12. ASTRAL MAGIC
“I have three eyes. Two to look, one to see.” – Bellamor
It is worth noting that almost everyone who tries to work with magic or has a specific desire in magic has had magic endeavours in their previous life. As is always the case, some people practiced magic in their previous lives more than others. What is important to note is that a person wouldn’t be interested in practicing or learning magic if they did not have an encounter with the same in their previous life. If you are interested in magic, it is possible for you to tap into your expertise, confidence and discipline with the aim of bringing it back to life in the subconscious mind so that you are able to apply it when need arises. It is also possible to learn magick and apply it accordingly.
The only way to find out whether you were involved with magick in your previous life is by going through your Akashic records. You may have a direct involvement with magick or you may have been part of a religious formation that touched on the use of magick. Whichever the case, you have valuable magic skills that you can apply to your own benefit both astrally and physically. For instance, you can use the skills to change your life for the better. As a matter of fact, you should be wary of the people who admonish you from using magic for your benefit like improving your life. That is a way of them trying to retain the control they have over you. For instance, orthodox religion is so much against the use of magick whether it is used positively or negatively. This is because they know that people who have mastered how to use magic for their own benefits gained a unique level of independence because they do not have to depend on anyone or any organisation for spiritual and everyday life guidance. Magic offers a greater understanding of spirituality as the roots of all positive magic hold the belief that there is a spiritual afterlife and Supreme Creators.
Most people desire to practice magic but they rule themselves out as not being intelligent enough which is not always true. All that a person needs to practice safe and positive astral magick is to believe in themselves, practice the arts of magic, have patience and dedication towards learning. Remember that, your thoughts determine what you become. Therefore, if you think that you can or cannot, you will be right in both cases. As you have learnt by now, thoughtforms define us and our outward behavior; therefore, you have to start by believing in your capabilities and accept that you can be an astral magician for you to really become one. Confidence and a feeling of worthiness are key success factors for astral magic.
You must adopt a mental pattern of winning. To do this, it is best to begin your magical work with the small and less demanding things and work your way up to bigger things as you master the art. This way, you will gain the experience on how to conduct magic works correctly and, most importantly, you will gradually but surely build your confidence as a magician. According to the ancient Egyptians, the mind has power to set motion vibrations that eventually manifest in the physical body. They also believed that human beings are made up of the same elemental forces that were used to build the universe; they referred to the elemental forces as the seven astral rays. They believed that astral energy is unlimited and is the foundation of all creation.
When in your regular state of consciousness, you have access to only 10 percent of your power and potential. In order to tap into the other 90 percent, you must go into the astral planes. If you opt to limit yourself to the physical magickal works, you will not be using your full power and potential. Notably, there are differences between the physical and astral magic forms. For instance, physical magic requires actual mental and physical working in that; a magic request must pass from the physical realm to the astral realm in order for it to be manifested and return to the physical realm as the desired result. On the other hand, astral magick tends to be much quicker and effective but more demanding and difficult. This is because the magician must know how to enter the astral planes and set up their ritual area/office. It requires complete and accurate visualisation down to the senses. You must master how to control the different astral energies by shaping them into your desired forms so that they can manifest in the physical world as desired. You must be very specific to avoid getting mixed results.
Having worked on astral healing, astral magic should not be as demanding. It is just an extension of astral healing that requires a little more intense and in-depth training. If you have difficulty getting your consciousness from the physical body into the astral plane for magickal works, try visualizing the swirling vortex energy as it points down at the top of your head. Allow the vortex to lift you out of the physical body. You will still have the ability to return to the physical body at will and the cord connection.
Where To Go And What To Do
Before you start your astral journey for magic, you must decide on where you want to go and what you want to do. The beginning point/agenda should be going to an astral area that is ideal for setting up an astral magic ritual temple and conducting magic works. Just like the astral healing office, setting up your astral magic ritual space will take more than one astral journey. The good thing is that you are at liberty to make the ritual space as complex or as simple as you’d wish. Money is not a determinant of what you can have in the astral world: hard work, patience, and concentration are the key factors.
Travel to the astral world as you always do and if you had an appropriate place in mind where you wished to set up your astral magick spot, you will find yourself in the particular spot. Once you go to the astral realm, you may find your astral teacher guide, lover or a long-gone magician waiting for you to offer assistance. Start setting your ritual spot by visualizing the structure you would want the place to have. Concentrate on the formation of the magick temple; it could be made of stone, or wood and have a big room for conducting magickal ceremonies. Smaller rooms within are ideal for storage of oils, stones, herbs, and other magickal equipment as well as magickal books. Visualize your magick temple until you understand the floor plan; use your hands to feel the finishing, the wood or stone you selected and smell its scent.
