OKAYYYYY HELLOOOO YOU SHIFTED??!?? PACK IT UP MASTER SHIFTER đ©đ«¶đœ
BAE WHAT WAS THE METHOD PLEASE THESE ALMOST SHIFTS AND SHIFTING FOR TWO SECONDS ARE EATING ME ALIVE HELP A BISH OUTTTT
the anti-method (a.k.a., you were never here to begin with).
ౚৠthis isnât a method (well, sorta). no steps, no trying, no reaching. itâs a glitch. a realisation. a quiet little crack in the mirror. it did make *me* shift !!!
there was never a door to open. never a distance to cross. you were never locked out. just lost in a dream, trying to wake up when you were already awake.
people talk about shifting like itâs a journey, a climb, a thing to chase. but what if it was always just a memory?? something lodged in the back of your mind, waiting for you to remember it? like a word on the tip of your tongue. like dĂ©jĂ vu.
you were already there. you just forgot.
i , lie or sit still. donât try. donât force. just let yourself exist, soft and untethered. feel your body like itâs not yours. just a borrowed costume, a dress-up game you forgot you were playing. limbs are foreign. the weight is someone elseâs problem.
ii , ask yourself. " WHAT IF I ALREADY SHIFTED AND I JUST...FORGOT? " not âwhat if i go there,â not âwhat if i shift.â but what if i was always there? what if i just... blanked out for a sec?
iii , your brain will (probably) panic. itâll start grasping at straws, trying to prove youâre still here. trying to reattach you to the illusion. let it fumble. let it glitch. just keep thinking :
â i already shifted. i just forgot. â iâve been there this whole time.
itâs not a theory. not a wish. just a fact you misplaced somewhere along the way.
iv , the mind collapses on itself. how do you know you arenât already in your dr? how do you prove this isnât the dream? the body stops feeling like yours. the world gets flimsy at the edges. and then? the illusion shatters.
v , you remember. not enter. not âget there.â just....remember. your dr? you were in it before you even asked. shifting? you never had to try. it was always just a breath away. you were never locked out. you just forgot the door was already open.
vi , you're there. like the ending of a lucid dream where you suddenly know without needing proof. and thatâs it. you're there. you always were.
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the anti-method works for getting into the void as well, as it bypasses the idea of getting there entirely. instead of treating the void as a destination you have to reach, it flips the perspective :
youâre already in the void. you just forgot.
the void isnât something you enter. itâs something you remember. itâs the default state, the space beneath everything else. but your mind, in its little desperate need to cling to reality, convinced you that youâre somewhere else. that youâre here instead of there. this method forces your brain into a logical spiral . . .
â how do i know iâm not already in the void? â how do i prove this isnât the dream? â what if i just⊠forgot?
and because your brain canât disprove it, the illusion starts to crack. your body stops feeling real. the world starts to feel dreamlike. the physical self detaches, and, poof, there you are. or rather, there you always were.
it works because it messes with the fabric of perception. if you stop believing in the difference between âhereâ and âthere,â whatâs left???? just being. just existing. and in that moment of realisation, the illusion of reality collapses. and you remember the void like an old childhood memory suddenly rushing back.
once you're in the void, once the realisation fully sinks in and the illusion crumbles, you're just there. infinite. detached. pure awareness. itâs like waking up from a dream, but instead of waking into your bedroom, you wake into nothingness. and then? well, you decide.
â if you want to affirm, affirm. â if you want to shift, set your intention and let yourself go. â if you want to just exist in the void, soak in the weightless, limitless nothingness.
thereâs no next step because the void doesnât require doing. itâs the ultimate being. you can shape it, or you can let it hold you. either way, youâre already exactly where you need to be.
what happens after? whatever you want. thatâs the whole point.
ౚৠand that is it. no trying, no reaching, just a little oh. moment. a dĂ©jĂ vu in the back of your mind. go play in the dreamscape. you were never here anyway.
you definitely don't require this method, or any method at all to either shift *or* get to the void, but method can be fun ! you can definitely try this one out if you wish.
