Post by bluefedish on Dec 23, 2007 23:05:09 GMT -5
This is an important part of every spell. Visualization is a natural process in which we create images in our minds. In magick, we create images of the need and banish all images of the problem. So see yourself as healthy, prosperous, or driving a car – not as being sick, poor, or walking to the bus stop.
Our ability to visualize is one of the most important tools of magick. We’re able to create (to see) the future in our minds. Creating images in the mind during magick gives the power that we’ve raised a purpose and direction.
To practice visualizing, think of your mind as a television screen. Tune in a picture of yourself (look in the mirror or at a photograph of yourself to refresh your memory, then see yourself in your mind). Once you’ve successfully seen yourself on the picture tube between your ears, “see” your best friend’s face, your cat, dog, or bird; your favorite politician, or a perfect red apple. Really see these things. Make them real, in color, and three-dimensional.
The next step is an expansion of the last: see yourself, but see yourself as driving a car; living in a new apartment; passing a test or getting a fulfilling job. This is what you’ll be doing during your rituals and spells: visualizing your needed change as if it has already happened.
Visualization is the steering wheel of magick. It ensures that the energy goes to the proper place. But many of us have difficulty with this process. This is why symbols, photographs, drawings and other tools are often used in natural magick to focus our concentration. These tools, by themselves, have little power. But used as focal points of concentration, they allow us to imprint the energy with a need, and to eventually steer the power to its destination.
Selected Source:
Earth, Air, Fire & Water By: Scott Cunningham
Our ability to visualize is one of the most important tools of magick. We’re able to create (to see) the future in our minds. Creating images in the mind during magick gives the power that we’ve raised a purpose and direction.
To practice visualizing, think of your mind as a television screen. Tune in a picture of yourself (look in the mirror or at a photograph of yourself to refresh your memory, then see yourself in your mind). Once you’ve successfully seen yourself on the picture tube between your ears, “see” your best friend’s face, your cat, dog, or bird; your favorite politician, or a perfect red apple. Really see these things. Make them real, in color, and three-dimensional.
The next step is an expansion of the last: see yourself, but see yourself as driving a car; living in a new apartment; passing a test or getting a fulfilling job. This is what you’ll be doing during your rituals and spells: visualizing your needed change as if it has already happened.
Visualization is the steering wheel of magick. It ensures that the energy goes to the proper place. But many of us have difficulty with this process. This is why symbols, photographs, drawings and other tools are often used in natural magick to focus our concentration. These tools, by themselves, have little power. But used as focal points of concentration, they allow us to imprint the energy with a need, and to eventually steer the power to its destination.
Selected Source:
Earth, Air, Fire & Water By: Scott Cunningham
