Rey Azul Sovereign (This is a previous post from the REY AZUL SOVEREIGN Facebook page 11/27/2020)

What exactly is an I.MAGE? What exactly is a SHADOW? These are very interesting questions, with even more interesting answers. In a time where it is often seen for people to speak of a SHADOW SELF, SHADOW WORK, and encouragement in “embracing your shadow” what is the significance? These are people that are obviously diametrically opposed to being LIGHT WORKERS.. maybe they are NOCTURNAL and comfortable with the cover of darkness..

In today’s article by REY AZUL SOVEREIGN, I’ll address the occult science of DARKNESS, SHADOW WORK, and SPIRITUAL HEAVINESS. We know SHADOWS to be heavier than light.. how do we know this? It’s an issue of vibration. Light tends to be DRY and HOT as far as forces are concerned. In the reverse, SHADOWS tend to be DAMP and COLD. Are we discussing moods and behavior patterns? Possibly. However, there’s a sure science involved. Balance tends to be key when discussing the elemental values of both frequency ranges involved. DARKNESS and SHADE in abundance tends to be MELANCHOLY, DEPRESSIVE, and DECEITFUL. LIGHT on the other hand is REVEALING, ANTIDEPRESSANT, and TRUTHFUL. Why do I say that in such a way? Well, in the darkness there is only contrast.. in the light there is color. In the darkness there is only form. In the light there is substance. You can see colors and intricacies not so readily apparent in the dark. When examining these two “forces” you start to understand that SHADOWS are caused by BLOCKAGES.. Let us begin to understand my reasoning in this description of forces of LIGHT vs. DARK.

Light can be measured.. as an oscillating wave. The same holds true with DARKNESS. As such, we know that LIGHT and lack thereof is responsible for energy transfers that can and do affect the body and mind. In nature every creature utilizes the drawbacks and benefits of both DARKNESS and LIGHT. The organisms, species, and specializations of both adapt to the environmental conditions that change based on patterns of darkness and light. There are creatures that forage during the day that have physically adapted over thousands and millions of years to become efficient during specific seasons, times of day and night, and utilizing various factors including and not limited to terrain. These constants move even into the topics of temperature regulation as we see in reptiles, that are reliant on environmental factors to regulate their body temperature.. we see that when it’s warm some reptiles are obviously much more active than when it’s cold. The metabolic rate in these creatures change based on temperature, which is often regulated by day and night cycles.. which are extremely different depending on where they might be situated on the Earth. There’s more nocturnal activity in equatorial zones, less during the day based on heat and the possibility of overheating.

You can understand the way the metabolic rates of different animals are affected by temperature by studying the heat transfer from a stove. When you place a pot of water on the stove, and then turn up the heat, the water begins to react. You’ll notice that once the water has reached it’s boiling point the water is moving at a vigorous rate. The same as bacteria tends to thrive in warm conditions.. You can see that heat is usually naturally relative to light and vice versa. Another great example is that of a bear that hibernates/sleeps during the cold cycles/months of the year. Obviously bears have specific metabolic functions that are seasonal based on light and temperature patterns/cycles.

Let’s get back to the point of this writing which is focused on the metaphysical forces of DARKNESS AND LIGHT. In the practices of VOODOO there are spirits that are considered HOT and COLD in their nature.. This is directly correlative to what I’m explaining in this writing. Say that you are dealing with a relentlessly predatory, unfeeling personality.. one of the ways to describe such a person is as being “cold blooded”. Oftentimes these will be people/spirits with less of what is considered to be a “bubbly” or “warm” personality. The same rings true for spirits. Quite often you’ll find that when dealing with paranormal forces or energies these anomalies are drawn to dark, sullen, dilapidated environments. The same is true with people, reason being that like attracts like unless we are considering predatory or magnetic/polar opposites.

So what is SHADOW WORK or SHADOW MAGICK? It’s a negative arcane art-form that relies on negative energies to sustain and empower the self. Have you ever met a person that wanted people to hate another person to make themselves feel better? Or have you known a person with a parasitic personality that wanted every other persons focus and attention to be on them? Think of it this way.. what happens when a bully decides that they don’t want to be singled out as such? They’ll try to find other people that will behave in a similar fashion. This is the way that gangs are formed. They assuredly wouldn’t want to be the only person that robs and steals or takes advantage of people, because they would be bombarded by those that tried to resist that energy. They’d need for there to be others that also did what they do to lessen the burdens involved. This is how gangs, clutches, crime families develop and evolve. Let’s stick with the example and topic of discussion which is DARK MAGICK or SHADOW MAGICK. These would be mostly naturally depressive people or those that focused on negative elements to then try to cloak that energy, and make it seem popular or positive. They wont tell you that they cut themselves, or use powerful narcotics, or that they steal and manipulate.. they have to make it seem honorable and suited to their being. This is not to say that all witches and vampires are evil or situated and suited to such, but to say that the vast majority of them are probably not at all the happiest of personages. This example takes us back to what I was explaining as far as metabolic rate and temperature. Where there is one very cold person, how can they generate heat? If they cannot do so on their own, they will try to steal or utilize the heat/shine of others.. see where I’m going with this?

In a book that I’m browsing through there is a chapter titled “AFRO-TANTRIC TAROT OF THE KALAS.” This is a chapter that jumped out at me for various reasons.. including the fact that I’d been writing on this subject myself over the past few days. It wasn’t until I sat down to type this writing that I saw that such a chapter existed in this particular book that is written on the subject of SHADOW MAGICK and SHADOW CULTS/CULTURES and was published in 1975. (I just added a few excerpts from that particular book as I was writing this article, it’s one of those SPIRITUAL FACULTIES that I have.) Immediately two words jumped from the pages I was browsing over.. those words were KALI and TANTRA. If you’ve been following my previous posts you might get why those words are significant at this point in what I’m writing here.

Now, after viewing the excerpts from the book I was mentioning, I had to ask myself a very real question, and that question was “Who am I.” The answer to that question is profoundly obvious to me.. However, in my personal knowledge as I combine what I already know with what was written by students and scholars in the past, there are definite constants involved. How accurate are those constants SPIRITUALLY? As a SORCERER what are the implications involved? Finally, what does it actually mean to “embrace my shadow self?” What are the metaphysical connotations involved?

In closing this particular writing, I’d say that it is absolutely imperative “TO KNOW”.. before you DARE and WILL. This is because what you are promoting and advocating you might not at all actually or in any way effectively understand. If what I’m describing is simply an opposition of masculine and feminine forces, it is dual sided and hypocritical by nature. That’s true for what we know about magnets and unseen forces both. Which pole is the masculine and which the feminine? Semantically as well as phonetically that is a statement that is the epitome of opposition. What does it mean? It means that LIGHT and DARK are reactive. Similar to any magnet with it’s positive and negative polarity.. and then we can see the effects involved down to the scientific study of every atomic particle. Are atoms not revealing as it pertains to the subjective forces of gravity itself? I’ll leave you with that question, until next time.

-REY AZUL SOVEREIGN