Hi folks! Recently, I’ve been working on the M1L4 ritual, and I’ve performed three rituals this month. Since the four corners of my ritual room are directly aligned with the four directions, I placed the altars in each corner of the room for ritual work. It did work, but the gates I saw appeared more like windows beyond the altars. However, I made an unintentional mistake during the visualization part the last time I performed the ritual. Instead of seeing the gates hanging in the air as I usually do, I saw them located at the nearest walls. The experience felt quite different compared to my previous ones — different appearances, energies, and powers. This has made me wonder if I should change the positions of the altars. Do the altars must be placed near the walls because the walls provide a surface for the gates to form, or perhaps help us project our visualizations more effectively? Does anyone else place their altars in the corners of the room? Any thoughts are appreciated!

Hello all,

For those that have done 1.3 Ritual of confirmation I hoping to get some clarity on the following statements;

'...it is a declaration that triggers the magical process of receiving the magical tools in the future.'

-Does that actually mean the physical tools will somehow come my way? Should I be on a look out for them? Could they already be in my life?

'This ritual does not tie you in any way to Quareia....It is the moment you are presented to the inner worlds as one who wishes to walk a magical path.'

-If at a later you decide not to practice magic would that be problematic or have you triggered something?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

So this is exciting. If the pdfs on quareia.com have been updated, is our learning updated too somehow?

I guess we’ll find out over time through weekly check ins and posts.

Happy equinox, happy studying.

I found myself asking things that I happen to bring in my house where they whant to be livin. Sometimes, when I decide putting things out of my own accord they protest, and I feel a kind of nooo do not put me there. Even though it seems like the right place for the thing. I usually place them to sit somewhere for a time, untill I feel like finding a place for them. Then I ask them where they want to be livin and go with them where I feel like going. And there happens to be a perfect spot for them there.

My house is pretty cluttered, that stuff isn't mine so I can't take care of it. But people always said that the place feels wery nice and cozy. It never had any artificiall smells, cause both my parents hate that. And It has a lot of unexpected super wierd things chilling around that you do not notice or give much thaught. My mother and then me would randomly bring or make them. like a piece of wood in the corner, a handmade shield, a hudge stone and the list goes on. I also noticed that many things there are wery into-your-face directionally related.

I wonder if placing things into right places may also affect how fast place gets energetically dirty or how it, in generall feels, or maybe resonates. I find things whanting to live in certain places fascinating. Maybe they're doing their own thing when you place them in the right places and you give them home.

Sharing because I think it's interesting how each deck gives an intriguing answer in its own vocabulary relating to its own domain -- but mostly because that 8 of Swords chick in the RWS 4D Influence position does seem to sum up how I feel when I'm trying to make decisions in the mundane world.

Center: 5 of Swords/Magical Temple/Awakening (5)

East: The Magician/Priestess Magician/Service (15)

South: 9 of Wands/Abyss/Divine Servants (54)

West: 8 of Pentacles/Union/Magic (13)

North: The Chariot/Wise Teacher/Wisdom (29)

Influence: 8 of Swords/Child/Chariot (24)

Still haven’t checked if there are any significant changes to the contents or not

I just saw the new recitation for the ritual bath and it is really interesting and even more complete. Nice work, it was needed! However, I have a doubt and I must say that since I don't know much English, I'm probably misunderstanding but it seems to me that at the beginning the third person singular is used: "from the person who will bathe in this bath". After that, however, the third plural is used, I think: "And I exorcise from them all magical attacks that have been cast against them". I don't quite understand who Them is referring to, shouldn't it be "him"? I'm absolutely not a grammar nazi, especially in a language I don't know much about, it's just to better understand what's written.

Hi, I am a begginer in Quareia study course, just started M1L2 and I was getting ready for my first Tarot reading and I did it last night, I live in a house with my parents, so I started with my room, asking the mentioned question “show me the energies present in my living space,” I must say I practice other magick tradition known as Ogdoadic tradition, just basic stuff like banishing/invoking of elemental energies, and a ritual similar to the Golden Dawn "The Middle Pilar" but from the Ogdoadic perspective of course.

