The Tower & The Child: The Alchemy of Letting Go

When I pulled The Tower this morning, I smiled the way you do when sometimes the cards call your soul’s bluff.

Scorpio season always brings lessons in destruction and renewal—but this year, the themes are sharper.

I’m walking through my Chiron return, a season of reckoning and rebirth, with my progressed Moon in Scorpio illuminating what must be released.

So it feels fitting to write about one of my own Tower moments—the kind that unravels everything you think you know about love, faith, and control.

As someone born with a natal complex with Pluto, I’ve known my fair share of collapse and resurrection.

But one particular initiation—the one that first cracked my heart wide open—began the day I became a foster parent.

The Call to Nurture

Over a decade ago, I answered the quiet call to foster.

But, like many things in life, you don’t realize what that commitment means until you are in the middle of it—until your heart becomes both sanctuary and battlefield.

Sometimes, fostering is simple sacred service: a temporary place of healing until a child can safely return home.

But there are also cases where your intuition whispers that returning home may not bring safety or stability.

Those are the ones that keep you awake at night—the ones that test your trust in the Divine’s plan.

My very first placement was such a case.

A bright, beautiful child whose spirit seemed to shine despite all he’d endured.

For six months, I was his entire world—and he, mine.

I took time off work to care for him full-time, channeling every ounce of love and intention into creating safety, rhythm, and warmth.

At the time, I was just beginning to practice manifestation and energy work.

Each month, I visualized his future: a home filled with laughter, security, and belonging.

I set intentions, cleared trauma, and believed I was co-creating the outcome with Spirit.

And miracles did happen.

His health improved, his joy returned, his energy radiated wholeness again.

Then came the call.

A family member—previously deemed unfit—was granted custody.

My knees buckled. The anger, grief, and disbelief came in waves.

And after the storm, only silence remained.

It was in that silence that I finally began to hear what the Divine had been whispering all along.

The Fall

That silence became my teacher.

It showed me that I had not been surrendering—I had been bargaining.

I had wrapped control in the language of faith, gripping the outcome because I was terrified of losing what I had grown to so deeply love.

It was a revelation that cut straight to my core wound:

that deep, ancient belief that safety depends on control.

That love will abandon me unless I manage every variable.

That the unknown cannot be trusted.

But true surrender is not passive.

It is an act of sacred courage—a willingness to release your timeline and trust that the Divine intelligence within all things knows more than you do.

When I finally unclenched my heart and let go, I felt something remarkable: the quiet hum of peace beneath all of the layers of pain.

It was as if the Universe exhaled through me, whispering, “Now, let Me.”

The Tower fell, but in its rubble, I found truth.

That love does not need control to be real.

That faith begins precisely where certainty ends.

That the soul’s evolution often hides inside the heartbreaks we resist most.

The Alchemy of Allowing

This is the Scorpionic art—the sacred death that precedes rebirth.

To allow is not to give up; it is to stop interfering with the Divine choreography.

When we surrender, the ego mourns what it cannot fix, but the soul begins to bloom in the dark.

That’s the paradox: our deepest transformation doesn’t come from holding on—it comes from allowing collapse to do its most sacred work.

The moment I stopped clinging to how I thought things should unfold, the energy shifted.

Grace entered.

I began to feel life moving through me rather than against me.

It was as if the Universe took my broken plans and wove them into a pattern too vast for me to initially see.

This was not loss.

It was initiation.

And through it, I was reborn into my Empress self—the mother who loves without possession, who is learning to create without demand, and who trusts the unseen cycles of death and rebirth. Breaking the generational cycles before me, and helping to heal ancestral patterning that has been carried in my lineage for far too long.

The Rebuild

From that soil of surrender, everything changed.

My intuition opened.

My spiritual gifts began to softly awaken.

My understanding of love transformed.

Looking back, I see that The Tower never came to destroy me—it came to free me.

It stripped away the illusion that I was ever in control, revealing the truth that I have always been held.

Sometimes grace wears the mask of devastation.

Sometimes love’s highest act is to let go.

And sometimes, the collapse you fear most is simply your soul rearranging itself into greater alignment.

Final Blessing

If you are standing in your own Tower moment, trembling at the edge of surrender, know this:

You are not being punished—you are being purified.

The fire is making space for what’s real.

Let it.

Because when you finally release the need to control the outcome,

you make room for miracles that were waiting for your yes all along.

Wishing you much love along your journey, now and always,

Seraph

The Alchemy of Closing Karmic Loops

Epilogue to the Sovereign Path Series

While I once questioned whether I believed in karma, I now know that I do. This past year brought a startling lesson- soul-defining, resonant, and deeply clarifying. I don’t see karma as punishment, but as a mirror of our choices and free will, paired with the essential lessons our soul still longs to master. These lessons often rise like old, familiar patterns resurfacing, asking us to respond differently this time- to see with new eyes and choose with greater truth. It sounds straightforward, but in practice can be profoundly painful.

And on this path, there comes a point when the illusion cracks. The mask falls. The strings that once pulled you become visible. And in that raw moment, you realize you’ve been locked in a cycle—not because you weren’t strong enough, but because you hadn’t yet seen clearly enough. Sometimes the karmic echo is loud, other times it slips in through dreams or subtle triggers. You may not know whether it’s the first encounter or the twentieth, but something in you recognizes the resonance: I’ve danced with this energy before. The question is- will it play out again, or will you finally close this loop?

Karmic loops are not punishments. They are classrooms. They replay lessons until you embody the truth—until you let go of ego and illusion and stand with total honesty, surrender, and humility. They circle back until you stop trying to control the outcome, rationalize the illusion, or avoid the truth- and until you finally choose yourself, and most importantly, until you finally choose the truth.

The Hidden Hooks of Karma

Karmic entanglements thrive on hooks—attachments, fears, obligations, old wounds that keep us chained to people, patterns, or power struggles. They whisper that you have to fight, prove, or win. But every time you grasp tighter, you lose a little more of yourself.

The real enemy isn’t the person or the circumstance. It’s the bondage itself.

Detachment as Sacred Rebellion

Detachment doesn’t mean numbness or cold withdrawal. It means choosing to carry your own essence lightly. It’s the quiet power of walking out of the cage without defending, explaining, or dragging anyone with you. It’s refusing to let the same loop drain your energy one more time.

Detachment is how you shift from pawn to sovereign. It is the soul saying: I don’t need to win this fight—I already won by leaving it behind.

Forgiveness as Liberation

Forgiveness is not for them. It is for you.

It is the sword that severs the cord. It’s not about excusing harm or pretending betrayal didn’t happen. It’s about saying: I refuse to keep bleeding from this wound.

When you forgive at the soul level, you release the karmic charge. The loop collapses. The energy you were leaking returns to your body, your creativity, your future.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean reconciliation. It means sovereignty. It means freedom.

And yes - this step is painfully hard. But it is also utterly necessary. Because when you finally release the emotional entanglement, what rises in its place is nothing short of alchemy. The freedom you feel is purifying, empowering, and absolute.

The Threshold Moment

There always comes a threshold moment. You know it when it arrives because the weight of the old story no longer fits inside your body. You’ve fought, endured, explained, and tried every angle—and still the loop brings no peace. The ending carves itself into your bones until denial and avoidance are no longer possible.

This is the moment where the past can no longer be resurrected. The door is sealed. You cannot go back. And if you’re honest with yourself, you don’t actually want to. Because what waits behind you is only repetition—another round of exhaustion, another cycle of proving, another version of the same pain dressed in different clothing.

The wisdom is not behind you. It is in the crossing.

It is in choosing to step forward with scars that testify to your endurance, eyes clear enough to see illusion for what it was, and a heart that no longer consents to chains.

Threshold moments demand surrender. They demand honesty with yourself so complete that ego no longer has space to hide. They require humility—the courage to admit when something is truly done. And they invite you into sovereignty: the radical act of closing the book and walking into the unknown, trusting that life on the other side will honor your choice to be free.

Karmic Loops as Soul Work

Here’s the profound paradox: the very loops we resist most fiercely are often the ones our soul came here to master.

These repeating patterns—whether in love, family, friendship, work, teacher dynamics, or even in our own inner battles—aren’t accidents. They are invitations. They are the curriculum of your life.

The deeper the hook, the greater the lesson. The heavier the repetition, the more profound the breakthrough waiting on the other side. These loops aren’t here to punish you—they are here to grow you. They are here to free you. They are the forge where your character, compassion, and sovereignty are tested and strengthened- and you emerge empowered in ways you hadn’t imagined or hoped for.

The Brutal Grace of Forgiveness

Let’s be honest: forgiveness is not easy. Especially when you’ve been betrayed, abandoned, taken advantage of, or deeply wounded. It feels unjust to release what has scarred you. Your ego wants repayment. Your body remembers the pain. Your soul sees the grave injustice.

And yet—without forgiveness, the loop continues. You stay bound to the very thing that harmed you. The wound festers, the story repeats, and new cycles form on top of the old ones.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean you condone the harm. It doesn’t mean you let the person back in. It doesn’t mean you minimize what you went through. Forgiveness is the final act of sovereignty: I choose not to be entangled with this anymore. I choose to free myself.

It is both the hardest work and the most vital. Forgiveness collapses karma. Forgiveness ends the contract. Forgiveness returns your soul to itself. And it truly breaks the cycle- you fully release the karmic loop and pattern on your end.

The Alchemy of Karmic Closure

    •    Clarity → See the illusion for what it is. You address the avoidance, the over-rationalizing, and the denial.

    •    Detachment → Stop feeding the loop with your energy.

    •    Forgiveness → Cut the cord at its root and release the emotional entanglement, or you will carry this forward into your future.

    •    Forward Motion → Claim your freedom and move into creation, sovereignty, and empowerment.

This is not theory. This is soul work. And it is the very work your ancestors whisper for you to embody, because every loop you close in your life sends ripples back through the lineage.

Reflections for Your Threshold

    •    What am I still trying to resurrect that is already finished?

    •    Where am I pretending I still can’t see the truth?

    •    What new life might be waiting for me if I finally step across the threshold?

