Alicen's Magickal Diary: Painting A Portal

How Painting a "Hypersigil" Helped Me Escape A Life I Hated... and Find HOME

This post is a continuation of the first entry of Alicen’s Magickal Diary, a subscriber-exclusive series where I share all the otherwise mysterious details of my magick path.

So,

my mother’s energetic vampirism had come to a head. I could no longer live under her tight control.

But unlike the breakaway attempts I’d made in the past, this time I owned a house with her.

Calling the bank to ask what my options were, left me with the impression that there were no options. I simply couldn’t see a way out of this situation that didn’t involve hiring a lawyer, which I had neither the money nor courage to do.

So, witch that I am, I did what I always do when I feel backed into a corner:

Magick.

Specifically: I decided to paint a charmed painting that would act as a portal to my desired reality.

Enter The Hypersigil

To understand what a hypersigil is, you must first understand what a sigil is.

A sigil is