I’ve often heard of the crossroads referenced to an astral plane- I understand that part but I’ve also heard of it referred to as a physical place as well.what would a physical worldly crossroads consist of?
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Um…exactly what the name implies. It is where two roads cross each other.
If you have ever been in a car at a four-way stop, you’ve been at a crossroads.
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Crossroad rituals are great, and nearly always benign; I’ve never encountered a malicious spirit at one, or the dead either for that matter. Two crossed roads under a full moon in a remote location is perfect, but walking paths and bike trails work too.
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You do realise that malicious spirits can also be summoned to the cross roads?
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Certainly. I was just saying I’ve never encountered them there. A summons is a different matter, but I get your point.
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There’s a malicious spirit that lives at a crossroad close to my home. Many people have died there due to car accidents. I almost got hit by a truck while crossing one morning. DID NOT SEE IT AT ALL until I felt something grabbed me by the collar and yanked me back just as the truck passed infront of me.
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An author of magic once gave his personal explanation of the crossroad, writing of the “astronomical cross” (+) and “operative cross” (x), over the magical circle.
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In Celtic lore all ‘in-between’ places are magical and can allow the unseen to pass into this world. Lintels and crossroads in particular - it’s an area where the boundaries between the worlds are thin.
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Popular in hoodoo. And every african country has a different god for a crossroad in magic… and you never stop hearing about crossroads, sometimes I find a really good spell, and I’m like, please, dont let this end at a crossroads that I can never drive through, or look back at again -because I’m running out of deserted cross roads 
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If were talking Hekatean Crossroad its where three roads meet. There is also a four way crossroad that is used by hoodoo i think.
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WOW! Sometimes the simplest answer… I really had no idea it literally meant like mundane crossroads. I was thinking certain physical locations that have a natural spiritual significance- such as an oak tree as they say.
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Physical crossroads do have magickal significance in many traditions though.
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