Harrison Kyng - the Blog

Been a while.....

2010-07-25T10:23:00.002+01:00

I'd almost forgotten that I actually had a blog!

A lot has happened since last September, and now I find myself facing new and oldd challenges once more. I have moved from the surrounding area of Glastonbury into the heart of the town itself, which has had its own lessons for me.

My main change in direction is to restart my acupuncture practise here, I now have a clinic room at the Old Clinic in St Johns Square where I will be offering Traditional Five Element Acupuncture and Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture. The clinic will run on a Wednesday to start with, from 9am to 9pm and I hope to be doing introductory talks for the townsfolk shortly.

Feng Shui has been consistent and the students from the current course will be finishing their tour of duty next Saturday :) In the time I have been away from the blog I have worked on a wonderful new development in Beirut, although the bullet ridden walls of the old town took some getting used to.

So, if you are down and around Glasters, look me up and we'll go have a coffee in the Lazy Geko.

Old age... hoping to get older

2009-09-26T19:01:00.002+01:00

Recently; I went and had a series of blood tests, nothing special mind, just because I was getting on a bit and could do with an MOT. After 5 weeks the results came back, and what a fuss!

Let me explain that in my day to day living upon planet Earth I am known to indulge in a hearty breakfast of bacon, eggs, and sausage. I also partook (until recently) of the dreadful weed that is tobacco, and drank the occasional dram or two of finest malt or supped a flagon of real ale. These things made life sweet, made waking up something to look forwards too; in fact, I would say they were pointers on my daily path.

Now, before my other half pens her side I should add that I am partial to Indian, Chinese and English (fish & chips) take aways, so YES, I accept I am not known for my elegant food habits.

Back to the doctor though; he looks at me quizzically and asks 'so why are you here?'. Now given the fact that I remember my doctor by name, face and actions, I do expect him to either recall who I am or to look at the bloody notes on the screen before him.

'Blood test results' said I.

'Oh yes' he says with a look of dismay, 'your cholesterol is high, but don't worry as mine is the same and I run marathons, it's genetics y'know'.

'Really'

'Seems your main problem is that you have plaque in the old arteries, bad that for a chap your age. Never mind, loose a couple of stone and you'll add years to your life.'

'Oh, and stop smoking, drinking, eating red meat, fats, white bread, cakes, creams...'

I have to say the next five minutes were a blank as I listened to my cherished life going down the pan. Then I heard....

'Atherosclerosis.... blah blah'

'WHAT?'

'Atherosclerosis ol' chap, it will kill you y'know.'

So, armed with this piece of information I headed back to 'she who actually wears the trousers' in he hope I would get a cuddle and maybe a bacon butty. Not a chance.

Now, I am detoxing... all in one go!!!

No fags or beer, I can have red wine (which I hate); no fats or anything now deemed antagonistic to my well being and I can safely say - its not worth it!!

There are so many things out there that can now kill me I doubt if I will make it, so I have derived a new mental plan as follows...

'I should have died years ago so every day is a blessing and a bonus'

Will I survive the diet? Stay posted

Will everyone around me survive my diet? Stay posted :)

Bah bah daft sheep

2009-09-07T11:13:00.000+01:00

As we approach another ‘fateful’ date of 09.09.09 (I question the math here) the internet is buzzing with tales of ‘stargates’, ley-lines and attempts to kill us once more. It is fascinating that the ‘alternative’ community; a movement that proposes spiritual enlightenment, expends so much energy on thoughts of death and destruction in direct opposition to its own goals.

Let us be clear here.

It doesn’t actually matter who runs the world, what we can ‘know’ is that ‘they’ –

Control the financial institutions, and eventually, the money in your pocket
Control your health care, even the complementary care you take on
Control housing
Control your social structure, again, even so called alternatives
Control the armed forces and their weaponry

And so on….

So, you; the broken cosmic warrior, are going to do what?

They have spent trillions in money and decades in time setting the whole game up, and you think that by playing number games, eating organic or living in a cave you will stop them?

Even if the whole mess of alternative thought came together (which it won’t) in one single coherent pogrom you couldn’t stop what is happening now. You are sheep that have been carefully nurtured in a field of your own making, fed what you wanted and given the freedom of the very big field you are in. Now the dogs are loose at the borders you want to panic, but it’s too little too late.

They own everything you are except… your soul.

The ‘true You' is not flesh and blood; doesn’t need schooling, medicine, clothing, shelter or anything they control. The true You is a being of incredible magnitude and diversity that has been whipped into accepting your ‘fate’.

Now, I know I am going to get the usual responses of how people are ‘evolving’ to go through the ‘stargates’, how 2012 will set us free blah blah blah…

That in itself is just another part of the con trick that keeps you from looking at the Truth; the Truth that says ‘you are prisoners in your own body, that is the jail, and it’s why you can’t see the bars’.

One thing I know about the ‘alternative’ movement is this: it is the biggest mish mash of nonsensical drama that is played out through fear that has ever existed. It is paranoia and psychotic behaviour on a planetary scale that is unmatched by any other faith. It has no actual ideology, it has a mix of what it regards as the ‘best’ of everything which it validates through a barely credible pseudo science that just doesn’t ‘ring a bell’ but does make a laughing stock out of any real effort going on. As an example, the whole idea of stargates and the saving of the select ‘few’ proposed by many alternative authors (for a price) is directly taken from the Christian Fundamentalists idea of Rapture. Yet the Pagans pooh-pooh the Christians ‘Rapture’ as being the whim of the insane; do you not see the correlation? Or the Jehovah’s Witnesses and their ‘so many will be saved’?

Modern Paganism has done to the Abrahamics exactly what they did to the original pagans; take their beliefs and make them fit you own structure. The alternative answers are just jumbled up metaphors from the faiths that the new-agers grew up in.

So, if you can’t stop the ‘rolling ball’ what can you control?

Let us look at what is commonly accepted as true; ‘you’ are a soul on a journey, capable of reincarnation into another three dimension form. For some reason, ‘you’ just keep coming back to planet Earth; probably because ‘you’ have bought into the sales pitch and are now just looping around playing Karma. Here is the truth…

You can’t do anything about where you physically are right now, the die is caste; but, you can choose to not come back for another ‘beating up’.

You can do this, but it will be the hardest thing you have ever tried to do because you have had thousands of incarnations programming you into looping back into the game. It is letting go on a spiritual scale.

Throughout history those that we regard as ‘great souls’ have shown through example that the ‘way’ is not through becoming more complex, but by becoming simplified; by understanding the prison of human form through release of complex ideologies. In Nature they found their ‘place’ through nothing more than understanding the impeccability of ‘Being’.

A dog strives for nothing more than to be a dog, nor does a dolphin strive to be a horse; a rose cannot be anything more nor less, so why do we believe we are more than we are. You are a ‘spirit being human’; you are not a human being spiritual! To aspire to spirituality is to first and foremost denounce the true seat of self; you reduce yourself to being a temporal, short-lived, bio-degradable object that is ‘fixed’ to this continuum. That is what ‘they’ want; it is what ‘they’ have pushed upon you for thousands of years… intelligent meat!

Obfuscation is the true tool of the evil men do; through obfuscation we take simplicity and make it complex, so complex that it no longer has power or makes any sense. Governments use it all the time, just as marketing uses it. But… so do the new age ‘spiritual leaders’ irrespective of their faith or core, obfuscation is big business and is the way to control your bit of humanity. As an example of obfuscation let us look at the Witches Rede; a set of guidelines for the newly formed Wiccan movement. Notice I said ‘guidelines’, because now the general consensus of new age witches is that they are the Ten Commandments and cannot be broken, that all Hell will rain down three times over should you do something wrong. Pitiful nonsense, abject hypocrisy and a fools wish list of how to control those who look up to you.

Simplify your thoughts, your beliefs, into self provable axioms; you only need a handful. If you ‘believe’, truly believe, that by doing some wrong you will come back to repay that wrong THEN… you will, and the wheel continues to grind you down.

Freedom comes at a price; that price is not based on what you ‘own’ but on what you ‘disown’, and that was the message of all teachers past.

Chakras and stuff...

2009-05-19T11:00:00.002+01:00

I haven't written anything for a while so a reply-post to another board has stimulated me into action :)

Chakras tend to be one of those misunderstood things that sit at the back of our minds, we know they are there and we read all sorts of stuff about them and yet they remain a bit of an enigma. The following note is based upon the teachings I received and my own observations, it doesn't make it 'right' nor do I claim it to be so; yet it is one that is both elegant and suits me just fine.

First let us begin by saying that you (as Spirit) do not inhabit your body i.e. you are not on the inside. As a multi-dimensional Being it would be like cramming ten gallons into a pint pot, so you stay on the outside. You in essence 'enfold' the physical form and connect to it through lines of energy, like a puppet master. These lines of energy (communication lines) connect to the body through a whole range of chakras (communication ports) and allow communication between you (the Spirit) and you (the Body).

I kept repeating 'communication' for a reason, in the hope you see that the whole purpose of chakras is to convert spirit communication into physical 3-dimensional action and vice versa. So, chakras are little switchboards converting one form of energy into another and that is all. The interpretation of those commands is done by the central processing unit or 'brain'.

As simple analogy. I (Spirit) sit here and type this out for you (Body) to read. My actions are converted by my pc (Chakra) into electrical sequences of binary code which is passed to the brain of the computer (CPU). This then determines where the information will go and in what form. You (Body) then receive that information in a way you understand.

Chakras are no more or less than that.

The auric 'sheath' that can be felt some distance from a persons body is actually the boundary layer of Spirit and the auric 'field' within is the human perception of spirit communicating with its body. As it is perceived through the human form we see the auric field as swirling colour that, with practise, can be interpreted as the current 'mood' of the person being observed.

Physical/mental illness can affect the chakras in the sense they become distorted and filter the information flow based upon the dis-ease incurred. As different chakras connect to differing zones they have an 'affinity of communication' to that area. i.e. the throat chakra directly affects speech, swallowing and aspects of breath (there are more).

Information is routed through the body by a matrix of energy lines all to familiar to acupuncturists or practitioners who manipulate Qi. The points on the body providing 'switching' areas that allow us to re-route energy to zones that may need it in times of body crisis.

A person who is 'mute' has a permanently closed throat chakra, a person who is blind has the twin eye chakras permanently closed.

Here we come to a sticky subject.

In all my years in the 'game' I occasionally come across individuals who, for their own reasons, tell me that my base chakra, or some other location, is blocked. Now, your heart chakra(s) open and close with every heart beat; if they were to stay closed/open you would die of a heart attack. Similarly a closed base chakra would leave you a paraplegic, whilst one that was 'jammed open' would leave you insane.

I would hazard a guess that anyone telling you that your base chakra is closed wants to get into your underwear :)

Given the above what is the best way to keep these communication lines open so that we (spirit) can aid healing of our bodies and best promote good 'causative' magic?

Practices such as Tai Qi, Qi Gong and Bu Qi all teach control of the pathways. They help promote good communication between Spirit and Body. The classic Middle Pillar exercise also promotes health in the primary seven chakras whilst Acupuncture and Shiatzu can be used as a last resort to tackle imbedded dis-ease. The switchboard of the brain needs exercise too, so study and problem solving, art and crafts can keep the pathways 'greased'.

How you 'see' the world affects the chakras only in that our 'view' creates filters that only allow certain information to flow back and forth. Developing a rounded view of life ensures the healthy communication of Spirit-Body, whilst bias creates dis-order.

Working on your chakras should not be seen as an end result, but merely as an exercise that will lead you to a more fulfilling and creative/causal life.

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The role of the modern shaman

2009-05-07T09:23:00.004+01:00

As far as we know, the shaman or medicine man/woman has held a place in tribal society for thousands of years. Out of all the neo-pagan faiths that have sprung up shamanism has the 'purest' claim to an unbroken lineage; yet has that served in its favour?

In order to reduce wordage I shall refer to the various 'walkers between worlds' by the term 'shaman' only for ease, and accept that it is a term not overly liked by some. However, it is a term of my own ancestry, so I feel I can use it with honour.

The 'priest-warrior-healer' archetype and the 'walker-between-worlds' figure are motifs that are buried deep within our psyche. In the past, they were figures of both reverence and revulsion, as their journeying created the psychotic schisms necessary to function in multiple realms. The role of the shaman was not one that was aspired to by the youth of the tribe, yet it called into itself those it needed. The initiate was often sickly, and in some tribes they were epileptic; and this was seen as a sign of a 'loose spirit'. Other candidates were those who had died and come back, again possessors of a loose spirit.

