Magical Psychic Self Defense using Hands On Chaos Magic

'Hands on Chaos Magic' was meant to be a detailed baseline magical training guide in practice. What I do not do a lot of, is put together recipes of how to combine different techniques.

Psychic Self Defense using Hands On Chaos Magic  ( re-copied from my original site Andriehvitimus.com which is offline, I just think this one is important).

1) First, remember this simple statistic: 95% of all spiritual attacks are purely psychological. We are great at producing our own reality and when we believe we are spiritually attacked we manifest that result. Many times it is very easy to believe that we have been spiritually attacked, and many people will respond to us with sympathy and support. This is very addicting and it feeds the victim parts of our personalities. We all have some of these tendencies.

  

What to do about this tendency?

  
  a) Using Hands on Chaos Magic to find the victim shard of the self - Chapter 13 - Basically, personify that component of yourself into a form. The details are there in the book. Once you have experienced it as a form you can then evoke the form. From here, once it is personified and evoked (Chapter 28 in 'Hands On Chaos Magic' covers evocation) you can use techniques to transform that form into something more desirable. I am on an Angelic kick right now, and an Invocation of Haniel works great for this type of thing after you have the form personified. In Vodou, I would do a service to La Siren (who is the Ocean Mother in my house) or Damballah (if the issues were that severe).     

    After you have the form evoked, you can actively pray, acknowledge and love that part of yourself. Often times, (nearly always) that is enough to radically change our own behavior. Once you feel like that part is transformed, reabsorb it- accepting it as part of who you are. Acceptance being the most important part of the process. If you need to dismiss this part of yourself, you can do this and you will need to do a few healing rituals to rebuild the self in line with what you want to become.

    b) Actively pursue mental control and wellness from an energy perspective. This means, in practice, to do the cleansing rituals and banishing. I recommend 2 times a day. There are several banishing and cleansing rituals in Hands on Chaos Magic, and more than that there is a tremendous amount of information on how to develop your own.

   c) Just laugh at it out loud. It's probably not that important anyway. Besides, what could you do with the time you'll have to focus on the positive things you want to create as opposed to the heavy, dark feeling of being "cursed".   

    d) Meditate and try to do the self analysis to get over these issues. This is a core tenant of 'Hands On Chaos Magic' and - remember as I say at the end, being cursed is still just a story. Even if it did happen, you can absolutely control your reaction. Many parts of 'Hands On Chaos Magic' detail exactly that.

2) Sometimes, there was some negativity directed at you, or you picked up something that seems to have attached to you. Often, these attached things, although rare, are fragments of the dead. Kind of like parts of personalities that should have dissolved but didn't. In a way, these are like semi-autonomous thought forms.  

    a) Cleansing and Banishing on a regular basis will usually take care of most sorcerers and attached spirits. Again, 'Hands On Chaos Magic' has lots of techniques for this. The important thing here is to actually do the work on a daily basis. Chapter 10 in 'Hands On Chaos Magic' is great for developing your own cleansing rituals. In addition, I also have a CDROM hypnotic process that can do this. All you have to do is listen to the CDrom and follow the directions. The process is called the 'Cascade of Light: Angelic Life Empowerment System Volume 1.'   I am working to get this on my web site for sale, but you can contact me directly and get a copy at http://andriehvitimus.com/contactandrieh.   

    b) Salt Bath. A simple thing I do is to take a shower with some salt. I will put some sea salt into one of those white mesh wedding bag. They are available at almost any craft store for a $1. Using the energy exercises in 'Hands On Chaos Magic', push any and all negativity into the salt - as described in the Salt Exercises in 'Hands On Chaos Magic'. When you take the shower, rub down and away. Do not rub up and down. Imagine using all of your senses to scrub all the negativity down and away. After you rub it all down, let all salt dissolve and go down the drain. You can also add essential oils to the salt to increase its effectiveness. How to work with the salt and oils in a talismanic way is found in Chapter 27 of 'Hands On Chaos Magic', although many chapters lead up to this.   

    c) Laugh out loud for 15 minutes a day. No, I actually am serious. This is known as Laughter Yoga etc. Although people have tried to copyright it, it's just something easy to do. Laughter raises a lot of Qi in Qigong terms and does kind of shake loose the system. Make sure to meditate and relax after doing the laughter Meditation just to calm down the system (some people do need this). Other techniques such as the waterfall cleansing (In Hands On Chaos Magic), can also help.   

