I love your idea of electronic samples as sigil-like. Tibetan singing bowls are absolutely sigil-like for me, as is the orchestral loop in Bittersweet Symphony. I'd never recognized them as such, but it makes so much sense! It's so crazy; I've been performing so many of the magickal techniques that you speak of without consciously knowing it, and it's so interesting to hear you identify them within the pagan tradition. Impressed as ever : )
I really love the passion through which you expose the whole subject, and I'm pretty certain that it makes the information you share even more useful. Thanks so much.
I was searching RUclips for a video that went in depth with Sigils. Thank you! You are so informative and inspiring! Just now getting into Sigils and discovering how simple and powerful they are. Dark Blessings to you sister
I love this video. It goes well with the other sigil videos that you have done and gives me so many new great ideas in my own chaos magick practice. Thank you Kelly!
Love this! During my 30th birthday, I used the symbol given to me by my main Guide and empowered it as my sigil. For me, right now, there's one in particular. And it's like you said toward the very beginning, it's like a stamp or seal of approval. My mark, I've marked this, etc. I use it in combination with my words of power, like you mentioned. It's essentially my sign off. And the words/thoughts don't have to be written. It's a cool way for me to be able to just think up an intention and then discreetly just write my sigil and no one knows what I'm actually doing but me. Others might think I'm just doodling.
awesome stuff. i like your thoughts on all this because it allows me to think outside of the box rather than being restrained to the methods I've read in books. It makes me feel more comfortable making/activating/working with sigils in a way that is more sentimental and suited for me specifically than just writing the desire and knocking out letters. thank youuuu. i look forward to seeing more videos
This was such an excellent intro do sigils. I've just started working with them and have learned to be ready to take notes whenever your videos show up on my feed! The sigilization process doesn't seem to connect with me, but there are so many ways to create one that I prefer meditating and playing around with them until one really clicks and then I know I am set! Thank you for this! Also I often sign my IG or FB comments with a green heart, depicting my love for nature and that I am a greenwitch. I wonder if, in a way, emoticons and symbols like that are almost becoming modern sigils? xx
Love that I got Wednesday morning off of teaching to watch this. I'm learning something new from you each time I watch. I will be incorporating this! Have a great day my dear :) x
I can totally get behind the sample sigil idea. Your vid has given me inspiration on how to use the strange loops that I create wit my collection of noise makers. Thanks for that!
This video opened up a whole new avenue of thinking for me. I am reconnecting with my love for the magic of sensory things (images, smells, sounds, etc.) after a long time of only allowing myself to enjoy certain kinds of imagery that I considered to be safe and orthodox. I don't know if that makes sense but let's just say that I had all these rules about what I could do artistically and what I could enjoy for entertainment and personal enrichment because I believed that the dark imagery I do enjoy was unhealthy for me. Watching this video inspired my overly-caffeinated brain to go out there and start making some shit and to be even more brave about the art I want to make. Thank you so much.
Lovely. Btw, what you referred to as musical sigilization was actually a tried and true practice for centuries in the western gregorian chant tradition. Since the earliest written sources we see these little melodic cells being used as the basis for all compositions (which were more a question of oral hidden traditions rather than actual written down composition as we think nowadays). The process was called centonization, using the most basic melodic elements which traveled and mingled creating ever more complex songs. A truly mystical and magicKal musical tradition... pity we have almost lost it completely. Anyway this was thought provoking video, thank you for that. :) Light and love (and socialism!)
wow you really opened my eyes to a new experience, I always wanted to look at things with this perspective but never knew how to grasp it! I been studying the cult of magic for a good while but just can get a true meaning on it or understand the whole if it, but you have really made it to where I can truly appreciate it and have fun with it. I have watched many videos with "maickal people" if you will and it was like watching grass grow, so yes I have struggled with magic for a long time wondering when am I going to get it, you have made it real easy for me to understand, so thank you kelly-ann!
I was shopping online whilst listening to your video on sigils and while I was shipping I came across Boy but didn't think that much about it so I closed out of it and went back to your video and right in that moment you mentioned the same branding logo I had seen just before. I thought that was pretty magical
You fucking ROCK! Every time I watch one of your videos I get so inspired and impressed by the knowledge you have. Sister you are like FREAKIN MEGA-MIND! 👍😃
Hell yeah! This was great to watch, really want to dive into this subject now. It wasn't something I was fully in comprehension of, so thanks for the brilliant intro. Sigil wise when it comes to smell/scent. I had no knowledge of sigils but for years I've had a bit of a tradition with any acting jobs. I like to find and build a layer of scent/perfume for a character using different oils or Lush perfumes and make it part of my 'becoming' a character I'm about to play. After a long run especially it becomes a gateway into a character that is so powerful to me, even more so then just putting on a costume. It feels very relevant to sigil work. xx
Such a great video. Thanks so much. I've always been confused by sigils but can see their usefulness. I'd like to learn more so that I can incorporate them into my own practice. I'm looking forward to the next episode.
interesting your mention of the "cut-up" method - I recall seeing an interview with David Bowie, decades ago, on television. He described his songwriting technique (at that moment) and he mentioned he'd cut up random words from newspapers etc and move the words around on the floor and the result would be the lyrics or at least the start of lyrics for a song.
