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| | From:  whirlwindZ1 (Original Message) | Sent: 9/21/2006 1:49 AM |
Seven Simple Psychic Shields for the Witch in Everyone! By: Christopher Penczak
As part of the launch of my new book, The Witch’s Shield: Protection Magick and Psychic Self Defense, I wanted to share the techniques that helped me maintain psychic boundaries and a healthy sense of safety. Though few of us learn them when we should, I really think they are basics of psychic hygiene. If you learn to take care of yourself on a daily basis, you can avoid problems in the future. I learned these techniques studying the art and science of witchcraft, hence the book title �?The Witch’s Shield. I’ve shared them in classes for both witches and non-witches alike with great success.
Sometimes the word "witch" scares people off. I can understand that. I thought it was silly at first. When my first teacher, a good family friend, revealed she was a witch, I didn’t understand. But I soon found out the spiritual traditions of witchcraft stretch across the globe and throughout time. Witches were the priestesses and priests of the ancient world. They kept the mysteries of magick and psychic ability. A witch is someone who does magick, not only for her- or himself, but for the good of the community. Sometimes the first step in helping our communities, in helping the world, is helping ourselves by finding health, balance, and clarity. Only then can be devote energy to help others.
So, with that in mind, the wisdom of the witch broadens for us. We might not all identify spiritually as witches, but these techniques of psychic self defense and protection magick are universal, and can apply to anyone as long as the person is open to magick, change, and personal responsibility. You will find similar wisdom in the traditions of shamanism, energy healers, ceremonial magicians, and other New Age seekers.
Here are seven techniques from which anyone can benefit:
1 - Smudging �?Smudging refers to passing yourself or an object through sacred smoke as a means of purification. When burned, certain herbs release a high vibrational energy that is used to purify unwanted, harmful forces �?what most people call negative energy. Herbs like sage, cedar, sweet grass, pine, and lavender can be burned, as well as incenses such as frankincense, myrrh, and copal. Simply wave the smoking substance around you and make sure you pass through the smoke. Don’t do too much. It’s an energetic process, not a physical one, so you don’t have to feel like you are asphyxiating.
2- Sea Salt Bath �?Similar to smudging, taking a sea salt bath can cleanse the physical body as well as the energy. Put two tablespoons of sea salt or kosher salt in your bath water and soak. Imagine all the stress and harmful energy you have accumulated or taken on from others flowing into the water. Sit in the bathtub as its drains and imagine it flowing down the drain, neutralized by the salt and water. I have a friend who puts a spray bottle of sea salt and water and gives herself a little spritz and sponge bath. The salt neutralizes any harmful energies, and then she just wipes it off. It's a great way to clear yourself if you're on the run and a bath is too time consuming.
3 - Amulet �?Symbols and charms have long been lauded for their protective powers. In almost every culture, there is a tradition of wearing or carrying a particular amulet, often blessed by a priest/tess, to confer the powers of divine protection upon the wearer. Take a symbol you find sacred and divine. Find it in a jewelry or pendant form. If you cannot, try drawing the symbol on a piece of paper or wood, and carrying it with you. If you are Christian, use a cross. If you are Wiccan, use a pentacle. Hindu, try the Ohm symbol. There are a variety of symbols, from the Star of David to the Hammer of Thor. Find the one that speaks protection to you. Smudge the amulet and hold it in both hands. Think about protection and infuse your thoughts into the amulet, activating its power to protect in the name of your divinities. Carry the charm with you to receive its protection.
4 - Protection Stone �?Like a symbolic amulet, you can carry a stone known for its protective and grounding qualities with you. Most dark colored stones have magical associations with protection. Some of my favorite choices are hematite, smoky quartz, onyx, obsidian, jet, and aragonite. Other stores that are protective include red jasper, amber, citrine, and clear quartz. Like an amulet, cleanse your stone and infuse your intention into it.