    •    What lesson is begging me to listen and be mastered?

A Simple Detachment + Forgiveness Ritual

    1.    Write down the loop you are ready to close—name the person, pattern, or story.

    2.    Speak this aloud: “I release you. I forgive you. I forgive myself. This loop is now fully complete.”

    3.    Burn or tear the paper, visualizing the energy cords dissolving into light.

    4.    Place your hands on your heart and affirm: “I walk forward free, sovereign, and whole. This lesson I take with me in full and I release every attachment to the rest.”

The Crown of Sovereignty

Every karmic loop asks the same essential question: Will you keep circling, or will you rise?

Closing a loop is not weakness—it is wisdom. It is the moment you finally see that the fight was never about winning; it was about awakening. It was about finding the courage to detach, the humility to surrender, and the strength to forgive so fully that the hook dissolves into dust.

This is the crown of sovereignty: to walk forward unchained, no longer defined by what broke you, but empowered by what freed you.

Your ancestors are watching. They know the weight of what you carry. And they are whispering now: “You are the one. End it here. Close the loop. The future will be different because you had the courage to choose truth.”

Karma is not here to punish you. It is here to wake you. The loops that once felt endless and unbearably heavy are not meant to define you, but to refine you. They repeat until you see clearly- until you stand in humility and surrender, until you choose truth over illusion, avoidance, or denial. Until you choose sovereignty over bondage. Until you choose yourself over inaction, over the false safety of uncertainty, over the facade of comfort.

Closing the loop is the most courageous act you can take. It asks for your honesty, your detachment, your humility, and your forgiveness—even when it feels impossibly hard. But this is how cycles end. This is how the future shifts. This is how you step into the life that has been waiting for you all along.

✨ The question now is simple, and it is yours alone to answer: Will you circle again, or will you rise?

Walk through the threshold. Claim your freedom. Step into the empowered life ahead that has been waiting for you- not just in this lifetime, but beyond countless lifetimes before.

The Archetype of the Fool: The Sacred Leap Into Your Soul’s Evolution

The Fool is card 0—a circle, both empty and infinite. He is the place where endings collapse into beginnings, where innocence and mastery meet.

In early tarot decks, there were actually two Fools—one at the beginning and one at the end of the Major Arcana. From them came the Jokers in modern playing cards—wild cards that exist outside the rules. The Fool reminds us that your soul’s path is not about playing by the rules—it’s about learning to trust the flow of Spirit.

Lessons of the Fool:

    •    Trust the unknown. The path is revealed one step at a time.

    •    Travel light. Freedom arrives when we let go of baggage and control.

    •    Begin again. Every ending is an invitation to rebirth.

    •    Sacred risk. Growth and transformation live at the edge, not in the comfort zone.

    •    Feminine flow. The Fool doesn’t force or strategize—he aligns, responds, and allows life to carry him.

Shadows: Where the Fool Can Trip Us Up

    •    Recklessness - mistaking chaos for freedom.

    •    Escaping responsibility under the guise of “freedom”. Avoidance through the costume of adventure.

    •    Becoming jaded; losing innocence to cynicism after wounds.

    •    Insecurity; being mocked, misunderstood, or dismissed by a world that fears surrender.

The Fool’s challenge is to stay aligned—moving in trust with Spirit, not in avoidance. Holding on to wonder without losing discernment. Staying open-hearted, even after we’ve been hurt.

The Fool’s Gifts

    •    Creative genius: Infinite possibility springs from nothingness. Alignment with your life path and trusting the flow of opportunity often sparks genius and magical synchronicities.

    •    Magnetism: Authentic joy naturally attracts people and opportunities.

    •    Resilience: Every stumble becomes sacred wisdom.

    •    Beginner’s mind: The courage to reinvent yourself again and again.

    •    Detachment: When we release attachment to outcomes, we live in Spirit’s flow—and miracles enter with ease.

Perhaps the greatest gift: The Fool never forgets that life is meant to be lived, not controlled.

The Fool Across Wisdom Systems

The Fool shows up across countless wisdom traditions, each revealing a different facet of his medicine. Here are just a few examples of how this archetype appears.

    •    Gene Keys: The Fool mirrors the transformation from shadow into gift. For instance, the “shadow” of the Gene Key of Purposelessness often feels like wandering without direction—yet this is the very soil in which the gift of Totality (living fully engaged and present in life) is born. Think of someone leaving a career that no longer fits, feeling “lost” - only to discover that in letting go, a deeper calling emerges. In other keys, innocence matures into universal love, echoing the Fool’s unguarded, trusting heart.

    •    Human Design: The Fool embodies the Generator’s sacred response—waiting to engage with what life offers and invites rather than forcing outcomes. As this is often when the magic unfolds. Picture this: a casual “yes” to an unexpected conversation leads to a profound relationship or opportunity. This is the Fool’s magic—life opening when we are aligned with Spirit’s invitations.

    •    Astrology: The Fool channels Uranus’s liberation and sudden disruption, Neptune’s dreamy innocence, and Sagittarius/9th House’s quest for truth. Think of a Uranus transit that upends your life—painful in the moment, yet later revealing itself as the crack through which your soul light poured forth and you began to live more authentically. Whenever these archetypes light up in your chart, you are being invited to leap into your next evolution.

The Fool is the archetype that bridge all systems: he is the risk of not knowing, and the reward of discovering. In every system, the Fool teaches the same thing: alignment with Spirit’s flow is not passive—it is the most courageous act of surrender. And often, when the most beautiful magic begins to unfold.

How the Fool Unlocks Growth

    •    Creativity awakens when perfectionism dissolves.

The Fool doesn’t wait for perfect conditions—he creates as he goes. Start messy, respond to the moment, and you’ll find inspiration pouring through you. Creativity is the child of trust, not control.

    •    Fear transforms when failure becomes initiation.

The Fool knows there is no such thing as wasted experience. Every wrong turn, every fall, becomes compost for wisdom. When we shift from “I failed” to “I learned,” we alchemize fear into growth. Fear dissolves when failure becomes a sacred teacher instead of a punishment.

    •    Faith strengthens when you discover the net always appears.

The net isn’t visible until you leap. But think back—every time you dared to risk (love, relocation, new work, new path), wasn’t there always something that caught you? Spirit always meets us mid-air. The Fool shows us that life is not here to punish us, but to hold us as we risk becoming more.

    •    Joy heals because play is sacred medicine.

Play reopens the heart. It quiets the inner critic and invites the nervous system back into regulation. Joy is not frivolous—it is a spiritual practice, a feminine flow state that magnetizes abundance.

    •    Evolution accelerates when you release attachment.

This is perhaps the Fool’s deepest teaching. We cannot cling to outcomes and still walk in Spirit’s flow. Detachment does not mean apathy—it means trusting that what falls away was never meant to stay, and what is aligned will arrive in perfect timing. At some point we stop waiting to be ready, and just take the leap. And, in releasing control, we step into flow—and flow always carries us where we are meant to go.

Practices to Embody the Fool

Reflections:

    •    Where am I hesitating to leap without certainty?

    •    What identity or outcome am I clinging to that Spirit is asking me to release?

    •    How might my life expand if I chose trust and flow instead of control?

    •    How can I invite more presence into my day today?

Embodiment Practice

Dance barefoot outdoors—no choreography, no music, just the rhythm of your body. This is Fool energy: moving in presence, free from the mind’s judgment, carried only by Spirit. Embrace freedom, connection, and spontaneity in your body today in some form or way - be fully present in that moment and allow yourself to connect.

Simple Ritual Idea:

    •    Choose a talisman (stone, feather, flower).

    •    Place it on your altar as your Fool’s Charm.

    •    Each day, hold it and ask: Spirit, where are you inviting me to trust today?

    •    Affirm: “I release attachment. I leap into the flow of life, and life always catches me.”

The Fool is not foolish. He is the sacred wanderer who knows that the map is written only as we walk it. He is not here to make sense to the world. He is here to make sense of the soul. He walks between beginnings and endings, laughing at the illusion of control, showing us that alignment with Spirit is the only true safety.

To embody the Fool is to live unattached, yet deeply engaged and present. To let go of the script, yet meet each moment with your whole heart. This is where freedom lives - not in certainty, but in trust.

The Fool whispers: You cannot cling and fly and fly at the same time.

He is the bridge between masculine planning and feminine surrender, showing us that the flow of Spirit is not weakness, but the highest form of wisdom.

When you live in this flow, you discover the secret paradox:

You were never falling. You were always being carried.

Breaking Chains of Spiritual Warfare: Love, Sovereignty & the Sword of Truth

Sovereign Path Series Epilogue

The Trap After Freedom

You cut the cords. You broke the tethers. For a moment you felt free. But then — the heaviness returned. You find yourself stuck, unable to move forward in the ways in which you desire, and unable to manifest the abundance and joy you know is meant for you. It is as if invisible chains still bind you, keeping your soul from stretching into its fullness. These are the anxious after effects once you leave - the desperate spells to keep you further tethered, to rob you of any light of hope and further growth, and to force you to return back to their facade of comfort.

This is the hidden snare after freedom. Not failure, but initiation. The deeper mirror has arrived. And, you are not meant to turn away.

The Three Currents of Liberation

1. Unconditional Love

Unconditional love is not soft or sentimental. It is a primordial current — the essence of Source, the spark from which you were created. It existed before fear, before heartbreak, before the walls you built to survive and protect yourself.

But it is not enough to know this love exists — you must let it fill you. To align with it means to open yourself to its flow and to embody it within, beginning first, with love for yourself. Not the fragile self-approval built on doing or pleasing, but the unshakable knowing: “I am worthy. I am whole. I am loved without condition.”

Because you are.

And, when you embody this love - when you align yourself with Source and you stand firmly in alignment with the unconditional love that is your birthright - distortion cannot anchor in you. Spells dissolve. Manipulations slide away. Attacks collapse. Because no shadow can take root in a vessel overflowing with unconditional love.

Practice: Place your hand on your heart. Whisper: “I remember. I return. I am love.” Sit in meditation and breath work, until this truth moves from thought to presence, until it begins to overflow within you.

