Chalant’s Magic Stuff

Hello, I’m chalant. I care a whole lot. This blog is where I share my personal spiritual practice, including tarot, herbalism, animism, mediumship, and chaos witchery. No, I will not do a reading for you, even if you try to pay me. Don’t ask. Don’t preach to me about how you would do your practice either.

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My setup and some other stuff

A chaos witch’s ramble

3 years of practicing and here I am.

Part of the chaos of my practice involves fucking around and finding out and just using vibes to create my materials and altar spaces.

Many would advise against being so fast and loose with it, and to them I say,

“Ehhh…”

Pretty sure my palmistry map is wildly mislabeled. Still, I use it in concert with my metatron’s cube and crystal grid to power household intentions and act as an anchor web for all my spellwork. When I’m done speaking protection over my space or programming new intentions into the grid (or clearing, or anything really), I press my right palm to the map to seal whatever I’m doing. It works because I know it works. I made it to work.

I make everything I use (sans my tarot deck and a few obvious things I cannot make) because I don’t connect well with things created by others or in a factory. I have to understand my materials inside and out so I can confidently utilize them, so that means making everything from scratch, even if it’s nontraditional or isn’t quite true to established dogma/doctrines. (See: The homemade giant curio casting mat I painted on a retired duvet:)

This mat is not in use. I practiced, got to know the energies, programmed the hell out of some charms—

But I retired it quickly because I realized I need to understand the complexities of bone casting more before I make my own map. (I do think my logic made SOME sense, but I still would rather be fully in tune with a system that makes total sense before I incorporate casting into my practice.)

I will say, even with my shaky chaotic system, I got some incredible responses. It just goes to show how powerful intention is, regardless of adhering to strict perfection in one’s practice. I also adore my bag of curios.

I’ve recorded everything about my journey into these three journals. The leather one is my proper grimoire while the little one contains tea/potion/herbalist information and the mushroomy one has all my notes and ramblings and sketches and studies.

Next, I want to bring live plants into my space to really cement my worship of Mother Gaia. She is my primary deity, the one from whom I draw my strength and to whom I defer for most things.

I also have a loose relationship with Hecate, the Sun, Michael (archangel), as well as the Cosmos itself. (The names I use are just sort of… I guess nicknames that simplify how I refer to specific archetypal energies.)

Being that I wish to work primarily with light, I am noticing but wary of a call from The Trickster. I came from a Christian Evangelical background, so I have to unlearn a lot of my understanding of the deities that have been long since bastardized in public perception, but I will still be proceeding with extreme caution in that regard. I find that the tenets of true satanism and deeper pagan practices are idyllic in the way my ultra-sovereign, anti-hierarchy, chaotic practice craves.

I’m also loving spiders lately, and have incorporated them and their symbolism into my practice. (Recovering arachnophobe!) I’m hoping to have the opportunity to care for and commune with a jumping spider before too long.

Oh and here’s some herbs from the garden, drying in my home apothecary to be used in teas and spells:

Lemon Balm and Peppermint

So to close this off

If I had any advice for new spiritualists, practitioners, witches, warlocks, magick users, and all else: Do what feels right to you. Make mistakes. Research. Study. Experiment. Play! Get a little delulu with it, while also grounding and protecting yourself and you’ll find what works for you. Don’t let anyone else dictate your spiritual journey! It’s yours.

Be well!

Go in peace! ❤️

(Also check this guy out lol. He’s at my altar but not a part of it because I love him a lot.)

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Haunted doll update:

(I’m zooted, so this turns into a ramble very fast and doesn’t get any better. This is totally a stream of consciousness, and I am so sorry. I tried to edit a little for clarity. I just hope it makes sense, because I wind up making connections as I’m typing.)

Eliza’s vessel’s new outfit arrived!

I asked permission to dress her and was very gentle and respectful as I put her old outfit on a stand on the shelf and switched her into this ultra comfy onesie.

Clearly, I have a style. I truly hope that Eliza doesn’t mind me dressing her in a lot of pinks, but when I opened the spirit talker and asked if she liked the outfit, I got “nice hat” so I’m taking that as a good sign! 😭😂

I do suspect that she prefers yellow though, so I’ll be finding her something yellow to wear before too long. For now, I made her a set of yellow keychains for her backpack.

She has seemed incredibly shy when I’ve initiated communication, which is totally understandable. I’m a new person, and we’re both learning to trust one another. I also think it’s difficult for her to drum up the energy, so I’ll be working on some ways to charge her up.

