#experimental notes

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Sigil attempt #2.  This time I’m using the word “calm,” to inspire that in times of strong emotion.  The face, in addition to being the actual sigil itself, reflects a calm, happy image to make use of the psychological process of emotional contagion.  Additionally, the background color is Baker-Miller pink - which has been experimentally shown to reduce negative emotional expression.  And just to make sure I have all my bases covered, I included a self-comforting phrase used by the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook to calm overwhelming emotions.

This one should be more measurable.  Do people calm down upon exposure to this sigil?  That is a testable hypothesis.

Experimental Structure:

First, rate emotional strength on a scale of 1-10.  Then look at the image for ten continuous seconds, and rate emotional strength once again.

(My wife went down from a 5 to a 3!  Encouraging, though I need a larger test group.)

[bookofshadowsonline]

Well, this is it - my first piece of actual, honest-to-goodness magic-working.  Yep, it’s a very quick-and-dirty MS Paint diagram for a sigil.  The wording is “positive energy,” set inside the molecular structure of caffeine for added emphasis.  I’m going to test it out and see what, if any, effects come from its use.  That does mean I’m going to actually draw it out, but I wanted to take the time to get it looking right before I put ink to paper - and this way I have a saved diagram for the future (in case I want to mess around with its design more later).  Besides, I am in no way, shape, or form an artist.

Now to see what happens.

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Divination Notes, 7/17/17

Literally nothing to do with the Lenormand draw happened today.  I have not interacted with any woman aside from my wife, and she is certainly not an established elder.  Again, I can squeeze the square peg into the round hole by saying that I consulted her on my practice - and she is more experienced in witchcraft than I am - but it doesn’t feel true.  It feels like desperation.

I have other things to try, but I’m not going to just immediately give up on the Lenormand cards.  I just have better feelings about other concepts, and want to move along to those.