Energy = Magick

     Energy can neither be destroyed nor created, it can only change form.

     This is a concept I happen to agree with, more or less. No doubt interesting debate could be had on just that statement alone but, for the purposes of this article, it is the starting point. Energy comes in all kinds of shapes and forms from basic electricity to the energy contained within a black hole, but regardless of where it currently resides energy is something that can be manipulated and guided to influence, foresee, affect not only things but also the people around you.

Utilising the energy around us is not something that should be taken lightly nor is it necessarily easy to do, it takes focus, strength of will, and a relatively firm grasp of one's emotions in order to adeptly direct the energy for your desired purpose. Without each element I just mentioned things can go terribly wrong, they can just not work, or they can actually backfire upon the one doing the manipulating. So let me break down each of the three major points noted above...

Focus
For the most part this should be fairly self explanatory. Without focus of mind and intention how can one possibly direct something towards their desired outcome? Focus is the first essential point that must be learned before beginning to mess about with energy manipulation, and a focus that is unwavering in purpose. Think of it like meditation but instead of completely clearing the mind the aim is to clear all other distractions and keep only the purpose you're directing the energy towards foremost in your thoughts.  Practice of focus is very important lest your mind wander in the midst of energy manipulation and bring about undesired results. 

For best results it's ideal that the purpose the energy is being directed in is a relatively simple one, for example..when sitting on a bus thinking very clearly and directing outwards "don't sit next to me". Sounds amusing I know but I can assure you it's helpful from time to time, I speak from experience. If the desired purpose is too complex it can cause a kind of confusion within the energy and the results can be erratic and unpredictable.

Strength of Will
Will power is what ultimately directs the energy in the desired purpose. It's all fine and dandy for one to say they have a strong will, are determined in what they do but the reality is that few possess the strength of will required to truly become adept at directing and manipulating energy. It takes an unwavering will power, a will that can be focused on a purpose and be completely unshakable regardless of what factors may come into play or distractions may present themselves within your surroundings. 

Like focus, it is very important that your will not wander in the midst of energy manipulation however unlike focus will is not something that can be exactly practiced, it must be built from within. While they may seem similar, focus and will are in fact very different. Think of will power as a total commitment to the intended purpose one has in mind, not merely thinking of it and having clarity of intention in the mind but feeling that commitment throughout your being in a sense.

Grasp of Emotions
Almost more important than either of the two above factors to energy working is a firm grasp or control of one's emotions. Emotions not only drive energy but they can magnify, intensify energy during manipulations and workings. Whether it be positive or negative the energy related to emotional states is intense, generally chaotic, and abundant hence the importance of having a grasp over your emotional state of mind when doing energy workings. Think a time when you experienced either intense joy/happiness or anger for that matter, then think of how energetic you felt during that moment and you will begin to understand.

Without a firm grasp of your emotional state during energy workings it's possible for the desired purpose to become 'tainted' by an errant reaction to something remembered, something in your surroundings, something currently on your mind even if in the back of it. The risk is of course potentially significant depending on what emotion leaks into the energies at the time of the manipulation, whether the emotion is positive or negative in nature it can cause an extremely unpredictable outcome.

While the three things I have just outlined are the sort of cornerstones of energy working and manipulation there are many, many other aspects that should be taken into consideration before jumping into any kind of workings. 

The three fold law is at the top of the list in my opinion which simply put is....whatever one puts forth shall be returned to them three fold. Do not take this lightly folks! It may not be the next day, or even the next year, could well be the next lifetime but believe me eventually it WILL catch up with you. Don't take for granted that if you believe you are only putting forth positive energy and effects that it will be good fortune returned to you, the effects of energy manipulation are like ripples in a pond, ever widening and colliding on the return trip.

Consider carefully the potential effects before you engage in any kind of energy manipulation.

One final point....
When you are working with energy that you are intending to put forth to somehow effect another you MUST be conscious of the fact that you do not know what the multi-verse has planned for their path and your workings may directly interfere with that. Hopefully I don't need to spell it out that the multi-verse doesn't exactly appreciate that and will let you know, very likely in a really harsh manner.

Invisians, Realms, and the Veil

     In the last post I mentioned a few terms that not everyone may be familiar with; invisians and realms. There is another term that I will talk about as well, the veil.

     First let me talk about 'invisians'....

