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Destructive Energies the Russian Way

Evil Eye

сглаз / "sgals"

verb: сглазить/ "sglazit' "

from глаз/"glaz"= eye

The Evil Eye is probably the most famous destructive energy worldwide. Nearly every culture has an equivalent to it even in places like Germany, where they lost most of their own spiritual knowledge, the Evil Eye is still a thing, here mostly due to influences from Turkey. But obviously in this post I'm focusing on personal experience and  knowledge from Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan...)

The Evil Eye can be thrown at someone in two different ways, both of them triggered by jealousy and enviousness.

1) In the first version the Evil eye is cast out without the direct will of the one who throws it. In doing so the caster doesn't say anything negative to their "victim", on the contrary the victim is praised by the casters, who can honestly think that way and mean their compliments sincerely, but they habe negative experiences with the topic, deep within themselves they are jealous and want to have what the other person already has. That way  they send destructive energy towards the victim uncounciously without ever wanting to harm them.

For example person A has a  garden with a vegetable patch. His neighbour person B starts praising  A, telling him how gorgeous his vegetable garden is and how delicious his tomatoes look, how fertile his soil is... B honestly thinks that and just wants to say something nice about A, but he has traumatic experiences with the topic "garden". A would love to grow his own vegetables, but he has to work all the time and doesn't have anyone to help him, while A gets a lot of help from his family. Unconsciously he sends this negativity towards A. Shortly after this conversation A will notice that all his plants shrivel even though they have enough water and don't lay in the direct sun. It might even come to a pest infestation without any rational reason.

Compliments can ruin everything in way or another, be it your car, your phone or the most popular of all your health.

2) The second possibility would be that a person is conscious about their   enviousness and wants to see the other one suffer so they harm them deliberately. People who are able to use this form of the Evil Eye, actually have  Evil Eyes (don't get that mixed up with Portscha I'm mentioning the differences later) . You can see who has evil eyes if you're able to look through people. This isn't superficial, the evil eye has nothing to do with eye colour or shape it's a state of being. It's in the personality of these people they "are evil" and chose not to change that, similar to Energy Vampires, and this you can see in them. Their eyes just  are and look  "evil". But very few people are able to see others for what they truly are. Only women possess the actually harmful Evil Eye. Men can have the Evil Eye too, even though it is more rare in them, but they aren't able to use it. They desire to through it at someone and try yet it doesn't work, therefore they get extremely angry in the mundane plane and start to scream at or insult their target. It's ridiculous if you witness that reaction. I talked about men and women but in fact you're born with Evil Eyes. I saw it in children of all ages while growing up, the thing is they can't use it, they feel the need to try and when it doesn't work they get tantrums, same thing applies to teenagers. It seems to take some time to master the art of Sglas only that men never manage to do so. I'm sure they could use their evil eyes if they were more intuned with their feminine energy but having evil eyes doesn't have anything to do with being balanced in any way. These people are bitter to their core, narcissistic and at the same time malcontent with themselves. Basically all of the ones I met are very ignorant but acted like they knew everything. If you're able to sense energies you'll notice  how disgusting the presence of these people is, I would say they are also energy vampires, they're draining and want to take everything from you at the same moment they dump all their shit on you, even if they aren't throwing the Evil Eye. But like I said most people don't even notice that only how horrible they feel afterwards.

For installing the Evil Eye you need to look at your victim, this can be a long intense stare or a sudden sinister glance you give the target when you are quickly passing by. This can also be done while looking at a picture or video of said person.

That's the reason why it is said never to  show that you're happy. This applies both for posting pictures of your success, relationships, family...  on your instagram and talking about it with the wrong people for instance at work. 

So why is the second version of the Evil Eye not considered portscha ? Quite frankly there is more to portscha.  If a master does something like this it will cut way deeper. On an energetic level the Evil Eye looks like dirt on your aura, like a car drove through a puddle and bespattered you with mud.Theoretically it's easy to wash of and everybody can do so themselves, but if nothing is done the dirt accumulates, suffocating your aura so to say, and is very hard to get rid off. You can be affected by it your entire childhood and teens  in some cases even longer.

