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sigils and servitors?

Bandito Bob

01:22 / 14.08.01

I have just started practicing magick and have two questions to begin with:

1. How do I know if I have properly charged a sigil?

2. Is it better to make a servitor's physical base myself or can I just use a tacky knick-knack from one of the local dollar stores?

Mordant Carnival

16:00 / 14.08.01

quote:Originally posted by Bandito Bob:
I have just started practicing magick and have two questions to begin with:

1. How do I know if I have properly charged a sigil?

2. Is it better to make a servitor's physical base myself or can I just use a tacky knick-knack from one of the local dollar stores?

Regarding Q1: I myself don't know if I've charged a sigil. Either it works (which it almost always does) or it's a dud (which occasionally happens).

Regarding Q2: I'll have to come clean here and admit I've never actually tried to do this, so what I'm going to say next is purely theoretical. From what I know, it shouldn't matter that much if you use a ready-made figure but you may do well to customize it a little.

Hope this helps!

19:09 / 14.08.01

Someone here, a while ago, said there can be an undefinable feeling or instinct when you charge a sigil, like you know deep down in some corner of your brain that it charged fully. (the 'Lither said it's a kind of "Right, that's done then" feeling)

Beyond that, it's all up to your experimentation with what works and what doesn't for you, based on observing results.

00:07 / 15.08.01

um, and about the servitor question...it would be better to use an object so you can destroy it and turn the servitor off once it's done it's job.