2. Sovereignty

Sovereignty is not a crown. It is your anchor. The deep ground of your being that no one else can own. Not fear. Not manipulation. Not even the voices of your past.

It means no one else owns your will. Not a partner, not a group, not a psychic manipulator. True sovereignty isn’t rebellion for rebellion’s sake; is self-possession of your soul.

When you stand anchored in sovereignty, attempts to bend or bind your path collapse before they reach you. Their spells, their projectors, their manipulations shatter against the fortress of your will aligned in truth with Spirit. And sovereignty is contagious. Your freedom reminds others that they, too, can be free.

Practice: Stand barefoot on the earth. Speak your name back into your body: “I am sovereign. My will is my own. I do not consent to any presence, energy, or bind that is not aligned with my highest good. Not now, not ever.” Repeat until your voice steadies like fire. And cut cords as often as needed until this tether, and any new attempts at a tether, no longer return.

3. Divine Truth (The Sword of Light)

Divine Truth is not vague or soft. It is the cutting clarity that severs illusion at its root. It is the Sword of Light — and no shadow can withstand it. It slices through glamour, illusion, manipulation. But truth is also uncomfortable - it reveals where you colluded in your own bondage, where you gave your power away. And it asks you to witness this so that this lesson you are mastering will become embodied and you will never, ever again need to repeat it.

Aligning with truth also means you no longer stay silent in the face of distortion. You speak. You expose. You cut cleanly with clarity. Both for yourself, and for others. This is not cruelty or revenge — it is liberation. Because when the truth is spoken, illusions collapse, and those around you see the choice before them with unmistakable clarity. And you step further into your own alignment, sovereignty, and self love when you do so.

And here is the promise: when you stand in truth, divine protection rises with you. Every. Single. Time.

Practice:

    1.    Speak aloud once a day: “I align with Truth. I cut distortion at its root.”

    2.    Ask yourself what illusion you see around you is ready to dissolve today . Name it clearly. Burn or tear the page. Let the act remind you: truth dissolves distortion.

3. Journal the lies you’ve told yourself (“I’m unworthy"“, “I can’t ever seem to reach my financial goals”, “I am not ready for relationship”, “I can’t escape”, “They will reject me if I expose this” etc) and then burn this page and replace it instead with soul-truth (“I am unconditionally loved”, “I am the author of my own story”, “abundance flows freely to me when I am in alignment with my life”, “I am free”, “My worth does not in any way depend on the approval of others”, etc).

The Turning Point

After freedom comes the real test. The choice to hold steady when shadow circles again.

If you have broken free, this is the hour to rise higher, not retreat. Anchor deeper into love, sovereignty, and truth. That is the ground in which no attack can touch.

And for those still caught in distortion, those still enabling harm, still working in covert ways to actively spell cast and bind - know this: you are seen, your actions are witnessed and spiritual laws are in play. You are not beyond accountability if you choose to continue.

Unprovoked attacks against another may appear to slip through unnoticed. The validation that you feel by affirming someone else’s agenda may soothe your ego for a moment. But it will always prove hollow in the end.

The same threshold stands before you. You are not beyond reclamation. Turning back may not erase the past, but it restores your essence and spares you from the spiral that only grows harsher the longer you refuse the mirror.

Do not risk stagnating your own growth, dimming your gifts, and facing karmic lessons that need not come -unless you force them to.

The path is open. But the doorway narrows the longer you wait.

The Final Blessing & Call to Action

When you root into love — not as an idea, but as a living force that flows and fills you from within — you become unshakable. When you embody sovereignty as your anchor, no hand can bend your will. When you wield truth as a sword of light, distortion crumbles, clarity clears the way forward, and you will find protection that surpasses your imagination.

This is not just about breaking chains. It is about becoming untouchable to the forces that once bound you. It is about standing in your essence — whole, radiant, unbound, and fearless.

So breathe. Place your hand on your heart. Say it now as a vow:

    •    I anchor in unconditional love — for myself first, and through me for the world.

    •    I stand sovereign. My will is my own.

    •    I wield the Sword of Truth and I do not look away. I know that I am protected and safe, always.

And then — act. Write one truth. Speak one boundary. Release one chain.

Because every small act of love, sovereignty, and truth is not only your freedom — it is a signal fire. And it lights the way for the next soul to rise.

Your soul is ready. The path is open. And your rising is the blessing your ancestors have been waiting for. They are cheering you on. And once you pass this test, align yourself fully with Source, and master the lessons you are being offered, you will often find a latent gift becomes unlocked. It happened for me and I have seen it for my friends. Once you are free and you have embodied and integrated the lessons that your soul has been invited to learn you will find yourself transformed. Stronger than you were when you began, more aligned with your life path, and more empowered than you could have imagined for yourself.

The choice is yours and the finish line is within sight. You are almost there.

When Energy Becomes a Weapon: Seeing Through Subtle Attacks

My Experience Since Leaving. Epilogue to the Sovereign Path Series.

When I left the group, I thought distance and clear separation would mean freedom. I left quietly, I did not retaliate, I have not used names or lashed out. I have cleared the karmic and akashic energy. I have simply spoken the truth with the intention of helping others and shining a light on a subject that, quite frankly, is not talked enough about. But I will be honest, about a heavier side effect of leaving that I did not expect - I have been attacked regularly since I left. These attacks have ranged from obvious and overt to very subtle and nuanced. They have ranged in seriousness and amplified reach. And, I want to share about my experience so that you too can recognize these patterns. Naming what is happening isn’t about fear - it’s about discernment and empowerment. When we see clearly, we reclaim our power to choose differently, to protect our energy, and to walk forward in a future aligned with truth. These attack patterns don’t always show up like you think they will. In fact, some of the things that I’ve experienced may surprise you - manipulations in how others read your energy, divination tool interference, energetic mimicry within connection to others, physical changes such as changes to my moon cycle, seeding of doubt, confusion and amplification of emotion with others - both in discord and elation, etc. The bottom line is that, at least in my experience, this is often a different kind of interference than you might anticipate—its much more quiet, deliberate, and nuanced - aimed not always at my body but at my energy and mind. And it is often built around a small speck or thread of truth making it very easy to second guess, dismiss entirely, or become confused about. And while I have shielded most of these, there have been a few stark lessons along the way.

Over the past several months I’ve experienced many forms:

    •    Spellwork and hexes (group or singular) designed to disrupt flow, steal or confuse gifts, futures, and bonds, and physically harm.

    •    Psychic attacks that strike at night or in moments of vulnerability.

    •    Glamour tactics that cloud perception, making the false appear true.

    •    Subtle energetic manipulation, woven into the edges of my (or other’s) awareness.

Here are a few examples:

• I had an argument with someone I rarely argue with, that was amplified and intense. The argument ignited over a seed of truth but the energetic interplay was much more dynamic and intense than it would have been without outside influence.

• I had a past life reading where the storyline was altered and the manipulator (who has been my sister in multiple past lives) re-authored the events to suit the outcome and narrative that they desired. It included just enough truth that it was very plausible. But, when I sat with it later and reflected, the energetic imprint and distortion was visible and undeniable.

• Divinatory tool readings have been manipulated on a few isolated occasions where the outcome was glamoured - both in a negative way on one occasion and an overly optimistic on another. Both again, to suit a desired outcome.

• Strong seeds of doubt have been implanted on multiple occasions - these I usually detect quickly but on a particularly chaotic day that was already high with emotional energy - I fell susceptible. And, it took me a day to recognize. Again, doubt and negativity seeded to suit desired outcomes.

Most recently, I experienced a spell crafted with one purpose: to distort and hide the truth itself. It didn’t try to silence me outright—it tried to confuse me, to make me doubt what I knew and second-guess what was clear in my bones.

How It Works

The tactics are rarely direct. They operate like smoke, slipping in through openings and hiding in the corners:

    •    Backdoor Access: They find ways to keep energetic access points open, often through old connections or cords left uncut.

    •    Watchers: Energy has been placed at the edges of my field, monitoring, waiting, reporting back.

    •    Peripheral Sitting: They don’t always strike—sometimes they hover at the edges, waiting for moments of distraction, emotional charge, or energetic lows or illness, because they know you are more vulnerable then.

    •    Through Others: If they can’t reach you directly, they often spy through connections—friends, shared spaces or tethers that they hold with someone you may still be in contact with - energetically or otherwise, or anyone who might unknowingly carry a line back to you.

    •    Timing: Any that were successful, were always when I was emotionally engaged, distracted, or processing something big. Always when my guard might have been lowered.

The goal is simple: to seed chaos, fear, or discontent. To silence or intimidate truth. To fracture clarity, stir confusion, and pull me off-center. Though the experiences can feel devastating in the moment, they often clear space for renewal. Each attack has the potential to catalyze deep healing and a new sense of spiritual alignment.

I Am Not Alone

This isn’t just about me. This is not a private, past life, or interpersonal conflict. This particular individual casts these spells and energetic workings routinely - almost like clockwork, in ritual, to an entire list of individuals. Anyone who there is any seed of discord, threat, or they sense resistance with. Often including those who have chosen to leave. And, they don’t just end with the individual themselves. In some cases, particularly those who are still actively tethered - they also include friends, acquaintances, and even persons that are only loosely connected in their lives. Anyone who might pose a threat, help expose, explore the truth, or empower them, or help them break free; anyone who refuses to feed the manipulator’s illusion. If you are involved in a dynamic like this and seeking help, clarity, or advice from someone else - even a non-professional like family or friends; be aware these people are often being attacked energetically also. Ask them. Have you felt anything “off” or different recently? Any unusual dreams, disruption in your temperament, mood, or how you feel in general after we talk or get together? The goal is to isolate you. To keep you confused, feeding into their negative loops (which strengthens their connection), and keep you dependent upon them. They love to see a backslide.

For some, the attacks show up as sudden doubts, strange mood swings, physical upset (something as simple as indigestion, random sexual feelings, disorientation or ungroundedness, headaches, throat ache, etc) or out-of-character conflict. For others, it’s physical exhaustion, depression, helplessness or anxiety, sleepless nights, indecision, or repeating patterns of miscommunication, mental fog, and disorientation.

