This is going to piss off about 75% of the readers of this post and make me lose followers. And I give ZERO fucks.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO ASTRAL TRAVEL.

Seriously. Stop fucking assuming you have to. It’s not a fucking requirement. You do NOT need it to talk to your gods. You do NOT need it to talk to spirits. It’s NOT fucking necessary. You aren’t part of a super special fucking club if you do it. You’re just a fucking practitioner who uses astral travel.

I’m getting really fucking sick of seeing EVERYONE (literally my ENTIRE dash) posting about it.

I’ll give you a number list on why folks don’t use astral travel and how that TOTALLY DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THEIR SPIRITUALITY, RELIGION, OR WITCHCRAFT AT ALL EVER:

People have and always will have intense, intimate, powerful experiences with gods and spirits WITHOUT astral travel. I can name half a dozen people in my local area who fit that criteria. Some people don’t like to fucking lose control of themselves and like better to remain in their bodies. Spirits and deities lie and are often assholes. Why deal with them if you don’t have to? “Guides” are NOT friendly spirits. You just haven’t discovered what the fuck they want from you yet. (Or, more likely, they’re getting what they want from you RIGHT NOW and you don’t even know it. And yes, that should fucking worry you.) It’s fucking DANGEROUS AS SHIT. Spirits killing you in the astral is usually traumatic to say the least.BTW, did you know spirits can follow you home AND POSSESS YOU? No? Maybe you should fucking look into that. Being “godspoused”, “godbothered”, and a “godphone” is NOT a good time. Godspouses usually have CRAZY amounts of shit to do and, from what I see, are limited to their transactions in the astral due to their godspouses. Godbothering, I can personally tell you, sucks MAJOR balls. Godphoning, (btw you’re probably using the term wrong) isn’t fun either. Oh, did I mention that you don’t need to travel for ANY OF THESE THINGS? Some folks don’t believe in spirits. Guess fucking what? THEY’RE STILL FUCKING VALID. Sometimes folks just don’t fucking want to travel. End story.

So STOP. STOP assuming you need to travel. STOP saying “well I just want to see what it’s like but I DON’T WANT TO GET HURT AND WAHHHHH!” (I’ve seen this. I’m not fucking kidding.) STOP telling newbies they need to travel. YOU DON’T.

STOP.

(Special note: There’s probably one or two religions out there that I’m utterly unaware of that DO require it. Those religions are likely closed or initiatory. Seek assistance from your teachers and leaders for aid.)

About every six months or so I have to make this post and every six months I get angrier and angrier about it.

I’m seeing a HUGE increase of people wanting to travel but they have no BASIC FUCKING UNDERSTANDING of how to do SUPER FUCKING BASIC THINGS like PROTECT THEMSELVES. Let me fucking tell you. If you can’t protect yourself and your home and/or cleanse and/or exorcise it then maybe you shouldn’t be fucking traveling. Because something is MORE THAN LIKELY going to follow you back. Gods might follow you back. Goblins might follow you back. Creatures that create nightmares and PHYSICALLY ATTACK you might follow you back. What the fuck will you do then?

When I teach my students, they don’t get to travel first. Not even if they’re been practicing witchcraft for longer than me They first have to PROVE they can protect, cleanse, and exorcise themselves and their home to some extent beforehand. ANY TEACHER YOU HAVE ON ASTRAL TRAVEL SHOULD DO THIS AND IF THEY DON’T YOU SHOULD RUN AWAY.

This is basic fucking shit. There’s no safe place or technique. There isn’t. Anyone telling you otherwise IS LYING. To themselves and you.

It’s driving me fucking crazy because I see a lot of people saying super dangerous shit like “oh just cross over and go talk to X spirit. No big deal” except that fucking spirit is known to POSSESS AND KILL people in their mythology and folklore. But lol they can’t hurt you. Uh, yes they can. Even if you don’t think they can hurt you here they sure as fuck can hurt you there.

I support astral travel when you are PROPERLY EDUCATED on how to HELP YOURSELF out of trouble both here and there. Because sometimes people won’t believe your experiences and/or they won’t be there to help you. Seriously, what will you do if no one but YOU can help yourself?

(Now some are going to say that I’m a fucking hypocrite as I sell flying salves. I have this insane believe that if you’re buying a flying salve than you probably know what you’re doing. And, frankly, if you buy something to help you cross over and you didn’t make sure you’re ready, IDK what to tell you. Why’d you spend money on things you weren’t sure you know how to use? That’s literally buying a drug and then being fucking surprised by the trip you’re having while on it. What did you expect?)

I mean, I’m pretty nice on this blog, all things considered. I answer all sorts of questions and if someone ran into trouble while flying on one of my salves I would and do absolutely help. But you should prepare yourself first. I know, I know. Waiting is so hard nowadays when everything is instant, but I assure you you’ll be much happier waiting than you would be trying to chase a poltergeist out of your house after it broke every jar containing liquid on your floor.

So STOP. THINK. CONSIDER. Then DECIDE whether or not astral travel is right for you. It isn’t necessary and isn’t for everyone, and anyone who tells you otherwise needs to shut the fuck up.