Use color shades you want to decorate the temple, add paintings, windows, rugs, draperies and tapestries. Design the temple in any architectural design you deem fit and surround it with a stream or gardens. Alternatively, you could set it up high on a rocky mountain. In order to conduct effective magickal works, you must set your temple at a place you consider ideal and a place where you will be comfortable. Once done with the main set up, focus on the interior furnishing and room functionality; for instance, you could leave a room for dressing with a full-length mirror. In the dressing room, you can store your ritual robes as it is advisable to have different robes in different colors and styles. Each of the robes should be designed for specific ceremonies and mood. They can either be decorated or plain. The dressing room should also have a chest where you store your jewelry and a place to store shoes if you want to wear shoes during your magickal work. Have a study area furnished with a desk, chair and book shelves. The reading area should be well-lit with a different color from those used in the other rooms.
The main room should probably be the last room you decorate and arrange because it requires a lot of attention. It should have an altar or a large table in the middle. Based on your desires or visualization, you can add some statues around the sides and position some candle holders where you deem best. Should you decide to change the setup of the main room later, all you need to do is delete the parts you want to change and visualize the new arrangement.
As you visualise and arrange your temple, you should also create the ritual tools you know you will need for almost every ceremony. They include: a wand, chalice, dagger, incense burner, cauldron, sword, and your favorite rituals book. Lay the tools on the large table or the altar or store them on one side of the main room. If you love music, you can incorporate some soft background music. Also, you can create something that dims the lights at your command if you are using other forms of lighting other than candles. Once done with the set up, summon your teacher guides in your magic temple for their review and advice. Carefully listen to their suggestions on how you can improve the temple. You are not obliged to change your temple set up based on their suggestions. Only apply the changes you deem necessary.
Astral Teachers And Magicians
Like all other forms of astral works, there are magick masters and advanced spiritual beings that are willing to hold your hand and teach you everything you need to know about astral magick. During your first astral journey for the purpose of starting your magickal works, it is possible to be contacted by a master or spiritual being. The biggest problem for new astral travelers is differentiating between a genuine and negative astral entity. Always remember that all astral spirits and beings have auras. The best way to determine if an entity is positive or negative is by looking closely at their auras to determine their symbols and colors. Also tap into your intuition: do you feel comfortable being around the astral being who approaches you? When the aura of an astral entity makes contact with you while you are in the physical plane, you feel as though you are not alone. When you get to the astral plane, you are able to see the aura of the astral being and their true emotional intentions.
To be on the safe side, never assume that you know an astral being that contacts you while in the physical plane is. They may tell who and what they are if you ask which also happens with deities and entities from other worlds. Do not fall for the idea that calling a negative entity by its name will compel them to do good by you. All astral and physical beings are always true to their nature. If a person is evil, they will always act as such and vice versa. When aura connects whether in the physical or astral plane, they feed data and emotions to each other through the subconscious mind. Hence, communication happens through telepathy.
You should always have a positive attitude and trust in the protection offered by your astral lover and teachers. This way, you will deter the influence of negative astral beings that may be directed to you through exchange of information. In cases where you are not sure about the true intentions of an astral being, try to determine the emotions you feel from the being or when around the being. If the feelings are mainly negative, it is important that avoid the being and remove yourself from their presence. Do not be intimidated by feelings of fear because this will only give the negative entity control over you. Stand to your ground and order the negative entities to leave you alone. Make it clear that you will not entertain them or any form of help they purport to offer.
Studying Under An Astral Magician
Before you begin practicing astral magic, it is important to study under an astral magician. To do this, you need to travel to your astral temple and call upon an astral magician who can help you to learn everything possible about astral magic and how to effectively use it for your own benefit. During your first call for an astral magician, it is advisable not to specify names; also, do not call upon a magician whom you know had even the slightest form of negative attribute. It is best to discuss your choice of an astral magician/ guide with your astral teachers and allow them to guide you on how to choose the best astral magician.
During the first meeting with the astral magician, if you happen to feel uncomfortable or hesitant to start the learning/engagement, it would be best to request your astral teachers to be present. Start the learning session by introducing yourself and why you summoned the astral magician. Note, the magician will instantly know the reason as to why you summoned them. However, your learning session will always be better if you determine your reason for engaging them.
When learning starts, pay close attention to what the magician says. In most cases, learning starts with a brief of the basic magical work instructions. Once the introduction is over, the magician will walk you to the ritual area and show you how to call upon astral energy, handle and mold it to your desire.
