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I started on my path of witchcraft in my late 20s. I learned about the craft mostly from books along with how it has developed over the years. I also learned how I could incorporate little *witchy* things into my everyday life. Walking this path I have found that I know things in my mind and I can put actions to this knowledge but without an inner connection. I found myself always wanting to learn more than the books could teach but because I couldn’t find any other way to learn, I kept reading.

What I have now discovered is that for an authentic and transformational magickal practice to manifest itself in a natural and connected way, I would need to develop a relationship with my own non-corporal inner tradition. I had to learn to *be* a witch to feel connected to what I knew consciously to be true.

Much of what I have learned about witchcraft has come more from accidental experiences during my spiritual work of which I would practice on a regular and methodical basis. There have been many workings where nothing spectacular happened except that it made me feel good. Then there are other very special moments when I find myself in a very profound place where the energy shifts and something extraordinary happens.

People can tell you all day long that ghosts exist and how the spirit world can affect you. But until you experience it for yourself, you can never really know for sure. I’m not advocating that everyone stop reading books because they are a source of inspiration and insight but until you can make contact with the spirit world yourself, it will only be information in a book or something a friend says is true. When you experience your own true connection, then you will know, and I mean KNOW that it is real.

A magickal discipline, performed on a regular basis, will eventually produce a phenomenon. What your magickal practice does is build up energy to create a field allowing contact between you and the spirit world. Over time this field grows strong enough to reveal, guide, inspire and direct. There is an attunement or an alignment which enables this connection with the witch. If the witch continues to work this field, the energy connection will eventually develop the ability to connect you with this spirit world and your alliances without conscious effort. It will be intermingled with your everyday reality.

If your path of witchcraft is always focused on positive energy, harming none, and for the highest good, you can be sure this connection will not lead you astray. It will only connect you with what is good in your life and guide you to evolving into a deeper and more spiritual being. As your connection becomes stronger and more frequent, you will find yourself developing a greater consciousness and awareness wherever you are. The additional information allowed in can be invaluable while otherwise you would have been very unaware of the influences at play.

I’ve come to the realization that my personal connection to my own inner world has connected me to what some would call spirit allies. These include my spirit guides as well as other people’s spirit guides and other beings. While these beings or allies seem to be existing separate from me, they are also very much apart of me, thus creating a paradox. We are all one in the Universe and it’s only here in this three-dimensional reality that we think we are separate. I would advise not getting too hung up on the oneness vs separateness. Just know that as you grow and evolve spiritually, beings residing in the spirit world will reveal themselves to you to assist in your progress.

You could say that one of the most essential parts of your spiritual work is to make contact with your Higher Self or Holy Guardian Angel. Making this connection will deepen your knowledge of your True Will, as Aleister Crowley would call it. Any magickal or mystical operation that can fully reveal the Higher Self and assist you in knowing its name and defining its character is probably the most important key to any kind of adept level working and realization.

Other spiritual beings may make themselves known to you as you work your system. As you do, it might be helpful to create an invocation ritual to focus attention for exploring and defining the spirit being. Performing such a customized ritual for connecting with a spirit being can create a powerful and personal bond. You could place a statue on your altar to represent this being and provide offerings to it to further your connection and relationship. Of course this smacks of what may be considered silly idol worship. Just remember the statue is a physical representation of the being and is not the being itself. It’s a tool to help you connect and be conscious of a particular being. It is not necessary to have a statue and give offerings but it definitely helps in developing your relationship with the entity.

Just a note about worship. The word worship is about reverence and not about relinquishing your control. It’s more about communing with the Divine rather than groveling and debasing yourself before the Divine. You never want to give control over your life to a deity or spirit being of any kind. The ones who want control are not the ones who have your best interest at heart.

The act of giving offerings is about respect and you are actually giving energy to the spirit as an exchange for what the being has done or is willing to do for you. Many of these spirit beings have their own requirements and you only have to ask what they would like in return for assisting you. Some ask you to put out birdseed for the birds while others want a particular colored candle burned or specially scented incense. I’ve never had any being ask for something like blood sacrifice or anything expensive.

Your inner temple is a reflection of yourself and can be represented by your altar or shrine. As you grow spiritually, the items on your altar will also develop showing your growth and progress. Practicing this way will help the witch develop her or his ability to connect to a more real reality found in the spirit world. This development will aid, guide, develop, reward and empower you on your spiritual path and as you grow so do those entities assisting you and everyone else on the earth.

The best tip I can give to making connections with spirit beings is to learn to meditate. A noisy mind will interfere with your ability to communicate clearly with a spirit being. When you are able to stay in a relaxed state and are able to focus attention on one thought or able to not get caught up in your thoughts as they pass by, then practice asking questions making it clear that you are wanting to communicate with your spirit guides. In my opinion, spirit guides are the easiest and safest beings to learn to communicate with. Ask to see them and then allow whatever picture to appear in your mind. You can ask to hear them speak and then listen to the first thing to come into your mind. You want the first thing because if you wait too long then your ego will come in and tell you something different and then you will be confused.

When you feel you have a connection with your guides then ask them a simple yes or no question which is easily verified. The question should be very simple and as short as possible. Once you have asked the question then take the first thing to come to your mind as the answer. Verify the answer to see if you heard your guides accurately.

Remember you are learning to communicate so if you get it wrong try not to get upset about it. It’s important to give yourself time to develop the ability to hear and connect with your guides. A regular practice of asking simple yes or no questions will quickly develop your ability. The more you use this ability the more accurate the answers will be.

Good luck on your adventures with the spirit world.

Dawn Michele
auroramagick@gmail.com
319-213-4100

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Dawn Michele Ziemer is a Certified Spiritual Life Coach, Witchcraft Teacher, Yoga and Meditation Instructor, Karuna and Usui Reiki Master/Teacher and Clairvoyant living in Delhi, IA. To learn more about Dawn and to join her newsletter go to www.aurora-dawn.com.

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