Karlie Kloss
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Bulimia isn’t a long haired pretty girl bending over a toilet with a tragically beautiful face on. It’s a puffed miserable face with vomit dripping from it’s chin and a fucking nose bleed. Anorexia isn’t a slim figure shyly refusing a cupcake. It’s hair growing over your freezing malnourished body. Depression isn’t a model with running mascara staring into the sunset. It’s staring at the fucking ceiling at 4 in the morning with burning eyes because you can’t even find the motivation to close them. Self harm isn’t lovely boys kissing your arms telling you you’re still beautiful. It’s nasty fucking scars that will be there forever and showers that sting. Panic attacks aren’t burying your face into your lovers chest and them telling you everything will be okay. It’s feeling out of control and like oxygen has been taken from you. Mental illnesses aren’t beautiful. They don’t make you special and don’t make people suddenly care about you. They’re monsters that destroy lives. So stop taking them lightly and promoting them to impressionable teenagers on the damn internet.
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i once posted a selfie that got over 3 notes so ya i guess you can call me a model
A baby! 1994
Small child?? ~1996
My mother titled this “Early Fashion Sense” ~1997
Beginning of trash creation ~2000
These were bad times 2008
I was the artsy, fashionable, gay guy 2010
Yike 2011
MacBook Photo Booth selfie aesthetic 2012
I voted for Romney 2012
Drag photo shoot 2013
First day of college! Sept 16 2013
SCAD Gender Blender Ball Oct 2013
I started painting my nails and got my nose pierced! Jan 2014 (right before I came out)
Started transitioning! Summer 2014
My hair started getting longer and I started understanding makeup also got my ears pierced! Late Fall 2014
Went to the court to change my name! Dec 2015
I started getting hot 2015
Hot??? 2015
Hot. 2016
Trans Day of Remembrance 2016
Bringing this back bc I’m kinda proud
This is beautiful.
Things just transpired in my house hold that are equal parts offensive and hilarious… Here goes.
So my roommate, Dale, has a gf who does not live with us, but she’s here all the time. So Sunday when my gf was her we were on the couch and we kissed (scandalous, I know) and she saw it, and I’m pretty sure that’s the first time she’s seen us be affectionate, that’s neither here nor there.
So today she tells Dale she’s “uncomfortable” here and wants him to move out because she thinks me and my lady are going to hit on her or something, she doesn’t like living with lesbians, cause it’s not “normal”, so now I’m pissed. Then, Dale goes, “well you don’t live here, so it shouldn’t be a problem, just stop coming over”…things escalated and Dale is trying to break up with her, but she won’t leave our house….she locked herself in Dales room.
So, Dale barges in my room wearing a bathrobe and goes, “call every lesbian you know, we’re smoking this bitch out!” Then turns around and whips his robe like a cape…
And that’s the story of how there are 8 lesbians climbing through the window of Dales room…
Holy shit.
This is glorious
I like Dale. He’d break up with a bigoted girlfriend and he wears bathrobes like a cape. Not everyone would wear a bathrobe like a cape.
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A sigil is a magical symbol of intent. It is a design created for a specific purpose, with a goal in mind, and then charged with energies to assist in bringing about said goal.
Sigils were originally used in medieval ceremonial magic, to summon angels and demons (as seen in [The Lesser Key of Solomon]). This isn’t how sigils are (mainly) used nowadays - or at least here on Tumblr. The modern method of “sigilization,” using a statement of intent and compressing it into a physical design, was brought about by Austin Osman Spare, then made popular by Peter J. Carroll in his book [Liber Null]. Since then, the use of sigils has become a core part of a branch called chaos magic and practiced by many in many different ways.
Chaos magic is a branch of magic that doesn’t really have a lot of strict rules or solid structure. It’s why it’s called chaos magic. The practitioners of chaos magic, called “chaotes,” use many modern methods in their craft (they’re pretty eclectic), using belief as a tool, and are encouraged to experiment and create their own personal methods of doing things. Peter J. Carroll also had a hand in this branch of magic, which can be seen in his books Liber Null & Psychonaut.
Nope, that’s just the branch of magic they come from. People can argue that by using sigils you’re already classified as a chaote, but I feel it’s just another one of those labels that describes a magical path, and you don’t have to be part of it to use its key elements. (I can cook with magic, doesn’t necessarily make me a kitchen witch.) Anyway, moving on!