I love commenting on your videos on chaos and sigil magick. I like this idea that sigils are fed, over time they are beefed up. Maybe an oversimple analogy is like the Christian Cross, and how for many people just seeing it can induce immense feelings of love, forgiveness.. but sigils feel a lot more personal, as you say, they are very secret and very sacred to the magician. I love the analogy of a rider carrying a message that is sealed away by the sigil. The idea that our intention or message is being carried securely into the universe or specific receiver within the sigil.
This whole thing about sigils being sound, I think even movements as well can become sigils. Which also makes me think about performance art, it's so ritualistic, often it involves repetitive actions and a sense of being transported into a different space. And there is definitely a sensation, at least for me, of this performative element when I am doing anything that involves a magickal working, whether it's reading tarot, or casting a spell. Hmm.. you've given me a lot to ponder and I think I'll need to VR to this eventually.
+Kelly-Ann Maddox ... I would like to chime in on your question about whether or not Sigils have power before they're activated or not. -------- A couple of decades or so ago, i created a Bindrune (a combination of Runes to create one Sigil) necklace for travel protection for a friend. I was brand spanking new to Runes & Witchcraft, so i had no preconceived ideas about it. Didn't even know if it was real.. it was just for a gift. BUT... as i was painting the Bindrune onto the piece of stone, i could feel energy start to build up and flow down through my body, then down arms and into the Bindrune i was painting. (i'm rather sensitive to energy, i found out later). It was totally freaky, yet extremely cool! No activation was needed (nor did i even know about activation at that time), because i KNEW the intended energy was in it already once it was finished. Nowadays though, i think i would activate it anyway, just to seal the deal. ------- This is a wonderful introduction.. one of the best i've found over the years. Thank you! I look forward to your next installations!....
no, i'm not into being told how to do things, either. i will smile nicely, do my own research, or just from intuition, & quietly do what i want to, mostly. sometimes, in the days when we'd 'write letters', i'd get sick of language. even that canfeel so stifling to me. so i'd just create crazy-artsy hieroglyphic's of my own. then sign my name. they'd know i was thinking about them, but off in Lianaland, i guess... great vid... you've inspired me from past vids, to work more with art & sigil creation that speaks to me, rather than rigid instructions on how to do them...i'm loving the results...thanx & tfs BB :)
Yay! Fantastic video. I use Sigil Magick quite often. It's the form of magick that comes to natural to me. It's fun to experiment with it. I loved hearing about different ways you can make sigils. I never thought of using sound as a part a sigil. I love neologisms. Especially as a conlanger- I love creating my own languages for fictional stories I write. So maybe I will use words from one of those conlanguages in a sigil. Since I am the only one who knows them.
I love sigils and utilize them in so much that I do. I also think that anything could be a sigil, but never expanded that into music and gifs.... holy shit my mind is blown apart... so many possibilities!
I think that a sigil is activated during its creation. I mean, you're focusing on what you're creating it for, what its purpose is & what result you want to achieve. Boom! If you're just doodling & then the end result looks kind of witchy & fantastic...then maybe boom lite. Creation energy is pretty potent. I don't know if a whole activation spell, for me, is necessary. I love the idea about sounds as sigils. I really enjoyed this, thank you.
+Rachael Awesome thoughts - thank you for this input. 'Boom lite' - hehe. True, sometimes you go into a trance when you're in the creation process and that can kind of be an activation of the symbol all on its own..
Ooooooh, speaking of sample hunting -- there is a song called Brighter Than the Sun (I can't remember the artist) but they sample an old Cold War video about the atomic bomb and it's basically a man saying "There's a bright flash" and "Brighter than the sun . . . " and the entire song gives me CHILLS. Basically I end up replaying stories from The Martian Chronicles in my head -- like the mechanized house going about the day to day, centuries after the inhabitants have died.
As for the "traditional" sigil method -- I think it's a great way for those who feel like they aren't creative or as a jumping off point. Much like a creative writing class would use a prompt, or the same in an art class. You don't NEED it, but sometimes having those basic consonants staring you in the face forces you to get the creative juices flowing.