The common thread is often some form of disruption. If you feel targeted, destabilized, ruminating, “off your game”, or constantly second-guessing yourself—know that you’re likely not imagining it, and you’re not alone.

Protecting Yourself

Awareness is the first shield. But there are other practical, energetic steps you can take. Here are a few simple ones:

1.    Close the Backdoors

    •    Identify lingering energetic ties (ex-partners, friends, energetic connections, past groups, old mentors, etc). Cut or cleanse those cords with ritual. Understand that if you continue engagement, you need to keep interaction short, maintain strong energetic boundaries, limit emotional entanglement, and use strong discernment. And always, cleanse your field afterwards.

    •    Audit your digital and energetic spaces—who has access, and why? Use strong discernment and rely upon your intuition to guide you.

 2.    Clear the Watchers

    •    Visualize a sweep of bright light moving through your field, dissolving anything that lingers without your consent.

    •    State clearly: “Only energies aligned with my highest good may remain.”

• Watch for signs (flickering candle wicks without a breeze, shadow movement, auric or subtle energetic changes, etc).

    3.    Anchor in Truth

    •    Journaling: Write what you know to be true before confusion sets in. Return to these pages when distortion tries to take hold.

    •    Body check: Truth feels grounding. Lies feel slippery. Let your nervous system, your intuition—not your mind—be your compass.

4.    Shield Daily

    •    Mirror shields: Surround yourself with reflective light, returning all distortion to Source.

    •    Salt + water: Baths, foot soaks, or even rinsing hands in salt water clears residue.

    •    Prayer or intention: Call on guides, ancestors, or deities aligned with truth to stand guard and help protect you.

• Energy Work: Regularly engage in energetic clearing, maintenance, and fortification

• Grounding: If you’re experiencing energy drains, try a simple grounding ritual: place both feet on the earth, visualize roots anchoring you deep into the soil, and affirm, “My energy is sovereign, my body is a temple, and I am protected”. This small daily act plants the seed of energetic sovereignty.

 5.    Community Vigilance

    •    Talk about what you notice. Share patterns. Manipulation thrives in secrecy and isolation—naming it breaks its spell. Make no mistake - if you are under energetic attack like this, it IS spiritual warfare. It is not about choosing sides - it is about choosing your own sovereignty, truth, and freedom. And it needs to be spoken for what it is - and with much more openness so we can learn from, and help, each other.

Turning the Tactic on Its Head

The irony of these attacks is that they strengthen what they seek to destroy. Each attempt to confuse me only sharpens my own clarity and grows my gifts. Each recognition strengthens my own intuition and teaches me. Each tether cut, frees me more. Each interference pushes me deeper into sovereignty.

And, it will do the same for you.

Because while chaos may be seeded, truth roots deeper. And once you’ve seen through the fog, you can never unsee the truth.

Closing Thoughts

Remember who you are. Lean into your own intuition. Trust yourself first - always. If you feel yourself under attack, spend time sitting with yourself and how you feel about something before you take action. Your intuition and your connection to Source cannot be taken from you and they cannot be manipulated. Your sovereignty, intuition, and spiritual protection are your strongest shields.

If you’ve felt the sting of unseen hands pulling at your energy, know this: it is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of your own power. They would not target you if you were not standing on something true, something somehow threatening to their illusion. Do not give in to fear. Stand in your own sovereignty and truth. Because without your consent, they are limited in their reach.

The sad reality of this is that this is often orchestrated by someone who has not done their own healing. Instead of getting to the root of their own trauma and wounding, they are spiritually bypassing and attempting to bend and control their own - and other’s (aka your!)- reality so that they don’t have to sit with the truth. And while I am deeply compassionate on this point, not confronting this in truth - both for yourself, your loved ones - and this manipulator - allows them to continue to bypass. We all have dark nights of the soul. We all have lessons that we are fated to confront and learn from as part of our soul’s evolution. And we are all given opportunities to heal and live our lives abundantly and from a place of true joy, peace, and wholeness. Manipulation may putt the ball. It may delay some of these truths from surfacing. But it will never bring the long-lasting wholeness and healing that each of us deserves and desires. The hard truth is that indecision will make separating and taking the leap from this, all the harder. Every hook that has been used, or has ever been successful, has been tethered to an area of weakness or wounding. Breaking free will never be easy. But the sooner you choose to make that cut, the easier it will be.

This is a heavy post. Many of the posts in this series are heavy. And they deal with dark, uncomfortable topics. Spiritual warfare isn’t pleasant, pretty, and certainly not fun. But, if it’s a path you’ve encountered in your life journey, trust that it is here for a reason and offers a valuable lesson. And how you choose to respond to that lesson will largely determine how it unfolds in your future - as a gift, a shameful moment or experience you regret, or a trauma that you may be tempted to suppress and bury. There is nothing to be ashamed from if you have been entangled in manipulative entrapment. The danger is in letting the wound define us. These attacks are not the whole story - they are simply a chapter. The real story is in how we rise, heal, and embody more light and sovereignty than ever before afterwards. The beauty in every lesson we are offered is that when you sit with the work of untangling and healing you take away the power that has been held over you. Every ounce of shame, guilt, and vulnerability becomes alchemized into a strength, and ultimately, a gift. You learn to heal - not just bandaid and bypass - but truly heal - the areas that they exploited. You become stronger, more resilient, and if desired, you can become a guide for others to help them heal in their own journey. And for those of you who have leadership in your future? Well you will undoubtedly become all the more prepared as a result of this trial. When you do the work, you truly do become all the better for it.

When we recognize what is happening and choose not to fear or resist it, to set aside our own ego and meet it with clarity, discernment, and protection, we begin to embody a deeper freedom. We move from being pulled into other’s shadows to anchoring in our own light. If you take anything from my story, let it be this: your energy is sovereign, your body is sacred, and your spirit cannot be stolen. With each act of discernment, with each ritual of grounding, and with each moment of finally choosing yourself - you plant the seed of liberation. And those seeds ripple outward, empowering not just you, but the collective as well. So let the heaviness fall away. Step forward lighter, clearer, freer, and more empowered with awareness, clarity, and hope. This is not about fear, it is about freedom. This is not about being attacked, but about remembering and standing in who you truly are. Because when you stand in your own truth, when you stand in your own sovereignty, and when you stand aligned in your life path with your ancestors, guides, and spirit team surrounding you, you will find that you have far more power than you ever thought possible and this little test? You will pass it, grow from it, and bloom wildly more brighter as a result.

Leaving an unhealthy group dynamic is never just about the hardships of doing so and breaking away from attacks - it’s about what comes after. The relief that follows, the weight that lifts, the freedom to breathe in your own energy again - this is where empowerment begins. And while there will always be shadows to name, there is also joy, clarity, and abundance waiting on the other side. In a future installment on this series, I’ll share what it feels like to step beyond the attacks: the tremendous release, the lessons carried forward, and the spiritual strength that rises when your sovereignty is reclaimed.

Until then, much love always,

Seraph

The Sovereign Path Epilogue III: False Loyalty & The Breaking of Psychic & Psychosexual Tethers

Some bonds are not love at all, but entrapment disguised as loyalty. Naming the tether is the first act of freedom. This post explores how tethers trap us in waking life and in the dreamscape.

Some bonds nourish. Others drain. Not all chains are visible. And some are not bonds at all, but energetic traps crafted to disguise as intimacy, loyalty, and even “love”. These traps are tethers - psychic cords designed to bind your will. Some are woven in silence, through attention, secrecy, or desire. These cords, once hooked, can leave us bound in ways we don’t understand. We may even wake up wondering why we feel pulled towards someone we don’t consciously choose, or why our own clarity keeps collapsing into confusion.

But, once they are seen for what they truly are, they can be broken.

Once broken, your sovereignty returns.

And if this has been you, hear this: It does not mean you are weak. It means your soul is learning to reclaim its freedom. Once these patterns are seen for what they are, and named, their hidden power over you dissolves.

What They Are, In Plain Terms:

A psychosexual tether is an energetic + psychological binding created through intimacy, attention, and manipulation.

It hijacks the body’s bonding chemistry (dopamine/oxytocin), overlays it with glamour (image, mystique, spiritual authority), and locks it in with control patterns (guilt, secrecy, intermittent reward, etc.).

The result: you feel compelled to stay connected even when your soul knows you should walk away.

How They Begin:

Psychosexual tethers rarely start with something obvious. They are seeded in small moments - an unspoken agreement, an unresolved attraction, a dynamic where secret itself fuels the charge. Over time, this exchange of energy becomes a loop: longing, guilt, release, repeat.

The tether works because it bypasses conscious choice. Your energy is engaged whether you want it to be or not. And the stronger it stays hidden, fed, and unacknowledged, the stronger it grows.

The Astral Realm: Where Hidden Tethers Are Often Forged

But what happens when the cords aren’t formed in daylight? What if the entanglement begins in places we barely remember - the dreamscape?

The astral and dream realms are fertile ground for manipulation. Here, our guard is lowered, our subconscious is wide open, and our most primal energies - desire, fear, longing - rise to the surface. For those who seek control, this becomes the perfect entry point.

Why? Because the dream body doesn’t distinguish between “just a dream” and a lived experience. When someone plants a sexual or emotional tether in the astral plane, the body and psyche register it as real. Over time, the victim may awake with cravings, confusion, or an unexplainable sense of attachment that feels “fated” - but is in truth manufactured.

These tethers are especially potent in relationships that are not overtly romantic. When overt intimacy is absent, the manipulator uses astral encounters to “fill in the gap”, weaving cords of sexual charge and psychic energy that create an addictive pull. What should have remained platonic or sacred is quietly rewired into obsession, dependence, a false sense of loyalty, or longing.

Step by Step for How These Tethers Form:

    1.    Hook: Love-bombing, sexual charge, soulmate mirroring - sometimes energetically mimicking a real connection, other times fabricating a false karmic or soul bond.

*This was perhaps one of the most disturbing things I saw in my experience, as it is highly convincing and truly cruel to do to someone. See previous posts for in-depth discussion regarding how this works.

