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 Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:57 am
Blessed Be! I was informed that teachers where needed. I'm not very experienced, but I can teach what little I do know. I heard that someone was teaching Spellcraft and that there was no teaching on Energy. To say the least this is dangerous. Spellcraft is often looked on far to lightly when it's honestly a more advanced skill.
So today we will learn about energy. Drawing it, directing it, shielding against it, and grounding it. All of these things are important and I'll explain why in the posts to come.
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:13 am
Magick and Physics:
In spite your common teachings on Magick, Magick still goes by the basic laws of science. In order to understand energy, you should understand some basic laws of physics.
Firstly everyone needs to understand that everything is made up of Energy in varying densities. Even a diamond, when you get to the smallest particle is pure energy at high densities.
I'm sure that seeing as this is Gaia, we have plenty of people who have seen Full Metal Alchemist and heard about the Law of Equal Exchange. For those who haven't, it states that energy cannot be created, only transfered from one place or form to another. As a result, one needs to have an equal amount of energy to exchange for what one wishes to do with said energy.
For instance, you couldn't very well turn a penny into a silver dollar. The mass is unequal and thus it wouldn't work. In the same way, Magick recquires the drawing and redirecting of energy, because in order to make a change, you must have the proper amount of energy for the "Equal exchange".
Most Covens draw energy through actions, be it singing, dancing, clapping or chanting((Or all of these)) they draw and direct energy towards a collective purpose. Now lets look at drawing energy.
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:30 am
Drawing Energy:
First I would like to say that we will be practicing the drawing of energy in the excercises portion of this lesson. Please be patient and learn the whole lesson before you start to try other things. Drawing energy isn't fatal((Usually)), but it can be rather uncomfortable if you draw it and don't know how to get rid of it. Immagine the effects of drinking 20 cups of espresso and you might see why drawing energy could be hazardous.
Now, There are various ways to draw energy. One way is through physical activity. Dancing, claping, singing and chanting are all good ways to draw energy in a group or even by yourself. We'll be going through the different ways in this portion of the lesson.
Drawing through dancing and singing:
Most covens((Including my own)) use dancing and singing to draw energy. Usually the song is one which is fast pased and brings glory to the Gods and is followed by a shout of "Hariya"((Pronounced "Ha-Rye-ah)) which means, "praise to the Gods". This is a simple((And usually fun)) way to draw energy, and as my friend Lord Bear always says, "Simple is always best".
Another way of drawing energy though such ways is Chanting. You might chant a specific statement, but when drawing energy it is best to use what I like to call the "Power Letters". These are also known as vowels. They are the basic A, E, I, O, and U. There are 5 Vowels and they represent 5 aspects of power. In my own energy class I was taught that an effective energy chant is simply "A" "I" "O" drawn out((Like monks in a movie doing the "Ohm")). A and I represent the male and Female aspects of Energy, or positive and negative depending on who you are talking to, and "O" represents power, or force. Another popular one in my coven is "E" and "O". "E" represents Clarity.
The final way of drawing energy is through your Chakra's. This is simple. Stand up, rase your right hand, palm to the sky, and your left hand to the ground. Visualise energy flowing into your left hand from the earth and out of your right hand to the Gods. ((By the way, this is a safe way to practice drawing and directing energy, but I would still advise waiting until you've learned to ground as a little of that energy will stick around.
Also, you can stand with your hands crossed across your chest((Like egyption tombs)). Visuallize your feet being rooted to the earth and drawing energy into yourself that way.
Now lets look at directing energy!
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:10 am
Directing and Grounding Energy:
Directing and grounding is quite simple actually. We'll start with directing because it is the more dangerous of the two. Generally directing is simple. You concentrate on the task you wish accomplished by your energy and visuallize your energy going towards that task.
You can also send energy to people! Simply visuallize the energy your drawing flowing from you to the person you are sending to. I cannot stress enough that you shouldn't send energy to someone who has not given you permission.
Energy can be dangerous. Firstly, not all energy is positive energy. To much negative energy can be draining and put you in a foul mood. To much positive energy can cause you to be jittery and keep you from sleeping. These are the simple side effects, but it can become more serious. Just last night at full moon someone drew to much energy accidentally and she almost blacked out. Another symptom of to much energy((possitive or negative)) is a sudden headache while drawing which seems to stem from between the eyes((An area known as the third eye)).
Now, how do you get rid of energy? Two ways, directing and grounding. Directing that energy towards a task, or even just to be a gift to the Gods from you is a good way of releasing energy. However, if you send energy towards a task be sure that you know what it is you're working towards. Be specific. A good example of bad energy direction would be: Sally has a thing for Billy. Sally decides she'll direct her energy towards a love spell for Billy. The next day at school Billy seems to be madly in love with her. A week later she decides she's more into Bobby, but Billy is "In Love" with her. He kills Bobby and ties up Sally so that she can't get away from "His love".
This may seem like an overdramatization but when you aren't specific, or you don't think of the possible consequences of your actions things can get very bad. It's generally considered black magic when your magic starts messing with free will.
