II. DAY TWO: MEDITATION AND VISUALIZATION
The second day's concentration is on the mental aspects of magick and
ritual work, and is mostly in workshop form.
A. Meditation
Describe meditation as a means of altering your mental state by
relaxation and concentration. Contrast meditation and trance
state. Discuss the use of posture (asana) and paradoxical
breathing (pranayama) to attain a meditative state, then do a few
quick exercises.
B. Visualization(s)
Explain the difference between imagining and visualizing, then
stress the similarities. Stress the fact that visualization is
something that you will continually get better at - but there is
still no "wrong way." Then lead the students through the
following exercises:
1. Grounding and Centering
Using the seven chakras as steps along the way, guide them to
visualize energy being drawn up from the Earth and blown
through the tops of their heads (at the crown chakra) in a
free-flowing fountain. Then (if they seem up to it), guide
them to mold and direct that energy flow into a circle, then
a sphere of blinding white light. Have them draw the circle
back down through their spines until it is returned to the
Earth.
2. Contacting Your Magickal Self
Get them as relaxed as possible and in a deep meditative
state, then starting with a visualization of a Safe Place in
the forest, lead them to a fairy hill, then through the Maze
of the subconscious until they are somewhat lost. Guide them
to a long stairway, then through the door at the top. Then
set the mental setting - that at the doorway they change into
a powerful magician, and suddenly all of the tools and
symbols in the room are meaningful. Instruct them to study
the tools for a while. After a minute or two, lead them back
out through the maze, then to the clearing, and wake them
back up.
3. Aura Reading and Healing
a. Diagnosis
Guide them to ground and center (as II.B.1, above), then
stand in front of an evenly-lit white wall. Have them
open their eyes and stare at a point in the distance
beyond the instructor. (Note: this will for some of
them be the first time that they'll be channeling power
with their eyes open, so take your time.) Instruct them
to look for the greyish line around me (that is actually
an optical illusion). Once they've found it, instruct
them to visualize it being replaced with a wash of
color. Have them examine it for variations in thickness
or color.
b. Treatment
Point out an ill or sore region on the instructor's
body. Have them examine it for variations in color or
brilliance. Pick one student, then have him wrap his
hands in the energy that he's drawing, then "tune" it to
the color of the healthy areas in the aura. Instruct
him to use his hands as if he were rubbing on oil or
paint to color over the sick area, visualizing the new
color (healthy energy) replacing the older area, and
continue until the color stays changed after he's no
longer touching it or until he gets tired.
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