reminders
Spirit Worker Reminders
It’s okay if your practice isn’t filled with drama and attacks. Never having been psychically assaulted or tortured on the astral plane doesn’t make you any less of a spirit worker. You’re not doing things “wrong” if the most you’ve ever had to do to banish an unwanted spirit is say “can u not”.
It’s okay if you take an informal approach to your practice. The spirits I work are routinely addressed with such lofty, respectful titles as: dude, bro, homeslice, nerd, jerkass, hey you, rat-fink, you get the idea. Obviously, sometimes you’re gonna want to break out the formalities, but it’s fine if you don’t use them in the day to day stuff.
It’s okay if your practice is mellow and modern. One of the most treasured “bonding” experiences I have had to date with a spirit involved the two of us hanging out on my bed and listening to the new Fall Out Boy album. Who would’ve guessed a dead coyote would love the song “Uma Thurman” so much? Not me.
It’s okay to stop and question yourself sometimes. There’s nothing wrong with feeling like you can’t entirely believe everything that’s happening to you, with feeling like you’re imagining things. You’re allowed to be skeptical of yourself and your practice at times. It only makes you a “bad” spirit worker if you let it stop you forever.
A Little Advice for Life from Sir Terry Pratchett
“Use your gifts and your talents to greatest possible effect while you can. Spread joy wherever possible. Laugh at jokes. Tell jokes. Make puns and bugger the embuggerances. Read books. Read my books. You might like them. You might find something else you like even more than them. Look for these things in life.
Question authority. Champion good causes. Speak out against injustice. Do not tolerate bullies or bigots or racists or anti-intellectuals or the narrow-minded. Use your education to challenge them. Broaden their perspectives. Make the world you interface with a happier place.
These are your choices. Choices you have been fortunate to have been given, so don’t waste them while you have them. Don’t look back in years to come and wish you had grasped a fleeting opportunity. Grasp it now with both hands, Live. Strive. Love.
~Terry Pratchett
April 28, 1948 – March 12, 2015
Spirit Work: The Importance of Putting Yourself First
Spirit work is such an intense and distracting line of work, that sometimes people forget to take care of themselves and think about the effects that it can have on them, mentally and/or physically. Here are some important (and highly UPG) rules/tips that I have come up with.
1. You do not owe the spirits anything.
-It’s important to remember that you do not owe a spirit anything. If a random spirit starts asking you for something, walk away. (Note: This is different from giving offerings/doing something because you want to)
2. If the spirit makes you uncomfortable/hurts you, it is well within your rights to kick them to the curb.
3. Don’t believe everything they say.
-Spirits, just like humans, can lie
4. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
-Not every spirit is an angel sent to protect you or your ultimate guide, some of them may pretend to be something else to get you to work with them or trust them
5. If they make your mental health worse, then it is not worth working with them.
6. Consent is key.
7. Don’t allow them to pull you onto the astral if you do not want to/are scared.
8. Don’t accept gifts if it is likely that there will be strings attached.
9. Don’t Travel into the Astral without any protections.
10. Discernment is important!
-Just because a spirit comes in claiming a soul connection doesn’t mean you owe them anything or that it’s true
11.You are not obligated to do spirit work 24/7 take a break if you need one.
-If the spirits breach boundaries or try to interrupt your break despite being informed that you need one… They need to go.
12. Most importantly: Watch out for yourself!
I’m nonbinary.
I’m in law school.
I’m out. I introduce myself to people with my name and pronouns.
In my email signature, my pronouns are directly underneath my name in an only slightly smaller font.
It’s February, and I already have secured a summer internship.
I’m in the top 25% of my class.
You can be nonbinary, and you can be out, and you can still succeed. You don’t have to compromise. There’s going to be transphobic people, there always will, but being out does not mean you can’t pursue the career you want.
The most important thing, the most necessary thing, is to find support from other trans people and from allies who use your pronouns publicly and without shame.
CALLOUT POST: YOU
gentle reminder
treat yourself the way you would treat your best friend – you and your feelings are just as important as anyone else’s
Wandering Jotun / Ignis-Sassentia 