    2.    Glamour: A crafted mystique - spiritual leader, chosen partner, or some sort of “special role” is crafted around them.

    3.    Bonding event: Intense intimacy or some sort of “secret sharing” that seals the tie. This can feel very real, even if there is no romance involved.

    4.    Intermittent reinforcement: Unpredictable warmth/cold patterns keep you addicted.

*See previous posts for in-depth discussion on how this works energetically and on your Nervous System.

    5.    Debt + Obligation: They make you feel like subconsciously you “owe” them — your silence, your loyalty, your energy, etc. Loyalty born from debt is not devotion - it is a tether that drains the very strength it pretends to honor.

    6.    Isolation: They pit people against each other (aka use triangulation techniques); you become elevated as the “chosen one” until you’re discarded and replaced.

    7.    Fear: Some sort of true fear pattern is created and reinforced typically involving the group, your identity, or destiny to keep you trapped, such as “If you leave, you lose everything — me, the group, your path.” Depending on how long you have been under this influence, how strong the tether is, and how long this loop has been reinforced and embedded, this can seem very real and threatening.

How It Works:

    •    Chemical Loop: Dopamine anticipation + oxytocin bonding + cortisol stress = an addictive push-pull dynamic is intentionally created.

    •    Meaning Loop: Ordinary control dressed up as “destiny, karma, or a shared mission.” With a truly gifted energetic practitioner these loops are individually crafted and created for the unique wounds and desires of the person, their energetic make-up, and the intentional purpose the creator wishes for them to serve.

    •    Energetic Loop: Your focus, fear, and even sexual energy feed the cord.

    •    Context Loop: Group dynamics normalize it so you doubt your instincts. And remember, glamour works by dulling your instincts, your agency, and your gifts. You are seeing all of this through a fogged lens and not true clarity.

How to Know If You’ve Been Bound Through Astral or Dreamscape:

• You’ve had recurring dreams of intimacy with someone you would never consciously choose in waking life. The dream feels strangely real and leaves a residue.

• You wake up with unexplained arousal, longing or guilt, as if something happened that you can’t fully place.

• You often feel drained, foggy, or heavy after sleep, as though your energy has been siphoned overnight.

• There’s a nagging pull toward a person that doesn’t match your real-life discernment. You know in your bones it’s not right, but something unseen keeps tugging you back.

• You may notice loops and cycles - moments of clarity where you want freedom, followed by sudden confusion, longing, or return.

Other Ways These Tethers May Feel:

    •    Compulsion stronger than free choice: you “decide” but feel dragged. You are being energetically coerced as the tether and loops in place keep you under their control.

    •    Brief highs, long lows.

    •    Guilt or debt replaces your joy.

    •    Shrinking life: fewer friends, family connection, hobbies - ultimately, less freedom, vitality, and less self.

    •    Constant tension: keeping them happy means betraying your own peace. As you awaken to this you will start to notice this dissonance more clearly but may still feel “bound’ in a sense. For example, even if you decide to walk away, you may feel like you can’t yet - you will not find clarity and decisive energy until you break the tethers.

Seeing is Believing (Self-Test):

Ask yourself:

    1.    Freedom Test: Could I walk away tomorrow without fear of collapse?

    2.    Debt Test: Am I staying because I want to, out of true love or community, or because I feel a sense of obligation, as if I somehow “owe” them?

    3.    Expansion Test: Do I feel larger, freer, more myself in this bond — or smaller and trapped? Is this bringing out the best in me?

    4.    Sunlight Test: If someone I trusted read our last 10 messages, would they call it love or control? Have any of the above shared feelings or experiences landed as true?

    5.    Future Test: If they vanished for 30 days, would my life expand or collapse?

If your answers lean toward fear, debt, collapse, or shame → it’s not love, it’s a tether.

The Wider Web: Other Tethers That Bind:

Psychosexual tethers are only one thread in the web.

Here are the others:

• Psychic Tether: Obsessive thought and focus, constant pull

• Emotional Debt Cord: Guilt and obligation used as currency.

• Trauma-Bond Cord: Abuse—>reward—>abuse, cycling until you can’t leave

• Group/Collective Cord: Belonging tied to hierarchy, exile used as threat.

• Magickal/Ritual Cord: Intentional energetic bindings, often with objects. Can often times be used to ensure you don’t physically leave a group.

• Ancestral/Karmic Cord: Past-life or family entanglements exploited by manipulators.

A skilled black magick practitioner rarely uses just one. They weave layers - a net that feels impossible to escape until you see each thread and break them.

Breaking the Tether:

Here is the uncomfortable truth - you are never powerless against these tactics. The cords may feel real to you and binding - but they are truly smoke and mirrors once you see them for what they really are.

To break them:

    •    Name it aloud: Truth itself is a sword. What was hidden cannot stay hooked once spoken. Speaking the truth weakens and dissolves the glamour.

    •    Reclaim your dreamscape & Revoke Any Debt: Before sleep affirm: Only what is of Spirit may enter here. My soul belongs to no one but the Divine.

• Practice Daily Sovereignty: Breathwork, prayer, or shielding rituals remind your system where your authority lies.

    •    Walk away: Even small steps reclaim freedom; one step alone helps to weaken the net.

    •   Call back your fragments: Imagine drawing your energy out of every dream, fantasy, memory, or feeling where it does not belong or where you do not consent for it to be. See it return to your body, your heart, your Spirit.

•  Reset the body: Movement, breath, rest, salt, grounding — heal your nervous system.

    •    Repattern bonds: Surround yourself with people who make you feel bigger, freer, clearer. Reconnect with friends, family, and hobbies - anything that allows you to start seeing the contrast, feel again, and reconnect consciously to your body, your innate desires and will, and true, healthy connection and relationship.

    •    Shield: Protect your field with intention (Prayer, Mediation & Visualization, Ritual, Salt Baths, LBRP/Middle Pillar/Rite of the Headless One; whatever aligns with your spiritual path - but do energetic protections and field maintenance regularly - especially before sleep, group activity, or any astral travel). Set the daily intention for your field: Only love and truth may enter. All else returns to Source.

Here’s the truth: even in dreams your soul is sovereign. No glamour, no hidden contract, no erotic entanglement has the right to bind you without your consent. Naming these tactics with clarity is the first cut of the sword. Recognizing them dissolves their hidden power. And, once seen, they can no longer weave themselves silently around your spirit. Each act of reclamation loosens the cords until they dissolve entirely.

When you begin to see even your dreamscape and astral plane as holy ground - sacred, sovereign, untouchable - you reclaim the parts of yourself that were once hijacked in the shadows. This is where true freedom begins.

Why This Is Done:

At its root, tethering (and really any form of black magick) is about power, control, and self benefit. The manipulator feeds off sexual and psychic energy like a battery, especially when they can attach it to secrecy or shame. It makes them more powerful, youthful, magnetic. It feeds their ego and allows them greater power to achieve their goals.

Non-romantic dynamics are often targeted precisely because they bypass defenses. If the waking relationship doesn’t “make sense” as intimate, the dreamscape tethering fills the gap, making the pull feel destined. And rarely does the trusting or non-suspecting person confront a teacher, mentor, or otherwise platonic figure in their life about crossing sexual lines in a way they’ve never seen in the physical plane or have any “proof” they can use to justify such an accusation. So, its usually dismissed as “in their head” or unrelated - especially if they are already under glamours (which nearly always goes hand in hand) and is already dulling their intuition, and fogging their sense of clarity and discernment.

The Truth About Love & Loyalty

Real loyalty is chosen freely.

Real love never imprisons, it frees.

Real bonds expand your soul.

Anything else is glamour, imbalance, and energetic theft and coercion. And when you name it — it begins to die.

Entrapment and false loyalty are not love - they are illusions that borrow your strength until you name them.

If you find yourself bound, it does not mean you are weak - it means your soul is being trained in the art of reclaiming its freedom.

Tethers only hold as long as you call them love or loyalty. The moment you name them for what they truly are, their hold over you begins to break. Real love expands your world - false loyalty shrinks it. The Sovereign Path is simple: consciously choose expansion, every time.

Freedom Is Your Birthright

Psychosexual cords, whether formed in waking life or woven in dreamscape, are never stronger than your Sovereign will aligned with Spirit. Once named, they dissolve. Once claimed, your freedom can no longer be taken.

You are not bound. You are sovereign. And in remembering that truth, you are already free.

Piercing the Illusion: Exposing Energetic Implants and Taking Back Your Power

The Sovereign Path Series Epilogue - How Lies Get Into Our Field & Steer Our Choices

Sometimes the conflict you feel with a friend didn’t come from a real event at all.

It was planted.

Not as gossip in your ear, but as a program in your energy field — a story that feels like truth because it’s been coded into you.

These are energetic implants of false narratives, and they are not misunderstandings or accidents.

They are weapons of control — carefully crafted to divide, isolate, and keep you dependently bound to a system that feeds on your energy.

At the core of this is not care, love, or genuine concern.

At the core is pure narcissistic predation wrapped in a smile.

It’s the kind of malicious design that will quietly decay the very best parts of your life, your vitality, and your future all the while convincing you that it’s “helping” you.

How Energetic Implants Work

An energetic implant is a deliberate act.

It is a multi-layered package placed in your field during a vulnerable or altered state, built with strategic intention, to manipulate your perception and your choices.

It contains:

    •    A story — a lie, exaggeration, or distortion that is twisted to become “your truth.”

    •    A strong emotional charge — fear, mistrust, guilt, outrage, or longing - to lock it in place.

    •    Anchors — mantras, affirmations, gestures, songs, incense, or talisman objects that reactivate it automatically.

    •    Tethers — energetic cords binding you to the person or group who installed it.

The Implant Cycle

1. Finding the Entry Point

They find your vulnerabilities — fear of losing friendships, a need for belonging, anxiety about money or health, spiritual ambition - whatever it is that is unique to you and your own core wounds -and that is how they gain access.

2. Opening the Field

You’re guided into an altered state through “healing” work, mantras, breathwork, meditation, or ritual. Your defenses drop; your suggestibility spikes.

