| Shamanism at its highest... | by Luxas for everyone |
(it reads like a list as Hogwarts)
1. Wizardry (indigo)
2. Nature Studies (silver)
3. Magickal Practice (gold)
4. Metapsychics (aqua)
5. Healing (blue)
6. Wortcunning (green)
7. Divination (yellow)
8. Performance Magics (orange)
9. Alchemy & Magickal Sciences (red)
10. Lifeways (pink)
11. Beast Mastery (brown)
12. Cosmology & Metaphysics (violet)
13. Mathemagicks (clear)
14. Ceremonial Magick (white)
15. Lore (grey)
16. Dark Arts (black)
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now for a True list...the A.G.W
Within is the books of the spectrum as in the learning of Emotion,Wisdom,Magic,Power
of all the patterns of being of the wise....
(The Basic study and practice of a Magicuser to Wizard)
yellow: evo shem dem
(the begining of spirit and universal why of being as in worldly not just self as identified by all cultures of wisdom, not just psych(o) babble, but actually how to see from all points, the key to begining to be wise...)
1 candles , elemental magick, spell rules
2 mirrors, scrying, nature of magick, herbology
3 shaman wisdom, arts of the occult symbolism, math of the beginning
4 witchcraft, circles and latin symbolism
5 stones, staff insight and druidism
6 emotions, psi and duality
7 religion, doctrines of the prime, theology 101
8 cultures in magick and gateway ideals, dream reading
9 advanced witchcraft as in reading the soul and mind
10 hexing, curses, and the workings of the wisdom of maddness
11 dream traveling, shaman fires, and calling on the soul
12 mirror rituals, workings in the fire, and star astrology
13 staff workings as a future junior mage and temporal theory
light yellow: evo shem atep
(what the patterns of cultures call their powers and spirits and the working of this philosophy as in the id and self, the inner to the outer of seeing, remember helios)
1 voodou (culture, message, tools, and 3 rituals)
2 shamanistic tools (the fan, the plate, and the rod)
3 druid herbology (mistletoe, vermilion, henbane)
4 dark witchcraft (the dark, the rite, the mistress, the goddess, the moon)
5 dark arts part 1 (vampric gifts, rites of the church, the dark arts oath)
6 dark arts part 2 (psychic friction, black eyes, red eyes, the 5 A's)
7 dark arts part 3 ( calling the nexus, dark aura, bones and stones)
8 vampiric ideals, rituals (rites of passage, blood symbols, and personal secrets)
9 cures and curses of the soul (from england to egypt)
10 magehood (identification)
red: noctum shem atep
(the shadow/light and energy of the powers of the physical self in easy explained terms and their connections to living itself..and more)
1 emotional heat charging (body then mind) sun and mercury
2 temporal dream return (the dragon's cavern)
3 energy exchanges (personal and dual ties)
4 symbolism (the symbols of the greek and rune) of the soul
5 sexual energy exchange (the consort, concubine, derg sire)
6 chi, essense, kai, quai (wisdoms)
7 philosophy of life (to be or not to be (to) i am because it is me)
blue: dem shem aton
( the key to spirituality and the sygils of the past and future used to identify the invisible will of the universal, you name the price(lol)
1 angels (corner meaning, angelic lies and the 144,000)
2 angels in magick (the 7 spoken angels and the powers of heaven and rule)
3 religion as in spirituality (Doctrines of the soul) by soul seekers)
4 potion to create long life (a witches kiss and toe nail)
5 temporal gates and walls (the 17 writings on the wall)
6 defense against magick ( the ancient meaning, and how it was formed )
7 dream angelic balances (the guardian ones and the elder of the tome)
8 the tree of life (kabbalah) part 1 (koh, meh, yod, chesed)
9 god/goddess designs (in magick) (greek "dianic" to ( corral sea) upta-teti-onic")
10 theory of life and death and ambrosia (the power of the crimes, and the powder)
white: noctum shen det
( the inner psychic, magnetic, and invisible mind of the spirit, not spiritualism but the power of the frames of creation and cool junk..)
1 psi (psychic fields)
2 symbolism of the mind
3 symbolism of the psychic mind
4 hynotics
5 the balances of the hynotic spell
6 secrets of the ouji(wyja) and the corners (occult)
7 druid spells in nature, herbal wiccan craft
8 druid lore and secrets of the staff of Abot
9 stones in the magnetic( and geo-temporal)
10 laylines and card tarot
grey: dem atep shem mal-kuth
(the will of chaos, and its patterns of construction and distruction and the will to see its flow)
1 demons and demon lore (dante and eros)
2 demonic symbols of the 5 demons of earth and the 7 chairs of hell
3 satan and the nature of absolutes
4 sumerian demonia
5 egyptian books of the sun, moon and underworld (ra, isis/thoth, sheth)
6 dark womanhood as goddesses (hekate, moria, morgana, lilith, kali)
7 the penta-vestial, and the penta-vey ganii
8 the lore of the darkness
9 death and the grave
green: novi tempus tera
( the great dragon as in design and the working of the harmonics of touch and sensitivity to the soul, and way much more....)
1 the nature of the dragon
2 the dawn of the sun
3 ancient cultures in the stars
4 powers of the dragon
5 junior wizardry (rules and methods)
6 secrets of the mages
7 secrets of the kabbalah (the 7 keys) in stone
8 shamans fire and totem theology
9 the healing and staff of the ages
10 the real 5 rings of the circle in magick
purple: sen shem atep novi
( the knowledge of the un-seen in shadow and soul, but on a more understanding and control and conforming as in touching its harmony as in song...(lol)
1. incense theology, and the workings in the psychic mind
2 elemental mirrors
3 psychic walls in the temopral fields
4 outer body travel
5 spell casting in the raw
6 tantra of the healing soul
7 gathering from the great outer
8 the shadow of a shadow
9 Adept no more.....
the first gold: hoben kep shem adon
(Now you know, and now it is time to know why?) and if you made it this far your quite wise in your own right, so now the puzzles begin....Temp thee not
1 what is wisdom
2 what are power tools
3 what is a temporal circle
4 aura and static empathic energy
5 powers of the natural
6 philosophy of magick
7 wisdom of the mage
8 house of the magi
9 workings of the tools of a wizard
10 junior wizard to senior apprentice
11 the houses
12 the steps
second golden: jei we shalon emui
(welcome apprentice you now get to sit at the table of wizard and bask in the glow of your empty cup, want pepsi)
1 red wizardry
2 green wizardry
3 white wizardry
4 grey wizardry
5 mage/magus the formula
6 gold wizardry
third golden: meui shem teraot
( your a wizard to be sure but now the real practice begins as in why? so leave the books behind because now the dragon calls you to be, most of witch kind can earn this level of wisdom but rare...what say you )
1 the dryl
2 the cyrl
3 the empty cup kabbalah
4 the books of the dark
5 the books of the light
6 the books of the stones
7 the inoversal non
8 the universal non
fourth golden: tera shem atep kempra adon
(This is why Shamanism and Post Metaphysical newage research: will never be Wizardry (and though these arts the ones listed above by even them will lead you to the road....they can't read the signs)
Seek the Dryl or enjoy the rollercoaster.......
| Merlic education of the senses... | by Luxas for everyone |
Here is a bit of a chat conversation from one enlightened mind to another...