Moreover people with evil eyes desire to harm you but they don't act from a point of free will they're a slave to their drives. A rather extreme example of that would be a neighbor of mine, an old woman, she can barely walk yet she goes around all day and night stopping before every building trying to look into all windows of every appartement, standing still when someone's passes her way starring after them till she can't see them anymore.

Personally I call it the Evil Eye if I want to harm someone just in that given moment, which is just name. It is a combination of things and definitely belongs in the category of Portscha.

Also you can direct the Evil Eye right back to its sender in the moment it's happening, but that's something you have to learn by practice and first you'd have to be affected by the Evil Eye several times in order for you to even notice it

"Proklyatiye"

проклятие

translates to curse/ malediction/ condemnation

verb: проклинать/ "proklinat' " = to curse...

This form of destruction is never planned since it is born out of raw extremely powerful emotions like rage or hatred, also it involves literal cursing in the sense of insulting the victim or wishing something upon them.

It also  requires to see the victim in any  distance or form. It can be done face to face as well as at the back of person than they're already leaving, as well as at picture as a representation of said person. It isn't necessarily cast out with the intention to harm the other person, oftentimes it happens out of sheer negligence, getting lost in the moment in the strong negative emotion without realizing what one is actually doing. You can do it without the will but with the desire to harm.

An example that is very common in real life is a daughter fighting with her mother. Let's say the daughter was supposed to come home at 11:00 pm but she came back at 3:00 am and was drunk. Obviously the mother would confront her, giving her life lessons. The Daughter would be talking back not willing to listen. The situation would heat itself up very fast and the two would be screaming at each other.[I]Than the mother would call her child a useless whore who can't do anything and will never accomplish anything.[I]Her emotions were so raw, so strong, so real, that this is how she put a Proklyatiye on her daughter, not because she didn't love her in fact most likely because she loves her so deeply that she even got angry with her at the first place.

The two might not talk for the  next day but shortly after that everything will be fine. The fight will be long forgotten and nobody will ever think about it again. However the Proklyatiye will show up as a spiral pattern in the daughter's life. She might get a good degree and a nice job but shortly afterwards she will lose it and won't be able to find a new one, when she does she loses it again shortly after her situation seemed to improve. She might have lovers but don't find love. 

She might be in a relationship but than left alone used and broken again and again and again. She might get pregnant but have a miscarriage.....You see what I'm getting at. Meanwhile her mother will lay in her bed awake every night thinking about how she could help her poor little girl and how she would like to kill  the evil witch  that cursed her baby.

Besides family fights, every situation with heated speech is prone to result in a Proklyatiye (arguments at work, about politics, or just when people are drunk). But it can also be done with one sentence from strangers, like than a guy approaches you and calls you a slut when you aren't interested. Keep in mind if a gypsy does something like that  it would be a another lever of cursing, so beware when they're trying to sell you roses.

The thing is you can't trust emotions.

Somebody might scream at you and you'd fear for  you life, but in the reality the person holds off and doesn't give a fuck about the situation. On the the other hand a person can hold off for too long not reacting to abuse  for months and years. Than someday they can just say  a controlled  sentence seeming to be completely chill on the outside. You might not take them seriously and laugh about it but the emotional power behind the sentence can be so strong that you will deal with the consequences for the rest of your life. It can also accure from plain hatred.

Situations in which a Proklyatiye takes place are often times not special at all, they tend to be  forgotten by both the caster and the victim. But depending on who casts it and what the  situation is it's able  cut very deep because the emotional power is so strong and it can follow you around forever if nothing is done about it.

Some actors refuse to play heated arguments  because they are afraid of Proklyatiye, generally they have nothing to fear because the emotions have to be real but than again it depends on how much they get caught in in their roles.

"Portscha"

порча

transletes to something along the lines of decay

verb: портить/ "portit' "= to destroy/to devastate/ to ruin/ to decay ...