Stand before your altar and call on the creative astral energy to gather in your hands and ensure that your mind is clear with no specific expected results. You are simply gathering the astral energy you need to perform magick works. You will see the astral energy gather between your hands in the form of a glowing light ball. The energy will feel hot and cold, very alive and tingly in its own form. Mold the astral energy into a compact ball as you would mold wet clay. Shape and mold it until it's round and compact. While holding the molded energy in your hands, start visualising it as a beautiful crystal ball; you should see it turns into a crystal, instead, just visualise it as a crystal ball. The difference is that, when you visualise something turning into something else, you require to go through an abortive and lengthy procedure. On the other hand, visualizing something as something else requires just the energy to trigger a metamorphosis immediately to see what you are visualising as real. Note that your creation depends on your visualization. If you visualize something flawed, your creation will be flawed as well. So, it is important that you have a clear and flawless visualization until your intended creation is complete.
Once the astral energy forms into a crystal ball, place in a velvet lined box or a holder for safe keeping. Your teacher or the magician you summoned will have created the velvet box or the holder as you were working on molding the energy to a crystal ball. This will be a lesson that you must work methodically on when performing astral magic works; you must prepare everything you need before starting the magical works. Spend as much time as possible talking and learning from the magician before leaving the astral plane and make sure you thank them for the help and insight into the astral magic works before leaving. You may find that you always engage with a different astral magician each time you take a trip to the astral world to learn about magic. This is because each magician tends to have a specific area of excellence and it is important you learn the different aspects from experts.
Terror Of The Threshold
Terror of the Threshold is a term used in the occult world that describes a frightening but benevolent entity. This is more of an astral guardian that somewhat controls you from getting over your head because you will be fearful and indecisive in their presence. The being appears in the form of something that you are afraid of. Facing them can be quite frightening. You must pass the test of overcoming the fear they instill in you so that you can advance in the astral magick world. Once you have faced the guardian in the right manner and overcome the fear, they will appear in another form or as a totally different astral being. If the guardian fails to transform, it means that you have some deeply buried preconceptions and fears that you must unearth and deal with.
Note that every aspiring astral magician has to pass this step or terror before they are able to perform the real and effective magical works as well as learn some of the deep astral magick secrets. Once you overcome the fear of contacting and working with different astral beings, you are rewarded with great effectiveness in any magick works you conduct while in the astral realm. The Terror of the Threshold is often the most difficult astral entity to contact because it reflects the deepest fears that a person has. As such, there are some potential magicians who are never able to face the guardian entity or overcome the fear of facing them. These are people who are unwilling or unable to come to terms with the negative propaganda they may have heard about astral projection and magic. They are marked as contaminated. Evidently, the success or failure of this ultimate spiritual test lies on the shoulders of the aspiring astral magician.
No one, including your astral teachers or astral lover, can help you get through the Terror or the Threshold. This is a rite of passage that you must take by yourself and its success only occurs when you accept personal responsibility for your previous actions and accept doing what is required of you. You are responsible for the negative or positive information and ideas you have in your mind. The Terror also guards your physical body from being harassed or disturbed by other astral entities once you pass the test. It keeps negative beings from challenging you both in the astral and physical worlds. It gains that much power and recognition because it is a powerful ally of all astral magicians and healers.
Meeting with the Terror of the Threshold
As usual, you should start by going to the astral plane. If you don’t feel adequately prepared, visit your temple first and spend a little time there. This will give you the courage you need for the meeting with your Terror of the Threshold. As the meeting starts, you will move along a dark path in a tangled forest. You will pass through the forest to a clear area that is located before the great golden castle gates. You will see a giant figure standing before the gates; they may have a frightening form and their duty is to bar you from entering the wonderful structure using fierce gestures. Note that the giant is built from your personal fears, hence, each person has a different encounter with the giant as it is the Terror of the Threshold.
At this point, you should call upon your magickal powers to help you determine what the giant is made up of. Ask the giant a series of questions so that it can reveal its nature. Engaging the giant may not be easy because it is a replica of your worst subconscious fears and since its intention is to bar you from entry, it will do its best to avoid revealing the make up of its appearance. You must ask specific questions like: are you formed from my fear of death? or propaganda I hold about the devil and hell? Keep asking the questions until you get the answers you need to determine its form. In most cases, the Terror is built from a number of hidden fears you have, not just one fear. Ask questions based on all the fears you have for a clear understanding of its formation.
With each question about your fears that you ask, you must determine whether you still believe in the cause of fear or you are just holding on to some old propaganda that may not be true. If your fears are as a result of personal habits, traits or problems, you must determine whether you have taken an initiative to deal with them honestly and fearlessly. The Terror of the Threshold will change with each positive decision you make at this point. Note that sometimes the Terror of the Threshold confrontation may be too much and cannot be resolved in one meet-up. If you feel exhausted, you can retreat and arrange for another meeting. There are times when the Terror will allow you to pass through the gates even though there may be some unresolved fears that you need to face. For this to happen, you must acknowledge that you have a problem, be ready to face its existence and to do whatever it takes to address it for good.