Throughout the history of shamanism, and across the world, this idea of a 'loose spirit' was the underlying attribute of any candidate. The thought that they could 'detach' themselves from their body and journey with ease to the spiritual realms. In some tribes, the loosening of the 'ties that bind' were accelerated by the intake of drugs; whilst drumming, dancing and repetitive chanting could induce epileptic-like conditions.

Once the initiate had shown they could leave their body, their shamanic teacher would begin the process of identifying the hierarchy of guides, possessing spirits and local animistic deities. At this stage the initiate would never be allowed 'out on their own' and often served as helpers to the shaman so they could learn their future path. Thus is apprenticeship born.

Each spirit that the initiate is introduced to must be subdued, now this is important as far as neo-pagans go because the tendency is to ignore this process. The tendency is to believe that spirit is there to help at all times and will not harm you. Thousands of years of planetary shamanic training has shown this to be not true.

When you walk as a shaman, you are in part a warrior; but not of this world, and you are taught the ways of controlling spirit in all its manifestations. Sometimes it can take months or even years to gain the help of the hardier spirits. There has never been a researcher, or even literate shaman, that has claimed the shamanic path is easy. Our spirits are real and can hurt us, our power animals are real and can hurt us, and what we are doing is real and can hurt us.

Because of all of this there was generally one shaman to each tribe with possibly up to two apprentices at any time (in case one died). This was certainly true of my fathers people, and my father was apprenticed to his father alongside his own best friend. The shaman was responsible for the good health both spiritually and physically of the tribe, in some cases they were also responsible for the pursuit of the warriors prey.

Mircea Eliade probably wrote the most extensive scientific work on shamanism around the globe. Well worth the read and very grounding and humbling.

In the last few decades the interest in shamanism has increased with the publication of 'popular' works. The idea of shamanic paths and shamanic training have become widespread in western culture in a 'poptastic' kind of way.

There is a need for the shaman probably now more than ever, as people begin spiritual journeys unprepared for the consequences of their actions. Though the idea of the 'tribe' has changed,the role of serving hasn't and it is one of serving your own small group. A shaman must be a physical presence in their tribes life, not a metaphor or image on the ether of the Internet. They are needed physically to help, and as such are unlikely to be running around doing workshops but more likely to be working with a small 'family' group.

A lot of people ask me about becoming a shaman, and my first question is 'who will you serve?'
If they have the idea that they can become a shaman and simply toddle off to earn lots of money doing workshops and becoming famous, they are not for me.

I once met a young man who was going to medical college not because he wanted to help heal the sick, but, because there was a good living to be made in cosmetic surgery.

A true shaman doesn't sell out, doesn't do it for the money or the glory. They do it because they were born to and there is nothing they can do to get out of it, and before you argue the toss; go and ask at least 100 real shamans.

The tendency of modern popular culture is that it infects a system and then neuters that system by producing a watered down version that can be consumed by those who would never make the grade. That is what has happened to Wicca and is happening to many other sacred faiths caught up in the media headlights. My belief is the powers that be want that to happen, they want to cripple any power that can be a threat to them or that can help the masses.

There is a place for the modern shaman, it is not the market place and there is never an excuse.

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'I am'

2009-04-27T09:58:00.003+01:00

Sometimes the simplest thing can start a cascade of thought; one word, or maybe a sentence, heard out of context can light up the synapses like a pin ball machine.

Such a thing happened the other day when someone wrote about how 'their spirit' was polluted by life. Now, I wasn't really interested at that point in the latter part of the sentence as it was the 'their spirit' bit that fired me off at a tangent.

Their spirit...

The human condition is an interesting one for occultists, here we have a mammal not to dissimilar to its cousins that is still equipped with the mental 'reasoning' of its ancestral kith and kin. The ego, the reactive mind and the reptilian hind brain lend nothing to the status of homo sapien as such, but they do modify our behaviour in ways not yet fully understood. The 'I' of being aware of being aware is not generally seen as being a part of the mammalian construct; instead it is accepted as being the 'self identifier' of Spirit. For the uniqueness of this particular mammal called 'Human' is that it is in a symbiotic relationship with an alien entity called 'Spirit'.

Spirit being human.

Now what fascinates me here is, how many spiritually minded folk 'identify' themselves as spirit and how many as human. For me, I am a spirit inhabiting a physical form for a period of time. I regard myself as 'immortal' within the grand design of three dimensional space, of having no sexual alignment outside of my body or any need of becoming greater than I am. I personally see my body as a transient vehicle that permits me to experience this Universe in a linear, tactile manner.

Now... if someone refers to 'their spirit', isn't it the case that they have 'gone native' and lost the sense of who they are.

Example; I drive a car, when I am in my car I do not refer to myself as 'the driver'. I am fully aware that I am not the car, even though the car is doing what I want it to. There is a logic that tells me that when I climb into the car I do not lose my sense of self identity and become the car. In fact, if I believed I was a car my fellow humans would suspect that I had suffered some sort of 'episode' and would refer me to the appropriate therapist.

So how 'spiritual' are the spiritual folk who refer to their spirit as something that is not Them?

The idea that we are human entities evolving towards spirit never works out under scrutiny, it's a bit of a 'flat Earth' theory that sounds quaint but doesn't hold water. However, as a trap it is beautiful; spirit believes itself to be human and subject to all the frailties thereof, and in that belief it essentially devolves life after life until it is unable to function in the universe.

You are not something that 'has' a spirit, you are something that 'has' a body; that is spirit being human. Your soul doesn't go travelling at night, but you do!

The next time, try thinking about 'where' you are thinking from.

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The Passion...

2009-04-10T04:35:00.003+01:00

Today marks the first full moon following the Spring Equinox, and for Christians around the world it marks that fateful day that Jesus the Nazarene was crucified for his beliefs. On this day the passion was his, and his alone, for there was no Christian Church nor even a single 'Christian' to mourn the passing of one man. He never knew as he hung there dying, that his passing would be noted two thousand years later across a world; that his passion would inspire millions just as the passion of the Buddha had done.

OK, I am not a Christian; just as I am not a Buddhist, Jainist, Muslim or Jew. However, I do appreciate passion, I do marvel at how the actions and beliefs of one man or woman can stir a nation or peoples into action. I adore the 'myth' that passion itself can instill within a culture, a passion so strong it can elevate or corrupt by design.

Martin Luther King had his Passion, and it needed him to die for it to go out into the wider world. His passion required his self sacrifice for there to be a mixed race president in power today. Similarly, the passions of Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy meant they would die for their beliefs so that others might be inspired.

In every culture, every faith, every walk of life there are those who manifest their passion so strongly it will cause a reaction. To die for ones beliefs is part and parcel of the heroic myth even for the likes of Bouddica Queen of the Iceni, Arthur Pendragon or Horus; and it is interesting that the passion of these myths means the individual never truly dies but instead remains 'in the wings' ready to return.

My reason for writing this wasn't as a poorly portrayed history lesson, no; it was more to do with the 'passion' itself, the sense of 'rightness' that can manifest so strongly in someone that they lay down their life for its instigation.

In my life I have met people with this kind of passion, some of them I would rate as mentally ill; but that would only be a personal judgement that had no actual validity, for who am I to say what is true?

We can all lay claim to passion in our beliefs, but how many would truly die for them; not quickly but in slow torture. At what point are your beliefs perishable?

As we pagans tuck into our Easter eggs and shield our eyes from the Christians and their 'mock pagan' celebrations, we miss a fundamental lesson of life; one that is echoed within myths of all faiths around the world. The myth of the Sun God and his resurrection, but most importantly the Passion of Conviction of ones faith to the point of self destruction; and beyond that into an awakening of Spirit to a higher plane.

Do not forget that within each and every one of us there is a moment, maybe yet to come, when we as Spirit will caste ourselves into the fires of our own Passion, where we will hang lonely and deserted upon the cross of our own making and may well scream to the endless night 'my Goddess, why have you forsaken me'.

If the Passion teaches you anything it should be this; do not be smug or complacent in your beliefs. Study and understand what you 'are' and what you will 'become'; know it with such a strength that should it become your Passion then you know in you heart that you will lay down your friends, your family and your life for that Truth.

I am a pagan.

I see the Truth of Spirit in many faiths irrespective of the edifice that purports to control that truth. I understand that each of us must go through our own Passion at some time, and we will do it alone and afraid only because you cannot test something by loving it.

Today, I respect the truth of one mans passion and I hope when it is my turn that I can be as brave in my belief.

Happy Easter

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Astral bodies

2009-03-31T08:06:00.001+01:00

Most of us, at some point or another, have practiced the noble art of astral projection; certainly it appealed to me, the thought of whizzing around the multiverse conjured up images of 'Dr Strange' in a young boys head :)

However, truth, as they say, can be stranger and more harrowing than fiction.

As some of you know I grew up with two, not too dissimilar, magical practices in my life. My fathers system of shamanic practice had no use of astral bodies, we were shadows that walked between worlds. Protected by various mantras, spells and guardians we 'earned' during our development.

My other side, however, pushed the idea and practise of astral journeying with gusto. My teachers reinforcing the patterns that enabled me to create a 'stronger' body with each 'extrusion'; creating a disposable golem that could be shunted around from place to place. One that was reabsorbed after every journey so as to not leave a 'shell' open to possession by passing entities.

As a magician, the first problem with astral bodies is that they are made up of the same material as the astral realms, they are harmonically linked. Therefore they are both 'visible' and 'connectible' to any being who naturally inhabits this zone. The nature of the astral is fluidity, so by creating something partially stable one attracts attention to it. Therein lies the main problem with astral projection, that as soon as the body is formed the surrounding 'neighbourhood' knows of it. The analogy would be of driving a brand new Bentley through the poorest districts of the world, it causes a stir.

Back 'then' our understanding of the science of the universe was different, magic understood the astral realm for what is was, a buffer between this vibrational level and the next. A no-mans land that was a jumble of humanities lightest and darkest thoughts blended with things that would never inhabit any other realm. All that could be imagined exists in the astral.

Science and magic have moved on, we have scientific calculus describing the potential existence of a multiverse and magicians who happily play out their lives there. Only the die-hards and innocents bother with astral forms now that the boundaries of our 'super existence' have opened up.

Concepts such as 'bi-location' and 'multiple viewpoint' orientation have become the 'norm' within ceremonial magic and the new 'techno-mage' groupings, although all 'travelling' is a harmonic of 'something'; and whilst we are now relatively free of astral incursions there are other things to worry about :)

For those newbies who still wish to choose the route of astral forms I would suggest the following -

1. when developing your new talent, only do so in a secured 'circle' until you are able to put together the form in less than 3 minutes. How do you know your circle is secure? Go find a good practitioner and get them to attack you whilst you are in your circle. Sometimes the easiest ways are still the best.

2. practise evoking your own astral form into that circle until it appears 'solid'

3. never 'leave' your astral form lying about - reabsorb it after every attempt.

4. create a series of protection spells that you build into the form and that you can actualise whilst in the from.

Remember that any astral body you create has two connections. The first is its harmonic relationship to the astral plane, it will glow like a torch to the beings there. The other is that whilst it has form it is connected to 'you' the spirit by a higher resonance; and should the astral form become possessed you will be in a whole puddle of trouble.

The reason being, is that any entity possessing an active astral form (one that is connected to spirit) immediately vibrates in resonance with its host; becoming a doppelganger, and is therefore immune to standard banishing (you can't banish yourself, try it).

So, make sure when you finish your work that you correctly re-absorb your creation.

Messes are always hard to clean up afterwards :)

BB

It's getting nearer

2009-03-23T10:22:00.003Z

As it draws nearer the requests for information on the 2012 'event' grow ever more urgent. I suppose that may be to do with the multitude of conflicting stories of what will or will not happen, plus the (sometimes deliberate) manipulation of dates to make other prophecies 'fit the bill'.

For example, some sources are touting the Mayan calendar date as also being the time of the end of the Age of Kali. Unfortunately, the date for this latter moment in time is still some way off in the future.

So, do I know what's going to happen on Dec 21st 2012? Er.... no!

What I do know is that if this event is something you are interested in or causes you concern, then I suggest you take the time to research the source materials rather than 'listening' to popular notions that may just be pandering to 'pulp press economics'.

One of the best modern books I have read recently on the subject is 'The Mystery of 2012 - predictions, prophecies & possibilities' published by Sounds True. This book is a magnificent collection of writers from all walks of life, sharing their expertise that ranges from economics, religion, prophecy, human evolution and science. ISBN 978-1-59179-611-4; worth the read.

What about me, after all this is my blog and I guess I should have some sort of opinion.