OLIVER STARK as EVAN BUCKLEY 9-1-1 8x11 - "HOLY MOTHER OF GOD"
đ€âźâËâ± HOW TO ASSUME INSTANTLY â±Ëââź âźđ€
You assume it on knowing that it has already happened. There is no âhowâ because it is not an effort, it is a natural state. You simply know that you already have it. In the same way that you know your name without having to constantly reaffirm it, you know that you already have everything you want.
If you feel yourself questioning or doubting, go back to the feeling of already being the person who has it. Ask yourself: If I already had it all right now, how would I feel? How would I think? What would I do? And just embody that version of you.
Just affirm it, feel it and don't contradict it. And if you have to do something contrary or think something contrary, >know< in the exactly same way that it doesn't change anything. Accept that It's simple and easy.
The love of my life đ€ gonna see him soon
OLIVER STARK as EVAN âBUCKâ BUCKLEY 9-1-1 - S08 E11 · Holy Mother of God
ăăthe marauders arenât even in this one. itâs about healthcare
ăăăăăăăăăăăăăăăăăback to the masterlist hello. i'm emma. i shifted to my marauders dr. hogsmeade is a sleigh, the walls gossip, and iâm dating a pureblood politician's son with very sharp teeth. but thatâs not what this is about.
this is about the other stuff. the little things no one ever asks. the bits outside the castle. i wrote some answers. youâre welcome.
ăăăămagic & wands .
ââ  what are the wands like? do wizards have a ride or die relationship with their wands? are they basically just tools for your magic to not go crazy? and does the magic change when you use a wand that is not yours?
yes. theyâre basically like magically bonded usb ports but also like if your favourite pair of jeans could betray you out of jealousy. technically, yes, itâs a conduit. but spiritually, sheâs your girl. your antenna. your familiar. she gets moody. when you use someone elseâs wand itâs like trying to dance in someone elseâs shoes and also theyâre cursed. the magic goes weird, splutters, backfires, smells like burnt toast. your wand wants you. it wants to be useful. it gets sad when you cheat on it.
ââ  when you first woke up what was your first thought?
okay picture this. shift. blink. pretty walls. candlelight. this weird smell thatâs like fireplace smoke and dusty old velvet. and i just went: âoh my god it worked.â but like in that deadpan, stunned way you say âohâ when you realise you left the stove on. not even happy at first. just ⊠alert. a cat whoâs been transported via microwave. then like thirty seconds later i was skipping through the corridor yelling in my head that i was a literal god.
ââ  how was getting your wand like & what's in it?
ollivander was giving cryptic little weirdo as usual. he didnât say i was special but he kept staring like i was about to explode. mineâs cedar, unicorn hair, 9Ÿ inches, slight bend, like a fencing foil but sluttier. it hummed when i touched it. like actually. felt like getting picked by a really judgemental ghost. she chose me. i said thank you. we are co-stars now.
ââ  have you done wandless magic/apparition/etc?
yes but wandless magic is like texting with gloves on. clunky. emotionally draining. very "i could do it but why would i.â apparition though, thatâs more like getting drop-kicked by god through a bendy straw. and i love it. the first time i tried i left half an eyebrow behind but it was worth it. so dramatic. so theatre.
ââ  is there any magic you can do thatâs connected to the moon? or outer space in general? like do the planets have their own magic?
YES. YES. this is my roman empire. itâs called astromancy and itâs basically like if astrology did drugs and became real. the moon messes with potion potency. mercury literally causes misfires (retrograde is so real here itâs funny). and saturn magic is like the emo version. heavy. binding. i swear i cast a charm once during a lunar eclipse and it made me sob uncontrollably for six minutes.
ââ  how was the first time using magic after you shifted, what spell did you use, how did it feel??
first spell was lumos becase i panicked (but that was only when i was back in hogwarts so literally 2 months later but ugh it was so worth it). i was in some weird side corridor with bad lighting and no idea where the fuck i was. the wand lit up and i almost cried. not because of the light. because of the power. like being plugged in for the first time. like caffeine and adrenaline and finding the right key to a lock you didnât know was on your ribs.
ââ  have you ever used floo powder? what does that feel like?
yes. a lot of times. i don't...like it. imagine getting sucked through a kaleidoscope by your ankles while people yell your destination like you're luggage. ash in your mouth. weird green smoke. feels like choking on a glitter bomb. itâs not transportation itâs punishment.