Some potential insights I’ve been tumbling around in my head is that she died of something to do with her stomach. The spirit talker said “I was shot”. I also keep seeing long blonde hair (mind’s eye). The energy does feel childlike, but mature. I think she likes dancing and she’s very responsive to affection (to me, at least. I’m clairvoyant, and I can feel the emotions and energies of others, including spirits. While I’m still working on opening up my abilities more and learning about them, I do feel pretty confident in most of what I sense).

She’s been here for a couple of days and we’ve experienced no poltergeist activity!

She did mention (over spirit talker) a man twice, who she said was scary. I wasn’t sure if that’s someone I’ve got with me or if she’s got her own attachment or if she’s recalling her life (ooor if it’s the guy I start speculating about here lmao). She also showed me an older man’s face over a seer app who had cuts on his cheeks. I didn’t feel any fear or dread, just ancestral sadness, which I’ve sensed in this area before.

It feels like trying to tune a radio when talking to spirits, so there are plenty of things that could have been leaking from the land around me, including a local collective spirit my sister and I called Journey. We’re unsure who they are exactly, but we both agreed that they’re profoundly sad.

I have communed with the local spirits a few times to feel out who’s around, and a masculine energy that’s always felt a little … bothered to me is a candidate for the “scary man”. Many times I’ve gotten the name “Ed” in various forms. Once again, an “Ed” name came up during a session with Eliza, which does make me think I’ve pinpointed what made Eliza so nervous when she arrived.

If there is an Ed, he is respectful as hell of boundaries. I do my best to approach spirits with respect as well, and healing/protection magic is my strongest suit, so I’ve never had a problem with him beyond a few spooky mind’s eye images that could totally just be flashes of imagination… But I think I’ve felt him around, being a little creepy on purpose. But I think it’s because of a deep deep sadness.

OH also, I don’t know about this, but the talker twice said “I know you” when speaking to Eliza which I find fascinating! I don’t feel any memories or familiarity bubbling up, but she pulled my attention so hard at the shop that I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a past life connection there.

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Haunted doll update:

Mz. Eliza is actually not an Ivy Ling doll like I thought! From what I can tell, she’s a Just Like You #4 from 1995!! The doll was sadly retired, as well as the beautiful Chinese New Year outfit she came with. She’s apparently worth quite a bit of money, but now she’s under my protection and she’s not going anywhere until she’s ready!

She loves being picked up, hugged, and interacted with! She is so gentle and fills my heart with a sense of peace and warmth.

So (after asking if she’s okay with it) I braided her hair, gave her a little backpack to hold some protective herbs and selenite (she’s fearful, poor dear, so they’re for her comfort) and friendship bracelets so she feels welcomed and loved.

Also, I got her a new outfit that will be delivered today to do a little dress up time, and bonus, it’s the cutest little pajama set so I can do a ‘rest’ ritual at night with her.

Beyond the attachment, I have loved being whimsical and unlocking some childlike magic. I think she has also enjoyed having her doll vessel played with again! Also, I had JUST set up a luck attractor spell, and Eliza is the luckiest happenstance I could have asked for! 🥹

Mz. Eliza is set up in a cozy neck pillow where she can hang out in the main space and watch some tv if she wishes. (Do spirits like tv? I know many of them adore music). She’s patiently awaiting her new outfit.

As we’re getting to know each other, I asked if she’s okay with me sharing her story and pictures online, and she seems cool with it! I’ll post updates as we spend more time together.

So everyone say hello! Send her some love. She’ll feel it. 🥰

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Just met this lovely dear at an antique shop! She YANKED both my mom and my attention to her as soon as we entered the store. I couldn’t stop thinking about her while we browsed! I knew she was coming home with me.

She’s an American Girl doll (called Ivy?) and I’m certain she’s got an attachment who gave me the name Eliza.

The poor dear is very timid but so entirely sweet. I hope to give her a safe and comfortable place to exist in until she feels ready to move on.

I absolutely love her 🥹

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I often ask the cards how things might go in the future. I don’t believe things are ever static enough in the wibbly wobbly timey wimey time constraints we live in to make a pinpoint accurate prediction of what may happen—

But when I ask about 2027, I get similar answers each time. According to the cards, something good is coming in 2027, and boy I just hope it’s the thing.

I needed some encouragement today about the state of the world. About the trajectory of humanity and who we are becoming as a species. We have a habit of cycling through the same bad decisions, but equally and just as inevitably we swing right on back into good ones.

While we’re stuck in the midst of humanity’s worst decisions, it can feel so hopeless, and I can feel entirely helpless. Thus I turn to the source and harmonize myself with the highest good I can manage. Then, at least, I know where my trajectory is headed: towards love.

