Hi all! I have been studying the cards for some years but found myself unable to really use them for divinations in the past, perhaps due to not cleaning the cards and using spreads that were too basic. Also I had a problem dealing with scary spreads. I was favorably impressed by the L1M2 of Quareia and applied it to the first exercise of detecting the energy of the apartment, that first reading resonated a lot. However, when I inquired the cards about my life purpose/mission using the directional pattern, I got a really intense one, that scared me a bit and with which I cannot relate much. I am a creative happy person, in my 30s, and my life so far has been a fully-lived yet a peaceful one. As a character I am super diplomatic. I would appreciate if anyone could help me shed some light on how I can interpret this. Thanks.

How is everyone doing? How are the studies going?

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So, I somehow ended up going to a Buddhist "temple" of Tibetan lineage to listen to a lecture, we also did some group meditation there (16th Karmapa) . And Holly Crap it was powerful stuff, it was an experience, more intense that I am usually used to, I cried after it for an hour when I went home, aside from all other stuff that I experienced. I knew about Tibetan stuff being more magically involved, than other lineages of Buddhism but that's straight up magical meditation. Does anyone else here have an experience with Tibetan Buddhism of any lineage? If you have such a practice alongside Quareia, does that stuff hit you differently now?

Hi folks. I started sharing about my mystical experiences on social media and through a blog back in 2020, not related to Quareia. I felt called to put myself out there as an intuitive and offer readings to folks and blogging was a part of that. I’ve since stopped giving readings bc I had a baby about a year ago but haven’t totally taken my mystical diaries offline.

From a Quareia perspective, is sharing publicly about my inner experiences a detriment of some kind? I’ve only ever shared to support other mystics, but I get the sense from some of the convo in this sub that there’s a downside. I personally found YouTube mystics very very helpful on the path and saw this as a form of paying it forward.

Thank you for your feedback.

(EDITED) Afternoon, Q peeps

Breaking my long silence to opportunistically ask a question on behalf of my partner, who is undergoing a Msc in Bioarchaeology. I thought, who better to ask?

Has any of you anthropology/history aficionados with an interest in the British Isles ever come across any reading or resources on the cultural significance of cattle and cows in Iron Age Britain? Particularly in the South.

Can be anything really, ritual, symbolic, whatever you have come across that may or may have not been of interest in your magical studies.

Taking the chance to say I hope everyone is doing well in their quests, whether you are progressing or not, and keeping safe in, quite frankly, shit times. To the newcomers, welcome, to the old guard, how are you doing?

Regards to you all

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Hello everyone,

I've been practicing vision exercises and have seen various things, some of which have turned out to be accurately verified. However, there are still a few that I can’t verify yet—some feel almost impossible to confirm—and I'm left wondering whether they’re real, just my imagination, or possibly influenced by an external force (like a parasite or energy manipulation) playing tricks on me.

How can I differentiate between a vision that’s real versus one that’s purely imagined or influenced by something external? Are there specific signs I should look for that can help discern the authenticity of a vision? I’m also curious if anyone has methods or tips for verifying the clarity and truth of a vision when verification seems difficult or impossible.

Another issue I’m facing is that when I repeat the vision exercises, I keep seeing the same things from previous visions. I’m wondering if this is a mental construct or if it’s genuinely something that’s really there.

Any insight or experiences you can share would be incredibly helpful.

Thank you!

Hi, I've been reading through the course out of interest I don't actually practice anything, am I correct in understanding that the desert and other locations are real places one sees in a vision? Also do they exist independently to your own mind?

Hello Im from Mexico and I am just starting my journey on the Quareia magick school, what should I expect from such a inspiring school?
I was practicing Ogdoadic Tradition but I just dont have the money to continue so I think Quareia is the option I was looking for, I found about Quareia thanks to Foolish Fish on YouTube, he highly recommend it.
I am already working on the first module, first lesson.

Hey! Wondering if Josephine has made any recommendations about using your first language in rituals/incantations? Am in M1L4 and it’s working well, but sometimes it feels like using my second language (English) creates some distance to the work, if you understand. I know some things are meant to be in your first language explicitly, but what about all the ritual/cleansing work ”spells”?