ââ  what was the process to become an animagus like?
it felt like unzipping myself. like iâd always had this creature inside me. mineâs a fox, by the way. obviously.
ââ  how did your magic first manifest?
i was five. got so mad at a cousin (cough, JAMES) i burst every lightbulb in the house. it was like a lightning storm inside my chest. dramatic bitchery at its finest. my mom clapped.
ââ  how do magical families approach pre-hogwarts?
depends. some go full prep school, private tutors, etiquette, wand safety, donât hex the cat, etc. others are like âeh, theyâll figure it out.â mine was chill. accidental magic was normal. the rule was just âdonât do anything stupid.â (spoiler: i always did.)
ăăăădiagon alley .
ââ  could you talk about diagon alley? are there any secret places, pubs run by secret societies? things never mentioned in the books that you were kinda âwhat the fuck is thisâ the first time someone said that to you?
diagon alley is like if soho and a renaissance fair had a baby and then cursed it. itâs alive. you blink and the cobblestones have rearranged themselves. secret places, yeppy!!!! yes. so many. thereâs a bookshop that eats people . . . well, not really, but you have to be eaten to get in. thereâs a pub that only appears during full moons. someone tried to sell me a haunted mirror that screamed. literally screamed. also thereâs an underground goblin gambling ring. not saying i went. not saying i didnât.
ââ  what is it like shopping in diagon alley?
exhausting. euphoric. capitalism but make it goth. everything smells like parchment and fireworks and cinnamon. thereâs always someone shouting. the robes are dramatic. the animals are judgmental. sometimes the owls bite. itâs very âback-to-school haulâ meets eldritch horror. i love it.
ăăăăthe culture .
ââ  what do you do after you finish hogwarts? like what do you work with?
depends if youâre a nepotism baby, a freak, or someone with enough NEWTs to shiv the system. people go into ministry work (boring), spell development (chaotic), curse-breaking (sexy), creature care (delusional), or open shops (delusional and sexy). thereâs also magical academia, which is full of the worst people ever. some just disappear into the alps and become unspeakables. no one asks questions.
ââ  how the other jobs in the wizarding world like fashion designer, painter, etcetera would work? and other jobs which arenât the usually talked about, ones like being teachers at hogwarts, aurors.
fashion people charm textiles. paint moves. itâs less about realism and more about intention, emotionally-volatile brushwork is legit magic. actors do theatre, obviously. moving portraits require a magical baseline, so not everyone can be painted. writers enchant quills to transcribe dreams. it's very surrealist revolution but with way more trauma and owls.
ââ  how do squibs happen? is it just a coincidence with no real reason behind it?
no one agrees. some say recessive genes. some say emotional block. dumbledore says "magic is mysterious" which is the intellectual equivalent of shrugging. basically, yes, kind of a coincidence. like an accidental off-switch. sad to see it in-real, though.
ââ  did you learn anything about the war between dumbledore and grindelward?
yes. everyone acts like it was a chess game between two old gays with boundary issues. they teach it in history but water it down. lots of weird silences when you ask about what actually happened in godricâs hollow. trust no official source.
ââ  can you get tattoos that move or change?
yes. pain-enhanced enchantments. they shimmer, snarl, sometimes scream. very popular with underground types and band groupies. some sync with moon phases. you can also bind a memory to one, so it loops like a memory echo. the ministry hates it.
ââ   can you get friendship bracelets that do anything special? like communicate when youâre not with eachother?
yes. charm it with a âminor tether,â sends pulses, feelings, sometimes fragments of thoughts. they sell them in hogsmeade but theyâre tourist-level weak. proper versions are usually custom, or made during sleepovers with illegally borrowed wandcraft guides. don't ask . . . me and coryo have one. it's very cute.
ââ   is there a jewellery shop in hogsmede? is there a bigger wizard shopping area? like a hidden mall in london or something?
thereâs âselwynâs charms & curiosâ in hogsmeade. mostly dainty curses disguised as lockets. london has a sub-level below knockturn called glare. you donât go there unless you know what youâre asking for and can afford it. itâs like if selfridges was run by the black family.
