Post by Nox on Jun 21, 2016 7:08:40 GMT
Originally created by: Nox
Nox on May 1, 2016 at 4:38am
I’ve been wanting to make this post for a while, so! Here we go!
So, I’ve been wondering about enhancing my craft and experimenting a bit more. As most people who’ve talked to me know, I’m a cello player, one all for the musical arts, and I can probably name too many composers to count. I’m an avid reader and listener of music history and I have a lot of music-based philosophies! How does this all correlate to what I’m saying? Simple. I have a passion for music, for the sounds, the tones, the lows, the highs, the many fancy words. I’m critical about these things and, when it comes to music, I feel like something is genuinely surging through me.
My question is: Is it possible to use music in witchcraft?
In my honest opinion, it’s very much possible. In history, music was not just pleasant sounds and singing. Music is a way of communicating. Music is a conversation, a cry, a scream, a giddy and absolutely overwhelmed with happiness shriek. Music is used to communicate the feelings of a person. You can actually learn a lot about a person based on what it is that they listen to. Yes, it’s interesting, isn’t it? You can guess someone’s feelings and thoughts based on music. You can feel how a person feels just because of what seems to be white noise in the grand scheme of things.
However, it’s not white noise. Music is something that drives us, human beings. We use it to worship our Gods and Goddesses, to seduce other humans, to express ourselves, to spread joy, to warn our fellow humans, etc. One can follow the path of music in human history and see much more than any textbook could tell them. You can see, hear, feel the passion of the artist in ways that you just can’t otherwise. Music is the intertwining of one’s feelings, self, and energy-all put into a continuous and goddamn beautiful sound.
So how does this incorporate into witchcraft?
Witchcraft is all about the use of energy and intent to use our inner energy and cast powerful spells, right? Music is the same way. The use of our inner energy to convey a powerful message.
Now think about this. The cello is an instrument with a very solemn and intense sound. The cello is low, sultry, seductive, and charming. Its delicate wood and metallic strings create a sound of kings just because of the horsehairs of a bow. Now imagine. Imagine the spells you, yes you, could cast. Use music to charge your sigils, your spells, to replace incantations, to express the power of your spell. The ukulele is a small instrument with a very chill and happy feel to it. Imagine using it for a happiness spell or a good luck spell. Imagine using it to charge a good luck charm. Imagine the possibilities. The saxophone for erotic spells, the piano for truth spells, and the like, just imagine it. The various sounds and volume increasing the energy put into the spell, or even affecting the purpose. It’s these little things that makes Musical Magic much more powerful.
All of the images are out of the way, well explained and hopefully well understood. But where does this all tie into the big picture?
Imagine Beethoven’s For Elise playing. What type of spell do you think corresponds with it? What do you think its magical associations are? The song in itself is intense, full of an impossible love that Beethoven feels for Elise, it expresses something powerful and melancholy. The magic use of this piece could very well be something such as ‘letting go of something lost’ or even a lovely love spell. Though the latter is quite questionable.
And what about Mozart’s Turkish March? The song has a sort of mischievous feel to it, something fast paced and innocent to it at the same time. What do you believe its correspondences are? What spell could you cast with this sort of sound? Think about these things!
Or perhaps Mozart’s Requiem ‘Lacrimosa', his final composition before his death (that he didn’t even get to finish). The sound plus the history of the composition gives off a very dreadful feel, right? However, this music wasn’t composed for the sake of being evil or dreadful. It was to mourn, to respect, to remember Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an absolutely eccentric and revolutionary composer. However, this isn’t a music appreciation class, so I’ll stick with just that and move on. What emotions does it evoke from you, though? What do you see its correspondences as? Is it possible that this could be a song for the dead? Or do you see another use? Would you, as an individual, use this for a curse?
However, music incorporated into the art of magic isn’t just things from the Romantic era and before then. Modern music can be used as well.
For an example, try listening to an instrumental of Jeremih’s Oui. What do you correspond it with? What would you use this piece for? Not only that, but look at the lyrics and interpret them:
If we tried that we could be
Somewhere the climate is warm, long as you around me
I swear that everything will be just fine
I wish that we could take some time
Go anywhere, baby I don't mind
Grown man, in my suit and tie
Hey, there's no we without you and I
Sounds like it could be for a love spell, yeah?
Katy Perry’s E.T is also a good example. It has techno elements, a pretty sick beat, overall good and very mesmerizing music. What could you associate it with? This song probably has plenty of meanings and uses in the world of magic.
Beyonce’s formation? (Hotsauceinmybagswag) It’s a song of confidence and power, expressing something that basically says ‘you can’t take me down’. What do you believe are its correspondences? How would you use it?