5 - Meditation �?Meditation is one of the greatest keys to psychic defense. Regular meditation practice leaves you clear, centered, and in a mental place where you can respond to potential threats, rather than unconsciously react to them. It doesn’t matter the style or tradition of meditation. Regular practice is the key. You will not get the long term psychic protection benefits of meditation by doing it only once every few weeks. It must be like exercise, done regularly. I suggest at least three times a week. If you can do it daily, so much the better.
6- Healthy Emotional Boundaries �?Emotional boundaries are not the most esoteric form of psychic defense, but one that quite a few people leave out. Sometimes psychic defense - particularly from people who are harmful to us, intentionally or unintentionally - is the ability to say “no�?and stick to it. If someone asks you to do something or go somewhere, and you only say yes because you are afraid of being “mean�?or “letting them down�?but you know its not a good situation for you, you must learn to say no. As an adult, only you define what is acceptable and unacceptable in your life. Draw those boundary lines and stick to them.
7 - Living Your True Will �?The best form of psychic self-defense is to live out your true will. What is your divine purpose? Find it! Then actually live it. If you are doing what you are meant to be doing, the universe will support you and very little anyone else does or says will be able to stop you. You true will, or what some call your magical will, is not your destiny. It doesn’t happen regardless. This your partnership with the divine. You must choose to fulfill it. But once you choose to be a full, conscious partner with the divine, you will have a divine protection that will help you in all of life’s difficult areas.
For more information and an expanded view on these techniques, and a whole philosophy on psychic self defense, look to my full length work, The Witch’s Shield: Protection and Psychic Self Defense. May the divine guide, bless, and protect each of your steps. | |
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MAINTAINING PERSONAL SHIELDS Personal Psychic Shields are something that any person involved with magical work should develop. An occultist's personal shields serve many purposes: They keep the static of everyday interaction with undisciplined minds from unbalancing your own energies. They protect you from hostilities that are not consciously directed at you (but are none-the-less real) from affecting you. If any actual attack does occur, your Shields are your first line of defense. A Shield is a psychic construct that you have erected within your own aura. It acts as a filter, as a mirror and as a barrier against all invasive energies that you feel are inappropriate or unwelcome. On an everyday basis, Shields function automatically. Because you constructed it with your own personality, the Shield will automatically allow welcome energies to reach you, while keeping out hostile thought forms, and IT CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. The actual images for your own Shield may vary according to personal preference, but the essential technique is the same. The most common image, which I use here, is the Silver Sphere, but feel free to change the image to anything that feels right and appropriate to you. CONSTRUCTING A PERSONAL SHIELD Retreat. Find an environment where you feel safe and comfortable and where you know that you will not be disturbed for the duration of your working. Someplace quiet is best, but if that is unattainable, use headphones with appropriate "witchy feeling" music to block out the noises of the outside world. Get Comfortable. Get yourself into a comfortable position sitting or lying. I prefer to lie down so that I don't have to expend any conscious energy to keep myself upright. It is important that you keep your back straight at all times to maintain optimum energy flow. Breathe. Let your breathing deepen, let your mind and body relax. Let go of all extraneous and unnecessary worries or thoughts and allow yourself to drift. Ground. Feel yourself centered and connected with the Earth. Draw the Energy up from the Earth and let it flow through your body in time with your breathing. Feel yourself filled with energy. Feel yourself becoming iridescent with bright silver energy, like the moon turned molten. Visualize. The power shines through your psychic centers: From your Transpersonal Point above your head, see and feel a globe of brilliant silver energy cascading its light over you. From your Third Eye visualize a beam of the silver light coruscating about your features. From your heart and your stomach, see the silver light burn and pulse with the rhythm of your life processes. From your groin you see a globe of the silver light filling the air around you with life. {Note: This is a complex visualization to maintain. Take it slowly, one step at a time, keeping your breathing slow and deep and your thoughts centered and unhurried. It may take a bit but be patient and it will pay off.