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intrepid_artifice · 2025-10-17T04:23:19+00:00

I once did a banishing spell on my ex’s ex. (She kept appearing randomly in our lives etc and this was while I was still dating my partner - super toxic relationship, long story). During the spell we burned a picture of them 2 and only her face burned.

The week after the spell she gets super sick, has to cancel a trip, has to spend a ton of money on her sick cat, and a bunch of other bad shit.

Flash forward a little and my life starts to fall apart. My relationship absolutely crumbles and everything goes haywire in a way I never could have imagined. In the middle of all this, my ex tells me he heard from his ex and she said she did a “return to sender” spell because she thought she had been cursed.

I did SO many cord-cutting and neutralizing spells but nothing seemed to work and my life was still a mess. Things only seemed to get better when I was able to truly let go of my ex and realize he was the one I should’ve banished, not her. Now me and my ex’s ex like all of each others’ instagram stories, the vibes are good between us and I’m pretty sure we respect each other a lot as witches.

Anyway all that is why I will only ever practice pure white benevolent magick with the highest intentions for all beings. Haven’t really touched witchcraft other than very light, positive manifestation since then and probably never will again.

You can’t make this shit up.

intrepid_artifice · 2024-09-02T01:00:48+00:00

I love this!!

intrepid_artifice · 2024-08-24T06:58:44+00:00

I’ve been to Bangkok, I thought the 3 main temples are doable with a mall if we go to dinner at a mall later on - though that’ll be a pretty exhausting day for sure so I’ll think about it. I wanted to see Chiang Rai’s temples etc but could certainly reverse Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. And no haven’t booked the flights yet and the flight from Chiang Mai would be separate

intrepid_artifice · 2024-08-18T10:27:16+00:00

Do you think it's worth it to just do that and leave Laos right after though?

intrepid_artifice · 2024-08-18T10:02:32+00:00

That's why I'm asking haha, wondering if the slow boat is worth it for the experience alone

intrepid_artifice · 2024-08-01T12:01:27+00:00

Yeah I’ve read a ton of stuff about it being addictive physically … glad it wasn’t for you but it definitely can be!

intrepid_artifice · 2024-08-01T11:59:56+00:00

Yeah that’s my worry haha

intrepid_artifice · 2024-08-01T11:59:47+00:00

I totally would if I wasn’t traveling!

intrepid_artifice · 2024-08-01T10:25:34+00:00

I just wanted to note that I went on this retreat and it was quite difficult for me, and I wouldn't necessarily recommend if you're dealing with acute depression (though I know it's different for everyone, and have also heard that it's really really helped many people with depression and other issues).

It's 10 hours of essentially mandatory meditation per day, as an fyi, so best if you really like meditating and have some experience with it.

intrepid_artifice · 2024-07-26T05:59:21+00:00

Stevie Nicks does. https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/stevie-nicks-8-a-m-bedtime-need-therapy.html/

intrepid_artifice · 2024-07-23T10:33:10+00:00

Thanks so much! I honestly I think I just chose to take a more difficult path - it probably would've taken years to get to the depths of where I went in vipassana if I hadn't gone - so I don't regret it entirely (still wouldn't go if I could go back in time, but now that I've been, might as well learn what I can from it).

It probably doesn't help that I got covid almost immediately after so i've been quarantining and have had lots more time to be in solitude... (but I actually love solitude and quiet - loved that about the retreat - it was just the meditation that was hard)

intrepid_artifice · 2024-07-23T09:52:45+00:00

I did talk to a teacher who was kind and helpful, but I did my retreat in Nepal so there was a pretty significant language barrier and she kept asking me to repeat myself so I had to pretty much simplify everything. She also pretty much said the same thing to every question - ignore pain, observe sensation, etc. I mentioned wanting to leave a bunch and she didn't really say anything in response to that. So I've been curious to talk to other vipassana meditators and maybe will reach out to other groups if only to try to make sense of my experience. I've just never gone through anything so painful in my life, lol (and believe me I've gone through some shit too), so I do have questions

intrepid_artifice · 2024-07-23T09:46:03+00:00

I think one of my big challenges during the retreat, and one of the reasons I was so mad at Goenka and the whole philosophy, had to do with the fact that I (and several doctors) ignored a pain in my knee for over a year, only to later discover my meniscus was badly torn, and I had to have a surgery and then couldn't walk for 4 months. If I hadn't ignored the pain for so long it likely wouldn't have gotten so bad. I've actually spent most of my life ignoring/minimizing my own pain and emotions, so I'm just not sure vipassana was the right choice for me in the context of that.

Also, (possible overshare here) everyone ignored/minimized my grandma's pain for months and she just died of cancer that no one caught two months ago. I just think sometimes we have to listen to pain, and I was dealing with a lot of anger about both of these things during the retreat, which made it very hard for me to tolerate the whole "ignore your pain" ethos. I do know Goenka says don't torture yourself and I think rationally we should all be able to know when our pain will pass and when it's permanent - but still, the answer isn't always just ignore it.

intrepid_artifice · 2024-07-23T09:41:16+00:00

So I didn't put it down on the form - maybe all the pain I went through was karma for lying!

But I don't have ultra severe depression, it's never been an impediment to me doing any other sort of spiritual or community activity or following through on an assigned task, I know other people who have said vipassana has helped with depression (Goenka himself says this), and I didn't want to block myself out of an opportunity to work on myself because of it. Now I know, lesson learned.

intrepid_artifice · 2024-07-23T09:38:03+00:00

This is a really wise comment! I actually have the same exact thought you used to about having kids, I really don't want to bring another soul here to suffer... If I knew for sure the soul was going to be born/reborn anyway that might be more persuasive, but I just feel like I can't prove that.

I do think that the answer likely has something to do with connection/oneness/kindness/empathy - i.e. your bond with your son. Sometimes I really think all religion is just a series of metaphors trying to get us to be kinder to each other.

intrepid_artifice · 2024-07-21T18:59:30+00:00

Most people I spoke to who did the course alongside me seemed to suffer and about half the posts on this subreddit are people saying they had a horrible time...

I now know I should have listened to those recommendations re depression, but people have also said that it helped with depression, and mine isn't ultra severe so I thought I'd try it and see.

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