Portscha isn't necessary the most destructive but it's the most cunning energy. Here we can start talking about black magic, but just to make it clear magic doesn't have a colour it's neither black or white  it's a tool like a knife. You can cut bread with it and stop your hunger, you can feed those in need, or you can kill somebody with it.

Everything jinxes, hexes, curses belongs in the category of  Portscha, even though such classifications don't exist in Russian Magic. There's Portscha that can last for a couple of  weeks, some stays with you for your  life time and is nearly impossible to remove, some sticks to your entire blood line and some to the incarnations of your soul, and then there's also  Portscha to death...the list goes on.

Portscha isn't done in the heat of the moment, it's planed, calculated in all its details. You think about it other and other again. Could there be any consequences? Are they worth it? When to cast it? What to use? Here you know exactly what you're dealing with. It is done with the wish to harm, with a conscious desire to do so and with free will.

Portscha says a lot about its caster. Some people forgive and forget.Some people just keep distance. And some go and do portscha. Don't make things judgmental that aren't. They are all choices. There situations in this world for which there isn't enough punishment. Why should any of them be forgiven? Some people get away with everything without ever facing consequences. Why should they? You know that prayer that everybody quotes:

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

Be your own god.

Know the difference.

Decide.

If you decide to do so let the thought wander through your mind for some time, plan it out again and again, let the energy built itself up. (Obviously don't wait if it's a live or die type of situation.)

You will know when the time's right, you'll get a sign, it can be anything.  Look out for signs in general, the more you are aware of them the more you will get them.

And ones you get your sign turn your thoughts into actions  ideally on the very same day. Don't procrastinate or it will drive you crazy.

I'm not about the motto : "you have to curse to know how to heal".

Russian witchcraft differentiates between three different types of practiconers: "lights ones" who usually don't consider themselves witches, they go by healers and all they do is healing. They are very rare not only nowadays, there have been always   only few people who master this art completely, but someone who does plays around the liga of healing poisonous snake bites and curing cancer. Than there are "dark witches" who do portscha, there are lots of masters who only offer this service. Things balance each other out. And of course there are people who practice both. Many masters started they practice with portscha, most of the times it is the first thing students have to do, especially popular is taking a picture from someone's social media and using it for Portscha.

I'm not a fan of jumping head first into portscha either  but most people will find it way easier to manifest than positive type of workings.

I myself was amazed how fast it worked when I first through proper Portscha at someone. It was supposed to built itself up and reach its longterm  state of being  by the next thunderstorm. And by fast I mean the person sent me an audio considering something I would have  liked to see as the result  maybe two hours after I was down, which was in the middle of the night and after I breaked off all contact to her, again I already knew what and when I was doing it. This you can call a coincidence if you want to, fact is that the next I saw her, which was two days after, I already could see clearly that my hex has begun working and I also how it started to get stronger. The effects of it can still be seen today. Yet, like you can imagine, I didn't quite worked how I wanted it to. It wasn't as drastic, never reached it highest potential. That's because I got to entangled with it in the middle run. I liked how fast it worked so I couldn't stop thinking about it and how it would develop.

For Portscha to be its most powerful, you have to be cold blooded.

If you ask me you can't let emotions get in your way. If you do so while casting, it won't work at all (which is especially applied to my "Evil Eye jinx" I mentioned above), if you do so afterwards you'll mess up your results.

Even if your goal is to see your target burn, you have to be cold.

Portscha  is calculated and cold. It is the contrary of a Proklyatiye.

If you're attempting Portscha in the heat of passion it isn't any different than a Proklyatiye, which is like furiously throwing punches at someone. Sure if you know where to hit them, you will hurt them. But If you're doing it on purpose you lost the unconsciously-manifesting-card. Now everybody can see you. It is extremely easy to pull you away and stop you, so   you'll never manage to create serious damage 

In contrast true Portscha is calmly walking past someone, stabbing them with a knife and walking away like nothing ever happened.

Who could do anything about that? Well that's a topic for another blog.