Sigil magic is very versatile, and can be used for a wide variety of things. Protection, confidence, glamours, focus and motivation, sleep and nightmares, drawing in or attracting certain people or qualities, banishing or pushing away certain people or qualities; sigils can amplify certain aspects or traits within yourself, or diminish them; sigils can also have an effect on other objects, such as enchanting them for specific purposes; you can even use a sigil to encourage growth in plant life. If you can think of something you need, it can likely be done with a sigil.
That being said, there are certain things that magic should not be used for, and those things also correlate with sigils. Mundane methods should never be ignored in lieu of magic.
It depends on the sigil and its intent. A sigil for anxiety might be best drawn on your skin where you can feel its constant effect versus being destroyed. A sigil for banishing a bad quality would be best ripped up or buried, to symbolize ridding yourself of the quality. Once you have your sigil and know what it is for, thinking of the best way to apply it comes down to the individual person, what you hope to gain, and also what you have available for you to use.
Yes! Anyone can make sigils and start using them at any time.
Sigil creation methods are generally pretty personal to the person using them, though most have similar basic structures and can work for others if they “connect” with it. It’s all about you and what you feel and need.
A basic sigil creation method goes something like this:
Links for other creation methods will be provided at the end for further reference.
You don’t need to stick with it. If you find it’s not working, or not suiting your needs, try another one. Another thing you can do is modify an existing method to suit your needs better. Take a method that you like, add or remove some steps to make it more personal to you, switch some things around. Experiment!
Yes, you can make a sigil for another person; the best way to do so would be to use their full name in the statement, like “[full name] passes their driver’s test.” If you have a photo of the target, you could draw the sigil on their picture, and this removes the need to use their full name in the statement.
It is also definitely possible to use sigils other people have made. It is why so many of us take requests for them. Some people say that sigils are stronger if made yourself, since they are more personal, and that may have its applications, but there is no reason not to try a pre-existing sigil if you are drawn to it… unless the owner of the sigil has asked no one to use it, of course!
A statement of intent is, well, a statement dictating your goals, wishes or desires. Some examples would be “I am confident,” “I am protected from any negative intentions,” or “I am hidden from those that would seek to harm me.” It is a sentence dictating what you wish to happen, and creating a sigil from the letters of your statement will help bring it into effect.
“I am” programs the sigil, and lets it know that the effects are happening RIGHT NOW, so the sigil has to work to make it happen RIGHT NOW. If you use “I will,” sure, you’ll get your desired outcome, but when? It leaves it so open to interpretation. The sigil could go off tomorrow, or next week, or next month… Using “I am” shows the sigil that it needs to have already happened, is already happening, so it works to make it so.
No. If you are confident in being able to keep the statement in your mind as you work and imbue those desires into your design you should be fine. It is best for beginners, though, to start with writing it down and using its letters as building blocks, to imprint your desires more easily into your sigil and to keep it firmly in mind.
You can if you want to. I keep mine, because it gives me more shapes to work with when it comes to designing the actual sigil. It’s a matter of preference.
Nope, not at all. If you feel you don’t need that letter, don’t use it.
You can break down the letters further into their basic shapes. I do this, and it does make the crafting a lot easier. A would break down to / - \, P would be | ), you get the idea. You also don’t have to use every single shape if you don’t feel you need to.
Of course. These symbols have their meanings for a reason, and their associations with your intent will help it with its goal. Your sigil can be abstract, or it can physically represent your desires, whatever you prefer.
Only if you want them to be. Everyone’s aesthetics and creation methods are different. if you want to use symbolism from shapes and designs in your sigils, go right ahead. If you want a lot of swirls or lines, do that. If you don’t want any noticeable pattern, that works too! The only reason the shapes and patterns matter is if it appeals to you, if you like how it looks - that makes a sigil stronger. If that’s what you want to do, do it; otherwise, don’t worry about it.
Not at all! You can use any language or alphabet to make sigils from. Some people even use pop culture or made up alphabets; I’ve even made sigils out of a code my friend and I wrote in high school. Experiment and have fun with it - there are many alphabets out there that you could try, like the [theban alphabet], or this [shadow script] created by a fellow Tumblr user.
Absolutely. It is the intent that matters, and intents are universal.
