Teaching the "good" (balanced positive and spiritually mature) safe ways to counter the "bad" (out of balance, spiritually immature), using over half a century of lived experience in fields such as spirit rescue, clearing, energy work, crystals, activist Paganism/Witchcraft, past lives, healing, and teaching, including sharing some of my problems [Content Warning!] and spiritual / psychic innovations. Opinions are mine UNO.
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I’ve been watching the <magical film series> , and I have to say … wizards and
witches in that Universe suck at combat. But then again, so do many who serve
the Light in this world as well.
That’s not to say none have courage, skill and tenacity, the sort of
individual attributes smiled upon by Valkyrja and The Morrigan(who appears
to have claimed me, making her a Patron Deity of mine, according to accepted
understanding – which always seems crazy to me, as I’m a servant to my Patron
Deities, not the other way round), but their understanding of psychic combat is
as limited as … a child coming up against the power and organisation of, say,
the USA’s armed forces – and, no matter what you may think of their involvement
in wars since the Second World War, they are a powerful military force, and,
although it may take time, they generally do learn the lessons of their
failures in combat (none of which lessons are necessarily lessons in ethics, and have nothing to do with the politics of being in that particular combat situation; I don't know if they give lessons in determining which orders are lawful or not, which I understand the Aussie military does).
Now, in case you think this is all meaningless rubbish, probably the
most common situation that I need such skills is when dealing with an
uncooperative [3]. This is someone who is maliciously, knowingly using their
situation as an earthbound entity to gain power at the expense of others – and
possibly to actively harm others. They may well be doing so out of some
personal injury they received, and they unquestionably need help, but the
overriding concern with such people is stopping them doing more harm to others
(they’ve usually, in my experience, gone long past harming the people who
injured or wronged them, and now are lashing out at anyone with a minor
similarity to those people, or who are simply in the vicinity – which is a
theme explored by the story “The Jackal”,
by Vera Nazarian in
the Marion Zimmer
Bradley edited “Darkover”anthology,
“Four Moons of
Darkover”).
As an example, consider the defences set up at the start of the battle:
a truly impressive dome, created using spells that I have (partly) adopted in
real life. In real life, some people forget to make sure that the defences
cover above and below, mostly during their less experienced periods of life
when they are still learning.
How could that be improved?
Well, military thinking for small forces engaged in combat (and I am
simplifying dreadfully here, so apologies to anyone reading who has military
training - I haven't, by the way, just read a lot and have rellies who have served in the military) is to always make sure your rear is defended – in other words,
someone is watching to see if an attack could come from somewhere unexpected. The
aim is also to have a force in reserve, able to be committed to areas of
defence that need
What is the psychic equivalent of that? Looking at frequencies higher
and lower than that you’re working on.
In a real life rescue of an uncooperative (and the aim is to rescue
them, but after the harm they’re doing is stopped, and their victims are
receiving healing), my ideal would be to have at least three people doing
nothing connected with the rescue, but only continuously working at maintaining
psychic defences around those doing the actual rescue work: one focused on the
realm that the others are being worked on, one focused on frequencies that are
lower than that realm (thus aiming to prevent a psychic attack coming from,
say, the etheric to the lower astral), and one doing the same for frequencies
above the realm where the rescue is focused.
In addition, have someone in the physical watching these three, and
channelling energy to whoever is struggling, as they’re probably coming under
more attack. That person is the reserve force.
I’ve got to admit I’ve never been able to try this out, as I haven’t
had the luxury of a large enough group of properly trained, capable people to
be able to spare four people for such work, but if I had enough people … I
could make each person a pair: one sitting up and thinking of defences on one
axis (akin to doing defences to the four quarters), and one laying down doing
the axis at right angles (akin to doing above and below). (Of course, that
panders to people’s weakness in this area, rather than fixing the weakness, but
that may be what is most pragmatic at the time.) Or … I could make each person
actually a group of three who have connected their chakras using the Ranger
technique I wrote about here
and here.
Another thing that small military forces aim to do is to have a medic
available. I would like to have at least one healer, and possibly more,
available to help this group. At the spiritualist place I used to go to, I was
trying to train enough people and set up a roster so I could have some healers
turn up early, and give healing to those doing the set up and who were going to
be working, one lot doing healing during the event, and another lot to give
healing to people afterwards – particularly those who are packing up. For a
major rescue event, it may be OK to have participants give healing to each
other before starting (if they are capable of doing so competently, which may not
necessarily be the case if their skills are in other areas, such as defence, or
rescue, or scouting, etc), but other healers would be needed during the event
and afterwards.
When we look at the work being done, well ... at the commencement
of the battle, people are running aimlessly back and forth. There is no sense
of being organised, and it is no wonder the forces of <evil> get into the
castle. If, however, the wizards and witches had organised themselves using
things like overlapping fields of fire, reserves, etc, maybe that wouldn’t have
happened (then again, maybe it would have: the castle had a large perimeter,
and there were not many capable wizards and witches … so maybe withdraw into
something defensible? Of course, all this sort of commentary applies to the world created, where spells are largely one
directional things coming out of wands – which is not the case in real life, where spells can be multidirectional).
How do we apply such principles to something like rescue of an
uncooperative? Well, have one (or a few, possibly connected by the
aforementioned Ranger technique) directly engaged with the uncooperative,
trying to talk to and clear and heal them so they can be rescued, while one (or a few, possibly connected by the
aforementioned Ranger technique) aim at
freeing the entities who are being controlled [4] by the uncooperative and
making sure they receive healing and whatever other assistance is needed (some,
but not all, will themselves be earthbound, and thus in need of help to pass
over), one (or a few, possibly connected by the
aforementioned Ranger technique) aim at cutting off the uncooperative’s reserves (allies, ‘friends’,
etc – including anyone controlling the uncooperative concerned), and one (or a few, possibly connected by the
aforementioned Ranger technique) giving extra
energy to whoever needs it – possibly at the behest of someone who is in ….
gasp! shock! horror! … in command, or leading, or directing, or Weaving it all
together, or whatever other term you wish to use for someone whose skill is tactics.
