🧑‍🔬 Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE - Science & Witchcraft

[Sivonnah]

@georgia

scientists wanted to know if anything happened at the moment of death. They knew someone was going to die, so they put the person on a scales. It was their theory that at the moment of death, a body would become lighter, having lost something physical in the process of crossing over. Instead, the body gained weight! Whatever was separated from the physical body was buoyant! As far as I have heard, they still haven’t figured out what that buoyant “thing” was

I saw the same thing! It was on the showMysteries at the Museum. I love that show.

I have enough to write a 2 page paper! So I’m going to have to shorten it a bit!

Everyone’s entries are FANTASTIC!

[bj1]

Challenge entry.
Another one of my life’s many synchronicities! I just finished reading Dean Radin’s book Real Magic: ancient wisdom, modern science, and a guide to the secret power of he universe. Published by Harmony Books in 2018.
He worked on Stargate, the US government’s top-secret psychic espionage program. He spent 40 years doing experiments that proved thoughts are things, we can sense other’s emotions and intentions from a distance, and we can tap into intuition. His problem has been getting scientific journals to publish his findings.
In chapter 5 Practice of Magic, Radin states: “The essence of magic boils down to the application of two ordinary mental skills: attention and intention. The strength of the magical outcome is modulated by four factors: belief, imagination, emotion, and clarity. That’s basically it. The ceremonial robes, somber setting, black candles, secret handshakes, chanting in ancient languages, sex, and drugs–all are good theater, which may help in withdrawing the mind form the distractions of the mundane world. But ultimately, they’re unnecessary.”
Personally, the intention is building while I make the pouch or bottle, and the spell chant is the icing on the cake!
If someone is having trouble integrating magic and science I recommend reading this book.

[Artemisia]

I am still looking into the Fibonacci sequence & Sacred Geometry in Nature. I’m easily fascinated with flowers, plants, and animals and while math isn’t my strong suit, the mathematical patterns in nature are incredible. I could spend hours looking up photos of examples.

Fibonacci sequence in a nautilus shell and a snowflake

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The Fibonacci Sequence in Nature • Insteading

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Metatrons Cube in snowflakes

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Cubes in Iron Pyrite

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I could go on and on with examples (but won’t, too tired ) so here’s a great gallery of photos

25 Stunning Photographs Of Sacred Geometry In Nature

and a good website that discusses sacred geometry

Sacred Geometry: Exploring the Symbols, Patterns & Shapes in the Divine...

[Artemisia]

@georgia

@christine2

Correcting my personal magnetic field is going to be my start.

I’m interested in this as well @Artemisia . I get the feeling I goofed things up for myself through mirroring after 50 years of “being good.”

This topic alone needs a deep dive from me Especially relating back to what I discovered from Empath & Empathic Abilities challenge

I’ll let this marinate overnight and seeing what I think.

[georgia]

@Sivonnah

It was on the showMysteries at the Museum.

Never heard of this show. Sounds like something I would have liked. I’ll check it out!

[starborn]

@Artemisia

I am still looking into the Fibonacci sequence & Sacred Geometry in Nature.

And knowing about these instantly levels up your photography skills, too. It’s a whole lot of fun.

[Mystique]

Wow! Thank you for this one. I have never thought about mathematics coinciding with nature! I’m definitely going to be spending more time paying attention to that on my nature walks now.

[Sivonnah]

I don’t know if you stream TV but it’s free on Freevee

[Ostara]

@bj1

Real Magic: ancient wisdom, modern science, and a guide to the secret power of he universe.

That is so cool. I have a few credits on Audible so I know what I will be listening to this week. Thank you!

[Ostara]

This is not entry, but it does have to do with science. Hubby gave me an orchid for valentines day. The first thing I thought of was I’m going to kill this poor plant. I had one about 20 years ago. Whenever I get a new plant, I repot it because they are usually root bound, so that’s what I did with the orchid 20 years ago. I murdered the poor thing. So I read up on them when I got this one. Never put it in soil because it breaths through it’s roots. Something I found fascinating about the orchid is it sleeps. It needs to be in the dark for 7 hours a day because it sleeps! I have it on my altar and turn all the lights off in the room so my orchid can sleep. Lol! Wish me luck (or my orchid luck) that I don’t murder this one.

[celineelise]

Thanks for this review of the book my partner just found this book at goodwill. And I have been eyeing it so I will definitely take a peek.

[celineelise]

I did my entry on this as well! So beautiful.