In my view the understanding of 2012 needs to be broken down into two parts; the first is that of the Earth, and all life upon it, and the second is Spirit. You see, unlike many I don't regard spirit as having a beneficial influence upon 'Gaia' - the living Earth.

I accept Lovelock's interpretation of a living Earth; when I first read the Gaia Hypothesis way back when it resonated instantly with how I personally felt about the world. The idea of the closed system of Gaia constantly renewing itself in the face a common universal entropy was beautiful beyond words; my love and respect for this world just deepened.

However, we have to accept that Gaia goes through transitions that have nothing to do with humans, it is only our arrogance and fear that makes us feel important to Her. The Earth has passed the conjunction with the Galactic core roughly 174.5 million times in its 4.5 billion year history (using UK 'billion'). Humans were not about for almost all of those transitions, so why do we suddenly think this is a 'human spirit event'. It's not, if it is anything then it is a Gaia event.

In fact, we've been lined up with the galactic centre since the mid '80s because its a great big wide aperture and the lining up on 21st Dec 2012 is more of a human 'eye illusion' thing. But I digress!

So,Mother Earth is transiting again through the galactic plane and past the dark matter void that lines up with the core. As she has survived 174.5 million of these passes to date I shall not worry too much for her well being. She's a tough old bird that has been hammered throughout her life by comets, meteorites and planetoids; and still managed to look beautiful in the morning.

So what does change?

Well, life can change; life on Earth is the most fragile part of her makeup, whether it was the dinosaurs or us, we are all capable of succumbing to a massive life threatening event. But... the Earth goes on, she adapts, maybe evolves into something else. That is Gaia and its what she's good at.

All life on Earth is subject to her will, it all comes from her and returns back in the cycle of entropy. Within that cycle She is content upon her great journey through this Universe.

The fly in the ointment is humanity, this irritating mammal has been possessed by spirit for far too long. So long, in fact, that it has forgotten its place in the grand scheme; it has developed an importance that is beyond its own physical capability. Mankind became arrogant, and in its arrogance it has sought equal status with Mother Earth in the managing of her resources. man has become a virus infecting its host; losing its symbiotic relationship to become nothing more than a parasite.

Humanity is also fearful; fear of loss, loss of food, shelter, life, and as a result tries to explain everything in relationship to itself as the highest ideal on Earth. We are truly the 'fallen ones', and having forgotten our roots we fear everything that can touch our mortality.

Yet Gaia remembers something that we only pay lip service to, that we are immortal beings; beings that invaded her 'space' and took upon themselves the physical mantle of being human. At first it was great, spirit-being-human knew exactly what it was all about. But now, now we have lost the idea and the truth; we make up fairy tales and fantasy because the truth is too simple to comprehend.

We are immortal... and Gaia doesn't give a crap about us.

She knows we come back time after time to steal more bodies in our deranged game of being human. She knows because they are her bodies, meant for a different way of living; she made them to be the Gardeners of her world, but we turned them into destroyers. Us, spirit; that immortal essence that cannot reproduce or decay, jealous of the one being who can. For in Gaia is the total expression of creativity that is so perfect it beats the decay of the Universe itself.

So we sit and brood about what cataclysm lies ahead whilst Gaia sails serenely through her cycle knowing that should mankind be destroyed it will just come back, so best not worry about it. And she sings Her song through space, resonating with Her love the Sun and on to her core Mother at the heart of the galaxy. A song we hear and ignore in our mental decay.

So bring on the day, whether it be a sun filled dawn or the apocalypse makes no difference because we will survive it even if our bodies don't; and we will be back.

'Oh foolish Man
can't you see,
the endless pain
and misery,
that you have wrought;
beneath the rainbow
that you sought?
Oh foolish Man.'

Destiny

2009-03-20T03:33:00.003Z

Destiny implies we are headed somewhere, a destination; and that suggests purpose and planning. A fatalistic view of our own existence that excludes free-will; leaving us with the notion of a start point and end point with little to do except keep moving.

In opposition to this is the almost Darwinian idea that we were born by happenstance and through good instincts manage to dodge all the pitfalls of life in order to reach old age. This is a sort of chaos management that relies heavily on chance and our natural survival skills. It allows us to think that we are in charge.

What if life is both; after all, where does it say there are only the two choices?

Spirit-being-human actually gives us the necessary mechanics to make a blended option work. Darwin's idea of natural selection was applied to the living world he saw around himself; he saw how things mutate to fit the conditions, how any creature fits comfortably into the 'food chain' of life. Then he applied that same reasoning to Man, and it has never really sat well even for him.

Spirit, us, is essentially immortal, it doesn't conform to three dimensional mass and doesn't require a three dimensional world in order to continue existing. Spirit is an explorer, an interloper into this Universe that seeks only to experience. That's all!

What does it seek to experience, what is its mission? It seeks life... solid, touchable, finite life. It wants the sensation of Being three dimensional; pain, sorrow, joy and death are just grist to its mill of experience.

And spirit keeps coming back time after time, reincarnating for more experience of being human. Hey! Why don't we just keep the same bodies? Well, that means we only have one viewpoint on life, moving around gives us more opportunities to experience the same thing in different ways.

Spirit knows what it wants in any given life, its in no hurry so it doesn't have to cram it all into 70 years. So it looks at what that life has a potential for and plans accordingly.

Let's look at a couple of ideas on planning -

1. time specific incident. This is where spirit says 'I need this to happen right then'.
2. non specific incident. Spirit is like 'yeah, this needs to happen whenever convenient'

So, I say to you 'next Thursday we're going to a concert at 8pm'; now we are time specific. However I haven't said what you have to do between now and then, you have free will to do whatever as long as you stay alive and get to that concert. Only the concert is destiny, how you got there was free will.

Now imagine 6 of those -
1. break your leg at 8 yrs old
2. first girl/boyfriend will be Julie/Jim from college
3. first child at 27
4. divorce at 52
5. car crash 59
6. death 63

These 6 things WILL happen at those times irrespective of what you do to avoid it, that's destiny. How you meander through the intervening years is your choice, so there's only you to blame if its proving difficult. Now add in some non-specific moments -

a. get married twice
b. get mugged
c. win lottery
d. get cheated on

These things can fit anywhere into the fixed specific events without any seeming logic. So marriage can come after the children, you could be mugged at school for your lunch money or at 60 for your pension. Doesn't matter to spirit.

You may be destined to get married, but once that ring is on destiny has done its job and you may be on free will time. You may win the lottery, as soon as that cheque is banked destiny is out the window and its now up to you what you do with it.

It could even work the other way around. You win the lottery at 32 by pure chance but are destined to be bankrupt at 35; oh my! You are definitely going to cuss Lady Luck for not hanging on 5 years.

At the point of destiny's obligation you will have to conform to the requirements that you, as spirit, laid down for this incident. And that can appear cruel and painful, or even miraculous.

Can we tell a destiny moment? I don't know... maybe yes, you turned off your normal route and bang a truck hits you. Could be that destiny said you would be on that road and not the one you chose by chance each day.

Should we worry about destiny?

What for, its going to happen anyway so sit back and enjoy the ride.

Short response...

2009-03-15T11:15:00.001Z

For me I see no death, there is moment to moment effect of entropy and continuance. From the universe itself down to the smallest of things exists a state of becoming the next moment.

An end to this existence gives us closure on a viewpoint that has assimilated experience based upon when, where and how we thought at the time.

Entropy allows us to move into another viewpoint, which in turn allows us to both understand our past in relationship to the new viewpoint and to experience similar events from a differing viewpoint.

I dont really need a 'from' and 'to', where did we come from or where do we go to is a very human reaction to life. Being in the moment requires no destination, experience becomes 'all' without a conclusion of the journey being relevant.

Of course we can be frightened of death, for in that fear can be the salvation of some people. The fear of death can spur the meek to action, or it can cause inertia to flee and bring about change.

As was said previously, all is illusion; the illusion of linear time, of single realities and of mortality. Yet it is necessary to the limited capabilities of a spirit-being-human; for our minds may still soar in the lofty clouds of inspiration but our physical bodies remain firm and constant in our connection to this world.

God did not create death, it created opportunity.

Namaste

A thought, just a thought...

2009-03-13T08:21:00.002Z

Often, purely because of the nature of things, I end up in conversation with friends about 'magic'; 'what kind of spells do you use', they ask, 'does it work?'

It's interesting in that my study of the occult isn't really about collecting spells or potions, simply because I am fascinated by anything that is 'hidden'. Perhaps it's my Sun 12th House Taurus that does it :)

To me, all life is a magical act, every moment we live we are bringing into being our own reality with a gentle power that is still not understood by science. Indeed, many scientists within the field of quantum physics and mechanics are coming to a 'magical' view of existence. Their formulae extolling the necessity of humans existing in multiple dimensions at the same moment.

In these times of recession, in the lead up to the shift of one cycle to the next; we need to really understand that everything we do is magical and has an effect on the world at large. Crowley once intimated that a true act of magic is any thought that then becomes a reality, no matter how it is brought about. Because that link between thought and action is where magic happens!

If you 'want' something you must 'do' something, you must create within your world a vacuum that matches the need, as the Universe dislikes a vacuum energy will flow into your created needs. As all matter is energy all that differentiates wood from stone, joy from pain, is a vibration rate; and that is what you learn as a magician to control.

Think about the great minds of yore; Socrates, Plato, Newton, Wren, Descartes etc. What made them great? Their driven desire to understand the cosmos and their place in it brought about revolutions in thought and action, they were occultists of renown; each adding one more piece of wisdom to the pool of human experience.

Yet they are not unique, for every one of us has the same potential to investigate, discuss, theorise and deduce. It only takes a second to turn your life magical, to begin the journey of discovery. You wont find it in a book, though they provide good reference, but you will find it in your heart.

People ask me how do they deal with the forthcoming shift in humanity; the answer is to rise above the mundane in a journey of exploration of Self. To understand the billions of little self determined cells that make you who you are, to explore the limits of what you can do, to test yourselves upon the anvil of self sacrifice and from it find wisdom.

Put down the books and games, engage in conversation and start by giving just one hour a day to truly trying to understand who and what you are.

Spirit-being-human

Don't waste the gift you've been given

Happy Friday 13th!

BB )0(

Game of 'life'

2009-03-12T11:17:00.002Z

Those who know me also know that I spend a lot of time waffling on about games, game boards and the such like. I suppose my ego likes to think that during these somewhat senile ramblings I have illuminated at least one footfall upon someones path. Judging by the requests I have for a wider explanation I now doubt that.

There is a certain joy to be obtained from experiencing aspects of our lives as a series of games, a simplicity that can lead to a greater appreciation of our place in the scheme of things. Of course, it could be total nonsense too.....

As I once remarked, everything I say is a total lie - see, I did it again!

Life is complicated because we like it that way, it allows us to commit all manner of deeds, both good and bad, and generally escape having to be responsible for any of it. How clever of us.

A closer examination of human life, however, reveals a different story. No more the tangled webs we weave, oh no, just a complex pattern of gaming that would translate very nicely into cyberspace. In fact the algorithms are already in use by games manufacturers.

Let us first examine the concept of a 'game' and what is required.

The Players
A Reason to play
A Field of play (the Gameboard)
A set of Rules
Concepts of Punishment or Reward for adhering to, or breaking the Rules
A Referee
The Crowd

Now, the above can be applied to any area in your life with absolute precision, so precise as to be able to predict outcomes. How's them apples then?

Lets look closer. The Players are any number of people who agree to take part in the Game. If its the game of Marriage (Relationships) then there are Two Players. Unless, of course, you are one of those special breed of Humans called the Cheat. These people Cheat at every game they are involved in and are generically referred to as Scumbags.

So, two people come together in a relationship. If they are sensible they will have discussed the rules beforehand. The rules must be ones that they can both agree to abide by such as , "Thou shalt not cop off with anyone by thought, deed or action, whilst thou are my main squeeze". Get the picture? Good.

These rules will be unconsciously modified by the 'filters' that our young love struck couple are subject too. These may be social - 'Thou shalt not cause an ankle to be shown in a public place', phobic - 'Thou shalt never tie me up lest thou are having a thrombi thus leaving me trussed up naked with your corpse', or cultural - 'Thou shall allow examination of the bedlinen by my parents to prove Billy Higgins was lying when he said he did you first'. That sort of stuff.

At least you get the idea that the understanding of the rules is of paramount importance to the success of this particular type of Game.

The Game board (in this case) is the partnership home and it should be sacrosanct to this couple. It should be filled with their joint expressions of togetherness, not with the individual bounty of their lives, nor the whimsical musings of their respective parents, friends etc. It has to reflect their union, and what the relationship means to them both. Getting an interior designer to do it is both lazy and stupid.