So … having shared that dream, I’ll go back and watch the rest of the
film now :)
[3] I written previously about uncooperatives. See
Gnwmythr (pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux? Morinehtar? Would-be drýicgan ... ) My "blogiography" (list of all posts - currently not up to date) is here. I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue (seehereand here), and it grew ... See herefor my group mind project, here and herefor my "pagans for peace" project (and join me at 9 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate for peace), and here for my bindrune kit-bag. I also strongly recommend learning how to flame, ground and shield, do alternate nostril breathing, work with colour - and see also here, and be flexible. I am a Walker upon the Path of Balanced Positivity, seeking Spiritual Maturity.
Gnwmythr's Stropping Strap: Occam's Razor only works if the
simplest solution is actually recognised as being the simplest, rather
than the one that best fits one's bigotries being labelled 'simplest'.
May the world of commerce and business be recognised to be a servant, not a master, of the lives of people.
A home is for living in, not feeling, becoming or being rich or a “better” class than others.
Housework is for ensuring a home is comfortable to live in, not competing to outdo or belittle others.
Being accustomed to interacting via certain rules makes those rules neither right nor universal.
Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant,
and a bad master.
Expertise at intimacy and emotional happiness is generally not the same thing as spiritual growth.
"Following the crowd" is not "going with the flow".
Armageddon is alive and well and happening right now: it is a battle
between the indolence of "I only ..." and/or "I just ..." and/or "Everyone knows ... " and/or "they can ..." and what Bruce Schneier [2] calls "security theatre" on one side,
and perspicacity and the understanding that the means shape the end on the other. Indolence vs. perspicacity, and expediency vs. honour.
The means shape the end.
BPLF restraint of uncooperatives is NOT an opportunity for revenge or getting even - even unconsciously.
As words can kill, the right to freedom
of speech comes with a DUTY to be as well-informed, objective and
balanced as you can be.
My favourite action movie of all time is "Gandhi", although I've recently come across "Invictus" and might put that one in to that category.
However, I loathe the stereotypical action movie - and, for similar
reasons, I loathe many dramas, which are often emotionally violent, more
so in some cases than many war films.
All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ...
Do not pray for easy
lives. Pray to be stronger [people]. JOHN F. KENNEDY (who was quoting 19th
century Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks)
Jesus loves you. Odin wants you to grow up. (Facebook meme, according to JohnBeckett)
We make our decisions. And then our decisions turn around and make us. F.W. BOREHAM
Females, get over 'cute'. Get competent. Get trained. Get capable. Get over 'cute'. And those of you who are called Patty and Debby and Suzy, get over that.
Because we use those names to infantalise females – we keep females in
their 'little girl' state by the names we use for them. Get over it. If
you want to be taken seriously, get serious. JANE ELLIOTT
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [people] to do nothing. (based on writing by) EDMUND BURKE
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." EINSTEIN
We didn't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we only borrowed it from our children ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
True compassion is more than flinging a
coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see
that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Those whom we cannot stand are usually those who we cannot understand P.K.SHAW
Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of
their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, and the wrath of their
society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or
great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those
who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY (US Attorney General 1966 Speech)
Too
much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and
community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross
national product ... if we should judge America by that -- counts air
pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our
highways of carnage. ... Yet the gross national product does not allow
for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the
joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the
strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the
integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our
courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor
our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except
that which makes life worthwhile." ROBERT F. KENNEDY 1968
Tags: chakras, cross-fertilisation (ideas), defence, energy work, group work, groups, Harry Potter, nature of reality, Patron Deity, psychic self defence, rescue, uncooperative,
First published: Laugardagr, 15th March, 2014
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Saturday, 15th March, 2014
As I was driving home this evening, I was listening to the BBC's World Update being transmitted by the ABC's News Radio; in particular, a segment on the coming 2012Olympic Games to be held in London. What struck me, as it has before when considering elite athletes, is the hard work and dedication which goes into their sports - you can argue about the ethics of their decision (as I have - and as I personally contemplated when I was younger, given my relative local successes in sailing [1]), but you cannot argue that they put a massive amount of intelligently directed effort into bettering their performances.
Now, in many circles I move in, it is fairly fashionable to "bash" (that's a bit harsher than the reality: "be dismissive of" is more accurate) sports people, who - in, some cases, by their own admission - are not much for spirituality or political pursuits. (There are exceptions: for instance, the former Richmond player Brendan Gale has a good reputation on inclusion; the former Melbourne player Jim Stynes has done quite a bit for kids wellbeing [although the organisation he is associated with [the "Reach Foundation"] seem to be reluctant to acknowledge LGBTIQ issues - based on the lack of response to correspondence I've sent to them], and former cricketer Steve Waugh has worked to improve situations in India [e.g. a leper children's colony, "Udayan", in Calcutta.)
Probably worst of all is the macho culture around race car drivers - but you do have to (in my opinion) give credit where it is due, and acknowledge that many of these drivers do have courage. They may not have courage when they start, being, perhaps, blinded by the view of some youth that they are invincible, but after a few prangs, they know what they're in for, and yet they still give it their all - and that includes physical training as well as practising, in many cases.
I started writing this post a long time ago, when I read about the work that football player Nathan Buckley did (before he retired) when training. My reaction was, at that time, if psychic/spiritual people showed 10% of his dedication, they would do exceptionally well - as, in fact, those I know who do make such an effort do, in fact, do :)
By being open minded, it is possible to find inspiration and ideas in a wide range of places.
