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Your Engry Spell

You may have missed the short lesson I gave Never fear,

it was merely for those who had gotten down the basics of visualization

and wanted to move on. We will be starting with the information I gave

out Thursday right now:

Moving along with your visualization,

now I want you to put your palms together. Keep your eyes closed for

now. Slowly separate your palms and imagine a brilliant light flooding

out from between them. As you continue to move your palms apart,

imagine that light as a ball about 6-8 inches in diameter. Now, bring

your hands together, and watch the light shrink into nothingness when

your palms touch. Open and close your palms several times until you get

a good solid picture of the light. Be sure to take a while every day

to practice this. Eventually, you should be able to bring up the image

instantly and effortlessly.

The reason I had you imagine a ball

of light is because that is your ENERGY, or Chi (life force). If you

think back to when you were doing the exercise, ask yourself if any area

of your body felt stimulated (tingling, warmth, etc). For most people,

it is felt in the stomach, but it can also come from the chest, etc.

This is your ENERGY CENTER. It is where your energy resides and also

where it comes from within you. You may only barely feel "something

there" in your center, but do not worry; it will get stronger the more

you work with your own energy. You should also take special care of

that area of your body where your center is. Listen to it. Heed it's

warnings. If your center is in fact in your stomach (mine is), and you

are working with it and get a stomach ache, then you will not be able to

put forth a full effort. All common sense rules for looking after your

health apply here.

So, how do we turn it "off and on?"

Eventually this will become such a subtle shift that you won't even

notice it, but for now, we will use GROUNDING and CLEARING AND

RELEASING. There is already a document in the files on this subject,

and I shall pull it up. However, I will briefly go through it here:

Grounding is essential because your energy needs a base, lest it get all

willy-nilly. There are as many different ways to ground as there are

people, and you will find your way soon...just listen to your instincts.

For me, I imagine roots coming out of my feet and anchoring me to the

earth. You will know you are grounded when you feel a type of

"settling" inside yourself. Again, at first this feeling may be subtle,

but will grow. Grounding is necessary for ALL magickal workings within

or without Circle. Even to cast the Circle itself requires grounding.

So, you have grounded, and you're ready to wrap things up...what now?

You can't just rise up and carry on about your day without CLEARING AND

RELEASING, because all of that energy going on inside is going to create

havoc! Again, turn to visualization (do you see why it was the first

lesson?) Again, there are myriad different ways to clear and release. I

imagine myself in a creek, letting the water run from my head to my

toes and taking away all the excess. You will find what's best for you.

Also, a little trick - if you have to immediately stop your energy for

whatever reason - is to put a bit of sea salt on your tongue from your

bowl on the altar. However, I do not recommend this often, and urge

that even if you do this, that you take some time later to properly

clear and release.

So, that is this week's lesson. Don't

forget about lesson one....keep up with your visualization, too.

Working with energy can be tricky at first: Just be patient and go slow

and you'll get the hang of it. I am always here to answer questions if

needed. Be sure to check out the doc on grounding, etc. I will post

that now.