I haven't used digits in yonks! Thanks for reminding me of that technique!! Off topic but I used to have washed out pink-peach hair and I really loved it! Do you remember? I am very much in love with pink and peach colours right now. 💖
I'm planning to make a series of Sigils, but each will be connected to a Servitor. As the creater and the one in possession of the physical body, the sigil will always be stronger for me, but I plan on letting others use some of them. After all, an Egregor is stronger than a Servitor.
thank you so much for posting this! time I've been curious about this topic and you are the best teacher for it! :-) also thank you so much for subscribing to my channel :-) I will send you a proper thank you soon! I was just so excited to see your name pop up because For the Longest Time I've been meaning to connect with you since I followed your channel ever since the very beginning! You have taught me so much and it's such a pleasure to be able to share with you in this way! Much love and blessings , maha✴♥✴
Yo you are fucking awesome. Thank you for letting glimmers of your true excitement for what makes you hyped up shine through . Love the cussing makes it a more comfortable natural video haha. Love watching your videos you are so informative and I get like this with info myself when I am trying to just pass any of my own experiences and knowledge along to who ever may find it useful, so it's awesome to come across someone who is just passing along experiences and knowledge to those it will be useful for as well. Truly stuck on your channel!! Haha thx again !
I think sigils may be inherently potent based on personal experience. In ritual, I turned the evil eye against myself (and honestly, it didn't mean much to me personally at the time; it was gifted to me from a Turkish lamp vendor), and I felt an incredibly strong repulsion. But was it my belief that the evil eye would do this that made it so? And down the rabbit hole we go...
You look so much like old school Courtney love!gorgeous!i always learn so much from yr videos and it is always new things that spark something in my mind..I look forward to the activation video! Thank you gorgeous girl for sharing yr knowledge
Mad psychedelic cake, I bloody love the way you phrase things. This was really interesting, loved the bit about branding, thank you...You look bitchin' by the way. x
my thoughts one can just write cut carve or something and it would gain power over time naturally or by the nature or something or the energy being used when its being carved or something
Oh so true about Prince's symbol being even more powerful now. But on that note, can 2016 stop taking all our amazing artists now? Between Bowie, Rickman, and Prince, my heart is BREAKING.
I think that whether classic sigils contain more or less power depending on how you think of a sigil. I think that the truth varies depending on how you see a sigil. Do you believe a classic sigil is an egregore? Is a sigil a psychic entity or being, in itself? For me, some things would do better being made up, but as far as old, known, classic sigils go... I mean, some things are best done that way. Like, for Air, Water, Earth... If you're thinking about those that they're powerful because there is a consensus and everyone knows the sigil for Air, then why can't that be true for other things? I love that quote, and remember you saying it in the servitor video and it tickled me. "What you and you alone know..." I feel like this is true about a lot of things, but not all the things. Some secrets are very, very powerful. I love, also, that you made me think about symbology in life, just, walking down the street. To me, logos, and symbols, and certain numbers, and scents are definitely emotive. Some scents, especially... definitely powerful. The different scents I've worn over the course of my life definitely brands a particular chapter in my life I've lived. If I see a Dairy Queen sign, I get really deep down into my inner child and remember going to the DQ after the pool. I can totally feel the soggy towel on my shoulders as I sit on the picnic bench. Big, strong, thick, tall oak trees make me feel like a little girl, too. And that's what it means to me, but for other people, they feel that way about lilac bushes. Anyway. I personally think the answer is both. And it is really interesting to think about! I'm not very sure if I am talking in a straight line or not. I'm not completely sober ;)
This is so interesting really looking forward to the next episode:D. I have a stupid beginner question, I'm not a witch but I'd like to try sigils or some other stuff in the future, so, can I? Do I need to be an official/professional witch to do that? Maybe other viewers can help me with this question too. Thanks a lot! And I'm so happy anout discovering your channel;)
Thank you so much for sharing this video. If you create 5 sigils in one day for different intentions, should you burn each sigil immediately after charging them?
Question if i may: if i make a sigil and i put it in my room and i see a friend of mine looking at it. Does that mean they are giving it power without knowing what it is? Does it work like that? So if i look at a mcdonalds logo i then empower macdonald ?
Interesting.The second part of your speach talking about electronic & magick. Taht's technomancy. To use electronic devices as a medium. As we do with fire, blood, etc. I am really interested in Technomamcy, we are the witchers of the XXI century we have to add technology
Awesome video thanks for uploading i was also wondering whats your thoughts about the voodoo/hoodoo religion?im mostly in to the darker side of magic since childhood im in my 30ties now but never had the time to explore this topic until now i wasent ready emotionally either Greetings all the way from Sweden
Hi Kelly I'm coming to the UK in June in a few weeks and I would really love a reading with you and some intuitive guidance whats the best way to contact you and book you?
A woman had a group of children create a sigil. None of them knew what they were drawing or the meaning. Why would someone have children draw these symbols and images? What is the intent? The sigil was very dark looking and made in mid October.
Hi Kelly Guess what, I managed to find the artist of the Hel image your using her name is Anna Novikova her artwork is on deviant art and she goes by ansfhd, you should check it out, lots of love.
