A Lazy Deerās Guide to Ignoring Space and Time in Spell Work
Iāve been pretty frank about how I donāt really incorporate timing into my magical paradigm, thatās because this ābatteryā trick was one of the first methods that I figured out for myself after the death of my childhood teacher.Ā Because Iāve been doing it for so long I admit that I find it hard to detail the process in words, itās like explaining in words how to walk or ride a bike, so Iām going to just explain my basic theory and leave it up to you guys to work out how the details work on an individual level.Ā I use this basic method for storing my own energies when I have excess (rare) for use when I feel depleted (more common, thanks to chronic illnesses and pain), storing important/interesting energies for later use, even for short term housing of spirits as part of the ācatch and releaseā relocation aspect of the house ācleansingsā I do.Ā Weāre going to focus mostly on the first two for the purposes of this post.
This is the logical place to start if you ask me, itās basically just an energy work exercise.Ā Before you start get an object that you want to be your battery, I have tried all sorts of objects and havenāt found much variation in quality or ease of operation based on what object I chose, so I recommend just picking something obvious, something that you wonāt forget that you charged up with a bunch of energy, or better yet, something that you can label - or put in a container with a label.Ā Ā
Making the battery itself is rather simple, building off of my other energy exercises:
Get comfortable holding the object that will serve as your battery.Ā Some people believe that their energies flow better through one hand than the other, if this is your paradigm, hold the object in that hand, if not I find both hands work well.Ā Ā
Collect your personal energy into a tightly condensed core, and pull just a little bit away from the rest and send it down one arm or the other and into the object.Ā Ā
Once the connection is established you can feed a little bit more at a time, though be careful not to feed too much at a time or you may find yourself feeling drained.Ā
Once the object is āfullā, disconnect your thread of energy from it and tuck it back into your core.Ā You can now store your full energy battery away until you need it.Ā
*I donāt really have a good way to describe how to know when a battery is getting āfull,ā itās just a sort of intuitive/instinctive feeling that I get.Ā Usually 15-20 minutes of unbroken concentration on charging is enough to fill a battery enough to power a standard spell for me.Ā This is something that everyone trying this is going to need to experiment with to get a feel for.
Storing Foreign Energies:
This is how I ignore timing and spatial limitations in my spell work.Ā Letās say I want to use the energy of a certain natural occurrence, like a thunderstorm, or of a certain place like the Mississippi River, or my college campus, but I donāt want to wait for a storm or until I can physically get to such a place.Ā Instead I collect batteries of such energies whenever the opportunity presents itself.Ā Then whenever I want to work some storm energies, or Mississippi energies, or college energies, into a spell I can draw on that battery regardless of where I am or what the weather is.
The bulk of the process is the same, but first I draw the energy through myself, the same way I do when channeling an entity.Ā
Open your mind/awareness to the energies you want to put in a battery.
Pull the energy into yourself and through yourself and just like above into the object that is going to serve as the battery using the method above.Ā
*For this I like to use objects somehow tied to the energy Iām storing as the physical component of the battery - vials of rainwater for the thunderstorm, rocks found in the location that I want to store the energy of.Ā I find the sympathetic link keeps the energy fresher and more vibrant for longer.
Using a battery in spell work for me is just like using my own personal energy, or any other energy source for that matter. It's just that when using a battery I happen to know in advance exactly what energy and how much of it is available to me. I will say that I don' like to use batteries for spells that I expect to need long term or in perpetuity, unless I have enough batteries of the same kind that I can cycle them through the spell to keep the energy level consistent. Instead I like them for quick burst spells or spells with a medium duration at best.