-----Original Message-----
To: wzdrylmaster1@aol.com
Sent: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 6:47 PM
Subject: (no subject)
Wizard Luxas
Taken From: http://groups.msn.com/Dawnofthemasteradepts/adepteducation.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=263&LastModified=4675599753056101170
What you seek might be interesting, a question on your mind, or a seriously debated image in a dream....
(when you seek to answer these it is the limit you (yourself) impose on the seeking that will get you your reward...
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Question:(is our thinking a fixed selector of many,considering from the beginings of an individual experience sort of like a hardrive or is it intelligently place within our senses and our surroundings like question mark openers ? for what would our thoughts be if all around was nothing literally thoughtfully blind perhaps. how would i think red if no example of red is present and from the getgo then i would say red is and is not since nothing is still nothing added to red
thanks E F
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interesting question...
now let me answer it with merlin like flare...
we would know red by the idea that red imposes on the senses and in our limited beginning of awareness we have a key code of sensations and awarenesses of our world..though it isn't fully programed at birth that which is come accepted to whom and what we are as a being of this limited intellect...there are the truths that make identification possible...
so yes we know that red is an example outside of the others and that others exist but what is defined as red can every moment change...
Thanks for the Question..
-----Original Message-----
To: wzdrylmaster1@aol.com
Sent: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 6:47 PM
Subject: (no subject)
Wizard Luxas
Taken From: http://groups.msn.com/Dawnofthemasteradepts/adepteducation.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=263&LastModified=4675599753056101170
What you seek might be interesting, a question on your mind, or a seriously debated image in a dream....
(when you seek to answer these it is the limit you (yourself) impose on the seeking that will get you your reward...
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Question:(is our thinking a fixed selector of many,considering from the beginings of an individual experience sort of like a hardrive or is it intelligently place within our senses and our surroundings like question mark openers ? for what would our thoughts be if all around was nothing literally thoughtfully blind perhaps. how would i think red if no example of red is present and from the getgo then i would say red is and is not since nothing is still nothing added to red
thanks E F
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interesting question...
now let me answer it with merlin like flare...
we would know red by the idea that red imposes on the senses and in our limited beginning of awareness we have a key code of sensations and awarenesses of our world..though it isn't fully programed at birth that which is come accepted to whom and what we are as a being of this limited intellect...there are the truths that make identification possible...
so yes we know that red is an example outside of the others and that others exist but what is defined as red can every moment change...
Thanks for the Question..
| look at the modern druid and ask what they are? | by Luxas for everyone |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2173194.stm
Oh you knew this..well what you perhaps didn't know is that this is the future of all pagan hopefuls...
so ask yourself, whom speaks the temple or the wall...
| What is Risk? | by Luxas for everyone |
Just like being accepted or rejected it is the luck of timing, feeling and trust....many want to hedge their bets before they begin...they often win big or lose bigger.....my vote is lose bigger.....when you try and push the buttons of the future to your advantage be aware it will do the same to you...
But what is Risking?
What you seek might be interesting, a question on your mind, or a seriously debated image in a dream....
(when you seek to answer these it is the limit you (yourself) impose on the seeking that will get you your reward...
If you seek to win before you played the game, you aren't playing but wanting not to be a loser....no one wants to lose...but you can't value what you want if your un-willing to go find it or have it find you...by leaving hints...
but again what is risking?
I know it not as desiring something and going for it, but instead... i learned that its having something you try and earn by the means of your resources.....
so when you risk you open yourself up to the possible reward of having a new thing in your life which you wouldn't had you played it safe and denied what you are...
Yes in all things it is best to try and get better at what you risk at...(however you must be willing to strive for what you find valuable in this existance....)
I was asked would i risk more then i have to have something i desired not only to have but advance by.....
(I have everytime)
Risking it all, isn't ever a good thing unless your ready to pay the price, but thats the gamble isn't it...
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Magic(k) is a sure fire bet you will never lose on, ever.... (what makes most losers in it, isn't magic(k), its the fact you risk too little or you risked too much....)
thats the gamble, and many want in on this game not to win but to get paid....(magic(k) doesn't get paid more then its value....ever...)
so Why ask about risking?
Well when you seek something you should risk more then you are, otherwise your not as dedicated as you claimed to get its favor...
But, if you see no reward other then that which you offer yourself....then your risk wasn't for the magic(k) it was for your sense of comfort...."nothing wrong with that, however you didn't give magic(k) and the risk it will need the full measure of its respect...so self comfort is your only return.."
Magic(k)al natures as you advance in them are going to ask great prices from you both physically and mental.....just don't complain about the results if you only want a peek and not the key to the door...
| another one wishes the word of the wise | by Luxas for everyone |
Here is my reply to another whom is worthy to join our art..
Would you then be interested in becoming a student by course?
as in once a month or in two months time you recieve a package filled will the set of the books (usually 2-3) at a time...and a tool or something in scroll for learning...until you get all 15+ books....and a talisman to start (which are rare to begin with) and one at your graduation of our course...
you would then from time to time study with me online as time permits and hopefully either visit or join the order from there as time allows...as many have from all over part of this world...
This course is a learning step by step, filled with puzzles that will tax your very brain, but if you can climb this mountain, you will be the "wizard" you seek...and have a great view that others are just becoming aware of.....by their own lost mystery school education...
If this appeals to you, then "send an email here" saying (i want the course)
its 500.00 usd (either full or half.......send if your in an area that offers western union, or get an account at a bank and go online and send it that way)
www.westernunion.com
(still interested) if you are i will send the adress for you to send the money to
and then you send me the #(number) they give you and where you sent it from, or ay info thats required)
This will be your only Reply unless you accept the challenge.....
ARE YOU READY TO SEE WHAT BEING A REAL WIZARD MEANS?
(even arthur paid merlin for his lessons (he did the chores of an appentice and sold food)
"so to those that say wisdom is free ask the ones who didn't get published"
Would you then be interested in becoming a student by course?
as in once a month or in two months time you recieve a package filled will the set of the books (usually 2-3) at a time...and a tool or something in scroll for learning...until you get all 15+ books....and a talisman to start (which are rare to begin with) and one at your graduation of our course...
you would then from time to time study with me online as time permits and hopefully either visit or join the order from there as time allows...as many have from all over part of this world...
This course is a learning step by step, filled with puzzles that will tax your very brain, but if you can climb this mountain, you will be the "wizard" you seek...and have a great view that others are just becoming aware of.....by their own lost mystery school education...
If this appeals to you, then "send an email here" saying (i want the course)
its 500.00 usd (either full or half.......send if your in an area that offers western union, or get an account at a bank and go online and send it that way)
www.westernunion.com
(still interested) if you are i will send the adress for you to send the money to
and then you send me the #(number) they give you and where you sent it from, or ay info thats required)
This will be your only Reply unless you accept the challenge.....
ARE YOU READY TO SEE WHAT BEING A REAL WIZARD MEANS?