Grounding is a simple, effective, and most importantly, completely safe way to get rid of energy. A few grounding techniques would be flicking your fingers((Like if your hands where wet and your flicking the water off of them)), running your hands under cold water, and simply putting your palms to the ground to let the energy settle into the earth.
Now that we have learned some basics on energy, lets learn how to shield against energy being sent.
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:18 am
Shielding:
Shielding is best done on a daily basis. It's simple, and it's also a good idea. Shielding is different for everyone. Some people visuallize a shield of mirrors, some visuallize a fortress, one person I know visuallizes a tightly weaved golden net, designed to stop most energy but to allow some to get through so that he's not mentally blind. I visuallize simply closing my third eye.
I personally advise against the mirror. Mirrors reflect and some people don't reallize they are sending out energy. Most people unconsciously "Broadcast" energy. If someone's in an especially foul mood for good reason((Lets say their mom died recently and they are very sad)) Your mirror is reflecting that sadness that is being broadcast unconsciously back to the person, which only makes them more sad. To say the least, this is obviously harmful to the person, and thus against the Wiccan Reed.
Now that we know shielding and energy and stuff, how about a few excercises to practice what we've learned!?
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:28 am
Excercises:
Energy exchange: This recquires a partner with you. Raise your middle and index finger((Like a gun)). Your index finger is your power finger and your middle is your Fire finger. Concentrate on sending negative energy at your partner. Have them describe how it felt. Do the same thing again, except with positive energy. Once again, have them describe how it felt. Have your partner do the same to you. This excercise will help you to recognise the feeling of having these energies directed at you.
Draw and Ground: Draw energy into yourself and practice directing and grounding it. Don't bother with directing towards a task for this excercise. Direct it towards the Gods, towards the earth or towards a person who's willing to recieve the energy.
I hope everyone has learned something from my lesson! Merry meet, Merry part, and Merry meet again!
((PS: If you see something wrong with this lesson, send me a PM and I'll fix it.))
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:09 pm
i was pleased to see this lesson on energy. i used to have a problem, unconciously sending large energy waves to people. i remember once, i was with my boyfriend and he did something that scared me and he actually recieved physical pain. I eventually realized what was going on and since then had become more aware of what i was doing, but i still did on occasion make mistakes. i haven't had this problem in a long time and have been able to control it, but i was able to learn a lot from this lesson. thank you so much!
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:54 pm
Aslanemperor, I am also glad to see that you created a class on Energy. Yes, you are correct that energy does play quite a large part in Wicca. In fact, I'm sure if you examened Wicca or Paganism with a fine-toothed comb you'd find that most of the things within them are basied with Energy. I a glad you thought of creating this class because I think that this class in conjunction with my class, it will help further their Magickal Learning. Thanks again for the thought.
heart AffrenSama
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:02 pm
You're all very welcome. My coven teaches that understanding energy is the very first thing that should be learned because of the dangers I pointed out in the lesson. As I said before, if anyone knows more on the subject, or finds something that I said wrong((For instance, the meaning of the vowels in chant, or of the fingers)) feel free to point it out. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm new myself and what I teach will most likely be things I just learned myself. The good thing is, the lessons will be fresh in my mind and so I should be able to give them with clarity.
By the way, be looking out in February for a class on Tools! I will also be studying up on Alters a bit more and doing a class on that.
Interesting Fact: Friday the thirteen was full moon! We held a ritual in my coven devoted to Janus, the Roman Diety of Gate and door. Janus was seen as a two headed god((Or four headed depending on the time period)) who looked both forward and backward. The month of January is named after Janus and we would do well to take that to heed. I advise you use this month to take a look at your past to see what negative you wish to remove, and take a look at your future to see what positive goals you wish to pursue. Just thought I would pass that on. I thought it was interesting.
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:58 pm
Thank you, your lesson reminded me that I haven't been sheilding myself for some time now. I have a feeling I'm too sensitive to others, or that I'm just the only one who notices the foul energy put off by them.... (or maybe I'm just paranoid? rolleyes )
But, and you may like this, an exercise I used to work on, and intend to pick up again:
working with energy, usable as protection-
cup your hands together, like you would if you were clapping, one palm over the other leaving a space about the size of a ping-pong ball (or whatever you have room for)
Then, imagine sending energy into that space. Try to visualize it flowing through your body and into your hands.
Mold that energy into a small ball.
Uncover one of your hands, holding the ball in the other. Toss it up and catch it, get used to the feel of it.
Once you've gotten used to it, hold your hand out in front of you, willing the ball of energy to stay where it is, then bring your hand back.
(this is the protection part)
Move the ball in a circle around you. Gradually move it faster and faster, creating a solid ring. Once you have the ring, move it in a circle as well (like you might if you were to jump rope with a hoola-hoop, say) until it creates an orb around you, protecting you from the energies outside of it.
Please, let me know what you think of this. I am sorry if there are holes in my explanation, it has been some time since I learned/practiced this myself.
And Please! read all of what was said prior before attempting this.
~Blessed Be!