Loss & Gains - occasionally referred to as the Homer Factor. A lack of attention to the rules you have both laid down is a dire situation when it comes to reward time. Especially if you are a man. Never, ever take your eyes off your woman because if you do she will go do something and then ask you about it, and you are shafted. Carry a photo (updated daily) of her so you know what she looked like the last time you saw her, so that when she changes her hair colour, style, or cut you can quickly look to the photo and promptly say "Honey, your hair- it looks great". This also works for clothes, weight loss, aging, and of course, actually remembering who she is.

Of course, it's easier for the female as she doesn't need a photo of her loved one as he never changes - at least not his underwear, shirt, trousers, hair style or attitude. if he does you just know he's having an affair. Simple.

The Referee is the piece of paper you wrote all the rules down on. Ideally have the original engraved on plates of Titanium and buried in a casket at a secret location by someone with only 24 hours to live. Use photocopies to threaten each other with thus keeping intact the true intent of your love.

Finally we have the Crowd. These are all the people you both know who hate you for having such a brilliant relationship and will secretly do anything to foul it up. These people are also known as Friends, and believe me when I say 'they are watching you'.

In summation, somewhere on this page is a great truth, all you have to do is look for it. When you find it email me as I am buggered if I know what it is.

Someone switch the 'stupid' button to off, please!

2009-03-12T11:06:00.002Z

Tell me, did the world go fekkin mad in the night or something?

Here's a 'story' with some of the names and time lines changed to protect the seriously stupid.

Roberto rang two months ago to say Giselle had just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Roberto, a QiGong master and macrobiotic, wanted to know if I thought that taking her (Giselle) to Mexico to see a shaman would be beneficial to her recovery as he didn't believe in doing the 'allopathic' route.

After some consideration (approx. 0.000456 secs) I told him to book her into the best private clinic I could think of and get the bloody thing out of her. Then, and only then, could he think about alternative therapies.

Needless to say he ignored my advise on the grounds that it conflicted with his interests, not Giselle's mind you, who wanted to stay alive.

So, they went to Mexico and now she's dead.

Which part of 'fekkin stupid' needs to be spelt out.

I don't care how pagan you are, there are times in your life when allopathic care is the only chance you have. It doesn't matter if some voodoo queen from Milton Keynes tells you that it is a spell caste on you by someone from a previous life. The damage is done and you will die if you don't sort it out.

Full stop!

Complementary care is just that, it complements other treatments, just as the physician of old complemented the surgeon.

If you let someone die because of your beliefs you are guilty of murder.

Yes, sometimes you will suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, and the time to catch them magically, psychically or spiritually is whilst they are embedded in those areas. As soon as dis-ease manifests as a physical trauma you MUST seek the advise of those who deal in such things. Treat your doctor just as you would your Reiki practitioner or acupuncturist. They are trained to do a specific type of healing - use it wisely.

Or end up like the beautiful Giselle, a cold lifeless corpse sacrificed upon the altar of well considered idiocy.

Human Being...

2009-03-12T10:29:00.004Z

How much freedom is really involved, and what does it actually mean to be Human?

Homo Sapiens are essentially 'reactive' mammals no different to any other creature roaming the planet, driven by the need to survive and multiply. That need is basically expressed as 'can I fight it or run from it, eat it or hump it; or a combination?'

All of this drives the ego, which some say is the original mentality of the human condition before spirit took over. The ego 'reacts' to the environment rather than acts upon it, so essentially there is no free will with the ego.

The human ego forms the command centre that monitors external conditions and relates that input to stored reactive data. This is fine and dandy until you introduce the idea of self-awareness and spirit; at which point everything goes to hell in a hand basket.

Self awareness allows us to assess and predict which is useful when you are tracking your next meal, planting crops, moving to a better area an so on. It also permits us to ponder upon the concept of 'self' and our place in the scheme of things. This is not such a good idea.

Of all the creatures on Earth we are the only species that does not live in harmony with our world. There was a time when we did, as hunter gatherers we each understood the rhythm of life and the cycles of Nature. With increased awareness came the idea that we are separate from nature, that we can control all we perceive to our benefit. Humanity became a virus infecting the Earth at this point.

We create 'beliefs', some of which we regard as being pro-survival and some which may be non-survival traits. In the end all beliefs are merely the result of information being processed through a very large range of reactive memories, thus beliefs are filters that control our perception of life.

Beliefs are killers! Well.... a lot of them are. Just step back and look at the world for a moment. Wherever you look there is strife, war, famine, poverty, disease etc etc etc. All of these things are allowed to exist through the beliefs of people who could, actually, eradicate virtually all of it.

We believe (because we are told) that the world is led by highly intelligent people with first class degrees who know better than those less fortunate souls that they govern. Sadly, it is true that anyone who has a desire to 'lead' should instantly be barred from doing so on the grounds that they 'want to do it'. Better to fill all leadership roles with poor unfortunate souls who would never dream of holding such a position and then telling them they will be shot if they foul up! What a great make-over for Planet Earth.

Hey, I'm rambling (or raving), so back to the point.

Belief filters occur at every level of our lives, modifying how we behave from the subtle to the most extreme paranoia, and understanding that we have them is the first step towards being free of them.

Fear is our greatest filter, it is controlled directly by the ego and hard wired to the adrenals. Our ego understands human mortality and for millions of years has monitored instances of non survivable events which are then passed down genetically and orally. Fear can cause us to react both rationally and irrationally.

Our fear is a nebulous enemy that sits comfortably behind many other emotions thus disguising its intent. Someone who tells you that you are the most important thing in their world may be telling the truth, or they may say the same thing to everyone from a fear of being alone, or unloved, or disliked.

If you have a negative reaction to your external world then fear may well be involved, and if it is unfounded it will become destructive to your well being. It is in direct opposition to true Joy.

Let us say that you are afraid of the dark, then you will miss out on the beauty of a starlit sky as seen from the top of a mountain where no city lights can reach.

A fear of people 'not like you' will deprive you, as a spirit, of the rich tapestry of life that has evolved through the diversity of social evolution; thus stunting your social evolution.

How do we resolve these filters?

Well, in accepting they are there you have taken the first step. Sit down and write out all your known fears, likes, dislikes etc. Now find the validation (from personal experience only) for them. Try to see how they modify your life and intuit how your life would be different if you didn't have them.

Because fear based filters are hard wired it can be difficult for some people to approach a change that would negate the filter. For these people, seeking the help of a therapist qualified in dealing with these issues is both supportive and instrumental in ensuring that in removing one filter we do not introduce another.

It is certainly true that the advent of processes like NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) have given us the tools to remove and/or reprogram our filters in a way that benefits and enriches our lives.

In freeing yourself of filters you are enabling yourself to react to life in a creative way that is true to your personal identity, rather than reacting irrationally in a way that is detrimental to you and those around you.

The pen is mightier than the sword...

2009-03-11T12:44:00.002Z

...and apparently Karma free.

This really leads on from the previous thread in that, as teachers, we obviously use books as reference materials for our students. Partly because it means they can fill their time productively between sessions with us, and it saves us rewriting what has been written.

Here's the question for this thread -
'Do you think the saturation of the market with books on magical practices i.e. spell workings, is a step too far; a step that puts our children at risk?'

The above question is one I have pondered for nigh on 30 years, and is something that is increasingly worrying me.

In the 'old days' books on magic tended to be hard to find and aimed at the serious student, many were laid out in the traditional style of reference material that was obviously designed to supplement some course or other. No sensational claims, or shortcuts and a tendency to hidden away on bookshelves to high for kids to reach, to an extent kept the art out of harms way.

Those undertaking the study of magical practices tended to be bright, intelligent people searching for an answer; taking a look at the 'roll call' for practitioners of the pre 70's unearths an impressive list of doctors, scientists, architects, and other learned people. In fact, many of the sciences we have today started out as occult practices.

As a student of High Magic my tutors, both male and female, were people with exemplary qualifications in the mundane world; all had degrees of one sort or another. My 'alma mater' coven was led by a doctor of theology; and the only coven member, at that time, not to have a degree was me. Serious researchers all, in search of an understanding of that which is hidden, with no thought of anything except the pursuit itself.

Today, we have a different breed thanks, in main, to the popularisation of witchcraft through the media; predominately through books. Books that offer what I call, a McDonalds version of magic. Chicken nuggets with spells; and just like we have stopped caring about the junk we put into our children's stomachs, so have we ceased to care about their minds.

These books are fascinating in that they all portray their authors as wonderful, caring beings, interested in only the dissemination of knowledge. Well, knowledge in the wrong hands is a friend to no-one; and in the hands of the mentally disturbed it is outright lunacy.

Let us meander a moment for a short, but true, story.

Not so long ago I received an email from a young lady from the US; in it she informs me that her classmate is a vampire and asks 'does a stake through the heart really kill vampires?'

She goes on to tell me how she has read a great deal about magic and has in her possession a copy of the book of shadows from the tv series 'Charmed'. However, she is unable to identify from it the type of demon she is dealing with.

Do I hear the hiss of the intake of breath from you, my readers, have you yourselves been asked similar?

Well; I pointed out to her that a stake will kill anyone, not just vampires, and that murder was murder and an affront to spirit. I then forwarded the email to the FBI in the hope that this burgeoning 'Buffy' could be stopped before someone died.

Is this an isolated incident? No, I get requests every other day for some nonsense spell or other. These 'ready meal' gutter press publications have stripped away the inquiring minds of our youth in a way that is nothing short of dangerous.

Loaded guns are be handed out to the vulnerable and weak minded with no compassion or true guidance; whilst their authors profess to be innocent of any complicity in the psychosis presented by their readers.

Well, they all write about Karma an the Threefold Law whilst giving out spells that bind or pervert to kids powered up by hormones, rage and reason.

Who pays the Karma?

Our kids or the authors that set them on the track to nowhere?

Two things are needed right now. The first is professional responsible tutoring of the occult by people who are not out to make a name for themselves or a fast buck.

The second is an accountability of the authors each and every time their work can be linked to either a psychotic episode or act of violence. make them pay the Karma and they will think twice about their profit margins.

Nowadays it seems everyone wants to write a book, and on the whole most of them are harmless simply because they are nonsense. However, when you convince our kids that vampires and the like walk amongst them, or hand out spells that will hurt another even by omission; then you are a problem.

A stake will kill anyone, so who pays the Karma?

BB )0(

Shadow : Nagi

2009-03-11T12:41:00.001Z

I love the term 'shadow' as it embraces something that both 'is' and 'isn't'; it is both a truth and a lie at the same time. It resembles and adheres to a 'thing' and yet in itself is a 'no-thing' that can often be misunderstood as a reality.

Shadows come in many guises, from the commonly understood casting of light to the more mysterious realms of self-hiding and ego. Shadow walking belongs in the realm of shamanic practices, a gift that requires the participant judge between two sets of realities to identify the shadow.

Let's look at shadows starting with the simplistic notion of their being.

We all cast visible shadows, even under a full moon it is possible to your shadow following faithfully each move you make. Yet the shadow itself is unlike you, it has your general shape and actions; but, it is two dimensional and therefore lacking in the true characteristics of 'self'. It has no intelligence, merely a poor copy of the truth that is there; and it can shape shift with the landscape it is cast upon.

The power of the moving picture has given shadows a new lease of life, for they are in themselves mere shadows; illusions created to 'entertain' or influence. We watch these shadows and can be in awe of the people they portray, without ever meeting the being that cast it in the first place. Shadows have become the power of the media, of the advertising guru and politicist alike. We are controlled by shadows.

Our own memories are but reflections of something real, by themselves they are nothing and should have no power over us; yet we submit daily to the two dimensional drudgery that they bring. Many claim they are multi-dimensional beings but they display two dimensional shadow mentalities; living in fear of their true selves they create other shadows to confuse the onlooker.

Even science misunderstands the shadow, choosing instead through deduction to assign a multitude of names to describe one thing. Shadows cannot be deduced, as Socrates showed and Plato proved, we can adduce the power of the shadow by looking at its whole, and not the sum of its parts.

Within Wicca is the term 'and ye shall be naked in thy rites'; ignoring the historical reasoning for Gardner choice of 'skyclad' we can examine the term in relation to shadows.

In our 'rites' we, as practitioners, hope to stand before our God and Goddess in the purist of our natures; it is our hope that our spirit be opened to their influence and bounty accrued. However, does physical nakedness do this, or has the idea of ones nakedness simply been reduced to the mundane. I believe so.