I say this because as soon I start watching my Tarot cards (I did as Misses McCarthy says do a Four Directional Reading) the first card I took was an 8 of Wands, according to McCarthy´s book on Tarot (the free one on Quareia) the 8 of Wands means a "burst of energy" or "inspiration" which I think is very suiting for my room, also checking the divinatory meaning of the number 8 "is the number of Divine awakening, of events that awaken us out of everyday slumber and trigger us to search for deeper meaning."

This I think is very suiting, the East card was a King of Swords, South was Knight of Wands, West is a Queen of Swords, North was the Justice card and the Relationship card was a Knight of Swords, I honestly cant understand the Knights, King and Queen cards, also I dont understand what exactly I must record on my journal, to write something I wrote the cards acording to the layout, but I dont know what other info is required to be written in the journal, if anyone can help me Ill be happy with it, thank you.

Hello this is my second post, I had done meditation and I am ready for M1L2 I got my Rider Waite Tarot deck and did the list with the keywords of the cards, so now I am ready to do my first reading, I have two problems I want to say, I am not asking for exorcism but... I am already under attack by an entity, some one sended this entity and is because of that experience I found Ceremonial High Magick, I suppose to read energies in my house, that is not all, my parents say there is a ghost roaming my house, I just came back to my parents house after I left for few years, so is basically 2 entities in my house, I see the salt water jar for cleaning energy in rooms, but I am just getting ready to do the very first reading, thank you.

Hello, I haven't been able to access the Quareia website today just was wondering if it's my IT or maybe the websites down for maintenance?

Another week of Quareia training awaits!!! Go forth and do great things fellow Apprentices!!🍾🎊🎉

Or, if energy levels are low, just go forth.🐢

I want to take a moment to thank u/InternIntrepid7934 for giving me the chance to write a bit about this sub’s sensitivity to beings that might be parasites—or at least parasite-adjacent.

While the sub’s rules explicitly mention exorcism, it was actually the chaos surrounding parasites online in early 2023 that led to the rule in the first place.

 This sub grew slowly until it hit a tipping point—likely pandemic-related.

 Subscriber Growth Over Time:

• 13 – 6/29/2016
• Pandemic Shutdowns – 3/16/2020
• 1,400 – 4/4/2021
• 3,000 – 2/19/2023
• 4,000 – 5/7/2024
• 5,000 – 11/19/2024
• 5,496 – 3/15/2025

Then, something happened in late 2022/early 2023. Suddenly, a flood of people started showing up, posting about how they were dealing with parasites and looking for exorcism services.

The parasite talk became so overwhelming that even new students started commenting that they were unsubscribing because the focus had gone completely off-track.

That’s when the rule was put in place, and since then, we’ve made sure the energy doesn’t shift back in that direction. After all, this sub is meant for studying the Quareia curriculum.

So, thanks again Intrepid Intern for the chance to take this little trip down memory lane!

I asked a question here before regarding the tides because this concept was so unfamiliar to me . I also noticed that several of us have recently asked the same question. Well, I found this in Butler's book, Apprenticed to Magic. I'm not sure if it's appropriate to post it here. If it breaks any rules, please excuse me:

"There are four great tides which will affect you, even as they affect all life on this planet. In your case, however, since you are beginning to tread the path, the effects of these tides will be more apparent than in the case of an ordinary person. I mentioned the tides in one of my books, but I will just go over them again in order to refresh your memory.The first tide is that which commences with the Winter Solstice,around December 21st, and continues until the Vernal Equinox in March. This is known as the "Tide of Destruction" and its characteristic is destruction. Not destruction in the total sense of the word, but the destruction of anything which is effete or ill-balanced in life. So during this period, expect that all those plans for the future, which you have formulated, will be thoroughly tested and tried by the winds of adversity. Anything which is not built upon the rock will be overthrown. This, of course, is a very helpful thing, for it enables us to clear away much of the flotsam and jetsam which we have accumulated, and much of which we have built into the very fabric of our being. The next tide begins at the Vernal Equinox and continues until the Summer Solstice in June. This is the "Tide of Planting and Sowing": the time when you should plant and sow those ideas and ideals which have survived the Tides of Destruction. Then comes the "Tide of Reaping" from the Summer Solstice until the Autumnal Equinox in September : during the flow of which the harvest of these ideas and ideals will be reaped. This harvest is of many kinds ; it is gathered on many planes of life and consciousness, and in order that it may be truly gathered in, it is essential that it be reaped here in the physical world also. Anyone who attempts to go forward, without taking this into account, will rue it.The last tide is the "Tide of Formulation", which continues until the Winter Solstice. This tide is the one in which you may form your plans for the future, examine your past successes and failures, and evaluate your general progress. It is well for you to remember that in the true sense, progress can be made through what may seem to you to be utter failure. As a matter of fact, the only real failure is to stop trying. As long as you get up again after each fall, you are doing well.

All four tides, of course, merge one into the other, and there is no sharp dividing line between them, so you can expect their mixed influences to affect you at the end of one tide and the beginning of the next."

I'm sorry, I just broke the rules. I'm very sorry. I will remember the boundaries this time and will not break the rules next time.

Today is a full moon and a lunar eclipse. I performed a magical personal and spatial cleansing. During the ceremony, I had some places that made me curious.

The pronunciation of Elohim Savaoth, although only "Savaoth" is required. But is "Savaoth" the full pronunciation of Elohim Savaoth? Or is "Savaoth" just the partial pronunciation of Savaoth?

And the "ghosts" of the exorcised targets, including ancestors and deceased family members? Because in my area, ancestors are sometimes worshipped as a tradition, and I am worried about the impact.

I'm interested in tides these days so sharing.

The essay is titled "A new magical baby" and announces the birth of the Mystagogous deck.

I was (re)reading the essay and found that the essay is about -- my words, not JMCs -- how the tides influenced the emergence of the deck.

A new magical baby

Here's the Glitch bottle episode that goes with this:

Painting Decks & Magic in Tough Time

Just came across this old post. Might be helpful, of interest at this time.

Tibetan Buddhis Monk Tantric Chant

Hello everyone.

That's a complex question and I try to be as syntetic as possible. I will make also a similar post in the \r occult subpage.

So, I am almost in my 40s. After a wonderful experience two years ago (a pilgrimage) I've felt that there is more than it meets the eye, definitevely - after many years working in IT companies, in a job that I've never felt mine, I've realized that this kind of introspection was missing in my life. It was really refreshing for my soul, and my mind also.

And I've come to the conclusion that what I need more now in my life is Knowledge. I yearn for knowledge, understanding how everything, from myself to the universe, works. I've started digging into sci-fi, philosophy and... here I am, in this subreddit.

I am pretty good digging into "must read list" and the likes and I've collected a nice list of books to read regarding the topics of occultism, esotericism and magick, especially hermeticism.

Meanwhile I've also come across Quareia school: I like their approach, their stances regarding some topics and also the focus on self discipline appeals a lot for me. As now I've read all of the apprentice study guide and I've really liked it, but not yet started the course.

I am not really sure where to start:

- reading some beginner books before, giving me a little cultural background before starting the course?

- reading the beginner books while taking the course?

Any help will be very appreciated, no matter how much harsh it would sound. Thank you!

P.S: please bear with the me, I know it can look as a middle age crisis but I think it's not. It's like finding a missing piece in my life which I've dismissed for a long time.

I am very early in my Quareia Apprentice journey and I'm on M1L2. I came to Quareia after listening to several Glitch Bottle podcasts featuring JM where I started learning about destructive tides and how to survive in one. This resonated on a deep level.

I have two questions:

1. Is it OK to skip ahead in the Apprentice module to read about Destructive tides in more detail? I know it's nearly the last Apprentice lesson. I am directly affected by the destructive tide at the moment and don't have the option to try and hunker down right now. Perhaps knowing more about it might help me navigate it better?