    d) Evoke to help and remove issues often. Although we call it something different in Vodou, I will do service for Papa Legba and the Ancestors to remove negative influences often. Depending on who you work with, there are lots of ways to do this. Basically, again you can Evoke (meaning, to project those energies around you, using terms from 'Hands On Chaos Magic' this does not necessarily mean putting something into a triangle), to remove blocks and negativity. If you really and strongly perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, this is a type of evocation (I know the ceremonial magicians will disagree, but it is a projection not pulling in). Chapters 28 and 29, cover this in 'Hands On Chaos Magic'.

  e) Pay attention to your own Energy.  Using just the energy work exercises, you can start from your center point (In Chinese Qigong, The lower dantianis located 1.3 inches, or 3 finger widths, below the navel and is also called the golden stove). In Western magic, typically this is done at the middle of the chest. Start from the center point you know and work outwards expelling negative energies as you feel them (that means anything you believe you should get rid of).   Start from the center point and envision it as a white spot, and then feel that white spot as perfectly calm (or happy), and then while meditating, extend that white spot out forcing each part of your body it touches to become that calm (or happy ) vibe. This is extensively covered in 'Hands On Chaos Magic'as far as the energy work needed to get through and work the details. Along with this, meditate and clear your mind. Where the mind goes, the aura and body will follow. If you can clear your mind, it's that much more difficult to have negative energy, thought forms or spirits attach.   

    f) Within multiple paradigms, an ancestral altar works great as a defense as well as being a wholly healthy and respectful component of spirituality. I can answer questions about an Ancestral Altar from a Vodou point of view and my own experience working with them. Having an active altar with a friendly godform or spirit, means that that spirit or godform can interact with your life. I have found this extremely useful. This is similar to some of the Radionics techniques that use technological and pseudo-scientific ways to leave a connection open (I like radionics, and if someone out there wants to trade me a nice machine for some work or coaching let me know).

3) Preventive Medicine is best.

    There are several categories of preventive medicine

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    a) 'Hands on Chaos Magic' goes through several detailed variants to work you to the point that your auric shell can serve as a protective circle.

    b) Talismans will vibrate even when you are not thinking about them. Chapter 20-22 and 30 in 'Hands on Chaos Magic' have details on how to create talismans from a non-dogmatic POV. For now though, if you simply find a rock that you like and repeatedly put yourself into a happy state while using all of your five senses to know that the rock is vibrating more and more in that happy state, will be a good start. Keep doing the meditation for 30 minutes for a few days in a row and then carry the rock around. Notice what happens. If you know sigil magic, you can use a sigil to enhance the meditation. Many more techniques of course are in 'Hands On Chaos Magic'.

    c) Thought forms and servitors are your friend. Creating defensive servitors are a great way to prevent negative attachments and negative spell work. Servitors are a lot like imaginary friends and one technique I give in 'Hands On Chaos Magic' is to imagine that you have a imaginary friend around you. Just like a small child, tell stories about this protector and then meditate and imagine it is around. This simple technique is just the start. Chapters 30-33, in 'Hands On Chaos Magic' have many more details.

    d) Already covered using god forms for this purpose in the last point. Again, relationships with friendly spirits can in fact help immensely. Although this is not usually done in Chaos Magic, this is the exact method I recommend in 'Hands On Chaos Magic'.

This is just a small sampling of how to put techniques from 'Hands On Chaos Magic' into a workable framework for Self-Defense. Remember, you are only limited by your imagination. Play with the universe. Do the Magic.

While I do offer this general recipe for psychic self defense for free as a community service to help with general issues, I also offer customized and personal action plans, and can offer customized training to help you with psychic self-defense or any issue you might want to address.

I work through a dedicated combination of intuitive reading, spiritual consultation and practical coaching. Taking a holistic view, combining the spiritual with rational thought and action means you have the greatest possibility of real life changes. You deserve that life. Contact me at andriehvitimus@gmail.com now to start.