You drew a cool looking symbol. I previously thought that these were “blank sigils,” that could just be filled with an intent after creation, and they would work just as normal sigils would. Evidence from people sending in their experiences and stories has shown me that drawing a design with no intent, then filling it with one later, doesn’t work as well; the “blank sigil” doesn’t seem to hold the intent or the charge very well at all. So, for the most part, when you draw random symbols like that, it’s just a random symbol.
Absolutely. The sigil needs energies put into it, to activate it and allow it to work its magic. You can’t expect a computer to work without it being plugged in to a power source. A car can’t run without gas. Humans can’t run without food. Same thing goes with sigils. Creating a sigil will give it a bit of a charge, but it is recommended to charge it with an additional method to ensure it gets all the energies it needs to work at its full ability.
There are so many ways to charge sigils, it’s crazy. People are constantly coming up with new methods. Coming up with your own charging “rituals” and thinking outside the box are highly encouraged. I will provide some links below for various charging and activating methods, as well as a quick list of some ideas to get you started:
These are not ALL the methods, just some to give you some ideas to work off of, and hopefully inspire your own.
The simplest method, that requires no other supplies besides the sigil you wish to charge and yourself, is filling the sigil up with your own energy. The way I do this is, I hold the sigil in my hands, or hold my right hand over wherever the sigil is located (skin, object, etc.). I channel up energy from the ground, so I don’t exhaust myself in the charging process. I pull the energy through me, to somewhere near my heart, and fill it with my intent and desires (I call this “programming”). I then push that energy down through my arm, out my hand, and into the sigil. I repeat this process multiple times, until I feel the sigil is adequately charged.
Some charging methods might be better for certain intents than others. The energies match the desires better, based on the “wavelength” and the feel of said energies. You probably wouldn’t want to charge a sleep sigil with physical activity or coffee beans. Besides that, it’s all just moving energy around; there’s not really a supreme way to do that, just many ways.
Yes, sigil work is energy work. If you’re not familiar with your energy levels, it is easy to take too much from yourself and put it into a sigil, leaving you feeling tired or drained. It’s a relatively common “symptom” or result - it’s happened to me a fair number of times. The best way to stop this is to pull energy into yourself before charging, to make sure there is lots of energy to give the sigil so you won’t be taking it all from yourself. The more you work with energies, the better you will be at gathering and retaining, and the less tiring sigil charging will be over time. Figuring out your energy limit and staying within it is great as well, though that can take time and experimentation. If you find yourself tired and drained after charging sigils, sit yourself down with some food and drink and just relax; take a break from working with sigils and let yourself recharge and get some energy back.
It’s best to associate your charging method with your intent. For example, a sigil to bring more energy might best be charged under the sun. Choosing a method is up to you, based off your own judgement, and what you feel you and your sigil need.
No. Destruction is one of many charging methods used for creating sigils. If you would prefer to keep the sigil to carry around and feel its constant effect, do so.
I would rip it apart or erase it, do what you can to physically remove it or destroy it, and declare that all the energies within that sigil have been released and nullified. Make sure to state that the sigil has been broken / deactivated, that it can no longer act out its purpose.
Sigils would make great tattoos, as long as you plan to use the sigil / have need of its effects constantly in your life. Otherwise, you’ll have a sigil on our body for an obsolete purpose. It won’t do anything negative, the design just won’t work anymore since it no longer has any purpose.
Yep! As long as you remember the statement of intent you used, and have a reference for the design, there is no problem reusing a sigil after it has already been used. You will need to recharge it. Every separate instance of a sigil needs charging.
Every time you draw a sigil for the first time, charge it. Even if you’ve used it before, that particular time you drew it it needs energies in it to work. The charge will not carry over from the old use, since those energies served their purpose the first time and are no longer around.
Yup, as long as you don’t charge a sigil it is just a picture of a symbol, so you can keep it around without it having any effect on your life (yet).
No. Every person has their own aesthetic, and it’s very important to like the appearance of your sigils. We each draw and create differently, so it make sense that our designs are unique too. As long as you like how your sigil came out, it doesn’t matter if it looks starkly different from other sigils with the same intents. You have your own style, you are unique, and it comes across in sigils. It’s what makes them so awesome.
Not necessarily. It takes some time to get the hang of working with sigils. My early sigils were pretty bad, looking back on them now. Just like with any skill, it takes time and practice to hone your talents and get to where you want to be. Just keep working, keep practicing, keep drawing sigils, and I’m sure you’ll find yourself in a place where you’re happy with your designs soon enough.