Love, light, hugs and blessings
Gnwmythr
Notes:
I chose not to pursue competitive sports because of the time, energy and commitment required, but I do value and advocate for exercise, team pursuits and getting out into the natural world - which are things that some sports can help with. I am also VERY aware of the potential mental-emotional benefits which potentially can come from being physically active. In my case, sailing kept me alive in my teenage years - it gave me a way to cope with the travails of being trans. If, however, I had not been successful at sailing, that may not have been as rewarding - which leads me to the downside of some sports, particularly for younger people, who may be, for instance, given a hard time by peers or parents.
I have writen a critique of some of my early work to help show that people can and do change. This topic is something I have been thinking more about of late, as I re-read some books which made such a big impact on me years ago: LobsangRampa's discriminatory (in my opinion) approach towards women was always apparent, but his problematic approach to same sex attraction was not obvious to me now that I have realised I am SSA, it is :) ). Also, some aspects of "Briefing for the Landing on Planet Earth" (which I am currently writing a review of) are more problematic to me than they were years ago.
I think our needs are a bit like onions: we have one layer of need which is met, say, by a book, then further layers of need are met by other books and, when we go back and reread the earlier book we have a different perspective. This is probably a bit like Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs, but I am looking at one "level" in more detail.
Maybe another way of viewing this is that as we evolve, our views change: I am, for instance, infinitely glad that I no longer hold the viewpoints when I was a child, or even many of views when I was a teenager (some views then were OK :) ).
This has also been stimulated by some of the debate about the films "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", and the current version. At the time, I quite liked the earlier film (due in no small part to the humour around the way that Alan Rickman played the Sheriff of Notthingham): having recently rewatched it, I am thinking differently ...
(I have, by the way, no desire to see the current version, as it plays with history that I lived through [in a previous life, obviously] too much - for me. Go and see the film if you wish to, or are curious about it :) )
Love, light, hugs and blessings
Gnwmythr
Tags: about me, change, cross-fertilisation (ideas), persistence, personal characteristics, perspective, philosophy, evolution, life lessons, learning from mistakes, Stuart Holroyd, Maslow, hierarchy of needs,
There is a view that I have read a few times) that the developing human foetus repeats various evolutionary stages as it is develops: that is, it looks a bit like a fish - albeit with arms and legs), then it looks a bit like something else, then it looks a bit something else, and so on. It's all very debateable, and a bit like those visual puzzles where if you squint to the left it looks like a mouse, and if you squint to the right it looks like an elephant :D
However, this idea resonates a bit with me when I look back at my life, and see some key themes from my past lives repeated: my interest in flying, which was from a recent life, came through initially, then my interest in nature, then my interest in sailing and the sea, and, finally, my interest in spirituality. The order doesn't necessarily relate to the order I lived it in, or even the importance, and only seems to relate top things before I was an adult, but it is an interesting way to review one's life.
Love, light, hugs and blessings
Gnwmythr
Tags: evolution, past lives, cross-fertilisation (ideas),
First published: Saturday 1st May, 2010, first day of the pagan year
I've nealy finished watching the 2001 film "I am Sam" (these things can take some time in my house with breaks for cuppas etc). I found the film moving, although I can see why critics would consider it sentimental. One thing it did remind me of, though, is that I have often thought I was truly blest a few years ago to have a friend who had Aspergers: this friend's questions prompted me to critique my life and society, and gain a deeper understanding as a result.
(Their cooking was pretty good, too :) )
Love, light, hugs and blessings
Gnwmythr
Tags: cross-fertilisation (ideas), attitudes, awareness, perspective, daily life, discrimination, personal characteristics, personal responsibility, philosophy, Aspergers, disability, family, parenting,
Comprehensive
notes on what I consider “basic” psychic matters are included in Appendix E. For now, I will only point out that:
there
is more to reality than just the physical: there is also a set of
non-physical worlds;
we
have bodies in many of those non-physical worlds, and are sensitive to
greater or lesser degree of those non-physical influences;
we
can constructively influence non-physical energies, by our thoughts,
actions and by use of signs, symbols, shapes and ceremonies/services.
The way that
signs, symbols and shapes influence us include:
the stimulation of associations (possibly unconscious)
that we have with that sign, symbol or shape;
the connection that the signs, symbols and shapes have
with energies more broadly.
The last point is what most people think of
when considering signs, symbols and shapes (the powers attributed to four sided
pyramids such as the Pyramid of Giza is one example of this), but it often the
personal associations that are more important. As an example, a cross may be a
positive symbol to a Christian, but a negative symbol to an indigenous person
or pagan, who may be very aware of a history of persecution, abuse and
discrimination from Christians. Because they are so powerful personally,
today’s emphasis will be on personal symbols, but I will also cover other
symbols – particularly those I used in creating the Talismanic Tetrahedrons
you’ve been given.
It is also important to note that symbols
can change their meaning. The evil of the 1930s/40s German Nazi party, for instance,
has so changed the associations of the swastika[1] (although, technically,
they used the “crooked swastika”) from one that was extremely positive in India,
that many cannot attempt to use any form of swastika now. Personal perspectives
can also have an influence, as was illustrated at the start of the film “The Da
Vinci Code”.
As a point for consideration, if one thinks
about the amount of mental effort (energy) that goes into creating a thought form,
how much of the power of any symbol is due to the energy given it by possibly
thousands of people thinking about it in a certain way? Maybe the pre-Nazi
swastika had its positive associations because thousands of people thought of
it as a positive symbol ... If that is in fact the case, then maybe things like
millions of people watching the Harry Potter movies and reading the books will
give the “Expecto
Patronum” spell a certain amount of real psychic power ...