I have different feelings about the BOY London logo. If there's a way for me to desecrate a nazi symbol, i will do it. I even avoid writing the number 8 twice in a row and avoid things labelled with that number. 14 happens to be the day of my birth so no such luck avoiding that one, but that's pragmatism for you. For most of the time I've done this out of purely materialist political reasons, but I have recently started to think about it as a crude form of banishment. Destroying or subverting symbols of what I hate has always given me a small feeling of calm.
the idea of sigils is so cool to me but every time I make one I'm underwhelmed by what I make and feel it's not... mystical enough or has deep enough meaning
+MsTerraStar This is an issue which comes up a lot for people. The thing is, it's usually just a form of self-sabotage. You could be convincing yourself that you need to be reaching for that next plateau of experience which you're convinced that *other* people have when *they* practice sigil magick. The truth is that we're all just human beings trying stuff out and seeing if it works. No theatrics or cool-looking stuff would make the situation more meaningful for you - that's just the ego getting in your way. The moment we get over the desire to have everything *look* and *feel* and *seem* magickal is the moment that we can get on with the business of *making* magick.
That BOY brand looks like Horus on the sun, an upside Venus or even the cross on a globe used in Catholicism. Also I still love your hair but think more pink with a treatment of equal parts olive oil, mayonnaise and an egg mixed. Let it sit for an hour then shampoo with a great conditioner to make it baby soft. Your hair is so pretty this color I could eat it. Although your dark hair was very Betty Page. 👸🏼👸🏻I'm thinking of dying my foe hawk blonde.👱🏽😈🌟⚡️🌞
Babes, it's rude to tell someone what to do with their hair. I let the pink wash out of it a bit because I happen to like it like that and my hair happens to be something for me, not for you or anyone else. I treat my hair with oil, vegans don't put egg in their hair. With respect, don't be afraid to stay in your lane when it comes to comments on other people's aesthetic choices. 👌🏻🤓👍🏻
+Kelly-Ann Maddox point taken. I wasn't trying to be rude even though I came across that way. I only felt comfortable saying it to you the same way I would a friend. I said I love the pink when you changed it since in vids usually there is comment on appearance. I'm sorry for this offense. ✌🏽️😘👸🏼✌🏽🌟⚡️🌞
I love your example of an altar with different sigils on it that nobody knows what it means...how you said it made me laugh. XD Thank you for uploading. :>
The use of electronic music with Magick is highly powerful & overlooked. Very true.
I love your idea of electronic samples as sigil-like. Tibetan singing bowls are absolutely sigil-like for me, as is the orchestral loop in Bittersweet Symphony. I'd never recognized them as such, but it makes so much sense! It's so crazy; I've been performing so many of the magickal techniques that you speak of without consciously knowing it, and it's so interesting to hear you identify them within the pagan tradition. Impressed as ever : )
I find you one of the most reliable source for good info. which is rare. you are so transparent, authentic. beautiful.
+Joyful Freedom
you just cracked my mind open! The possibilities! Thank you KA for being such an amazing, giving spiritual vessel. Thank you.
I've watched so many videos about this and you're the only one who I understood and who I find quite interessting and not boring.
I really love the passion through which you expose the whole subject, and I'm pretty certain that it makes the information you share even more useful. Thanks so much.
I was searching RUclips for a video that went in depth with Sigils. Thank you! You are so informative and inspiring! Just now getting into Sigils and discovering how simple and powerful they are. Dark Blessings to you sister
Thanks Kelly-Ann! I've recently started doing sigil magic and your video is very helpful. Keep using your gifts. Peace & Power!
+Marvin Davis Sweet! Glad it helped!
I've been away for awhile. This was a good place to restart listening to you Kelly. Looking forward to your future videos on sigils.
I love this video. It goes well with the other sigil videos that you have done and gives me so many new great ideas in my own chaos magick practice. Thank you Kelly!
Love this! During my 30th birthday, I used the symbol given to me by my main Guide and empowered it as my sigil. For me, right now, there's one in particular. And it's like you said toward the very beginning, it's like a stamp or seal of approval. My mark, I've marked this, etc. I use it in combination with my words of power, like you mentioned. It's essentially my sign off. And the words/thoughts don't have to be written. It's a cool way for me to be able to just think up an intention and then discreetly just write my sigil and no one knows what I'm actually doing but me. Others might think I'm just doodling.
awesome stuff. i like your thoughts on all this because it allows me to think outside of the box rather than being restrained to the methods I've read in books. It makes me feel more comfortable making/activating/working with sigils in a way that is more sentimental and suited for me specifically than just writing the desire and knocking out letters. thank youuuu. i look forward to seeing more videos
This was such an excellent intro do sigils. I've just started working with them and have learned to be ready to take notes whenever your videos show up on my feed! The sigilization process doesn't seem to connect with me, but there are so many ways to create one that I prefer meditating and playing around with them until one really clicks and then I know I am set! Thank you for this! Also I often sign my IG or FB comments with a green heart, depicting my love for nature
and that I am a greenwitch. I wonder if, in a way, emoticons and symbols like that are almost becoming modern sigils? xx
Is there any wonder people want Kelly-Ann's take on the subject. BRILLIANT VIDEO:)
Love that I got Wednesday morning off of teaching to watch this. I'm learning something new from you each time I watch. I will be incorporating this! Have a great day my dear :) x
+pinkbutterflybarbie Sweet, thanks for watching :) x
It's well over ten years since I used sigil magick. Refreshing to hear you talk about them.
