🌈 Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE - The Many Colors of Magick

[christina4]

I love the idea!!! If you need any help with that, hit me up.

[CelestiaMoon]

Thank you @christina4, I’m trying it out now! Is there a state of mind that’s more receptive to seeing auras for the first time? Like, is it better to be openly receptive like when tired, or attentive and present in the moment?

[christina4]

When I do it, I make sure that I’m calm, grounded and a meditative state may help.

[CelestiaMoon]

I can in a way “lean back” from my body and mind (maybe my ego too? It feels like I’m just an observer), cross my eyes, and see the way my eyes see without my brain’s “corrections”, as in seeing a hand I’m looking as semi-transparent, and if it’s in the middle of my field of vision, see more fingers in it. Imagine two overlapping pictures that aren’t quite aligned. It’s a very dissociated state though, calm but far from grounded. I can sometimes see some glow around my hand, but it changes depending on the background I’m looking against… I might want to try something different, preferably after a good night of sleep.

[christina4]

The background usually is white or natural lighting. The seeing double is exactly what you want. Then look for a color around you hand or whatnot.

[sarah29]

This week’s challenge, for me, looked nothing like I anticipated. The work is just beginning and I don’t feel that I’ve necessarily “completed” anything, but I’ll share where my focus and energy has been!

During the Solar Plexus chakra meditation on Thursday, I discovered my Sacral Chakra (or Svadhisthana) was blocked. (I will say, the fact that I was in tune enough with my energies to pick up on this kind of blows my mind as I’ve never done much Chakra work.)
So, I started investigating. I delved into a few books, Chakra for Everyday Living, Auras Awakening Awareness and A Little Bit of Chakras. I’ve always thought Chakras were “cool” and I found them interesting, but I cannot stress enough now how much has fallen into place when it comes to my own understanding of MYSELF, and learning why this chakra was blocked and what that can look like.

When Svadhisthana is fully developed, it produces the necessary radiance to unite in a bond of love with another soul and fuels the growth of consciousness to enlightenment.
…it is often referred to as the center of self-expression.

If this Chakra is BLOCKED:
(Chakra spins slowly or not at all): over-sensitive, hard on him/herself, feels guilty for no reason, frigid or impotent.

Sacral Chakra Archetypes are The Martyr, or The Sovereign, which are concerned with our attitudes concerning Abundance - a HUGE focal point for me lately, mainly feeling a lack thereof. Not enoughness, constantly. So if I am out of balance, I am The Martyr. (Boo! Everybody, boooo! )

THE MARTYR
”Martyrs are less likely than Victims to blame external influences for what they perceive as a life of suffering, but share a similar belief that they don’t deserve better. Martyrdom involves being entrenched in a pit of self-pity with no motivation to shift negative attitudes contributing to the situation. Martyrs’ lives are steeped in a sense of lack, which underpins a justification for not changing behaviors because there is just not enough good fortune in the world to go round - and they have drawn the short straw. So they complain, but never take any action. Theirs is a passive acceptance of life rather than the desire to change. Without a proper regard for personal needs and desires, mothers very often develop into Martyrs.”

At this point in my reading I am CALLED OUT.

When the Sacral Chakra is blocked or out of balance, it can cause physical issues such as lower back pain (I’ve been dealing with since February). Alrighty then!
A great stone correspondence is the CARNELIAN, which a quiz recently told me I needed in my life. Hmm.

I watched this fantastic informative video:

UNBLOCK MY SACRAL CHAKRA/ UNBLOCK BALANCE HEAL SACRAL CHAKRA [HOW TO UNBLOCK YOUR SACRAL CHAKRA]

So at this point, I’m ready to take action.

Sacral Chakra color correspondence: ORANGE. I’m ready. What do I have that’s orange? I’m going to surround myself with this color. I am going to bring healing to my Sacral Chakra and open myself up to creativity, self expression, joy, pleasure, self acceptance.

I found my ONE orange candle… I wanted more candles so I used red, white, gold - anything that reminded me of the radiant energy of the Svadhisthana, I lit them on my altar and wrote some affirmations for this Chakra: My life is unfolding exactly as as it should, and Who I am is good enough. I began to feel a stirring of energy in my lower abdomen.

I ask for Divine Intervention and Healing and I do this Guided Meditation:

10 Minute Sacral Chakra Meditation

Followed by this Sacral Chakra Yoga:

Sacral Chakra Yoga Class: Reconnect to Your Emotional Wellbeing

… and I experience incredible healing of this powerful energy.

Why was it blocked? That’s a long story I don’t have all the answers to, but I believe a lot of it has to do with the facts that 1. I have demanded perfection of myself in all aspects. This has drastically limited my creativity and acceptance of my own emotions. 2. I am a performer who hasn’t performed in 3 years because… well, life happens. This is an integral part of who I am - my purpose, my passion, and I have not had that outlet to release. Regardless of the why, I am ready to heal and accept and love myself and allow myself to create and play and laugh and FEEL freely.

I have decided to surround myself with golds and oranges, more than anything to bring awareness to this chakra that is in a stage of repair.

I decided to do my makeup based on the colors of this Chakra. (Oh, and my word, I’ve GOT to learn more about color magic in makeup!)

I’m going to paint my nails orange. I am going to continue to learn about the Chakras. This is an incredibly powerful form of healing and introspection that I plan to take with me throughout my entire life.

If you have read all of this… BLESS YOU!! And blessed be, my dear sweet glorious Infinite Roots Coven.

[Jeannie1]

Lisa
You had a question about reading auras! I thought this would helphttps://www.chakra-anatomy.com/how-to-see-auras.html
Love and Light
I want to read auras too so we can practice together if you want! We would have to take pictures. I now celestial moon was trying too if we made our own page.
Jeannie

[Amethyst]

Aww, thank you @Jeannie1!