3. Seeding the Story

The narrative is introduced. It may have no real event or cause - or, it may be based on a sliver of truth that has been exaggerated or distorted. There is just enough truth or story woven to make it plausible under a suggestive state.

Examples:

• ”Did you notice how they didn’t respond to your message? That’s because they’re pulling away from you.” Exaggerating and distorting simple silence into a signal of rejection.

• “Are you sure they really have your best interests at heart?” Planting a seed of suspicion without giving any evidence.

• “I’m getting a strong feeling that they’re jealous of you - it’s in their energy right now.” Positions the manipulator as the authority on unseen truth.

• “The’ve been distant lately - and remember that time they didn’t support your idea? This is just who they are.” Exaggerating small frictions into patterns and linking unrelated events into a distorted narrative.

• “I hate to tell you this, but I think they are preparing to leave you behind.” If shared for example with someone with a known fear of abandonment this takes their wound and attaches it to a false “reality”, playing upon that core fear and creating a strong emotion that creates conflict between two people.

Even unnecessary fabrications of false narratives to explain why someone might have left a group: “She’s very busy and has small children.” Knowing full well the true reason the person left but planting seeds to create a plausible story for strategic damage control. The core goal always being to control the narrative and reassert power. And when someone challenges the truth later? They are isolated and discredited, often through false stories to break remaining trust, bury the truth, and prevent any credible influence in the future. The intention is always to reassert power through control, fear, and dependency. Safety, prosperity, and spiritual growth are framed to only come through the manipulator - it keeps the group dependent and loyal by framing the outside world (and especially ex-members) as a “threat”.

4. Binding with Emotion

The story is paired with a strong emotional trigger so your body encodes it as reality. Now it feels like memory.

5. Anchoring the Program

Anchors — mantras, affirmations, gestures, objects — are charged to reactivate the implant over and over. Ever time they are used, it reinforces the energetic manipulation and spellwork.

6. Tethering to the Source

Group rituals and shared practices link you to a collective thoughtform (egregore) that keeps continuously feeding the connection.

7. Reinforcement Loop

    •    Reward: small synchronicities,”miracles”, or “wins”, that seem to prove the story or their power.

    •    Punishment: fear-based warnings of loss, bad luck, scarcity, or danger if you doubt or leave. Those who do leave are talked about, vilified, and attacked through false narrative and further implants - usually under suggestive states 1:1 work, group ritual, small gatherings using triangulation and energetic techniques, etc.

Make No Mistake — This is Black Magick

The steps used by themselves are not. But weaved with the intention to manipulate will, remove natural discernment and free choice - using energetic force without your consent - not for mutual empowerment or benefit but for control, dependency, and to serve one’s own ego - unequivocally is.

Black magick isn’t about props or aesthetic — it’s the use of spiritual or energetic force to override free will for personal gain.

For example:

    •    Intent: To control, divide, create dependency, and secure financial and energetic benefit.

    •    Method: Covert implantation of stories during altered states, anchored with strong emotion, tethered to a source, and reinforced over time.

    •    Outcome: Dependency, distorted relationships, loss of sovereignty, loss of vitality, and eventual collapse of your life’s foundation. Quite literally, a loss of your gifts, connections, finances, and even destiny and health.

The Cult-Like Reality

This is not misguided “help.” There is no core of genuine care, love, or concern. It is calculated. And at the central essence is ego and a desire for your money, your sovereignty, and your blind devotion. There is no real care about the cost this brings to you. And make no mistake, this cost is very real and can be very high.

It thrives by keeping you dependent and isolated, reprogramming your perceptions until you defend the very structure that is destroying you.

It is cult-like in operation — with a central figure holding perceived power, a controlled narrative, and an “in-group” bound by fear and false loyalty.

The spell is designed to keep you compliant and blind to the truth:

    •    There is no real familiarity here.

    •    There is no genuine care or concern.

    •    There is only extraction — of your trust, your energy, your gifts, your resources, and your future.

The Stakes of Staying

The longer you remain, the more your instincts dull and your life force drains.

Relationships outside the group fracture.

Your choices narrow until they all serve someone else’s agenda.

And here’s the worst part:

You may actually start defending the very system that is hurting you.

That’s the final lock on the door — when you become your own jailer.

The longer you stay the harder it becomes to leave the illusionary cage.

Recognizing the Signs

You might be carrying an energetic implant if:

    •    You feel sudden mistrust or conflict with someone without any clear cause.

    •    Your reactions feel “too big” or strangely repetitive.

    •    You only feel relief when you’re back in their presence or using their tools.

    •    You feel guilt or fear when questioning the story.

    •    The “truth” can only be verified through them.

• You feel real fear about the idea of speaking out or leaving the group. Even once you see the truth yourself and know the risks and cost.

Breaking the Spell

    1.    See It for What It Is — Ask: Did this come from my lived experience - did it actually happen that way or was it “given” to me?

    2.    Cut the Cords — Daily visualize unhooking cords from your heart, mind, sacral, crown, and solar plexus.

    3.    Neutralize the Trigger — When the thought comes, say: “This is not mine. I release it now.”

    4.    Replace the Anchor — Create affirmations or gestures that root you in yourself, not anyone else.

    5.    Reclaim Your Field — Stand in your own energy before making any decision.

Daily Protection Protocol

If you have been in a manipulative energetic system, daily protection is non-negotiable — especially when you leave. Retaliation can come in the form of psychic attack, emotional hooks, or renewed attempts to pull you back in. They can glamour you subtly, attack your nervous system creating feelings of dizziness and disorientation, and they can weave manipulation and distortion over and over again through new thougtforms, suggestive narratives, energetic imprints in your relationships, and so on.

Every day:

    1.    Shielding — Visualize yourself inside a sphere of brilliant, impenetrable light. Nothing harmful enters, nothing draining leaves.

    2.    Grounding — Imagine roots from your feet deep into the earth, anchoring you in your own body and truth.

    3.    Sealing — At the end of the day, see your energy field smooth and sealed — no leaks, no open cords.

    4.    Sovereignty Statement — Say aloud:

“I am sovereign. I withdraw all permission for anyone to use my energy, influence my mind, or direct my path without my conscious consent. I stand in my own light, now and always.”

Remind yourself of the first rule in magick and Creatorhood - that no one else has power over you unless you give them that power. Honor the power that you hold in your own protection and the belief that you hold in that protection and within yourself. Believe and stand firm in your own sovereignty. Refuse to give your power away.

The Choice

The most dangerous prison is the one you don’t realize you’re in.

Once you see the bars — the false story, the emotional hook, the anchor, the tether — you face the choice:

Stay, and keep feeding the system that is hollowing you out.

Or walk away, break the cords, and reclaim the life force that was always yours.

The moment you choose sovereignty, the spell begins to shatter.

You don’t need their permission. You never did.

Your truth doesn’t need to be installed by anyone.

It lives in you already — and it’s yours to keep.

Sovereign Path Series: Part 7. The Real Work Begins: Sovereignty as a Lived Practice

The moment the illusion breaks is not the moment you feel free.

It's the moment you realize how much of your life was shaped inside someone else’s frame.

You saw through the manipulation. You named the false leader. You broke the pattern - quietly, bravely, without applause.

But now you’re standing in the echo - and it’s not liberation you always feel at first.

It’s disorientation. It’s grief.

You begin to realize - if the version of you that sought safety in dysfunction is gone - what rises in its place?

This isn’t the “empowerment moment” everyone talks about.

This is the invisible rebuild.

The quiet, often painful process of learning to live without the emotional scaffolding that once told you who you were, how to belong, and what to believe.

And this is where sovereignty begins.

Not in the rupture, but in the rebuild.

Not in the anger, but in the choices you make after it cools.

Not in theory, but in the small, lived decisions you make every day - when no one is watching.

This final chapter of The Sovereign Path isn’t here to inspire you.

It’s here to help ground you in what truth actually requires.

It’s here to walk with you as you meet the question:

Can I trust myself enough to be the authority now?

What No One Tells You About The “After”

Once you’ve seen through the illusion, the power games, or the manipulative group dynamic, you expect to feel powerful. Lighter. Stronger. Clearer.

But, instead, most people feel:

• Wobbly: stripped of the emotional anchors that once kept you upright

• Hyperaware: watching for betrayal in every room

• Cynical or jaded

• Exhausted: grieving time, energy, trust lost

• Ashamed: for not seeing it sooner

• Tempted: to soften the truth in exchange for belonging again

• Uncertain: about who or what to trust - including themselves

Comfort becomes seductive.

Doubt becomes soothing.

And it’s easier to gaslight yourself than to face what your intuition already knew.

That’s not failure. It isn’t regression.

That’s withdrawal.

You’ve just unplugged from something that regulated your nervous system, even if it harmed you and distorted your perception of love, truth, or power.

The Science of Sovereignty: A Nervous System Perspective

When we’ve been in high-control environments - spiritual or otherwise - we become wired to external cues.

Over time, our sense of “safety” attaches, and becomes outsourced, to:

• Approval

• Certainty

• Belonging

• Authority figures, “elders”, or “guides” who seem to “know better”

• Familiar patterns that help us feel in control

When that system collapses, it’s not just emotional-its somatic. Your body doesn’t yet know it’s safe. This is why people often go back - to the group, the teacher, the “maybe it wasn’t that bad”.

Not because they are weak or naive.

Because they haven’t yet learned to re-anchor in themselves. Their system is still frozen in fear, loyalty, or the illusion of comfort.

The work now isn’t just emotional.

Its physiological.

And it’s sacred.

Living Sovereignty in Real Life - What Embodied Sovereignty Actually Looks Like

Here’s what real sovereignty looks like - not as a concept, but in motion:

It’s not dramatic.

Its consistent.

And often invisible.

• Choosing honesty over comfort.

• Saying “I need space” when urgency pressures you

• Listening to your body’s cues instead of overriding them for approval

• Asking: “Is this true for me?” before accepting something blindly as wisdom

It’s noticing when you want to give your power away - even subtly.

It’s witnessing yourself in old patterns without shame - and choosing differently.

It’s leading yourself, when no one else is guiding you.

In Conversation:

• You pause before agreeing.