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Pluto - God of Death and Rebirth

Pluto Correspondences

Colours:

Black and Red combined (preferably deep, blood or wine reds)

Weekday:

Tuesday

Element:

Water

Stones and Metals:

Pluto is the Master of the Underworld and everything that is hidden beneath the surface, Metals and Gemstones that are covered with earth and stone are seen as Pluto's gift to humanity, so all ores, metals and gemstones found in nature correspond to Pluto

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Currently in the Sign of:

Capricorn

Astrological:

Suffering, psychological transformation, beginnings and endings of life stages and historical eras and events...

Magical:

Power, malediction, (psychological) transformation, letting go, (spiritual) death and rebirth...

In this article I'm not going to focus on the Roman god Pluto or his Greek counterpart Hades as well as on more scientific detail, since the internet is already full with information about these topics.

Pluto in Astrology

In the case of Pluto he spends different amounts of time in different signs due to its elliptical orbit.

In the moment (meaning from 2008 to 2024) Pluto is in the sign of Capricorn.

These era made the discussion about privilege big and tries to hold up a mirror up to everyone in society aiming to stop oppression.

Pluto is a generational planet, meaning that he spends long periods of time in one sign resulting in ruling over the fate of an entire generation.

Pluto is the planet of hidden motivations, of things that drive us without most of us knowing why.

Societal issues are a thing Capricorn does not understand on a fundamental level and needs to be made aware of rather than a thing Capricorn does make people aware of.

But we must keep in mind that all Pluto in Capricorns are still very very young and therefore couldn't make themselves noticeable yet, so we will only see in the future what changes the Capricorn generation as people will bring with them.

On the other hand we have the two generations that made themselves more than just noticeable:

the loudest in our society today are the Scorpios (1983-1995) also known as millenials and the Sagittariuses (1995-2008) who brought a new era of transperant knowledge with them.

The loudest doesn't mean that they are the ones who hold the most power at the moment but they hold the future so they kinda do.

They shifted the collective consciousness dramatically and will continue to do so.

(Photography can be seen above)

The same book tells us this about Pluto in Capricorn:

(Photography can be seen above)

Which pretty much the opposite happend concerning the end of war and the stability of confederations of states.

But personally I think that either this time period or the Capricorn people themselves will bring a big reality check to the world. It is a Capricorn trait I appreciate and something that everyone needs from time to time, especially applies to the former two Pluto generations.

Scorpio is smart when it comes to resources, but this resourcefulness can easily reach dimensions of "just give some water and bread and I will stay in my room and live in my mind ", Sagittarius is very practical in nature, but can be extremely delusional when it comes to certain things.

No matter in what sign Pluto stands, it always brings huge historical events and of course destruction and downfall of old eras as well as the beginning of new ones, that correspond to the particular sign.

Now let's talk about Pluto in your birthchart, since all of the same age as you share the same Pluto sign, you all share some sort of spirit but the house in which your Pluto stands in plays an important role then it comes to how this spirit plays out and is a far more personal approach.

Most astrology books will tell you that Pluto will bring a great transformation into your live so that you will rise from the ashes and become greater than you were beforehand.

Well the transformation is true and stuff but where do you think the ashes come from?

Like Mars, Pluto is malefic in nature, he won't take your hand and lead you down the path of glory.

Just look at the sign Pluto is ruling:

Scorpio

-the sign of suffering if you will.

It is the sign that can go through the biggest transformations but also the one that oftentimes doesn't live up.to it's potential.

Scorpios (more precisely Scorpios who are more immature) easily go through many cycles of death and resurrection and they are a new person after every of those spiritual 'deaths',

an new person with the same fundamental problems as the person before.

Scorpios can easily play reaper and kill everything that is already dead to them but they are masters in holding on to their suffering, getting caught in a phase of dying that goes low but never hit the lowest point.

Scorpions like to hide beneath rocks, Scorpio people like to hide beneath suffering.

Some Scorpios will deal with the exact same problems, that may have been caused by outside circumstances at one point but long only exists within themselves, for their entire live, "living" like a silent martyr and secretly getting off from their painful holiness. It's a Jesus complex. They like to play this role, dying for the world, constantly carrying it's weight on their shoulders causing a deep emptiness within them. They like it but they never ever will get anywhere near being fulfilled if they continue to play it.