(even arthur paid merlin for his lessons (he did the chores of an appentice and sold food)
"so to those that say wisdom is free ask the ones who didn't get published"
 | Poetry from the eyes of a mege in wait... | by Luxas for everyone |
Into a world of profound possibilities to cosmic oceans of ever
Intergalactic traffic lights,superhighways
Freedom of space is all to twist and bend to apprehend the convict that hides in the shadows of our conscience
Through shrapnel skies to razorblade cities we dance through the onslaught
The Legions of uncertianty has breached the walls of our imagination
We are the great conjurers look what we have and have not done and unfinished work gives us cause to move on
an age of reason suddenly an i'll gotten ideology
in light of your absence an ever present glow
Answers from the lips of mortals decays in time for we see only so far
Every slot of time has respect for one another debating what part of the future is there's to keep and history sandwiched ever so close to make it a remembrance
Time has frequent stops like a garbage truck making sure what is done at this present does'nt feed into the next with smooth transition
it's a grand thing you know,being able to occupy your own personal space
the end of something great points to one of two things apocalypse or paradise reborn
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By E Frederick
| Druid, Druid , Druidry... | by Luxas for everyone |
Wiccans
are perhaps confused with their form again because they are taking
stories from druid design and since the symbolism is giving them a
ratings boost they think they are going to be another part of that
puzzle..they have since denied the exploration of in the time they was
finding out what "wicca" is....
Oh, well.......
I like to think of wicca as the D&D character that you kill so easy because they don't really play and they then complain learn abit more and try again but this time as a new character...and die abit more in the hopes the more they change it the more they will learn what to be and live longer...
so....say when is when?
and know they are after DRUIDRY now........spooky huh...
Oh, well.......
I like to think of wicca as the D&D character that you kill so easy because they don't really play and they then complain learn abit more and try again but this time as a new character...and die abit more in the hopes the more they change it the more they will learn what to be and live longer...
so....say when is when?
and know they are after DRUIDRY now........spooky huh...
| Defining the wisdom of the stone druid | by Luxas for everyone |
here
lay before you is the wisdom of the stone, the water, and the fall of
the season......take it and know that all others want...not
have...(otherwise the water would flow from them)
Bandarch (keep trying)
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so here you go:
"in victory we see ourselves, and in defeat we see everyone"
As a teacher of the wise secrets of the wooden, and the keys of the eye and the tone of the stone, and the walks of the many silences...i see much
so...
as a druid, that is the true wisdom
as in druidism, that is the new lesson
as in druidry, that is the question you have yet to face...
enjoy, and journey beyond
Stone Druid (arch) of Dragonwood, and not the dragonwood that has since claimed our design..but the hidden one that everything is awaiting..
See the gods and know the eyes, talk of tales and feel your birth, petty bite and prick the rose to bleed..you are the water...
care to be a Stone Druid?
can you flow....
will you walk with stars in your eyes and fire in your heart?
can you see...........................
Share and Await the cup
Bandarch (keep trying)
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so here you go:
"in victory we see ourselves, and in defeat we see everyone"
As a teacher of the wise secrets of the wooden, and the keys of the eye and the tone of the stone, and the walks of the many silences...i see much
so...
as a druid, that is the true wisdom
as in druidism, that is the new lesson
as in druidry, that is the question you have yet to face...
enjoy, and journey beyond
Stone Druid (arch) of Dragonwood, and not the dragonwood that has since claimed our design..but the hidden one that everything is awaiting..
See the gods and know the eyes, talk of tales and feel your birth, petty bite and prick the rose to bleed..you are the water...
care to be a Stone Druid?
can you flow....
will you walk with stars in your eyes and fire in your heart?
can you see...........................
Share and Await the cup
| Why Paganism isn't a Fully Truthful Education (degree set art) | by Luxas for everyone |
my reply to a Rant about (The Magickal Degree)
one of the many groups i belong to:
I wish to give much respect to the ones who want to write about a subject that has so many open ways of self expression and keeping it in a harry potterish nature or a kinda...grove like fashion..
Oberon would perhaps be cool to meet, however i read his works including those of the others in the arts..and many of it i'm fixing...
Not to just say i'm better then this or that, i could do that just with the last 17 years of my life... its because..i use it and offer it to the ones who claim such in my areas...
So when i am asked: this or that i can say..instead of saying go to this book or that one, or have you heard about this one or that...(i can say Yes or No)
My whole life from age 11 revolved around magic, both the k kind as in the modern exploration of the 40's re-explaining neo-pagan method, and the full magic..keys/sygils, natures, energies and occult messages, but its more about the fact that if you have 7 apples unless another person adds another apple there are only 7 there....we can accept the addings but what was there...
Put strait....many reject education in any art because it has become more..mine or theres and so-so, and then you get the fact no one stands behind what they do or say..so its simple to reject this or that..so the sceptical just get off on the idea that they are toooooooooooooooo scared to fail, or that they look like this or that..so its easier to be a nay sayer then its is to say hey.....this sounds cool, i want to try...
Now everything is degeree this or that, and a bridge to define where their lives comeforth from, if you get a dential degree, that still doen't exclude you from making a serious problem happen with someones tooth...(so get off the degree s----t) it just means you have a board of ohers that have been doing it before and created a club to commission things within their area...
Yes i believe education is important, however most i see try and say they they want to know then they change their mind like its a fad or a topic just to say "hey i seen it"......
If you did that in schools (modern studios for the developing education of set document theories and natures) "they would kick you or your kid out"....So yes they want a form of self validation, and others don't want such a tool....
"too each their own, i say"
Master Golden Wizard
Luxas Aureaum (OAM)
Head of the A.G.W
one of the many groups i belong to:
I wish to give much respect to the ones who want to write about a subject that has so many open ways of self expression and keeping it in a harry potterish nature or a kinda...grove like fashion..
Oberon would perhaps be cool to meet, however i read his works including those of the others in the arts..and many of it i'm fixing...
Not to just say i'm better then this or that, i could do that just with the last 17 years of my life... its because..i use it and offer it to the ones who claim such in my areas...
So when i am asked: this or that i can say..instead of saying go to this book or that one, or have you heard about this one or that...(i can say Yes or No)
My whole life from age 11 revolved around magic, both the k kind as in the modern exploration of the 40's re-explaining neo-pagan method, and the full magic..keys/sygils, natures, energies and occult messages, but its more about the fact that if you have 7 apples unless another person adds another apple there are only 7 there....we can accept the addings but what was there...
Put strait....many reject education in any art because it has become more..mine or theres and so-so, and then you get the fact no one stands behind what they do or say..so its simple to reject this or that..so the sceptical just get off on the idea that they are toooooooooooooooo scared to fail, or that they look like this or that..so its easier to be a nay sayer then its is to say hey.....this sounds cool, i want to try...
Now everything is degeree this or that, and a bridge to define where their lives comeforth from, if you get a dential degree, that still doen't exclude you from making a serious problem happen with someones tooth...(so get off the degree s----t) it just means you have a board of ohers that have been doing it before and created a club to commission things within their area...
Yes i believe education is important, however most i see try and say they they want to know then they change their mind like its a fad or a topic just to say "hey i seen it"......
If you did that in schools (modern studios for the developing education of set document theories and natures) "they would kick you or your kid out"....So yes they want a form of self validation, and others don't want such a tool....
"too each their own, i say"
Master Golden Wizard
Luxas Aureaum (OAM)
Head of the A.G.W
| The Beginning of Us | by Luxas for everyone |
Well lets start at the beginning:
Man thinks that the creative yet lost mind of the developing being made them seek to find spiritual examples in their lives as deities to make their existance seem less one sided....
But know this as false,
because it is the nature of the divine to seek out those whos insight doesn't come from the favor of the many but the limits of the few, and it is here we are made...
