Mobile Wards

There is a bit of a problem with stationary wards as opposed to mobile ones. This is mainly due to the fact that stationary wards can afford to be all purpose in a sense, simply repelling any intruder who might wish the occupants harm. While a mobile ward could encounter anything in the course of its owner's travels.

This is why in my former post, I tied the personal ward to the stationary one, in a sense defining the owner of the personal ward as belonging to the place where the stationary ward was based. This gives the mobile ward a broader foundation and makes it able to cope with more trouble than any normal all-purpose ward, provided of course, the stationary wards remain unbroken. Without the stationary wards to back it up or a strong will to keep it empowered, a personal ward is weaker.

Ideally I would say pick a spot that you consider safe, whether it's a random tree in the middle of the woods or a courthouse or your childhood home or whatever to you can justify as being incontrovertibly safe (and not likely to lose its safety) in your mind. The more you are tied to the place from personal experience, the better -so long as the symbolism is strong in your mind. Symbolism is the "circuitry" through which your intent flows. Don't tell anyone what or where this place is, just to be sure no one messes with it, and take some small bits from that site (tree bark, splinters, soil, paint chips, etc). Avoid returning to this place, else your enemies might make the connection if they know you are using this kind of ward. Use these in the manufacture of your charm as a kind of power source, ie a link to something larger than yourself and your own will.

In the wards I described before, I used vials for the personal amulets because they were most like the witches bottles. For something like this, you can use whatever "vessel" is convenient. So long as it can hold the "ingredients," it's good. So a vial, a lump of clay, a pouch, a tin, etc -so long as it's something you can carry on your person and not lose or forget. Something you can wear is ideal as you're less likely to lose it.

For a well-rounded protective stone as the focus of the charm, I prefer Sunstone. It has many benefits - bringing "blessings" to the user (calling to you good fortune to preempt any negative events), changing the negative for the positive (ensuring a positive outcome despite negative events), removing unhealthy psychological or spiritual attachments (ie preventing possession), dissipating fearfulness and stress (thus allowing you to keep such wasted energies for other things). However, different people have different personal energy. If you handle the stone and find you don't like it, you may have to do some research on your own.

Green, purple, white, and gold are the colors most associated with luck and protection. You may use these in construction of your charm, either paint or fabric or even stones (the sunstone would qualify as gold, or if you happen to be a metalsmith, using gold to make the entire talisman).  It's not necessary that you use all of these colors, and it's very much a matter of personal preference. I mean if you make a charm that's so ghastly you can't bear to look at it, it won't do you much good. I also like to choose a shiny new penny for the luck symbolism and the copper content, copper being a very lucky metal.

There are many, many herbs which have protective energies and which you can use in the construction of such a talisman.  To list them all would really be too much, but a quick google will give you dozens of sites from which to choose. Books are better simply because you won't always have internet access, they come with an index, and are more detailed than most internet entries. (Cunningham's and Beyerl's are probably the best in terms of availability, size, and content.) A good rule of thumb is to choose no more than seven plants (typically less and odd numbers at that) for any spell. Just remember, KISS- Keep It Simple Stupid (a favorite saying of a former teacher of mine). The spell is complicated enough without throwing more and more into it. Choose your ingredients based on what is available (kitchen spices for the win!), what is cheap (many useful "weeds" can be found in your backyard or nearby), and what has the broadest coverage in terms of the purpose of the spell. For instance, something that covers accidents is better than something that covers only fire; something that is protective and also adds power to other herbs is better than something which only protects against accidents, etc.

Finally, symbols. There are so many symbols that I have at least a dozen books on the subject. Again, stick to the basics. You don't need a ton of esoteric symbols to get the job done, unless to your mind that gives them added power. The Pentagram is one of the most protective symbols around, symbolic of the human body, the five elements, or the five senses, and therefore covering all the bases. The + is a simple sign which can be used to signify a crossroads or all directions, meaning help from all corners or protection from danger no matter its origin. The circle is about as simple as it gets in terms of protective signs, a wall to protect what is inside from everything that is outside.