Scorpios need to learn to let go and not only let go but to also move on and act on the physical plane and not only in their minds, they need to kill their old ego completely in order to truly live .

In whatever house Pluto is he will cause trouble.

The transformation part does not mean that you will start out hating everything that house stands for and later on become the perfect embodiment of the house.

Most likely you will grow up with various problems in that areas of your life resulting in traumas you will have to solve later on, on yourself.

Again Pluto is malefic he won't lead you to transformation he will limit you.

A position that is considered standard and easy to achieve for you might be covered with barbed wire and laced with landmines, you might be drawn to that situation because it's so easy to get there or be forced to be in it for some time.

That limitation can make you free later on because you know that the easy path is just pain for you so have to go down your own.

It's up to you to leave the easy way behind and rise above the suffering so you can pursue whatever greatness you're up to.

Pluto in Magic

The existence of the planet was first proven in 1930, so for obvious reasons he isn't mentioned in old works about planetary magic, but nevertheless the motives of death and resurrection always played a big role in former day magic as they still do today.

Nowadays a lot of practitioners chose to work with Pluto's energy. But that all tends to be more personal in the approach since there isn't much knowledge out there so far, so there is a lot left to discover.

His properties are very versatile even though they are often times reduced to the death/rebirth aspect.

Apart from the ones I mentioned at the very beginning for instance he is also good for establishing obsessions as well as getting rid of obsessions....

He also shares a lot of aspects with the planets Mars (especially his warrior energy) and Saturn and can be used instead of those , it just puts another tone on the energy.

When you wanna include something like candles in your workings it's best to combine both colours black for death and red for life.

But keep in mind that Pluto is only used for big workings never for small petty shit, it isn't worth it.

Where Pluto works a massive change takes place.

It's no force you would like to work with everyday.

Again Pluto is everything but benevolent.

And nevertheless the planet of actual physical death.

If you ask Pluto to throw a small jinx at your boss, it will be your luck if he doesn't care and does nothing or he let's the situation end up to be a fatal car accident.

Even without seeking Pluto out actively, his energy is always present when you (need to) go through a massive transformation or shift in consciousness, when you realise that you can go with the flow or in this case the under water current and therefore manifest things more easily into physical reality.

Pluto's Death Philosophy

-The Phoenix Death

Earlier I was speaking about immature and mature Scorpios, Scorpio in fact is the only sign that has seven symbols to it which are:

The spider, the scorpion, the lizard, the serpent, the wolf, the eagle

and THE PHOENIX

in that order, each of them represents a maturity level

The Pluto death is the death of the Phoenix, a being that is oftentimes depicted as bird that can burn itself anytime it wants and rises from its ashes to grow to the same it was before which would rather be the behavior of immature Scorpios.Myths of the Phoenix exist in almost every culture around the globe and their significance never died, however they can get misinterpreted.The Phoenix only burns itself at the end of a lifetime, when there is nothing left for it. He leaves his life behind, everything it was it can be never again, it won't be the same.The bird itself is immortal but its ego dies. It goes up in flames and produces ashes that will be its nurturing ground as it hatches out of its egg again, starting out with nothing.When most people find themselves in a situation there they think a transformation is necessary, they already know what bridge they have to take. They stand at the brick of it knowing what they would leave behind, knowing that they have to leave it behind to get what they want, to become who they want. It's also quite handy to know what you want to become in the first place.But they are scared to walk over the bridge.If you ask Pluto to help you evolve he will do that in his way. He will set everything on fire, including everything behind you and the bridge, but also the side you're wanna get to so you aren't blinded by false expectations.You have to get other the burning bridge and it's your thing to survive, Pluto doesn't care if you live or die he did his job he'll wait for you on the other side once you're done with yours.Spiritual rebirth in real life isn't done with a quick meditation it's process, you have to work for it, you have to get rid of everything you used to be at least for a little while, to start a new life.If you're a Phoenix (I'm referring to everyone not only Scorpios ) you can just stand behind a waterfall safe and sound and watch how your ego struggles and goes up in flames, enjoying its death, but for most people this isn't the case.For most it's a painful journey and no matter what way you go, you will burn.And once you made to the other side of bridge you'll have nothing but ashes.Ash is the purest thing there is.It is a new beginning.Pluto already planted his seeds deep down in the ground, you earned his respect, and if you look closely you can see how they are breaking through the surface.If you nurture them Pluto will help you to grow whatever trees you want.