I can totally get behind the sample sigil idea. Your vid has given me inspiration on how to use the strange loops that I create wit my collection of noise makers. Thanks for that!
This video opened up a whole new avenue of thinking for me. I am reconnecting with my love for the magic of sensory things (images, smells, sounds, etc.) after a long time of only allowing myself to enjoy certain kinds of imagery that I considered to be safe and orthodox. I don't know if that makes sense but let's just say that I had all these rules about what I could do artistically and what I could enjoy for entertainment and personal enrichment because I believed that the dark imagery I do enjoy was unhealthy for me. Watching this video inspired my overly-caffeinated brain to go out there and start making some shit and to be even more brave about the art I want to make. Thank you so much.
Lovely.
Btw, what you referred to as musical sigilization was actually a tried and true practice for centuries in the western gregorian chant tradition. Since the earliest written sources we see these little melodic cells being used as the basis for all compositions (which were more a question of oral hidden traditions rather than actual written down composition as we think nowadays).
The process was called centonization, using the most basic melodic elements which traveled and mingled creating ever more complex songs. A truly mystical and magicKal musical tradition... pity we have almost lost it completely.
Anyway this was thought provoking video, thank you for that. :)
Light and love (and socialism!)
Hmmmm, you've started rusty wheels in my head turning. Thanks so much! Many blessings. ✍🏻🤗
Ive only dreamt of a sigil once - it was really clear to me and I had to write it down as soon as I woke up. It was a one off effective sigil.
My interest is peaked and it's time to explore further. Thank you wise soul. ✨✨✨
Also, I love this whole rebel idea. Everyone is a unique expression, so it follows that everyone would practice in a unique way.
wow you really opened my eyes to a new experience, I always wanted to look at things with this perspective but never knew how to grasp it! I been studying the cult of magic for a good while but just can get a true meaning on it or understand the whole if it, but you have really made it to where I can truly appreciate it and have fun with it. I have watched many videos with "maickal people" if you will and it was like watching grass grow, so yes I have struggled with magic for a long time wondering when am I going to get it, you have made it real easy for me to understand, so thank you kelly-ann!
+Cherrylin Bwitch Bahaha, watching grass grow. Well I'm glad to be watchable! Thanks for this lovely feedback x
yes and i love your pink hair!! it really suits you!
Great video, Kelly-Ann ! I'm really interested in sigils. I would love to see more on this topic.
Great video! I've worked a little with sigils and loved the process, really looking forward to hearing more from you on this topic.
Many blessings xx
I was shopping online whilst listening to your video on sigils and while I was shipping I came across Boy but didn't think that much about it so I closed out of it and went back to your video and right in that moment you mentioned the same branding logo I had seen just before. I thought that was pretty magical
+Erik Garrett Duuuuude, I fucking love it when that happens! :D
You fucking ROCK! Every time I watch one of your videos I get so inspired and impressed by the knowledge you have. Sister you are like FREAKIN MEGA-MIND! 👍😃
I was just thinking the other day that I should do some more research and thinking about sigils. I cannot wait for the rest of these videos!
Hell yeah! This was great to watch, really want to dive into this subject now. It wasn't something I was fully in comprehension of, so thanks for the brilliant intro.
Sigil wise when it comes to smell/scent. I had no knowledge of sigils but for years I've had a bit of a tradition with any acting jobs. I like to find and build a layer of scent/perfume for a character using different oils or Lush perfumes and make it part of my 'becoming' a character I'm about to play. After a long run especially it becomes a gateway into a character that is so powerful to me, even more so then just putting on a costume. It feels very relevant to sigil work. xx
I like the idea of Occult Treacle Tarts. Enjoyed this video, can't wait for the rest.
I was super into Tudors too love the Anne Boleyn reference
+Joey Morris I know you're bang into your Tudor shizzle and I think that pretty much rules! :)
Such a great video. Thanks so much. I've always been confused by sigils but can see their usefulness. I'd like to learn more so that I can incorporate them into my own practice. I'm looking forward to the next episode.
interesting your mention of the "cut-up" method - I recall seeing an interview with David Bowie, decades ago, on television. He described his songwriting technique (at that moment) and he mentioned he'd cut up random words from newspapers etc and move the words around on the floor and the result would be the lyrics or at least the start of lyrics for a song.