I have seen enough to be personally
convinced that karma
exists, and what we give out or create comes back to us (including the good,
not only the bad). Anything that exists can be used for good or bad: I expect
everyone here to be committed to using these skills only for good (technically,
for the “Highest Spiritual Good” – see Appendix E
for more on this).
That sounds fairly easy, or at least like a
good idea, for most people. However, it can be trickier than people expect, and
usually the issue of free will is where people get caught out. The situation
where this is most commonly a problem is when someone we love, such as a close
family member, is doing something that we consider is harming them. Unless the
harm is such that action such as calling a Crisis Assessment Team or the police
is justified, often what has to happen is that we have to accept that the
person we love has the right to make their own mistakes. We can OFFER to help,
but if they say no, or they listen and then ignore what we have to say, we have
to accept that.
In those circumstances, we can work on
ourselves to making bearing our grief easier, but we can NOT compel them to do
things the way we wish.
An amulet is a magical object created with
the intent of
causing a particular effect. Often this is intended to be protective, and hence
it be created using protective symbols and correspondences, but the intent can be for
other aims as well - e.g., healing, finances, love, spiritual growth, etc. In
those other cases, the symbols and correspondences chosen would be based on the
desired outcome.
For instance, if one wished to create a amulet
for personal spiritual growth, one may choose something with a green (growth)
or purple (spirituality) colour (or both), or perhaps incorporate an amethyst
(again, associations with spirituality). If one was interested in social
justice, one may incorporate the rune Tiwaz, associated with the Norse god Tyr,
god of social justice (amongst other things).
Talismanic Tetrahedrons are, in effect, a
form of amulet: they are an energy device created to achieve a particular
effect or outcome – such as psychic protection, or world peace. Before we get
into Talismanic Tetrahedrons, let’s consider some symbols which can be used to
create amulets generally. I’ll start with some fairly complicated, even a bit
scary symbols (partly because I have used them on the ones I have given you,
and I think you should understand what is on those), but it gets simpler.
First up, “magical squares”.
3 (a) “Magical
Squares”
There is an old[2] idea for preparing amulets
based on the use of “Qabbalistic[3]
Squares”, or “magical squares’, or “talismanic squares”, or Kamea. These are
squares of rows and columns of numbers where each row or column adds up to the
same value. Development of this is generally credited to “traditional”, with
comments such as “having come to us through the works of Abbot Trithemius,
Peter de Abano and Cornelius Agrippa” (p. 154, “The Complete Book of Spells,
Ceremonies, and Magic”, Migene Gonzalez-Wippler, pub. Llewellyn, 1988, ISBN
0-87542-286-1).
Over time, one Kamea has been prepared for
each of the six innermost planets (excluding earth), and the Moon and the Sun.
These Kamea can be used to prepare amulets by converting words into a sequence
of numbers (i.e., by using numerology – generally adaptations of the Qabbalistic/Hebrew
system, but I have also seen English based systems[4] used; as
the words are English, it is probably a moot point.) A pattern is traced from
cell to cell within the Kamea using the sequence of numbers as a guide to
create the symbol. Hence, “love” would be converted (using the Qabbalistic
system) to 3 – 7 – 6 - 5. This sequence would
then be traced on the Kamea of choice. If one was aiming to develop that
characteristic (love) in oneself, one may choose the Kamea of Jupiter, for its
expansive influence. If one wished to bring a love relationship into one’s
life, maybe one would choose to use the Kamea of the Moon, which has emotional
connections.
Let’s use that example to see how that
would look.
The first point about the Seals of Solomon
is that you will possibly come across claims that they date back to the Hebrew
king, Solomon: they don’t. They’re more recent, possibly dating from the early
Middle Ages. That doesn’t make them less potent.
These Seals typically are a circular
design, with various symbols drawn in them – sigils, of the type that I’ve outlined
in the section on magical
squares. There’s quite a bit of theory that goes into the creation of
these designs, theory from the Qabbalah and other traditions: you don’t need to
know all the theory (I certainly can’t claim to know all, or even most of it) to
be able to work with these, but what you do need to know is the associations
that each Seal has, or that have been built up over time for each Seal.
The Seals are
classified by planets, arranged into first pentacle, second pentacle, and so
forth, which gives us the following (there are a wide range of sources for
copies of the Seals, by the way):
Seal 1 - 1st - Pentacle of Jupiter
Seal 2 - 2nd - Pentacle of Jupiter
Seal 3 - 3rd - Pentacle of Jupiter
Seal 4 - 4th - Pentacle of Jupiter
Seal 5 - 5th - Pentacle of Jupiter
Seal 6 - 6th - Pentacle of Jupiter
Seal 7 - 7th - Pentacle of Jupiter
Seal 8 - 1st - Pentacle of Mars
Seal 9 - 2nd - Pentacle of Mars
Seal 10 - 3rd - Pentacle of Mars
Seal 11 - 4th - Pentacle of Mars
Seal 12 - 5th - Pentacle of Mars
Seal 13 - 6th - Pentacle of Mars
Seal 14 - 7th - Pentacle of Mars
Seal 15 - 1st - Pentacle of Moon
Seal 16 - 2nd - Pentacle of Moon
Seal 17 - 3rd - Pentacle of Moon
Seal 18 - 4th - Pentacle of Moon
Seal 19 - 5th - Pentacle of Moon
Seal 20 - 6th - Pentacle of Moon
Seal 21 - 1st - Pentacle of Mercury
Seal 22 - 2nd - Pentacle of Mercury
Seal 23 - 3rd - Pentacle of Mercury
Seal 24 - 4th - Pentacle of Mercury
Seal 25 - 5th - Pentacle of Mercury
Seal 26 - 1st - Pentacle of Saturn
Seal 27 - 2nd - Pentacle of Saturn
Seal 28 - 3rd - Pentacle of Saturn
Seal 29 - 4th - Pentacle of Saturn
Seal 30 - 5th - Pentacle of Saturn
Seal 31 - 6th - Pentacle of Saturn
Seal 32 - 7th - Pentacle of Saturn
Seal 33 - 1st - Pentacle of the-Sun
Seal 34 - 2nd - Pentacle of the-Sun
Seal 35 - 3rd - Pentacle of the-Sun
Seal 36 - 4th - Pentacle of the-Sun
Seal 37 - 5th - Pentacle of the-Sun
Seal 38 - 6th - Pentacle of the-Sun
Seal 39 - 7th - Pentacle of the-Sun
Seal 40 - 1st - Pentacle of Venus
Seal 41 - 2nd - Pentacle of Venus
Seal 42 - 3rd - Pentacle of Venus
Seal 43 - 4th - Pentacle of Venus
Seal 44 - 5th - Pentacle of Venus
The actual Seals and their properties can be found on the internet.
