Daily Practices: “Spirit of the Crow”

🌠 Magical Affirmation of the Day:

“I choose to see the truth clearly and honestly.
My inner wisdom guides me, and I trust its light.
Every decision I make is filled with justice and respect for myself and others.
I hold the balance between mind and heart, between action and waiting.
My thoughts are pure, my actions are honest, and my intentions pave the way to harmony.
Everything I choose today creates a better future for me.”

🔮 To anchor the energy of the affirmation and amplify the day’s energies, perform the “Power of Balance” ritual.

You will need for the ritual:

🔹 Two items representing balance (e.g., a black and a white feather, a dark and a light stone, two candles—black and white or silver).
🔹 A bowl of water (represents clarity and the reflection of truth).

Create your ritual space. Place the items in front of you: put the bowl of water in the center, place the dark item to its left (as a symbol of hidden, non-obvious truth and shadows), and the light item to its right (as a symbol of apparent truth and light).

Take three deep breaths in and out, allowing your thoughts to quiet and your mind to clear, imagining your mind becoming as transparent and calm as the water’s surface.

Take the dark object in your left hand and the light one in your right. Feel their weight, as if you are holding the very essence of the balance between shadow and light, cause and effect, inner and outer. Recite the day’s affirmation aloud, giving power to the words and allowing them to sink into your heart. Feel how both sides within you merge into a single force, where darkness and light cease to struggle and merely balance each other.

After this, place the items back and dip your fingertips into the water, feeling its coolness and purity. Say: “As the water absorbs and reflects the light, so do I let in clarity. My decisions are henceforth weighed and just. So be it.”

Conclude the ritual by gently drying your hands, and leave the bowl of water in a visible place for the entire day. It will remind you of the power of inner honesty and balance. And if you feel doubt or fatigue, wash your face with this water, washing away all that is unnecessary and returning to the purity of thought.

🌀 You can add the “Crow’s Path” visualization to the ritual to enter the space of this Spirit and activate its energy.

Close your eyes, take a few breaths in and out, allowing your breathing to become deep and measured. The world around you gradually dissolves, and you find yourself in an ancient forest. One half is immersed in deep twilight, where soft darkness and peace reign, and the other is bathed in silvery moonlight, reflecting the coolness and crystalline clarity of the night.

You walk along a path dividing the two halves and feel the soft moss springing under your bare feet and the dry pine needles crunching. The earth pulses beneath your feet, and every step seems to connect you with this rhythm of the world. The air here is fresh and cool, its taste fills your lungs, and your heart beats calmly and evenly.

A soft caw comes from a tall oak tree. You look up and see a Crow. Its black wings shimmer with a blue sheen, its feathers glisten like velvet saturated with the night’s light. Its eyes shine sharply and coldly, like two tiny crystals, and this gaze pierces right through you, freeing you from all that is superfluous. Under its attention, everything artificial and deceptive disappears, leaving only the true essence, your pure “Self,” without masks and fears.

The Crow easily spreads its wings and smoothly descends onto your shoulder. You feel no weight, only a subtle vibration of energy—cold like the morning wind and sharp like a steel blade. This is the energy of truth; it cleanses your inner vision from the veil of illusions and awakens clarity.

The Crow spreads its wings and embraces you with them, sheltering you from doubt and fear. Take a deep breath and let its power inside you.

Thank the Crow for its presence, for its clear gaze, and for its gift. It flaps its wings and rises into the sky, dissolving into the forest silence, and you remain filled with calm confidence and inner light.

Feel yourself returning to your body. Wiggle your fingers and toes, feel the support of the ground beneath you. Take another deep breath in and out. And slowly open your eyes, retaining inside the sensation of the Crow’s wings, which keep you safe and in balance.