Negative Synchronicity
“Great thoughts are against all doctrines of conformity”
― Austin Osman Spare
I'm in a place of deep transition, from a comfortable flow state to the raw, demanding activation of my creative abilities. It’s manifesting as a persistent, unsettling discord: discomfort, restlessness, and a pervasive irritation with the town and community I’ve called home for twenty-six years. Even my local service business, once a source of stability, now feels like a heavy cloak I can barely muster the will to keep doing.
This isn’t mere boredom. This is negative synchronicity—a cosmic nudge, a forceful shove, indicating that the old patterns no longer serve. The universe isn't just sending hints; it’s deploying the Trickster to break the spell of stagnation.
Pull Toward the Unknown
But the route ahead? It’s not laid out on a clear map. There’s no GPS for this kind of transition. All I feel is an insistent pull—an undeniable draw to write my third book by the ocean. It’s a whisper, a deep inner tuning pointing true north, yet it clashes with the hard reality of obstacles: my business must sell to fund this next chapter, I don't know what seaside town in the Northwest would embrace me, or what I would do for work in a place where high rent looms like a silent giant.
This is no longer the luxury of laying back and "letting it flow." This is a stark, undeniable invocation to deploy my magical abilities—the knowledge, the will, the intention—to break through the resistance and step through the very real, very present door ahead. This is initiation time.
“Magick" has been defined as the Science and Art of causing change to occur in conformity with Will. By this definition any willed act is a magical act. We are all magicians. We either perform our magick efficiently or inefficiently.”
― Christopher Hyatt
Meeting the Wizard
It’s one thing to talk about magic, to read about ancient archetypes, to nod along to concepts of manifestation. It’s a whole other thing to be confronted with the visceral, unavoidable task necessary to make the transition. There is no other choice: you either cut through the 'victim of consequences' mentality and deploy your knowledge, will, and intention to craft your magic, or succumb to the deceptive comfort zone and remain stuck in a place you have profoundly outgrown.
This is the moment of the crucible, where every lesson learned on the path is called forth. You can no longer play magician, you cannot pretend, you cannot hide behind spiritual theory. You are going to walk your talk, or you will retreat into new age pretentiousness and wishful thinking.
The Wizard, the archetype of conscious creation and mastery, stands before you. Not in a vision, but in the mirror of your own courageous decision. His eyes look straight forward into yours, unwavering. He asks: Will I be the Wizard? Will I be the magician? Will I take action and step through the gate before me, or retreat into the comforts I have been accustomed to for many years?
Call of the Magician
There’s a moment, often quiet and unceremonious, when a person begins to suspect that life is not what it seems. It doesn’t come in lightning or prophecy, but in the weariness of repetition—when each day feels like a copy of the one before, and no matter how hard you try, the edge of your life remains blunt and dull. Some describe it as depression. Others call it stagnation. But beneath the ache is something deeper: the sense that you were meant to create, and instead, you’ve been repeating. You were meant to forge, and instead, you’ve been obeying.
The modern world is engineered to numb this suspicion. From birth, you are assigned roles, rules, and explanations. You’re told what is real, what is possible, and who you are. You learn early not to trust the flicker of wonder, the hum of intuition, or the aching sense that something more is calling.
Those who deviate from the script are diagnosed, shamed, or dismissed. And so most adapt. They play their part. They minimize their inner knowing. They smile for the photos. They survive—but they do not create. Not really.
Yet deep within the psyche, buried under conditioning and compromise, lives a current that never dies. It whispers in your dreams. It stirs during heartbreak. It claws up from the silence when you are finally still enough to feel the hunger that routine could not extinguish. This current is not an idea. It is a force—timeless, intelligent, and waiting. It is the archetype of the Magician. And it belongs to you.
The Magician Within
The Magician is not a fantasy figure in robes, nor a self-help version of manifestation. It is the ancient capacity to shape reality from the inside out—to live as an agent of will, imagination, and sacred intention. It is the part of you that knows symbols are not just decorations, but doorways. That words are spells.
That thought is architecture. The Magician sees through the illusion of passive living and remembers the truth: your life is not something that happens to you. It is something you are co-authoring, in every moment, whether you realize it or not.
Breaking the Chains
But to awaken this force is no small thing. You must be willing to leave the comfort of certainty. You must give up the identity that was handed to you in exchange for the truth you will uncover. You must take action!
You must confront the shadow—not as punishment, but as the soil in which your power has been buried. And you must be prepared to meet the Trickster—the wild, laughing flame that lives inside the Magician—who will shatter your illusions, mock your ego, and pull you into chaos just to show you what’s still alive in your soul.
This is not cruelty. It is initiation. The Trickster is not here to ruin you, but to unmake the prison you mistook for safety. It is the part of you that asks forbidden questions, breaks false contracts, and dares to reclaim the parts of yourself that were exiled to keep the peace. And though it may look like rebellion, what it really is... is resurrection.
The Force Responds to Will
Most never make it this far. They fear the shadow. They resist the unknown. They shrink back from the raw truth that they are, and always have been, powerful beyond belief—but have used that power to stay small. And so the Magician sleeps. Not because it is gone, but because it was never invited to return. You cannot access this archetype while pretending you are helpless. You cannot summon it while defending your limitations, playing victim to circumstances.
To reclaim this force, you must begin where you are. Name what you want without apology. Speak the desire aloud. Let it live in the room with you. Stop waiting for permission. Stop outsourcing your vision.
The Magician responds not to wishes, but to will. Pick up the pen. Write the spell. Make the call. Change the room. Your actions don’t need to be grand—they need to be true. This is how the current begins to stir.
And when resistance rises—and it will—meet it with curiosity. It will not come as fire, but as fog: self-doubt, procrastination, excuses, perfectionism, fatigue, the temptation to be a victim of circumstances. These are the guardians of the gate. They are not here to stop you. They are here to ask you if you are ready to stop pretending.
If you are ready to stop playing the part of the powerless one, the forgotten one, the obedient one—then this is your moment. If your answer is yes, even with trepidation, the gate begins to open.
This is my path. I bet it’s yours too.
You were meant to create.
It’s time to begin—and not look back.
—Zzenn
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