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LESSON 4: BUILDING YOUR POWER

Why build your power?

In order to get positive results with magick you must have the necessary power. Power is the ability to accomplish your will. The type of magick the Order teaches requires energy. This information is present in some way in all complete systems of metaphysics, but those taught by the Temple Circle of Light are the best I have found in nearly two decades of research. This system works because sound, posture and visualization effect energy. It trains your body, mind and spirit.

Begin by sitting or standing with your spine straight. Breath deeply from your abdomen. Bring your attention to the top of your head and in your minds eye breath in white light from your crown into your body. Feel it sink into your body, down into your abdomen. After a few moments begin opening and closing your hands. You may also want to rub them together to get the energy flowing. Hold your hands at chest level a few inches apart, continue breathing, as you do so you should move your hands closer and farther apart and soon you will feel a sensation as if your hands are repelling each other. This is the palm centers opening.

Power Chants

Practice these at least four (4) times a week, daily is best to see progress. Begin by lighting a candle and some incense, these can correspond to the day of the week or just use a white candle and sandalwood incense. have a glass of water on hand, as you may become quite thirsty doing this.

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart, spine straight breathing deeply. Hold your hands out to the sides at neck level, head up straight. Good posture is essential here! This is the star position (see my photos). Try to relax though. I like to do one (1) set of each chant with my left palm down to the earth and my right palm up. I then do another set reversed with my right palm down and left palm up. The third set I do with my feet together and arms raised in a "V" shape. This forms a triangle with your arms and the energy connecting the palms. You don't have to do the sets three (3) times to benefit, just sitting in a corner saying them in your head will work, but getting up and doing the exercise as I teach it works the best.  

OM MANAY PAD ME HUM: This chant connects us with the Creator/Divine/Oneness. It is intoned seven times (7), you pause to breath and switch palm positions and intone it again seven (7) more times. Pause again, and raise your hands into the "V" position intoning the chant nine (9)times. saying the chant makes one repetition, seven or nine reps makes a set. Two sets of seven and one set of nine completes this chants exercise.

RAW RAW RAW MAW MAW MAW R A A A MAW A A: Say "raw raw raw, maw maw maw, are aye aye aye, maw aye aye", yes, like a pirate. This chant is repeated three (3) times to make a set. As before do one set of three with the left palm up, right palm down. Do the second with the right palm up, left down. Finish feet together arms raised in a "V". This chant builds your over all energy and energy flow. If you only have time for one chant, this is it. It is very beneficial to practice this one at dawn, or before you start your day.

THOO THOO RAMA THOO: Say "thoh thoh rah-mah thoh" like "though" but more "th" like in "the". Follow the above pattern chanting is three (3) times, switching positions, three (3) more time, and end with three (3) reps in the "V" position. It will stimulate your pineal gland and develop psychic powers.

RAW MAW: Say "raa-maa" like you are trying to scare your mother (RAAA MA!). RAW builds your masculine cosmic energy (yang). MAW builds female cosmic energy (yin). Do five (5) reps of this one. It can also be used as a chant in sitting meditation by repeating "RAW MAW RAW MAW" over and over again. This one is very pleasant to practice.

LAH: Say "la" like the musical note (do re mi fa so la ti). As before, make three (3) sets of five (5) reps switching positions. It builds up and facilitates the flow of cosmic energy in the body.

EM: Say "em" almost through the nose, but keep your mouth open! You really need to hear this one to get it. Say it for the standard three (3) sets of five (5) reps. This one develops the heart chakra.

 TOO HIM FROM AH FARREN HET: Almost like saying "to him from a foreign hat". Again you need to hear this one. It builds the aura and is done to the standard five (5) reps three (3) sets.

HOI HOI HOI EEE EEE HOI: This one is Native American (American Indian), say "hoy hoy hoy ee ee hoy". Five (5) reps is the minimum of this one to make a set, three (3) sets of course. It can also be practiced walking or dancing in a circle. this chant builds up power in the area around you, i.e. in your room or magick circle. It can be used to charge an outdoor ritual area as well. It works wonders to raise power in a group setting with everyone holding hands and walking/dancing deosil (clockwise)!

Practice with diligence and these chants will work wonders for you. Remember for your magickal power to grow it must be exercised, just like any other part of you!