I studied Quareia for a year, but then I stopped for a year and a half. Why did I stop? To be honest, I felt that Quareia brought some issues into my work and relationships. I’m not trying to be alarmist, but I believe that the difficulties I faced in my job didn’t lead me to any new direction—it might simply be categorized as bad luck. As for relationships, since I know a bit about astrology, I’m aware that I frequently encounter negative patterns, especially in romantic relationships. Before I started studying Quareia, I had just resolved a difficult issue. But after beginning Quareia, I encountered even more problems. For example, I kept finding myself karmically entangled with people who were completely unacceptable to me in terms of external conditions and had manipulative personalities. Or I had to deal with someone who, in a past life, was supposed to be my father but instead chose to abort me. Now that I’ve met this person again, I have complex emotions toward them. This isn’t even the first time I’ve faced such an issue, and encountering it again feels tragic to me, as if my precious life is being wasted. In astrology, the energies of Saturn and Pluto often bring pain and challenges. But as I understand it, these energies need support from other planets to be used constructively. If one is simply crushed by Saturn and Pluto, life can fall into a vicious cycle. However, Quareia emphasizes these two energies very strongly, making me feel like I’m being struck down before I can even find balance. In short, I believe that positive stimulation and confidence-building energies are just as important as pain, challenges, and hardships. After all, I personally think life may not have an ultimate truth—it’s more about exploration and experience. I wonder if anyone understands what I’m trying to express, or if others can share their experiences of maintaining balance while practicing Quareia. If I have said anything offensive, please forgive me.

Ex-student here.

Recently wanted to get back into Tarot so I dipped back into JMC's tarot book.
Recalling the module 1 lesson I thought the directional layout might be a great place to start, but when I found it in the book I discovered a simplified version of what appears in the lesson from the actual course and I'm wondering what are the reasons for this.

In the original lesson we have 6 positions, and a list of attributes for each direction - perhaps I'm wrong about but because of those attributes I'd always assumed that this layout was versatile and could be used for situational matters as well, not just to read a physical space. However in the tarot book, we have only 5 positions, and the layout is presented as only being used for questions about a physical space, eg. locating lost objects, and no mention of the other attributes.

Just very interested to know why? And whether I've misunderstood the scope of the directional layout.

I'm working through M1L1 and wondered if anyone here can help with a problem that I've got?

I'm a 3 cat cat lady, one of them a kitten. The kitten is fascinated by my candle. We ended up with a curly eyebrow the other day when he got too close. Since then, I use a huge vase to hold the candle to make it a bit safer but the kitten keeps approaching and nudging the vase unless I move him. As a compromise I've been lighting the candle, contemplating the flame, and then blowing it out while I have my eyes closed to meditate. If I lock the cats out of the room they will tear the carpet up trying to get in. Has this group got any solutions for this situation? Thank you! 

Hello,

In my twenties, I started an initiatory journey in a magical order. For various reasons, I stopped interacting with that group. When I stopped, I was initiated into a degree that focuses on death. In addition, the series of initiations are designed to open certain chakras in order. So I have been wondering whether or not stopping that journey before it was complete could have a negative impact on my Quareia work? I could go back and finish that journey, but my values don’t really align with the group any more. Any ideas?

Hi,I got up to M1 L3 however I had to leave it for a while do I start where I left off at or do I have to start all over again at L1? Please let me know because whenever I try to go back to L1 step by step it feels like I've plateaued.

I recently discovered quareia. I haven't really delved into it other than having read the first exercise and trying to incorporate the white/black smoke into my meditation.

Anyway I was reading the clarification on what lone study means and I read the following:

If you need a group to keep you on track and make you accountable, then you are not mature enough to study real magic.

And I'm like,ok that is fair enough... But then that means that there is work to do before one is even able to start at the bottom of quareia.

So how does one become mature?

Are we expected to just reincarnated until we somehow become mature enough on our own? Even if that means to live a million lives?

Especially when you think about the river of death, which wipes all your memories, including the lessons you learned..

So what is one supposed to do?

Does anyone have experience or good references on generational birthmarks? I am the middle of a 3-generation trend, which I have known since the birth of my youngest but am only now being prompted to explore.

Methods I have/will use/d: divination; meditation; inner library; dreamwork; basic internet research.

Thanks for your input!

Greetings fellow travelers! If I may, could I offer a bit of advice and encouragement to any whom may lend me their eyes for a moment? Finding this program was a transformative experience for me period. It certainly didn't happen overnight though. It took patience and resilience that didn't come naturally to me. It would seem that others have also experienced resistance in life while working through the material much like I did. Let me give some encouragement to those of you who come up against hardship while trying to find that elusive balance. You can do it. I know you can. For me, I wanted to feel like I had some agency in this chaos and rise above the fear that had plagued my life. I wanted power. I wanted knowledge. I was a fool lol. My experience of life has come a long way from the petulant child that began this journey. That constant itch to seek out new information in hopes of the next revelation being the game changer is gone. Dabbling in things just for an experience and rush has been replaced with finding the mundane things are now beautiful. Your needs are met. Your wants are few. I'm no master and certainly there is much that is left to learn. Let's all work hard at this life to make a difference in our respective regions. That's what it's really about, being an agent of balance in a world that is constantly pushed to the brink. Good luck! Not that you need it, after all you were made for this moment.