It is the strange and the mysterious that makes the examples of existance seem more just random in their creation then direct..and with this understanding the new ideals of self creative hopeful messages or divine secrets..don't comeforth from a limited scope of want..but more an inner understanding of dynamics of being...
It is here our learning has begun and our answers aren't offered or setup by ourselves but more the sensations of the spiritual skin..those that don't know the idea of skin it is the aura or light limited heat field that is overlapped on the physical body....
With this learning we grow and then create and with this start to share in the cultual images take on a more universal puzzle then a simple quest of why or what.....(we will in the end get the way and what) that is not in question...
Now on to our task................
Get to my classroom and see for yourself...
If your in my class:
your journey has just begun...........
Man thinks that the creative yet lost mind of the developing being made them seek to find spiritual examples in their lives as deities to make their existance seem less one sided....
But know this as false,
because it is the nature of the divine to seek out those whos insight doesn't come from the favor of the many but the limits of the few, and it is here we are made...
It is the strange and the mysterious that makes the examples of existance seem more just random in their creation then direct..and with this understanding the new ideals of self creative hopeful messages or divine secrets..don't comeforth from a limited scope of want..but more an inner understanding of dynamics of being...
It is here our learning has begun and our answers aren't offered or setup by ourselves but more the sensations of the spiritual skin..those that don't know the idea of skin it is the aura or light limited heat field that is overlapped on the physical body....
With this learning we grow and then create and with this start to share in the cultual images take on a more universal puzzle then a simple quest of why or what.....(we will in the end get the way and what) that is not in question...
Now on to our task................
Get to my classroom and see for yourself...
If your in my class:
your journey has just begun...........
| Can you think like one of us? | by Luxas for everyone |
I created at a place on my space (dot) com
a bit of a puzzle for those that are willing to test their skills of knowledge....(it doesn't matter if you pass or fail) but to just see if you truely know....
Are you Wizard Worthy.....is the place
http://www.testriffic.com/friendtest/298551
If you score high you might want to be with us....
Wizard Luxas
a bit of a puzzle for those that are willing to test their skills of knowledge....(it doesn't matter if you pass or fail) but to just see if you truely know....
Are you Wizard Worthy.....is the place
http://www.testriffic.com/friendtest/298551
If you score high you might want to be with us....
Wizard Luxas
| Please don't think of me as picking on this voice | by Luxas for everyone |
Here
i wish to state why : simple messages that they may or may not get seem
to be beyond the limits of those that have only one side to their
reality.....
Wizard worthy? You have no
idea what you are tampering with, do you? You have no idea who you are
even talking down to, JUNIOR, like you are somehow higher up than me,
because you have a book. Fuck that! Fuck your little course!
I am ancient, I am timeless, I am classic. I go and sit with God and soak up his white light, right now. He comes to me and calls me my old friend. I am the one who is going to sit and sympathize and empathize with Earth Mother and heal some of the damage man has caused her. You think you learn that in Books? They tell you we can't do shit like that in books. God comes to me and talks to me. We go way back, he and I. He tells me we are old friends. Who are YOU? I read most of my abilities that I do already possess all the way up to the purple wizard level and I am two steps away from gold right now, with no studying, and I wouldn't touch grey if you paid me $5,000.
Next time, when someone writes to you and asks a question, instead of trying to act all high and mighty, you could learn a thing or two from Merlin in humility, and merely assuming you are better than them, or higher than them or have better connections than them, take the time and find out for certain first, at the risk of looking like a junior high student playing on mom and dad's computer, jerking with people for kicks.
I figure I've done excellent on my own, with my spiritual team and with God and the Buddha and the Archangels and the Ascended Masters. I'm so sorry I troubled you with my trivial questions. We're done here... M
Malina Havard, A Mystical Creation
http://www.amysticalcreation.com
Above & Beyond Psychic Readings
Malina@AMysticalCreation.com
"I don't JUST do readings, I OPEN other Psychics!"
Words aren't as simple as the wisdom there said to contain, and here you can clearly see is one such method, though this person may be true to their word...they know nothing of the universe....(grey or otherwise)
Reality isn't so clean, and Darkness isn't so messy (Growup and you might be more then a Psychic with a nitch)
Whoever you are...........
(I said serious not limited in mind set) or has all your reading been a fairytale as well....filled not with answers but merely images of the good that befalls everyone... (not all readings are good and not all lives are bad)
or are you a lost lamb looking for a shepard?
Thankyou for your time and goodluck with your (impressivily good readings about the good that has no other side)
do you drive just one way as well? must be tuff getting home without those pesky turns or turn-arounds...don't you think...
"Please remember i'm not focusing this message on anyone directly..but one way comes from the many, and not the other way about...." just ask a light as you turn it on...
I am ancient, I am timeless, I am classic. I go and sit with God and soak up his white light, right now. He comes to me and calls me my old friend. I am the one who is going to sit and sympathize and empathize with Earth Mother and heal some of the damage man has caused her. You think you learn that in Books? They tell you we can't do shit like that in books. God comes to me and talks to me. We go way back, he and I. He tells me we are old friends. Who are YOU? I read most of my abilities that I do already possess all the way up to the purple wizard level and I am two steps away from gold right now, with no studying, and I wouldn't touch grey if you paid me $5,000.
Next time, when someone writes to you and asks a question, instead of trying to act all high and mighty, you could learn a thing or two from Merlin in humility, and merely assuming you are better than them, or higher than them or have better connections than them, take the time and find out for certain first, at the risk of looking like a junior high student playing on mom and dad's computer, jerking with people for kicks.
I figure I've done excellent on my own, with my spiritual team and with God and the Buddha and the Archangels and the Ascended Masters. I'm so sorry I troubled you with my trivial questions. We're done here... M
Malina Havard, A Mystical Creation
http://www.amysticalcreation.com
Above & Beyond Psychic Readings
Malina@AMysticalCreation.com
"I don't JUST do readings, I OPEN other Psychics!"
Words aren't as simple as the wisdom there said to contain, and here you can clearly see is one such method, though this person may be true to their word...they know nothing of the universe....(grey or otherwise)
Reality isn't so clean, and Darkness isn't so messy (Growup and you might be more then a Psychic with a nitch)
Whoever you are...........
(I said serious not limited in mind set) or has all your reading been a fairytale as well....filled not with answers but merely images of the good that befalls everyone... (not all readings are good and not all lives are bad)
or are you a lost lamb looking for a shepard?
Thankyou for your time and goodluck with your (impressivily good readings about the good that has no other side)
do you drive just one way as well? must be tuff getting home without those pesky turns or turn-arounds...don't you think...
"Please remember i'm not focusing this message on anyone directly..but one way comes from the many, and not the other way about...." just ask a light as you turn it on...
| The Walking Shaman and our secrets | by Luxas for everyone |
(first
off i wish to thank the poster of this message and know that it is 67%
correct to the nature of the shaman....) The rest i will add later..
Basic Shamansim
http://www.tsunyotakohet.com/teaching/sc/sc1.htm
"The ancient ways have not ceased to work, we have ceased to work
the ancient ways."
Shaman is a term often mistakenly used in reference to a wide
variety of occult practitioners otherwise known as Medicine Men,
Witches, Wise Ones, Healers, and others involved in the occult arts
for the purpose of divination or healing. One of the main reasons
for the popularity of the term Shaman today is that it does not
carry with it the strongly negative connotation which has come to be
associated with many of the other titles previously mentioned.
