We're often told that this lifetime is not real, that we're having a dream or we're hypnotized and need to wake up. People talk about spells and voo-doo and witchcraft and some folk say it's all nonsense but studies have shown placebos can heal so we do know the power of suggestion is real.
I asked the I Ching, "What does it mean to be under a spell"?
I received 63.5 - 36, the line about a simple sacrifice being more effective than a large one, and then leading to the hexagram Darkening of the Light which is about maintaining one's truth in difficult situations where it is not possible to just leave.
I don't think this answer is describing a spell but rather how to survive one. Perhaps this non-answer implies that what spells are or whether they are real is unimportant, that the important thing is to know how to protect oneself if you believe in them and it sounds to me that it needn't be too hard to do so, that a small gesture of recognition that spells maybe real - "giving the devil his due" - can suffice and then one can -36. - maintain their light, their free will, in this crazy world.
What should the "sacrifice" be? The I Ching says it need not be a big deal, just some gesture that acknowledges the world of the unseen. Perhaps wearing a protective amulet would suffice or maybe people should individually ask, "What can I do to protect myself?"
Further thought: As 63 represents the time after completion of a major cycle or project when one may be at loose ends as to where they should go next and the advice is to not rest on one's laurels but to keep on keeping on, it maybe it is saying one is particularly vulnerable to psychic attack when they are not focused on a compelling goal. "An idol mind is the devil's playground"!
Proverbs-R-Us
I asked the I Ching, "What does it mean to be under a spell"?
I received 63.5 - 36, the line about a simple sacrifice being more effective than a large one, and then leading to the hexagram Darkening of the Light which is about maintaining one's truth in difficult situations where it is not possible to just leave.
I don't think this answer is describing a spell but rather how to survive one. Perhaps this non-answer implies that what spells are or whether they are real is unimportant, that the important thing is to know how to protect oneself if you believe in them and it sounds to me that it needn't be too hard to do so, that a small gesture of recognition that spells maybe real - "giving the devil his due" - can suffice and then one can -36. - maintain their light, their free will, in this crazy world.
What should the "sacrifice" be? The I Ching says it need not be a big deal, just some gesture that acknowledges the world of the unseen. Perhaps wearing a protective amulet would suffice or maybe people should individually ask, "What can I do to protect myself?"
Further thought: As 63 represents the time after completion of a major cycle or project when one may be at loose ends as to where they should go next and the advice is to not rest on one's laurels but to keep on keeping on, it maybe it is saying one is particularly vulnerable to psychic attack when they are not focused on a compelling goal. "An idol mind is the devil's playground"!
Proverbs-R-Us