I would like some kind words and guidance on a problem I've been having with anxiety and intrusive thoughts regarding practice.

It took me a long time to find my way here and I know that I want to start the apprentice material. But I am suffering a tightening in my stomach and chest, rushes of adrenaline when I read anything or plan on practicing daily. I have tried to enquire within and I believe I am afraid of becoming too susceptible, losing touch with reality, fear of cults/spirituality (absolutely not saying this is or could be a cult, especially the fact that it is Lone Study) fear of actually becoming too powerful (this is a wild thought, I know). I think I am over excited and meditation exacerbates the problem.

I have gone to CBT therapy, I do breathwork, exercise, eat very clean, have a wonderful life in general, supportive family. I am not seeking tips on anxiety but specifically with starting practice. Has anyone else experienced this?

How are the studies going? How's the new year going?

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Hey, I've been lurking in this sub for some time now, and recently I've been thinking of something so I figure this is the best place to try and find an answer.

I was introduced to Quareia about 2 years ago, and have been fascinated by it ever since. I've been fascinated by anything and everything related to magic and the occult ever since I was a kid, and finding such a thorough and well put together (and free!) course was a dream come true, as opposed to gathering scattered knowledge from books and trials and (mainly) errors here and there.

Immediately I started to work with it, and kind of struggled with M1L1, but after persevering for a while, I was finally getting it, started doing M1L2 simultaneously, since I already had some previous tarot experience, and everything was going great, until life started happening, as it does, and I had to put my studies in the back burner for a while.

After a couple of months, I finally was able to get back to it, and decided to start over. Again, struggled a bit with meditation, got it, started working with the directional layout again, and when I felt that I was ready to start M1L3, once more life happened and I had to drop everything.

It seems that every time I try to focus on my study, some tragedy suddenly starts happening in my life, and I'm forced to drop everything and tend to it. (both times family members very dear and close to me ended up getting sick and two of them eventually passed)

Now, after two years and a lot of new emotional baggage, I feel ready to start over once more, but I can't help but think... is this pattern normal, or maybe even to be expected? I know Quareia isn't supposed to be perfectly linear, in the sense that it's okay for the student to drop it and come back if and when it's needed, with no issues, and I know that it can shake a lot of things up in the student's life, but I'm not sure if I want to keep having to start over and over, while having to deal with some huge personal loss. Maybe I'm being blocked off? How do I know if and when I should leave it and come back when I'm ready? Is there anything I can do in the meantime?

I am sharing this long narrative, truth is no one could understand what I'm going through except this sub. So I'm pouring in my observations and experience which may seem petty but maybe with a message. I have no idea what was going on, but it has something to do with my sleep. I am willing to be a bridge at some point with nature. But right now, I was restricted, I'm worried with my plants and trees, I felt I'm not doing enough but I am not pushing myself because whenever I woke up, I felt very2x tired than a person who haven't slept at all.

Yes, I 'm whining.. Not a good trait at all, and they say I couldn't see the outcome or the work of it, due to this immature side of me. So I need to be sleeping at a certain time, thanks to Ms. JMC's comment to my last post, I am slowly observing those times I felt sleepy until I got another fever to make me sleep the whole day.

Maybe it is needed for me to sleep because I am very resistant or so I thought. Before that, I had a dream I was attacked by a huge spider with a big head but the face is not clear and the spider wrapped me with its web. I've read somewhere Ms. JMC said sometimes those are viruses with conciousness that presents itself looking hideous. To my aunt, it's a bad omen but I believed the former. It seems urgent that I suddenly feel ill which is rational since I've been so tired from my mundane obligations.

It all started with a volcano in our island called Kanlaon. It is the name of a goddess from our local folklore who fought against the spaniards during our occupation and has died with her lover protecting the land. Our phones continuosly whined with emergency alerts, it has been giving out smoke every other 5 hours or so. And makes me realise just now to track my sleepiness along with the emergency alerts.