Naked in your rites to me means one thing; that we stand with our hearts and minds wide open without fear or needing to hide. It means Honesty, Truth, Trust in all their highest forms; we must display ourselves without ego upon the sunlit altar of those we summon so that their shadow may be cast upon our open hearts. Having your kit off is not the same thing.

Let us say that we do this, yes, we definitely do, so take our word for it. OK, OK... I got the message.

When you enlightened souls then turn your attention to us lesser mortals do you then cast to us from your inner light or do you cast us a shadow?

A person who is confident in their knowing, who is truthful in themselves, who has honesty as a sword and integrity as a shield is also transparent. In Truth, nothing can hide!

The 'light of wisdom' from these beings is bright enough to cast a shadow, but is not a shadow in itself; it hides from nothing and illuminates the dark places of the soul.

The trickster projects but a shadow, a shadow made up of ill considered reasoning of the thoughts of those truly upon the path, they are facsimiles; two dimensional beings that will drag you off the path and into their two dimensional world. The promises are good, like adverts they offer the wildest of things imaginable; from immortality to exiting this brave new world for pastures new. The one thing they don't tell you is how to live your life here and now, in three dimensional space; how to deal with the pain and angst, the joy and bliss that is spirit-being-human.

Shadows make you believe there is an escape route, a way off planet Earth; a way to escape something that you - yes YOU consciously chose for yourself. No one made you do it folks, you picked this life for a reason; you chose to be who you are doing what you do for a damn good reason and now the shadows have convinced you that you were wrong.

Well, as they say, Satan is sitting on your shoulder! The Father of Lies, the Heyokah, Coyote, Loki of Advertising has got you by the short and curlies.

You are being fed a lie that takes you away from accomplishing your mission here on Earth. Western civilisation is in meltdown and whilst Rome burns the alternative world is a buzz with -
'How to join the Strygian Empire'
'Become a Stargate Child'
'Jump to another dimension before 2012'
'2012 - we're of to another dimension'

ad infinitum... do the search, it makes you cry; welcome to the madhouse.

The shadows are lying because they don't want you to do anything that would actually work, they don't want you to feel reality or even take part in it. They don't want you to accomplish your goals... Shadows!

Yes, 2012 is significant but... the last fifty years has seen the power of Shadows become so strong that there really is nothing to be done. The people necessary do not exist anymore, they have been replaced by the spaced out gurus who want you to believe that by sending your money he/she/it can get you on board whatever Ark they are peddling. Wake up for fuck sake!

The human race is heading wholesale into the abyss, now is not the time to go nuts, because a bomb is a bomb and your ass is on the line just like the so-called bad guys. One world, one people, one big fucking nightmare. Stop playing with shadows and walk into the light and look at what you live in.

AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT IS REAL. Do one thing in your own three dimensional world that is real, please.

Then take a look at your Shadow heroes, a real look with real eyes. How do they present themselves, can you see Them or a picture of something else; because if you can't see Them then they are hiding something. Which means they are not 'lightbeings' but shadows, light beings don't hide because they don't need to. They are not afraid of who they are or what you see, they show Truth. Hide behind a book cover and I will ignore you, hide behind a painting and I will question your words, because I don't do shadows anymore.

I have seen these shadows so carefully play their outward image, so sweet so good; then you see behind into the private world and you see they do not walk their talk, they are not Red Road Warriors of Good Conscience. Just shadows, illusion based upon their pain; pain they cannot face.

If you want to be a Lightbringer in this our darkest of time hear this -
Find something you can do from the heart, that lights you up and DO IT. I don't care if you like sweeping the streets because that is useful.

Do that one thing repeatedly for humanity and if enough people do it we might make it. Right now we don't stand a cats chance in hell, and praying wont change anything either. You have to get off your ass and get real.

Abramelin... you old bugger!

2009-03-11T12:39:00.000Z

It is never easy, this thing called Life; each path, each twisted turn can create a cascade that drags us kicking and screaming into pain. Often we can see it coming, dark clouds upon the horizon of the mind fill us with dread of the new dawn. The choice becomes difficult, almost impossible or so it seems; and somewhere in our being we cling child-like to Hope.

Below is a story; a story written as fiction because that's the way it wanted to be, and yet it is a story of a journey we all undertake at least once in our life.

Enjoy

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‘Josh’.

Josh was lying in a very dark place, but as he felt comfortable he decided to stay as he was.

‘Josh, you must listen as I cannot stay here for long. You must not let your memories rise up; you must go down to them. You will know when to start, you will feel the change. Do not let it overwhelm you, stay in the flow because the firewall will lie; remember that it is all lies.’

He wasn’t sure what that was about and he was sure being comfy was an important part of this journey, stay comfortable. Interesting, thought Josh, that felt like it wasn’t me thinking but the voice said, ‘of course it’s you’. Josh suddenly felt the need to pee but didn’t, couldn’t, after all he was in bed wasn’t he?

‘Go ahead’ said another voice, ‘remember when you were small?’

Josh tried to focus but the voices became a multitude hammering to be heard, and all the voices were one voice, his voice; Josh’s voice.

‘Stop! Stop! Stop!’ he screamed in his head, ‘How many of you fuckers are in my head?’

A strong voice, a remembered voice said ‘One for each Josh.’

Josh began to laugh, ‘Now I know I’m loosing it, you’re Obi Wan Kenobi from fucking Star Wars!’

‘No!’ said Obi Wan, ‘I am Obi Wan Josh. I am the archetype you created for yourself because you believed in me.’

‘Fuck off’, was all Josh could think of, and then added ‘I suppose there’s a Josh Armstrong, first man on the Moon, and Josh Christ Son of God!’

‘Over here, over here!’

‘I have definitely lost it!’

Obi Wan Josh continued, ‘Josh, you must listen to us. What you are doing will destroy us all, we are You, fragments created in the image of those you admired or revered, you modelled us in your psyche and what you are doing now will kill us all.’

Josh was almost crying, ‘I don’t believe you.’

‘Then you don’t believe in yourself.’

The multitudes were quiet. Josh Christ came forward, ‘Josh, we are what you made us and it is the way for all humans. The soul is like a diamond with infinite facets and each facet is a portrayal of your experience and how you survived it. We collectively are your survival Josh and without us you have no identity. Every time you do something in the world one of us is at the forefront with you, guiding you from experience. None of us are perfect, mind you, as you are imperfect, and we only exist through your viewpoint.’

Josh thought, ‘I want to speak to Josh Jung.’

‘What can I do for you Josh?’

‘Is this what you would describe as a schism or psychotic episode?’

‘Not so Josh Keene, we represent the Hero qualities of your soul. You need to understand that there are many more of us here and some of them are not so kindly inclined to your current situation. Your mind is breaking apart and as a result we, the Heroic Archetypes, are drawn into your arena first’.

‘Is it true’, thought Josh who was beginning to see a glimmer of hope here, ‘that I am the prime viewpoint here, and that whatever I want I can create?’

‘That is correct.’

‘Thank you Jung, I am tired of this darkness, I choose to be in the daylight. I choose to be in the at my power point, and you are all invited. So shall it be!’

The shift was instantaneous, the dark was replaced by the sunlight, and Josh was standing within a ring of sessile oak trees at the centre of which was a large flat stone. They were on a broad ledge, and looking out, he could see the lake and small island he remembered so well. He could hear the water flowing over the dam in the near distance and he checked the scene meticulously for faults; there were none. Outside the circle of trees were Josh’s archetypes and he was surprised to see that they didn’t look like him but looked like the actual characters. Heroes, he thought, nice touch.

‘I want these Josh’s to enter the circle, Josh Ishtar, Josh Crowley and Josh Jung. I will not refer to any of you as Josh from now on.’

The three chosen walked into the circle of trees, Josh was now sitting on the stone.

‘Ok, the reason I picked you three is that you were the first people to influence my views of life. Ishtar, you were in my dreams from childhood and I developed my love of the Earth from you. Jung, you inspired me to look into how the mind works, to try and develop my strengths, and you Crowley, your love of the magical structure of the universe inspired me to learn about the magic of the soul.’

‘This is my wish; I am going to integrate all of you into my current viewpoint as one single entity. No fragments and no independent identity, you will become whole with me, with your talents becoming my talents. Do you understand?’

Crowley spoke first, ‘What you suggest is a dangerous course young man; we could choose not to allow ourselves to be integrated and make an attempt to take you over.’

‘No you wont, because the nanobots are already destroying the genetic threads that hold the firewall together, a war between us now would certainly lead to total insanity and death; we would all lose.’

‘Well put.’ It was Jung who stepped forward, ‘I naturally fear losing the independence I have enjoyed within your mind, however, if you are to succeed in moving past the firewall it is something I shall choose to do.’

Josh paused, there was another viewpoint he needed here, someone who he believed had braved the firewall once before. ‘I call Castaneda to the circle!’

Like many people of his age Josh had explored the teachings of Carlos Castaneda, for Josh the road to enlightenment was never going to be drug induced and, as such, he took Castaneda’s teachings on face value. The important thing right now was that Castaneda had experienced the vision of the soul fragments becoming one within the internal god. Josh asked Castaneda to explain to the others that integration would not lead to a sense of loss of identity.

Ishtar looked worried and interrupted Castaneda to speak to Josh. ‘I can feel the firewall weakening; we do not have much time left. If you are going to act it must be now.’

Josh addressed the others, ‘You must walk into me and surrender yourself in unity. Castaneda, please be first.’

The fragments of Josh Keene flowed in one after another, the heroic qualities he had nurtured in this life became one cohesive mind, these were soon followed by archetypes representing all the qualities of his life; soon the flowing tide of fragments stopped.

‘I am All!’

Josh looked to the horizon, black clouds laced with red fire were closing in, the fear was still there he thought. New forms clambered to be heard at the circles edge, other archetypes merging until Josh slumped to the ground. The darkness was upon him now and a new voice spoke.

‘I am also here!’ It was the Shadow, the sum total of Josh’s fear, rage anger and hurt. To this new Josh it felt like evil had walked into his mind.

‘I deny you!’ and Josh raised himself up to his feet once more, ‘I deny you, you are not welcome here.’

‘You cannot deny me for I am as much you as the others. Humans stand between extremes, right and wrong, good and evil; through your choices are we all given form, we are your children too! Without my qualities you have no measure of your goodness, you need us.’

The scenery around Josh was beginning to crumble, the firewall was breaking and with it his hold on reality. Soon he would be in the sea of his own past.

‘Not sea’, said the Shadow sensing the thought, ‘Hell! That is how humans interpret the firewall, hell. We know you have seen it before many times, and remember, everything dark you believe about that place is built in there; you need us to help you through. We too have been there!’

Things were disappearing fast and Josh made the choice, he opened himself up to the Shadow and prayed he wasn’t wrong. Everything exploded into a nightmare of stench, fire and pain. Josh felt he was in a scene from Dante; demons beset him on every side ripping at his flesh and howling like banshees. He felt his mind begin to collapse, felt the first thoughts of submission to the inevitable, and Josh’s anger too rose up bringing with it knowledge.

‘Choronzon! I defy you and your majesty of Dispersion and Chaos. Babalon, Goddess of Binah, come to my aid I beseech thee. Turn aside this foulness and succour my soul which is in sore need of your divine Love.’

Josh’s outstretched right hand became a sword extended from his elbow, a sword of light which he swung around to clear a circle about himself. The demons screamed and moved out of range of its power. Josh could feel the chaos around him reacting to this new threat, and he saw Choronzon squatting toad-like on a rock off to his left. He was about to engage him when the scene began to change ahead of him, a huge creature took form towering above Josh; its horns and forked tail, the cloven hooves and the bloody great pitchfork had an undesired effect on Josh mind. He began to laugh uncontrollably.

‘Oh pleeeez’, giggled Josh with tears rolling down his cheeks, ‘you cannot be serious, I stopped believing in that version of Old Nick when I was six years old!’ Josh’s sword arm disappeared and a large staff appeared in his left hand, he pointed it at the apparition.

‘Assume a simpler form!’

‘What?’ it said, failing to understand the levity in Josh’s voice.

‘ASSUME A SIMPLER FUCKING FORM WILL YOU!’ shouted Josh.

The demon drew itself up to its full height and bellowed, ‘I am Satan, Lord of Darkness.’
A blue white light blasted out of the staff and Satan turned into a pile of red dust. Josh looked pleased at that one, ‘Nah’ he said, ‘you’re just history!’

Chaos, Josh thought, you have to have chaos for order to manifest, you cannot create without destroying something first; whether that’s an idea or… oneself. He saw now that you could not defeat chaos, for in doing so order could not be born.

In the distance was a point of blue white light and Josh knew that was his goal, but first there must be chaos. Josh visualised a diamond in his hand and once he was happy with it he began to transfer his core self to it. When he was done he turned to Choronzon. ‘Now, now you can have me’, and Josh opened himself up to the chaos.

