Greetings and salutations.

[evacelestia]

I am not really used to introducing myself, so I'm not really sure where to start.
You can call me Eva, and I am here mostly to educate myself. Maybe even to find myself if I am lucky enough. I've tried to communicate with spirits before. Giving offerings, making my own candles, and trying rituals. Nothing really worked. I felt nothing. Saw nothing. But I do feel strangely drawn to spirituality, even if I am losing my faith in it. So I decided to abandon practice and dedicate my time to simple learning. That's about it. Thank you for having me.

 

[Graycrow]

Welcome Eva!

 

[HellenaHex]

Welcome to WF Eva.
I do wish you luck on your spiritual journey.

It’s possible you just can’t see spirits. Which is fine because that is actually pretty common even for many practitioners. If you have the time you should look into dream magic, lucid dreaming, and learning to interpret dreams. Many spirits will often communicate through dreams. It will also help you learn to recognize what dreams are spiritual or prophetic and which dreams are physiological creations from your own subconscious.

Another thing to keep in mind are what sort of things attract or amp up spiritual activity. Hot food and beverages for offerings amp up energy for spirits to draw on. Doing rituals and leaving offerings at in-between spaces at in between times can help. Incense that is known to attract spirits such as sweet grass for example can help but depending on the sort of spirit you wish to attract it would greatly affect what I suggest you burn. Electrical energy in the air has been proven helpful in both occult practices and by ghost hunters so if you are feeling experimental you could try a Tesla coil. That adds energy for the spirit to draw on if one is present and if their is fog, mist, or smoke it is possible to get to see a physical manifestation in the smoke/mist/fog.

 

[evacelestia]

Welcome to WF Eva.
I do wish you luck on your spiritual journey.

It’s possible you just can’t see spirits. Which is fine because that is actually pretty common even for many practitioners. If you have the time you should look into dream magic, lucid dreaming, and learning to interpret dreams. Many spirits will often communicate through dreams. It will also help you learn to recognize what dreams are spiritual or prophetic and which dreams are physiological creations from your own subconscious.

Another thing to keep in mind are what sort of things attract or amp up spiritual activity. Hot food and beverages for offerings amp up energy for spirits to draw on. Doing rituals and leaving offerings at in-between spaces at in between times can help. Incense that is known to attract spirits such as sweet grass for example can help but depending on the sort of spirit you wish to attract it would greatly affect what I suggest you burn. Electrical energy in the air has been proven helpful in both occult practices and by ghost hunters so if you are feeling experimental you could try a Tesla coil. That adds energy for the spirit to draw on if one is present and if their is fog, mist, or smoke it is possible to get to see a physical manifestation in the smoke/mist/fog.

Thank you so much for your kind words!

Surprisingly enough, I actually asked the spirits to join me in my dreams during my rituals. I was naturally drawn to this concept because I did have prophetic dreams before and believe them to be a powerful tool! Buuut... with no success. Though I do have some experience with lucid dreaming, keeping a dream journal, and all that. Nevertheless, there is a high likelihood that I was approaching it incorrectly or that I did not practice enough. Your words, though, feel like a sign that I should keep trying!

I would usually drink some herbal tea before bed and burn mugwort. But using electricity? Never heard about this before. Sounds fun and something that I will definitely try!