draw much of a useful connection between smells and outcomes, so itā€™s just another thing that happens.
  21. Claircognizance. Probably one of the things I rely on the most. I have a tendency to know, and when I donā€™t follow this knowing, I tend to miss out. Sometimes, itā€™s on something big. But then again, Iā€™m not losing sleep over these missed opportunities. So my knowing is saying thereā€™s something more on the horizon. Or Iā€™ve just learnt to go with the flow really well. Whatever it is, I rely on knowing a lot in my life.
  22. Empathy. A tiring but incredibly useful tool for socialising. I asked for advice regarding it here, Questions for Empaths
  23. Energy. Iā€™m very sensitive to storms coming, the changing of the seasons, and so on. When the air pressure drops quickly, I get a migraine. Like right now. It increased up until 9am and has been diving since. Thanks, air.

Looks like I have a lot I would like to work on! I mean this in a good way, because that means thereā€™s yet more to explore. More discovery to be had. More skills to train. :star_struck: :sparkles:

In terms of other things not explicitly mentionedā€¦

I rely on my intuition a lot. Itā€™s implied in the above, but I just wanted to use the word itself. :smile:

Also, I didnā€™t realise until someone mentioned it, that I must be pretty good with visualisation. When I thought about some of my habits, it did make sense. Sometimes, I will play a movie, show, or song in my head, without actually listening to or watching it. :movie_camera: More often, I will play out my own stories in a similarly mental visual fashion. And sometimes, I will just wander the world instead. :earth_asia:

Lastly, Iā€™ve been enjoying divination via tarot cards. :flower_playing_cards: Iā€™m not sure what sense that uses ā€“ itā€™s probably many ā€“ but I find that thereā€™s something really enjoyable about shuffling and pulling cards based on how they feel, and to tap into all the symbolism and imagery. Iā€™m thinking of finally getting or making a second deck, too! :grin:

Anyway, thanks for listening to my rambling. :bowing_woman: I need to go lay down and recover. :black_heart:

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