Posts Tagged: sigilcraft

A Glimpse At The Sigilist’s Notebook

Here’s a fun peek behind the curtain of our sigil-creation process. SigilDaily has a fairly actively Tumblr page, and when we returned from our winter break we decided it would be fun to take a bunch of requests from our Tumblr followers. This tends to result in a flood of requests — usually a few

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Let’s Debunk The “Rules” Of Sigil Magick

Question: I’ve heard that sigils must always be written in the present tense, can’t contain negative statements, and must follow a bunch of other rules to work. Is that true? There’s no easy way to say this: Occultists in the turn of the 20th century had some pretty strange ideas. If you read their thoughts

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Simple Sigil Creation: A How-To Guide

One of the most common messages I get goes something like this: “What is your process for creating sigils? It can’t be as simple as scrambling up letters, so what’s the real secret?” The truth is, there isn’t a secret. Making sigils is actually quite simple. Anyone can do it. Even for a complete newcomer,

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Sigilcraft: Creating A Simple Sigil

I get a lot of questions about my process for creating sigils. I actually use a variety of methods, but the “strike the vowels and mix the other letters up” approach is still a favorite. Here, you can see the entire process happen on a single page, with the original text at upper right. Down

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Q&A: What are the fundamentals of sigilcraft?

“So, I kind of understand what sigils are for, but I don’t understand how you go about making them. I know it’s very subjective to each person’s creativity and imagination, but what are the general guidelines and fundamentals? Also could you tell a little about the history of how sigils came about and from where?”

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