• You notice if your body tightens when someone speaks with authority and how you feel in conversations with people.

• You say “I’m going to sit with that”, instead of reflexively nodding. You listen to your gut. Your discernment. Your instinct.

• You notice if you are choosing comfort, familiarity, and acceptance over what truly aligns with your soul and feeds your vitality, goals, and dreams. Because glamour and manipulative tactics will dull your vitality - true life alignment will fuel it.

In Decision-Making:

• You don’t ask five people what they’d do.

• You weigh your values.

• You ask, “What outcome feels most honest to me, even if it’s uncomfortable?”

In Relationships:

• You no longer mistake intensity for intimacy.

• You stop confusing being needed with being loved.

• You speak your needs without demanding others meet them.

The Temptation to Return to False Safety

This is where many fall back asleep.

When faced with the pain of truth, people often bargain with the past.

• “Maybe they didn’t mean harm.”

• “It wasn’t that bad.”

• “They helped me too.”

• “This is part of my life path.”

• “Maybe I misunderstood.”

• “Who am I to judge?”

And if the community still offers warmth, acceptance, routine, identity?

It can be very tempting to return.

But, this is where you need to be brutally honest with yourself:

• Are you choosing truth - or comfort?

• Alignment - or appeasement?

• Are you fueling your vitality and growth - or self sabotaging, avoiding, and sitting in denial?

• Are you feeding cycles of confusion - or seeking deep truth within yourself?

Sometimes the most dangerous manipulation is the one you gaslight yourself into staying in - because leaving would mean facing your own complicity.

That is where ego steps out of balance and pride becomes your greatest adversary.

Sovereignty asks you to feel the shame, the regret, the grief…

and still not hand your power back.

The Slow Rebuild: A Different Kind of Strength

You can’t rebuild on false ground.

This part of the journey isn’t about doing more.

It’s about doing differently.

• Reconnecting with your body as a compass

• Rebuilding emotional safety from the inside out

• Learning to hold complexity without collapsing

You don’t need a new group.

You need to build trust with yourself again.

And yes, it will feel lonely at first.

But you’re not abandoned.

You’re in between.

And that’s where your integrity roots itself for real.

Integration Tools for the New Foundation: Building Your Sovereignty Muscle

1.The Daily Truth Audit: Reclaiming Inner Authority

This isn’t just reflection. It’s self-leadership in real time; in micro-moments.

Each evening - or whenever you feel your energy was pulled off center - ask yourself:

Where did I override my inner knowing today?

Did I say yes when I meant no? Did I stay silent when I wanted to speak?

Where did I follow someone else’s voice instead of my own?

Was I trying to please, prove, or belong? Did I shrink to avoid discomfort? Am I still seeking external validation or approval?

Where did I hold my ground, even when it was hard?

Celebrate it. Mark it. This is you rebuilding self-trust.

What part of me needed support, clarity , or safety - and how can I offer it now?

This is not about judgement. It’s about self-nurturing, reparenting, and tending to your inner child.

Repeat this for 3 weeks. Patterns will emerge. You’ll begin to see, not just what pulls you off path - but what strengthens your center.

Sovereignty isn’t found in big declarations. It’s found in these micro-moments of honesty with yourself. Its found in the silent celebration of choosing yourself over and over, each and every day.

2. Embodied Reanchoring Practice: Teaching Your Nervous System You’re Safe Without Control

When you’ve lived inside distorted power dynamics - spiritual or relational - your body learns to associate certainty with safety. When illusion breaks, your nervous system often stays in fight/flight long after the threat is gone.

This practice helps rewire that response, so you stop chasing authority outside yourself.

Do this daily, especially after emotional activation:

1. Sit or lie down. Uncross your limbs. Breathe slowly into your belly.

2. Place one hand on your heart, one on your lower abdomen.

3. Say aloud:

   I’m here now.

   I am safe and I am loved.

   I choose my pace.

   I don’t need to know everything to be safe.

4. Scan your body for tension. Notice any urge to seek answers or fix a feeling.

   Let the urge come.

   Don’t follow it.

5. End with this statement:

   I trust myself to lead, even in the unknown.

This rewires the loop that says “safety = control” and replaces it with “safety = presence”. Ultimately, it will help you to replace your need for control with presence.

You become your own anchor. Not the next method. Not the next mentor. You.

3. The Discernment Inventory: Clearing the Residue of Influence

When you’ve been shaped by systems that distorted truth in the name of love, light, power, or authority, discernment isn’t automatic. It must be rebuilt - carefully, intentionally, and with self-compassion.

This tool helps you check for lingering energetic or psychological residue - and teaches you how to recognize alignment from fear-driven loyalty.

Ask yourself regularly (weekly or when entering new spaces):

1. When someone inspires me, do I feel more connected to myself - or more dependent on them?

Do I leave their space with clarity - or with a desire to chase approval?

2. Does this person/path invite me deeper into personal responsibility or deeper into performance?

Are they creating mirrors - or contracts of silence?

3. What unspoken agreements am I making to stay connected here?

Am I betraying any truth to stay included?

4. Is this relationship helping me trust myself more - or trust myself less?

This is the litmus test.

Discernment doesn’t mean paranoia - it means presence. The goal isn’t to fear influence, but to recognize it before it becomes entanglement.

4. The Boundary Repatterning Practice: Saying No Without Explaining Yourself

One of the deepest wounds after spiritual distortion or people-pleasing systems is the belief that you must justify your clarity. That you must soften your no. Or earn your space.

This tool helps you reclaim boundaries as an act of self-trust, not defense. Reclaiming your “no” without guilt.

Practice this boundary repatterining once per day:

1.Say no to something low-stakes but automatic.

• Decline a text conversation you don’t have energy for.

• Don’t offer advice when you feel pressured to respond.

• Postpone a task you are not emotionally available for.

2. Notice what rises.

Guilt? Fear of being misunderstood? Pressure to explain?

3. Breathe into the tension. Say silently (or aloud):

• I am not responsible for managing someone else’s perception of my limits.

• My boundary is not a betrayal.

4. Reflect with curiosity, not critique:

What part of me believes it must be liked or accepted to be valid?

This is nervous system work. Identity work. Integrity work. And it takes repetition to rewire. Start with the smallest no - and keep building from there.

The New Devotion: Self-Loyalty Over External Validation

Eventually, your choices no longer stem from fear.

They’re born from clarity.

Not from proving.

But from alignment.

Sovereignty doesn’t mean doing it alone.

It means not collapsing your truth to keep the peace and stay connected.

It means being able to:

• Receive support without dependency or losing center

• Love without self-abandonment

• Speak without self-censorship

• Connect without shape-shifting

This is the Path Now

You’re not looking for a new savior.

You’re not asking someone to hold what you’re fully capable of carrying.

You’re done choosing comfort over clarity.

You’re done gaslighting your gut and your future for someone else’s convenience.

You’re done bypassing what your body already knows.

Because now, you’ve remembered something ancient and immovable:

You are the authority you were waiting for.

You are the truth-teller now.

You are the one who sees clearly - and lives accordingly.

And you are recommitting to yourself, your future, and your highest good.

You’re no longer living for acceptance, answers, or permission.

You’re living in response to your own wisdom - however slowly it speaks, however inconvenient it feels.

This is sovereignty in practice:

• Unpolished

• Unapologetic

• Unshakably yours

This isn’t about being perfect.

It’s about being honest enough to no longer betray yourself.

Because sovereignty isn’t just something you claim.

It’s something you build - moment by moment:

One choice at a time.

One boundary at a time.

One reclamation at a time.

And sometimes, one day at a time.

That is sovereignty.

And that is everything.

And if you’re still shaking while you walk it - you’re not alone.

Most of us are still learning to trust our own feet again.

But every honest step is sacred.

And you’re already further than you think.

Sovereign Path Series: Part 5. Discernment Is the Gateway to Sovereignty

There’s a moment on the healing path - one that feels less like liberation and more like psychic surgery - where you realize:

Not everything that glitters is gold.

Not everyone who holds space is clean.

And not every woman in your circle is your sister.

Discernment is the fire that rises when the soul says:

No more pretending not to see.

Discernment Isn’t Judgement. It’s Protection.

Let’s clear something up:

We’ve been conditioned - especially as spiritual women - to blur the lines between discernment and judgement.

Having a boundary is being called “closed”, “pushy”, or “b$tchy”.

To notice and call out a distortion is seen as “projecting”.

To walk away from someone misusing power is labeled as “unhealed”.

But here is the truth:

Discernment is your body knowing before your mind does.

It’s the quiet voice inside you saying “this doesn’t feel right” before the betrayal fully reveals itself.

It is your innate gift - and the most underdeveloped tool in many spiritual circles because of groupthink, sisterhood glamours, childhood conditioning & conservative stereotypes, and bypass culture, that teach us to override it.

How I Lost & Reclaimed My Discernment

I once sat in circle with women I loved - women I learned, shared, and felt community with.

I felt the power. I felt the connection.

But somewhere along the way, I started to doubt what I felt in my gut.

I overrode the red flags in favor of spiritual ideals, community belonging, and a sense of being “relatable” and “kind”.

I called it “giving grace”, giving the “benefit of the doubt”, being “nonjudgemental”. I called it “unconditional sisterly love”.

I called it many things.

But deep down? I was really just abandoning myself.

And when the veil dropped - when I saw the manipulation, the subtle power plays, the very real maliciousness that lie underneath the sweet exterior and smile, and the cloaked control -

I realized I wasn’t crazy.

I was trained to suppress and dismiss my discernment in order to belong.

That is not sisterhood. It is not community. That’s spiritual submission.

And, like it or not, some people exploit and prey upon this sisterhood wound, because it is far more common than you’d like to think.

5 Discernment Keys for the Sovereign Path

If you are building sovereignty for yourself - a path for yourself rooted in truth, clarity, and sacred leadership - you need to hear this.

Here are the five keys I’ve learned through the fire:

1. Watch the Energy, Not the Words

   Spiritual distortion is often dressed in poetic language and polished “light”.

   It tells you want you want to hear - but leaves your body feeling tight, drained, or confused.