     Simply put, an invisian is a being of the invisus. The invisus is the various realms on the other side of the veil that many different kind of spiritual beings come from. You could think of the invisus like a large country that is divided up into provinces or states. Each of those provinces or states is a realm unto itself that is home to one, or sometimes more, races of spiritual beings or invisians. The list of the various types of invisians is long and not something I wish to get into at this point, perhaps in a later article I will, suffice to say that many of the mythological beings you have likely read about and/or heard about are indeed in actuality invisians.
     For the record, I cannot tell you where the term invisus came from or even how I came to know it, just something that has always been there in the recesses of my mind, an ingrained knowledge of sorts.

     On to realms....

     In the most basic sense, a realm is a birth or creation place of a spiritual being. You could think of a realm as a country, as a city, as pretty much anything one might wish to envision as a population centre. Although above I used the analogy of a country divided into provinces or states in reference to the realms it was to help illustrate. In the strictest sense, a realm would be more akin to something like a nebula cloud wherein each 'mote' is one of the invisians that populate or reside in that realm. It is comprised of energy versus anything truly solid as it might be in this realm of the physical but nevertheless within the reality of the realm it holds similar structure to a city or country with governments of a sort (varying from realm to realm in the exact make up of it) social gathering places, etc. A little contradictory it might seem but I trust you get the idea.

     The veil....

     As the name implies, the veil is a kind of curtain separating the physical realm(s) from the spiritual ones. Unlike a curtain that is tenuous and more or less easily passed through, the veil is more of a barrier preventing free flowing traffic from the invisus to the physical. You may be asking yourself why that would be needed....were the veil to come down and this realm be openly exposed to the other side all the magicks and energy would come flooding through, the very laws of physics may well become completely reversed or utterly negated. One cannot say for sure what would happen but what is known is that the veil is an essential part of the laws of the muli-verse, is basically eternal and has been in place for as long as any can remember.
     Something else that you may be wondering is if the veil is a barrier of control how is it there are invisians here? That's very simple to answer, we may be here but we are in physical vessels and therefore not in our natural form or state, that is pretty much the only way that invisians, or other spiritual beings, can cross through the veil. Having said that, there are infrequent circumstances in which a being from the other side of the veil slips through in their natural form but the duration with which they are able to remain before the veil corrects the error is generally very short.

   

The beginning

    When getting into discussions about energies, the ethereal, the realms and the beings therein (what I refer to as invisians) the questions I am most often asked are...when did you know? and do you ever question it? Both of those I feel are interesting questions and deserve to be answered individually so here we go....

     When did you know?

     To be perfectly frank I don't think I can pinpoint an exact moment when I knew I was of the invisian realms with any certainty. Looking back I can recall times as a very young child with a sense of sitting in my head and watching, almost like a movie, what transpired before my eyes. My spiritual self, if you will, being fully awake and aware of everything but unable to act upon most of it because I had to wait for my physical self this age to catch up and mature enough to handle the load on mind, body and spirit that being fully awake would place on me.
     Numerous times through my adolescent years were moments when I began to feel comfortable enough with the circle of friends I had at the time to begin letting it out, even on occasion telling someone at least part of the story because I felt a strong connection to them. There were even times when I would bump into someone and immediately have that sense of .. "Hey! I know you! How long has it been....2 or 3 centuries?" but of course I couldn't just blurt that out and not be seen as a complete freak or mental case by my peers. Nevertheless I would whole heartedly embrace the friendship, relationship, what have you and follow the path where it led me. 
     So I suppose the answer to this question comes down to a simple matter of, I feel though I have always known...just had to wait for the part in this realm to be ready to accommodate me.

     Do you ever question it?

    This is a little more complicated to answer because first the determination of questioning exactly what must be made. Is it questioning the nature of my spiritual self? The things that suddenly materialize into your thoughts that you cannot explain where they came from or how? I could go on and on with posing the questions so instead I will do my best to answer in general and at the same time clearly and concisely.
     No I have never questioned the things that I have felt, "known", seen (as in what's around the corner to come), or even the memories of ages past that resurface from time to time triggered by something or someone. Throughout this age I have not felt the inclination to question these things because they have always felt like a part of my truer being. This is not to say it hasn't been challenging at times to maintain that open third eye, that view of oneself that keeps you moving forward in this realm. The things we hear every day, the media we are bombarded with, the thoughts, opinions, and beliefs of this age constantly work to suppress the kind of thinking that allows one to open their mind and spirit and embrace their nature. Having said that, in the past ten years or so I have noticed a very significant change in that paradigm of thought.
     So how does one go about keeping their mind open to the flow of things to come as they will? To embrace the memories and accept them for what they are? To allow oneself to hold true to what they feel with absolute conviction to be their nature? There is no easy answer to that my friends...it takes effort, constant reminding that you are not crazy for thinking these things, seeking out information that FEELS right to you and also recognizing those connections in the people you meet that help it to flourish.