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And since I mentioned it in my previous post.... several years ago, I made everyone in my family protective amulets for their cars. It was not an amulet to prevent accidents, but rather to prevent injury. I had to focus on one or the other and opted for the more important goal of keeping the occupants of the car safe. So far as I know, my mother is the only one who took it seriously, but it worked in spectacular fashion.

She'd been hearing weird wheel noises for a while, but one day she was driving past a restaurant and turning a corner, her wheel popped off the car. The car more or less came to an immediate stop thanks to gravity. The wheel flew from the car, hit the large window of the restaurant, rebound back to the car, bounced off the car, and came to rest a few feet from the car. There were no injuries to anyone on the road, in the restaurant, or in the car.

Another time, she was on the road and the driver of a massive dump truck on the other side had a heart attack with his foot on the gas pedal. He plowed right past her and into the trees mere feet in front of her car. If it had struck her, she would have died instantly.

The charm itself:

3 pieces felt -purple, white, and green

red, black, white, purple, and blue embroidery floss

1 white ribbon

1 piece of yellow Jasper

1 new penny

equal parts Rosemary, comfrey, and moss

Myrrh oil

 

 Cut the white felt into a six point star large enough to cover the penny. Cut the purple and green felt into large circles about the width of your palm. Sew the white star onto purple side with the penny underneath. 

On the green felt, use the floss to sew the symbol of Saturn in black, Mars in red, Jupiter in blue, Mercury in purple, and the plus sign in white. These should be arranged more or less in the form of a pentagon with Saturn at the top point. Sew the two pieces of felt together inside out with a bit at the top open and then flip it right side out.  

Using the ribbon, fasten the jasper to the outside of the charm, using the points as reference to make a pentagram. Trust me; it's just easier to do it this way. Then stuff it with the herbs and sew it shut our use the ribbon to make a drawstring to hang it from your rearview mirror. Anoint the stone with a few drops of myrrh oil and allow sun to shine on the stone as much as possible.

A Few Things

A long term form of home protection is planting ivy and holly right next to your house and letting it grow up and around your house. This protects against evil.


This is going to be an amulet one. Take a small jar, like that you could put a string through the cork at the top and wear around your neck, and stuff an aloe leaf in there along with some anise. Then pour some (fresh, like you squeezed it) apple juice in there with it. The aloe is for peace, the anise for protection, and the apple for good luck. This should help you avoid being hurt, and finding peace wherever you are.


Also anise can be kept in your bed to protect against nightmares.


Oh if you're on the run try putting some basil in your wallet. This promotes wealth. Maybe it'll help you find money while you're on the run. =3


That's all for today folks. See you later.


Forever Watchful~ Tikka


EDIT: Speaking of Mystery's recommendation, if you want to use an actual apple for something, trying cutting it in half so you have the five seed parts (making a five pointed star.) Ya know, just try it out, instead of just having the whole apple sitting about or little cuts of it.

On being Invisible

The first thing you have to wrap your head around is that being invisible is not abnormal. Sure it's what you'd expect from Slendy and friends, but there's a reason for that. Slenders steals people with psychic potential. He snaps them up like toffee popcorn, mucks about their heads, tweaking this, trimming that, and then he uses them to glorify himself... to spread himself to even more people.

You were "chosen" because you are highly intelligent, creative, and/or psychically gifted. As I'm pretty sure all three are connected, even if you don't feel you meet all of these qualifications, making yourself invisible is something some, if not all, of us can do. If you are able to master this talent, it could prove invaluable for avoiding proxies should you choose to stand your ground. Or if you become a runner, it will keep a store clerk from breathing down your neck because he's well aware that the scruffy kid who doesn't look like she has two nickels to rub together has come to shoplift some food. (Not that I endorse shoplifting, but fact of life, everyone's got to eat.)

Slenders is not a physical entity. He does not use invisibility unless it is borrowed from those he has subjugated. He doesn't technically need to. When he wishes to go about unseen, he can simply drop some of the matter he's carrying and go back to being incorporeal.

