Witchy Things from a Witchy Soul

ᛋᛇᛞᚲᛟᚾᚨ Solitary Chaos Witch She/They You cannot tame the spirit of someone who has magic in their veins Any questions?

[w-y-r-d]

Lately, I've been seeing a few videos that I disagree with, so I'll sum up my thoughts here.

You do not need to be white to be a Norse pagan.

You do not need to have Nordic or Norse ancestry to be a Norse pagan.

You can be a Norse pagan regardless of race, skin color, or ethnicity.

[lokavisi]

In case you needed the reminder.

[that--elf]

Petition to start calling Lokeans “The Nuggets of Chaos” and instead of saying “I’m a Lokean” say “I’m a chaos nugget”

[skaldish]

“This blog does not welcome Folkish Asatruar or RadFems”

What does this mean/what is it in reference to? Not trying to be mean I’m genuinely curious

No worries! I’m happy to answer!

Folkish Asatru and Radical Feminism are two related hate movements, representing two heads of the same ideological beast that despises humanity and all the different ways humans love being human.

The first of these, Folkish Asatru or Folkish Heathenry, is a phony spirituality that acts as a disguise for the Neo-Völkisch Movement. This is an extremist movement whose ultimate goal is to create a White ethno-nation called Vinland on US soil. This Vinland would be a tribally-organized society of white people whose lives, thoughts, behaviors, and emotions are strictly controlled by a social pressure to perform and conform to an impossible standard of ideological perfection. The fear of deviation would make this society a self-sustaining hellscape to all except the most handsome and aggressive of malignant narcissists.

The way the neo-Völkisch Movement goes about this is by brainwashing people into believing their happiness is being robbed by the presence of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Jewish people, people with disabilities, “non-contributing” members of society, Christianity, cultural exchange, industrialization, globalization, freedom of information, gender-nonconformity, and anything else that stands in the way of the neo-Völkisch agenda. The Movement convinces people they will “reclaim what’s theirs” if they remove or dismantle these things on a local and national level.

The Neo-Völkisch substrate is not always obvious by looking at Folkish Heathenry. Its different varieties—such Odinism/Wotanism and Theodism—claim they’re “the ancient religion of the vikings” and don’t usually mention hating other people. Folkish spaces might not even use the word “folkish” to advertise themselves, and will instead use terms like Ásatrú or simply Heathenry/Heathenism.

Regardless of what label they choose, Folkish groups pose as spaces of brotherhood and connection for white men of Scandinavian descent, only to radicalize members against other social groups by feeding them Neo-Völkisch ideologies masquerading as ancient viking beliefs and practices. They also tend to use aggressive aesthetics, sometimes dark and tribal-looking, as a way to appeal to a sense of exoticism and the American masculine ideal.

Folkish Heathenry doesn’t resemble genuine Heathenry and has nothing to do with the beliefs and cultural norms of the pre-Christian Norse. Its esoteric practices are just rebranded forms of Theosophy, and its virtues and values are pulled directly from the late-1800’s Germanic Völkisch Movement, the father of both the Neo-Völkisch Movement and Naziism. (Hilariously, most Folkish don’t identify as Nazis purely because they don’t like Naziism’s large-government structure…not because they think eugenics is deplorable or that getting rid of all the Jews, BIPOC, queers, and disabled people is a bad idea.)

If I were to give you just one thing to look for to help you spot Folkish Heathenry, it would be this: Folkish Heathenry wants heathenry to be a lifestyle and academic discipline, not a spirituality defined by people enjoying interpersonal relationships with deities and spirits.

The Folkish don’t want people using Heathenry to connect with the world around them because this weakens their control over people’s perceptions, feelings, and behaviors. That’s it. If you’re in a heathen space, and it rewards you for talking about history and academics but dismisses or embarrasses you for talking about the supernatural, then you’re in a space controlled by the Folkish and you need to get out.

Radical Feminism is actually related to the Neo-Völkisch Movement as it shares a similar ideology of eugenics and biological essentialism. Despite calling itself “feminism,” it’s not actually feminism at all, but an antisocial movement intending to co-opt the meaning of the word.

