Magick Room

[Zhealer]

Hi, So i just made a room in my house dedicated to Astral travel / Magick and meditation and i would like to know : should i put my piano in this room ? My piano i would say represent a lot of thing releated to my light and my heart.

[Lumaza]

 Do what it ever it takes to enhance your personal ritual. The more you prepare, the stronger your focused will and intent will be. If you "believe" that's what it takes, then, that's what it takes! 

[Zhealer]

ok thanks i will put this piano in this room for sure then. I just started doing magick ( but im *sometime* doing astral travel since im 12 ) and there is so much in my head right now This piano must be one of the strongest thing in my house

[Bluefirephoenix]

I have a keyboard in my study. The important thing is your focus, the physical environment supports your focus. It's not the physical items that do magick.

[Stillwater]

Agreed. But your feelings about the objects themselves will affect your mental state, so it is good to be surrounded by things you have positive feelings about. My musical instruments have names and they definitely enhance the room, hehe.

[Zhealer]

Thanks guys, i have other question (i,ll keep those here to not spam the forum). I did my first ritual yesterday ,
(The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram,) After a few day of studying i decided it was time To go for it.

So To perform this i need to visualise, im prety good with visualisation when im siting in a chair and my eyes are closed, but when im standing and my eyes are open, its much harder! Should i close my eyes during the ritual when i need to visualise, or should i just start training visualisation with my eyes open.

Also, for you who already do Ritual, how was your first one, did it feel wierd, mine felt anxious and shy altouht i had a peace and relaxing feel after the Ritual.

[Bluefirephoenix]

I totally did not get anything out of the initial work I did. I never bothered much with the Golden DAwn or OTO rituals. I find I cannot connect to most people's working.  The ritual has to have intrinsic meaning to you. I would suggest starting with something more along the lines of the Abramelin rather than doing psychodramatic ritual. There are a couple things I recommend. My earlier recommendations have been revised and will continue to be revised as I learn more and more myself I can shorten things up for those who come after.

I used Instrumental transcommunication to contact Dr. John Dee, who was a 16th century magician. AFter a couple weeks of communications with the ghost box he placed me with Edward Kelly for training.   My interst is in mediumship since mediumship is at the heart of all magic. The goal of magic is usually either spiritual evolution ( the great work) or evocation ( communion with spirits for various purposes) Evocation requires the same trainging as spiritual evolution since you have to be able to interact with spirits before you can do so.

The first goal of Golden Dawn and OTO is connection with the Holy Guardian angel. This is usually accomplished through the Abramelin ritual. However the being who is your HGA is always willing to help and can help you develop in the right way for you.

Following whatever book your using nose to tail will not accomplish this and unless you are a natural psychic you'll find the end in frustration and discouragment.

The Abramelin is written here. Now you don't have to do the ritual verbatum. The focus on reaching your HGA for the time period should be adequate, but that focus has to be complete. That means all your energy that you can spare outside of activities required to live needs to be focused on that goal. Allowing the HGA to change your mind about the the universe and work with you on what needs to be done to allow you to progress in your spiritual interaction is very important and that's what the ritual accomplishes with the climax being an opening of the psychic abilities.

That opening is the first step in magic and is known as the initiation. Thats the beginning from there you work on whatever you want.

I would go through the text of this and understand the key spiritual concepts.. disregard the toys involved.Toys make little difference. The room set aside for the work is a good idea. The time spent with meditation on the HGA is outlined in the ritual and is a good idea. http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/abr/

Now for the shortcut. I used ITC as I mentioned. I have a short demonstration in a video but there is a ton of information out there. Do not get distracted from the HGA when you are using this. It will not be pleasant if you do.

Remember your are working through emotional and spiritual junk as the being cleans your closet out so to speak. It will show up in recordings. The angels is completely benevolent and helpful. Anything heard to the contrary should be disregarded.  Here are a couple demonstrations you need only a portable transister radio and recording device. I use a digital recorder and record directly to the computer when I can do so. It is challenging to hear at first, this is part of your development that you have to work through.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_K3gXGCbpTCLXJxaYYw4tA

I hope this helps.

[Zhealer]

Thanks for the long answer blue i will  read  The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. I started with The book Modern magic, because you gotta start somewhere   The main reason im starting doing this: I feel a lots of fear and darkness when i end  up in the astral and i felt like a protection ritual could help me at least feeling better in my housse. (and i already do after 3 day of practice).  The other reason is because i seek knowledge to grow up. And lastly i Realised evrything in my life is influenced by my tought and i was like if a tought can change my life, why not magic. I also hope that practicing magic could help me remember more of my dream and get more OBE in the future. On that way i hope im on the right path

[Bluefirephoenix]

I'm not going to say anything against Donald Kraig. He was a good writer and editor. But my information does not come from a book. What I experienced is what I present. Though I did not follow the Abramelin verbatum, I experienced much of what is intended by such rituals. One of the main problems with grimiore writings is that the rituals do not have intrinsic meaning to most modern people. In the centuries that these books were written, everyone was Catholic and the Church was a very important aspect of social life.  Most of us don't live in a Monarchy and those who do live in a parlimentary system for the most part which is a democratic system where the Crown gives assent if the majority votes for the laws. So the intrinsic meaning is lost to modern people. Kabbala on which the pentegram ritual is based has very little meaning to non jews. You can study and get involved in these systems to help you develop that symbology down to your subconscious level but in something like this I would suggest bypassing it's use for a beginner who is needing to make some serious in roads to psychic activation.