ââ  are there wizard superheroes and comic books?
yes. but itâs weird. theyâre more like magical folk-heroes with tragic backstories and extremely convoluted moral arcs. think: ovid + marvel + victorian ghost stories. they move on the page, they argue with you, theyâre terrifying and sexy.
ââ  how do fashion trends work? do muggles influence them in any way ( maybe with halfbloods/muggleborns ) or there are any wizardry luxury brands who do their own thing? and who is the trend setter? for example we have celebrities, does this works like this in the wizarding world too?
hybrids. halfbloods and muggleborns start it. purebloods pretend to hate it, then wear it six months later. thereâs wizard brands, like aeromantique (paris) or morganaâs heirs (very elitist). trendsetters exist, they just donât call themselves celebrities. theyâre âknown.â itâs very if you know you know.
ââ  by extension . . . right now in your dr, what are the current fashion it things?
faux-muggle athletic wear with glamour enchantments. sleeved cloaks that vanish when you spin. iridescent tights. magical piercings. people are obsessed with spiral patterns and invisibility gradients right now. and knee-high boots that echo your footsteps like a gothic poem.
ââ  is music important like the muggle world? are there any âposersâ or people who judge you because of your music taste?
yes and worse. thereâs genre wars. people who think the weird sisters sold out. purists who only listen to banshee jazz. music hexes exist. a boy got cursed to sing his feelings for three weeks straight. record shops are full of weirdos and cultural warfare.
ââ  are there any wizardry it girls? ( in a jane birkin style, someone people look up to and basically a muse. )
yes. thereâs this half-veela model called celestine vaine whoâs like if twiggy and marilyn monroe had a daughter and she hated you. sheâs on every magazine. she wore an invisibility cloak as a dress at a fundraiser and everyone cried. i love her & have met her. air-headed but probably means well.
ââ  are there any wizardry royal families? maybe in the past? or maybe, just families so powerful ( politicians, etc., ) that are basically considered royalty?
not officially. but families like @kerryshifts, snows, blacks, malfoys, my family are old money, old power. they control departments, influence policy, host masked balls. think french aristocracy but with thestrals and emotional constipation.
ââ  are actress/actors a thing? models and magazines covers?
yes. wizard drama is high camp. lots of theatre. magical films are niche but exist, moving paintings as screens. models exist. thereâs a magazine called scry! and another called witch weekly but only oneâs considered cool and itâs not the one your aunt reads.
ââ  which non-school books are famous in the wizarding world?
maledicta (banned). the veelaâs breath (erotic poetry with bite). the blood atlas (part travel guide, part memoir, part death wish). wandering with wyrms (nature writing but unhinged). ghostlogic (philosophy of haunting). stuff that could kill you, basically.
ăăăăthe politics .
ââ  are there any strange laws? and do you know how azkaban works?
yes. you can be fined for "wand brandishing in a non-combative context." there are laws about time travel etiquette. azkaban isnât just a prison. itâs a punishment. the dementors feed, and they donât stop. thereâs no trial if itâs dark magic. they just... send you.
ââ  how does the justice system work? if someone steals something, or just does something not worthy of a dementor sucking your soul, is still going to azkaban? what about teenagers who commit crimes?
thereâs the wizengamot (basically a wizard senate) and aurors who do field work. for small crimes, reprimands, fines, magical probation. for bigger crimes, memory probes, house arrest, or soul removal. itâs wildly inconsistent. teenagers get off easier if they have good connections.
ăăăăoutside of the uk .
ââ  do you know what kind of magic other countries and cultures use?
yes. itâs different everywhere. east asian magic uses calligraphy as spellcasting. in nigeria they mix potions with rhythm, music. south america has forest-binding rites. americans are embarrassing and loud about their magic, obviously. very new money vibes. most cultures have their own schools, rules, rituals. the british act like theirs is the only one. theyâre wrong.
ââ  do they believe in jesus or do they have their own wizard beliefs?Â
depends who you ask. wizard culture is secular but haunted. magicâs tied to death and memory and blood and time, so religion shows up in weird ways. old families worship fate. some do ancestral rites. jesus exists but no one talks about it. wizard beliefs are more like... philosophy with spells. they believe in prophecy. and that history repeats itself, like a curse.