I love commenting on your videos on chaos and sigil magick. I like this idea that sigils are fed, over time they are beefed up. Maybe an oversimple analogy is like the Christian Cross, and how for many people just seeing it can induce immense feelings of love, forgiveness.. but sigils feel a lot more personal, as you say, they are very secret and very sacred to the magician. I love the analogy of a rider carrying a message that is sealed away by the sigil. The idea that our intention or message is being carried securely into the universe or specific receiver within the sigil.
when are you doing the continuation of this, a video about activating sigils? :)
Amazing subject! Love leaning about this and thank you for, as always, inspiring me to learn more about magic!!
So useful as usual xxxxxx
This look was so awesome on you thou !
This whole thing about sigils being sound, I think even movements as well can become sigils. Which also makes me think about performance art, it's so ritualistic, often it involves repetitive actions and a sense of being transported into a different space. And there is definitely a sensation, at least for me, of this performative element when I am doing anything that involves a magickal working, whether it's reading tarot, or casting a spell. Hmm.. you've given me a lot to ponder and I think I'll need to VR to this eventually.
thank yoou! this is such a great way of explaining sigils! you are so much fun to watch a little bad ass witch much love!
I love how creatively you think, out of the box gorgeous ;)
+Kelly-Ann Maddox ... I would like to chime in on your question about whether or not Sigils have power before they're activated or not. --------
A couple of decades or so ago, i created a Bindrune (a combination of Runes to create one Sigil) necklace for travel protection for a friend. I was brand spanking new to Runes & Witchcraft, so i had no preconceived ideas about it. Didn't even know if it was real.. it was just for a gift. BUT... as i was painting the Bindrune onto the piece of stone, i could feel energy start to build up and flow down through my body, then down arms and into the Bindrune i was painting. (i'm rather sensitive to energy, i found out later). It was totally freaky, yet extremely cool! No activation was needed (nor did i even know about activation at that time), because i KNEW the intended energy was in it already once it was finished. Nowadays though, i think i would activate it anyway, just to seal the deal. -------
This is a wonderful introduction.. one of the best i've found over the years. Thank you! I look forward to your next installations!....
no, i'm not into being told how to do things, either. i will smile nicely, do my own research, or just from intuition, & quietly do what i want to, mostly. sometimes, in the days when we'd 'write letters', i'd get sick of language. even that canfeel so stifling to me. so i'd just create crazy-artsy hieroglyphic's of my own. then sign my name. they'd know i was thinking about them, but off in Lianaland, i guess... great vid... you've inspired me from past vids, to work more with art & sigil creation that speaks to me, rather than rigid instructions on how to do them...i'm loving the results...thanx & tfs BB :)
Yay! Fantastic video. I use Sigil Magick quite often. It's the form of magick that comes to natural to me. It's fun to experiment with it. I loved hearing about different ways you can make sigils. I never thought of using sound as a part a sigil. I love neologisms. Especially as a conlanger- I love creating my own languages for fictional stories I write. So maybe I will use words from one of those conlanguages in a sigil. Since I am the only one who knows them.
Outstanding work! Sigils are fascinating indeed
I love sigils and utilize them in so much that I do. I also think that anything could be a sigil, but never expanded that into music and gifs.... holy shit my mind is blown apart... so many possibilities!
Sound as sigil!!! Brilliant! I have to agree whole~heartedly in the sigil~likeness of samples! This excites me!
I think that a sigil is activated during its creation. I mean, you're focusing on what you're creating it for, what its purpose is & what result you want to achieve. Boom! If you're just doodling & then the end result looks kind of witchy & fantastic...then maybe boom lite. Creation energy is pretty potent. I don't know if a whole activation spell, for me, is necessary. I love the idea about sounds as sigils. I really enjoyed this, thank you.
+Rachael Awesome thoughts - thank you for this input. 'Boom lite' - hehe. True, sometimes you go into a trance when you're in the creation process and that can kind of be an activation of the symbol all on its own..
I love your explanation, so brilliant, thank you!!! sound symbols yes!!!
Ooooooh, speaking of sample hunting -- there is a song called Brighter Than the Sun (I can't remember the artist) but they sample an old Cold War video about the atomic bomb and it's basically a man saying "There's a bright flash" and "Brighter than the sun . . . " and the entire song gives me CHILLS. Basically I end up replaying stories from The Martian Chronicles in my head -- like the mechanized house going about the day to day, centuries after the inhabitants have died.
As for the "traditional" sigil method -- I think it's a great way for those who feel like they aren't creative or as a jumping off point. Much like a creative writing class would use a prompt, or the same in an art class. You don't NEED it, but sometimes having those basic consonants staring you in the face forces you to get the creative juices flowing.
I haven't used digits in yonks! Thanks for reminding me of that technique!! Off topic but I used to have washed out pink-peach hair and I really loved it! Do you remember? I am very much in love with pink and peach colours right now. 💖
Damn auto correct changed SIGILS to digits.