We can allow the spirits who are guiding us to give us a custom made system of magic that will be of maximum effect. Your guardian angle which is the also called the " higher self" is in part a future potential version of yourself. So he knows exactly what you need at this point. 

The angel can teach you how to leave your body more effectivly than any book.

The angels is 100% benevolent and will help you every time. ... It's important to have a good understanding of this becasue when you start wrestling with letting go of the darker aspects of your personality the picture will not seem so clear. The darker aspects of your personality may obscure the light of the angel for a time as you are working through this. Trust is essential you have to trust that being with everything
.
The angel will come to you 100% of the time and help you whether or not you can see or sense him.

Why start with prayer and meditation. Spending the hours focusing on the angels will start to open your psychic abilities as you attempt to connect with him. Energy follows your attention. It's important that your focus be sharp and your interest high, this will bring greatest results. One possible suggestion to explore would be to use self hypnosis to develop your trance and help you clear the way so you can interact with the angel. The trance used in self hypnosis is identical to astral projection as well as mediumship and is a good medium for exploration.

I would start on that first. There is a ton of information online about self hypnosis. The thing to remember is always word things positive. Using words like don't can't ect. dont' register in the subconscious and also use present tense because past and future tense have no meaning. That part of your being does not experience time but experiences all time as a moment.

Using ITC as I showed you in the videos is another possible means of communication. Under ghost box, portal, and Vocibus you'll find plenty of interesting uses of the equipment.  I will warn you that all demon activity you see on the videos are generated thoughtforms by the people operating the equipment. It is very important to understand and believe this. You have to get past some pretty ugly things as you are cleaning out your closet and being afraid of something that has neither the power nor intelligence to make contact in this way will stall your progress, or worse discourage you from spiritual adventuring. There is absolutely nothing to fear. If your worried about this, don't use a ghost box. Use only the self hypnosis, meditation and prayer.

Focus on the guardian angel for this ritual MUST be absolute. You have to maintain a high level of interest and focus for a period of time ( probably at least 6 months maybe longer.) On occasion things progress more quickly, especially in younger people but you need to be in this for the long haul.

[mindflood]

On the topic of magick spaces' does anyone have any advice that would help me to create more mystical states of mind
i don't have much material decorations, although i did cover the windows so it can be pitch black and keep my single black-light on.


(BTW)themes that really move me are; night, winter, the moon, short days, pine forest-

[Lumaza]

On the topic of magick spaces' does anyone have any advice that would help me to create more mystical states of mind
i don't have much material decorations, although i did cover the windows so it can be pitch black and keep my single black-light on.


(BTW)themes that really move me are; night, winter, the moon, short days, pine forest-

An "Altar" of some kind works well. You can adorn it with "Sigils", candles, etc. You could also have a Incense Burner there burning either Sage or some kind of Pine Forest scent. A Crystal Ball on the table with some of your favorite Crystals and unique stones works as well.

You could use a tablecloth on your Altar with a moon and stars print. You can find these on other Magick stores on the web.

Use your imagination. You have stated your theme. What do these things represent to you?

[mindflood]

An "Altar" of some kind works well. You can adorn it with "Sigils", candles, etc. You could also have a Incense Burner there burning either Sage or some kind of Pine Forest scent. A Crystal Ball on the table with some of your favorite Crystals and unique stones works as well.

You could use a tablecloth on your Altar with a moon and stars print. You can find these on other Magick stores on the web.

Use your imagination. You have stated your theme. What do these things represent to you?

These themes represent happiness and exploration, but now in this summer with long days and hot humid weather I get very depressed. The days are long hot and tortorous, I cant even stand being in my body anymore. All these qualities of summer take me outside myself and force my attention on the pain. It is as if I am experiencing hell.

[Bluefirephoenix]

You have to learn to control your focus before you can do anything. Learning to trance and such for Astral projection is a start. I lately recommend a remote viewing course. It's expensive but, it's really one of the few things out there that I think are worth it. Much of the CRV protocal was worked out with the Monroe institute in the 70's Tom Campbell was probably involved with this.  Anyway it teaches focus as well as discerning between your imagination and the " Other"