The term 'Shaman' actually refers to a man or a woman who is able to
enter into an altered state of consciousness for the purpose of
embarking upon a spirit journey into alternate dimensions and
realities in order to access hidden knowledge or power to help
others. During this journey, the Shaman uses 'spirit helpers' as an
integral part of accomplishing his or her work. The work of finding
and allying these spirit helpers is a critical part of the shaman's
daily life.
Since the dawn of time, shamans have been the first, and often only,
line of defence against illness and chaos within their culture.
Their skills healed the sick. Their journeys and subsequent wisdom
gave order to the universe. Their powers of divination gave insight
into the future. They served as doctors, psychiatrists, and
ministers to their people. Their presence was central to the health
and well-being of their culture.
Specifically, shamans have three main functions within society;
Healing the diseased.
Accessing new or ancient knowledge from the Otherworlds.
Foretelling the future.
Although most shamans are familiar with all three aspects, each
shaman generally has a particular field of expertise. To a large
extent, the shaman's field of expertise is determined not only by
his/her natural abilities, but by the number and type of helping
spirits the shaman has allied.
To a shaman, disease (or dis-ease), within an individual or culture
is the result of one of two factors. The first factor is the loss of
a critical aspect of the self, such as the loss of one's soul or
power animal, which results in an imbalance or disharmony within the
body, mind or soul of that individual or culture. A second factor in
disease is the presence of a foreign intrusion within the self, also
resulting in imbalance and disharmony within the self. This foreign
intrusion may be either organic or inorganic in nature.
To facilitate the recovery of the victim, the shaman must go on an
exploratory journey deep inside the victim's many layers of self, or
possibly even into the Otherworlds to determine the cause of the
malady. If the shaman discovers the source of the problem, and has a
sufficient number of the 'right kind' of helping spirits, he or she
may then deal with the problem.
If the shaman does not have the right number and kind of helping
spirits, he/she must either find and ally them, or the shaman must
send the victim to another shaman known for that kind of disease. A
shaman must never attempt to take on a disease when lacking the
appropriate spirit helpers. To do so is to leave the shaman
himself/herself vulnerable to attack as well.
To accomplish his or her work, the Shaman learns to access the Other
Worlds through an altered state of consciousness. The ability to
move between and work in other worlds is not unique to shamanism,
although the work of the shaman is more closely tied to the Other
Worlds than other occult practices may be. For a correlation between
the work of a shaman and a tradition of Witchcraft known as a hedge
witch.
The work of learning to access the altered state of consciousness at
will and the subsequent task of acquiring helpers becomes the basis
upon which an individual is actually able to function as a Shaman.
The Shaman must be able to enter into non-ordinary reality and
explore and map that non-ordinary reality so that he or she knows
where to journey to find the appropriate helpers in order to
accomplish the desired task.
The journey into non-ordinary reality is most frequently
accomplished by what many would term visualization. The shaman will
make many countless journeys into non-ordinary reality. It is
essential that the shaman continue mapping and exploring every
aspect of non-ordinary realities to understand the nature, terrain
and occupants of each location, as well as acquire new helpers and
gain greater and greater experience with each subsequent journey.
The most frequent reasons for Shamanic Journeys include:
Finding a power animal for yourself or someone else. Recovering a
power animal or spirit guide that has left you or the person that
the journey is being made for. The search for foreign objects or
intrusions within the patient's body, which could be the source of
illness or loss of power. The search for the soul or a soul
fragment of the patient, which has been lost by trauma or
carelessness, or stolen by another person.
Once the shaman has entered into an alternate state of
consciousness, his/her primary vehicle for moving about the
Otherworld (consisting of a myriad of alternate dimensions and
realities) is a spontaneous visualization called a journey.
To the untrained spectator, the visions and experiences that the
shaman has during his journey can easily be written off as an over-
active imagination or a drug-induced hallucination.
To the shaman, the reality of the experience is never questioned.
The experiences of our conscious, waking reality holds no more
validity to the shaman than the visions and experiences of his or
her journey. By virtue of the shaman's intense belief in the things
that he or she saw and experienced and did while on the journey, the
shaman has carried the intent of the journey from the realm of the
imagination to the act of co-creating a new reality based on the
power that was generated and released during the ritual.
The shaman knows that the experiences actually occurred exactly as
he or she lived them. On this premise, the shaman has every right to
expect the outcome of the ritual to be exactly as he or she
experienced and created it. This ability to actually know the
validity of the experience comes from the empirical reinforcement
that whatever the shaman sees in the Otherworld, or whatever changes
the shaman makes in the Otherworld, there is a physical
manifestation of that reality in our world. A shaman does not merely
believe in what he sees and does, the shaman knows.
I am sure that many of you have been to groups or classes that
practice some form of guided visualization. As a result, I am often
asked if a guided visualization is a journey. I can only answer that
question in terms of whether the guided visualization actually met
the criteria of a shamanic journey. Here are a few points that you
can compare.
Did the visualization have a clearly defined intent, based on one of
the three reasons that a shaman journeys?
Was it for healing yourself or another?
Was it to retrieve actual hidden knowledge or power from another
world or dimension to help yourself or another?
Was it to divine some future event that might potentially have a
dramatic effect on your people or culture?
Did the journey follow some traditional shamanic pattern?
How did you enter and navigate the Underworld or the Web of Power?
What shamanic abilities did you demonstrate while on your journey?
What spirit helpers did you employ to help you accomplish your
intent?
Did your journey transcend imagination and achieve the level of
shamanic sight?
What did you see or do while on your journey that you can verify
once you have returned?
Did you achieve sufficient intensity to actually expect a change in
reality?
Over a reasonable period of time, did the intent of your journey
manifest itself in the way that you created it 'over there'?
If your guided visualization to the 'crystal castle' or
the 'enchanted lake' was a nice reprieve from normal reality, that's
fine. But that is not a journey.
A journey incorporates a clear, well defined intent to achieve a
specific task, combined with sufficient intensity and power to
achieve that end.
As we have already discussed, there are several critical aspects of
becoming a shaman. One is the ability of the individual to
successfully enter into an alternate state of consciousness. The
second is the ability to use shamanic sight to traverse the Web of
Power, accessing the myriad of other dimensions and realities. And
the third is the ability of the shaman to find and keep spirit
helpers, which actually enable the shaman to accomplish his or her
work in the Otherworld.
In simplest terms, spirit helpers are non-ordinary dimensional
beings who may resemble earthly forms or actually have a form in
mundane reality, such as plants, animals, birds, or insects, but
whose essence and power actually reside in other dimensions. A
shaman knows that the characteristics and powers of these beings in
other dimensions is quite different than what he or she might
experience here. For this reason, the shaman is constantly using his
or her intuitive powers to discern the presence of a helping
spirit. Should the shaman discern the presence of such a being,
the general practice is to immediately ingest the physical form,
thus also ensuring the assimilation of the higher aspects as well.
The subsequent responsibility is keeping and using that helping
spirit, while continuing to gather more.
The importance of the helping spirits in the life and work of the
shaman cannot be underestimated. A shaman, in many ways, is much
like the modern doctor. The doctor must be able to accurately
differentiate between a bacterial infection and a viral infection.