Invisibility is a bit of a misnomer. If you master this skill, you are more accurately telling people "move along, nothing to see here." They are still aware of you on a subconscious level, but unless you walk right up to them and say "boo!" they will more or less not acknowledge you. This varies from person to person, as not everyone is equally psychically endowed. Those who are generally more aware of their surroundings (Pink Floyd's "amazing powers of observation") are more likely to notice you. A good rule of thumb to follow though, when you are putting out your "I'm not here" vibe, try to avoid calling attention to yourself so that those who could notice you are not startled into awareness. They'll be more likely to notice you in the future after that.

Now, to the technique. We are all connected to everything around us, but we very rarely notice it. In fact, most humans are completely cut off from consciously noticing this connection. Call it the akashic records, nirvana, existing in the now, following the tao, whatever you like, but it amounts to accepting your small place in the tapestry of existence, essentially fading into the background by identifying with it. Humans tend to have telescopic vision, focusing on a very small portion of reality as it pertains to them, personally. So with that mindset it is extremely easy to overlook something in the background.

Sometimes the act of becoming invisible is instinctive. Ever felt like you were being ignored by absolutely everyone? Chances are you've gone invisible without noticing. For the purposes of learning how to become invisible, or using any psychic gift really, I cannot stress enough the advantage of knowing how to meditate. Invisibility is very much a state of mind. Just as some meditation relies on the repetition of sounds, if you examine your invisible state, you may notice a low hum in your head (or sometimes a high pitched whine depending upon your state of mind). If you are able to notice this lower tone, you may be able to use it in the future to replicate your invisible state, thus skipping a lot of the effort needed to make your invisibility a conscious choice.

Another technique to use when attempting to become invisible is "syncing." This is more on par with what I was first trying to convey... that we are all connected. Syncing means that you connect yourself to another living entity psychically and blanket yourself in their EM field. If you use this technique with people, I suggest only trying it with those who you know very well and who would not object to the connection. This is also something which only someone who is empathically or telepathically gifted should attempt. There can be a mental "bleed" between two people linked in this way- them picking up your anxiety or you picking up whatever they are feeling. It almost guarantees a panic scenario if one or both of you are startled by something unless you are able to shield your mind from the impressions of your partner.

A third technique also uses syncing, but with plants and animals. With animals, you have the same drawbacks as you do with people, namely instincts will kick you both in the gut if you are startled while synced. With plants, there is less of a chance of negative psychic feedback, but you must be a high functioning empath to pull it off and plants have a tendency to be too calm. What you see as a threat won't phase them, and so your reaction time may be slowed down if you are discovered. Still, plants are more highly aware of their environment than animals and will be the first to know if there is as something alien in their midst, like Slenders.

Again, you are not actually invisible. It would be better to say that you are unnoticed. When done properly, it should feel as though you are maintaining two separate consciousnesses... one controls your invisibility while the other directs your course. They should be very distinctly separate from one another to ensure that you remain invisible as long as you need to be, despite your emotional state. It is akin to lucid dreaming... but in real time.

Now to go back to my suggestion concerning meditation. This is twofold. In the first case, meditation allows you to jump to different mental states, connecting not only with a calmer, more centered part of the mind, but also allowing you access to mental functions which some have called miraculous. The Tibetan Lamas consider this a fallacious pursuit on the route to nirvana, but there are many mental skills available to those who delve into the mysteries of their own minds... bilocation, heightened endurance and strength, immunity to the elements, etc.

Actually teaching anyone how to achieve invisibility is a difficult process as technique is a matter of innate ability and choice. I would suggest you learn at least the rudiments of meditation first and from there begin to expand your consciousness to the wider world, rather than contracting it to the nothingness which is the normal goal of meditation. Explore the contours of the space in which you are meditating until you know them intimately, and then attempt to blend your consciousness with them. When you are comfortable with this, move on to maintaining such connections with your environment outside of your meditative space. Continue to practice in a variety of situations to ensure that you can maintain this invisibility even under duress.

So long as you maintain this level of awareness, you should remain unnoticed by almost everyone. I say almost everyone because there's always going to be people who are psychically gifted enough to see through your invisibility. Just as there are people who can see ghosts. Even Slendy's converts should for the most part be ignorant of you, provided they're not gifted with clairvoyance. It's unlikely you'd fool Him in a direct confrontation though. So use this ability judiciously, or he will choose hunters who cannot be blinded by this little trick.