ăăăăq & a .
ââ  do you know anything about the scamanders? heard anything about newt and theseus?
okay so. newtâs basically the wizarding attenborough but feral and probably not house-trained. people know about him mostly through fantastic beasts (yes, thatâs a real book here. textbook. dense. suspiciously poetic). heâs that guy in herbology circles. the hagrid girlies eat him up. theseus is more of a ministry name, auror poster boy, war hero vibes, hot hot hot, but if you say âbloodsucker for the bureaucracyâ loud enough in diagon alley someone will nod. theyâre not tabloid famous but theyâre definitely respected. the kind of names that make old men nod sagely and teens go âew, okay boomer.â
ââ  is witchcraft as we know in this reality still a thing with muggles, or are they just labelled as muggleborn / the government tracks some irregularities and just wipes their memory?
no oneâs calling themselves a âgreen witchâ and making moon water out here. muggles who accidentally start levitating spoons get obliviated so fast itâs almost ritualistic. the ministryâs got a whole department for accidental magic and itâs honestly dystopian, little kids throwing tantrums that melt clocks and then bam, memory wipe, move along. muggleborns get tracked like parcels. you spark weird once and suddenly a dude in a cloakâs at your front door saying âhello your child is a wand hazard.â itâs giving panopticon. itâs giving orwell. itâs also very inefficient but terrifying in a bureaucratic way.
ââ  do you ever miss your phone in your drs without technology?
lol yes. yes like a victorian child misses bread. there is nothing to scroll. no tiktoks, no groupchats, not even a calculator. i cried once trying to divide 234 by 7 on parchment. sometimes i catch myself reaching for a charger that doesnât exist. owl post is cute until youâre waiting three business days for a âk.â books help. gossip helps more. but yeah, iâd kill for spotify. or like, a notes app to spiral in. i miss being deranged in private. started going through withdrawals in the first 2 days.
ââ  do you notice that youre in the like 1970s or is everything so different that you forget?
yes, and no. like yes, the wallpaper is offensively brown. the shoes are cursed. the cultural references are non-existent. but also no, because wizard fashion has been stuck in a medieval loop since before the plague. itâs like victorian drag with a little bit of 1940s war wife. so the 70s thing kind of melts in. occasionally you hear something so time-stamped, like someone praising thatcher, and then you remember the decade and get chills. but mostly? itâs vibes over era. timeless with poor lighting.
ââ  how does the wizarding world treat periods? any medicinals to help? thereâs any spells for shaving or just treatments for the skin, hair?
there are potions. like actual mood stabilising, cramp-killing elixirs. some of them taste like garbage but work like benzos for your uterus. pads and tampons exist but theyâre charmed, self-cleaning, self-sticking, self-vanishing. itâs both genius and vaguely cursed. as for grooming, yes to shaving spells, but you must have a steady hand or youâll end up waxing yourself bald. there are glamours too. for hair, skin, the occasional zit-massacre. but itâs all very housewife-core. 50s beauty salon meets victorian witchcraft.
ââ  do they have stuff for teething?
there are teething biscuits. baby charms to numb gums. lullaby spells. some parents just rub powdered moonstone on the gums and call it a day. most kids survive. some of them bark for a week. no one talks about it.
ââ  is there any higher education? i always thought that hogwarts was more of an high school⊠any university? how do teachers get their education?
no unis. not like muggle ones. you graduate at 17 and then . . apprenticeship, ministry internship, trauma. you just do your job and if you die, you die. teachers either studied obsessively on their own or got certified by some ancient council of academic gatekeepers. thereâs no system, just vibes and recommendations. flitwick probably killed a man to get tenure. mcgonagall is the system. itâs terrifyingly unregulated. kind of hot though.