But I still wonder where humanity is headed.

So I ask the cards.

A few years ago, I learned from the cards that we would be in hell this year.

Violence, civil unrest, mass deaths, destruction of so much we find familiar and take for granted. I learned that, following the hell, we might move into a period of collective healing and contemplation. Inner work. Spiritual revival. Then, the most hopeful (or perhaps wishful of all): We should enjoy a period of global change unlike anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes. The downward curve will rocket upwards into collective (relative) peace and stability wherein all peoples are finally treated with the humanity they deserve and the period of war and oppression will for once be quelled. UBI. Healthcare. Education. Collective community action. Connection.

Or at least that’s what my cards told me.

Things have gotten worse and worse as I predicted, just at the time I predicted, but is that just because I’m jaded by the world around me? I want to trust what my intuition tells me, but is it intuition or wishful thinking?

Either way, I asked the cards this morning to confirm or dent my previous years-ago prediction: Will the upward shift begin in 2027

Strength + Chariot

There we have forward momentum with the theme of being tugged in two directions and very carefully very very carefully exerting strength over dire circumstances. In an upright position these read as affirmatives to me, despite the challenges.

I also asked for a bonus about if it will happen in the same time frame, accelerating progress:

And Lady Justice came through. (Love to see her in a reading. Let’s go karmic laaawww!!!)

I cannot lie, pattern recognition and a knowledge of history helps me extrapolate available data to inform predictions of the future, so I’m leaning more towards optimism here.

Because how else can we survive hellish circumstances than by semi-delusional optimism?

Be well and hang in there.

Humanity cannot stay this bad forever.

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Ohhhh

Ohhh thank you universe

For the spider crawling on my neck while I’m writing in my grimoire

The seriously spiritually significant messaging is not lost on me but

The universe knows spiders geek me out so it aaaalways sends them to me in moments of synchronicity.

My very very

Very spooky spooky spitefully persistent spirit guide

Aaaaaaaa a a a a

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Working on solidifying some personal sigils in my grimoire and —

I didn’t even see myself do it in the moment. I had moved on to other things.

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I am a witch who believes compassion is the highest state of being that we must strive to embody.

I also believe in equivalent exchange.

It is not my responsibility to teach you how to be a better person, so I’m not gonna sit there and argue with you. When you approach me with malice, you have stepped into my sacred house and you will get bitten.

And then I will block you, robbing you of your malignant coping mechanisms and leaving you to stew. Learn how to deal with your prickly back-of-neck online better on your damn own.

And that’s my message of love and light today. 👏 Self goddamn respect, witches.

Don’t spiritually bypass yourself just to let people walk all over you. That energy has gotta be sent back to its source so it doesn’t cling.

Yes I got pissy with someone online today, and this is me releasing it. Begone, foul energy.

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Oh yeah, free Discord emojis!

Edit: Wrong blog. This was meant to be on my main! Oh well!

Freemojis if you will.

I’m making some new emojis for my Discord servers for personal use but I like to share.

I have made a whole host of them in the past and shared them on Reddit before I got permabanned for “promoting violence” after I posted my unfiltered and unabashed opinion about when I think it is going to happen and how much better the world will be afterwards and how much I was looking forward to it. It’s truly my current greatest source of joy.

You know what I mean.

Anyways, if anyone wants them, they’re totally free to use wherever and however you want, (don’t charge for them, they’re FREE) and I’ll post these latest ones once they’re finished. A game dev is using them for an app apparently (they asked), which is pretty cool.

Here’s the zip containing all the pngs! (They’re large enough to also be functional stickers).

Chalant's Emoji Pack.zip

Do enjoy!

Edit: Here’s the finished 4th pack, posted on my main blog where this one should have gone initially.

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I think charging money for your unique abilities is so valid. I don’t, but I’m not poking at anyone who does (because we live in a world of rampant capitalism and we gotta do what we gotta do.)

But I do wanna just say— tarot peeps who charge or even those who don’t should also be teaching others that:

Anyone can read the cards!

Anyone, and I mean anyone, can pick up a deck and get to know themselves through the cards. It’s a largely safe and enriching journey to go on. You’ll get plenty of bullshit readings that make no sense to you; you’ll get frustrated with the cards being too accurate and poking at your shadow; you’ll endure countless awkward and long-winded readings spent flipping through the booklet to find the card’s description (or looking online)— And you’ll learn and grow as you do.