Feminism proper has always been about creating a society where everybody, regardless of sex, has complete agency by virtue of their inherent personhood, and are treated as such by all social structures. Historically, this treatment has only been given to white men. The reason why feminism is called “feminism” rather than something like “equalism” is because it grew out of women’s rights issues.

Radical Feminism, however, is the opposite of feminism. It’s designed to break apart the actual feminist movement by making women debate about what “a woman” actually is. It tries to change what “feminism” means by defining it as an ideology of embracing and embodying womanhood, which it has never been.

A few flavors of Radical Feminism developed from this, the first being Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminism (TERFs). Just like its neo-Nazi and neo-Völkisch counterparts, TERF ideology believes “real women” are those who were born with vaginas, wombs, ovaries, and the enthusiastic desire to make more White People babies with them. Women in these spaces are pressured to perform femininity 24/7 and to bully women who can’t or don’t conform to these standards.

Then there’s the “traditional wives” or tradwives. This one directly stems from the Völkisch Movement, for the ideal tradwife is the obedient, blond-haired, blue-eyed, never-aging waif who tends to a vegetable garden outside her cottage at the pastoral foot of an alpine mountain range—just like perfect Völk wife. But unlike Folkish Heathenry, the tradwife movement doesn’t use academics to attract its members because it doesn’t want women to be curious or educated. Instead, it uses homemaking videos, cottagecore aesthetics, and vapid spiritualism to convince white women they’ll find happiness by getting married, making White People babies, and maintaining multi-million dollar properties on land that’s terraformed to look like Bavaria.

Radical Feminism also has some overlap with gold-star lesbianism—the idea that lesbian purity is the condition of being “untouched by a man”—but I can’t really speak much to this since it’s outside my area of knowledge. I’ll let others fill you in on that one.

The reason why I say I don’t welcome Folkish Asatruar or RadFems is because I want to make it clear that I don’t support these movements and what they stand for. However, I should probably rephrase this statement to say “Neither I nor this blog support Folkish and Radical Feminist ideologies,” because if I could, I’d reach out my hands and pull people out of these groups. Anyone who finds more joy in my writings than in dogwater “us vs. them” narratives is always welcome to stay.

That’s about as much as I can say about the subject while keeping it relatively short! Hope it helps!

[fox-n-trinkets]

Little Loki Pride invocation/prayer

May Loki join us for Pride,

May Loki join and protect those who go out to celebrate and protest.

May we break that which binds us from being true with their aid.

May the shapeshifting trickster celebrate with us,

May the god of many faces protect and support us that go against the norm.

[hopeaftertrauma]

[kienansidhe]

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A shout out to everyone who is trying right now.

Trying to do the right thing. Trying to stay open. Trying to keep going. Trying to hold on. Trying to let go. Trying to find their flow. Trying to stay afloat. Trying to meet each new day. Trying to find their balance. Trying to love themselves. Trying new things and new ways.

I see you. I'm there too. We're in this together.

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[witchingsoul]

Loki did not trick Sigyn into marrying him.

Just throwing this out there.

There is not much about Sigyn in Norse mythology itself, but there is no story and no reference to Loki tricking her into marrying him. It's not in the Prose Edda, not in the Poetic Edda, and not even in the Gesta Danorum.

Do you know where you can find that story? In old Marvel comics.

[witchingsoul]

Hey shifters!

It's me again with some more questions and thoughts. <3

Has anyone shifted while undergoing sleep studies or an MRI? I feel like the data from that would be fascinating.

I wonder if the general activity would be more or less active than it typically is in a sleep or dreaming state and how it might even compare to the activity of the waking state.

Theoretically speaking, there would be a huge spike in activity in the brain as soon as the shift was complete - especially when shifting to a DR that had yet to be visited.

The reason why I say this is because when it's been explained to me that when you go to a DR, especially to one you hadn't visited yet, you essentially download all of their memories. They pop into your mind in a relatively quick fashion. "Sometimes between one blink in the next" said one shifter to me. Another claimed "It sometimes takes me a few minutes to remember."