The shaman clearly understands that the various dis-eases within his
patients have a wide variety of causes, which must be accurately
diagnosed. Like the doctor, the shaman must know the proper 'cure'
for that disorder. And like the doctor, when the occasion requires,
the shaman must go deep within the patient to correct the problem or
remove the malignant intrusion.
Both practices require the utmost skill and knowledge. Where the
doctor relies on a wide variety of antibiotics and chemicals, the
shaman relies on a wide variety of helping spirits. The type and
intensity of each disease requires a specific type and number of
helping spirits to overcome it. Should the shaman attempt to extract
a specific intrusion without the proper type and number of helping
spirits, the shaman may in fact become the victim, instead of the
healer. This is the reason that shamans dedicate such a large
portion of their efforts to finding and keeping their helping
spirits; their very work as a shaman depends on it.
To understand the true meaning of a 'power animal', we must look
beyond man's normal perception of the domesticated animal kingdom;
creatures that can be harnessed for work, food for the table, or a
nuisance or danger to human habitation and progress. Specifically,
we must focus our attention upon the undomesticated animal
kingdom. It is believed that domestic animals, by their subjection
to man's will, have lost their 'Spirit' (their true and wild nature)
and no longer behave instinctually, as their wild counterparts do.
Thus, the domestic animal has given away or been robbed of its
innate power and abilities, and with only a very few exceptions, is
unworthy to be a power animal. When wild birds and animals are truly
studied and analysed in the context of their own habitat, away from
and untainted by man, we see that every animal has within its very
nature certain qualities and abilities that make it adept, if not
supreme, at survival within its realm. These abilities, in many
cases however, are not confined to just the physical realm.
Creatures like the bat, the raven and the owl and many others are
also associated with mysticism and the occult.
When we talk about finding our power animals, we are not just
talking about intellectualizing the beast, or an outward emotional
attachment to the Beast. We are talking about the ability to become
the Beast. It is the ability to 'shape shift', if you will, into the
Beast. The Beast is raw, unbridled instinct and power, called forth
from the deepest shadows of our essence in the instant that it is
needed, when the human aspect of our reality cannot achieve what it
must.
When a warrior faces his enemy, or a hunter chases his prey, or a
lover faces his love, or survival is at stake, the Beast rises from
within, sensing instinctively the moment, and responding
intuitively, according to its needs. It responds as the beast would
respond. When the Warrior/Hunter aspect is released, there is no
place the prey can run or hide that it cannot be found; no amount of
pleading will sway it; Death blows will not stop it. The Beast
Warrior becomes the dreaded Berserker, who says, 'You cannot kill
me, for I am already dead. I have entered into your Spirit, and I
own you. You are now mine.'
In a survival situation, it is the primal, raw energy called forth
to surmount impossible odds and overcome life-threatening
situations, such as the story of a father lifting a car to save the
life of his child. In love, it is the primal driving force to pure
ecstasy and orgasm, that holds back nothing. Within the intensity
and power of the unbridled beast, the Snake (Kundalini energy) rises
from its cradle of power deep within the base chakra, unleashing the
raw energy and power that washes over the body, renewing and
energizing the lovers.
It takes tremendous self-discipline to find and understand the Beast
within, to know the difference between the wild animal and the
human, so that the Beast does not overpower the human and become
dominant. The Beast is an aspect of the Shadow Kingdom, a resident
of our own dark side. It is an aspect of our subconscious. For many,
it is that part that we dare not admit exists. For others, we know
its power, and we dare not unleash it. To the Master, it is the
edge. It is pure, raw power on command. It is ecstasy, and our
doorway to the beyond. When it is no longer needed, it returns to
the Shadows that are its home.
One must learn how to work with the Beast, calling it forth at will
and then letting go of all logical thought. When all is said and
done, the Beast disappears back into the shadows from whence it
came. Remember, when the Beast returns to the Shadows, the mind and
the body must now adjust to the radical shift in consciousness. The
Beast has expended incredible amounts of energy; energy that must be
replaced. It may take several days of rest, food, and plenty of
liquids to replace what has been used (traditionally four days).
Take care of your body during this after-time so there are no ill
effects.
By your very nature, you are endowed with certain strengths and
abilities that are also possessed by certain power animals. By
discovering and studying the Beast(s) within, you may discover
deeper levels of strength and resilience, new and more effective
ways to apply that strength and ability, other related or supporting
strengths and abilities, added confidence in the use of the ability,
and frequently a new connection and reverence for our planetary
neighbours, the Beasts.
To find your power animal, you must be willing to drop all of your
illusions about who and what you believe you are, and about the
reality of your Dark Side. You do have one! We all do. You must be
willing to look deeply into the shadows of your Dark Side and see
the Beast looking back. Remember that your Dark Side only contains
those aspects of you that you have placed there, generally because
social consensus reality says these qualities are undesirable or
unacceptable. And we know very clearly that wild animals are not
socially acceptable.
Now that you have found your Beast's lair, now you must access the
Beast. In a safe place, away from those who would criticize and
scorn, release the beast. Call it up and feel it. Become the
Beast. Hold nothing back. Let you human consciousness go. Wild
animals live by intuition and instinct. Become the Beast.
To attract a power animal, the process is very similar. Instead of
finding the animal, you must entice it in. Remember, you are not
trying to capture it, you are trying to become it. Power animals
cannot be captured and caged. You cannot domesticate it. You cannot
train it and ride it at will like a horse. It's not like seeing it
in a zoo. You must meet it on its terms, not yours. You must call
the essence of the Beast in by imitating its behaviour, calling it,
enticing it, playing with it, allowing it to flow into you.
Experiencing a power animal is not about a human trying to think
like an animal, or a human trying to feel like an animal. This
concept is not about you experiencing the animal. This concept is
about you becoming an animal. An animal with strength and power far
superior to your own. An animal with instincts honed to perfection
by centuries of practice. An animal perfect in its environment. You
must allow yourself to become the desired animal.
Another important aspect of Shamanism is the tools the shaman uses,
both to create the altered states of consciousness, and the work
which is being done within the altered reality. Tools of shamanic
practice include drums, rattles, bells, songs, and dances. Drums are
used in shamanic work to create the low frequency, monotonous rhythm
which alters the brain wave pattern of the shaman, allowing the
shaman to induce and maintain the altered states more easily. The
rhythm of the drum, under the control of the shaman's assistant
(frequently the shaman's apprentice or mate) helps set or adjust the
tempo of the journey to aid the shaman through various transitions
or challenges during the journey.
In addition, the shaman frequently has a chant or song, called a
power song, which he may employ during the ritual to call in spirit
helpers that may be required. It has been my experience that
these 'power songs' come from one of two sources. The power song is
either passed from shaman to apprentice within a particular tribe or
clan, or the power song is given by the power animal or helper to
the shaman as a way for the shaman to connect to that animal or
helper when desired.
A final object that I might mention here, employed by myself and
many other shaman, is the quartz crystal. The stone can be employed
in many different ways because of the vibrational quality that each
stone carries. I use a single quartz crystal in the soul retrieval
ritual as a comfortable and protected way to carry the soul of my
patient back to the body from the Otherworld so that it can
be 'blown' back into the patient.
http://www.tsunyota
"The ancient ways have not ceased to work, we have ceased to work
the ancient ways."
