How Writing Is Like Witchcraft

 Let's discuss how writing something down can be so powerful and mysterious, and such a great act that it's almost akin to the practice of witchcraft. Stick with me. Think about it for a moment. When we write something down, we are externalizing our thoughts and our emotions, and we're transferring them from the intelligible realm of our minds into the tangible surface. Now that is huge in and of itself. You're taking something that was an abstract, scary thought, scary action, scary time, and making it into something that you can now touch, feel, and manipulate. It's almost as if we are enchanting the paper with our deepest desires or fears. And in this sense, writing becomes a vessel of transformation, doesn't it? 

It allows us to release negative energy and unwanted thoughts, casting them away like a spell. And by committing our worries to paper, we can create a space for them to dissipate and it leaves us feeling lighter and more at ease. And you can do this by writing out an event that happened to you that you want to make into a story. You can write in your journal about a hard day you had with friends and just kind of a brief outline of what happened. Or you could just simply write down on a piece of paper, I'm feeling depressed. Whatever you want. Even a daily gratitude journal like I keep is seriously just magic in the making. 

It reminds me of the concept of sympathetic magic. And that's where an action is performed on one object and it's believed to cause a similar effect on another. And in the case of writing, we're symbolically transferring our burdens onto the paper, effectively banishing them from our minds. And furthermore, writing can also serve as a form of manifestation. I'm huge into doing that. That's why I do a gratitude journal every day, morning and night. Because when we write down our aspirations and dreams, we bring them into the physical realm and the act of putting our goals on paper, it gives them substance and it invites the universe to conspire in their realization. 

However, We should discuss how it's important to acknowledge that writing alone can't make everything disappear. Obviously, I don't need to tell you that, but just keep that in mind. It's a tool, it's a catalyst for change, but it requires action and intention to truly bring about transformation. And writing on paper is like casting a spell, but we must also be willing to take the necessary steps to make our desires a reality.



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