So experts and beginners I want you to share your calming techniques, It’s an essential purpose of this lesson.

Lesson 23: Chaos and the Witch

In  our studies, we are asked to help with the worst situations. IN many senses, a Witch (and all forms of magickal practitioner) are seen as mercenaries against the terrible situations people find them in. At the heart of it all is the constantly changing world, which create chaos in their worlds. In chaos is the most powerful forms of energy, it changes everything it touches. When the change comes, it catches you offguard, and this can have up to lethal results.  Yet, once chaos in unleashed it changes everything forever. This is when a Witch can move into that energy reorganizing it.
 
Chaos occurs when there is a sudden rapid expansion of energy. An explosion is a truly significant form of chaos. While creating say a bomb by gathering high energy elements, which is concentrated in an inert form, and then placing a trigger on this energy. All logical and based on scientific laws of nature. Then the trigger is released and the compressed energy is released, send forth waves of vibrations that cause destruction and disruption. Those caught in the blast are forever altered, either by damage, or by the sudden shock.  This creates a disruption which changes all around it. Not just physical but emotional and mental changes as well. In this moment, those who can regain their base, ground, and act have the best chance of creating leverage to bring this chaos back to order.

This is true of emotional timebombs that people carry. It fills up with constant emotuions, bringing the individual closer to the brink. The more energy they hold in, the more dangerous it becomes. Then a trigger is released, and the person explodes, create chaos with words, actions, and creating events that can be disruptive and destructive. This then destroys the current situation. Here is where becoming calm, quickly analyzing, and then being able to act in a positive way gains the ability to focus that events following as desired.  So when you are facing chaos, its important to ground, find out your situation and react.

In using magic, this can be used to identify when chaos has entered into your life. Identifying it, and either to disarm it,  move out of the way, or prepare for the explosion. This can be from natural events, such as a forest fire, a tornado, or a hurricane. It can be domestic abuse situation, violent riots, and even war. It can be something as simple as a dropped vase, where everyone looks. Chaos disrupts on small and large scale, and its up to those who can ground, center, and act that decides where the energy flows after the initial moment.

So a Witch understand chaos, and may even create it. This is momentary, even if the effects last a long time. So when you can control your energy, bring it under control, find calm and grounding, you can act faster and quicker, and bring resolution as needed.

We will discuss more later when we cover Battle Magic.

Today’s assignment, think about and write in your Book of Shadows about how you can calm yourself down, by creating a calming practice, that acts quickly. It need not last long, but practice calming down as quickly as possible from a excited state. This ability can save your life.

Blessings
Ed the Pagan