"Steal This Book of Shadows" - Psychic Self Defense Part #2

"Steal This Book of Shadows" ver 2.0
(What's Really Happening in the Mind of a Wizard)
An Occult Tutorial
by Azzerac
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Psychic Self Defense Part #2

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~I've realized that I need to create an Animation, to Demonstrate the "Lesser Banishing Pentagram Ritual".~
~It's not "A Star", but the how you conceptualize that star~
~I'm working on that animation as we speak, but I'm not graphic Artist~

Now, the previous page was what we call "Passive Defense". The crystal is intended to bolster the bio-magnetic field (scientific term popular with new-agers, meaning "Aura"). It requires no thought on the part of the Magician. Now, let's take a more Aggressive Role in our defenses. We shall be looking into the different layers of the aura for this.

Now, the first layer is the most often effected. It is easier to manipulate someone through their emotions, and this layer is a manifestation of them. If something needs to feed, it will be drawing from this layer (I have yet to discover a "Moth" that doesn't). The best defense, then is to solidify against penetration from the first, and 'sour the milk' against the second.

Every time someone experiences a strong emotion, there are flares in the first layer. In those with a particularly well developed imagination, these flares take on a shape of their own. These "shapes" usually loose cohesion shortly after emission, and dissipate. Sometimes they don't. Sometimes they become autonomous. Primitive though forms, they persist, move, react, and feed. Let's make sure it's not on you.

Every time someone casts a spell, cures or malfeasance of any kind, it's of the same kind of energy. Psycho-kinesis? Same type & frequencies (but we'll get to more on that, later). Whether conscious or unconscious, for Heal or Harm, it all contains the same basic parts.

When a spell is cast, when a thought form is looking to feed, it's You that's the target! If they try to effect you with curses, most often it's out to effect your way of thinking, or shift the emanations of your Aura. In the first case, they're out to cause you to self-destruct, and in the second case, they want people to respond negatively to you, or punch holes in your defenses. We need to work on the center, first!

"Who Are You?"

I know I asked this question before (Last installment), but when it comes to psychic self defense, the best way to tell is through self examination. You have to know who you are. It's the only way to have a sense of "Center" to tell how spells are effecting you, and to be able to counter them. Most spells are nothing more than directed thought form, carrying data, to change you.

"Zen and the art of Psychic Self Defense":

Zen is often referred to as a "Sense of Non-Self"; the complete dissolution of ego, and taking on a sense of non-being. If you've been meditating (like I told you to), you should recognize this as that period between "Stopping the chattering monkey" and "Beginning to Concentrate".

If you're finding you've been attacked, this is the best way to find out: Cease to "Be". Anything left, regardless of how "Fluffy & Cuddly" it may be designed to appear, must be the invading organism. Some attack forms are especially designed to be non-intrusive to the targets mind-set. No one casts a love spell that lunges at you like a rabid rottweiler! (Unless, you know, you're into that sorta' thing ~Wink!~). Most effective spell work builds slowly, changing the way you think & work, in slow, subtle ways. This is the best way to find the invading "Data" and excise it.

How?

Re-write it! It's in you. It's yours, now. Just remember that it's nothing more than energy & data, and both of these can be effected, especially "on Your Turf". It's not like, say, an unwanted pregnancy. There's no moral issue here. It's all black & white. Kill It. Reprogram it. Hell! Send it back to mama!

Make it "Your Spell". Sensing through the Second Layer (Mana-Mana), read it's intent. What end result was it designed for? Love spells are the most endearing. It can be flattering to know that someone has a "wittle cwush on youw". Hey: They could be someone you always liked anyway? Most likely Not! They tend to be slimy, disgusting cowards.

...but I digress!

The target it wants is "In There", somewhere, and can be re-directed. (I'm sure you've noticed already how much this type of working is dependent upon you empathy skills. I hope you're in touch with your temporal lobes already). Read it for images as to the "To" & "From" imagery, and reverse the two. "Turn About is Fair Play"! Karma-Free Retaliation! It can be interpreted as visual imagery. It can be re-imprinted using that model. Try to make it as Three Dimensional as possible. Not a photo, not "still", but plug-in (via remote viewing, if you can) to what the target looks like right now, noises around them, smells & temperature even. Send it on it's way.

Another alternative is to ground it out. Simply "De-Code" the data, and absorb the energy from it. I don't suggest this, as there are safer ways of boosting your reserves, but it still bears mentioning.

Yet another method is "Re-Polarizing It": Someone sends something to hurt you, you can re-code it to heal, merely by Intuiting it's intent and "Tweaking the Code". Sounds Hard? It's Not!

Remember when we discussed Object Reading? Practicing Psychometry was teaching you to "Get out of the Way" of impressions. It was geared to enable you to "Sense" images, intent, emotions, and that's all you really need to do to read these impressions. They have the same source & manifestations. Managing this skill is also teaching you Passive & Aggressive (Not "Passive/Aggressive") Ego states. "Read" the impressions like the object. Getting out of their way, in a passive alpha-state, is what we're doing here. Now that you know what that's like, Assertion of Ego, directed AT the object will reprogram it. You are "more", better than, a silly spell. It was made by a person. It can be changed by a person. You! (Sorry to go all "Stewart Smalley" on you, but sometimes you might need a reminder of who's in charge. "Because I Big Enough, I'm STRONG Enough, and Dammit, People FEAR ME!!!" ~R.J. Randolph)

Now, you may ask, Why did we go through Damage Control, when what we needed to cover was Defense?