} Focus. Let yourself become comfortable and familiar with the images and the sensations. Focus on this image as a vibrant and real part of yourself. Visualize. The power flows outward from your psychic centers to blend together and form a sphere of brilliant silver energy all about your body. Keep the sphere within your aura (stay within 3 feet of your body), set definite limits on the sphere's size and shape. Remember to extend the visualization underneath you so that you are completely encased in the energy. Make the outer facing of the sphere sharply defined and mirror smooth. Focus. Again let yourself become comfortable and familiar with these images and sensations. See this image as a vital living force. This silver sphere is your shield, it will ward all unwelcome energy from affecting you, while allowing all energy that you welcome free access. Concentrate on the sphere manifesting the highest good you are capable of conceiving; Acknowledge that your Shield as an actual living representation of your own Divine power. Continue. Visualize this for some time (as long as you can comfortably concentrate on it). The power radiates continuously about you; it is self-perpetuating, because the energy is drawn from the inexhaustible supplies of the Earth Herself. Be aware of yourself and your own body in the center of your Shield of Power, centered and blissfully safe. Let the visualization fade from your consciousness, Yet keep aware of its existence. KNOW THAT IT IS STILL MANIFESTING AND STILL SHIELDING YOU FROM UNWELCOME ENERGIES. Ground the excess energies from your system and return to full every-day waking consciousness. Repeat this exercise periodically. The more you do it, the more firmly it will manifest in all levels of reality. Eventually the exercise will become second nature, and to replenish the Shield will require but a few moments of meditation. by bjoern |
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How we can know if someone maked a black magic to us or we are cought by bad spirits???  |
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| | | From: Eerie7 | Sent: 11/4/2006 9:53 PM |
dannaa... Please read and use David St. Clair's Cosmic Forces technique on the Group Focus Page or HERE and also use methods for protecting yourself that are posted on this thread... I use Cosmic Forces each day, then go about my business 'KNOWING' nothing of a negative nature can penetrate my protective forcefield... My 'knowing' is beyond faith - it is having certainty! Then I don't concern myself worrying (fearing) whether someone may be casting my way because my 'BELIEF' in my protection is firm! IMO - one only falls victim to anothers magic IF they allow a corresponding thought/fear to enter their consciousness... when one uses magic to do harm to another there is a vibration of thought that goes out psychically... IF the reciever of this negative energy entertains fear of the person sending out the energy... this opens them up to having their fear manifest this negativity! This is a psychic attack! The Universal Law of Attraction makes this so and brings to us what we think about! This Law operates impersonally! Make yourself a mental 'magnet' of what you desire to have manifested in your reality! We attract that which we think about - consciously or sub-consciously so keep your thoughts positive and monitor them at all times! We co-create reality by thought!!! I don't entertain ideas/thoughts/fears about bad Spirits/Demons - so therefore they do not exist for me! Thought is key... Thoughts are things and we manifest what we think about! Our fears are manifested very quickly because of the emotional impact they carry! Emotional energy (feeling) is a major part of magic along with intention... Our psychic energies can be a positive force as in prayer - or it can go forth from us simply as thinking a negative thought about someone else... which to me is like using 'Black Magic'! Keep your thoughts positive and do the Cosmic Forces each day - and I know you will be protected! Do the technique daily then relax in the knowing it will work for you! Namaste...  ~eerie |