I strongly
recommend caution when using Seals that refer to things like acquiring
honour, or defence against one’s “enemies”. The acquisition of something should
NEVER be at someone else’s expense,
and defence against one’s “enemies” should not aim to harm them as a way of
achieving your “self-defence” you need to know yourself incredibly well, and to
have had your commitment to ethics thoroughly tested in many very challenging
situations, in my opinion, before you can safely rely on using a Seal of
Solomon – not to mention knowing how to tell whether or not there is a
potential for the Seals to be working in ways that are harmful.
There is also the potential for personal
biases and simplifications to result in the use of such Seals giving you
negative karma: meditate, and consult with your Balanced Positive (spiritual)
Force[6]
Guides before using any of these Seals! If you’re not sure, ask someone who
knows more, or who has worked with the Seals.
This information has been included here
largely so you know what has been used to create the Talismanic Tetrahedrons
you’ll be given as part of this workshop.
This is a massive area of study, one I’ve
been working at since I was a teenager. I won’t try to cover it in any depth
here, I will just state that the “Tree of Life” from the Qabbalah comprises a
number of “spheres”, each of which represents a particular type of energy.
Hence, for instance, the sphere (they are, incidentally, called “Sephiroth”,
plural, or Sephirah, singular) known as “Yesod” represents, amongst other
things, the subconscious.
Most people know of ten Sephiroth: I work
with those, and an eleventh, “Da’ath”, which (to simplify) represents the
transition from this world to the astral.
1 Kether"Crown"
2 Chokhmah
"Wisdom"
3 Binah
"Understanding"
Da’ath "Knowledge"
4 Chesed
"Kindness"
5 Geburah
"Severity"
6 Tiphereth
"Beauty" (I’ve also seen
this described as balance)
7 Netzach
"Eternity" (I’ve also
seen this described as beauty)
8 Hod
"Splendour"
9 Yesod
"Foundation"
10 Malkuth
"Kingship"
I’ve given some of the associations with
each sphere (e.g. colours) in Appendix B.
The way I personally work with these is to
call on the energies that are relevant when I charge Talismanic Tetrahedrons that
I make and work with. You do not need to do so: you are, in fact, better off
using whatever feels most comfortable for you.
I have been working with Germanic/Norse
runes since the mid-90s, and find it a very effective and easy to use system –
for me. I know others do not find that so, but others may find working with
other systems easier than I would. For example, what I can do with runes for
divination others can do using Tarot or Cartouche. Runes, Tarot and Cartouche are
forms of symbology: whatever the symbology is that you best relate to is
the best system to work with when creating a Talismanic Tetrahedron.
Pyramids have associations of concentrating
energy, and of protection. This is often associated with the four sided base
pyramid based on the “Great Pyramid” at Giza, Egypt, but other shapes may have
such associations also. When training for my day job as an engineer, I was told
the triangle was the simplest stable structure – and three is a number which
crops up in a wide range of areas (e.g. the Triangles promoted as an offshoot
of the organisation World Goodwill).
In my case, I have found a tetrahedron, a
shape which could be considered as a “pyramid with a triangular base”, the same
shape as the carbon molecule in diamonds, to be an extremely effective shape
for working with energy.
The associations that I was taught in
relation to shapes is as follows:
Sphere
The
sphere is considered the “perfect” form, because it is the same from all
angles. It is often used with an association of the creation of energy that is
not sent in a particular direction.
A Beam
Unlike a sphere, a beam is a very focused,
directed thing. It is not particularly useful in terms of creating talismans,
but can be very useful in healing. Of course, something I also keep in mind is
that nature rarely ever uses straight lines – curves and/or spirals are more
normal (for instance, think of the curves of a natural river, or the spiral of
a tornado), and are sometimes used by science, engineering or technology (for
example, “cyclonic” or “dual cyclone” vacuum cleaners)[7].
Tetrahedron
And here we have the basis of this workshop
J The tetrahedron is a three-dimensional
triangle, and is one of the five “Platonic
Solids”[8],
which are the five “perfect polyhedrons” that the Ancient Greeks used to
represent the elements Air, Fire, Water, Earth, and Spirit. The tetrahedron
symbolised fire, which has associations of movement, development, and growth -
which means it is particularly useful for transformation and change.
Pyramid
The pyramid is a similar to a tetrahedron
except in that the pyramid has four triangular sides and a square base – most
people know it in terms of the Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, and the pyramids
which became popular in the 1970s for meditation, healing, growth and (it was
claimed) keeping razor blades sharp. The four sides on the base give this shape
more stability, compared to a tetrahedron, which means it is useful for
energies that are more focused on stability, rather than change.