I must admit that is actually fairly alarming given the science of how memories are formed. Our brain essentially zaps itself, creating something like grooves. While they don't look like much to the naked eye, those wrinkles are the data our mind holds and when electricity pops through it, that's when that part of the brain is active. The same is true for our memory centres.

Given that DR memories are real and are maintained in this reality, the DR memories are added onto this reality's brain.

The alarming thing about this, about the idea of downloading a lifetime of memories, is that is a lot of zapping in a really short amount of time - something akin to a powerful seizure. One that, if I'm honest, I'm not sure can be easily walked away from.

On top of that I do worry about other aspects of this - of zapping multiple lives, multiple personalities into one person's head (because we already established that our DR selves are their own individuals and do not share the same personalities that we do due to living different lives and having different experiences.)

I would love to hear back from others about this whole thought process. And my initial question at the start - if anyone has shifted during a sleep study or something like a MRI and what the results of that were like!

[witchingsoul]

It appears to be a trend within the Shifttok community to refer to shifting as "Going home!" and I admit it has me frustrated. Especially when it comes to the more vulnerable members of the community who may not be grounded enough, or content enough in their current reality.

Though I'm sure no harm is meant, the danger in using "going home" to refer to shifting is that it feeds into someone's sense of otherness. That they don't belong. Something which can feed further into depression and even desperation to escape the situation they're in. You can see how this language could be detrimental without me going deeper into the whole thing, I'm sure.

My darlings, I'm sorry and know I truly mean no ill with this, but you are home. This reality may not be your desired home, but this is indeed home. This reality is the one you were born into, the one that shaped you, and the one you'll have to learn to live with and improve on.

Yeah, I get it. It sucks to be born to this reality when another you was born in one you see as better, more desirable. But home is home and this is our home. Still, it is nice to have a break and visit other places, innit?

If anything, "Going on vacation!" would be a more fitting term for shifting to a DR.

[witchingsoul]

Proof?

I saw recently, on Tiktok, someone showing "proof" that Reality Shifting is real.

The proof was someone who claimed to shift into Hawkeye and, as a result, saw stuff that did not happen yet in the series. They did not spoil anything, but merely mentioned goggles would be in the next episode. Apparently goggles showed up in a future episode.

Needless to say, some people to this as proof.

But, but, but. Mundane over magical. Sadly, there are multiple explanations for how this could've happened.

Precognition. While this is unlikely, it is entirely possible for people to catch glimpses of the future while waking or dreaming.

Simple coincidence. It's a show about archers and agents. It's not really that surprising that goggles came up. I mean, eyesight is important for them. Goggles can also help agents. I've seen both in other shows pull out goggles.

Skills. People who read, write, or consume a lot of shows/films are able to recognize foreshadowing, plotpoints, and tropes. Sometimes, even without realising, these people could actually predict things coming in future installments as a result. I can't tell you how many things I've spoiled for myself by accidentally predicting, scene for scene, things that came next. So how do you make goggles into proof? On it's own, you can't. But it does give a precedent on which experimentation can be done but it would require some group efforts.

Proving It Experiment

You need at least six people. Various degrees of knowledge about the show is fine.

Five of those people must shift into the same reality. Have them each write down their as much of their experiences there that they can remember, upon returning. They are not allowed to share their experiences with anyone else.

The five would send their notes to the Sixth - the one who did not shift.

The Sixth person would read over the experiences, noting the overlapping and reoccuring events or items.

Then, upon watching the next episode of the show, could make note of what did or did not line up to the Shifter's experiences.

This would be best repeated multiple times with different Shifters and different shows or films. Though it is possible for the notetaker to be the same person throughout all of it.

If anyone is willing to do the experiment, let me know. I wouldn't mind being the Sixth.

[witchingsoul]

Oh yes, I’m back again with more questions!

So it appears I will have to cover maladaptive daydreaming on this blog soon. I have my old psychology notes regarding that somewhere in one of my binders so I’ll be hunting that down.