[celineelise]

ENTRY:
I love science and wanted to be a vet when I was a kid. But I am allergic to too many chemicals, including formaldehyde. Which makes it hard to dissect animals to learn about them.
I love astronomy and biology. I guess you could say I have a thing for spirals.
I have been thinking about the fibonachi sequence and scared geometry just like @Artemisia.
I have also been thinking about the web of life from the conversation that was had in the weekly group ritual and how this coven is connected. Meditation for Peace
@MeganB had a fire dream, then @starborn expereinced a fire and then I had a fire embryo come to me in my meditation, and it all happened around the same time.
The sequencing in nature in so many different things reminds me that we are all connected all of the time. It helps me when I am feeling lonely and remembering Animism and that everything in inanimate or animate has a frequency and a life.
So all I have to do is connect with my environment when I am feeling lonely or off. It is comforting to remember this fact and it is in the spiritual magick and science.
So I attempted to make my own fibinachi spiral of the golden mean…
I made a cyanotype of the image with a transparency but it seemed to be too light so I attempted to use embroidery thread to create it. It is very imperfect but so I life. Here it is:

Now it will live above my bed with my merkaba that I made a year or two ago…

[Shadeweaver]

Challenge Entry

Short and sweet this week too

I find Math and science provide explanations for what already exists for the most part. Witchcraft produces things that never existed before in ways that usually cant be explained bu Math or science. This is not rue in all cases, but the miraculous is found and explained more by the Craft than by Science. IMHO

[Wysteria_Norn]

Both are fantastic . Well done!

[Wysteria_Norn]

@Litha

I can explain how plants bend towards light on a biochemical level, but that doesn’t make the leaves turing toward the sun any less magical

That sentence sums up this entire challenge! That photosynthetic reaction is a quantum biological process that captures Magick paradoxically at its most mundane and profound point.
We see it, and countless others, daily, yet, as you perfectly described it, it’s sheer Magick!

Thanks and stay awesome

[carol3]

I love your post. I know just like most of the population knows science is real, because it proves itself to everyone everyday, But I know magic is real because I can see it proving itself in ways others don’t. It’s like most of my town dont believe it unless they can see it and I think theyre just not looking hard enough or arent open enough to see it, like they have on rose colored glasses. I however maybe see too much sometimes or maybe I just go looking for things I didnt really want to see. Anyway your post is awesome and this is my entry for this challenge.

[BryWisteria]

It’s time for a friendly reminder:

This challenge will soon close

If you would like to participate and haven’t done so already, please post about your challenge experience by the deadline:

→ Tuesday, Feb 19th at 7:00 AM EDT (Eastern US Time)

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Eureka! What a wonderful collection of discoveries, insights, thoughts, reflections, and more exploring the links between science and magick- I’m loving all of the entries shared so far! Thank you so much to everyone who has joined in to share an entry with their fellow coven members so far

If you haven’t already shared an entry but would like to join in, this is your friendly reminder that you still have time left to do so.

Blessed Be!

[starborn]

Challenge entry

I’m so not feeling up for this one… Not enough energy. But oh well, here goes…

Science and magick are just words we humans use to understand experiences within our lives and communicate these thoughts to each other. It’s hard to draw a line here or there because nothing is as static and unchanging or black and white as one might hope them to be.

Were alchemists not often viewed as scientists and magicians, partly due to their mysterious practices and partly because of their objectives? They sought to transform base metals into noble ones, create the elixir of life, and discover the philosopher’s stone. The way alchemy focuses on transformation and the interconnectivity of means it never actually left us, it just transformed into many other disciplines.

Meanwhile, astrologers interpreted the positions of stars and planets to predict future events and understand individual destinies. In a way, society has simply shifted from an individual focus to an Earth-wide one as our tools grew more capable of doing so, and thus our studies emphasise humanity’s place in the universe over our own individual ones.

Moreover, virtually every civilisation throughout history has used plants for healing. The systematic study of herbs and their effects led to the development of pharmacology and many modern pharmaceuticals are derived from plants. We didn’t lose herbalism, it simply grew too big for its pot.

However, there’s a growing interest in natural and holistic approaches to health, which means that we might see some of these transform like alchemy back into something similar to their older forms but with all the scientific evolution now supporting it. For is this not the cycle we come to know and love as witches? To grow, transform, destroy, rebuild anew with stronger foundations, and repeat?

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

[bj1]

You are welcome!