08/01/2021
These two techniques are used in my practice in replacement of the relaxation ritual and "growing" visualization recommended in Modern Magick before doing the LBRP. They serve the same essential purpose of relaxing and focusing the mind and then elevating that relaxed mind to a magickal state.
The Body Scan Technique is my personal alteration to the traditional body scan taught in yogic and meditation practices. It utilizes a combination of visualization, focus and symbolism to drive the mind into a necessary trance state. I use this in place of the traditional Relaxation Ritual taught in Modern Magick.
1. Start by getting into a comfortable seated position, take some deep relaxing breaths and truly allow the body to relax. Once you are comfortable and moderately relaxed "park" your body. This means that you will mentally lock yourself into this comfortable position for the remainder of this tech
2. Bring your attention to the body and the breath, once you feel centered bring that attention down the body to the bottoms of the feet.
3. Focusing on the bottoms of the feet, breath in to that area. As you breath in visualize a pure white smoke moving into your nostrils, down the body and accumulating at the feet. As you exhale visualize black smoke moving up the body, coming from the bottoms of the feet, and out the nose.
4. Repeat the above step for each part of the body. (You should be breaking each piece of the body into parts i.e. bottoms of the feet and tops of the feet, biceps and triceps, etc.) Take your time with this, this is the foundation of your magickal ritual/meditation. If you build a beautiful house on a bad foundation then the whole thing is worthless.
5. If done correctly you should feel a sense of a soft vibration in the body and a sense of total peace and relaxation once you reach the top of the head.
This concludes the BST and we will now move into the "I am" tech.
The "I AM" technique is a tool to prepare the user for magickal work. It grounds the user in their current self, elevates them to their higher self and at its conclusion awakens the sense of magickal energy for the user to begin working with. It is more important that the user is honest and vulnerable in this tech than anything else.
1. All of the steps should be spoken verbally and with intention, pure honesty is absolutely necessary here. Each step will start with the necessary words in quotation and followed with suggestions for your heart felt words after the colon.
2. "I am (the name you use in your mundane life)...": I am charismatic, I am intelligent, I am an aspirant to the high magickal arts, I am anxious, I am insecure etc. You are describing who you believe and 'know' yourself to be, this includes all the good and bad.
3. "I am (magickal name)...": I am confident, I am powerful, I own a successful magick shop, I possess great magickal abilities, I am an adept in the high magickal arts etc. You are describing who you WILL be, this is a statement of intent of who you are willing yourself to be.
4. "I am Everything...": I am the sun, moon and stars. I am the crashing of waves in the ocean. I am the energy that flows through all animate and inanimate things etc. You are describing what you believe the energy of magick is, you are connecting with the vastness of the universe itself and identifying yourself with everything. This statement connects the magician to the raw magick available to him from the universe.
5. Begin your magickal work!
I hope this helps and feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions! 🤘