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Two answerZ Dannaa 1) The FIRST THING you do once you get out of the bed in the morning everyday of your life is psychic protection and attunement with your Creator (chanting, praying, meditation, or whatever matches your personal beliefs). 2) Find a trigger for bringing that process back in a flash whenever you need throughout your night and days (a trigger, anchor, word, thought, inner image, saying, silent joke, smile, gesture, talisman or whatever works for you.). My personal suggestion for #1 is the Cosmic Forces eXercise and for #2 Switchwords.  Psychic attack iz a fact of life and NOT something to fear at all! They are also very common and can even come from a loved one who doesn't even believe in that stuff. Do yourself a favor and don't talk to anyone other than people like us about this stuff. That's how to stay off medication and out of nut houses!   Germs are a fact of life that are best dealt with by washing your hands several (5-7 times per day), daily hygiene, detailed housecleaning and only associating with those who seem to be doing the same (especially food preparers!!). However, those who wash their hands 12 or more times per day (and are not doctors, laborers or in the food prep business), those who talk about germs constantly, or those who walk around with face masks and gloves in ordinary life are either strange or ill. The same with those who live in constant fear of being under psychic attack eXcept this topic is rarely touched in "polite society". Luckily you found us and we are not overly polite yet very nice! .............. Obsessing about psychic attack instead of learning about it and DOING SOMETHING RATIONAL ABOUT IT iz the paved road to mental illness. Dealing with psychic attack iz not more difficult than dealing with germs. Even those in ghettoes can acheive both if they are serious and dedicated. It's all about lifelong commitment to good habits.   |
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Eerie has covered the subject quite well. I know for many, this subject is of great concern. There appear to be opposing forces here in this dimension, afterall, it is a dualistic dimension. However, once one comes to truly know oneself and one's relationship to All That Is, it becomes clear that there is nothing that can harm in any way. All Is God, there is nothing else. What we see here is a twisting and bending of that energy into a distorted form. So as Eerie said, watch your thoughts. What you think, you create. IMO, the best way to to protect oneself is through self-realization. Then shields are not necessary. And it doesn't matter whether people are delving into the dark arts or not, it won't affect you. Namaste Mimi |
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Hi dannaa22 , We feel so much HAPPINESS AND JOY for you becaUze we are (all 4 of us) some of the people on this group who share the joy with otherz of helping otherz out of a jams with time tested tools. Your situation iZ very common. Thought you might like to know that. An analogy is an athletic teen who falls in love with boxing and identifies with it constantly. It's human nature to be excited about whatever you do. Yes? So boxer guy or girl tells everyone at every opportunity what they do and all manner of other new boxers, punks and thugs want to test out the "blabbermouth". Now this youngster has a problem(s)that mere boxing skillz can't handle. Get it? Don't feel silly or scared because every truthful person has been here in one form or another at some time in our lives. It'z the learning curve iz what it iz. Some make it (the onez that keep trying and KEEP UPGRADING THEIR PERSONALITIES (soul) and not merely their skills (ego)). The 4 whirlwindz have definitely been there done that and lived too laugh about it! Remember that psychic ability and boxing have something important in common. Neither of them are spiritual pursuits and even if you worked very hard to refine your skills to become one of the best in the world you could easily have (probably have) neglected your personal and spiritual development. That's cheating yourself Bigtime! Boxing and psychic skills are kinda cool but they're not that cool. SOLUTION: We are copying and pasting from a previous message above since it says it pretty well. You will find it easy and quick (a few weeks will produce several pleasant rezultz) to change things around. Keep us posted on your progress. Two answerZ Dannaa 1) The FIRST THING you do once you get out of the bed in the morning everyday of your life is psychic protection and attunement with your Creator (chanting, praying, meditation, or whatever matches your personal beliefs). 2) Find a trigger for bringing that process back in a flash whenever you need throughout your night and days (a trigger, anchor, word, thought, inner image, saying, silent joke, smile, gesture, talisman or whatever works for you.). My personal suggestion for #1 is the Cosmic Forces eXercise and for #2 Switchwords. Very simple and fun Switchwords instructions are located in the thread on your left and near the bottom of the page called "Words of Power." the 4 whirlwindZszsz |
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By the way, begin to keep a journal so you can record and review often your progress and don't stop the routines suggest above after a few weeks. Make it a lifelong daily habit. This is what helps build and expand your perception of spirit and spiritual ways apart from the crutch of religion. |
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