Btw, I'm from the land of so many disasters due to the ring of fire or whatever that contributes to my predicament. Little earthquake and everything seems normal here except tsunamis. I am slowly getting the picture, but it frustrates me that my vessel could not keep up with the work if I am conscious, I could not do past my task because I am overwhelmed with the responsibilities and I am trusting my instinct or my deeper self to take over. I am limited to see everything due to my lack of skill for now, how much more if my body could keep up.

I am only sharing this, not imposing any other theories, just pure observation and few experiences from this side of the planet which has so many potential when it comes to nature and what it might be trying to tell us. I felt I was angry and fighting in my dream against people and another dream where I was scolding a bunch of people for letting out smoke that could burn the trees from our backyard and the woods from our backyard doesn't look like it in reality, so maybe I'm seeing its inner pattern from a dream and it was beautiful. That's all I can remember.

Maybe Kanlaon is the female deity version of Calypso? So far, I have dreamt of my colleague from work as someone wearing white fancy dress which makes her look like a goddess but is taking me to beautiful places. I cannot understand that part, and I shouldn't remember it, if I can, it might just be a product of my imagination and why would I be imagining that, I could have imagine ms. Liv Tyler for that image.

Old folks here says if you remeber a dream, it is occuring in the morning which our mind is making up whilst the evening dream is different and deep. I dont know much about dreams so whatever.

The ending to this is that, they're telling me that a new project, creative something needs protecting which I am yet to discover, even the future of my health is hidden. why is that?

Quantum computing tapping into Divinity?

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I was wondering in anyone had any advice to offer for an unknown time of birth. My mother died 25 years ago, i don’t have any other relatives to ask. I contacted my government birth registry and they recommended i speak to the maternity hospital where i was born, however when i did, i discovered that all the relevant ward records were lost in a flood seven years after i was born. Since i am a water sign, this seems rather poetic!
I wondered if anyone here has any recommendations of how to proceed. Thank you

Hi all, I've been debating this idea for a while now… and I'm curious what this community thinks about it.

I'm considering starting a blog with my Quareia studies where I would post my journals, dreams, etc. I also have a health tracking device and brainwave tracking device. My health and brainwave data would be on the website as well. It may be interesting to see how certain Quareia modules, meditations, etc affect my sleep, energy levels, and brainwave activity.

In Josephine's Magical Healing book, there's a lot of discussion points around how magic affects the health — and I think it may be interesting to have case studies on this.

So I would say, I have two questions for the community:

1. Would this be of any interest to you all?

2. Would I potentially be opening myself up to magickal attack by posting this personal data online?

So, I came to a habit of placing my big cheap meditation candle, that usually lasts me for a few month into a small bowl (piala), so the wax won't ruin my desk, and the other - smaller for the matches. Several month ago, I impulsively bought a bunch of cheap cute pialas in a "dollar store" with no idea how to use them. They are ornamented on an inside (with a repeating pattern) - plain on the outside. They are surprisingly fitting, in terms of corresponding elements, one is wery fiery , other earthy, another windy. The colors also match, though there are some that are not entirely one color.

There was an emphasis on using plain cloths and plain candles, And, I suppose "candle holders" also better be plain, just marked so you would recognize them. Is it ok to use such "candle holders" that are ornamented on an inside? I really do not care much about using "pretty stuff", I would just cut out a mat for the candle from something, if it'll affect the work. Or buy a bunch of holders and use small candles instead.

Hi everyone, So glad to see yesterday's post regarding the preservation of JM's work. I had the same thoughts and have purchased many books to hold and possibly pass down.

And I'm picking up a thumb drive today.

This week I stumbled across a post written 6 months ago about a possible gatherings in (hopefully) the UK/Europe and the US.

Wondering if there's been any more conversation about this. And I'd like to offer any service i can provide to help facilitate such a gathering.

Community is always important, in these times especially.

I'm working hard to cultivate community in my neck of the woods. And would love to help with networking and establishing relationships in the Quareia community.

My appreciation to all.

HI all,

Just recently started the Apprentice course. To be clear, required journaling (that will be required for admittance to the porch and mentoring) is the entries specifically requested in a particular lesson, yes? In other words, if the lesson doesn't specifically request a journal entry, then there is no requirement to do so (even if it's a good idea in general).

I’m only on Apprentice Module 1 but with the political climate the way that it is in the US, I’m downloading PDF copies of all the course materials now, and I would encourage anyone else in the US to do the same before we lose the ability to do so.

When I move on to Lesson 3, do I still begin by doing the White smoke and alternate nostil breathing colour meditation first? Or do I solely meditate then begin the memory exercises?

Thank you