Absorbing and projecting Elemental Energy

In western metaphysical teachings there are four distinct elemental forces, each possessing unique qualities and varying lists of correspondences.Each energy type can be worked with separately, and later combined. All things in are made of a combination of these. These forces can be reduced to two, male and female, and these are just distinctions made between the places on the spectrum of the oneness. These forces in there infinite distinctions and combinations have been personified by our minds so we can perceive and manipulate them. This is where we get all the multitudes of nature spirits, gods, goddesses, angels, fairies, and so forth. We are selves are a combination of these elemental forces which form the building blocks of all there is.

Begin by doing your power chants, you may wish to cast a circle. Sit or stand comfortably and breath deeply for a few breaths before each of the following meditations. Eyes maybe open or closed.

Fire: Is warm and dry. Imagine yourself surrounded by a sphere of fire. Inhale drawing the fire into your body, filling it. Feel the heat, the energy and the force. Use your fingers, a beaded necklace or string to count the number of breaths your take in. Mentally and emotionally fix the characteristics of fire (expansive, hot, dry, red etc.) visualizing yourself glowing RED inside and out. When you are filled you are ready to project the energy. Hold your power hand (dominate, the hand you write with) over the object you wish to charge. You may also wish to use your breath, beginners find this easier, and just exhale on the object. Visualize the red energy pouring out from your breath or palm of your hand and sinking into the object like water to a sponge. Count each exhale, breathing out the exact number of times you inhaled. to remain balanced you must exhale the same number of times you inhaled! When you have finished, visualize the object glowing red. This is the basic procedure for elemental charging. Repeat it for the other three elements replacing the characteristics and colour with the appropriate set.

Air: Is warm and moist. Again, counting your breaths, inhale the element. The qualities of air are light, breezy, intelligence and the colour of SKY BLUE. When charging the object remember to exhale the same number of times you inhaled.

Water: Cool and moist, waters colour is GREEN. You can use dark blue, but then you must use yellow for air. Green is the most effective colour for this exercise for water, as is blue for air. Become heavy and flowing, fluid and relaxed. Remember to breath in and out the same number of times.

Earth: Cool and dry, heavy and solid, let the energy of earth fill you like sand in an hour glass. Other practices use different colours for earth, ranging from browns to greens, and even black. For this system of training YELLOW works best. Earth balances your energy by finishing the exercise set with it. As always exhale the exact amount of times you inhaled.

Akasha:After you become proficient in the four basic elements you can add spirit. Follow the same procedure. As above, inhale the colours PURPLE AND WHITE, and exhale it the same number of times.

You can use any number of things for this exercise. You can make a protective amulet, your magickal tools, or just practice in the air in your magickal work area. Be sure to ground the energy by placing your hands on the ground/floor and sinking the power into the Earth when you have finished if charging the air. Later you can learn to use these teachings for healing, or any number of spells done on the physical plane or astral.

House Cleansing & Protection

This ritual will cleans and protect your home. It is best done on or just before the new moon. This will remove any negative vibrations from your home.

Part 1 The Exorcism: You need a white (or silver) and a black candle, holy water (see lesson 3),  dragons blood incense (sage, rosemary, pine, frankincense and myrrh are all great alternatives), some oil (patchouli, rosemary, olive oil or sunflower oil that you have charged will work) and a piece of white chalk.

Light the candle. charge the holy water and incense. Begin by going counterclockwise (widdershins) starting either at the back of the house or at the hearth,through every room, nook and cranny of your home sprinkling the holy water with appropriate words (find some or write your own, there are enough out there!). Now light your incense and go through the house clockwise (deosil) saying an appropriate chant. Put out the black candle. You may want to leave the front door and windows open during the exorcism to help the cleansing.

Part 2 The Protection: Light a white or silver candle and draw a banishing pentagram over the front door with the chalk. Begin the pentagram at your lower left hand side, go up to the top, down to the lower right point, up to your left to the left point, straight across to your right to the right point, down to your left to the lower left hand point. put a drop of the oil on your index finger. Touch each point beginning at the top and going clockwise around the star, while forcefully saying a charm at each point. I.E. at the top point say "I call upon the Source of all power to protect this house and all within it against all that is harmful, negative or unbalanced!"

At the next point, upper right hand, say "I call upon the powers of water to protect this house and all within it against all that is harmful, negative or unbalanced!"