In the meantime, I would really appreciate hearing from some of the Shifting community about maladaptive daydreaming and your take on it and rather or not it has similarities or a relationship with shifting.

In fact, I’ll jot down a few questions for y’all. I just want to know your perspective on this - what you personally know or have heard. This will help me know what points I need to address and what I don’t in regards to the misinformation related to that in the community.

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Have you heard of maladaptive daydreaming?

What do you think it is?

Is it, in any way, similar to Shifting?

What are the differences?

Is there anything else you’d like to say regarding this particular topic?

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Again, thank you to everyone who chooses to answer me and help with this! Remember, your privacy will be respected should you send me an ASK or hit me up on chat.

[witchingsoul]

Misinformation Spread in Shifting Communities

Without proper documentation and verification, finding information will always be a trial. Running into misinformation is part of the beast of researching something like this. Some of the misinformation isn't a big deal, but some of it can be downright dangerous so I'll be addressing some of it here.

☃ Lucid Dreaming and Shifting are completely different.

This is probably one of the most common chunks of misinformation I have seen spread around in Shifting spaces. If you've read some of my recent blogs, you already know this.

In case you haven't, I explain what Lucid Dreaming is in this post. Another post on this topic can be found here, quoting and responding to some answers I was given by Shifters here on Tumblr regarding LD and RS.

☃ Symptoms are Proof/Signs You’re Shifting

Yes, those symptoms can be signs that you are shifting. However, they are not 100%. Our minds are insane, wild things that can trick us into feeling all kinds of things. If you are expecting certain symptoms, your mind can make you feel those symptoms to trick you into believing that you are shifting when you are not.

I believe this is what happens when people feel the symptoms but fail to actually shift. I believe that is just the mind playing a trick on you. So do keep that in mind. The human mind is powerful, capable of convincing us of a lot of things.

☃ There is Nothing Wrong With Shifting

I know that statement is going to upset some people, but it is something that needs to be addressed.

I covered the DR-Versions of us in this post, explaining that psychologically speaking they are different people due to the experiences in their lives that are unique to them.

I have not seen anyone in any Shifting community talk about consent and I need to talk about that here. None of the steps we take to Shift involve seeking consent from the person whose life we are hijacking. We don't take into consideration what it is like for them to lose that chunk of their life - whether those memories are a blank for them or not.

And them not being aware of us stepping in does not mean it's morally right. If you were to drug your friend and, while they were under the influence, make them spend their money on various stuff they needed and could afford - you still did something horrible even if no harm was done as a result, even if they weren't aware of what you did.

I actually drafted this post for a while because of this section in particular, trying to figure out a nicer way to put it but I can't sugarcoat this.

So Shifters - we need to figure out a way to get consent from the DR-US, if we can not get them, cross that Reality off our list and move onto one that will.

Getting consent from the DR-us should be a requirement, the one rule that all of us Shifters should agree on.

☃ Evidence that Reality Shifting is Real

I asked for information from the community here, but received only a little bit of feedback on this matter.

The only CIA document I know of is the one about The Gateway Process. A fascinating read, to be sure, but it is based on and about Astral Projection - not Reality Shifting.

While this can be wielded as handy evidence to support Reality Shifting, it is not proof of Reality Shifting and should not be claimed as such.

The same is true for Quantum Jumping, which is about a particular behaviour of electrons. While Quantum Jumping and Quantum physics in itself is absolutely fascinating, there is no actual proof within it that Reality Shifting is real.

Again, like The Gateway Process, it can be used as something to possibly support or explain Reality Shifting, but it is not proof and should not be claimed as such.

Claiming either The Gateway Process or Quantum Jumping as proof that Reality Shifting is real will only make things harder for the RS community as those who do some digging will know that they are supportive at best, but no actual proof, and that may make it even harder of them to believe you when you say your experiences are real.

☃ Reality Shifting isn't dangerous.

I know that sentence alone is going to upset some people but had to phrase it in a way to make sure I got your attention, because this is very important. So please hold off on reacting until you read what I have to say.

