Mental Chaos Magick
- Shaunna Cross

- Jun 13
- 5 min read
Hello!!! My warmest greetings to anyone coming across these words. Just by opening this I send you good tidings and wish for you a moment of joy, peace and expansion with love. That is an expression of my magic. A wish expressed through words sent from my human brain. That's mental magick and I look to share my understanding of my craft with those who also are practitioners of such magic.
Intention Statement:
The purpose of this series is to give a foundation, tips and tools to others who are embracing their own experiences of the soul and magic that comes with it. To empower, grow with and give back to the collective.
Shadow Work Journal Prompt: When faced with new information do you automatically align and agree or do you question if you believe what has been presented?
Story time: In 2017 I experienced a remembering that I was a soul in a human experience during an eclipse. More specifically the first layer of the great American eclipse that the second layering would occur in April 2024. Recently, I have started an endeavor of the heart and soul to follow my passion for writing; as well as reconnect with my deceased best friend. That though is a different story for a different day. Today is all about how to find what resonates at the soul level as your personal truth.
"What's that mean lady?" is a fair question. Personal belief alert: everyone is connected to Universe, source, Goddess or God. That label is yours to apply. Deep thought alert: the label you apply is it yours or is it one that someone along the way told you was your belief label? That is also yours to explore but to answer your question, that answer is what I mean. I am aware through my conversation with source, my spirit team, and some amazing humans in my circle that there are others becoming aware their ability to be magical.
Before I can write about the fun tools of magic I personally feel like the conversation should be about using it responsibly. Step one is to understand how to discern for yourself what is your actual belief and what is something someone has mirrored or projected on you. This brings us to ask you to dig deep and really explore where does your discernment come from? How does it show up? Is it a feeling, a whisper, a knowing?
"Discernment- the ability to see and understand people, things, or situations clearly and intelligently."
“Discernment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discernment. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
What the stars have to say:

The stars always have a lot to say. So, while you will be reading this after the stars moved on, I wrote this during the above points of reference that I took from the website Astro seek. This blog series was originally going to be a workbook. Instead, I will be going through and sharing those writings in this blog. Chapter one was about laying the foundation of mental magic (my understanding and experience as a practitioner of this form of magic). This might vary from your own understandings, and I expect that it might.
You see I don't present this for you to blindly adapt and agree. I seek to get you to turn inward on your beliefs and think deep, inquire even deeper do they align and agree with me (you)? This can be done in so many ways and before we move into matters of the soul and spirit let us talk about the star's wisdom.
Protection:
Just as there are things that move in the energy of expansion there are those things that move in contraction. Light and Shadow. I come from a place of balance in the story of good vs evil. I am not saying evil is a good thing or that it should be embraced and allowed into the collective or individual, but we all will face some aspect of this to varying degrees. Belief statement: earth is a planet of duality. We also are free to choose to explore both points of view.
"If you are not protecting yourself with intention, you are setting yourself up for experiences along the full range that can be experienced."
Personally, before I do any human or spirit workings, I will ground myself to the earth and as I view mother earth my home and protector, I honor the four corners of the earth as I breath. I will also face each direction and twirl until I reach north again. Some might use smoke to create a circle; others might have a specific crystal perhaps a wand or wards that they use.
There are those that might use their words and pray for such protection or use other forms like saints, candles, salt rings. If you ask a million different people how they protect their energy and spirit you will get so many different answers. Most likely, you already do this, if not that is a side-quest alert: Find your personal protection zone before moving on.


More advanced alert: The following is a shadow work intended for tarot or oracle cards.
For those who are beginning to read tarot in the middle of the image is the significator. That is a card consciously chosen because I am using astrology, this is the energy of the reading or typically the one receiving the reading.
To all I am choosing Pluto (rebirth of power) as it is currently in Aquarius (for the individual and collective) and this is why: at the time of writing Pluto is in Aquarius Retrograde and as this blog series accompanies Pluto’s Legacy specifically embracing the power of our individual magic, transformation energy.
Intention statement: Connecting to your own magical power
For those using cards shuffle your cards while holding the intention statement. Please note that there are four prompts that are the questions we are asking the cards that will pull forward the information on connecting to source while in your own magical power. Spirit led me to the following prompts but feel free to use your own.
1. Present Position- Spirit what is my overall belief that I am magic?
2. Strength- What supports my belief that I am a powerful magical being?
3. Misalignment- Belief that applies a limit or block to connecting with my own magic.
4. Alignment- What is the first step (if any) to clear the limit or block to embracing my magic power. Alternatively, how can I come into alignment with my inner magic power?
Well, that is pretty much all I have to say for today so just a few notes about this series. My intention is for it to be a quick and informative read. I will be sharing shadow work tarot card spreads so if you do not have a deck and have been thinking or feeling pulled into getting one here is another invitation for you to find one that will speak clear and truth to you.
Make sure you are following me if so, inspired next week's topic is I am connected and will be focused on the belief around being connected to whatever label you use to explain that with is not seen but is known with those senses of trust and faith.




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