banishing rite frets

[haptalaon]

Worries about banishing rites are so dorky and I can feel myself stuck in the same place I've been for about a decade, regardless of how many new frameworks I encounter to explain it - like, what if it was tuning a space? What if it was banishing internally? And regardless of my own limitations as a mage, like - it's maybe arrogant to worry about me doing wholesale destruction to the local energetic ecosystem right out of the gate.

Comments

[goatgodschild]

As far as tuning a space goes, I would say that it depends on what you want to do with it. If the point is, say, rejuvenating a tree, then you don't necessarily want to banish what you brought. For me, banishing is useful because it's a way to demarcate the use of my bedroom.

[ashareem]

Start by looking at the meanings (and synonyms) of banish(ing):

VERB
banishing (present participle)
* send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment.
"they were banished to Siberia for political crimes"
synonyms:
exile · expel · deport · eject · expatriate · extradite · repatriate · transport · cast out · oust · drive away · evict · throw out · exclude · shut out · ban · excommunicate · ostracize
* forbid, abolish, or get rid of (something unwanted).
"all thoughts of romance were banished from her head" ·
synonyms:
dispel · dismiss · disperse · scatter · dissipate · drive away · drive off · chase away · rout · oust · cast out · shut out · get rid of · quell · allay · eliminate · dislodge

Which of these best describes your Magical Intent? When we do work for healing, or we not banishing the illness. or injury? When we are blessing a space, are we not also banishing the unblessedness as well?

In a more mundane and physical sense, we are performing a banishment when we void our bladders or bowels. Think about it.

[haptalaon]

this is marvellous, thank you *muses*

[haptalaon]

I think what i want is an out-of-the-box basic banish template i can use every time without thinking about it; but my perfectionism is just a killer...