Great vid. Thanks so much. I'm off to consider deeply . . .
I am so into sigils and really enjoyed this video 💖💖
I'm planning to make a series of Sigils, but each will be connected to a Servitor. As the creater and the one in possession of the physical body, the sigil will always be stronger for me, but I plan on letting others use some of them. After all, an Egregor is stronger than a Servitor.
I always thought Sigil meant "Symbol," / or "Logo," but you learn something new everyday!
+Rosario Spatola It does mean that, but the etymological stem of the word is 'seal'. :D
+Kelly-Ann Maddox Neat! Thanks!
thank you so much for posting this! time I've been curious about this topic and you are the best teacher for it! :-) also thank you so much for subscribing to my channel :-) I will send you a proper thank you soon! I was just so excited to see your name pop up because For the Longest Time I've been meaning to connect with you since I followed your channel ever since the very beginning! You have taught me so much and it's such a pleasure to be able to share with you in this way! Much love and blessings , maha✴♥✴
Did you ever make part 2 of this? I looked but couldn't find it
the bit about samples in music as sigils connected with my soul uwu
Very deep. Thank you.
Yo you are fucking awesome. Thank you for letting glimmers of your true excitement for what makes you hyped up shine through . Love the cussing makes it a more comfortable natural video haha. Love watching your videos you are so informative and I get like this with info myself when I am trying to just pass any of my own experiences and knowledge along to who ever may find it useful, so it's awesome to come across someone who is just passing along experiences and knowledge to those it will be useful for as well. Truly stuck on your channel!! Haha thx again !
Enjoyed :) Thank you!
I think sigils may be inherently potent based on personal experience. In ritual, I turned the evil eye against myself (and honestly, it didn't mean much to me personally at the time; it was gifted to me from a Turkish lamp vendor), and I felt an incredibly strong repulsion. But was it my belief that the evil eye would do this that made it so? And down the rabbit hole we go...
Kelly-Ann Maddox.... Really? Finally I've been waiting :D
You look so much like old school Courtney love!gorgeous!i always learn so much from yr videos and it is always new things that spark something in my mind..I look forward to the activation video! Thank you gorgeous girl for sharing yr knowledge
Mad psychedelic cake, I bloody love the way you phrase things. This was really interesting, loved the bit about branding, thank you...You look bitchin' by the way. x
Great video to be painting symbols new and old too :D
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that saves fascinating packaging... ^_^
Yeah! It's good to meet someone else from that same nutty tribe of packaging hoarders!
Have you done the follow up videos at all on sigil work as this was very interesting for me?
Thank you!
my thoughts
one can just write cut carve or something and it would gain power over time naturally or by the nature or something or the energy being used when its being carved or something
Up vote for Prince reference and praise
Oh so true about Prince's symbol being even more powerful now. But on that note, can 2016 stop taking all our amazing artists now? Between Bowie, Rickman, and Prince, my heart is BREAKING.
+Jess Johnson I know. :(
I think that whether classic sigils contain more or less power depending on how you think of a sigil. I think that the truth varies depending on how you see a sigil. Do you believe a classic sigil is an egregore? Is a sigil a psychic entity or being, in itself? For me, some things would do better being made up, but as far as old, known, classic sigils go... I mean, some things are best done that way. Like, for Air, Water, Earth... If you're thinking about those that they're powerful because there is a consensus and everyone knows the sigil for Air, then why can't that be true for other things?
I love that quote, and remember you saying it in the servitor video and it tickled me. "What you and you alone know..." I feel like this is true about a lot of things, but not all the things. Some secrets are very, very powerful.
I love, also, that you made me think about symbology in life, just, walking down the street. To me, logos, and symbols, and certain numbers, and scents are definitely emotive. Some scents, especially... definitely powerful. The different scents I've worn over the course of my life definitely brands a particular chapter in my life I've lived. If I see a Dairy Queen sign, I get really deep down into my inner child and remember going to the DQ after the pool. I can totally feel the soggy towel on my shoulders as I sit on the picnic bench. Big, strong, thick, tall oak trees make me feel like a little girl, too. And that's what it means to me, but for other people, they feel that way about lilac bushes.
Anyway. I personally think the answer is both. And it is really interesting to think about!
I'm not very sure if I am talking in a straight line or not. I'm not completely sober ;)
+Kelly-Ann Maddox I loved your video!
This is so interesting really looking forward to the next episode:D. I have a stupid beginner question, I'm not a witch but I'd like to try sigils or some other stuff in the future, so, can I? Do I need to be an official/professional witch to do that? Maybe other viewers can help me with this question too. Thanks a lot! And I'm so happy anout discovering your channel;)
Grape Tarot, you most definitely do not have to be a professional witch. (I know it's like 2 years later lol)
Thank you so much for sharing this video. If you create 5 sigils in one day for different intentions, should you burn each sigil immediately after charging them?
