What is Astral Witchcraft?
As night falls, I snuggle into my bed with my dogs, anchor myself and let my soul fly. Swooping up and down the busy street outside my window, I ride the energetic waves. Sometimes, I fly to the ocean's edge, six hours away by car but right here in the energetic world, where time and space condense and turn in on themselves. It can be dizzying and disorienting, but astral projection is one of my favorite activities. Using astral journeys, I've traveled back and forth in time, discovered the hall of akashic records, talked to a wide variety of spirit guides (hellhounds and angels and Loki, oh my!) and learned how to weave energy into protective spells and wards.
This is a practice I began as a child. I'm not gonna lie to you—I honed this skill during moments of trauma. I learned I could go elsewhere when bad things were happening to my physical body. I would spend time every night practicing this, so that it would be easy to dive into when needed. During the day, I would practice seeing myself from various points within the room I found myself. Yes, I would actively practice dissociation, or out-of-body experiences.
Western medicine tends to pathologize this, especially if the dissociation interferes with daily life.
And yes, the astral witchcraft I practice may have been introduced to me through traumatic experiences, but I've found I can use this ability to create a strong, beautiful, solid, beneficial, positive life.
Please, please, please: continue to take any medications you may be on, and be sure to talk to your doctor, therapist or other qualified individual if you have a background with trauma, difficulty with seeing or hearing things that aren't there, or any other mental health challenges. This blog post and approach is not medical advice or guidance, and your mileage may vary.
What is astral witchcraft?
First, let's define witchcraft. I understand witchcraft as a set of energetic tools to manipulate energy to a desired outcome, specifically through the properties of correspondences.
Okay, now let's take a look at that on an astral level: Astral witchcraft is manipulating energy to a desired outcome on the astral plane.
I find that astral witchcraft can be incredibly healing. Through astral witchcraft, you can meet spirit guides, travel in time, and obtain greater understanding about your self, your past or future lives, and the universe at large.
Many other practices and spiritual paths use the astral plane, go on astral journeys and understand the astral world in this way. What sets astral witchcraft apart from these is the focus on bringing witchcraft principles and correspondences into our practice to affect change in our lives.
It may seem counter-intuitive, but I firmly believe that the key to successful astral witchcraft is embodiment—being fully in our physical bodies.
Why is embodiment the key to astral witchcraft?
But wait! I can hear you saying. Didn't you start doing astral journeys to get OUT of your body?
Yep. And it took years of learning how to be back and present in my body for me to fully understand how to use astral witchcraft for healing purposes, with intention, clarity, and grounded practices.
Many folks with histories of trauma don't want to be embodied. We don't want to be reminded of the trauma. It often gets stored in our bodies, and we don't like the sensations of or in our bodies.
But our bodies are our energetic control centers—we experience this life, this entire world, through this body. We must tune into the signals we receive through our body so we can begin to understand our energy and the energy of others.
How do I use my body as my energetic control center?
To understand astral witchcraft, you must first understand that the physical and energetic worlds are intertwined. What happens on the physical level also happens on the energetic or astral level, and vice versa. We can use the five senses of our physical bodies in an energetic manner to understand the astral world.
You know the "clairs," right? Clairaudience, clairvoyance, etc. etc. These are names for the kinds of energetic sensing we can do using our physical bodies.
Think about it this way: Your tongue doesn't have to actually touch something to know what it will taste like. Seriously. Think about it. Your tongue knows what a telephone pole tastes like. What your lamp tastes like.
That's the closest analogy I can find for how our energetic senses work. Many folks can "taste," "smell," "see," etc. in your mind. I've heard it referred to as the "felt sense."
Using Embodied Intuition, you can begin to understand what your personal energy feels, tastes, smells, sounds and looks like. Not only that, you can begin to learn how your body conveys those messages to you. And once you understand your energy and how it communicates, you can begin to understand the energy around and beyond you, making astral witchcraft possible.
I ... don't get it.
That's okay! It can be a hard thing to wrap your head around. Book a session with me to learn more, or join my new Astral Witchcraft Course!
Witches flying on brooms is a common symbol in our culture, but did you know that you can learn how to fly astrally? Using the framework of witchcraft to approach astral travel, or astral projection, allows you to learn how to safely and strategically journey through otherworld realms and the collective unconscious. Some people call this pathworking, some call it hedge riding, and others may call it shamanic journeying. Regardless of its name, it's a powerful way to learn, grow, and heal.
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