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Who answers the cards?

Cartomancy is the divination method of choice for many people no matter what their spiritual path is or what kind of occult knowledge they possess.

Many just use cards, be it Tarot, Lenormand, Playing or Oracle Cards, because they work for them. But hardly anybody asks the questions: Why do the cards even work? Who answers them?

To these question one can find several different answers:

Spirits

The first option is that the cards have spirits attached them.

All of use know in the end cards are just pieces of paper thus some argue that it doesn't make sense for spirits to attach themselves to them, other people disagree since cards which are used for divination purposes behave very differently from those which let's say are used for gambling and certainly they don't behave like mundane paper, for example they can get hot while shuffling, be flying all other the place or refuse to answer particular questions.

Your connection to the spirit world

Now a different twist on the first answer is, that the cards don't actually have spirits attached to them instead you yourself use your connection to the spirit world to contact the spirits, in these case you can call them your ancestors or whatever "good force" there is on the other side, that is willing to help you and communicate with you through the cards.

Underlying believe here is that all us of once were part of the spirit world before we came here and will be part of it again once we're gone. Meanwhile most of us think the connection to the spirit world is lost and that the realm is to far away to reach, for the on the other side you're still part of their world and it's just like you've gone for a short walk.

Your mind

Underlying believe here is that you already know everything or rather everything you need to know in your subconsciousness and the cards as a tool bring out the information out of your unconsciousness and show it off in a way that is understandable for your conscious mind.

Collective consciousness

Sceptics of the "mind-model" criticize that it is impossible for one person to know everything in their own mind and that the cards are rather able to access and therefore connect you to collective consciousness in which all the knowledge of the universe is collected.

But other than that the collective consciousness is also a possible answer on it's own.

Placebo

Here cartomancy isn't seen as objective divination method but as a placebo, ergo they don't actually answer you questions but you still think they did.

Fake readers are using this method by either applie some psychological tricks and giving you answers that are more or less correct or just bend your ear with some generic shit phrases.

But also people who don't know how to handle divination cards are using this method accidentally by just interpreting anything they want in random cards. (which is not to be mistaken for having one's own card interpretations)

Both the mind- and the placebo-model (rarely even the collective consciousness-model) are used by atheists who are not aware of magic but still use cards for bringing out answers from their subconsciousness or just easing their minds. (Or at least that's what they think, they do)

Your Spirits

Initially I was calling this one "Gods" because it's most commonly known from witches who art part of an egregore and believe that their god(s) grant them divination powers or that the connection to said god(s) amplify their divination powers.

But actually this point applies to everyone who searches out any spirit for divination purposes actively, be it a daemon or just a deity you only work with in that situation. Another widespread version is doing divination through your/ with the help of your ancestors.

Overall you have to keep in mind that none of these answers is absolute.

They all can be possible.

And most likely several are true for one person without contradicting one another, depending on what kind of reading they are doing.

For instance if you're doing a reading about your mental health at the current moment you're using the mind-model because there is no need for the aid of any "external" force.

On the other hand if you're asking your ancestors or a deity for advice you're doing divination through them.

If you want to do a reading concerning the future (here you have to keep in mind that the cards only show you the future that will result out off the current moment and that you can make active changes if you desire another outcome) it would be handy to have the help from spirits/ a connection to the spiritual realm or access to the collective consciousness.

The spirit-model and the collective consciousness- model are the ones that can contradict each other the most at times.

Still both can be possible, again depending on different situations and different people.

Eventually everyone has their own preferences when it comes to divination and has to find out what works for them.

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