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 Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:40 am
I was wondering may I still join this class? Learning about energy would be pretty fun.
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:41 pm
"Yes Mother..." XD
I decided since I don't have a headache today, I'll take this chance to try catching up. I think I was dehydrating myself... XP
So here's lesson 7.
Since it has to do with elements, I'm first going to rant about how I visualize them/work with them. I see earth not only as plants and such like most people, but also as the terrain in which they grow, be it soil or rock or sand or whatever... I see the elements as a duality. Of course, earth and water are considered the "passive, feminine" elements, but there's also that aggressive side to them. The roots of some plants can pierce straight through a rock, and water can be one of the most destructive forces on earth (Floods, anyone? gonk ). Then there's the passive side to the "masculine" elements of air and fire: heat from a campfire or such, and on a hot summer day, a cool breeze can be rather refreshing.
When I work with an element, earth for example (I seem to use that a lot...) I'll add in a bit from each other element, because they're all inter-related. Earth feeds fire, water and air feed earth, and earth (plants) release oxygen (air).
For this lesson, I decided to shield my BoS against prying eyes, using, again, earth (it's the most stable). I took it and opened it, and, flipping through all the pages, visualized small vines wrapping gently around each page to protect them individually. I closed it and visualized thicker vines wrapping around the book as a whole, then created a lock out of dirt and stone. I visualized the book sinking into the earth and planted a tree on top of it (maybe by now I'm going a bit overboard with this shield, but my family tends to look through my things... XP And we have a guest over, too). Anyway, this is where I incorporated other elements. After placing the tree on top of the book, I watered it and rustled its leaves a bit with the wind. I was going to say I didn't use fire, but I gave the tree some light, which I guess would be considered fire... (goodness gracious, great balls of fire! {sorry, had to... XD})
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:43 pm
Very interesting! You should definately try the shielding against unwanted visitors in your personal space. Just make sure you're grounded!
Great creativity, too, I love it.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:19 pm
lesson 7 log...
ok, so this one was fun.
I went outside to get myself surunded by the natural elements of nature, since my room felt a little stuffy. So i meditated and tried my element, AIR. It was a little breezy out so i could feel it brushing up against my skin, so that helped. I "saw it spiral around me in a counterclockwise motion, since i was programing it to repel negetivite and harm. I then gave it a seafoam greenish color, since it was hard to visualive if it was clear.
As i started to raise the sheild from my feet to my head the wind began to pick up. The trees made beautiful music as the sheild was forming, and the wind seemed to lift me off my feet.
And when i was all done, the wind seemed to stop, it was all very intresting. I think i controled the weather. Which is bad, but i didnt mean to. It just happened.
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so later that day a fly came toward me. It is a flying creature, so that makes it a creature of the air, and i think that was segnificant. Me, not being squemish, tried to bring the fly to me. I put my hand toward the fly and it flew away. Then i sent some of my sheild to touch it. If that makes any sence. After that the fly was all over my bear feet, which i had just walked over the fresh earth with. It tickled me as it scurried around. I "told it" to come closer. It was like telepathy, or like energy programing or something. But the fly listened and came up my legs. Then it went to my arms. And oddest of all i got it to land on my shoulder. It was really cool, and amazing. Id love to do that again some day. It was like i had a little friend.
Has this ever happened to anyone else. Where a animal seemed to be atracted to thei sheild. And one of the element they were using? It couldnt have been coinsidence...
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:53 pm
Actually, you might call me insane, but you actually can talk to animals. Some people will get feelings, but the feelings are basically the same. I talk to my dog all the time. I've got a bird, too, and it's interesting how aware they are about the world around them. You might actually learn a thing or two. wink
Your fly may have sensed your wanting, and complied because it is such a (this probably won't make sense, but I'll say it anyway) single-minded creature. You told it what to do, and it can't think anything else kinda thing.
A great topic, however kinda outside the bounds of energy work. Sorry, Z sad . If you want some advice/link(s), PM me.
