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— WAYS TO INDUCE SLEEP PARALYSIS

here are three ways to induce sleep paralysis.

*REMINDER: the “demons” are not real. you get them bc you’re very scared and your mind starts to conform to your thoughts. since in SP your subconscious is very open to suggestion, it will be a scary experience. think of positive stuff like your dr for example.

also you can literally use SP to get to the void state, lucid dream, astral projection and more.

(1) WAKE BACK TO BED

go to sleep and wake up after 4-6 hours

stay up for 1-2 hours and lay back down

don’t move too much

you will feel SP symptoms after 5-10 minutes

then boom, you have it.

you may wish to shift, or even get into the void state.

(2) TAKE NAPS IN THE AFTERNOON

go to sleep for 4 hours in the afternoon

stay up for 6 hours

go back to sleep again and you feel symptoms IMMEDIATELY.

it’s the same as wbtb but it’s like a PM version so if you know you won’t be able to get up early then do this.

works for me all the time but ion use this as much bc i did it when i had school so i was tired in the afternoon.

(3) STAYING STILL

stay in a still position for 15-20 minutes

you can listen to a sp subliminal

if you feel a scratch or tickle do NOT entertain it.

repeat the affirmations: “MIND AWAKE, BODY ASLEEP”

you should get SP.

hope this helps !

— THE HOGWARTS NEWSPAPER

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i’ve had this in my script and my drafts for a while, but i saw @beatrixshifts mention on my tl that it would be cool so that’s why i’m posting it >:)

(also, I did not come up with the name of the newspaper, i got it from another user yearsss ago, so cred to them !!)

“The Daily Prophet and their flobberworm of a head reporter can keep their drama— we don’t twist our stories to fit some stale Ministry narrative.” — The Editor-in-Chief of The Puffinton Post

THE PUFFINGTON POST is a chaotic yet strangely efficient operation run out of a repurposed classroom on the third floor (which is lovingly referred to as The Quillery.) run by a rotating team of overachievers, gossipmongers, and one sleep-deprived layout wizard, it’s both a battlefield of deadlines and the social pulse of the school. the editors use enchanted Quick-Quotes Quills to speed up production, though it’s anyone’s guess if the quills capture actual facts or just the juiciest version of the truth

HOW IT’S RUN

the team is led by an Editor-in-Chief (usually a loud, opinionated seventh-year), assisted by a handful of section editors who wield red-inked quills like weapons. each week, they hold heated brainstorming meetings, where the room crackles with enchanted floating parchment and enough spilled tea (literal and metaphorical) to fill the Great Lake. submissions are open to any student, but staff writers get first dibs on big stories—assuming they can charm the editors, who love a bit of drama

THE NEWSPAPER TEAM

REPORTERS . scout the juiciest gossip, biggest news, and weirdest happenings on campus. practically unstoppable, they’ll dive into the Forbidden Forest for a scoop if it means landing the front page

EDITORS . ruthlessly revise articles and argue over headlines, aiming for maximum drama without ending up on a professor’s radar

PHOTOGRAPHERS . armed with charmed cameras that capture moving images, they often risk life and limb chasing Quidditch players mid-match or snapping Peeves in action

ILLUSTRATORS . craft whimsical moving cartoons or hauntingly detailed sketches, depending on the tone of the piece

LAYOUT TEAM . use advanced spellwork to arrange articles, images, and enchanting advertisements that sometimes wink at readers

SECTIONS & NOTABLE STORIES

HEADLINE NEWS . covers Hogwarts’ biggest events. Recent splashy stories include “Are the House-Elves Planning a Union?” and “Hagrid’s Pumpkin Patch: A Site of Magical Growth or Magical Mischief?”

QUIDDITCH CORNER . tracks team stats, with columns like “Is Gryffindor’s Seeker Actually a Golden Snitch Magnet?”

SOCIAL SPOTLIGHT . a slightly catty, endlessly entertaining rundown of who’s dating, who’s fighting, and who’s been caught sneaking butterbeer into the Astronomy Tower

MYSTERIES & ODDITIES . a deep dive into Hogwarts lore, featuring pieces like “The Hidden Staircase That Eats Shoes” and “Who Really Haunts the Fourth Floor Lavatory?”