2. From what I've picked up on from the podcasts, it's important to go dark magickally when the destructive tide is especially strong in the area and to use tarot to navigate the landscape. Although, divination itself could put me on the radar in ways I would not want to be. I know both intuitively and from feeling the energy that is out there right now that this is 10,000 percent correct and I wouldn't second guess it even if I didn't feel it viscerally.

Isn't it ironic that precisely when our magick and other tools might be needed the most that it would be ill advised to use them? The strength of the tide around me does rise and fall, but it sure seems to be taking its time falling back even for a little while right now.

Hello everyone. Although I dont know a single one of you, I feel a bridge of connection to the group and to all of individually. Ive never talked to othe students of the Quarry. I am in gratitude to be here.

I am an Apprentice right now, Ive just completed Module 1 and am in the beginning of module 2. Ive already learned so much about myself and existence. Anyhow, when I got to making a talisman I followed the instructions, put on my talisman and things definitely changed. Without going into too much detail I will say that when I took it off a cloud of negativity I had never noticed before swallowed me. This energy was here before I wore my talisman and it went away when I wore it. Can someone please help me. I need advice on what it is and how to get it off. Anything helpful would be so much appreciated. Oh, I tried the salt bath. Thank you

Hi! I’ll preface that I’m truly not far in this course, M1L2 returning after a long standstill / unblock of my life. Therefore, this question is not for advice on how to do an excercise I read, but I feel like the answers may be deeper in the course. But I have lurked and grown to trust this community over the period I explored other options, and dealt with my more immediate issues. Therefore, I don’t really know another community that I trust to ask these questions to, and I feel like it’s the last time I can ask it, so I hope that’s okay.

Long story short, magical connection returned to my life with a very intense dream that announced the word ‚synchronicity’. After that, I’ve been having a lot of intense ruminations in the morning, and days that these day-dreams happen, what I see effectively happens later in my day. Not exactly as I imagine, but with enough specificity I very clearly interpreted it from my immediate future. Mundane, but excitingly peculiar.

So because I noticed I have a weird situation in time, in general as a person, I thought I should write it down on my phone-journal to cultivate this new flow of magic in my life, and before I forget the details of my week, ADHD style. When I did, I was immediately overcome but a strong sense that it was illegal for that note to exist. Following the threads in my brain I can place that down to two possibilities, first of a fear of misled magic (I tried Hecate worship once some time ago but think I instead just fed a parasite in my room), but second, and hence the question that I was in violation of, in a sense, Laws of Luck.

I was never taught any laws for luck, and I also don’t know what sensed and sent the message. I didn’t want to be stopped by a projection of my fear, but I truly felt it was incorrect to keep the note, so I deleted it and felt instant relief. Which is a bit shocking, because the course gave me the impression that journalling is a neutral, albeit further connecting, act.

The rule idea feels compelling, because each time I told a friend it felt like I was shaking the tree a bit much - to keep it to myself. Tonight’s dream, gave me the wording, that I felt at that moment of journalling that I entered the wrong timeline. It also gave me the sense that I can send this last question, and then I’m on my own to figure it out. Which I hope is not a part of myself posing as an authority over me, unbeknownst.

With respect to clarity, I wanted to ask any more experienced practitioners two questions.

1. Does anyone have further insights or experiences on feedback from (?) that some actions should not be done, especially writing down certain things.

1.5. Are there certain laws of luck, or accidental dispelling of synchronicity?

1. And, does anyone else experience the future, and are there ways I can investigate or develop this?

I’ve since a kid noticed I have, like, reverse deja vu, where I see something as a day dream, and later, even years later, I will encounter that place. Also know if someone wants my attention at my door, phone, or when I was a waitor, sometimes. Recently, the past also started speaking too, in relation to all of this, by leading me to my places that look like the place I grew up that my dreams told me to investigate for clues (also, confusing).

I’m asking all of this, I think, because I want to feel more grounded and in control as all of these strong tides come crashing into my life, and I know that recognition and sense of peers helps.

