Reclaiming Your True Desires and Returning to Your Magickal Path
Not all desires are truly ours.
Some are inherited.
Some are conditioned.
Some are camouflaged expectations—wrapped in gold and gifted to us by culture, family, or influencers in spiritual clothing.
And if you’ve been trying to manifest something that refuses to arrive, or that arrives and feels strangely hollow… It might not be your dream at all.
This article is a soul-deep call to pause, look closer, and reclaim the desires that are truly yours—the ones that light your body, whisper through your bones and pull you forward on your magickal path.
Are You Manifesting a Mask?
Desire is a powerful force. But like water, it takes the shape of its container.
If the container is fear, comparison, or external pressure, your desire may not be your own.
Here are signs you might be manifesting someone else’s dream:
You feel disconnected from the desire, even as you pursue it.
You’re doing all the “right” manifestation steps—but feel drained instead of energised.
You’re fixated on an outcome, but not how it makes you feel.
The dream feels more like a performance than a calling.
This doesn’t mean you’ve failed.
It means you’re waking up.
The Root of Borrowed Dreams
So many of us were taught to want:
- What looks good
- What gains approval
- What promises safety or status
- What other people around us value
We confuse success with alignment.
We confuse visibility with fulfilment.
We confuse admiration with joy.
But manifestation rooted in inauthentic desire is like planting plastic flowers—attractive, maybe, but lifeless. They don’t bloom. They don’t feed your soul.
The Soul Test: “Does This Desire Expand Me?”
To reclaim your true desires, begin with this powerful question:
“Does this desire expand me—or does it contain me?”
True desires feel like:
- A deep exhale
- A nervous, thrilling yes
- A sense of homecoming
- A quiet, electric knowing—even if it scares you
False desires feel like:
- Obligation
- Exhaustion
- Proving something
- “Shoulds” dressed up as dreams
The most important thing isn’t to have the biggest dream—it’s to have the truest one.
A Magickal Reclamation Ritual: Clearing the Noise
This simple ritual helps you cut through the noise of shoulds and return to your sacred yes.
You’ll need:
- A candle (preferably white or black)
- A piece of paper and pen
- A small bowl of water
- A quiet moment
Steps:
Prepare the Space
Light your candle. Sit quietly and ground into your body.
Reveal the Layers
On the paper, write down one desire you’ve been trying to manifest.
Then beneath it, ask:
“Whose voice is this?”
“Where did this dream come from?”
“What do I hope it will give me?”
“Does it still feel true?”
Truth Invocation
Dip your fingers into the bowl of water and touch your third eye. Say:
“I now see clearly. I release what's not mine.
I return to the core of my becoming.”
Release or Rewrite
If the desire still feels true, rewrite it in new words—from your soul.
If it doesn’t, fold the paper and extinguish the candle, saying:
“Thank you. I set you free.”
Burn or bury the paper as a symbolic release.
Reclaiming Desire as a Compass
Your true desires are alive. They evolve. They don’t need to make sense to anyone else.
They are your soul’s way of steering you toward your becoming.
To live a magickal life is to trust the quiet wants as much as the loud ones.
Not the dreams that impress others—
but the ones that return to you in the silence.
The ones that feel like poetry in your blood.
Final Thoughts: You Get to Choose Again
If you realise you've been manifesting someone else’s dream—it’s not failure. It’s freedom.
Now you get to choose again. Now you get to listen.
Your magic is strongest when you are aligned.
Your power is sharpest when your desire is true.
So pause. Re-centre. And ask:
What do I really want—without performance, pressure, or permission?
What dream is whispering through the cracks of my old life, asking to be born?
That’s where your manifestation begins again.
And this time, it’s yours.