Sympathetic Magic

[ziggysinamerica]

So I just got my driver's license renewed and now I can't help think that someone could use my old license for sympathetic magic against me. I'm not paranoid about it, just a thought that popped in my head

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[rob_t_firefly]

If you are worried about such things, you could always do a bit of a working to seperate yourself from the object. Once you sever the energetic connections you have with the item, it's no longer a concern.

There are countless ways you can build a ritual to do this, consistent with your own beliefs and form of practice. My own practice is eclectic, light on words and heavy on meditation, so here's how I would do this. Your ritual mileage may vary. :-)

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Meditate on the lost item, picturing it as clearly as you can in your mind. What it looks like, how it feels, where you kept it, etc. Try to get as detailed an image going as you can.

Once that image is stable, picture energy connecting the object back to you. Remember yourself receiving the item, carrying it around, using it, and so on. Soon enough you'll have a good mental image going which allows you to clearly perceive the item's connection to you.

All that's left to do is simply sever that link between you and the object. You can do this entirely through intent in the meditative state, you can do the motion physically with an athame or similar if you use them, you can draw that energy completely back into yourself, you can picture yourself building up a shield or wall which kblocks the connection, or whatever other analog you wish to work it into your own practice.

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Alternately, or combined with the above, if you still posess your old license you can ritually destroy it. If you don't have it, you can doodle on a piece of card to approximate your old license (or use a photocopy or something if you happened to make one) and burn it or cut it up it as part of the ritual. Just be sure to burn anything containing plastic outdoors; those fumes are not for breathing.

[tlttlotd]

Buy a shredded designed for use with credit cards and CD-ROMs/DVDs and run your stuff through it. That's what I do.