The thing about the cards is that they, themselves, have no power. They have intention programmed in, certainly, but it is not the cards that give the answers. Same with ouija boards. It’s you; you, intuitive and intelligent soul, who activate the cards and influence the answers. (And to many, as do guides and spirits)

You don’t need to pay a psychic. You just need to breathe, learn basic cleansing and protection methods based on your faith (even without spiritualism the cards are psychologically powerful tools of introspection) and trust your intuition. The little booklets that come with decks are also always very helpful for beginners.

Everyone is connected to spirit.

We are stardust, to put it poetically. We all emanate from the same source, and we are an integral part of the fabric of reality. Why wouldn’t we each have an innate connection to the deepest layers of reality that material methods cannot adequately (yet) capture?

Like the instincts of migratory birds or the ability to sense electromagnetic fields in certain spiders, we are sensitive beings who can open ourselves up and develop the innate abilities we all have. At any time.

So yeah:

I may alienate myself from the witchy community with my strong takes and people will claim there are a ton of rules and restrictions around it, but as an agent of chaos, I think that’s bullshit.

Anyone can do tarot, psychic or “not”.

I highly recommend going to your local witchy/crystal/new age shop and checking out the selection. Don’t overthink your choice! Breathe and pick the one you like. That’s the one for you! Then follow the instructions in the little booklet or research online or just play with the cards and feel your way around the meanings. There’s no wrong way to learn as long as you’re in a growth mindset.

My first deck came off of amazon, but I think I gifted that one to someone. This is my current one!

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Hmm for some reason the Tumblr algorithm thinks I’m the type of witch who uses spells to control other people. I don’t.

I operate under the belief that everyone’s soul is completely sovereign. No hierarchy of value, no (obedience demanding) gods, no kings, nothing but my choice to be and do what I see fit so long as it doesn’t encroach on another soul’s sovereignty and so long as it does no harm. (Except in the case of defending against global existential threats.)

I have had someone attempt to bind me before using blood magic over top of a bit of art I gifted to them. I became briefly obsessed with them, outside of my own volition. I had to do serious inner work and many many ritual cord cuttings in order to free myself from a genuinely toxic relationship.

They admitted to me that they did the blood ritual, which was the moment that allowed me to snap out of it and look at what was going on seriously. I was also learning protection spells for the first time and connecting with my guides, and I believe they protected me in that situation for sure.

Such bindings, when done with enough obsessive energy and backed by other forces, can carry over after death and even into the next life. (This is not a recommendation!!!)

It is no one’s right to try and take control of another person’s soul and desires. This is why I am so staunch about claiming sovereignty over oneself and practicing regular spiritual hygiene now. I have been targeted before, and that shit made me end the relationship so fast and cleanse my soul of them well into my next lives. I only thought of them now because I saw a post about a new witch specifically getting into witchcraft so she could make the person she’s obsessed with as obsessed as she is.

This seems to be an unpopular opinion in the corners of Tumblr I’ve seen so far but: I cannot stress enough how wrong I think that is.

There is nothing that will make me permanently and until the end of time sever a connection with someone than if they try to control me, especially through magic.

And of course, I cannot and will not seek to control what others do. But I can claim that which is mine and reject that which is not, and that’s what this post is for. Hopefully I can curate my algorithm better.

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I love mantras.

I struggle with rumination and looping thoughts, so alongside spells and intention-setting, I have begun programming mantras into my OCD habits. If I’m gonna have sticky thoughts, I’d rather choose which ones I have.

Along with reintegrating regular chakra clearing mantras into my spiritual hygiene,

This is my current favorite:

Unquestionable Autonomy Mantra

I am in my body, and my body is my own.

I am in my mind, and my mind is my own.

I am in my spirit, and my spirit is my own.

I alone am in control of my mind, body, spirit, and energy, and I claim and reclaim the energy that serves and belongs to me and release that which does not.

I am love.

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There are no coincidences.

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Don’t forget to protect your dream space, witches!

I haven’t had a nightmare since I put my servitor, Wigglez, in place and charged my bedroom with spells and intentions. We are at our most vulnerable in dreams to visitation, so it’s always good to set up filters for what sort of energy can enter your dream space.

Saying prayers before bed is far more than just well wishes for loved ones, it’s good energetic hygiene.

My personal protections:

Wigglez, a plushie charged with a spell to become a spiritual servitor with big ole eyes that watch my bedroom sits in a plushie hammock above my bed.

A large chunk of selenite lives directly in my bed

Smoke cleansing of my energy every night spoken with intention: “I release the energy of the day that does not serve my highest good. I release the need to ruminate or any thoughts that do not serve my highest good. I am in my body. I am in my spirit. I am in my mind. My body, mind, and spirit are my own. My energy is my own. I am love, and I am loved.” And other such affirmations. Of course, all while calling upon my guides and guardians.

