Discernment in Deity work

You see it quite often, people who have just begun to be more spiritual send a picture in discord and ask others if this is a sign from either a deity or the universe. But, the thing with signs is that if it truly is a sign from someone or something - you will know. A good thing to keep in mind is to look at your surroundings as well. Do you see a lot of birds because a deity is trying to contact you? Or is it because they’re being fed? In my own experience signs from deities are scarce. The reason for this, in my opinion, is because when they want your attention - they will get it. A storm is just a storm to me. I’ll say cheers because it is associated with Thor, but the only time I've seen signs in a storm was when clouds were shaped like runes.

What you can do if you think the sign is from a deity is ask them to give you repeatable signs. I would refrain from using the algorithm as a way to get signs personally because if you talk about it, it will be recommended to you automatically. I made this ‘mistake’ when I was wondering if Apollo wanted to work with me. Later, I saw a sunflower in the middle of the city where nothing else but weeds grew. I spoke about it with my boyfriend and suddenly I was seeing pictures of sunflowers on my tumblr feed. It’s up to each individual how they see this part of getting signs, but for me it’s things that are repetitive and out of the ordinary that could be signs of a deity.

Discernment in Spirit work

The biggest question I see related to working with entities is whether or not a random thing from nature is a gift of the fae. But, what I see people forget a lot of times is whether or not it could be something from nature spirits originated from their own country. And before we even hit that question, couldn’t it be that nature just happens to be weird sometimes?

Another thing with discerning imagination from spirits is whether you are talking to a thoughtform. The general rules of this are that these entities can be draining as well because they’re tied to you since you created them. They are very one dimensional and understand the memes that you like even though not all spirits come from earth and have experienced modern society. You guys never have a disagreement because “you’re so in sync™” and they never seem to have a life of their own. What’s also tricky is that you need to discern whether or not a certain species coming into your life is because it just happened or because you read a book on elves a day ago and you thought they were really cool to hang out with. However, that one can be tricky to discern because sometimes things just happen.

Discernment in Astral work

When it comes to astral work the biggest question one can have is whether or not they are actually projecting or traveling to the astral realm or if they’re lucid dreaming in their mindscape. Although this can be different for everyone there are some overlapping basic things one can check to see if they’re not just in their mindscape. The biggest is the energy cost of things. If you need to heal a major wound and it heals in a couple of seconds and you don’t feel drained, chances are you are probably lucid dreaming in your mindscape. It’s harder for energy cost related ‘spells’ because people travel and project to different places. And different places can have different rules. I spoke with other practitioners about this with their travel experiences and although everyone’s experience is kinda different, they are rarely alone.