Additionally, do not think that the confrontations you have with the Terror of the Threshold is your last whether or not you manage to determine all your fears. This is because as you destroy the old negative thoughts, habits or problems, you are bound to form new ones. As a good astral magician, you must be alert always to negative habits, thoughts and problems that pop up daily. This way, you are able to address the problems before they become a hindrance to your magickal works and trigger a confrontation from the Terror of the Threshold.
If the Terror of the Threshold allows you to pass through the golden castle gates, the experiences you have will be intensely personal and hard to explain. Every visit to the golden castle offers a new spiritual experience because the golden castle is that initiation center for astral magicians. Wicca followers and ceremonial magicians must progress through the different degrees of status before they are ready to practice; this is the same thing that happens in the golden castle.
The initial experience in the golden castle will be an initiation to become a full-fledged astral magician. You will still be at the bottom of the astral magicians’ ladder where the rate of progression will depend on your dedication, willingness and efforts you put in to learn from the advanced magicians and astral entities. Unlike in the physical world where progression after every form of training is dependent on someone or a trainer putting in a good word for you, no one in the astral magick world can put in a good word for to progress to the next initiation level. You must demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that you are ready for the next level of initiation. Once the first initiation ceremony is over, you will find the Terror of the Threshold waiting for you. Its duty is to guard your physical body and help you return to the physical body as easily and quickly as possible.
Psychic Talents
The psychic states of altered consciousness trigger a heightened form of awareness for all senses both in the physical and non-physical planes. Going into the state of altered consciousness or astral plane helps you in developing all forms of psychic talent. Astral projection sensitizes a traveler to the different flows of astral energies that are being created or have been created in the energies. Even when your astral meditative state is not very deep, you should be open to allow the pictures that come to play across your mind’s eyes. Creative people are able to pull this off without training in the occult. Ancient cultures associated the development of psychic talents with the third eye that is located at the forehead’s center. It is also called the light center and is connected to the pineal gland that is located in the brain’s center. The pineal gland is responsible for the secretion of the serotonin, a naturally occurring chemical that triggers a high. Serotonin is secreted in higher amounts during a state of altered consciousness or meditation. Hence, it is also referred to as the psychic hormone.
As mentioned, psychic abilities are strengthened naturally through astral projection. Additionally, they can be strengthened through performing magick works while in the astral plane. Psychic talents like clairvoyance, intuition, precognition, telepathy, clairaudience, psychometry, dowsing and telekinesis can be fully developed or enhanced through magickal works performed in the astral.
The Celts believed the faery folk had contact with future possibilities. If a person worked or attracted a faery companion, they would become seers or have the ability to see into the future. In most cases, these seers got a better view of their faery companions or other worlds by looking through a ring or a knothole. A similar technique to this would be achieved by forming a small tunnel with clenched fingers. This technique allows you to view psychic pictures against those dark parts of the hand. Additionally, the Celts considered watering or teary eyes a sign of genuine prophetic abilities. Conversely, authentic trance mediums often had teary eyes when performing their works. Also, some advanced tarot readers reach the borderline state between the physical and astral worlds when their eyes begin to tear. The Celts also believed that seers who had positive thoughtforms and actions attracted positive companions from other worlds and vice versa. In light of this, if a seer did something negative, their positive companion from other worlds would leave as they were considered to be their teacher guides. Since a person attracts similar vibrations, a teacher guide would leave once a seer developed negative vibrations as this would mean that they would attract other co-walkers/teacher guides with negative vibrations.
Astral Magic Rituals
A good astral magician is capable of performing powerful magical rituals for prosperity, good health, success, justice, happiness and spiritual growth. Such magickal works performed successfully will manifest in the physical world. You must do some due diligence before engaging in these astral magick rituals. Start by determining what you want to achieve and why you want to achieve it.
Go into the astral plane and have a moment in your astral temple. Once ready, set up the ritual area with everything you need to conduct the magickal works. Once you begin performing the rituals, you cannot go out running to get the equipment you need for each step as this will deter concentration and affect the results of your ritual. As you begin to perform the rituals, it is important to follow them as they are illustrated and you can change the steps or the words once you are comfortable or have mastered the art of performing the good rituals. Also, your teacher guides may be with you as you perform the rituals for the first time to ensure that you do everything correctly and offer guidance where necessary. If you are conversant with ceremonial or Wicca magick, you can cast a circle and light up directional candles. If you are not conversant, your teacher guide will help and show you how it's done. The rituals discussed below can be performed to help other people or for your own good.
Rituals for Good Health
Prepare and set the following items on the astral altar: a blue bag with a string or something to fasten it, a bow with feverfew, mint, blue candle, hops, some pieces of jet and jasper. Place the blue candle at the center of the altar and a few pieces of jet and jasper around it. Spare one piece of jet and jasper and set them aside. Place the bowl of herbs and the blue bag between the candle and you just slightly outside the circle of stones. Light up the blue candle and stare at its flame as you visualize the person you are performing the good health ritual for as whole and healthy. Hold the visualization as long as possible. Take the wand and circle the bowl of herbs and bag sunwise three times and chant, “Good health to (person’s name).”