I personally find
the tetrahedron with appropriate symbols good enough for situations where I
want to create stability, but it would also be possible to create a cut out
shape for a pyramid and use the principles I’ve developed for Talismanic
Tetrahedrons for as pyramid shape for even greater stability.
Cube
The cube, or technically also a
“hexahedron”, is even more focused on stability than the four side pyramid. This
can be used, for instance, when you want to make an energy flow more steady, or
you need to anchor energy very securely. The cube is resistant to change, and
also tends to slow energy.
The Ancient Greeks considered this one of
their Platonic Solids, and considered it to represent their element “Earth”, which
has qualities such as solidity.
Octahedron
Now we’re going to start getting into more
difficult shapes J Mind you,
if you really wanted to, you could create objects in these shapes – Buckminster
Fuller[9], for example, has used one
to create a more accurate (flat) map of the globe than we usually see, and
others have used some of these various shapes to create models of the earth’s
energies ... just don’t ask me to do that J
This “double Pyramid” or “diamond” has
connection to both the transformational nature of the triangle, the stability
of the number four, and also the intensity of the number eight (the number of
faces it has is eight), which gives it an intense and stable energy (which,
oddly enough, can be used for change [transformation], for example, major life
issues [perhaps the development of patience, or persistence, or communication,
or psychic ability] which may be going to need a sustained effort for one
particular person).
I’ve also been told the shape can also be
used to disperse energy over an extended period.
To the Ancient Greeks, the Octahedron
represented Air and its associated qualities, such as thought and inspiration.
The Ancient Greeks used Icosahedron to
represent Water, and the qualities associated with water such as fluidity and
mutability.
Modern interpretation are that the
Icosahedron is associated with change and adaptability, and is best used for
long term projects which may be subject to changing conditions. This shape can
also be used to create a stable emotional atmosphere in a location where this
might be needed, or to help stabilize a person or situation which is prone to emotional
instability.
This is the most important part of this
section of the workshop, because the symbols that are most powerful for you are
the ones that mean the most for you.
As a simple and fairly obvious example of
that, if you wished to create a tetrahedron to help a young person in your
family to find a good job, in addition to symbols associated with employment
and protection, you need something to direct the energy to the young person.
Someone who doesn’t know the young person personally might use the young
person’s name, or perhaps even a photo. You, however, may have a small, special
gift from them that you could place inside the tetrahedron (at least they have
a good job) to use the bond of love that you have with them to create a strong
link to send them the energy.
People have all sorts of associations that
are sometimes not obvious. For example, a sense of relaxation may, for you, be
associated with the smell of cut grass. In that case, if you were working on a
tetrahedron for yourself to achieve relaxation, you may put a photo of someone
mowing grass on one of the sides.
In terms of energetic work, everyone has
preferences – mine include things like runes that not many other people feel
comfortable with. On the other hand, you may be comfortable with the
Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck, which I don’t find at all natural or comfortable
to use, so you could very usefully use copies of those cards drawn onto the
tetrahedron.
On runes, another example of personal
associations is my associations with the rune Raidho. “Officially”, this rune
represents movement; less well known is an association, through the old German
word Rad, with knights – yet it is that latter meaning that has greater
significance for me personally (e.g., if I draw that particular rune when doing
a reading for myself).
As I’ve stated a few times now: it is the
personal associations that matter most!
Those associations can be hard to become
aware of, at times – especially when trying to create something like a
Talismanic Tetrahedron. Probably the easiest way to get around this is to let
go of the fear of “not doing it right”, and turn it into a game – be playful,
have fun! Draw on your inner child.
The idea behind “Talismanic Tetrahedrons”
is to combine several of these ideas together: specifically, they started by
putting Kamea on the faces of a tetrahedron to add complexity to the amulet
being created to deal with the potential complexity of a particular goal, and
also to allow work with multiple dimensions. (Also, the 60° angle on the sides
has the association of a sextile aspect in astrology, which is a harmonious
aspect.) Later, I started to work with other symbols.
As far as the name of these goes, I like
the alliteration J
For me, making
a talismanic tetrahedron for a specific purpose is, in essence the following
process:
(1)key words are selected, together with a
selection of the best Kamea to use for each word, and the key words worked into
a design for the base volknut;
(2)colours, shapes, sigils, etc with
correspondences to the desired outcome are assembled (I frequently include
Seals of Solomon, astrological correspondences, runes, etc) to add to, and
personalise, the design for each face;
(3)the Talismanic Tetrahedron is prepared
(typically, i. the outer design is printed, glued to
a light cardboard, and covered with “contact” [adhesive plastic protection];
ii. the shape is then cut out [including
the tabs]; iii. the inner design is printed (I
frequently use the “Hope, Peace, Love and Prosperity” spell), cut out and
glued to the inside;
iv. the shape is folded and then sealed together [e.g. using double sided tape
on the inside ad clear tape along the
outside);
and then
(4)the Talismanic Tetrahedron is charged using
an appropriate ceremony to invoke the energies associated with the design, and
charge those energies with the task of achieving the desired function.
After that, there will be some ongoing
maintenance (occasional recharges) and usage (e.g. handling to personalise the
device) to consider.
That is all fairly simple, but ... you’ve
got four sides to fill: how do you go about it?
Well, it is useful to think about how many
aspects there may be in a situation, as a starting point.
One example of this is the “World Peace”
Talismanic Tetrahedron, which was created to cover emotional peace, spiritual
peace and social peace. It could just as easily have been based on the Hope,
Peace, Love and Prosperity Spell, with each face allocated to each of the four
aspects included.
As another example, you may be doing some
(constructive and FULLY respectful of their right to free will choices!) work
on the relationship between two people. In that case, one face could be for
each person, one for the situation, and the base to tie it all together.