OPINION & SATIRE . snarky takes on everything from new potion regulations to the controversial topic of house unity, with regular features like “Why Ravenclaws Think They Know Everything” (written by a Ravenclaw)

CREATIVE SHOWCASE . poems, short stories, and student artwork, like “An Ode to Dobby” or fine-tip pen sketches of the Black Lake’s grindylows

DISTRIBUTION

The Puffington Post is distributed every Friday morning via enchanted paper airplanes that zoom directly to breakfast tables in the Great Hall. the magic wears off if you take too long to read, so dawdling isn’t an option. prefects often complain about students reading under their desks during Charms, but professors secretly subscribe, too.

SPECIAL EDITIONS (every one is a chaotic affair, jam-packed with so much Hogwarts spirit you can almost smell the butterbeer stains on the parchment)

— THE VALENTINE’S SPECIAL : Love, Lies, and Lacewing Potions

this edition is dripping with enchanted hearts and aggressively pink margins, with stories like “Top 10 Secret Spots to Swoon Your Sweetheart” and “The Most Romantic Love Potions You Absolutely Shouldn’t Use (But Totally Will).” the gossip column goes full throttle, outing secret crushes (with questionable accuracy), while the Creative Showcase features poetry so sappy even Madam Pince has been caught dabbing at her eyes

— THE FIRST-YEAR SURVIVAL GUIDE : Sorting, Snitches, and Surviving Snape

released every September, it’s a crash course for newbies. expect practical tips like “How to Get the Moving Stairs to Chill” and “10 Ways to Not Cry in Potions (Impossible, But Worth Trying).” veteran students contribute anonymously to the “Unofficial Rules” section, which includes gems like “Don’t Look the Bloody Baron in the Eye” and “If Fred and George Weasley Offer You Candy, Run.”

— THE YULE BALL EDITION : Fashion, Feuds, and Footwork

a glossy, glitzy masterpiece with enchanted images of past Yule Ball outfits and step-by-step charms for fixing last-minute wardrobe disasters. the Social Spotlight section is essentially a pre-ball betting pool on who’s showing up with whom, while Opinion dives into debates like “Should Durmstrang Boys Be Banned from Stealing All the Dates?”

— THE END-OF-TERM SPECTACULAR : Grades, Gags, and the Great House Cup Debate

published in June, it’s part celebration, part roast. professors get “awards” (like Flitwick for Most Patient and Snape for Most Likely to Kill You with a Glare), and there’s always a cheeky exposé on house-point shenanigans. expect tear-jerking farewells to seventh-years alongside brutally honest year-in-review recaps, like “Was That a Troll in the Dungeon or Just Another Tuesday?”

EXTRA, EXTRA !!

— RIVALRY . there’s a (very one-sided) feud with The Weekly Wizard, a smaller Ravenclaw-run zine, though it’s been dismissed by most students as “too niche and painfully dull”

— BEHIND THE SCENES . the staff always keeps a stash of Honeydukes’ chocolate for late-night edits, and their mascot—a tiny enchanted quill named Zippy—flits around leaving motivational doodles on unfinished articles

if Hogwarts has a pulse, The Puffington Post is the enchanted quill jotting down every thrilling, bizarre, and scandalous beat

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THINGS THAT HUMANISE YOUR DRs.

ৎ SIMPLE, HUMANISING THINGS :

⋆ forgetting where you placed your favourite book and finding it weeks later under the sofa.

⋆ your favourite sweater has a small snag, and you're debating whether to fix it or keep it as is.

⋆ a mug with a tiny chip in it that you still use because it's your mug.

⋆ a bit of dust on the piano keys or an unmade bed when you're in a rush.

⋆ tripping over your dog/cat/stuffed elephant because they're lying in the doorway.

⋆ shoes that hurt but you still wear them because they look good with your outfit.

⋆ your favourite jeans have that one little rip that keeps catching on things, but you refuse to stop wearing them.

⋆ spending ages finding the perfect lighting for selfies, only to hate them all later.

⋆ accidentally biting the inside of your cheek while eating and then obsessively poking at it for hours.

⋆ a specific smell in your wardrobe—a mix of old perfume and wood—that you’ll never be able to explain to anyone else.

⋆ stepping into your shower and realising someone moved all the bottles around, leaving you scrambling to find your conditioner.