Tip the herbs to the bag and add two stones that you set aside. Use your hands or the wand to gather as much astral energy as possible. Shape the astral energy into a compact ball of light and put it in the bag; fasten the bag. Call the person into the astral and in your temple and press the bag containing the ingredients against their heart until it is completely absorbed into their astral body. If you were performing the ritual for yourself, do the same while in your astral form. If the healing bag is not absorbed in the person’s astral form, determine whether the person wants your help or has negative thoughts about the good health ritual. In the event where a person wants your help but the bag fails to absorb into their astral form, add a few pieces of holly to protect them against negative thoughtforms, entities and ill- wishers. Try again; this time, the bag should be absorbed easily unless the person has a strong aversion to the good health ritual.
Prosperity Ritual
Prepare and place the following items on the astral altar: two gold coins, two silver coins, Irish moss, ver-vain, a bowl with chamomile, green bag with a button for closure, a piece of turquoise, tiger’s eye, peridot and ruby. Place all the herbs in the bowl and stir using the wand as you chant: Powerful herbs bring wealth to me. As I will, so shall it be.
Pour the herb mixture into the green bag and gather astral energy using your hands. Form a ball of the astral energy and add it to the bag. Tap the stones with your wand as you chant: Like to like, the power of these stones attracts.
At this point, you can either place the stones in the green bag or set them aside to make a necklace. Close the green bag and press it on the throat chakra while in the astral form. While at it, tap the silver and gold coins as you chant: Silver and gold, silver and gold. Bring me all my life can hold.
String the silver and gold coins on a chain to make a necklace with the stones. Alternatively, you can make earrings from the coins. Hold your hands over your head and visualize prosperity in all forms you would want it to appear in your life. Feel the prosperity manifest in your life as it pours down between your arms to the crown center. Accept prosperity and absorb all of it.
Success Ritual
Before performing the success ritual, you must have a clear goal in mind of what you want. You cannot just say that you want success in general; have a clear goal like getting a good-paying job, business success, buying a house and so forth.
Prepare and place the following items on the astral altar: a copper bracelet with crystals, light brown or green candle, a bowl of hawthorn, mint, rose and mugwort. Place the candle at the center of the altar and light it. Tap the bowl containing the herbs with your wand about five times and burn the herbs using an incense burner. Stare at the candle flame as you visualize the success you desire. Hold the visualization as long as possible.
Once ready, pick the copper bracelet using the tip of the wand; feel and see as the astral energy gathers in the bracelet. Carry the bracelet held with the wand around the ritual area as you chant: Cosmic power, come to me. Successful is what I will be.
When you are back at the altar area, take the bracelet off the wand and rub the astral energy into its band. As you conduct this ritual, continue to visualize the success you need. Place the bracelet on the wrist of the power hand, mainly the hand you use to write.
Divination Ritual
This ritual is ideal for gaining powers in divination or astral divination powers.
Prepare and place the following items in the astral altar: goblet of wine (preferably white), tarot cards, two silver candles, runes, an unpolished large crystal, and incense with mugwort. Place the candles on each side of the altar and light them. Ensure that the divination tools are between the two candles. Place the goblet of wine close by and sprinkle some incense in the incense burner. Take the large crystal into your hands and hold it up high. Watch as astral energy collects around the large crystal and then press the crystal at the center of the forehead where the third eye is located. Feel the astral energy as it gets absorbed in the light center and activates psychic talents. Once all the energy is absorbed, place the crystal back on the astral altar to gather more energy. Circle the divination tools sunwise using the wand three times as you chant: Grant me the power of foretelling.
Lift the goblet of wine, sip then say: One for magic. Take another sip and say: One for power. Take another sip and say: One for seeing in this hour. Place the goblet of wine back on the altar and lay the tarot cards as you cast the runes. Note the layout carefully and note it down once you return to the physical plane.
Spiritual Growth Ritual
Prepare and place these items on the astral altar: three golden candles, a small statue of phoenix in gold, three yellow diamonds, a bowl of St. John’s wort, marigold and laurel leaves. Position the three golden candles to form a triangle with one candle pointing away from you. Light the candles and place the yellow diamonds besides each candle. Place the phoenix statue at the center of the triangle. Burn the herbs using the incense burner and sit close to the altar where you can view the lighting candles and the phoenix statues. Visualize the candle glow expanding to fill the entire ritual area with golden light.
