#enchanter

[retrocgads]

USA 1986

[moxpunk-art]

Gobtober 14: Enchanter

You don't think magical weapons and armor just grow on trees, do you? They require a skilled hand to craft! Thankfully, she's got two skilled hands on her.

[storyweavingspider]

Becoming the Enchanter

Poem read and arranged by Anonsee Storyweaver (arrangement of the original essay: “Enchantment: The Liberatory Gift of Wonder” by Lisbeth White as part of Poetry as Spellcasting. This is something adjacent to blackout poetry - the primary changes are formatting.

Text of the poem is below the cut:

There is a kind of rhetoric towards obsession in the study of poetry)

Obsession, in this case, referencing the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent desire, thought, feeling, etc)

dive headlong into the topics one ruminates on, churns, and repeats)

lean into what preoccupies)

perceive all the angles with every sense available)

let the repetition of what is perceived become its own form and function)

an incantation of sorts)

a ritual recitation)

a single poem or collection)

(revel)(in the)(permission to be obsessed)

with formalism and free verse, with rhythm and sound)

consider these experiences worthy)

the beginning of a healing)

a new liberation of sorts)

profoundly familiar, bone-level familiar, (anciently familiar)

dreamlike states) sensory and expansive) tangible and alive)

pursue) this study of connection)

engage with the subtle energies of the world)

engage this sense of wonder and enchantment)

there are often moments of wonderment, moments when the imaginal breaks us into a painful and sacred longing toward what might be possible beyond the horror we are experiencing)

begin here)

it is acceptable to continue to pay attention)

hone this skill of open-eyed awareness into an adeptness and faculty for engaging with these subtle energies of the world, for relating and conversing, for channeling them into magic and healing)

(recover the knowledge)

(reclaim our original wholeness)

what a wonderful word, enchantment.)

the creation of a new something material, tangible, lived)

the container to hold the transformation is awareness itself. Our attention, and how it is held, creates the very container for change.)

(follow)(those relentless curiosities)

(become)

(arise)

we begin with the tools at hand, the obsession or idea of what we want to write is the initial substance to be transformed)

Our attention) the energy brought in to spark the change, which in turn develops and informs the nature of the change itself)

Not all attention is love and there is great danger for harm in conflating the two)

An overbearing or already-knowing quality of attention doesn’t lead to a truly innovative transformation, but rather a nearby and comfortable shift in circumstance)

“Did you let that tree make you into something different? No? Then don’t waste my time.”

(relearn)(enchantment)

(be enchanted)

(the edge of what is known, into a new beyond)

re-enchantment with the world as a whole becomes) resistance against isolation, exploitation, alienation)

True transformation, true power, does not exist in a vacuum)

There is wonderment in enchantment)

both vulnerability and a willingness toward that vulnerability)

make room for play and the seepage of surprise)

stretch the container of our perception beyond what is physically and materially known.)

(We must be open to awe)

While enchanted, the poem becomes a vessel, energy summoned and held in the container of line)

innocence) even the slow alchemy of revolution might be graced with something that may resemble play, and feel even a bit like delight.

being present to witness the transition)

the shift urging me along to a new state of being)

creating a rhythm without break)

I stretch, I extend, I become expanded)

I hold it with wonder)

[chimericalpup]

D&D Original Character Design Sheet Commission. (2022)

[faithschaffer]

I can't believe we're already halfway through Swordtember!

Day 15- Sword of the Enchanter

Sword- The Faceted Fighter

The handle of this blade is designed to slot in and out different gemstones. These gemstones are enchanted, imbibing the sword with their different elemental and magic abilities. They can be deftly switched mid-battle for an element of surprise. 

[desertdruidcrafts]

Mage variants part 1. Here's the half-elf enchanter, gnome transmuter, elf evoker, and halfling abjurer.

[ravenousnightwind]

I consider myself a witch, but I don't do what most people who refer to themselves as a witch do. Number one, I live in an apartment so it's hard to like have live herbs or other things. I don't typically use smoke or burning because I have birds. I tend to use more personal methods of casting that involve the voice. Like singing. I tend to resort to calling down spirits of wind, or asking deities for advice or help. Why? Because my life is also a weak one and my stamina is often depleted from doing simple tasks like cooking or cleaning.

Living as a Disabled Witch person isn't easy, and sometimes, when I can't move because of my non-epileptic seizures, I will whisper a song only the spirits can hear. I call them down, not with elaborate woo symbols or rites with tons of planning of stars or herbs. I just do. I just sing, I just express my concerns and ask that they bless me with luck. In return, I give them my song, no matter how simple or raspy, or broken it is.

In those moments I feel the tingle of something in my fingers, my toes, my face, and my body relaxes and I feel at peace.