ৎ A BIT MORE IMMERSIVE AND FLAWED :

⋆ spilling coffee on your notes for an important meeting, and the frantic wiping and swearing that follows.

⋆ hair that won't co-operate no matter how much you brush or style it.

⋆ a scratch on your favourite vinyl record that skips during your most-loved song.

⋆ wearing mismatched socks because it was too early to care.

⋆ running out of your signature perfume and having to use something random you don’t quite love.

ৎ FAME RELATED :

⋆ paparazzi catching you mid-sneeze and that photo somehow going viral.

⋆ having to sign something bizarre, like a fan’s forehead, and wondering how your life came to this moment.

⋆ someone mispronouncing your name or a film title in an awards speech, and you laughing about it later (but it still stings).

⋆ the occasional paranoia about people liking you for your fame rather than you.

⋆ attending a fashion show and feeling like everyone is silently judging your outfit.

⋆ arriving five minutes late to a glamorous event because you underestimated how long it would take to tie your shoes.

⋆ a director giving you confusing instructions on set, so you end up delivering the most awkward line of your career.

⋆ fans who ask the same question in interviews repeatedly, and you have to smile through it like you’re hearing it for the first time.

⋆ losing your train of thought during a speech and having to awkwardly laugh it off.

⋆ a quiet moment backstage when you realise you forgot to eat, and now you’re inhaling a slightly stale croissant.

⋆ the ache in your feet after a long day on set, and that moment of relief when you finally kick off your shoes.

ৎ RELATIONSHIP AND INTIMACY :

⋆ an inside joke with your s/o that doesn’t make sense anymore, but you keep saying it to each other anyway.

⋆ him stealing a bite of your food every time, even when you specifically said you weren’t sharing.

⋆ a silly fight over who hogs the covers, only to end up tangled together anyway.

⋆ watching him try to cook and making a complete mess of the kitchen, flour on his nose, but you can’t stop smiling.

⋆ a fight with your s/o about something petty, like who forgot to take out the rubbish, and realising later how ridiculous it was.

ৎ OVERWHELMING AND OVERSTIMULATING :

⋆ sitting in your apartment but feeling lonely in a way that your friends can’t fix.

⋆ misplacing your phone, then realising it's right next to you after searching everywhere.

⋆ public appearances where everything feels too loud.

⋆ losing a ring or piece of jewellery with sentimental value and feeling like it’s all you can think about.

⋆ rain-soaked boots squeaking as you walk through a marble lobby, and the humiliation of slipping just a little bit.

⋆ a room so crowded and loud that it feels impossible to breathe, but you’re too stuck to leave.

⋆ the guilt of not responding to texts from friends and family because you forgot.

⋆ waking up in your apartment, and for a second, forgetting where you are, feeling disoriented but comforted by the soft hum of the city.

ৎ MICRO HUMANISING MOMENTS :

⋆ that soft hum of traffic drifting through your balcony at night.

⋆ the slight stickiness of your lip gloss on a windy day (ugh, hair always gets stuck in it).

⋆ the cold marble of a building against your hand when you lean against it while chatting.

⋆ a pen exploding in your bag, staining the inside and making you swear you’ll be more careful next time (you won’t).

⋆ the faint sound of your upstairs neighbour vacuuming, reminding you that even in your dr, you’re part of a shared world.

— I WENT TO THE VOID STATE ON MY FIRST TRY

so many of you guys know that i favour sleep paralysis, though i never tried to use it to get to the void state.

i didn’t want to use it to shift to my dr but to see what it was like.

if you’re unsure: the void state is a deep meditative state of instant manifestation.

so today i woke up at 11:00am and stayed up for an hour

i felt tired so i laid back down and after like 10 minutes i felt symptoms of sleep paralysis

not long after that i was in sleep paralysis

now at this stage i was like “for shits and giggles let me go to the void”

i said “i am” over and over again and “i am in the void state”

and oh my god literally in 5 seconds i didn’t feel my surroundings anymore

i was literally floating!!!

i felt so at peace and it was all black

i wanted to manifest my dream face so i said i have all my dream face and felt my face change omg

i also am a football fan so i manifested that we make a couple of signings during the summer!!

and after that i left the void state!

it’s literally that easy for me and i’m so happy.

i will MOST DEFINITELY be visiting the void state more often wow

if you have any questions please feel free to ask!

hope this helps !

