For too long, settler* cultures have colonised our senses of reality. Now, it is time to unsettle
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Hiya! I am Dilan.
I offer reality-bending services for those feeling trapped in the structural, emotional, psychic or physical realities of pain, disconnection, injustice or oppression.
I work with artists, healers, dissenters, killjoys, dreamers, activists, sex workers, writers, witches, poets, philosophers as well as trans-, ace, and queer people of all backgrounds.
Join me in recalling the mystical nature of real reality
In a world of ecocides, genocides, rising authoritarianism and exploitation, we are told that hate, fear, power, and suffering is what is real and that the law is the survival of the fittest. Magic is consistently dismissed as subjective superstition.
But…
What if real reality is lovingly magical?
What if most of what we have been told about reality is a lie invented by cultures invested in accumulation, conquest, and empires?*
What if actual reality is more-than-human, uncomputable, deliciously layered, and mysteriously entangled?
What if the real law is love…uncontrollable, paradoxical, liberating love?
Research increasingly uncovers this real reality of loving magic. But in a world bent on rewiring you out of magic…
Shall you believe? Shall you surrender your grip on what you have been told is real?
Unsettling witchcrafts practices trace their lineage to unsettling movements unfolding over the last ~15,000 years that have travelled alongside and often in tension with the rise of civilisation and settled agricultures in Eurasia.
The practices of unsettling witchcrafts support deep earthy remembrance, aiding transportation into a different flow of reality; touching the mysterious and neverending realities of more-than-human relationships present beneath what modern settler* cultures call ‘reality’ (as opposed to the ‘imaginary’ or the ‘magical’ or the ‘fantastic.’)
Practices of unsettling witchcrafts are based in accessing and working with the dream-time, or dreaming (as opposed to manifest-time). In dreaming, all is fluidly connected, and the reality of spirits is affirmed as indistinct from matter.
In dreaming, unsettling witchcrafts focuses on the energy of love (as opposed to fear) and loving matterspirits, inviting them in and sharing their stories to help the seeker to remember and transform their relationship with reality.
What I have offered here is an extremely brief and incomprehensive sketch of unsettling witchcrafts. As I deepen the research into the histories and presents of magic, reality formation, and unsettling movements using academic and dream-time methodologies, I hope to publish more on these themes. Please join my mailing list if you would like to follow the topic and/or are interested in magical education.
Experience witchcrafts as reality-bending love in 1:1 sessions
THE SESSION
All sessions are confidential. Session work with the client/seeker is conducted in stages.
Stage 1 is before the introductory meeting, when permission is sought from the seeker to undertake a divination for them. I do not charge for this divination, the introductory meeting or the dream-time journey undertaken in Stage 3.
At Stage 2, the introductory meeting happens online and allows for the seeker to share what they are seeking or are drawn to (eg. trance-based services like astral trance, past life journeying or erotics; or, touch-based services like fascial spirit alchemy or artisanal massage). I share the findings of the divination undertaken before the meeting, and if the seeker finds resonance, they are invited for the first session. An intake form is shared and permission to move ahead is sought again from the seeker.
Given a lack of alignment at this stage, the seeker and the witch may part ways; in this matter, it is best to be guided by the matterspirits, for it is likely that there is another more suitable path waiting for the seeker.
Stage 3 is where a journey into dream-time is taken by the witch on the behalf of the seeker. Here, the witch empties themselves, entering a void state using meditative and trance techniques, moving beyond the ego, to touch relational connections with the seeker in dream-time. Stories and visions may be revealed during this time by the matterspirits or, more-than-human relatives. The seeker does not have to do anything at this stage. Sometimes, they have their own visions, dreaming and journey; and at others, it is an honoured time of relaxation.
Stage 4 is about diagnostics or, what in the old-school is known as divination. Here, the first session takes place, and the witch communicates the dream-time story or vision to the seeker in the appropriate way. For the seeker, buried emotions may come up to the surface at this time. The unsettling witch supports the passage of such buried emotions. This first session is used to establish the direction of the path unfolding for the seeker through a collaborative interpretation of the dream-time story or vision. As the nature of these dream-time stories is often metaphorical, allegorical and nonlinear, this process is akin to talking about a dream. Divinatory processes like tarot, runes, poetry or astrology may be employed to support or distinguish the interpretation.
The first session lasts a minimum of 2 hours; but it may go on longer, depending on what comes up. My approach here is traditional and I follow the guidance of the matterspirits in this as well. It is best that the seeker allows for some flexibility in their schedule either way, as it also gives them some crucial time to relax and wind down after the first session, to take in what came up, and let it pass through.
So far, irrespective of whether the seeker has expressed an interest in a trance-based service or the touch-based offering of fascial spirit alchemy, the process of the first session is the same. At Stage 5, however, the divergence begins as we delve deeper into the stories revealed in dream-time to trace their connections with manifest-time, bending reality more extensively in the process. Stages 5 and later are intended to support the seeker in practical ways in the path opened up by the dream-time revelations, using trance or touch or a combination of both, depending on what is appropriate in the situation. Given the seeker’s inclination, the possibilities and details of future sessions are discussed towards the conclusion of the first session.
Sessions for Stages 5 and later may be booked by the individual seeker whenever they feel ready. I may have a few suggestions depending on how the first session unfolds, but there is absolutely no obligation to book a certain number of sessions, nor a fixed timeframe within which to book them. This choice is entirely up to you and what feels relevant for you, and there is no pressure from me.
bend reality by experiencing trance, an altered state of consciousness; or, dreaming. explore the edges of reality as the conscious mind relaxes and forgotten stories emerge to aid transformation with any challenge that you are facing. guided by the land (including water and sky) spirits. personalised 1:1 sessions available online or in-person in Hackney, London.
address physical and emotional pain or isolation with loving touch. no lengthy talks needed. reality-bending transformations with quietly communicative touch that recalls your connection with the land. rooted in consent. individually-tailored sessions available in-person in Hackney, London.
bring human families and friends together with more-than-human families and spirits to mark a major life event, season or breakthrough. community is a significant aspect that roots and grounds our reality-bending experiences, aiding the passage of new realities from dream-time into manifest-time. regular ceremonies help strengthen the connection with community and shape the sustainability of reality-bending. Affordable ceremonial facilitation is available in person in London and across the UK upon request.
* Throughout this website, ‘settler’ refers to cultures that objectify land(s), which includes air, water, soil, minerals, plants, fungi, animals etc., by denying its multi-agential sentient intelligence and treating it as resource or property. Settler cultures also see humans are separate from the land, resulting in an orientation whereby it is possible for humans to ‘settle’ or ‘settle on’ the land; instead of being a part of it. This separation is needed because settler cultures treat land(s) as an object to accumulate, conquer, exploit, civilise, and establish empires. As a result of this , the objectification and colonisation of their/our bodies, minds, and spirits is incessant and inevitable. Even as some modern Western settler cultures deny the reality of magic, settler cultures as a whole promote and deploy magic as control; magic as control is settler magic. Settler languages also lack vocabularies to express concepts or worldviews outside of settler cultures, making settler realities appear natural, normal or unproblematic due to the prevalence of settler laws and languages. Simultaneously, settler societies harbour great sickness and isolation, injustice and exploitation, but all this is treated as unrelated to their primary relationship of objectification of the land. These patterns of settler cultures are noted all over the planet today, not limited to Australia and the Americas; and include Europe and Asia, exhibiting acute consolidation within Western Europe, where settler cultures are rampant.