   Discernment isn’t about doubting what is said - it’s about reading what’s underneath.

   The energy never lies. Learn to trust what you feel.

2. Your Body is the Oracle

   Tension in your gut? Heart constriction? Throat tingling or tightening? Head fog around someone?

   That sudden headache after a Zoom circle?

   The nervous system spike when they compliment you?

   The subtle withdrawal that you feel when they enter a room?

   These are just a few of the somatic signals your body may send you to pay attention to a dissonance in energy.

   It is not your trauma speaking. It is not paranoia.

   It’s perception.

   Or in other words, it is your discernment radar lighting up. And it is screaming for your attention.

   Your body is the most accurate lie detector you will ever meet - if you’re willing to stop overriding it.

   You may hear this a thousand times, but it’s worth bears hearing again - the more you yield to listening to your body - taking that sacred pause to get really present with yourself and attune to it’s message - to really learn to trust yourself - the more this gift will strengthen and surprise you. It is like a muscle - the more you use it and learn to rely upon it, the stronger and more reliable it becomes.

3. What Happens When You Say No?

   Healthy people honor boundaries. Distorted ones punish them.

   If someone shifts when you say no - pouts, withdraws, criticizes, or reframes your truth as a “shadow”. Or, in any other way violates or tries to push back a strong boundary you hold in your life - you’re being shown something.

   Discernment asks: Is this dynamic safe and honoring for my no? In my gut, am I truly okay with this?

   If not - it’s not sovereign.

4. Look for Emotional Transactionalism

   Does support only come when you’re useful?

   Do you feel obligated to offer energy just to be seen or stay “in” the group?

   Are you giving more than you’re receiving - energetically or emotionally; or even in your time, services, and generosity - but gaslit into calling it “service”?

   Is generosity always repaid in visibility, loyalty, or gossip protection?

   That’s not love. That’s energetic debt disguised as “community”.

   Check the scales - and don’t dismiss them. Truth and true healthy relationship are balanced and reciprocal.

   Sovereign bonds don’t require emotional payments to stay valid.

5. If It Can’t Withstand Truth, It Wasn’t Real

   Can you ask hard questions without being shamed or dismissed?

   Can you name what you feel without being flipped into the role of the wounded one?

   Can you speak your truth without someone rushing to silence you in the name of “unity” or some other covert cause?

   Are criticism or questions met with victimhood or truth?

   If a bond only works when you stay small, silent, or continue to self-sacrifice -

   you’re not in sacred space - you’re in a controlled one.

   Discernment reveals the difference between true sisterhood and community - and energetic submission.

   And while you may think this is radically obvious - it can often be much more subtle on the surface than you might think.

   Discernment will help you spot this no matter how small the dissonant frequency is.

Discernment isn’t a weapon.

It is the boundary your soul sets to protect your becoming.

If someone calls that a threat,

they were never aligned with your truth -

only your compliance.

Let this be a gift you protect, honor, and stay highly attuned with. How others receive you and honor this part of you back, speaks volumes energetically.

Inner Reflection:

Take a breath and ask yourself:

• Where am I still betraying my body’s knowing in exchange for connection?

• What truths am I avoiding because I’m afraid of what they’ll cost me?

• Where do I rely on my intellect and logic instead of my own inner knowing?

• Where do I let my ego hold me back or override my intuition and discernment? Am I okay with acknowledging I may be wrong? If not, what lies underneath that?

• What would it mean - what would it really look like - to let discernment lead in my life?

• How can I better honor more pause, presence, and discernment in my life and allow this gift to strengthen?

These aren’t easy questions - but they are the ones that will set you free.

How To Rewire Your System To Feel Truth Again After Spiritual Betrayal

Most people teach discernment like it’s a checklist or a mental muscle.

But if you’ve ever said, “I knew something was off - but I stayed anyway.”

then you’ve already discovered the truth no one tells you:

Your ability to discern truth has nothing to do with your mind.

It isn’t intellectual - It’s energetic. Its cellular.

And it lives in your nervous system, your trauma imprints, your ancestral memory, your fascia, and your subtle body.

And, when you’ve been glamoured, gaslit, or groomed in a spiritual space, your frequency gets hijacked. Your field gets crosswired. Your body begins to associate control with safety…and sometimes, safety with love.

Here are 5 steps that will help heal your instrument so that you can get your signal back - so you can feel what’s true again and learn to trust yourself.

Not in theory. Not intellectually. But, in your body - your gut, your breath, and your bones.

Step 1: Understand How Energetic Hijacking Works

When you join a group or teacher with manipulative structures, several things often happen:

• You get slowly conditioned to override your instincts: you abandon your no to stay included, you confuse intensity with intimacy, you mistake nervous system regulation for truth.

• You disconnect from gut-level knowing (HPA axis and vagus nerve dysregulation)

• You begin deferring to external cues (mirroring the group, fawning, over-attuning)

• Your energy field contracts or expands incoherently (a key insight of glamour or charisma abuse)

• Your subtle body becomes confused. Your energetic body starts mistaking nervous system regulation for safety- and safety for love. But these are not interchangeable. This confusion is how illusion enters. In other words, when trauma patterns are reinforced, your system may confuse calm for truth, control for safety, and approval for love.

Your discernment didn’t vanish. It was just overwritten.

Your signal became scrambled.

Step 2: Regulate to Reconnect; Regulation is the Portal, Not The Proof

You can’t discern truth in a dysregulated state. Your body has to feel safe enough to access truth.

Most people are trying to “tune in” while dissociated, anxious, or over-attuned to predators.

But here’s the catch: you can feel calm and still be in danger.

It’s possible to feel held and harmed at the same time. Many systems offer a sense of regulation - but if it’s paired with disempowerment or distortion, that “peace” is a performance:

• Trauma bonded dynamics often regulate your nervous system just enough to keep you hooked - while bypassing the deeper dissonance in your soul. It feels calm, but it costs you clarity.

• Some spiritual spaces soothe the parts of you that crave belonging….while subtly asking you to betray the parts of you that carry truth. That betrayal isn’t loud - its slow erosion.

• Some spaces offer you comfort - but only if you abandon your core self to receive it. The nervous system calms while the soul withers. That’s not safety. That’s seduction. That’s often how cultic spaces work.

Real discernment begins when your nervous system no longer needs to belong in order to survive.

Step 3. Detox the Energetic Bond That’s Not Yours

Even after leaving a spiritual group, remnants often linger:

• Cord entanglements

• Thoughtforms looping in your head

• Guilt tied to breaking silent contracts

• Chakra distortion or entanglement (especially crown, solar plexus, and sacral)

• Somatic patterning of fawning or compliance

Ground yourself daily. Call back your energy. Cord cut - as often as needed.

Step 4: Rebuild Self-Trust (Your Inner Oracle) with Pattern Recognition

Betrayal often installs shame: How did I not see it?

Most people understand the need to “trust themselves” again after betrayal and try to do so - but trust isn’t a decision. It is a pattern recognition system.

The antidote isn’t hypervigilance - it’s pattern tracking over time. So that next time you understand what to look for and help prep your body to wire to the clues.

Tool: The Pattern Map Journal

Track the moments when you:

• Overrode your gut (that constriction you felt) and said yes….and why

• Betrayed your knowing to stay included

• Silenced yourself to be “spiritual”

• Ignored body signals in favor of approval

• Places where you confused resonance with recognition of an old wound

And then, write the reversal:

Next time I feel ______ I will ______.

You’re not shaming yourself - you’re updating your system.

You’re training your field to follow truth instead of trauma.

Step 5: Energetic Discernment Is Devotion - Not Division

One of the most damaging distortions is the idea of discernment becoming weaponized in some spiritual spaces:

• You’re projecting.

• You’re not trusting.

• You’re in ego.

• That’s just your trauma talking.

This is spiritual gaslighting.

Because here’s the truth:

Judgement divides. Discernment refines. And refinement is a sacred act of devotion to truth.

And truth is the goal. The real medicine is learning that discernment is sacred.

It’s the root of spiritual maturity.

It’s not about deciding who is “bad”.

It’s about tending to the truth within you like a holy fire. And learning to tune and protect your field and body so that you are not able to be glamoured again.

It’s about never ever again self-abandoning.

You don’t need to judge others.

You need to become the clearest frequency in the room. Boldy yet humbly confident and certain of yourself.

You were never meant to follow.

You were meant to feel.

And once you trust your own frequency again, you become unglamourable.

Every time you choose truth over performance, clarity over charisma, soul over any tether to belonging - you reclaim your inner temple.

The teacher you were seeking? The one you thought abandoned you?

She has always been there. Curled up inside your chest and waiting for you to return.

The Gift Of Aligning With Discernment

Discernment is sacred. It is not cold. It is not cruel. It is not too pushy.

It is a flame.

And the more you feed it, the more your field

becomes a temple

that only truth may enter.

And if you choose to align your life - your deepest inner self - with truth,

you will see abundance, joy, and fulfillment in levels. you could only dream of for yourself.

If you’ve ever doubted yourself - I see you.

If you’ve been gaslit in the name of spiritual “hierarchy” - I believe you.

And, if you’re walking away from a situation or community that is tough to say goodbye to, to honor your own discernment - know, that I see and honor your self-love and courage.

Let this be your line in the sand.

This Is the Sovereign Path

To walk the Sovereign Path is to choose truth over comfort.

It is to stop outsourcing your own inner knowing to teachers, lovers, friends, or groups.

It is to reclaim the original oath you made with your own soul - that you would never abandon her again.

Sovereignty means you are the final authority in your own field.

It means your no is sacred, your yes is embodied, and your silence is never for someone else’s comfort.

This post is part of my Sovereign Path Series - a collection of posts to support those waking up from distortion and stepping into clean power.

If you have ever doubted your intuition or stayed too long in a space that drained you - this is your permission to burn the script and begin again.

More empowered. More Attuned.

More in alignment than ever before to claim the path before you that was always yours, waiting and ready for you to finally walk away from all the distractions and wounds that held you back- and embrace your future ahead with clarity, courage, and sovereignty.

With So Much Love,

Seraph