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How does Ariel Gatoga address the challenges of aphantasia in magical practice?

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From Ariel Gatoga

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Ariel frames aphantasia as a creativity question, not a visual one. In the Witch’s Pyramid, “imagination” means your power to create, not just to see pictures in your mind.

Ariel emphasizes:

  1. Many people labeled aphantasic actually have atrophied visualization from screen overuse, which can often be retrained with gentle practice
  2. Powerful magic is possible using other channels: sound, feeling, words, story, symbolism, and emotion
  3. Obsessing over “seeing images” creates self‑doubt that weakens results; focusing on whatever kind of imagination you naturally have strengthens them

Would you like a few specific exercises Ariel recommends for rebuilding or redirecting imagination in spell work?

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