I hang a resin-encased witches knot that I wear at all times on the hammock where Wigglez sits.

Be well!

You are love, and you are loved!

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I don’t think it’s a good idea to do it regularly, but I offered strawberries to the local squirrels today as a show of gratitude to Mother Gaia. It was really thrilling watching them carry them off to the porch railing to munch. Be well, forest spirits, and go in love ❤️

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Sort of a ramble:

Household spirits are so good at finding lost things if you ask nicely and have a good relationship with them. It’s always after I ask out loud “where is my ___” that I immediately find my lost thing.

I think they’re happy to help out, and are especially happy to be acknowledged and given gratitude for their help. Thanks, spirits. 🥰

Been working on how I interact with spirits. As my gifts have developed and I’ve worked on opening myself up, I’ve experienced so much more. Of course, decoupling from abrahamic rhetoric surrounding the spirit world has made shedding my fear of the unknown and assumption that all spirits are demons trying to trick you has been HARD.

It’s all about developing discernment and listening to the signals your own spirit and guides send you. How your body reacts is also a good signal. Nausea, dizziness, terror, dread, mysterious foul odors, pain in the back (spine specifically) or on the back of the neck, and aggressive interactions are good indicators of an ill-intentioned or low frequency energy, if not something totally malicious.

Sooo knowing this has me hypervigilant when I need not be, especially in my own home where I’ve built a veritable fortress of spiritual protection. (I sit like a shrimp, so I always have spine tension lmao.)

I hope to build up my confidence, bolster my light, and expand my perception. The spirits deserve to be acknowledged after so long stagnating in a colonized world.

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Dammit I figured it out!

I got me an evil eye. Siiiigh.

I knew I felt watched but not in an entity sort of way.

My constant ‘being chased’ dreams stopped ages ago since I set up a guardian over my bed and started sleeping with selenite, but I still felt something.

Something blocking my confidence and turning positively intentioned spellwork into disruptive results. (Legit, I would cast good energy over someone and then they’d have a shitty day! I stopped trying to interfere with people’s days even positively for that reason! Now I just petition higher beings and keep my own magic out of it.)

I honestly suspected a curse for a while, but no divination I did turned up positive on a potential curse. Blocked chakras maybe. Did tons of meditation and worked with crystals and intentions. Nope… maybe an attachment? Still no!

I figured it out today with an oil drop test.

My lack of faith in my own results and persistent internal self flagellation (born of trauma yayyy) created a nagging self-inflicted evil eye. I protect myself from outside influence like a steel wall, but I never thought to ward against my own accumulated negative energy.

So now I’m working on challenging and shifting my negative self talk as soon as I notice it happening, and on top of that I will be washing my body multiple days in a row head to toe with salt, palo santo ash, coconut oil, and black pepper. I’ve also created a charm bracelet for my left hand including a permanent evil eye ward encased in resin (bay leaf, black pepper), obsidian, and my protection spell jar.

Time to embody the Magician.

(I realize there are established doctrines and traditions across many faiths dictating how to deal with an evil eye affliction, but I’m on a personal journey that I’m informing with established knowledge and intuiting into my own practice.

To me, it’s intention, attention, and focus that matters most. Whatever materials and rituals you use amplify your innate magic, but ultimately I don’t think what they are matters as much as how you use them in concert with your spirit.

Though there ARE some lower vibrational materials out there that I avoid because they feel aversive to me. Blood, sulfur, sacrificed animals, human bits, waste, etc. If you use these, please don’t take my aversion as an attack; although I advocate for shadow work, I work best with gray and light energy, and avoid dark magic unless absolutely necessary — As in the case of existential threats to humanity such as data centers or the US administration. )

Psychologically, I’m already feeling way better! That ‘watched’ feeling is fizzling away and my ruminations are less automatic.

Anyways I guess the moral of the story here is:

I am powerful.

You are powerful.

We are all powerful. We just have to believe it and align our energies in that direction. Anything less risks serious self-restriction and falling into a spiral that’s hard to climb out of. Believe in yourself, your abilities, and what you deserve.

Say hello to Wigglez. He’s my dream guardian! (Chosen for his big ole eyes and spooky factor).

Repurposed some charms from my general protection charm necklace into a more specifically intentioned bracelet for my left hand. The resin charm is the evil eye ward.

Permanent witches knot charm on the end of my selenite wand necklace made of hemp and salt in resin. (And glitter).

This got longer than expected… :)