All he could now see was the point of light and he could feel his body itching, crawling, like millions of insects were running over him eating his flesh. Having a hatred of anything with more than four legs he was finding it hard not to scream.

Josh focused using a mantra he found in the back of his head, ‘Om mani padme Om’; he began invoking the blessing of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion. Josh could hear himself chanting from the quiet point he occupied, he felt his body being systematically stripped away and although it was painful to focus on, there was a sense of beauty within it.

‘Ah!’, he thought, ‘the forty meditations upon death’ and relaxed, acknowledging each layer as being unnecessary to what he would become; his form crumbled to dust and was blown away.

The diamond was all that was left now, and the more chaos attacked it the stronger and brighter its surface became until chaos itself was spent, and the firewall exploded in a brilliant ball of light.

‘I am!’

And Josh found himself floating in a blue light of absolute serenity. Drifting around him were packets of light, each one different from the other and as he looked closer he could see they were lives, his lives.

Josh knew exactly what to do; he picked each one and held it against his heart watching as it was absorbed back into his body. Each life retrieved like meeting an old friend again, and as each one passed its experience back to Josh he became more than he was, and further from the world of humans.
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(c)2007HKyng : 'End Times - Revelations' (extract of book 1)

Becoming : The Art of Life

2009-03-11T12:31:00.000Z

'Three score years and ten' is said to be our alloted time in the school of life; seventy years in which to learn, grow, exprience and assimilate. It's not actually a long time unless you're fresh off the starting line!

The greatest gift we have as spirit-being-human is that of choice, and if nothing else, it is choice that determines every single moment of our time here. Choice is so powerful that when we run out of choices we die, because Death is our final choice; when all our options are used up.

Choice itself is interesting, as it stems from options available to us moment by moment throughout the day; and choice relies upon two primary illusions in order to work. Those illusions are here referred to as 'Yin' and 'Yang'.

Yin and Yang are possibly the most misunderstood concepts going, probably because it's easier to copy and paste our old friend the Yellow Emperor and his cohorts the Su Wen than it is to stop and think seriously about how we function.

My Chinese master and my acupuncture tutors all tried hard to instill in us, their problematic charges, the understanding that Yin and Yang are not 'absulutes'; in fact they can't be as they are in a never ending struggle of 'becoming'. When we understand this we can lose the outmoded western idea of opposites, we can stop taking sides with our ideas of positive, negative, good, bad, right and wrong; and the idea of simply Be-ing leads to Be-coming.

Let us expand a little here. The pictograph for Yin means 'shady side of the mountain' and for Yang, 'sunny side of the mountain'; and these two terms are interchangeable.

How so?

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so any view of a mountain will show the sun illuminating one side before the other. Yet there is no absolute Yin or Yang here for the sun does not stand still in the sky; and this is the lesson of Yin and Yang, that they are in motion with each 'becoming' the other in a constant dance of life.

There is no constant state of Yang or Yin within our bodies, if there was we would die as the 'Sheng' (feeding) cycle would collapse very quickly. An imbalance become progressively more Yang or more Yin, depending upon the condition.

The triplicity of Yin, Yang and Becoming is seen everywhere we look for we cannot escape the circle of life and it is this triplicity that gives us 'choice'.

A simplified example, you are hungry; therefore your hunger is an increasing state of yin because as you become hungrier you become more yin all the way to starvation and death.

Again, you are lying in the sun becoming hotter, increasingly yang; and the longer you stay there the hotter you become until the excessive heat kills you.

Therefore, life unchecked and without choice can be pretty hair raising in the survival stakes.

Each second becomes the next in a fluid motion that has no single point of stasis; we are not in a state of 'I am' but of 'I am becoming', there is no static moment in life or death as all is motion.

Entropy is 'becoming', something moving from one state of being to another; and the joy of understanding is that there is nothing 'good' or 'bad' involved. There is always a point when you can go no further in increasing a yang condition of being and it becomes an increasing of its yin condition.

Humans have many problems that originate in this cycle of action. Some people are great at starting new things, but never seem to complete them; others may talk of what they want to do but just can't get started. A lot of this is the result of the learning curve or 'gradient' that they choose.

The gradients of your life are made up of choices, choices you make for yourself; and depending upon your understanding of the importance of selecting the right choice lies the outcome.

Gradients are unique to your own life, they cannot be passed on 'in completeness' to someone else without the risk of the gradient being to easy or difficult to follow.

Example...

You wish to lose weight so you go look at available diets. The one you choose is 'how to lose a stone a week', hey great, now you can postpone losing that stone until the last minute. Now, you start the diet and the gradient is obviously going to be steep and if it reaches a point where the body believes it is going to die if this continues, then it will force 'you' to give in and rightly so.

The other diet is 'lose 2lbs a week'; hey that sounds lik a healthy way to do it. After 3 weeks you look at the scales to find a disappointing 4lbs lost and enthusiasm goes out the window. Too shallow a gradient.

The idea of 'becoming' slimmer should start with you mapping out what you are capable of choosing and why. From there the decisions should be graded to provide a comfortable move choice to choice that allows you to feel 'success' in each moment of becoming. That way you are gently following the sine wave with no effort and each choice is joyful.

Stuck in a rut, can't learn all those chords? Go back two steps and change the gradient, learn just one chord until you can play it perfect each time, then pick another.

I was an apprentice metallurgist when I met my Chinese master, he didn't know the word and so I did my best to explain it. He then gave me the simple answer, 'Ah, a student of becoming!'. Yes, I was trying to become a metallurgist. That moment had reprocussions many times in my life, whatever I set out to do I think of him laughing and wagging his finger, 'Ah, a student of becoming a ....'

You can be a 'student of becoming' in many things in the one moment, whether you are becoming healthier, calmer, wealthier or more knowledgable it makes no difference. Applying the same simple rules can help you make the right choice in the right way to achieve the right result.

Didn't Crowley state in his laws of magick that an act of magick requires you to 'be in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing with the right intention'?

Maybe he knew my teacher :)

Reality - it's magic!

2009-03-11T12:29:00.002Z

Of all the creatures on the Earth, humans are the craziest; and with good cause too! The ability to be aware of being aware throws up a lot more issues in the human psyche than we would think possible. Primary in this is our ability to predict or plan ahead, now, you may consider this to be a bonus; however, it is a two edged sword.

Today's topic is complex, so if you don't like complex you may leave now whilst the rest of us get comfy. You'll need to be comfy because there are things about reality that need to be said; in relation to your day to day life and your pursuit of magic.

The creatures of planet Earth are, on the whole and with some exceptions, reactively driven; that is, they react to what is happening in the moment without 'a priori' evidence that something will happen. They are the best Daoists around, because they only have to 'be in the moment'.

As was said previously, humans are different; we plan, scheme, enter into allegiances, without any of it happening right now or having the chance to happen right now. We book our holidays a year in advance and then dream about it every day on the belief we are going to get there. This is an action we apply to hundreds of things daily, predicting the outcome of our reality line. Every human being on the face of the Earth does it, it is in our nature.

The truth is, there is no 'future'; the expected moments in front of you are just a chaotic pattern of possibility ranging out from each moment you experience, the closest being the greatest possibility of occurring way out to the 'not a snowflakes chance in hell' variety. Chaos is the ocean we swim in moment to moment, and we are masters of manipulating it.

A good magical practitioner is someone who fully understands this self evident truth and uses it accordingly to control their next moment. A very good practitioner knows how to reach out to the 'snowflakes chance in hell' and make THAT the next moment; now that IS magic.

Let us look at the two basic forms of magic; sympathetic and high ritual, as they both use the above to create this effect, even subconsciously.

Sympathetic magic and sorcery - 'Sorcery' is derived from the Latin 'sortiarius' which roughly means 'one who influences fate'; an appropriate description here. Within the bounds of sympathetic magic is the understanding that by creating a 'link' with a person or object one can influence it's actions. There is a more modern term for this called Harmonic Resonance which we will discuss later.

So, let's say I want to influence my boss, therefore I need to create a sympathetic link; perhaps a lock of hair, a photograph or personal item. Once I have them I believe that through connecting with them my Will will be done, so I do my ritual and send out 'Boss, I need a raise and you are going to give me more money' - is that correct? Nope!!!

Just because you have something that belongs to someone doesn't mean you can go do what you like UNLESS you create a resonance with the way they perceive reality. In your bosses case that means you have to understand what your boss looks for in a good employee, their strengths, and use that. Back to the drawing board!

Look around at the people your boss employs above you, what are their qualities? Synthesise the whole thing down into the ideal employee for that boss. You may not like the result but hey... you want the job don't you?

Now superimpose that ideal upon yourself, an assumption, if you like, of a power form; and project that at your boss. It's guaranteed to get you the job, trust me, I know.

You want the guy/gal down the street to love you? Same rule. I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, hell, only you decided your moral values and if you are prepared to do this then I can't stop you. However, I can tell you how to do it so it works.

The devil is in the detail, so the saying goes; and in magic that has never been a truer statement of fact. Your attention to detail, the way your work is proscribed, defines its outcome. Any questions - call me.

High Ritual Magic(k) - it is often believed that we high ritual magicians look down upon witchery as a simplistic form of magic. That may be true for some whose supposedly lofty status has had an effect upon their ego; however, magic is magic and in all its forms it is power. Power to alter the outcome of the next moment.

High Ritual magicians still use sympathetic magic, but it is disguised; disguised within a term called 'correspondence'. Now we are not talking here about emails, oh no, correspondences are sympathetic relationships ramped up to god-like status and in harmony with cosmic values. If you want to know what correspondences are go download/buy Crowleys 'Liber777 - the book of lists'; it is THE definitive book on magical harmonics and has never been bettered. Used by good and bad alike it is the crown jewels of the high ritual magician; based upon the 'tree of life' it defines the relationship of all things to each other.

A high ritual magician would not only use the above information of the sympathetic practitioner, but would calculate the best day and time for that ritual; and then would create the 'working space' based upon the right colours, incense, angels and spirits and god/goddess before rewriting and condensing the desire into a formula whose magical number matched the correspondence.

Whatever! I hear you shout, that's just anal; well, it's more than that because it is 'lethal' in that it sets up a harmonic resonance so strong it can break the Will of wherever it is directed if done right. Bear in mind too, that ritual magicians don't comply with the '3-fold Law of Return'; they know that to be just another way to control the masses. Yes, every action has a reaction; but any competent practitioner of either style knows how to deflect that scenario.

Harmonic resonance - the ability to mimic the vibrational rate of an object in order to cause that object to respond without direct contact.

Take two tuning forks in the same 'key', say middle 'C'; place one upright on the table and walk away. Take the second tuning fork and strike it; the first one will begin to sound off too - harmonic resonance.

I love resonance, adore it; because it is ignored by almost everyone and is therefore still 'occult' (hidden). In its simplicity is great power, power that is being recognised in the world of science and applications within our home. You can buy speakers now that are nothing like what you knew. These things slap up against an object and through resonance turn that object into a loud speaker. Walls, glass and even car fascias are being used. Resonance is being used on road side equipment to cut down the sound by setting up an opposite resonant field. So we are not talking 'airy-fairy' here, this is now science.

Once I met a Qi Gong master who claimed he could put his hand slowly through a wooden table by getting his hand to mimic the resonance of the table. I didn't believe him, along with many others; so he did it in front of us, amazing to watch.

Whatever way you choose to express the magic in your life, the understanding of resonance either through 'sympathy' or 'correspondence' is the true test of you power.

Use it wisely.

Harmonic resonance can be used in many other ways within our practices, an understanding of it can enhance our lives and our work.

As an example, Citrine and Amethyst are the same; except Citrine has undergone a baptism of heat that renders it the way it is. When we heat something up we change its vibrational rate, so we can argue that Citrine is a 'higher' form of Amethyst. Therefore, if you are using Amethyst in rituals you may want to consider the higher properties that come from using Citrine; the same correspondence but a higher harmonic.

Learn to use your magical correspondences to produce 'chords' in the same way a musician would, blending the harmonies to produce great pieces of work.

Enjoy!

I'd rather look at you with closed eyes and an open mind

2009-03-11T12:25:00.000Z

A story told is a memory eternal...

In the summer of '86 a charity fayre was held to promote an understanding of alternative and complimentary medicine. I had no knowledge of it until the day before, when a promoter called to say there were two floor spaces left. So, I took them both, one for acupuncture and the other for the more esoteric healing arts like 'hands on'.

