Hey guys. Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm going to be doing some sigil magick shortly and I was wondering, is it ok if I print out the sigils on my computer? They come out perfectly and in dark ink too, plus I can cut the paper to make the square around the circular border as big or small as needed. A good size I found is about 4 inches per sigil plus a couple for the paper around it. But is there a downside to printing them? I mean, the sigil is just a link to the spirit right? So it shouldn't really matter if it was printed. Also my art is.....pretty grotesque. So my hand drawn sigils usually come out looking like abominations. Lol
I RECOMMEND using modern tools and machinery for magick.
If anything, using cutting edge technology is more aligned with the attitude of magick, which is all about increasing power.
Can you print your sigil on a laser printer? Of course.
I donāt even print sigils out anymore. Like cinereous, I open the sigil image on top of a black background on my laptop, and iPhone, and sit and scry into these devices. After all, the surfaces of the devices are glass.
And when we have 3D holograph machines, Iāll switch to them. Weāll continue evolving our practice as technology advances.
Or should we all go back in time and start chiseling sigils out of stone again?
Needless to say, if you enjoy the romance of drafting up your own sigils by hand, then go ahead. But itās not necessary.
Timothy, when opening on a digital medium how do you find the back lighting to affect things? In my admittedly limited experience with doing this I am always detered because I find my eyes fatigue very quickly due to back lighting
Iāve cut some of the sigils Iāve used out of stainless on a water jet, but these were for more general and long term workings involving my job as a machinist. Engraved my set of runes on it too. Came out badass.
I always decrease the brightness to itās lowest level. Also, youāll find that if you create a black background on your desktop, and open the sigil on top, it reduces the eye strain.
As someone who is on a computer from the moment I wake up, until the moment I fall asleep, I do admittedly suffer serious eye fatigue, as to which you alluded - perhaps due to this, Iāve built up a strong stamina for enduring it.
An alternative approach is to simply shut the monitor lighting off, and use it as a standard black magick mirror.
Laptops come in very handy for this, because the screen is attached to the base, and you can easily adjust the degree of tilt - as opposed to a literal mirror, where you need a mirror stand, which has a limited range.
In addition, if youāre scrying and want to take notes on what youāre seeing, you simply open up your notepad software and type away as you gaze - this is MUCH faster than handwriting.
Itās all-in-one. You can do anything on itā¦ scry, take notes, create sigils, read grimoires, etc. Itās like a Swiss army knife for scrying.
A computer is a magicianās dream come true tool-wise.
Timothy would you and E.A. be interested in putting out a download of all of the sigils, gateways etc. found in E.A.'s books so that they can be easily printed out? This would save people from having to trace them from their books.
No āSTUPIDā Questions here jbtaylor!!! I really like the āfeelā of this forum man.
For me, I like to add a few drops of my blood from my writing hand into black ink, use a nib/quill and hand draw or paint (when I have the $ for paint!) the Sigil. I feel that Iām in a way giving myself over a little more to the task at hand.
But this raises a great question regarding printing or hand painting Sigilsā¦How āperfectā does the Sigil have to be?
Is my Magick any MORE powerful if itās hand painted as opposed to copied?
An Ipad works pretty good as a scrying device on the go as well (especially the larger screen as opposed to the new smaller one) with its shiny and reflective surface, plus with the case I have for it I can adjust the angle. Good post Timothy.
I think itās ok to print sigils, as long as you trace over them with your pen, marker, sharpie, etc. just print it out with the fast draft setting so that it comes out kind of light.
[quote=āPoete Maudit, post:32, topic:767ā]Is printing sigils ok, you ask?
Have you evoked a spirit to physical manifestation?
If you havenāt, stop trying to cut corners. Itās actually pompous, arrogant and insulting.[/quote]
Become intimate with the sigil. Do not take shortcuts. Iām not saying whether to print or not to print. I spend time drawing the sigils first in pencil then I go over them with magickal ink. The important thing is to bond with the sigil as if it were a great piece of art. Let it come alive to you, If that means taking the time to draw it by hand do so. If you can make it perfect through a print program do so. The point is to spend time with the sigil. Also to be honest, blood or semen infused with the ink bonds the sigil to you.
I think the concern a lot of people have, and correct me if I am wrong, is that their ability to draw is not good. Myself I am absolute rubbish at drawing, even my tracings come out wrong somehow lol. I will be working on this now I have started down this path. My concern is that a badly drawn sigil would not be as strong a connection as a well defined or perfect one even if it is printed. I donāt want to offend because they think āThatās rubbish, if thatās the best you can do donāt botherā
You can print sigils. If you want, use a bodily fluid to re-trace and consecrate - if that gets you in the space, so to speak. That said, Iām old school and a draw sigils, but I print and consecrate Seals.