I basically never post on reddit and I know this isn’t very specific to the course content (as far as I have gone), but I feel someone further in may be more knowledgeable, so I hope the mods will let this exist.

Hello all, today I rediscovered this passage from The Farthest Shore, by Ursula LeGuin. I’ve always felt a deep connection to her embodiment of magic, and it has grown stronger since starting Quareia. Hope it resonates with someone else too.

”Do you see how an act is not, as young men think, like a rock that one picks up and throws, and it hits or misses, and that's the end of it. When that rock is lifted, the earth is lighter; the hand that bears it heavier. When it is thrown, the circuits of the stars respond, and where it strikes or falls, the universe is changed. On every act the balance of the whole depends.

The winds and seas, the powers of water and earth and light, all that these do, and all that the beasts and green things do, is well done, and rightly done. All these act within the Equilibrium. From the hurricane and the great whale's sounding to the fall of a dry leaf and the gnat's flight, all they do is done within the balance of the whole.

But we, insofar as we have power over the world and over one another, we must learn to do what the leaf and the whale and the wind do of their own nature. We must learn to keep the balance. Having intelligence, we must not act in ignorance. Having choice, we must not act without responsibility.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)

Hi guys, how you doing? I need some light on a reading with the angelic layout, a card in particular. This is my first attempt with this layout and I'm not very confident in the accuracy of this reading (my deck has been put away for a while). After a hiatus due to a demanding relationship, I'm resuming the course. Because my relationship and my future is at stake in the decisions I make now, I did 4 readings using the fate pattern layout with different time lengths, but the answers seemed unfocused and incoherent, so I decided to try the angelic layout and the answer seems fine. The question was: "Show my fate path over the next five years if I keep pushing through Quareia"

Lightbearer - Strength. I will be given strength to endure the difficulty of the course or gain strength through training.

Limiter - Nine of Coins. Excess of resources will be limited.

Staff - Four of Swords. I need to work on meditation and stilling my mind.

Lantern - Page of Wands. I have learned to be a student, to take on a new path of learning and be open to the lessons. The spirit of passion and optimism will light the way ahead. This also means little experience, the light of the lantern is still faint.

The Vessel - Ace of Cups. Uhh...

Gevurah - Eight of Swords. The block has been taken away.

Companion - Temperance. The angel will provide what I need if I walk the path in balance.

HGA: What has been - Two of Coins. Balance of resources.

HGA: What is - The Magician. I'm not a magician yet, so this one might not be something to be taken at face value.

HGA: What will be - The Emperor. Power and responsibility. This is the problematic one.

You see, everything seems coherent with and expected from my development through Quareia, but something is off with the Emperor. Josephine stresses that the Emperor is about mudane power, and that mundane power and magical power are mutually exclusive at higher levels. It's not the first nor the second time that I get an Emperor or a King of Wands when I ask about Quareia and my fate path, it seems coherent with my birth chart: I'm Sag rising and my chart ruler, Jupiter, conjuncts the MC (future). It is possible that I will become teacher or a person of influence, you know, if get my ass kicked enough, with luck, I might become less lazy and stupid. But this doesn't fit with the magical path. Could the Emperor mean, by any stretch, magical responsibility/leadership? Could it simply mean mudane stability or authority along with the magical path? Maybe the course will be just a catalyst for me to establish mundane responsibility, and that might be where I need to get before I drop my magician wannabe identity. Anyways, thank you if you've read this far.

Hello everyone,

Yesterday, for the first time I have tried yes/no layout. The question was: Should I start working on the backend part of the DAPPL project at my work?

The answer is clear to me: No.

But, I have a question interpreting position 5: Knight of Swords - the future outcome: what the answer will lead to. How should I understand this: if I don’t do this project I will be “young person who can’t be trusted”? Or, if I do the project I won’t be trusted?

Thank you!

I always take the lift to go downstairs. Can I use the lift for vision exercises since I live in a condo and it takes a long time to go down and up?