Activity Introduction
Posted: Fri May 01, 2026 1:50 pmHello everyone,
I’d like to invite you into a short Muggle Studies workshop focused on a form of magic that requires no wand or formal training, yet has the potential to shape how we experience ourselves and the world around us.
Muggles call this practice loving-kindness, or metta.
While it may not appear magical at first glance, it operates on principles that should feel quite familiar to us, such as intention, repetition, and direction of focus. The shaping of internal states that then influence how we move through the world. If wizard magic often works predominantly through wand and word, this is a form of magic that is meant to work primarily through attention and thought.
Muggles often use simple, repeated phrases to guide this practice. Intentional lines such as wishing for safety, peace, or ease. You are welcome to use traditional phrasing if it resonates, or adapt something that feels more natural to you.
For example, you might try:
May I be safe.
May I be well.
May they be happy.
May they be at peace.
May all beings live with ease.
Over time, this practice often expands in this way, beginning with the self and gradually extending outward in widening circles.
These phrases can be practiced in many ways. Some people choose to sit quietly and repeat them for a few moments, while others return to them throughout the day in passing. There is no single correct approach. If you’d like to make a bit of space for it, you might take a few slow breaths, read your chosen phrase, and let it settle for a moment before moving on. Even a brief pause is enough.
Over the next two weeks, we will explore this practice step by step. We begin by noticing what is present, then turn kindness toward ourselves, and from there allow it to extend outward in widening circles.
Each section will introduce a concept and offer you a chance to engage with it in your own way. There is no expectation that you will feel any particular thing while doing so. This is not about forcing emotion or performing kindness correctly. It is simply about practicing the direction of it.
As with all Muggle magic, subtlety is part of the process.
I’d like to invite you into a short Muggle Studies workshop focused on a form of magic that requires no wand or formal training, yet has the potential to shape how we experience ourselves and the world around us.
Muggles call this practice loving-kindness, or metta.
While it may not appear magical at first glance, it operates on principles that should feel quite familiar to us, such as intention, repetition, and direction of focus. The shaping of internal states that then influence how we move through the world. If wizard magic often works predominantly through wand and word, this is a form of magic that is meant to work primarily through attention and thought.
Muggles often use simple, repeated phrases to guide this practice. Intentional lines such as wishing for safety, peace, or ease. You are welcome to use traditional phrasing if it resonates, or adapt something that feels more natural to you.
For example, you might try:
May I be safe.
May I be well.
May they be happy.
May they be at peace.
May all beings live with ease.
Over time, this practice often expands in this way, beginning with the self and gradually extending outward in widening circles.
These phrases can be practiced in many ways. Some people choose to sit quietly and repeat them for a few moments, while others return to them throughout the day in passing. There is no single correct approach. If you’d like to make a bit of space for it, you might take a few slow breaths, read your chosen phrase, and let it settle for a moment before moving on. Even a brief pause is enough.
Over the next two weeks, we will explore this practice step by step. We begin by noticing what is present, then turn kindness toward ourselves, and from there allow it to extend outward in widening circles.
Each section will introduce a concept and offer you a chance to engage with it in your own way. There is no expectation that you will feel any particular thing while doing so. This is not about forcing emotion or performing kindness correctly. It is simply about practicing the direction of it.
As with all Muggle magic, subtlety is part of the process.