Shaman is a term often mistakenly used in reference to a wide
variety of occult practitioners otherwise known as Medicine Men,
Witches, Wise Ones, Healers, and others involved in the occult arts
for the purpose of divination or healing. One of the main reasons
for the popularity of the term Shaman today is that it does not
carry with it the strongly negative connotation which has come to be
associated with many of the other titles previously mentioned.
The term 'Shaman' actually refers to a man or a woman who is able to
enter into an altered state of consciousness for the purpose of
embarking upon a spirit journey into alternate dimensions and
realities in order to access hidden knowledge or power to help
others. During this journey, the Shaman uses 'spirit helpers' as an
integral part of accomplishing his or her work. The work of finding
and allying these spirit helpers is a critical part of the shaman's
daily life.
Since the dawn of time, shamans have been the first, and often only,
line of defence against illness and chaos within their culture.
Their skills healed the sick. Their journeys and subsequent wisdom
gave order to the universe. Their powers of divination gave insight
into the future. They served as doctors, psychiatrists, and
ministers to their people. Their presence was central to the health
and well-being of their culture.
Specifically, shamans have three main functions within society;
Healing the diseased.
Accessing new or ancient knowledge from the Otherworlds.
Foretelling the future.
Although most shamans are familiar with all three aspects, each
shaman generally has a particular field of expertise. To a large
extent, the shaman's field of expertise is determined not only by
his/her natural abilities, but by the number and type of helping
spirits the shaman has allied.
To a shaman, disease (or dis-ease), within an individual or culture
is the result of one of two factors. The first factor is the loss of
a critical aspect of the self, such as the loss of one's soul or
power animal, which results in an imbalance or disharmony within the
body, mind or soul of that individual or culture. A second factor in
disease is the presence of a foreign intrusion within the self, also
resulting in imbalance and disharmony within the self. This foreign
intrusion may be either organic or inorganic in nature.
To facilitate the recovery of the victim, the shaman must go on an
exploratory journey deep inside the victim's many layers of self, or
possibly even into the Otherworlds to determine the cause of the
malady. If the shaman discovers the source of the problem, and has a
sufficient number of the 'right kind' of helping spirits, he or she
may then deal with the problem.
If the shaman does not have the right number and kind of helping
spirits, he/she must either find and ally them, or the shaman must
send the victim to another shaman known for that kind of disease. A
shaman must never attempt to take on a disease when lacking the
appropriate spirit helpers. To do so is to leave the shaman
himself/herself vulnerable to attack as well.
To accomplish his or her work, the Shaman learns to access the Other
Worlds through an altered state of consciousness. The ability to
move between and work in other worlds is not unique to shamanism,
although the work of the shaman is more closely tied to the Other
Worlds than other occult practices may be. For a correlation between
the work of a shaman and a tradition of Witchcraft known as a hedge
witch.
The work of learning to access the altered state of consciousness at
will and the subsequent task of acquiring helpers becomes the basis
upon which an individual is actually able to function as a Shaman.
The Shaman must be able to enter into non-ordinary reality and
explore and map that non-ordinary reality so that he or she knows
where to journey to find the appropriate helpers in order to
accomplish the desired task.
The journey into non-ordinary reality is most frequently
accomplished by what many would term visualization. The shaman will
make many countless journeys into non-ordinary reality. It is
essential that the shaman continue mapping and exploring every
aspect of non-ordinary realities to understand the nature, terrain
and occupants of each location, as well as acquire new helpers and
gain greater and greater experience with each subsequent journey.
The most frequent reasons for Shamanic Journeys include:
Finding a power animal for yourself or someone else. Recovering a
power animal or spirit guide that has left you or the person that
the journey is being made for. The search for foreign objects or
intrusions within the patient's body, which could be the source of
illness or loss of power. The search for the soul or a soul
fragment of the patient, which has been lost by trauma or
carelessness, or stolen by another person.
Once the shaman has entered into an alternate state of
consciousness, his/her primary vehicle for moving about the
Otherworld (consisting of a myriad of alternate dimensions and
realities) is a spontaneous visualization called a journey.
To the untrained spectator, the visions and experiences that the
shaman has during his journey can easily be written off as an over-
active imagination or a drug-induced hallucination.
To the shaman, the reality of the experience is never questioned.
The experiences of our conscious, waking reality holds no more
validity to the shaman than the visions and experiences of his or
her journey. By virtue of the shaman's intense belief in the things
that he or she saw and experienced and did while on the journey, the
shaman has carried the intent of the journey from the realm of the
imagination to the act of co-creating a new reality based on the
power that was generated and released during the ritual.
The shaman knows that the experiences actually occurred exactly as
he or she lived them. On this premise, the shaman has every right to
expect the outcome of the ritual to be exactly as he or she
experienced and created it. This ability to actually know the
validity of the experience comes from the empirical reinforcement
that whatever the shaman sees in the Otherworld, or whatever changes
the shaman makes in the Otherworld, there is a physical
manifestation of that reality in our world. A shaman does not merely
believe in what he sees and does, the shaman knows.
I am sure that many of you have been to groups or classes that
practice some form of guided visualization. As a result, I am often
asked if a guided visualization is a journey. I can only answer that
question in terms of whether the guided visualization actually met
the criteria of a shamanic journey. Here are a few points that you
can compare.
Did the visualization have a clearly defined intent, based on one of
the three reasons that a shaman journeys?
Was it for healing yourself or another?
Was it to retrieve actual hidden knowledge or power from another
world or dimension to help yourself or another?
Was it to divine some future event that might potentially have a
dramatic effect on your people or culture?
Did the journey follow some traditional shamanic pattern?
How did you enter and navigate the Underworld or the Web of Power?
What shamanic abilities did you demonstrate while on your journey?
What spirit helpers did you employ to help you accomplish your
intent?
Did your journey transcend imagination and achieve the level of
shamanic sight?
What did you see or do while on your journey that you can verify
once you have returned?
Did you achieve sufficient intensity to actually expect a change in
reality?
Over a reasonable period of time, did the intent of your journey
manifest itself in the way that you created it 'over there'?
If your guided visualization to the 'crystal castle' or
the 'enchanted lake' was a nice reprieve from normal reality, that's
fine. But that is not a journey.
A journey incorporates a clear, well defined intent to achieve a
specific task, combined with sufficient intensity and power to
achieve that end.
As we have already discussed, there are several critical aspects of
becoming a shaman. One is the ability of the individual to
successfully enter into an alternate state of consciousness. The
second is the ability to use shamanic sight to traverse the Web of
Power, accessing the myriad of other dimensions and realities. And
the third is the ability of the shaman to find and keep spirit
helpers, which actually enable the shaman to accomplish his or her
work in the Otherworld.
In simplest terms, spirit helpers are non-ordinary dimensional
beings who may resemble earthly forms or actually have a form in
mundane reality, such as plants, animals, birds, or insects, but
whose essence and power actually reside in other dimensions. A
shaman knows that the characteristics and powers of these beings in
other dimensions is quite different than what he or she might
experience here. For this reason, the shaman is constantly using his
or her intuitive powers to discern the presence of a helping
spirit. Should the shaman discern the presence of such a being,
the general practice is to immediately ingest the physical form,
thus also ensuring the assimilation of the higher aspects as well.
The subsequent responsibility is keeping and using that helping
spirit, while continuing to gather more.
