Let’s Talk Witch – Protection Prerequisites

Protection Prerequisites

Effective spiritual and energetic protection begins with a state of mind. And, like exercising or cultivating an artistic skill, this increases in depth and effectiveness over time with vigilant, regular upkeep. (I call it “magical hygiene.”) So before we get to the spells, let’s look at some of the positive habits that can contribute to experiencing reliable, lasting psychic protection on a daily basis.

Confidence
When I was a kid, someone (I don’t remember who) told me that if I ever felt afraid while out in the world, I should not cower or tiptoe but walk like I was the most confident person in the world. This way, I would be less likely to attract predatory behavior because I would not be behaving like prey. What this person didn’t tell me, but what I learned on my own, was that faking it actually helps you make it: when you move like you’re confident, your brain believes that you are confident, and then— guess what? You are confident. (Or at least you’re more so than you were before.)

Similarly, when you feel fearful, it’s important to transform the inner fearful conditions into inner confident ones ASAP. This is because fear vibrates at a level that is more open to negativity and is not protective. Now, this might seem like a little mind trap or a slippery slope; after all, if you’re already afraid, won’t knowing this make you even more afraid? Perhaps, but not if you remember to stop the cycle by immediately enlisting divine help. To do this, you might call on Archangel Michael or the goddess Kali or whatever divine being or name feels most protective and effective for you. Then, once you ask for help (inwardly or aloud), know in your heart— or at least behave as if you know in your heart (faking it helps you make it, remember?)— that your help has arrived and that it’s already begun to protect you in a most powerful and potent way. For example, if I’m walking in a scary alley, I might call on angelic bodyguards to flank me on all sides; then I’ll continue walking with utter faith in their competence. Or if I feel myself slipping into a sketchy and anxious mindset, I’ll replace my fearful monologue with an angelic invocation and visualization for as long as it takes to reprogram my pattern and feel my confidence return.

Grounding
Another prerequisite to holistic protection is grounding: connecting your personal energy with the energy at the core of the earth. This helps you feel anchored in a power that is greater than that within your little human energy field and aligns you with a greater and more expansive wisdom. I find that I feel best when I ground my energy daily as a part of my morning meditation, and I refresh my grounding anytime I begin to feel scattered, fearful, or spacey.

You may have already found your favorite way to ground your energy, but in case you haven’t, my favorite is relaxing my body, with my spine straight, and sending roots of light deep into the core of the earth, then drawing golden-white earth light up from the core and into my root chakra. Then I see and feel this light moving up through my chakras and out through the crown of my head.

Sometimes I reach branches high into the sky and bring cosmic light down from above, and other times I let my branches kiss the sky and then curl down back to earth like a weeping willow. Other methods include sending a “pranic tube” of light down into the earth to draw up the earth energy or sending a golden anchor deep down into the core of the earth in order to connect yourself to the core like a plug connects with an outlet.

Clearing and Shielding
The final protection prerequisite is a daily clearing and shielding. You can do this as part of a morning meditation and anytime you’d like an extra boost of protection. Clearing is important because like attracts like: if your energy is not clear and positive, it will be more likely to attract energy that is not clear and positive. Shielding is especially important for sensitive people because it helps us to refrain from picking up any energetic patterns that are from people, events, and conditions that have nothing to do with us.

Perhaps the simplest way to clear and shield is to request divine assistance in a way that feels powerful for you, and then to request a divine clearing of your personal energy field. You might visualize a glowing vacuum tube of light moving through your body and the sphere of space around you, powerfully removing cords of attachment, stagnant energy, and the energy of fear. Then request and visualize a sphere of golden white light. Set the intention that within this light only love remains, and through this light only love may enter.

Author: Tess Whitehurst
Every Witch Way: Spells and Advice from Two Very Different Witches
Ellen Dugan; Tess Whitehurst