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:30 am
Aryah_Jade Thank you, your lesson reminded me that I haven't been sheilding myself for some time now. I have a feeling I'm too sensitive to others, or that I'm just the only one who notices the foul energy put off by them.... (or maybe I'm just paranoid? rolleyes )
But, and you may like this, an exercise I used to work on, and intend to pick up again:
working with energy, usable as protection-
cup your hands together, like you would if you were clapping, one palm over the other leaving a space about the size of a ping-pong ball (or whatever you have room for)
Then, imagine sending energy into that space. Try to visualize it flowing through your body and into your hands.
Mold that energy into a small ball.
Uncover one of your hands, holding the ball in the other. Toss it up and catch it, get used to the feel of it.
Once you've gotten used to it, hold your hand out in front of you, willing the ball of energy to stay where it is, then bring your hand back.
(this is the protection part)
Move the ball in a circle around you. Gradually move it faster and faster, creating a solid ring. Once you have the ring, move it in a circle as well (like you might if you were to jump rope with a hoola-hoop, say) until it creates an orb around you, protecting you from the energies outside of it.
Please, let me know what you think of this. I am sorry if there are holes in my explanation, it has been some time since I learned/practiced this myself.
And Please! read all of what was said prior before attempting this.
~Blessed Be!
That sounds quite complicated! I would think this is something that doesn't come on the first go around. I don't mean to reproach you, so don't take what I'm about to say as a reproach. It's merely meant to show another viewpoint. Before I get started though, let me congradulate you. According to your note, you have a firm grasp on directing energy. Your abilities are well refined and that is something to be proud of. As the Lord Summoner of my coven always says, however, "You're squeezing the soap, and it's gonna slip through your fingers". He believes((And I find myself leaning towards this as well)) that the simplest way of doing things is often best. Shielding is not so hard as you've developed, and the shield you are talking about seems like something you would put up if you thought you where going to have a mind battle with another witch, when all it's really for is to prevent unconscious broadcasting of negative energy from bothering you. However, as an excercize for practicing energy manipulation among advanced practitioners, I would completely aprove that shield. Once again I ask that you not take this as a reproach. Far be it from me((Who has been wiccan a few months)) to reproach someone who obviously has an extremely firm grasp on energy and I would guess has been working Magicks for years.
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:36 pm
i always envision my blood pulling light up from the ground, forming a flame right in front of me. then almost like an explosion, this light bursts from inside of me, like a tidal wave creating a ring of light around the area it covered, being brightest at the outer edge of the ring. it usually covers a 20 ft radius.
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:05 pm
eek Wow! Thank you. redface I guess I just have an odd way of thinking of things, because I never saw it as being such a barrier as you've described it. Thank you for that, I think I might rethink my use of it now. 3nodding
I hope my explanation didn't sound that complicated. I actually read it as an exercise for learing to control/use energy... that's probably why the shield seemed so.... overdone?
I don't think myself to be 'advanced'... I just do a lot of reading and thinking mostly. I practice what I can, when I can, which isn't all that much, I am ashamed to say. I have been doing so for some time now, though I don't recall it precisely.
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:01 pm
Aryah_Jade Thank you, your lesson reminded me that I haven't been sheilding myself for some time now. I have a feeling I'm too sensitive to others, or that I'm just the only one who notices the foul energy put off by them.... (or maybe I'm just paranoid? rolleyes )
But, and you may like this, an exercise I used to work on, and intend to pick up again:
working with energy, usable as protection-
cup your hands together, like you would if you were clapping, one palm over the other leaving a space about the size of a ping-pong ball (or whatever you have room for)
Then, imagine sending energy into that space. Try to visualize it flowing through your body and into your hands.
Mold that energy into a small ball.
Uncover one of your hands, holding the ball in the other. Toss it up and catch it, get used to the feel of it.
Once you've gotten used to it, hold your hand out in front of you, willing the ball of energy to stay where it is, then bring your hand back.
When I was fifteen and I found my first magickal teacher, we would do this whole first part as just a simple, playful exerscise to get used to feeling energy. *laughs* We would also play "catch" with the small orbs of energy. Though I admit, it wasnt the best feeling when you didnt catch it, and you got slammed with the energy its self. Another task we did with small orbs of energy was visualisation and psychicially seeing. One person would focus and try to visualise the orb to be a simple shape and color, and the other would try to tell what it was like. For protection for myself an others, The easiest shielding I have ever known is the Egg shell technique. Just visualise that you are in a large translucent eggshell. It absorbs negativer energy and sends it back to the earth and positive enrgy can flow out of it if nessicary. One way of knowing if you have done it right is often you will feel a slight swirling around you as your energy flows around the shell. (I hope this was ok for me to post this)
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:57 am
Yesterday, something odd happened, and I'm wondering if that's got to do with energy.
My dad was standing outside the shop I was in, with a group of guys in front of him.
As I walked out of the shop, one of the guys sort of bent around him slightly, and it gave me this bad feeling. Not just a slight bad feeling, but really strong. My heart started beating really fast and heavy and I felt fear. So I draw my dad away from there really quickly because I was scared of that guy.
Does that have anything to do with perhaps the energy that person was sending towards me? That I felt that or something like that?
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