A 'Know Your Own Darkness' spell swiped from Llewellyn.com

[BlueIris]

This is their 'spell of the day' over there for November 20th. Since "integrating my shadow side" has kinda been my project for the last couple of months, I was interested in this exercise. I also recommend the book, "The Dark Side of the Light Chasers" by Debbie Ford.

"The New Moon in Scorpio occurs just as we are about to leave this particular Sun sign. What have you learned about your own darkness in these last weeks? This Plutonian sign holds knowledge, magic, and power, but here is also found intensity, passion and sometimes even a recognition of our own cruelty. Sit in the darkness, by the light of a single candle, and ask yourself: What part of yourself are you afraid for the world to see? How do you respond to this fear?
Do you put up walls or attempt to impose your will on others? To change the world around you, you have to change yourself first. But that change won’t happen when you are ruled self-ignorance, fear, or anger. It will come only when you know and understand even those parts of yourself you would rather hide. We all have dark urges, the real test of character is how we choose to act on them. We must first acknowledge these impulses or we will unconsciously act out on them. Wrap yourself in a warm, cozy blanket surrounded by pillows, and talk to the dark place in your soul. Envision it curled up in your arms, and express your love. Not that you love the negative urges, but that you love the dark spot regardless of the negative side. Say you understand the fear and hurt that often underlies this. Promise yourself that you will be a good parent to your dark side—giving it protection and acceptance, while not allowing it to be harmful to others."

By: Lady MoonDance

[rumpel]

1. thanks

sound advice

pinpointing the dark side is a challenge for all of us, I think, because we bury it down so deep inside us.

[I Have A Dream]

2. Thank you so much for this, BlueIris!

I agree with this 100%. It is imperative that we are totally truthful with ourselves because it is in understanding the things that we don't like about ourselves that we are able to heal. That which we deny becomes part of our shadow self that affects us in subconscious ways that we don't understand.

It's my belief that this is one of the most important things that we can do to grow spiritually; it's the first step towards freeing ourselves of our dark side's control over us. Many of us bury these things deeply because we don't want to believe that we can be lightworkers and still feel/think/believe disturbing things that cause us to be ashamed of ourselves. (Being that we're all human beings, we all have things like this, and it's best that everyone understands this.) However, when we bury these things, we lose our ability to exercise control over them because they still find ways to influence us from our subconscious mind.