Uses computer/tablet/phone and either an app or the internet
Use a generator that gives you more than 1 word for a more open-ended answer.
Can take the first randomly generated word or treat it like shufflemancy and decide on a certain number of "skips" or regenerates before you take the word(s) as your answer.
Website I've used: Textfixer.com
Seems fun so far! I’ve found it’s easier to interpret when there’s only 1 or two words - any more than that and they get harder to interpret as there’s not necessarily any relation between the words and only a couple may make sense.
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Monday
Journal Activity: Do you incorporate technology into your magic? What are some ways that technology can play a part in magic? What are some things that you’re interested in exploring with regards to technology and magic? Do you think technology has a place in magic? Why or why not?
Herbal Activity: Choose an herb or other item to study. It may be something that you already have a list of correspondences for or it may be a brand new herb. Get to know the herb; research it. What are the positive aspects of this herb? What are the negative aspects of this herb? What can you do with this herb? What can you make with this herb? Learn everything you can about this herb. If you like, you may research more than one herb.
Tuesday
Divination Activity: Look back at your list of modern divination methods from last week. Which ones rely on technology to accomplish? If you don’t have any listed, what are some ways you can incorporate technology into divination? Find one method and try it out.
Material Activity: Choose a correspondence from your list. Use this correspondence to make a material that can be used in your spellwork - for example, a crystal can be used to make a gem elixir, an herb can be made into a powder or water, etc.
Wednesday
Correspondence Activity: How can technology aid in magical endeavors? What are some associations you can assign to different technologies?
Material Activity: Choose a correspondence from your list. Use this correspondence to make a material that can be used in your spellwork - for example, a crystal can be used to make a gem elixir, an herb can be made into a powder or water, etc.
Thursday
Spell Activity: Write a spell from your spell list and use technology in it.
Herbal Activity: Choose an herb or other item to study. It may be something that you already have a list of correspondences for or it may be a brand new herb. Get to know the herb; research it. What are the positive aspects of this herb? What are the negative aspects of this herb? What can you do with this herb? What can you make with this herb? Learn everything you can about this herb. If you like, you may research more than one herb.
Friday
Research Activity: What are some programs and apps that can aid you in your practice?
Herbal Activity: Choose an herb or other item to study. It may be something that you already have a list of correspondences for or it may be a brand new herb. Get to know the herb; research it. What are the positive aspects of this herb? What are the negative aspects of this herb? What can you do with this herb? What can you make with this herb? Learn everything you can about this herb. If you like, you may research more than one herb.
Hello, hello, we’re back! This month, we’re going to take a quick peek into some more modern variations of magic, such as tech magic and pop culture magic. If that isn’t your speed, go back and work on areas that you’ve either missed or find to be a little lacking. Remember, you’re making a resource for you to use practically, so it should have enough information to help you achieve what you want to achieve.
Let’s get on with it --
Monday
Journal Activity: What are the types of magic that you consider to be more modern? Do you incorporate more modern variations of magic into your practice or do you shy away from them? Why? List as many “modern” takes on magic as you can and star the areas in which you are interested.
Journal Activity: What is a glamour? How can glamours be used within witchcraft? What kind of glamours can be created? What are some popular ideas about glamours that don’t necessarily work? What are the pitfalls of using glamours?
Tuesday
Divination Activity: Pull out your music collection and let’s try a little bit of shufflemancy. What is shufflemancy? How does it work? Give yourself a reading using shufflemancy and record your results. How do you like this type of divination? What do you not like about this type of divination?
Divination Activity: What are some other more “modern” divination techniques or what are some modern takes on classic divination methods? Make a list of as many as you can. Try one out if you are so inclined.
Wednesday
Correspondence Activity: Let’s think outside the box and come up with a list of pop culture correspondences. Make a list of some common attributes you use in magic, such as wealth, calmness, etc., and come up with different things from pop culture in which you could use to represent these attributes in spell work.
Correspondence Activity: Witches who find themselves living in the city often find that they have to make do with what they have readily on hand. What are some correspondences one could use if they were living in the city? What are some tools they could use? How does adaptation play a role in your practice? Is it important to you to be adaptable or do you stick to specific rules in your practice?
Thursday
Spell Activity: Write a pop culture spell. If you need a specific category to get you started, try making an abundance spell; otherwise, do whatever you wish to do.
Material Activity: Choose a correspondence from your list. Use this correspondence to make a material that can be used in your spellwork - for example, a crystal can be used to make a gem elixir, an herb can be made into a powder or water, etc.
Friday
Grimoire Activity: Go through all the information you have currently and mark in some way what you use most often or what you think will make it into the final draft of your grimoire.
Material Activity: Choose a correspondence from your list. Use this correspondence to make a material that can be used in your spellwork - for example, a crystal can be used to make a gem elixir, an herb can be made into a powder or water, etc.
Hey, friends! I’ve decided to move the break week from the end of June to the first week of June since I’ll be on vacation this week. I’ll see you guys back here on Monday, June 13th, with a fresh set of challenges just for you!
If you want to try your had at writing challenges, check out this post! I’ll be super grateful.
Use this week to catch up on what you’re missing or even just use it as a break! See you guys later!
Are You Tough Enough?!?!? Tough Mudder Virginia Recap
Are You Tough Enough?!?!? Tough Mudder Virginia Recap
I SURVIVED TOUGH MUDDER!!!!!!
Happy Tuesday everyone! Hope you guys had a wonderful weekend! This will be a mix of Tough Mudder recap and Weekend Recap, as I didn’t get to it yesterday. You will find out why shortly!!!
On to the Tough Mudder recap!!!
Can I just say, this event was AWESOME!!! Totally challenging, both mentally and physically! We had a bet in our group of how many times we would…
Well that wasn't fun for the body.... its a humid 86 degrees out here in NY, so I'm a sweat monster right now... I did yesterdays Pop pilates workout along with my squats and crunches. The Squats and crunches wasn't the problem... it was that ARM MURDER! My goodness! My I have no arm streghth whatsoever! That will change...
Workout
Pop Pilates
Awesome sause arms
Arm Attack
Miley Cyrus Ab Workout ( I liked the butterfly abs)
