![]() “through our eyes and hands, and into the receptive surface is where the magic lives. ![]() Zakroff said that the process of physically transferring thought, Watching the visual elements-lines and curves-come together as I experiment and then suddenly click is where the magic happens,” said Hughes. I use a modified (Austin Osman) Spare method i.e., I write out a phrase and then take it apart and visually rearrange it. “I can’t imagine leaving it up to someone else-or to an algorithm. However, the artistry involved in manual sigil creation was something that neither Hughes nor Zakroff could go without. While he said it’s personally not for him because it’s based on Crowley’s work, which he doesn’t resonate with, it’s still a concept he supports. “If it works for someone, that’s wonderful and I’m all for it,” he said. Michael Hughes, author of Magic for the Resistance: Rituals and Spells for Change and creator of the popular Bind Trump campaign which uses a sigil as its core focus, agreed. “I think any process that someone finds effective for them is worthwhile, even if it’s not something I’m into,” she said. ![]() She said that sigil creation has been a part of humanity since we were drawing with sticks in the dirt and digital experimentation like this has its place in the long tradition of crafting them. Sigil for our Times [Image Courtesy Laura Tempest Zakroff “From a technological and design standpoint, I think it’s fun,” said Laura Tempest Zakroff, author of Sigil Witchery and creator of a popular workshop also focused on sigil creation. “There’s always been that kind of tension between the shift of technology: does it devalue? Does it still work? What’s the next step: can it work in digital format?” said co-creator Darragh Mason in the Vice story. The difference with the Sigil Engine is a reliance on an interesting bit of code.Īccording to a recent article on Vice, “the application logs the speed of typing, the time between keystrokes, and compares these to the entirety of the Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni, a Thelemic text that’s contained within the code.” After that, it does some “more number-crunching” and eventually results in your own –and quite unique – personalized sigil.Īnd if you’re feeling uneasy about the idea of sigils and technology teamed up, that might just be part of the point. In fact, it’s not even the first online portal to do it, there are a number of others that have come and gone over the years, including mobile apps as well as traditional websites. All that’s required is the will to make it so. Created by occult practitioners, it is becoming a popular way for anyone at all to visit and create a focus for what they would most like to see in the world. So it really should come as no surprise that a website like the Sigil Engine has emerged. So it’s no surprise that ritualists, occultists, witches, and magickal practitioners of every stripe have adopted it and utilized its power to connect and create communities, teach students from afar, attend conferences from the comfort of their home, sell magickal items, and even host rituals. Unique sigil created using Sigil Engine by typing in “health and wellness.”ĭigital technology has been enormously disruptive but also has created new opportunities, opening doors for the magickal community that were barely dreamed of even 30 years ago.
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