The importance of the helping spirits in the life and work of the
shaman cannot be underestimated. A shaman, in many ways, is much
like the modern doctor. The doctor must be able to accurately
differentiate between a bacterial infection and a viral infection.
The shaman clearly understands that the various dis-eases within his
patients have a wide variety of causes, which must be accurately
diagnosed. Like the doctor, the shaman must know the proper 'cure'
for that disorder. And like the doctor, when the occasion requires,
the shaman must go deep within the patient to correct the problem or
remove the malignant intrusion.
Both practices require the utmost skill and knowledge. Where the
doctor relies on a wide variety of antibiotics and chemicals, the
shaman relies on a wide variety of helping spirits. The type and
intensity of each disease requires a specific type and number of
helping spirits to overcome it. Should the shaman attempt to extract
a specific intrusion without the proper type and number of helping
spirits, the shaman may in fact become the victim, instead of the
healer. This is the reason that shamans dedicate such a large
portion of their efforts to finding and keeping their helping
spirits; their very work as a shaman depends on it.
To understand the true meaning of a 'power animal', we must look
beyond man's normal perception of the domesticated animal kingdom;
creatures that can be harnessed for work, food for the table, or a
nuisance or danger to human habitation and progress. Specifically,
we must focus our attention upon the undomesticated animal
kingdom. It is believed that domestic animals, by their subjection
to man's will, have lost their 'Spirit' (their true and wild nature)
and no longer behave instinctually, as their wild counterparts do.
Thus, the domestic animal has given away or been robbed of its
innate power and abilities, and with only a very few exceptions, is
unworthy to be a power animal. When wild birds and animals are truly
studied and analysed in the context of their own habitat, away from
and untainted by man, we see that every animal has within its very
nature certain qualities and abilities that make it adept, if not
supreme, at survival within its realm. These abilities, in many
cases however, are not confined to just the physical realm.
Creatures like the bat, the raven and the owl and many others are
also associated with mysticism and the occult.
When we talk about finding our power animals, we are not just
talking about intellectualizing the beast, or an outward emotional
attachment to the Beast. We are talking about the ability to become
the Beast. It is the ability to 'shape shift', if you will, into the
Beast. The Beast is raw, unbridled instinct and power, called forth
from the deepest shadows of our essence in the instant that it is
needed, when the human aspect of our reality cannot achieve what it
must.
When a warrior faces his enemy, or a hunter chases his prey, or a
lover faces his love, or survival is at stake, the Beast rises from
within, sensing instinctively the moment, and responding
intuitively, according to its needs. It responds as the beast would
respond. When the Warrior/Hunter aspect is released, there is no
place the prey can run or hide that it cannot be found; no amount of
pleading will sway it; Death blows will not stop it. The Beast
Warrior becomes the dreaded Berserker, who says, 'You cannot kill
me, for I am already dead. I have entered into your Spirit, and I
own you. You are now mine.'
In a survival situation, it is the primal, raw energy called forth
to surmount impossible odds and overcome life-threatening
situations, such as the story of a father lifting a car to save the
life of his child. In love, it is the primal driving force to pure
ecstasy and orgasm, that holds back nothing. Within the intensity
and power of the unbridled beast, the Snake (Kundalini energy) rises
from its cradle of power deep within the base chakra, unleashing the
raw energy and power that washes over the body, renewing and
energizing the lovers.
It takes tremendous self-discipline to find and understand the Beast
within, to know the difference between the wild animal and the
human, so that the Beast does not overpower the human and become
dominant. The Beast is an aspect of the Shadow Kingdom, a resident
of our own dark side. It is an aspect of our subconscious. For many,
it is that part that we dare not admit exists. For others, we know
its power, and we dare not unleash it. To the Master, it is the
edge. It is pure, raw power on command. It is ecstasy, and our
doorway to the beyond. When it is no longer needed, it returns to
the Shadows that are its home.
One must learn how to work with the Beast, calling it forth at will
and then letting go of all logical thought. When all is said and
done, the Beast disappears back into the shadows from whence it
came. Remember, when the Beast returns to the Shadows, the mind and
the body must now adjust to the radical shift in consciousness. The
Beast has expended incredible amounts of energy; energy that must be
replaced. It may take several days of rest, food, and plenty of
liquids to replace what has been used (traditionally four days).
Take care of your body during this after-time so there are no ill
effects.
By your very nature, you are endowed with certain strengths and
abilities that are also possessed by certain power animals. By
discovering and studying the Beast(s) within, you may discover
deeper levels of strength and resilience, new and more effective
ways to apply that strength and ability, other related or supporting
strengths and abilities, added confidence in the use of the ability,
and frequently a new connection and reverence for our planetary
neighbours, the Beasts.
To find your power animal, you must be willing to drop all of your
illusions about who and what you believe you are, and about the
reality of your Dark Side. You do have one! We all do. You must be
willing to look deeply into the shadows of your Dark Side and see
the Beast looking back. Remember that your Dark Side only contains
those aspects of you that you have placed there, generally because
social consensus reality says these qualities are undesirable or
unacceptable. And we know very clearly that wild animals are not
socially acceptable.
Now that you have found your Beast's lair, now you must access the
Beast. In a safe place, away from those who would criticize and
scorn, release the beast. Call it up and feel it. Become the
Beast. Hold nothing back. Let you human consciousness go. Wild
animals live by intuition and instinct. Become the Beast.
To attract a power animal, the process is very similar. Instead of
finding the animal, you must entice it in. Remember, you are not
trying to capture it, you are trying to become it. Power animals
cannot be captured and caged. You cannot domesticate it. You cannot
train it and ride it at will like a horse. It's not like seeing it
in a zoo. You must meet it on its terms, not yours. You must call
the essence of the Beast in by imitating its behaviour, calling it,
enticing it, playing with it, allowing it to flow into you.
Experiencing a power animal is not about a human trying to think
like an animal, or a human trying to feel like an animal. This
concept is not about you experiencing the animal. This concept is
about you becoming an animal. An animal with strength and power far
superior to your own. An animal with instincts honed to perfection
by centuries of practice. An animal perfect in its environment. You
must allow yourself to become the desired animal.
Another important aspect of Shamanism is the tools the shaman uses,
both to create the altered states of consciousness, and the work
which is being done within the altered reality. Tools of shamanic
practice include drums, rattles, bells, songs, and dances. Drums are
used in shamanic work to create the low frequency, monotonous rhythm
which alters the brain wave pattern of the shaman, allowing the
shaman to induce and maintain the altered states more easily. The
rhythm of the drum, under the control of the shaman's assistant
(frequently the shaman's apprentice or mate) helps set or adjust the
tempo of the journey to aid the shaman through various transitions
or challenges during the journey.
In addition, the shaman frequently has a chant or song, called a
power song, which he may employ during the ritual to call in spirit
helpers that may be required. It has been my experience that
these 'power songs' come from one of two sources. The power song is
either passed from shaman to apprentice within a particular tribe or
clan, or the power song is given by the power animal or helper to
the shaman as a way for the shaman to connect to that animal or
helper when desired.
A final object that I might mention here, employed by myself and
many other shaman, is the quartz crystal. The stone can be employed
in many different ways because of the vibrational quality that each
stone carries. I use a single quartz crystal in the soul retrieval
ritual as a comfortable and protected way to carry the soul of my
patient back to the body from the Otherworld so that it can
be 'blown' back into the patient.
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