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Before I start the Instructable I would respectfully ask that anyone who does not subscribe to the beliefs of the paranormal decline to post rude or destructive comments. I appreciate the broad mind & spectrum of this site and would like to contribute so those who do believe have access to this kind of information.
Charging Boxes are used to keep your spelled or spirited vessels at peak energy. You can use practically any material when making a Charging Box and they can be any size you desire. You will want to choose a size that best fits your needs. If you wish to separate your imbued vessels for any reason you can use these same instructions over & over to make as many as are necessary. While Charging Boxes are not a necessity they are a helpful shortcut to more lengthy processes for achieving the same effect.
Charging Boxes are used to keep your spelled or spirited vessels at peak energy. You can use practically any material when making a Charging Box and they can be any size you desire. You will want to choose a size that best fits your needs. If you wish to separate your imbued vessels for any reason you can use these same instructions over & over to make as many as are necessary. While Charging Boxes are not a necessity they are a helpful shortcut to more lengthy processes for achieving the same effect.
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Before you choose a box to use for this project you need to look at your collection & decide how many boxes you will need. Remember that it is not necessary to keep your spirited or spelled vessels in the box at all times, only when you feel they need a boost of energy, so you can rotate vessels in & out of the box. I would suggest creating one Charging Box at a time and not to attempt to make several at one time.
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Humans are spiffy in that they have effectively a computer (the brain) coupled to their consciousness. This enables them to overtly choose to seek certain outcomes, and this allows them to direct their intent to line up with their desires.
So in short, yes, humans themselves have enough power to charge an object.
Anyway, the author surely knows what they're talking about just as well as you do, it's just different stuff (that young girls seem to like).
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I'm saying don't assume you know what a "real Christian" is, because they're ALL real Christians, regardless of their beliefs.
(You can't use high priests as a basis for argument if you've dismissed them already with the new covenant)
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Using cards for story lines seems perfectly reasonable to me, being forbidden is a misunderstanding of what you wanted to do I think?
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What we're telling you, over and over, lemonie, is that in YOUR Christianity that may be the case, but there are plenty of others where it's not an issue, and where Biblical precendent allows it.
According to all the Christian varieties I've been raised in / studied, yes, Jesus did establish a New Covenant, and erased all the old rules, and establish a new set of rules, including such things as "love your neighbor as you love yourself", "you come not unto the Father except through me", and so on. All those rules about bacon, and shellfish, and mixed fabric blends - irrelevant. Including the laws and rules about divination.
Many historically important clergy members have used Bibliomancy, for example, as divination. Tarot is not appropriate, culturally, but divination and the occult - sorry, lots of it (from faith healing to psalm reading and on).
All of this is irrelevant. The ible is not about tarot, or Christianity and the occult. So, you should take your mistaken opinions about what does or does not count for Christianity (and a hugely varied lot it is, from Amish to Unitarian to Catholic) and leave it be.
I might type it all out again tomorrow...
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They're used in ceremonial magic, hoodoo, folk magic among Hispanics, by some Catholics, in certain extremist or fundamentalist Christian sects, among others. Just because you don't know doesn't mean it's not the case.
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I should mention, in passing, I've got a degree in religious studies. More than just theology, religious studies focuses on religious experience world-wide, why and how people are religious, what religion is, the history of religion, and the like.
What enchanted items? I'm new... heh
Your valid point is material. Yes, we encourage collectors & practitioners to use gemstones or natural metals as they are good receptors and possess their own powers & gifts to the effort involved. I never thought of someone using styrofoam. On our forum we had a contest for people who made their own Charging Box and they responded with boxes of mostly natural material. This is why I like feedback, this is a valid point that should be made in the instructable & our Encyclopedia.
As for the supportive materials they are the decision of years of collecting & interaction. Of course this requires you to have a belief in spirit keeping but we share our findings with others and in return they share their findings as spirit keepers on our forum. Actually, Djinn respond highly to lavender and sand but so do many other spirits. So it's not a matter of what is predicted due to their surroundings but instead our recordings and other spirit keepers recordings of how well spirits like or respond to certain materials.
I hope that made sense. I really appreciate the warm welcome from everyone and the constructive observations because when you're too close to a subject it can be difficult to think about all the things that need to be mentioned.
It is not a matter or my not believing that some things considered "supernatural" are impossible, by any means. I do have some personal issues with the use of the word "supernatural". To my way of thinking, something cannot be "above nature" in that it does not follow the natural order of the universe. There may be many things where the principles that apply to them are not yet fully or even barely understood, but in themselves, they would still be natural. If a spirit or subtle energy exists, then it exists within nature, like everything else. We may not understand it's nature yet (or ever) and it may be hard for some to consider believing in unless they personally see some accaptable evidence, but that wouldn't make it "supernatural". Still, I understand the conventional use of the word and that use doesn't detract from the instructable.
The premise I find a bit questionable is:
"The size & material of the box you choose is up to you."
The material makes no difference at all? That doesn't seem likely. Plastic or styrofoam would work just as well and in the exact same way as say, jade or silver? That wouldn't agree with the idea of some materials such as crystals or whatever having certain magical properties naturally.
With most devices in the world, while there may be many things they could possibly be constructed of, some will work better than others (or at the least differently). For example, if you were to look up batteries or leyden jars here on instructables, you'd see that people have made them of many different materials. This does not mean, however, that they all work equally well or in exactly the same way. Some materials or combinations of materials might not work or at least not work well enough to make those things to be worthwhile. It seems to me that subtle energies still would have their own properties independent of the intent of the person, and so there could be some better choices than others. Did you test your premise in some way to determine that any material and size will work well? If so, that maybe would have been an interesting point to add.
Now about "supportive items". This section does seem to indicate that different materials might have different properties. But lets consider that well enough addressed above and move onto the other questions that it raises. Sea glass is a favourite of dragons and merfolk? An interesting factiod, but how was it determined? Is there some reference book you get that from or was it determined through experimentation? Sand is a great offering for djinn? But why? Because there is a lot of it in places you (or someone who wrote a book) think of djinn being found? By that logic, human city dwellers would find little pieces of sidewalk to be wonderful gifts (hey, it might be this year's holiday gift sensation!). Feathers and shells are an offering? Ok, but can you clarify who or what they are being offered to and why?
Please understand that I am not speaking against your instructable. I like it, I'll give it 4 stars. It is clear, shows how to do something it says it will show how to do, has some nice photographs to clarify the instructions, and is quite interesting. A bit more information on the "why" and the reasons you personally feel the premises to be true and perhaps a very brief anecdote on how you know the design works well for the things you claim it does, and it could be even more interesting, though!
Anyway, good 'ible. Especially for your first one. 4 stars, solid.
Daniel
"It is not a matter of my believing that some things considered "supernatural" are impossible, by any means."
Still a fun read though, very clear.