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:34 pm
hehh, it sounds kind of familiar to what happens to me sometimes. I'm able to call butterflies and moths to just.. land on me. It's kind of like "Come over here, if you please" and they usually do. It's so fun. I usually don't do a lot of shield work around insects though, if I can help it. I find them distracting, especially the buzzing of their wings. ^^"
Welking Path, there is no way I'd think that's insane. I talk to my cats all the time! Lots of people do, especially to their pets. I tihnk it's just because I've been around them so long, that I now know how to communicate. ^^
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:24 pm
Hello, I'm joining the class ^_^ Since I already pm'ed you about it anyway...
Well, firstly, Lesson one: The most basic energy technique I've used, so far.
Well, if I rub long enough, I'll pull apart my hands, and I feel like I'm holding a weird ball, thats tingly and warm. Then, if I try to push my hands together, the ball tries to push my hands apart, like a strange pair of magnets.
Sometimes, I'll pull apart and each of my hands feel warm and tingly, as though the energy is a glove around each hand. This normally stays even when I try to shake it off, or try to release the energy, so sometimes I wonder if I can let go of it well. I'll have days where energy just collects on my hands, and I normally just hold it since I can't do much else.
Will post soon with the second lesson! ^_^
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:56 pm
3nodding Just keep plugging away....
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:28 am
Reflection
It is time for reflection. You have learned the basics of energy work, and (if you've finished Lesson #7) you are near the end of what I have planned to teach you in this course. I will still be around for those who wish to still take the course, and I would love to discuss energy work, ethics, and how energy relates to your healing, meditation, and other magicks with those who have "completed" these lessons.
I may also come up with more suggestions/mini-lessons and discussions and occasionally put them up, of course changing the title of the class to match the discussion.
So, I will post a series of questions for each of you to reflect on. Write down each of the questions in your Book of Shadows, as well as your response. You do not have to publicly discuss your answers, though I would appreciate the answers to some of your questions, or questions of your own. If you wish to discuss things with just me, PM me and we can work out your conserns that way.
Here is your reflection question sheet, in no particular order:
--Has energy become a part of my daily life since I have done these lessons?
--Has my control of energy increased?
--Can I control more energy at any given time?
--How has my energy lessons increased my magick circles?
--How has energy effected my meditations?
--Am I grounding good enough? What is my best method of grounding?
--Have I explored energy work outside of these lessons?
--Have I grown on my own instead of waiting for WP or another teacher to tell me what to do? How much experimenting has been my own invention?
--How much energy does it take to make a well-wishing shield?
--Create a new energy shield. What is it best for? How do I make it?
--Can I juggle my energy balls?
--What is my favorite shape to make?
--What is my favorite texture?
--What outside energy force do I use the most?
--Is it okay to use energy from other people?
--Is it okay to use energy from a mob of people?
--When is energy use ever harmful?
--How has/can energy work help my healing abilities?
--Could a wall of energy ever physically stop a person from entering a room/part of a room?
--How can I use energy to hide something that is physically sitting in plain view?
--Why is it bad to use magickal energy in a thunderstorm?
--What more do I want to learn about magickal energy?
--Have I found other teachers/other websites?
--How will this help me as I go through life, reguardless of religion or beliefs?
Thanks, guys, you've been a great learning expierence for me! I'll still be here for mini lessons and discussion, plus helping people go through the first seven lessons. 3nodding
Love and Blessings,
~WP
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:57 pm
O.o That's a lot of questions!
Anyway, I'm back from the shore.
I was tired from playing in the ocean and walking around all day, so I didn't to much, but I created a little ball of water energy, had it dance around me and made it go off and bother my brother. XD
Reflection questions...
I had to laugh at the juggling one... I can't even juggle real balls! But I can make the ones made of energy "dance" around me.... XD
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:47 pm
Good, very good, Strawberry. Can you remind me what lesson you got done with?
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:12 am
I posted lesson seven earlier on this page. Like at the top...