Simply put, the tools are the same. The only difference is, that you'll be doing them while the data is In-Bound, as opposed to "Resident".

This is what all of the Psi-Shielding techniques cover, but broken down into little pieces: The Component Parts, if you will.

Now, we'll cover some more of the important aspects to combine with them.

By now, you've done the Fill-The-Room exercise to shape & sense-from your aura. We're ready to add some more variation to this.

Before, we were just looking to expand the "Footprint" of your aura. Now were going to shape it specifically.

Meditation Topics: The Individual Layers!

Layer One: Fill the room, all over again, but this time, just with emotion. You'll be "Feeling", and only empathically, the texture of the room. Using the same tools as with Psychometry. It may seem contradictory, "Everywhere" and yet "Out of The Way", at the same time, but were looking to extend the First Layer, and be sensitive through it.

Layer Two: The same as above, but this time, we're looking only for Information. The second layer is called the Intellectual layer for a reason. Expand through the room, seeking only "Data": Visual Images imprinted on objects, areas, the very walls themselves. Past event, but emotionally disconnected (as much as that's possible) from the information coming in. "Dispassionate" should be one of your mantras for this exorcise.

Layer Three: Here's a Tough One! Expand through the room, perceiving it as a place with a history. Events have occurred here, each one of them a snap-shot in time. The arguments, the passions, the laughs! Walk through it's Christmas's, it's birthday parties, it's accidents, and it's achievements. Take each step down to the personal level for each participant. Seek the very essence of their intent. This can be distorted: their actions are sometimes different from their desires. The are each people with an agenda, a set of behavior patterns, and a will of their own. We are looking for that will. That History is as ever-present, as any intersection of roads, any star in the sky, or any coordinates in a geographical location. Time is a coordinate, noting more, like on a map, graph, or chart. If it helps, peel off one dimension, to help you grasp the Fourth as if it were the Third. Once you're comfortable with this model, you will eventually reestablish that "Lost Dimension".

These are all mandatory skills, in achieving the Auric field control, to truly defend yourself on your own. They will be combined to create the various Psi-Shielding you've read so much about (or not. ~L~).

Addendum, (8/20/08), 11:45 am:

As this is supposed to cover at least one form of Psychic self defense, I'll give you another "Standard"-

The White-Light Visualization:

Before you go thinking I'm hitting you with some "Charmed" crap, realize that some of our traditions actually did predate Television Shows Like This! ~L~

The Idea is this: People tend to perceive magic in colors. It's a standard concept. Heck! You may, too, "Black is "Bad", Red is "Sex", and so on. (Every culture has differing meanings, so don't go thinking their all the same associations). If you're of this bent (and even if you aren't), many incoming spells are cast in just this mind-set, and will be dependent on this association. Here's how you stop them.

"Imagine your Aura filled with white light, like a 'giant egg of energy' is surrounding you."

Now that you have the New Ager description, let's break it down:
White Light is every color of our visual spectrum combined. White emitted light radiates ever color in the spectrum. White reflected light, deflects every color in the spectrum. The thing is, our 'child minds' don't know the difference: "one, is both, is the same". Some who do this exercise see it as reflection/deflection. When I do this exercise, I do it a bit different. Here's how

Your chakras are connected by a straight line of energy, that follows the same path as your spine. This energy path has a constant, low-level hum of energy. You don't have to have a full-blown kundalini charge going at all times. Starting with this pathway. Become aware of it's presence, and then, become aware of your chakras. Be aware of their energy levels, at rest, and open them just a little bit more. Feel their energies add to this channel, each one adding, mixing, and combining, up & down the line, until it glows with the full-spectrum of emitted white light.

Now, you know what a sun looks like? You know what a black hole "Looks Like" (The models we demonstrate the concept of them, anyway)? Radiate this white light out to the dimensions of the aforementioned "Egg Shape". Like approaching the heart of a sun, anything that approaches is burned. In this case, so much "White" gets added as to turn the incoming spell into white light. As well, the closer to the center, the energy emitted is denser, and like the Opposite of a black hole, the more force away from the center is exerted upon anything coming in.

There: It's a bit more pro-active in defense without adding ceremony, or torque-ing your ideology. (Some people respond negatively to the "L.B.P.R."

Suggested Reading: Isaac Bonewits, "Real Magic", or "Authentic Thaumaturgy". Both of these books will present the defense forms we'll be developing by combining the differing layers of the Aura. Though "Real Magic" is a serious text on Occultism, it's a bit disjointed and in no particular order (Sorta' Like This Book!), but "Authentic Thaumaturgy" has them all listed in one place, as it's a Gamers' Guide, and therefore, more "Result Oriented".