Breathe in the golden light as you chant:
O golden powers of energy
O astral powers, wondrous fair Hear my words of grace and trust Winning through the astral air Illuminate deep mysteries
Bring me insight into fate
Fill my life with truth and joy Spiritual illumination great
Be attentive to what you hear or see as you sit contemplating the golden light that has filled the ritual area. You may be whirled away to meet your new teacher or take part in an initiation ceremony. These events may not happen immediately and that should not make you assume that you have failed. This is because they may occur during an astral dream later. Alternatively, you may have to go through physical preparation before attempting the ritual again.
Happiness and Love Ritual
Disclaimer! You should never use this ritual to try and make a person fall in love with you. There is always a negative karma that you will have to deal with if you do so.
Prepare and place these items on the astral altar: two pink candles, one who should have your name carved on it and the other should have the words ‘my true love’ carved on it, a vase of pink roses, a bell, bottle of apple blossom or rose oil.
Put the pink candles on each side of the vase with roses but do not light them up yet. Anoint your heart light center with the perfumed oil you chose. Ring the bell three times as you call upon the love deities to bless you with showing their presence. Be patient as you wait for their arrival. They should show up in your astral space as glowing forms of golden or pink flashing light. They will ooze vibrations of unconditional comfort and love. Once they are settled in your ritual space, explain to them why you need a loving and true companion. If they ask questions, make sure you answer them as truthfully as possible. Once the conversation is over, the deities will light up the two pink candles with their power. A single pink rose will rise from the vase to hang over the altar. Golden and pink light swirls will gather around it and transform it to a transparent form gradually.
Suddenly, a shaft of light will get from the rose to the heart center. As this happens, you are bound to feel a slight tugging because the true love and companionship feelings will be poured out from your astral form to the rose. The rose transforms into a ball of astral light and energy and disappears to go and manifest in the physical world. The deities will then fill your astral space with love sensations then disappear. Once they are gone, ring the bell again three times and thank the deities for their help.
Justice Ritual
Prepare and place these items on the astral altar: two deep purple candles, a unicorn hair curl, a vase with carnation flowers, silver headband set with a dark amethyst center stone and four-leaf clover. Place the candles on each side of the altar with the unicorn hair, clover and head-band close by. Sprinkle some cedar incense into the incense burner. Clearly explain to the astral powers why you need justice. Pay close attention to the words that come back to you. If you are at fault, abort the ritual at this point. If you are at fault but partially, you must rectify your part before continuing with the ritual. You must be truthful when conducting this ritual.
Gather a small ball of astral energy and as usual, mold it into a ball. Hold the unicorn and the clover to the ball until they are completely absorbed and swallow the ball of astral energy. At this point you must reaffirm that you want to continue with the ritual before putting the headband on. Position the amethyst on the headband to ensure that it sits well on the forehead center and chant:
Great ones, come join me,
And the deities for justice
Alter my luck and make me courageous Bring me love and wealth to hold Friendships and accomplishments true For the aid, I thank you
At this point, you should close your eyes and stare up as though you are looking inside the center of the forehead. When this is done even when on the physical plane, you will most likely see an eye staring back at you. Look into the eye until you see it dissolve in a series of pictures. The pictures are what give you ideas as to what you should and should not do in your quest for justice. Unless in the event where you are partially part of the problem, you will not be required to do anything; your job will be to let the astral powers handle the problem and grant you the justice you desire.
Ritual to Change Future Events
You have more control over the future karma events of an individual as opposed to that of a group, nation or world. This is because, an individual karma involves fewer people as compared to a group karma. Notably, every person has free will to either create or not create, do or not do what is deemed best for them. Anyone who has participated in tarot readings or giving future readings understands that the more people involved in a person’s future, the more likely that their future will change suddenly to the unexpected. In the event where you see a national event where a good number of people are determined to make a course of action come to reality, you will not succeed in making the changes you desire.
Individual futures tend to be more flexible because they also depend on what a person wants for themselves. The wisdom of how to make changes in an individual’s future lies in learning where to exact the pressure for change. The slightest bit of pressure that is applied to a particular part of an upcoming event for an individual goes a long way at creating a different outcome in their favor.
Unless a person has a martyr love complex that draws them to want to live in negative circumstances, the desire to change and shape future events is very important. Suppose you have an upcoming interview or confrontation with a person you deem unpleasant and you have a feeling that things may not unfold in your favor, the ability to change future events can come in handy. You must remember that you are not to use this ability/ritual as a way of trying to control someone or making them act against their principles. You should plan on applying minimal pressure on some areas to get a positive outcome. No matter what your intuition tells you or what any psychic may tell you, if a situation is negative, try to make minimal changes of the future to get a positive outcome.