ââ  what is magical healing like? do the potions feel funny as they fix you? do the spells give you tingles?
yes!!! potions feel like fizzy heat climbing your throat and curling around your ribs. like drinking a hug but also maybe acid. some make you drowsy, others hyper. spells can tingle, sting, even sing. like an inner chime that says âyour armâs not broken anymore, congrats.â itâs sensual and freaky and weirdly holistic. healing is fast, messy, and occasionally dramatic. you can watch a nose reattach in real time.
shifting is not hard. you're making it seem that way.
i used to struggle with this so much. like, i knew the law of assumption. i knew that shifting and manifesting were the same thing. i knew that reality is just my assumptions reflected back to me.
but for some reason, every time i tried to just decide i was in my DR, it felt... different.
i could easily say, "i have blue eyes," and it felt normal, even if my eyes were brown. but the second i tried to say, "i'm in my DR," my brain would go: "hmm... but are you really?" and suddenly, i'd be analyzing everything, waiting for proof, wondering if i was doing it right.
and that's where i messed up.
i thought shifting was bigger than other manifestations. i thought it was different. but the truth? there is no such thing as a "big" or "small" manifestation. that's literally just a label. it's an assumption.
if i assume it's "harder" to shift than to change my eye color, then guess what? that assumption becomes my reality. but if i assume they're both the same, just decisions, then shifting becomes just as easy as saying, "i have blue eyes."
the second i decided i was in my DR, i'd immediately start checking, even subconsciously.
do i feel different?
did something change?
am i there yet?
and by doing that, i was literally affirming that i wasn't there. because if i truly believed i was in my DR, why would i be checking?
like, when i wake up in the morning, i don't sit there and check if i'm still in my reality. i don't look around thinking, "is this my bed? is this my house?" i just assume it is. and because i assume it, that's what i experience.
that's exactly how shifting works.
at some point, i realized i was overcomplicating everything. i was acting like shifting was some grand process, when in reality, it's literally just deciding. and once i decide, that's it. i don't need to do anything else.
when i say, "i have blue eyes," i don't sit there waiting for them to change. it just accept it as true.
when i say, "i am already in my DR," i should do the exact same thing. just accept it and move on.
no forcing. no waiting. no "trying." just knowing.
shifting is not this rare, complicated thing.
it's not "bigger" than any other manifestation. it's not something you have to work toward. it's just a decision. and the only reason it feels different is because you assume it is.
so i stopped treating it like a big deal. i stopped looking for proof. i stopped acting like it was something separate from normal manifesting. and the moment i did that? everything clicked.
stop checking if it's working.
stop waiting for proof and validation.
stop placing shifting on a pedestal.
just decide. accept. move on.
you're already there. that's it. no doubts, no second-guessing. just be.
dividers by: @cafekitsune
it finally clickedâŠ(after the 465th post i read) i TRULY AM EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. iâm in my dr right tf now. yallâŠsomething SHIFTED. LITERALLY.
some of you guys need to realise there is a difference between your consciousness and your brain
your consciousness is you - your awareness, your essence - but your brain is just the physical organ processing experiences in each reality. when you shift, youâre moving your consciousness into a different version of yourself, one with a different brain shaped by different life experiences. that means some things wonât feel exactly the same. your thought patterns, instincts, even personality might be different because they were formed by a different life. maybe a food you dislike here is your favorite there, or a skill you struggle with now comes naturally.
âwhen i first shift iâm gonna be so freaked out!â well, no. the moment you shift, your consciousness seamlessly integrates into the brain of that reality, making it feel completely natural. It wonât feel like some sudden, jarring experience; itâll just feel like youâve always been there, like a natural continuation of your life in that reality.
âiâm gonna be so awkward around my friends at firstâ nope. thereâs nothing to âget used toâ because your brain in that reality already knows them. their mannerisms, inside jokes, and history with you will feel completely natural - just like any other day speaking to your friends.
so lets cut out all of the âomg i met them and they realised something was offâ or âomg i almost had a panic attack when i first shifted i was so shockedâ because thatâs just not how it works. thereâs no dramatic reveal, no awkward adjustment period. youâre simply there, living as if you always have been.
Affirm -> don't affirm against it -> profit
Repetition is really all I have to say. Affirm repeat profit.
good things will happen đ§ż
things that are meant to be will fall into place đ§ż
Je voyage dans les Ă©toiles. âšDon't doubt yourself, you're literally made of star dust âš
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