Remember that the music doesn’t have to be instrumental. I just chose instrumental to make the music easier to hear and process. Lyrics are just as meaningful and they pass on a message just as powerful as instrumental music.
- Nox
Nox on May 1, 2016 at 4:38am
I’ve been wanting to make this post for a while, so! Here we go!
So, I’ve been wondering about enhancing my craft and experimenting a bit more. As most people who’ve talked to me know, I’m a cello player, one all for the musical arts, and I can probably name too many composers to count. I’m an avid reader and listener of music history and I have a lot of music-based philosophies! How does this all correlate to what I’m saying? Simple. I have a passion for music, for the sounds, the tones, the lows, the highs, the many fancy words. I’m critical about these things and, when it comes to music, I feel like something is genuinely surging through me.
My question is: Is it possible to use music in witchcraft?
In my honest opinion, it’s very much possible. In history, music was not just pleasant sounds and singing. Music is a way of communicating. Music is a conversation, a cry, a scream, a giddy and absolutely overwhelmed with happiness shriek. Music is used to communicate the feelings of a person. You can actually learn a lot about a person based on what it is that they listen to. Yes, it’s interesting, isn’t it? You can guess someone’s feelings and thoughts based on music. You can feel how a person feels just because of what seems to be white noise in the grand scheme of things.
However, it’s not white noise. Music is something that drives us, human beings. We use it to worship our Gods and Goddesses, to seduce other humans, to express ourselves, to spread joy, to warn our fellow humans, etc. One can follow the path of music in human history and see much more than any textbook could tell them. You can see, hear, feel the passion of the artist in ways that you just can’t otherwise. Music is the intertwining of one’s feelings, self, and energy-all put into a continuous and goddamn beautiful sound.
So how does this incorporate into witchcraft?
Witchcraft is all about the use of energy and intent to use our inner energy and cast powerful spells, right? Music is the same way. The use of our inner energy to convey a powerful message.
Now think about this. The cello is an instrument with a very solemn and intense sound. The cello is low, sultry, seductive, and charming. Its delicate wood and metallic strings create a sound of kings just because of the horsehairs of a bow. Now imagine. Imagine the spells you, yes you, could cast. Use music to charge your sigils, your spells, to replace incantations, to express the power of your spell. The ukulele is a small instrument with a very chill and happy feel to it. Imagine using it for a happiness spell or a good luck spell. Imagine using it to charge a good luck charm. Imagine the possibilities. The saxophone for erotic spells, the piano for truth spells, and the like, just imagine it. The various sounds and volume increasing the energy put into the spell, or even affecting the purpose. It’s these little things that makes Musical Magic much more powerful.
All of the images are out of the way, well explained and hopefully well understood. But where does this all tie into the big picture?
Imagine Beethoven’s For Elise playing. What type of spell do you think corresponds with it? What do you think its magical associations are? The song in itself is intense, full of an impossible love that Beethoven feels for Elise, it expresses something powerful and melancholy. The magic use of this piece could very well be something such as ‘letting go of something lost’ or even a lovely love spell. Though the latter is quite questionable.
And what about Mozart’s Turkish March? The song has a sort of mischievous feel to it, something fast paced and innocent to it at the same time. What do you believe its correspondences are? What spell could you cast with this sort of sound? Think about these things!
Or perhaps Mozart’s Requiem ‘Lacrimosa', his final composition before his death (that he didn’t even get to finish). The sound plus the history of the composition gives off a very dreadful feel, right? However, this music wasn’t composed for the sake of being evil or dreadful. It was to mourn, to respect, to remember Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an absolutely eccentric and revolutionary composer. However, this isn’t a music appreciation class, so I’ll stick with just that and move on. What emotions does it evoke from you, though? What do you see its correspondences as? Is it possible that this could be a song for the dead? Or do you see another use? Would you, as an individual, use this for a curse?
However, music incorporated into the art of magic isn’t just things from the Romantic era and before then. Modern music can be used as well.
For an example, try listening to an instrumental of Jeremih’s Oui. What do you correspond it with? What would you use this piece for? Not only that, but look at the lyrics and interpret them:
If we tried that we could be
Somewhere the climate is warm, long as you around me
I swear that everything will be just fine
I wish that we could take some time
Go anywhere, baby I don't mind
Grown man, in my suit and tie
Hey, there's no we without you and I
Sounds like it could be for a love spell, yeah?
Katy Perry’s E.T is also a good example. It has techno elements, a pretty sick beat, overall good and very mesmerizing music. What could you associate it with? This song probably has plenty of meanings and uses in the world of magic.
Beyonce’s formation? (
Remember that the music doesn’t have to be instrumental. I just chose instrumental to make the music easier to hear and process. Lyrics are just as meaningful and they pass on a message just as powerful as instrumental music.
- Nox