— my favourite shifting method

(sleep paralysis/lucid dream(¿)

i wake up at 10 am

i stay up for max 2 hours

in that time i may watch stuff that reminds me of my dr or maybe read some shifting storylines to give me more motivations

if i start to yawn and my eyes feel watery that’s my cue to go back to sleep

i get into a comfortable position and after 10 minutes i feel symptoms of sleep paralysis which is

vibration/frequency sound

legs feel weak

once i enter sleep paralysis. i imagine my dr surroundings and say “i am in my dr”

i immediately feel my surroundings change

most of the times i enter a lucid dream too

i have problems with grounding myself so that’s where it usually ends but i will do this method again and let you know how it goes.

if you have questions feel free to ask.

trying to manifest.

in manifesting, we don’t try to manifest. there are three steps to it ⋮ 1 ⋮ picking a desire ⋮ 2 ⋮ assuming it to be yours and ⋮ 3 ⋮ persisting in that assumption aka enjoying it in imagination. none of these steps include "trying" because whenever you "try" to manifest, you automatically fail.

there is no trying.

you aren’t trying to manifest. when you manifest, you don’t attempt to. you simply BECOME. you simple ARE. you simply HAVE. the more you try, the more you will experience trying it. but he more you ARE, the more you will experience BEING it.

the state of trying.

my perspective on trying to manifest changed when i understood that to try represents a STATE as well (shouout to edward art). it's a CONCEPT of self. it's a FEELING. trying to get, trying to achieve, trying to attain, trying to resolve, trying to attract … these are all FEELINGS. feelings that you internalise within and take with you before you imagine.

the trying self.

if you keep trying to manifest, you will forever continue to remain in this state of trying, not embodying or experiencing. remember, self must be expressed and your assumptions of self must harden to fact. the outer world can only reflect your inner world. if you identify as the version of self that tries and waits for their desires, this version of you HAS to be expressed. only when you truthfully BECOME your desired version, your external reality will have to reflect it back to you.

trying and being.

let’s imagine two people. person A and person B. person A and B are both manifesting their desires. when you ask them about their desires, this is how they would respond:

A · i manifested my desires. i am experiencing them in my imagination. i already am who i want to be and have what i want to have.

B · i'm trying to manifest my desires. i'm trying to live in the end but i don't fully believe in it. i haven’t really identified with my desired version of self so far.

person A is identifying as a person who already has become their desired self whereas person B hasn't. one person is identifying with the END while the other one is still identifying with the PROCESS.

less trying, more being.

the feeling of trying is nowhere near the feeling of being. it’s incomplete. it’s unfinished. it will leave you feeling unfulfilled and dissatisfied. the state of trying will only drain you out of energy. and it will forever hinder you from feeling the feelings you wish to feel.

but before a feeling or a state (they both mean the same) gets materialised, it has to exist somewhere before. before it occurs on the OUTside, it first occurred on the INside. in conclusion, ALL states belong to you. ALL of them can only exist if you permit them to. only if you give allowance and acceptance to a state, it can take place in the physical.

moral of the story? don’t try becoming it. just BE it.

with love, ella.

VOID STATE: MAYBE JUST RELAX FIRST?

remove all that weight off your shoulders ᥫ᭡

For those using the void to shift to their perfect life and losing motivation I wanted to give you an idea: I want you to try for the void, but not with the intention of manifesting anything, just do it as a form of relaxation and meditation. You can enter the void and I know that you can. But putting the void on a pedestal is what keeps you from it, you may be denying those claims and think you don’t hold the void to such a high standard. But wait, wait, wait, lemme tell you something:

the void is an amazing way to manifest, everyone knows that, it’s 10000% guaranteed that you will get all that you wish for in the void, you can change your genetics, the structure of your face, heal sickness, have as much money as you want with just one trip to the void. And it seems to good to be true, it’s a golden ticket for you to do ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING you want. And knowing that you have many desires to fulfil in the void and you have unknowingly put a lot of weight on your shoulders as you feel like you need to enter the void to get all that you want.

That pressure isn’t healthy which is why i recommend going to the void just for relaxation purposes at first, tell your brain that you aren’t worried about your dreams for now and just want to try the void as a normal, standard meditation. With the pressure out the window you are guaranteed the void.