For another example, consider an adult
student at university wanting to create something to help her (or his) studies.
If they have a family, then one face may have to be for the issues around
making sure this person’s duties towards their family are met while leaving
enough energy to study, another may be about study skills, and another face
about the prejudice adult students encounter (with the base used, again, for a
design which ties it all together).
In some cases there may be so many issues
that you need to use a more complex shape than a simple tetrahedron. Good luck!
Having come up with the design, let’s look in
more detail at the physical exercise of making and assembling it into a
Talismanic Tetrahedron.
First, I suggest you get a colour photocopy
of your work, and keep the original so you can make more if you ever need it
(for instance, if the tetrahedron becomes damage or worn over time).
Next, the
procedure for physically creating one of these (in full) is:
get the design photocopied onto light cardboard so it is
firmer and easier to handle;
place contact on the design;
cut out the now protected design/shape (keeping the
tabs!);
cut out the inner “design”, the Hope Peace Love and
Prosperity Spell (no tabs on this none), and glue it to the inner face of
the tetrahedron;
when the glue has set, fold the tetrahedron along the
lines of the base, and the tabs;
to secure the shape, use either double sided tape or glue
(which can be a bit tricky) on the tabs, or tape along the edges.
That’s it- you’re done. If you wish, you can omit steps along the way – for
instance, you may wish to omit adding an inner design, or, if the Talismanic Tetrahedron
is not wanted to last for a long time, maybe omit the contact.
Now, in preparing the design for any Talismanic
Tetrahedron, considerable time, energy and effort has gone into assembling the
correspondences and creating the designs used. This is a good start to getting
the ball rolling, but to personalise and finalise charging the Talismanic
Tetrahedron, some owner effort is required.
Consider buying a car: considerable design
and manufacture effort has created the car, but you still have to get in it and
turn the engine on to start using it.
In this case, the equivalent of turning the
engine on is the use of magic (focused intent) with the purpose of charging the
Talismanic Tetrahedron. That is where the ceremony outlined below comes into
play.
Let’s consider the example Talismanic
Tetrahedrons included to both gain an appreciation of how these are made, and
to get to grips with a suitable ceremony to charge/recharge these particular
Talismanic Tetrahedrons.
·sigils
for grounding, centering and protection created on the Square of the Moon,
together with the Egyptian hieroglyph for Bast, the Sephirah Yesod and the
Third Pentacle of Jupiter;
·sigils
for cleanse, clear and release created on the Square of Saturn, together with
the hieroglyph for Yinepu (“Anubis”), the Sephirah Da’ath and the Third
Pentacle of the Moon; and
·sigils
for wellness, healing and wholeness created on the Square of the Sun, together
with the hieroglyph for Horus, the Sephira Tiphereth and the Sixth Pentacle of
Mars.
There is a wide range of ceremonies
which could be used to charge (or recharge) any Talismanic Tetrahedron. What
follows is a fairly simple ceremony, and a more complex version has been
presented in Appendix C.
The
key part of the ceremony to charge the Talismanic Tetrahedron is as follows
(there is a more complex ceremony in the Appendix should you wish):
After grounding, shielding
and establishing protection:
pick up the Talismanic
Tetrahedron, and
looking at the (silver
coloured) face associated with the Moon,
state “I, … ,
call upon the powers of the Moon, the Goddess Bast, the Sephirah Yesod and
Jupiter invested in this Talismanic Tetrahedron to lend me the grace of their
presence, and grant me the gift of their aid as I charge/recharge
this Talismanic Tetrahedron to its purpose of Psychic Protection, as is for the
Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
light a candle/incense/do
some other act to make an offering to those powers (can help to have previously
arranged symbols which can help)
turn the face outwards,
and turn slowly in a circle, and then hold the face above you and then towards
to Mother Earth, as you state “I … call upon the Universe and all the
powers that be to recognise and hold fast all commitments that the forces
called to this face of this Psychic Protection Talismanic have made, as is for
the Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
looking at the (black
coloured) face associated with the Saturn,
state “I, … ,
call upon the powers of Saturn, the God Anubis, the Sephirah Da’ath and the
Moon invested in this Talismanic Tetrahedron to lend me the grace of their
presence, and grant me the gift of their aid as I charge/recharge
this Talismanic Tetrahedron to its purpose of Psychic Protection, as is for the
Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
light a candle/incense/do
some other act to make an offering to those powers (can help to have previously
arranged symbols which can help)
turn the face outwards,
and turn slowly in a circle, and then hold face above you and then towards to
Mother Earth, as you state “I … call upon the Universe and all the
powers that be to recognise and hold fast all commitments that the forces
called to this face of this Psychic Protection Talismanic have made, as is for
the Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
looking at the (orange
coloured) face associated with the Sun,
state “I, … ,
call upon the powers of the Sun, the God Horus, the Sephirah Tiphereth and Mars
invested in this Talismanic Tetrahedron to lend me the grace of their presence,
and grant me the gift of their aid as I charge/recharge
this Talismanic Tetrahedron to its purpose of Psychic Protection, as is for the
Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
light a candle/incense/do
some other act to make an offering to those powers (can help to have previously
arranged symbols which can help)
turn the face outwards,
and turn slowly in a circle, and then hold face above you and then towards to
Mother Earth, as you state “I … call upon the Universe and all the
powers that be to recognise and hold fast all commitments that the forces
called to this face of this Psychic Protection Talismanic have made, as is for
the Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
Open the circle, ground
and release all excess energy, shut down your chakras and close your aura.