I made a couple of modifications to the "shield your space" tree thing, so it would fit me better, and I plan on doing it later on.
And this morning I felt rather ecstatic, so I used some of that energy and pushed it through my pillow.
[I feel like I'm regressing, though, when I keep playing with energy balls. But they're so much easier to play with than shields; shields seem much more serious, so to speak.]
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:48 pm
3nodding I know what you mean. Shields--for some people, at least--shouldn't be used AGAINST anything harmful unless you feel threatened. You could use shields to bring good things to you, like a simple "Luck" shield or "Fortune," but if you're a happy-go-lucky person then these may not even be needed, let alone the "Ban All Illness" and "Ban PSI Vamps."
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:51 am
this is sad. I felt like you said you had more to teach us...Y_Y But i feel like i have been able to now take this to a new level, and make my own lesons. I use energy all the time now. It is really amusing. I dont really make balls and sheilds with it though. Ive pushed and pulled energy in and out of pets and plants alot. I guse i make balls to heal, and place it inside of me. like a orange balls for ny knees, and a black ball that i push through me for digestion. Its weird, the colors just come to me. And i think they have no real meaning, but it happens.
One thing the questions brought up was that i have a problem still with making shapes and textures. I dont think i will ever get it, or if i will ever see how it is usefull. So can you explain why i would need to learn that?
Also, i know you said not to talk about the "fly" here, but it deals with energy. Ok, so i had a fly, a diffrent fly. It was in my room, and i wanted sleep. I made a wall of energy and started at the far wall away from my door. I pushed the wall towards the door and walked with my arms raised up and out. by the time the wall hit the fly, it moved toward the door. Once it reached the door, the fly fley out.
so i think this has to do with energy more than just a comunication. And i feel that animals can hear me through my energy. Is that possible, and it kinda makes sence. We both have energy feilds around us, so sending messages through them may actualy be easier than comunicating through words...
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:03 pm
zabazor this is sad. I felt like you said you had more to teach us...Y_Y But i feel like i have been able to now take this to a new level, and make my own lesons. I use energy all the time now. It is really amusing. I dont really make balls and sheilds with it though. Ive pushed and pulled energy in and out of pets and plants alot. I guse i make balls to heal, and place it inside of me. like a orange balls for ny knees, and a black ball that i push through me for digestion. Its weird, the colors just come to me. And i think they have no real meaning, but it happens. One thing the questions brought up was that i have a problem still with making shapes and textures. I dont think i will ever get it, or if i will ever see how it is usefull. So can you explain why i would need to learn that? Also, i know you said not to talk about the "fly" here, but it deals with energy. Ok, so i had a fly, a diffrent fly. It was in my room, and i wanted sleep. I made a wall of energy and started at the far wall away from my door. I pushed the wall towards the door and walked with my arms raised up and out. by the time the wall hit the fly, it moved toward the door. Once it reached the door, the fly fley out. so i think this has to do with energy more than just a comunication. And i feel that animals can hear me through my energy. Is that possible, and it kinda makes sence. We both have energy feilds around us, so sending messages through them may actualy be easier than comunicating through words... Zab I never said I was done teaching you! I'll have mini-lessons and plenty of discussion, but I feel like people like you and Strawberry, who have been "here" since the beginning, have learned a lot and can now move on to doing your own thing. 3nodding So don't freak out on me, okay? Yes, energy is used a lot through healing (duh). And it makes sense that the energy balls help you with your healing. Just don't make too much of a habit with it--you may just turn yourself into a psi vamp. Remember: Do the mundane things first, then magick. Mundane, Magick. Shapes and textures are just fun things to expiriment with. They're fun for energy games with friends, or even your dog or cat. Just fun, not really a big deal. And I'll set up something where we can chat about the animals, all of us. 3nodding This is where it gets really hard--where you recognize that energy is in everything and that it is (I believe, at least) the second most important skill any Witch can have (second only to meditation)--and you want to learn more. Don't ever lose your thirst for knowledge, Zab. It's keeping me on my toes. smile
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