It was a busy weekend, the summer had proved its worth that year and people coming in and out were full of the forthcoming holiday spirit. My partner had set up in the acupuncture area and I decided that I would use the other space a little selfishly to just watch and listen, so my table was bare apart from my grandfathers singing bowl and my business cards. Looking obviously out of place, my meagre table sat in the midst of all the wonderful paraphernalia of complementary medicine; but that was ok, I was there to watch.

Sunday morning at 11 am and he came through the door right opposite me, a frail form in a wheelchair being pushed by his helper. I guessed it was the helper who had come to see what was going on, because his charge appeared to have an advanced type of motor neuron disease.

As they went around the hall I became fascinated by the way people reacted; a small few tried to reach out and engage the man in the wheelchair but many found something else to busy themselves with as he passed by. Shopkeepers, I thought; here to sell their wares and go home knowing a good days work had been down, their apparently healthy clients content with their purchase of herbal soaps and relaxing music. Whilst in their midst was one lone man locked into a world they would not see even when looking.

The crowd had increased in the time it took for his helper to go around the stalls, and I heard a plaintive wail begin. The wheelchair man was obviously distressed, maybe it was just too many people, but the sound grew louder and louder. Having been paralysed from the neck down for three years I knew that sound, issuing up from a darkness so deep that you feel lost within it; and I closed my eyes.

I closed my eyes not because I didn't want to see but because I needed to see, to see past the frowns of the people trying to get out of his way in their haste at non confrontation. To see past what they were afraid of, and without realising it I had picked my bowl up and began to play.

Grandfathers bowl made a new sound for me, two notes together, one high and piercing and the other deep and penetrating; core music I had never heard or felt, only played. I stopped hearing anything except that sound which seems to go one for eternity; and when I opened my eyes he was there right in front of me, quietly looking.

His name was Freddie and his helper John, and John wanted to know what I was doing with the bowl because Freddie had stopped and relaxed immediately. I told John the story of the singing bowl, we exchanged phone numbers and I watched as Freddie was wheeled away. The lady on the stall near me commented that people like that shouldn't be allowed in - should they?

I started to visit Freddie and those like him at his hospice, and on my third visit I brought him his very own bowl, one I'd found in a market stall. It had a good sound, clear and clean, and Freddie obviously liked it because they weren't allowed to remove it from his side without him becoming agitated. I taught John how to play it, change its tone and how adding water could bring a different quality; John loved the bowl too. He would close his eyes and play and I would watch the smile creep up from his heart to his lips, to show itself as joy.

Freddie died 14 months later.

At his funeral John read a section from Freddies favourite book; whilst in the background was a cd of John playing Freddies bowl, a bowl John still plays with his eyes closed.

It's only a story, isn't it.

I don't care about your spiritual journey, I do care how you manifest it in your life; and the moment you think your journey 'out there' is more important than what you do here...

Then we have lost

Lost the reason WHY we chose to be spirit-being-human
Lost the means to help each other in a realistic way
Lost Lost Lost

CLOSE YOUR EYES..................OPEN

YOUR MIND

Before it's too late

My Valentine - wriiten for FB 14/02/09

2009-03-11T12:23:00.001Z

I am wakening, and feeling the strength slowly return to my limbs, I carelessly brush away the cobweb veil that says ‘you were asleep’. Turned upon my side I can gaze in awe upon your grace and beauty. The gentle curves of your body, and the warm dampness of your dawn breathing reminds me of how much I love you. Of how that love brings me, time after time, to be with you here; to lie in your embrace again, and feel the power of your life flow within me.

Yes, we have been lovers for so long now, you and I; our embrace kept secret from those around, and secret it shall be until my bones have turned to dust, my only Valentine.

My hand reaches down beneath the velvet blanket of green you gave me so long ago, to feel the lingering warm of you against my palm. Stroke gently, and you cling to my hand like a last goodbye; and the scent of you grows stronger with each passing beat of my heart.

I close my eyes, and the radiant warmth rises slowly across my naked form; kissing my skin into rapture, the bliss of this morning is not lost to our love. The light is here my love, it is time; and it would serve us not to be found in such sweet rapture as this.

Do you remember the first time we met, how I was hiding on the strong bough of the oak; and you, so softly and with such love, wrapped yourself around me. Did you know I cried that night, I suppose you did for I know that in you all my deepest thoughts are known. Oh yes, I cried plaintive and mournful in longing for that touch one more time. In that moment was I, still but a child, already consumed by my passion for you; and I vowed then and there never to betray you, that I would love you for all time.

Now, many summers have passed; I have watched the moon caste her silver light across your face and have never seen you old. Old, like me now, with joints that creak and groan like some tortured yew within a storm; I rise more slowly than I did before and yet your patience is without limit.

I love you.

Wait, I hear voices, the sounds of others waking; they are upon us and I must go even though my soul is heavy laden, soon my love.

Quickly moving from my lovers nest I move on towards the voices, shrill laughter that breaks my mood; and turning once to gaze upon her form I say goodbye.

“Dad, are you ok? You know we worry about you sleeping in that old cave. Every year we pack the tent you know”

“I am fine, lad, I am fine”, and smiling secretly go to my breakfast.

This land is my land, and so much more; you are my lover, mother and all that makes me who I am; you are my Earth. And when the course of life has ended, when my body is still, I shall return to your embrace; and feel you wrap yourself around me one more time.

Happy Valentine, my Lady xxx

Walking a path magical part 2 - the God & Goddess

2009-03-11T12:16:00.000Z

In part 1 we looked at our burgeoning magician and what was needed to ‘kick start’ that magical connection into gear. Concepts of ego and archetypal influences must be well founded before this next area, the manifestation of the God and Goddess.

When spirit takes on human form (spirit-being-human) a situation is created in which the spirit must fragment itself. The reason for this is that spirit has no sexual alignment of its own, it simply assumes one. However, the human body is, in essence, incomplete because humans are polarised into male-female; just like other mammals.

Now, before any pc brigade suddenly launches at this point let me say that this has nothing to do with sexual orientation; it is only about the physical attributes you’re born with. This stuff still works if you’re homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, androgynous or hermaphrodite. Don’t shoot the messenger :)

Back to point, spirit has a problem in that each sex contains within it a complete version of itself in the opposite sex; these are called the anima and animus and they reside in the subconscious mind. Spirit divides itself to accommodate the two personalities, one conscious and one subconscious and of the opposite sexual polarity. Here’s an important piece… the subconscious identity has complete access to its spiritual core identity; it knows who it is.

Whereas, the conscious spirit fragment is confined by the spirit rule of no conscious recall and can only function in the timeline it is in. Really read that bit folks and understand it. This means that your ‘higher self’ is one and the same as your anima or animus. Now go back and read it again. Let’s pause there as talk about the God & Goddess. For the sake of brevity we will refer to them as the ‘Godform’ and depending on your sexual arrangement you can choose if it is the god or goddess that we are talking about. If you were the opposite sex to how you are now, what would you be like? This is a critical question in forming the Godform so be honest.

Now think of the most perfect expression of that identity, the perfect man or woman because that is your goal. Through ritual (repetition) you are going to transform your anima-animus into the perfect opposite of your self. It takes time, that why it’s a ritual of reputation, to drum into your skull what this heavenly creature will be like. Be careful what you ask for, you might get it!

Okay, so you’ve been away from her for a few months and you are positively drooling with the prospect of meeting your perfect self; who wouldn’t be. Some of you will have already succumbed to engaging in acts of lasciviousness with this entity, and of course, you were asleep at the time. Its ok, sex like that is spirits way of bonding back to itself and it helps make the connection stronger, and you won’t go blind.

Now we need a Godform personality like Isis, Hecate, Zeus, Horus or any of the myriad god and goddess forms out there. Now, it’s no good you going ‘well I like the sound of that’; bad! You must find one that feels right, resonates with you and one you can understand the qualities of. So if you pick Zeus remember he’s a womaniser and you can’t pick and mix; it’s not a candy shop. Great, you have a Godform you resonate with. Now you are going to take all the qualities of that Godform and add them to your beautiful alter-self, make them in the likeness of your Godform. Ritual repetition again, see you in a while :)

So, some of you are ready for the next bit. You have by now developed you anima-animus into your relevant Godform, and you are so besotted you’ve given up work just to be with yourself. Good! As a solitary witch you are now in a position of being able, through meditation etc, to communicate with your other half quite easily. You may find that they come over as a bit smarter than you are; that’s because they are, remember, they are connected to your subconscious mind and on to spirit. So be respectful but don’t let them take over, because that’s the road to the shiny white room.

Because you have incorporated the archetypal pattern of the Godform into yourself, that form is to all intents and purposes a god or goddess, and they grant you the power to do other things. The first of which is ‘naming’; naming everything from your working tools (if you use them) to the things that will be your guides or helpers.

Naming opens you up, to your higher self (which is now a Godform) and the rest of creation. Now, sensible practitioners don’t go off claiming half the world’s wildlife as their guides etc. Start with one, get to know it and get it to know you. See how it works with you because you might only need one. Different guides deal with different issues, so be selective.

Let’s talk now to those of you with a magical partner. You may work in a coven or just the two of you in cosy splendour. A word of warning, if you create the Godform in you so must your partner, or the imbalance of power will split you up. Godforms, like movie stars, don’t go out with Joe Public, they stick to their own. Don’t believe then go try it, but don’t blame me afterwards. It’s easier to do all this bit when you’re single, then you go find the Godform that rings your bell. Now we all know there is a ritual of calling down of the god and goddess, no big secret anymore. Except is a misnomer because you are not calling anything down, you are calling it forth.

Words have power, remember! You and your partner are duly trained and both have Godforms that are compatible with each other and your there in your circle and he’s on his knees and what is his job? His role in this is to call forth the Goddess within himself and by transference imbue the lady patiently standing there with all those qualities.

She will become his other half, the super being of Godform and anima; the most desirable creature in existence. He will call her forth with a passion and determination only ever seen by a woman on a birthing table! If he doesn’t then his good lady has to fake it and she will feel let down. Now women are so much better at this thankfully, so when it’s her turn she will raise up, call forth and hammer into his innocent befuddle self the pattern of her God. Glory!

Am I making light of this, I apologise; for me personally there is no greater act of love than that between two witches in the calling forth of their Godforms. Many times I have been reduced to tears just as an observer when it is done right. Sadly, many more times I have watched a half assed mumbling of something towards a half listening someone. That is not a celebration of the god and goddess.

Also bear in mind that, like the previous things, this needs practice to get it perfect and that practice is ritual. People take about raising the power in a circle, through chant and drumming and whatever; and I tell you now that if this is done right it is all you need because it is the love of spirit in it most glorious manifestation.

A word of warning, again, because this type of power raising is addictive and between partners is perfect. But the coven becomes addicted to and it can cause conflict between alpha males and females. Everyone wants some, basically.

At this point we have concluded the basics of calling forth the god and goddess, no easy task and something to work upon. Yet there is no greater prize, and the power just from that manifestation can be used to heal or whatever you have set up.

Love conquers All is so true in this scenario.

Walking a path magical

2009-03-11T12:04:00.000Z

What is it that drives the desire in you to become a magical person, whether that be through Wicca, Paganism, or any formalised religion?

Understanding this question is paramount to your success or failure in achieving excellence in your practice. Applying that understanding can be a long and tortuous route that at first seems to bear no fruit. But, just like a newly planted fruit tree, it takes time to develop the strength of character that will enable you to bear the fruit of your own desire.

In this discussion I am omitting the practices of the shaman, as this calling is very different originating, as it does, in the world of spirit and not the land of choice.

Paganism, animism and witchery have been with us since humans first developed the awareness of being aware. The moment we could ponder upon the situation we found ourselves in created a new dawn in defining our creation. Choice was ours. In the observation of our early ancestors much was seen that had no reference, indeed, there is a statement of magic which says ‘in the naming of something is both control and power’; and so it was that we named what we saw.

Those things that baffled us became gods, goddesses and their associated servants; spirits of wood, air, water and fire. Heed me well though, I am not saying these things are figments only of the mind and of ignorance; for in the soul of our ancestors was a connection and knowledge far deeper than we know today with our shrink wrapped lives. Human are fascinating in that they can happily disassociate themselves from what they truly are, and name themselves something else – human beings.

Remembering that names have power let us ask the primary question, human being what?

You, the core ‘self’, are not human; you are spirit and so let us name your condition correctly for you are spirit-being-human. Now we have the start of power over form. Understand that statement because the lack of understanding leads to the incorrect naming of events in your life. Here’s a simple example – ‘my spirit went astral travelling last night’. Sound right?

