Post No. 806 – A nonphysical navigation technique

I actually first began this article back in around 2009 or 2010, just after I had been to the Parliament of the World’s Religions. At the time, I was trying to get a new group, the Rangers of the Inner Plane, off the ground: that may yet happen in the physical (there are a few of us in the astral), but that is likely to be some time off.

One of the benefits of that, however, has been a few useful techniques (e.g., see here) and refinements of my teaching methods. One of the techniques that I want to write about in this post is a guide to navigation in the non-physical.

Now, one of the problems in trying to get people to work together psychically is that we tend to all have slightly different focuses. If I ask two people to, say ... “look into the astral”, I am likely to get the psychic equivalent of a short sighted red-green colour blind person and a long sighted person with no colour blindness looking at a vista with lots of reds and greens: one will see things up close with a sort of filter, and the other will see things without the filter, but only if they are further away.

I consider this to be a large part of the problems that developing psychics/mediums have: their psychism/mediumship is actually OK, it is just focused elsewhere when compared to their teacher’s focus. I personally consider it is up to the teacher to then find that focus, and help the student to bring it back to where it should be. So, as an example, if a student cannot see a thought form you have created, possibly check for their (psychic equivalent of) focal length, etc.

What is needed is a psychic equivalent of a map reference system – latitude and longitude in the non-physical realms.

Simply trying to use the usual planes of existence (physical, etheric, lower astral, upper astral, mental, soul, causal) is not good enough, as there can be massive variation within each plane. You could think of using the planes (e.g., it is on the lower astral) much as the equivalent of saying “it is on Jupiter, not Mars or Earth”: then you have to find where exactly “it” is …

The technique developed that I want to write about is to use a grid system – and I warn now that it isn’t simple, or easy.

The first element or “side” of the grid is based on the chakras, and the second side is based on the Theosophical idea of “the seven rays”.

Now, each chakra is a specific energy centre, with reasonably specific characteristics. For instance, the throat chakra is generally more effective at communication than, say, the second chakra (although each chakra can be used for other functions other than their “traditional” meanings). Furthermore, each chakra is a connection to a plane of existence, and a body that we have on that level.

Our base chakra is connected to the survival of our physical body; the second chakra is connected to our etheric, the solar plexus to the lower astral, and so on. So the first part of this navigation is, as an example, “energise your 4^th chakra” (which chakra is the 4^th depends on which system you are using – the “traditional” 7 chakra system, or others – such as the 13 chakra system that I use) “and travel to the level of your 4^th body”.

You could say “go to the lower astral”, but that assumes “lower astral” has the same meaning to everyone. This way gives a little more rigour to the matter.

The next aspect relates to the seven “Rays” used in Western Mystery Traditions. There have been a range of sets of colours and attributes over time – for instance, Theosophical thoughts on this can be read about here and here, and apparently C.W. Leadbetter had (from here) the following:

• First ray: Magic of Will of magician;
• Second ray: Magic of Raja Yoga (Development of Mind);
• Third ray: Magic of Astrology (Natural Magnetic Forces);
• Fourth ray: Magic of Hatha Yoga (physical development);
• Fifth ray: Magic of Alchemy (Manipulation of Material Substances);
• Sixth ray: Magic of Bhakti Yoga (Selfless Service and Altruistic Love; agape);
• Seventh ray: Ceremonial magic (Invocation of Elementals, and Devas).

For the sake of having an agreed set to use, the rays / colours for this technique are those developed by Alice A. Bailey (from here, using a very much cut down version for simplicity):

Ray	Concept	Colours
First	"Will or Power"	Red
Second	"Love-wisdom"	Blue
Third	"Adaptability" or "Active Intelligence"	Yellow
Fourth	Beauty or Harmony or "Harmony through Conflict"	Green
Fifth	Concrete Knowledge or Science	Orange
Sixth	"Devotion" or "Abstract Idealism"	Violet
Seventh	"Organisation and Ritual" or "Ceremonial organization" or "Ceremonial Magic or Order"	Indigo

To understand this you would probably have to read Bailey’s The Seven Rays of Life (pub. Lucis Publishing Co., New York, 1995), but just the colours themselves will suffice for the navigational technique.

(There is more, incidentally, on this topic on p. 499 of Christopher  Penczak’s book “The Temple of High Witchcraft” [pub. Llewellyn, ISBN-13 978-0-7387-1165-2], but I’ve currently got that packed away :( )

Now, think of a colour, any colour. That colour, whatever it is, can be described as a combination of three primary colours. As I was writing this, I chose a colour, which is described as 86 red, 53 green and 101 blue.

Any energy state, which is to say, any location of state of being on a particular non-physical plane, should be locatable, to some extent, by describing the “ray coordinates” – e.g., this location is predominantly Ray 3, or that location is – say - 40% Ray 4 and 60% Ray 7. If you’re good enough, maybe you could describe the constituent Rays fully, including their BPM and nonBPM components (I did mention three years minimum of training for prospective incarnate Rangers, right?).

As an example of the latter, consider the following diagrams, which are examples of ways to map a location on a particular level:

This mapping is, as mentioned earlier, a little like specifying the colour combinations that go into making a specific colour. It can, as outlined here, be used for navigation, but it could also be used to gain an understanding of how we are on the various levels of our being –for instance, do we have too much red of the astral, or not enough orange on the lower mental level? Perhaps we have the wrong shade of blue on the lower astral. 
The technique to use to determine the relative proportions of energies is a topic for another post, perhaps, and boils down to finding what works best for each person concerned. 

If you decide to try this, and persist enough to be able to use it, may it be of benefit. I would expect there are many other such techniques around. Eventually, people will start working out which ones work and which ones don’t, and, even further down the track, people will realise one size does not fit all, and start working which techniques work for various people …

[1] BPM = Balanced Positive (spiritually) Mature. See here and here for more on this.
[2] Please see here, here, here and my post "The Death of Wikipedia" for the reasons I now recommend caution when using Wikipedia. I'm also exploring use of h2g2, although that doesn't appear to be as extensive (h2g2 is intended - rather engagingly - to be the Earth edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy").

[3] I apologise for the formatting: it seems Blogger is no longer as WYSIWYG as it used to be, and there are a lot of unwanted changes to layout made upon publishing, so I often have to edit it immediately after publishing to get the format as close to what I want as possible.

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr, Pagan Energy Worker, Wéofodthegn

(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux … aka Morinehtar … would-be drýicgan or maga ... )

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Tags: astral travel, chakras, energy work, etheric travel, navigation, Rangers of the Inner Plane,

First published: Manadagr, 4^th January, 2016

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Monday, 4^th January, 2016