Question if i may: if i make a sigil and i put it in my room and i see a friend of mine looking at it. Does that mean they are giving it power without knowing what it is? Does it work like that? So if i look at a mcdonalds logo i then empower macdonald ?
Interesting.The second part of your speach talking about electronic & magick. Taht's technomancy. To use electronic devices as a medium. As we do with fire, blood, etc.
I am really interested in Technomamcy, we are the witchers of the XXI century we have to add technology
Love this.
Thank you for this video!!! I love sigils and I have been drawing them for ages ! Also can you link a link to your man badgers music? thanks so much!!
Awesome video thanks for uploading i was also wondering whats your thoughts about the voodoo/hoodoo religion?im mostly in to the darker side of magic since childhood im in my 30ties now but never had the time to explore this topic until now i wasent ready emotionally either Greetings all the way from Sweden
A fuck-load of ideas to trip out my occultic brain...
Hi Kelly I'm coming to the UK in June in a few weeks and I would really love a reading with you and some intuitive guidance whats the best way to contact you and book you?
+Lucas Williams i suggest you contact her through PM best of luck to you
A woman had a group of children create a sigil. None of them knew what they were drawing or the meaning. Why would someone have children draw these symbols and images? What is the intent? The sigil was very dark looking and made in mid October.
Hi Kelly Guess what, I managed to find the artist of the Hel image your using her name is Anna Novikova her artwork is on deviant art and she goes by ansfhd, you should check it out, lots of love.
+Scarlet-Rose Blackwood Thank you! People were able to find her much easier than I was!
mental ..ive got a famous pic of me and 3 friends outside boy when i was a punk...it got shown in a manhattan gallery a few years ago
Sooooooo awesome!!
If nothing else, this video gave me a good idea of how I want to spend my honeymoon night. HEH. ;)
+Kait Fowlie Hehehe!
I have tried sigils hundreds of times over many years and never get results!
I have different feelings about the BOY London logo. If there's a way for me to desecrate a nazi symbol, i will do it. I even avoid writing the number 8 twice in a row and avoid things labelled with that number. 14 happens to be the day of my birth so no such luck avoiding that one, but that's pragmatism for you.
For most of the time I've done this out of purely materialist political reasons, but I have recently started to think about it as a crude form of banishment. Destroying or subverting symbols of what I hate has always given me a small feeling of calm.
I had an a stamp and red maroon wax lol so romantic
the idea of sigils is so cool to me but every time I make one I'm underwhelmed by what I make and feel it's not... mystical enough or has deep enough meaning
+MsTerraStar This is an issue which comes up a lot for people. The thing is, it's usually just a form of self-sabotage. You could be convincing yourself that you need to be reaching for that next plateau of experience which you're convinced that *other* people have when *they* practice sigil magick. The truth is that we're all just human beings trying stuff out and seeing if it works. No theatrics or cool-looking stuff would make the situation more meaningful for you - that's just the ego getting in your way. The moment we get over the desire to have everything *look* and *feel* and *seem* magickal is the moment that we can get on with the business of *making* magick.
That BOY brand looks like Horus on the sun, an upside Venus or even the cross on a globe used in Catholicism. Also I still love your hair but think more pink with a treatment of equal parts olive oil, mayonnaise and an egg mixed. Let it sit for an hour then shampoo with a great conditioner to make it baby soft. Your hair is so pretty this color I could eat it. Although your dark hair was very Betty Page. 👸🏼👸🏻I'm thinking of dying my foe hawk blonde.👱🏽😈🌟⚡️🌞
Babes, it's rude to tell someone what to do with their hair. I let the pink wash out of it a bit because I happen to like it like that and my hair happens to be something for me, not for you or anyone else. I treat my hair with oil, vegans don't put egg in their hair. With respect, don't be afraid to stay in your lane when it comes to comments on other people's aesthetic choices. 👌🏻🤓👍🏻
+Kelly-Ann Maddox point taken. I wasn't trying to be rude even though I came across that way. I only felt comfortable saying it to you the same way I would a friend. I said I love the pink when you changed it since in vids usually there is comment on appearance. I'm sorry for this offense. ✌🏽️😘👸🏼✌🏽🌟⚡️🌞
I love your example of an altar with different sigils on it that nobody knows what it means...how you said it made me laugh. XD Thank you for uploading. :>
Your information in the the info section looked like a sigil, starting with "Visit" and ending with "UK." :)
What if I consciously designed it that way...? 😱
Kelly-Ann Maddox
I actually wondered if you had done it that way on purpose. ;)
You should open up by calling everyone creampies lol XD
so to make a sigil we can be as creative as possible yeh, comnpletely freehand
fuk..i like the way you think..
This is a part of a ritual, I use seals for summoning.
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That's what I summoned.
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now you re probably comemorating beltrane. Maybe sacrificing animals or even humans. Paganism is not the way
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