This Talismanic
Tetrahedron features the following:
·on
one face a Kamea of the words prosperity, wholeness and balance have been
created using the magical square of the Sun, and these energies are combined with
those of the Tlingit/Haidu Goddess Gyhldeptis, who is associated with synthesis;
·on
another face, a Kamea of the words communication, balance and wholeness have
been created using the magical square of Mercury, and these energies are
combined with those of the God Hermes, who is associated with communication;
·on
another face, a Kamea of the words love, peace, balance and wholeness have been
created using the magical square of the Moon, and these energies are combined
with those of the Goddess Kwan Yin, who is associated with compassion.
On the base face of this
Talismanic Tetrahedron is a “volknut” with three interlocking triangles, each
of which has “spiritual peace”, “emotional peace” and “social peace” on it,
arranged so that each of these phrases appears under each face of the
tetrahedron. These energies are combined with that of the God Tiwaz, who has
associations of social justice, and the words justice, equity and perseverance.
Now, let’s consider a ceremony
to charge all these symbols and the Talismanic Tetrahedron.
There is a wide range of ceremonies
which could be used to charge (or recharge) any Talismanic Tetrahedron. What
follows is a fairly simple ceremony, and a more complex version has been
presented in Appendix C.
After grounding, shielding
and establishing protection:
pick up the Talismanic
Tetrahedron, and
looking at the (orange
coloured) face associated with the Sun,
state “I, … ,
call upon the Goddess Gyhldeptis to bring prosperity, wholeness and balance to
the world, as I charge/recharge
this Talismanic Tetrahedron to its
purpose of World, as is for the Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
light a candle/incense/do
some other act to make an offering to those powers (can help to have previously
arranged symbols which can help)
turn the face outwards,
and turn slowly in a circle, and then hold face above you and then towards to
Mother Earth, as you state “I … call upon the Universe and all the
powers that be to recognise and hold fast all commitments that the forces
called to this face of this World Peace Talismanic have made, as is for the
Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
looking at the (gold
coloured) face associated with Mercury,
state “I, … ,
call upon the God Hermes to bring communication, balance and wholeness to the
world, as I charge/recharge
this Talismanic Tetrahedron to its
purpose of World, as is for the Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
light a candle/incense/do
some other act to make an offering to those powers (can help to have previously
arranged symbols which can help)
turn the face outwards,
and turn slowly in a circle, and then hold face above you and then towards to
Mother Earth, as you state “I … call upon the Universe and all the
powers that be to recognise and hold fast all commitments that the forces
called to this face of this World Peace Talismanic have made, as is for the
Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
looking at the (silver
coloured) face associated with the Moon,
state “I, … ,
call upon the Goddess Kwan Yin to bring love, peace, balance and wholeness to
the world, as I charge/recharge
this Talismanic Tetrahedron to its
purpose of World, as is for the Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
light a candle/incense/do
some other act to make an offering to those powers (can help to have previously
arranged symbols which can help)
turn the face outwards,
and turn slowly in a circle, and then hold face above you and then towards to
Mother Earth, as you state “I … call upon the Universe and all the
powers that be to recognise and hold fast all commitments that the forces
called to this face of this World Peace Talismanic have made, as is for the
Highest Spiritual Good, and with harm to none”;
Open the circle, ground
and release all excess energy, shut down your chakras and close your aura.
When a crystal is programmed, it chugs away
doing its work without any further input. Talismanic Tetrahedrons are the same:
once you have created them, they will keep working.
If you have created them for a personal aim
(e.g., success at studying), it may be helpful for you to handle them,
occasionally (or look at them from time to time) to help the effect you are
trying to create “latch on” to you.
If you created it for, say, protection of a
person or place, you could help the Talismanic tetrahedron do its job by
thinking of the person or place being safe while handling the tetrahedron –
perhaps just before you go to visit them.
These are, however, enhancements: they are
not essential.
Like any tool (e.g. a crystal), it will
work better if you treat it considerately, as you would a good friend. (How
many friends would you keep if you only contacted them when you needed them to
help you move house?)
Treat the tetrahedron with respect – for
instance, dust it.
They can, as with anything, be overwhelmed
from time to time, so, just as you would do with a crystal, you may need from time
to time to recharge it, which is basically a case of repeating the original
charging ceremony.
If you share a Talismanic tetrahedron with
distant friends, you could use it to help your connection with them, or
possibly to help with matters like absent healing.
You could, if it has the intention of
healing, try things like placing herbs on or around it – or even in it.
As the juggler working with assorted knives
and axes said, “now, for my next trick … stopping”.
From time to time, it may be that you want
to end the work of a tetrahedron (for instance, it may have accomplished its
purpose, or circumstances may have changed and it is no longer appropriate, or
it may need to be replaced by one that is newer and in better condition.
In that case, you work through the ceremony
for charging, but thank and dismiss the energies/powers, asking that they be
rewarded for their work. Then I suggest you bury the tetrahedron – preferably
for a year.
[1] Words in
blue and underlined are, in the original document, hyperlinks. In the case of
words in the text, where they are blue and italicised, this means there is a
definition in the glossary.
[2]By
which I mean from the early-mid Middle Ages.
[3] There are various
spellings of this term: I use the one I am most used to, for convenience. I do
not care what spelling you use, but do not presume to try and correct my usage,
please J
Focus on the point of these notes.
[4] By “English based”, I mean
those systems where numbers are allocated sequentially to the English order of
characters – i.e., A is 1, B is 2, C is 3, etc, up to I is 9, then M is 1, N is
2, etc. Qabbalistic or Hebrew systems start to diverge from this sequence after
E (5) with F being 8, G 3 and H 5.
[5]
By the way, if you want to know more about “Magical Squares, look up good old
Wikipedia, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_square
- the concept I am using is part of a broader idea
[6]This
is a term I use to specify that I wish to work ONLY with “good”
influences/Guides.
[7]There
is even a specific term for this: biomimicry.