You can remember your desires in the void and be like “hold up, lemme cook” or you may feel so taken aback and in awe that you could just sit in the void for some minutes and eventually snap out of it. And that’s okay, because you can use that void experience to fuel your confidence on the void in general. And you can use that confidence that you got from going in to simply relax, take that confidence and get to the void a second time for your desires.

RELIEVING THE PRESSURE WILL MAKE THINGS 100x EASIER, GIVE IT A SHOT LOVE 🦕💋

i make up my mind about traveling to a certain reality, and there’s no in character content about my man </3

it’s all very out of canon or simply makes no sense 😭

guess i’ll take this as a sign to script,,, been wanting to anyway <33

Songs That Remind Me of Shifting - ‘Come Alive, The Greatest Showman

You stumble through your days Got your head hung low, your sky's a shade of gray Like a zombie in a maze You're asleep inside, but you can shake awake

Cause you're just a dead man walkin' Thinkin' that's your only option But you can flip the switch and brighten up your darkest day Sun is up and the color's blindin' Take the world and redefine it Leave behind your narrow mind, you'll never be the same

Come alive, come alive Go and light your light, let it burn so bright Reachin' up to the sky And it's open wide, you're electrified And the world becomes a fantasy And you're more than you could ever be 'Cause you're dreamin' with your eyes wide open And you know you can't go back again To the world that you were livin' in 'Cause you're dreamin' with your eyes wide open So come alive

I see it in your eyes You believe that lie that you need to hide your face Afraid to step outside So you lock the door, but don't you stay that way

No more livin' in those shadows You and me, we know how that goes 'Cause once you see it, oh, you'll never, never be the same Little bit of lightnin' strikin' Bottled up to keep on shinin' You can prove there's more to you, you cannot be afraid

To come alive, come alive Go and light your light, let it burn so bright Reachin' up to the sky And it's open wide, you're electrified And the world becomes a fantasy And you're more than you could ever be 'Cause you're dreamin' with your eyes wide open And we know we can't go back again To the world that we were livin' in 'Cause we're dreamin' with our eyes wide open So come alive

Come one, come all, come in, come on To anyone who's burstin' with a dream Come one, come all, you hear the call To anyone who's searchin' for a way to break free

And the world becomes a fantasy And you're more than you could ever be 'Cause you're dreamin' with your eyes wide open And we know we can't go back again To the world that we were livin' in 'Cause we're dreamin' with our eyes wide open

And the world becomes a fantasy And you're more than you could ever be 'Cause you're dreamin' with your eyes wide open And we know we can't go back again To the world that we were livin' in 'Cause we're dreamin' with our eyes wide open

'Cause we're dreamin' with our eyes wide open So come alive

I almost shifted again!!

I woke up early today and I was still tired but I had a really hard time going back to sleep,,

at first I was playing music from a playlist that remind me of the current reality I’m focusing on shifting to, but eventually I just shuffled through my liked songs cus it felt like, because it was a themed playlist, I was thinking too much about that reality and not on sleeping and I just really wanted to sleep

after a while I managed to go to sleep and I was dreaming and whatnot,, but similar to the last time this happened, I was in that weird state between awake and asleep,, so not entirely asleep and maintaining some consciousness

and soon enough I started getting the same tunnel/soul being pulled out of my body feeling that I got last time,, only it also felt like my body was moving??

I was laying on my side,, but I felt like I had completely turned over onto my back and my arms, that used to be by my side,, were now in front of me,,,

I’ve heard of feeling your surroundings change and feeling like your floating, but it literally felt like I had just completely rolled over, but I never did and when I went back to sleep I noticed that I was still in the same position I always was

I tried to stay rooted to that feeling and using it as a means to try and push my consciousness out of this body and into another but it didn’t work and eventually I just knocked out,,

I held onto the feeling for longer tho, which is improvement, but the main thing was that I experienced this again at all since it’s happened when I least expect it, albeit in similar sleep deprived scenarios

the next step, it feels like, is actually trying to push myself into my intended reality so I’ve gotta start looking for those final push posts, seeing what I think would work for me, and applying it

but I’m getting close!! any progress, no matter how shaky and imperfect, is still progress!

I didn’t shift, but I managed to get into that weird state of consciousness again and I know that it wasn’t just a fluke!

shifting is literally a hair away,, I just need to work on that final push