For instance, if the future event is a job interview and you think that you could face unfair competition, or an unfair hearing, it is okay to conduct some astral magick to create a favorable outcome. You could achieve this by making an astral visit to the employer and explaining to them why they should hire you for the position. Pay close attention to the responses the potential employer gives; they give an insight as to why you may not like working with the employer or for the business in question. On the other hand, you may discover some great opportunities and benefits that you never imagined existed. You should not coerce the employer into accepting your application. Present your case, explain why they should hire you, thank them for their time and leave.
Confrontations with people you deem unpleasant or people you would rather not face are difficult. There are different astral techniques of easing the problem and possibly altering the outcome in your favor. In such a case, it is advisable to use your visualization in the best and most positive way possible. If you get a strong intuition that a trip you are about to take may not end well, travel to the astral to see what the negative outcome might be. If the problem is, for example, a plane crash, reschedule your flight for another date or take a different route. If you see a possible assault on a certain street, hotel room or house, avoid those places. Cleanse your car and home and make sure to set up your astral watchers. You should never settle for the belief that you cannot change the future to your favour.
Astral Magical Laws
One of the top rules in magick is: never reveal the magick works you are performing to others unless they are totally in agreement with you. When you share your magickal works with people who are not in agreement, you attract negative energy and dissipate the positive energy you had going on. You may also give your enemies the opportunity to undo what you may have created. There are some magicians who do not believe that talking about their magickal works can cause harm. It is important to remember that a wide range of people, especially people who do not believe in magickal rituals, are bound to fill your subconscious mind with negative thoughtforms that in turn derail your magickal efforts.
When working in the astral, you tend to be swifter as compared to when working on the physical. You will realise that actions happen as soon as you visualise them. You should keep intellect out when in the astral and instead allow your emotional body to respond to actions and events without giving up ethics and common sense. The intellect’s habit of analysing every detail before accepting a change or challenge is what makes it hard for you to take action immediately while in the physical. The power of thoughts tends to have greater magnitude in the astral plane than in the physical plane. In the physical plane, thoughts radiate outwards like a stone that is dropped in water and their power exists as long as a person holds the thought. When a person stops to think about a thought or changes their way of thinking, the radiation of thoughts gets more powerful. Nonetheless, the vibration activity of the thoughts remains the same. You should remain true to your magical thoughts until you feel the manifestation you desire come to life.
Additionally, since the threads run from one auric shield to another in the form of spells and thoughts, you should take great care to sever the thread of spells or thoughts always before you leave the astral magic temple. Allowing the connecting thread to remain means that you will not release the magical powers you may have created to manifest in favour of your desires. Thinking constantly about your magical works reconnects the threads; determine whether there are any auric threads before conducting any form of magic in both the physical and astral worlds. There are some evil magicians who sneak in connecting threads with the aim of syphoning off the magickal energy for their use later. The most common threat is from non-magicians who are capable of tuning in on increased energy flow subconsciously and syphoning it during magickal procedures. These are similar to the psychic vampires discussed in the previous chapter who rely on a person’s physical presence to syphon your energy; such people are considered vampires in the astral plane.
The most effective way of severing the threads and ensuring that they do not re-attach, is by cutting them off using the astral ritual sword. If you find out that there are attached threads and you cannot make a trip to the astral to fight them, close your eyes and visualize your aura and determine where the threads are located. In most cases, the threads are connected directly to the light center. Connections to the solar plexus are also quite common.
Once you start visualising, relax until you see yourself holding the ritual sword in your hands. Visualize the sword as it turns glowing white-hot. Use the hot sword to burn the threads in two instead of saw them. Clothe yourself in the astral protective armor immediately as the threads are loosened. Once you are protected, demand to know who or which astral entity has sent the threads your way. You should follow the threads back to their source to either have an intuition about the sender or get a clear picture of the person responsible for sending the threads. Once you determine the sender, you should take a minute to decide the ideal actions you should take astrally, and physically to ensure the problem is eliminated completely.
Detecting Possible Future Events
Events that have a strong emotional status often cast a shadow ahead before they actually occur. In such a case, your intuition will warn you by creating a feeling of fear more like you are waiting for something to drop. If you are used to working in your astral temple and all your psychic senses are well-tuned, you are bound to get enough warning that will deflect the emotions either partly or entirely. The drawback occurs when a person is impartial to the point where they cannot be as truthful to themselves as they should in order to see what has been programmed to happen in their future both good and bad.
Humans can do anything about what is set to happen to them in the future and this drives people into an emotional dilemma. The crucial question to ask yourself should be: do you accept whatever happens simply because it could be karma or do you believe that you deserve better things because you make the effort to change your spiritual life? When determining the answer to this, you must know your worth to avoid getting carried away while being willing to encounter certain negative occurrences because they are a precursor to spiritual growth.