Claiming that Reality Shifting is completely safe is the most dangerous lie I've seen spread around the communities, especially in front of vulnerable people - the youth, the mentally ill, etc. The inherent danger isn't the Shifting itself, but in misinformation and advice that some members of the RS community are spreading.

I've addressed this in another post, giving out a warning, but there are members of the Shifting Community who are advising people to take sleeping pills to stay in their DR longer. Or advising them to go even further.

Honestly, if you suggested that you should be ashamed of yourself because that is life threatening advice. Do not take anything that isn't recommended an actual doctor and do not attempt yourself harm. Do not tell someone else what to take or to harm themselves.

The fact is, this is your life. Your CR. It is the one you live in. You can not guarantee where you reincarnate, if you even do. You will not stay in your DR if your CR body dies while you're visiting said DR - because that reality belongs to the DR-You, not the CR-you and your consciousness is tied to the CR-body.

So shifting itself isn't dangerous (Just morally wrong without consent from the DR-you) it's the misinformation that you can stay in your DR that is dangerous. Because you can't.

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I apologise for anyone I may have upset with this information, but misinformation must not be allowed to spread and I feel it is my duty to step up and correct things as I see it. 

You can believe what you want, that is perfectly fine, as long as you are not posing a danger to anyone else (like with the horrible advice I mentioned above). Furthermore, if you would like to be taken more seriously as a community (because I know I sure as hell would like to be taken more seriously) then stopping the misinformation, and being educated on the subjects, is the first step in ensuring that you are not dismissed as someone who was misguided.

[witchingsoul]

I'm about to piss some people off, but it's time to address some misinformation!

[witchingsoul]

I keep hearing about a CIA document that proves Reality Shifting?

Does someone have a link or the name of it?

I'm not even sure where to even begin looking for it.

The only CIA doc I know that is close is the one on The Gateway Process, but that one is about Astral Projection.

[witchingsoul]

If you've shifted

I would love to talk to you, ask a few questions about your personal experiences.

A lot of the people I've talked to haven't been successful yet and, therefore, can't verify certain claims as a result since they haven't experienced it themselves. I would love to be able to talk to a few of you, to see the similarities and differences in your experiences with shifting.

So if you're up to talking reblog this, send me an ask, hit me up on chat. Your privacy, in case you're not out and Tumblr forces you to use your main blog, will be respected!

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ADDENDUM:

I know I've posted a lot about this and keep asking questions. I am doing digging on my own, off Tumblr, and speaking to Shifters in other corners of the internet.

My goal is to educate myself as much as possible on the subject so that I can collect the info and create a masterdoc to share with the community that covers everything people need to know about shifting: misinformation problems, 'rules', scripting suggestions, the morality dilemma, so on and so forth.

I don't consider myself, by any means, an expect. I just want to help the Shifting community. <3

[witchingsoul]

WARNING

There are Shifters within the Reality Shifting community that are giving out dangerous advice to young shifters.

Do not take any medication that is not prescribed to you by an actual doctor. Do not take more than prescribed.

Take care of yourselves. Do not let that dangerous advice spread. It is life-threatening and it's important to take good care of your CR body.

[witchingsoul]

I'm working on a post (and a masterdoc about everything Shifting related) to address some of the misinformation passing along through Reality Shifting communities.

I've already got a few I'll be addressing.

If there's any you've seen, feel free to hit me up with the information.

If there's something you're not sure about, hit me up with that as well.

[witchingsoul]

A few particular questions.

I never stop asking questions, do I?

From my understanding, our CR body goes dormant unless we have a Clone step in to do stuff for us. That makes sense to me, because our soul/spirit/consciousness is stepping out for a little vacation, so to speak.

So our alternate reality selves - the ones that lives in a DR - they have their own soul/spirit/consciousness right? Because they're not dormant in their own lives?

Right?

So... Where does the Clone we sometimes use in the CR while we're away come from? Is it one of the DR-selves? Is it the DR-self from the DR we're actively shifting to? Something else?