In the simple statement above we create a condition within the ego that says ‘I am not a spirit, I am a physical body with a spirit’; bad call! Denial of self is denial of the connection to All, and denial of All disconnects us from the stream of spirit that is our home. So we see the importance of ‘naming’ and understand the value of correctly identifying our viewpoint here as a spirit being human; then we can begin.

There are two major considerations in starting your journey, ego and archetypes; lets deal with archetypes first. An archetype is defined as the ‘first of something’ and as such it is the ‘power’ of a thing. Let us meander a little to find clarity.

The Ford model ‘T’ was not the first car, but it was the first production line car and came in black. Since then all production line cars are based upon it; generally a wheel at each corner, steering wheel and obnoxious internal combustion engines. Never really moved away from the archetype, and one can argue that the reason is functionality, but to be honest, that is a lame excuse at best.

Much of our world is as it was, and much is different; we create new archetypes every day now. Velcro, Teflon, spacecraft etc. The ‘pattern’ of each one goes into the collective mind and as a result you have a ‘library’ of archetypal patterns already existing in your head. One pattern for one thing, millions of them; some physical, some emotional, some spiritual and some that are just screwed up.

From birth you began naming things, and the first encounter with anything became your archetype of it, and it is unique to you. It is your power relation to that thing, rightly or wrongly, and it will determine your reaction for a long time. Example again please! OK.

Two children lie in the buggies in the park, moms are chatting. A blackbird comes and sits on the first child’s buggy and sings, the child is smiling. The blackbird then goes to the next child but startles it, which in turn causes the bird to panic. Now child #1 has an archetype that defines that bird as a sweet messenger perhaps; whilst child #2 see blackbirds as frightening. So years later, they both get some animal cards and they both pull blackbird; and that archetype will kick in subconsciously and affect their reading of the card. Understood?

So, whilst cards are great, the explanations that come with them are just someone’s view and may not be your archetypal experience of that thing. Guess who’s view is more important, yep, yours. So you have a library, a dictionary of your archetypes; and trust me, mom, dad, brother and all are in there.

As you progress through life you add to the dictionary like so –

mother (PARENT) noun [C] a female parent: My mother was 21 when she got married. All the mothers and fathers had been invited to the end-of-term concert. The little kittens and their mother were all curled up asleep in the same basket. [as form of address] FORMAL OR OLD-FASHIONED May I borrow your car, Mother?

mother verb [T] OFTEN DISAPPROVING to treat a person with great kindness and affection and to try to protect them from anything dangerous or difficult: Stop mothering her - she's 40 years old and can take care of herself.

That’s how your head is right now. The importance of archetypes is often overlooked in the practice of magic, and yet they form the very fabric of your power. Go and read Jung’s interpretation or anything by Joseph Cambell on archetypes and myth, for myth is the world of the archetype. We come now to ego, that great misunderstood being that resides in our human form and is seen as the dragon which must be slain. Nonsense, bah humbug, and other derisory comments!

The ego is your friend and foe, yes; but it is not your job to slay it, only to understand and tame it. Make it your friend and helper for the ego is part of the Logos, the trickster coyote that cannot be undone but can be out done. Humanity is, by nature, egocentric; we are driven by three basic needs – personal survival, food and procreation. Everything else is spirit.

The biggest battle you must take on is that of the ego, because it dominates why you choose to do what you do; and you can hide behind all sorts of wispy flim flam, it is still there. So you had better get to know it, understand its needs and desires and temper them to your spiritual growth or you will fall at the first hurdle of self aggrandisement.

You believe in your own self importance to the detriment of your spiritual well being. Don’t believe me; take a look around at the current market. The ego lets you fall, why? Because it only cares about three things and it wants them promoted above all else.

Having just realised how long this ‘note’ is going on for I should summarise.

Beginning your magical path requires planning and dedication, along with research and understanding that will lead to action and effect. Study what is necessary, the deep stuff of mind and how it is ‘made up’. Get to know your archetypes personally; it’s no good having a dolphin as a power animal if you’ve never spent time with one because you have no true archetype for it. Then go somewhere and play with your ego for a long while.

When you’ve done that you’re ready to begin the hard bit!

Hugs and blessings to you all! Harrison Kyng

The Shamans Fetch

2009-03-11T11:58:00.000Z

Within my own, and many other shamanic traditions, there is an idea that each shaman has one particular 'guide' that has a connection closer than any other. Psychology tells us of the anima and animus, our 'alter ego', but this is a little more than that.

It is easier if I just tell the story...

At 3 years old I was struck down by polio in the last epidemic in the UK; I was taken to an isolation hospital and placed in an iron lung, whilst my parents were given no access to me and were told that 'he may not make it through the day'. My paralysis was total, I was a head upon a pillow and nothing more; and it would be 3 more years before I learnt to walk again. However, that is jumping the gun.

During my time in hospital I was visited by many people; doctors and nurses came and went and, because I was a child, no-one really bothered to update me on my condition. In the midst of this, two people stood out; they would always visit me alone and both offered comfort to a frightened child.

The male, who was an old oriental chap told me it was all part of my life, of what was to come; that I shouldn't be scared as many people were working hard to make sure I would be OK. I found out just before I learnt to walk again that this old chap was my father's father long dead and gone. It didn't impress my dad at all when he found out, he was hoping the family trait would skip his own children now he was in the West.

The other person, a nurse, was different in many ways. Soft spoken, she would talk to me of 'fairies' and taught me how to look 'in a certain way' in order to see them. She showed me how to be outside of my body, and took me to incredible places; but most of all told me to tell no one. To me, she was just a nurse; real and solid.

So, for three years I had both their company and wisdom whilst I secretly plotted to find God and ask him why he hurt the children.

The years past, I learnt to walk and my father had begun my training in his system. I would hear from my grandfather on odd occasions, but odder still is that I would 'bump into' the nurse at school or at the local park. She would always ask how I was, what I was doing etc.

At 13 years of age it dawned on me.

I was fishing in our local lake, a favourite haunt of mine where I was free of my parents, school and everything I disliked. Sitting there, I saw the nurse approach and for the first time it 'clicked' in my head that she was getting younger; now she was almost my age, whereas when I first met her she was as old as my mother! Old indeed :)

She smiled and sat beside me.

"You're not real, are you", I said calmly.
"That would depend on how you define real", she was laughing and seemed to be staring through my soul.

"OK", I countered, "you're not physical, not human".
"Ah, caught out at last", she held my hand, "I'm your guardian angel... well, sort of".

The news didn't surprise me, working with my father had brought many guides who stayed for while whilst they were needed; but she was different, not only had she been around 'forever' but she was 'real' in a way that none of the others were.

"We need to talk", the slight frown on her face told me I should pay attention to her and not to the perch valiantly trying to get off my hook. She seemed to age as I looked, back to the time she was a nurse talking and laughing about the fey folk.

"Do you remember when you were paralysed, I said if you would help me I would get you out of that wheelchair? Well, when you accepted it allowed me to do something that no other spirit can do to you in this life. I connected to you, your mind, so I am a part of your total self"

The pause told me it was my turn, I looked intently at her and thought of the best thing I could say.
"Yeh?"

Not choosing to be thrown off by my obvious lack of enthusiasm she shrugged and continued.
"Do you remember reading about the anima last year, well, I have sort of borrowed it. It's still yours of course but I have used it to make myself more 'real' to you".

I had really enjoyed the idea of having a buried alter ego, the fact that it was a girlie version of me didn't really worry me too much. training had taught me to access parts of it to compliment my budding poetic and artistic abilities; but beyond that I never really explored it too much. The thought that this spirit had nicked it was becoming uncomfortable, not to mention the thought of some female hanging around inside the head of a hormonal teenager.

"It's not what you think", she continued, unabashed at my growing unease. "I just copied the personality that was there, I'm not lurking in your head. It just means I'm a sort of version of you that will develop independently over time, but still be there as your helper."

"I have access to your subconscious self, your higher self that doesn't have the constraints of the filters you have created by being alive and 'out front'. This means I can offer you choices that you yourself are making in that thick skull of yours but are too blind to see."

"Oh, and with the added bonus that I have my own self and spirit to help out."

The conversation went on for a few more hours, but the gist of it was that I had an independent spirit that had used my anima to create the perfect partner (who doesn't love themselves?) so that I could have back up when needed.

The arrangement has worked well over the years although it has caused problems for some partners who see her as a threat for some bizarre reason. A couple have been able to see her, which was disturbing but on the whole my fetch and I have become a good team.

Is it unusual? No.

I have met many people since then who have their equivalent fetch, all of us share the same feelings about our 'relationship' with them.

I did ask my fetch what would happen to her when I physically died, she told me, but...

It's a secret :)

Till Death us do part

2009-03-11T11:52:00.000Z

When I was a young man and still in training, a tutor of some standing imparted a secret to me; it is one I have never forgotten purely because it is fearful in its import.

Whilst I cannot tell you exactly what was said without infringing my Oath, I can reveal the gist of that transmission; and in doing so perhaps stir up the memories of some older souls who may still be around from those days.

What was said went along these lines -
Not everyone that dies can look forward to existential life or reincarnation. On the whole spirit merely returns to a collective 'pool' where identity and purpose are lost, and it is a smaller percentage who achieve 'immortality'.

Being young at the time I took little notice, however, as the years roll by we become more aware of the encroaching stillness of death and attention is diverted to cogitations upon the subject. After all, my tutor didn't reveal how to become one of the select few!

If we accept this view for a moment and reread some of the historical alchemical works, there is a light that begins to dawn that wasn't really hidden at all. Their search for everlasting life was not founded in remaining here, but in what was to follow. In fact, many other teachers have alluded to the idea that not all spirit retains identity and existence.

Before I progress I would say that the manifestation of Spirit within a body imbues it with 'intelligence' and access to the outer and inner realms. The reason for mentioning it here will become apparent soon enough.

A dear friend of mine recently commented on a pagan who whilst claiming shamanic talents also had a fear of death. My friend was surprised that such an individual (given their training) would have a fear of no life beyond this. I have to say, it made me think.

There is a considerable volume of people who have experienced a 'near death experience', of those, a very small percentage really did die (as opposed to being close to it) and claim to have seen something beyond or to have felt that they still existed. However, there is a larger number of people who have 'died' and come back who experienced nothing at all; thus leaving us in a position of simply choosing who to believe.

In my life I have travelled between worlds and felt the very pulse of our Earth. Yet none of it proves that I will exist beyond death because, as I said earlier, we can all do those things whilst connected to our physical shells. We are granted a gift, a chance; but what we do with it is our choice.

In fact, it all could be an illusion generated by our Ego-Spirit conjunction. Interestingly, crazy people never accept that they are crazy and never fear going crazy, how so anyone with an 'absolute' belief. Desire often takes the place of belief, leading us to a false understanding of who and what we are.

The story I was told may not be true, after all, many religions have a selection committee of some sort that manages the 'chosen few'. After all, many of you will lay claim to 'knowing' you have lived before and if that is true, you must be able to live again. Well, there are a lot of people who don't have past life experiences, and karma shows us it is possible to 'degrade' oneself back into nothingness.

Obviously, there is much more to this subject than meets the eye, but at the end of the day, Death comes to us all and the real truth is held by those who take that journey.

Hurrah, new blog!

2009-03-11T11:10:00.000Z

Greetings! Today begins a new era; after the demise of my old blog some time ago I thought I'd come back and blog once more. Hopefully a blog that will question, inspire and maybe cause you to reflect upon the finer qualities in life. I love feedback an it doesn't have to be positive either as I also enjoy debate. Feel free to discuss anything, because I surely will; here's to interesting times! To start it off I should just post a little bio for those who don't know me, so this is lifted from my site -

"Harrison is a 3rd generation Bon shaman with 30 years experience in Celtic and Native American traditions. His spiritual journey includes Kabalism, Wicca, Acupuncture and other forms of healing.

As the founder of the Shen Dao style of Feng Shui, he created the first such system to be taught in Europe, and some 2000 people have trained in this highly successful western variant of Feng Shui.

Under the Shen Dao banner he brought together the potent Navigator Life Coaching technique which has applications not just in the mundane world but spiritually too.

Harrison has lectured extensively in Europe and the US; appearing on TV, radio and in the 'papers'. He is a multifaith minister with the Church of Seven Planes, and holds membership with the United Communities of Spirit, the Global Resonance Network, the Interspirit Foundation and the World Interfaith Congress.

He is 3rd degree Wiccan of both Gardnerian and Alexandrian but prefers to work Traditional nowadays.

Harrison is the holder of the Ordo Rosae Crucis within the Knights Guardian for his developmental work into High Ritual magic spanning 30 years."

That'll do for starters!

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