If your intuition gets filled with a feeling of impending danger, take a trip to your astral temple and call upon your teachers for help in protecting yourself. As soon as the teachers show up, start by gazing into your future through a crystal ball as explained in the previous chapter. Try as much as you can to determine what the impending danger may be. The impact of the event on you will be dependent on how emotional the impending negative event may be. If you are too emotionally attached to the event, it will be hard for you to have a detached perspective as you view the event through the crystal ball.
There is a possibility that you will not be able to view all the future events through one crystal ball gazing session. This is because the subconscious mind knows how we react to the unpleasant revelations emotionally, therefore, it reveals the negative information bit by bit until we are able to handle the entire picture objectively. After getting a glimpse into the impending negative event, consider the amount of pressure you can take magically on the small revelation of the event. You may have to view the future events several times through the crystal ball to determine the parts you need to change.
Visualise as the change takes place and hold the visualization until you are able to see the new action as stable as possible. This will require a lot of dedication and concentration because making future alterations such as this is always not easy. Keep visualising the future events as you select small bits of action at a time and trigger the change you need. Work on each change you desire until it manifests within the crystal ball. If you determine that some of the actions required could be physical or a change of plans, you must do them as soon as possible. When you have done all the possible changes or when the crystal ball cannot hold any other form of change, that will be an indication that you have done everything you can to change the future event in your favor. You must accept the remaining negative bits that you may not have managed to change.
Additional Astral Magic Aids
It is very important to normalize the use of herbs and stones both in the physical and astral planes. Every herb and stone has unique vibrations that aid in the magickal works. As a magician, you must study and understand how to apply the different vibrations from different herbs and stones with the aim of empowering yourself fully as well as empowering your spell works and rituals for a specific manifestation. Notably, there are other astral magick aids that also work to amplify your magickal powers. They include;
A mirror as depicted in the astral healing chapter is used to reflect and see the negative and unwanted energies. It is also used as a shield as it returns to an attacker the full force of the attacking spell work they throw at you.
Dancing with the aim of building energy can be a great way of building up the energy vortex you need to use as you conduct magickal works. Dancing as you turn in a sunwise direction builds up positive energy while dancing in the positive direction attracts negative energy buildup. Sometimes it may be necessary to send out some bursts of negative energy followed by bursts of positive energy in a bid to disrupt the incoming flow of negative energy that may be an attack.
Playing some musical instruments like the Egyptian sistrum, or the deep bass drums aids when conducting protective rituals. The vibrations of the sound the musical instruments let out tend to disturb the negative thoughtforms of an attacker or astral entity.
A circle of standing stones acts as a pool of protective power. You can have an astral ritual area in a circle of standing stones when under attack in the astral plane or when the integrity of your magic space in the astral has been compromised. This is more of a secondary ritual temple that is built in nature and is very powerful when you are working with forces of nature or elementals.
As mentioned in the previous chapter, pyramids offer great protective benefits. It is advisable to have a physical pyramid in your car as a means of deflecting accidents and danger. The pyramid can be made out of cardboard or wood. In your astral ritual temple, you should place the pyramid somewhere in the perimeter.
There are many other tools that an astral magician can use to protect themselves against dark attacks. You get to learn more of the protection tools and techniques as you advance in the astral magick practice. It is always advisable to use your imagination, creative faculties and intuition for protection.
Additionally, you can put up psychic security to protect your personal belongings like: documents, your family, your home, business, your pet and yourself. To do so, you need to build a wall of energy around the people, places or items you want to protect and surround the wall with an area of deliberate confusion. In most cases, the wall of confusion is enough to deter any ill-willed astral entity or traveler from accessing the people or places to cause trouble. The layer of confusion should be programmed in a way that it notifies you of any intrusion. As such, it can be an ideal substitute for watch dogs and alarms.
Putting up watchers for protection tends to be effective only when a person has created an astral protection dome. Note, the watchers are just watchers and alarms. Therefore, if you remain alert and keep your intuitive sense keen, you will easily pick up the warnings of negative invasions by astral entities either personally or through thoughtforms in an attempt to invade your space.
There are specialised watchers that can be created to specifically guard your crucial documents especially when you feel like someone can possibly try to steal the documents in the physical. As more and more people learn how to astral project and access space while in the astral form, it is highly likely that the theft of documents will be of the idea and not the actual document per say. The scenario addressed here is that of crucial documents that contain information about projected purchases, business plans, bids on property sales or jobs and ideas that you may have prepared for presentation to your bosses for a possible promotion. This is to tell you that you can never lose by protecting yourself and what you hold dear. It is also possible to have personalised watchers as thoughtforms that stay with you and are set to alarm you when your physical form is in danger. This would be very much useful if you live in an area with high crime rates.
Chapter Summary
• Astral magic should be used to help yourself and others.
• Astral magic should never be used for selfish gains or to make people do something that is against their principles.
• Astral magic performed in the astral plane manifests in the physical plane.
• You must go through a series of training and tests before becoming a highly ranked astral magician.