Mediunity/scrying abilities & long term damage

[hobotubbie]

So i would like to ask people their opinion or to share their personal experiences regarding this topic.

I have noticed during the years i've practiced which aren't that many since i'm still pretty young :\ that when working with mediums, as in people who have a natural ability to comunicate with spiritual entities and people who practice scrying with the same purpose and others, @ long term they start to look a bit weared off, and you can notice a different behaviour in people, they become a bit unstable and look ill.

That kinda seems natural since the energy and amount of effort it is needed to do what they do (i don't do it so i just talk about what i perceive from others) is very big and heavy but there are other magickal practices that we do that are quite body and mind damaging but we actually have ways of recovering from them.

I'm not saying that the side effects of people who contact directly are irreversible but for what i've seen they seem quite harder to heal and seem to have a bigger impact in people's social life.

Mosf of the well known mediums and scryers that worked with famous occultist in their evocations almost all seem to have a very bad fate aswell, alot of them being considered mentally ill or having a dubious personality.

So i wanted to ask people opinions on this subject or if they are doing it themselves that would be a great feedback. It's something i don't personally do or intend to do so it's hard for me to have a perfect perception of how the person who performs it feels.

Thanks in advance.

[Clockwork Ghost]

I haven't really noticed this at all. I myself do get a bit tired after a long bout of divination or other related practices, but as for actual harm I cant say I've ever seen that.

It is a very interesting question however - whether or not the practice of certain forms of magic sap your energy, or 'life force', more than others.

[Kitsutsuki]

I have no experience in the theme or do know any people. But maybe, there different methods used, and some may use their own energy, instead of maybe using energy outside.

[hobotubbie]

Yes Case i undestand what you are saying, i tend to feel a "exhausted" after a few works, specially phisically and a bit mentally.But i can revigorate easily.

I guess that it mostly depends on people inherent mental or emotional fragility and i might be doing something wrong here by generalizing based on my own experiences, of what i've seen on a few particular people.

I've read a few of your topics and i can see that you practice or used to ceremonial magick so it's nice to have your feed back on this. (i assume you do at least even tho i might being inprudent)

I was asking because i've been in situations where the opportunity to "use" people with natural ability for mediunity (incorporation/divination) has presented and i've accepted it and sometimes i wonder if by being passive and allow it i might be doing harm to the person, even tho i never forced anyone to do it and mostly they are natural at it and accept it.

Anyways, it's the world we live in :<

Thanks for the answer Kitsu aswell, well most of this kind of works are very exausthing to everyone envolved, the amount of energy required for some and the depth of concentration takes alot of energy from one. But i was just wondering if the person who on porpuse connects themselve with the entity in question suffers the most, for what i have seen i would say so, but i'm not sure.

[TheSeeker]

I personally find that there's nothing like a big platter of sushi to put you back on your feet after a lengthy Working...

[hobotubbie]

That is true seeker, sushi is very nice but i never understood why it's so expensive here in my home country. Unless you are good at making it, which i never tried and i saw on a documentary once that it takes years to master the technique of cooking that rice, are you a master sushi maker seeker? =)