12/7/2006 - The Watchers

Many of those that pratice magick might be famillar with the concept of the Watchers, might have heard that term before, and I have an idea of it, though I do not think anyone can have a full understanding, I would not cliam quite so much as that, I will to my best to explain abit about just what the Watchers are, though a part of them will ever remain a mystery to all, as such is the way it is intended.

So what are the Watchers? Well that is a difficult question to answer, they dwell upon the astral plain, but they are not quite spirits, they are not angels, or demons or any other easily named and catagorized being, they are Watchers, they never were in the flesh upon earth as far as I know, and sometimes, they do pass into this realm, our known realm of the living that we call earth. And what do they do? Well just what thier name suggests, they watch, that is thier duty and purpose as far as anyone knows, they watch those that come to their attetnion, users of magick, and people they sense power in, they watch and keep records of it all. They have watched sense the begining of time, keeping track, follwing certain individulas through thier many lifetimes, but they are not suppose to interfer or intervene in any events nor are they suppose to make contract or interaction with anyone, they are suppose to be like a fly on the wall, unoticed.

But there are those few and rare moments, wheather it truly is a carelessness on thier part, or perhaps it is an intentional act, or just an individuals hightend senseativity or just an accident looking in the right place at the right time, one might catch sight of a watcher, or think they have, there is no way to know for certain, but it is unmistable in its own way even if you cannot find the absolute proof to support it. What does a watcher look like? Well one cannot quite say, in a way they appear just as anyone else, but there is something, a feeling a sense, a certain look that when you see them, they do not seem to completely fit in, but they seem to stick out, to appear out of place somehow, and then you know, you have seen a watcher.