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dialog between your own conscious voice and your inner subconscious ear, so that you can prepare yourself to "channel". Along this line I suggest you read *Magick and Hypnosis* on our web site (a free download). Now, following Bardon's initial steps in *Initiation Into Hermetics* we must get our undisciplined minds under control. First spend some time observing your thoughts and analysing them, then hold one thought only for a time. You can amplify this exercise by visualizing a pink color, the word "Love", and the humming sound of "Om" all at the same time -- but nothing else. After several days devoted to this, graduate to holding a "no-mind" state, counting the number of thoughts that intrude during a given meditation period. Bardon does not mention it, but the "rushing thoughts" exercise is a good adjunct to this process. This is a jamming of one thought after another as fast and as furiously as you can pile them on -- then at the climax, experience the bliss of "No Mind!" Our "sinking pearl" exercise is also quite good and has the added advantage of accustoming you to moving the center of your consciousness to different locations in your body (very important in later Chakra meditations) (for this see *The Book of Solomon's Magick*). You should be able to sit in an asana for five minutes with an essentially "empty" mind before beginning actual visualization training.
So, to begin: we select the most simple and utilitarian objects to represent our four magical implements. A small pairing knife (paint the handle yellow if you wish), a small watercolor brush (paint the handle red if you wish), a shot glass (or any small glass tumbler) and your disc; 5" in diameter, white on obverse, black on reverse. Along with these items you will need a small practice stand about 18" high, a black cloth (3' square minimum), a kitchen timer, a small tape measure, a black-out mask (blindfold) and, if you are in a noisy environment, a pair of shooting muffs. In addition it is nice to have a horsehair cushion of the yoga meditation type to sit on. Fifteen minutes a day -preferably in the morning -- should be allocated for this training.
(These are shown in our v ideo and also in a color plate in TBOSM). If you want to see our Geburah (War) Goddess -Form of Anath, she is pictured on our new Tarot card "Conquest" accessing Da'ath. (See The Red Seventh Ray). Make these forms so real and so plastic that they are ready to come alive. So how do we learn to do all this with eyes open? Much easier than you thought. First, you will be doing this in a subdued light on a prepared surface. One magickal school used a blue velvet drape for this purpose -- but some years ago I discovered the trick to making the transition from eyes closed to eyes open a very easy process. You start by simply opening your eyes behind your blind fold. It's hardly any different than your closed-eyes "front-screen"! Once you've gotten this technique to working, then adjust the light as low as necessary and slowly remove the blindfold, extending your focus to the black (velvet or broadcloth) drape. You will quickly discover that there was no great hurdle to overcome. In the next issue of The Seventh Ray (The Green Ray) we will be running the expanded, illustrated and more detailed version of this five part article. Watch for it!
Texts for this Work Shop: 1. Bardon - Initiation into Hermetics 2. Gray - Magical Ritual Methods 3. Mishra - Fundamentals of Yoga 4. Ramacharaka - Raja Yoga 5. Le Cron - Self Hypnotism; its Technique & Use in Daily Living 6. Runyon - The Book of Solomon's Magick 7. Runyon - Magick and Hypnosis
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