@BryWisteria

Ah, my bad @Amethyst! Perhaps there will be a rainbow candle in your future For now, your words are more than perfect for the challenge- I am LOVING that chant to Aphrodite! It just proves that a work of poetry doesn’t have to rhyme to be a deep and powerful piece of prose. Beautifully written!

Thanks so much! I was afraid it didn’t have enough to do with colors to count. Glad you liked it!

[NickWick]

@sarah29

Regardless of the why , I am ready to heal and accept and love myself and allow myself to create and play and laugh and FEEL freely.

I can relate to this, it is good when realize such issues when it Chakra related and you can pull yourself up and make things happen again. I love the colours you chose for your makeup and the orange and gold candles used for your work.This entry was well done and well put together definitely enjoyed reading this. Thank you so much for sharing.

Blessed Be💫

[Liisa]

Thank you so much for the link we should all get together on here or zoom or whatever is easiest for everyone and practice reading each others auras when he get more confident at it everyone is welcome

[IrisW]

I tried to read my aura earlier and just achieved going cross eyed and giving myself a headache

I suspect its something that I’ll need to work at then will just click, much like reading magic eye pictures

[IrisW]

I finished off this week with a purple candle spell for anxiety.

I stopped taking my antidepressants a few days ago and expected some withdrawal, but it hit me a little like a freight train tonight.

I needed to feel I was in control rather than my wonky brain wiring, and the spell has helped with that. Now breathing through it and more relaxed.

[Liisa]

Aw lovely I feel you about 8 years ago now I was prescribed antidepressants and I took them for about a year an a half and they did help but I also felt like i had fog in my brain, like part of me had been switched off (not that I don’t think they help people because they do and everyone is different) long story short I came off them and it wasn’t the nicest experience IV ever had but get plenty of vitamins and minerals and look into some herbal remedies, I take passion flower and lavender capsules (just organic dried flowers in a capsule) and that has really helped me. But make sure your not allergic to any of them and that they won’t interfere with any other medicines you might take and I don’t take the high dose ones either since you can get a proper dosage guide with herbal remedies I hope you feel better soon we are all here if you need us

[IrisW]

Thank you.

I’ve taken the same antidepressants on 3 different occasions now, this time for a few months, and I’d completely forgotten about how bad withdrawal can be.

I’ve been fine the last few days, I stopped taking them in the middle of last week, but today I just woke up tired and it didn’t get much better. And I just felt a complete, I don’t know apathy this evening. Both restless and unable to focus.

But I’m calmer now and I know it’ll all be fine.

[Liisa]

I call it the void when you feel nothing but everything all at once and you feel disconnected from it all. It will level out though and you will feel better our brains are amazing and strange all at the same time aren’t they

[IrisW]

The void, I “like” that, perfect description.

[Amethyst]

I’m sorry you’re feeling anxious, that sucks. Changing meds is always difficult. Glad this purple candle spell helped you!

[Jewitch]

My entry for this week is going to be disappointingly short (for me, at least) this week because I’m still working, and I’m just taking a quick break to share what I’ve done this week.

First and foremost, I’ve been trying to branch out to candles in colors other than white. I usually just use white tealights because they’re cheap, readily-available, and serve an infinite number of purposes based on what intentions I charge them with before I light them. However, I decided to experiment with using a black candle when I do my devotions to Hekate.

Since today was the first day of Vestalia, and Hestia is another deitiy I work with, I decided to dedicate a green seven-day candle to her and have it burning for her all day. (Other than when I was away from the room – always practice fire safety!) As I mentioned in a previous post in this thread, I found a coloring book, so I used one of the pages that spoke to me the most as an offering of sorts to place Hestia’s canle on – again, practicing fire safety!

The Hestia devotional suggests a purple candle, but I didn’t have a purple candle. Also, I personally associate Hestia with the color green for multiple reasons, one of which is because, to me, Hestia has a lot to do with the Love within a home/community, and green is asociated with the Heart Chakra.

I’ve been getting the really strong feeling that Hecate is enjoying her black candles and that Hestia is really liking her green one along with the colored-in mandala.

I’m looking forward to experimenting with color more in the future!

[BryWisteria]

Thanks for the guidance on learning how to see auras, @Christina4- it’s very helpful!

You are absolutely right, @Susurrus- it’s a subject that hasn’t been made into a challenge yet! And I am indeed always on the lookout for new challenge themes An aura/empath challenge is going on the list! Thanks so much for pointing it out!

Beautiful job with your chakra work, @sarah29! Thank you so much for sharing the resources as well as your new experiences- it sounds like chakra work is proving to be very beneficial for you, congrats on the discoveries! I’ll be looking into more Solar Plexus and Sacral chakra work too- there’s so much benefit to be found in chakra work- and I’m loving the idea of using color magick in makeup, you’re onto something wonderful!

Thank you for the site about seeing chakras, @Jeannie1!

I’m glad the candle spell helped to ease your emotions and soothe the anxiety, @IrisW! Sending you love and light as you work through the withdrawal symptoms- you are in my thoughts!

That’s some wonderful advice, @Liisa- every time I read your posts I become ever more impressed with how strong you are for everything you have overcome. You are truly amazing!

Nothing wrong with using white candles (just like you mentioned- they are very accessible! ), but it is exciting to experiment with new colors- beautifully done, @Jewitch! That sounds like a lovely dedication to Hestia, and it aligns perfectly with the start of Vestalia . Gorgeous work with color- very well done!

[BryWisteria]

This challenge is now CLOSED

Cheers to all of the colorful folks in the forum- thank you for letting your color magick dazzle this week!

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Note : This post will remain open for continued discussion for a few more days, but no additional prizes will be given after today.

Blessed be!