"Hands-On Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation through the Ovayki Current" (Andrieh Vitimus)

Categories: Experimental/Chaos Magic, Spiritual How To

The Power or Lack of Power in the Spoken Word at Rituals

Let me admit, I was not needfully a fan of long orations in ritual. There are several reasons why I say this. For the most part, the way most people use the spoken word takes away from trance, gnosis and direct experience of the Unseen. Typically the words get in the way of that experience. Now, I have heard so many statements in so many books more or less stating that you must "say the words exactly". Often, the recitations are in English and often this is the speakers native tongue. Many times this serves to actually deaden the psychic senses where barbarous tongues of ancient languages confuses the conscious mind.

And for a while, certainly I thought that and still think its mostly that is true, except when it is not. I haven't seen many alternative religious ceremonies where the words help, but....

But walk into a Baptist Church, or a real enlivened Christian Service.

Sure, its not my cup of tea, but Damn.. I mean DAMN. or in this case Praise Jesus.

This effect is a hypnotic group effect that can lead to a spiritual experience. It also lays down tremendous examples to model to make rituals and ceremonies better when using the spoken word.

One might think that the preachers just believe what they are preaching. The truth is that many probably do not. Its a carefully trained set of language patterns for many preachers. However, it is much easier to pull off that strength through a few mental tricks. Unfortuantely, when I read most invocations, and lyrical poetry, they skip out these mental steps providing the only less important words. So we get some pretty words, in occult books, sometimes bad poetry, but no Mojo. I am going to give you some steps to make those word ZING.

Intention in Voice and Action

First and foremost, what is the emotional state should you be in? What would you like to be in? If you are working with spirits, what would they like you to be in? Seriously, even if you are calling forward a scary godform or spirit, isn't it awesome? If its not awesome and its pretty boring, stop the ritual.

I mean it. Just stop.

Now, what I mean by this, if you can't get into first the mindset that the spirit is real or that the ritual is real, and second that its awesome that you have made contact or are restructuring reality, its kinda not worth doing. There should be that giddiness, that excitement, even maybe a little bit of fear. After all, if that isn't true, you probably don't care enough to be doing the ritual in the first place.

Really you can use any state, but it should be overwhelming and riding the edge of pushing towards not able to speak. As you practice the technique, I am about to give you, you can project more and more "energy" into the verbal speech. This is an art form and is difficult to stay on task if you are in the right frame of mind. Really, it should be at that edge of emotion to the point of loosing it. If you need help with that, 'Hands on Chaos Magic' has some techniques.

That state, that emotional overdrive into deep trance state, right on the edge leads to what to but is not needfully an inspired state in oration (of course, their are tricks to help the process along, but the easier route is actually being in that zone). However, its very, very, very close. The next step in to control it, which means practice. Lots of practice where you practice the oration of the ceremony in increasingly heavier states of emotional layering.

I think actors have a natural advantage over ritualists in this and have techniques that as magicians, witches or other, we should study. Their performance depends on the emotional reaction of audience which depends on some things, such little things including plot, character, quality of production but mostly on the actor themselves and their ability to project a state of a character (less traditional magicians might call this invocation) and make that state infectious (aka believable invocations). Now because the context is safe, the audience gets to go home seeing a nice piece of art. Ceremony is even more difficult because the audience is participants and the quality of the by in directly translates to the effect. Essentially, if its not believable, there is no passing of energy or "spirit".

Great actors ride that line, but they maintain the control of the oration learning to memorize the parts they need to. Let's take this further. Let's make the layering somewhat more emotional layers...

Proper Critiquing and the Underlay I am not an actor, so its easier for me to BE in the state. I suspect many actors do the same. Recently for a ritual we were doing at Convocation, I spend weeks practicing the ritual with Jason M. Colwell, my co-host on http://deeper-down-the-rabbit-hole.com. It was a Ra-Set ritual. Our plan was to read of a ritual paper. Usually, I would Poo-poo that. Why? Because it was a long narration and the reading takes away from the projection. So what did we do, WE practiced and practiced a certain way.

1. Get the energies right. Instead of acting like Ra and Set, we Invoked them and walked through the ritual steps with no words several times. It hit us hard. We kept doing this till we could comfortably handle the energy and the state (in this case, Jason had to portray a sense of Awe, and I had to portray Majesty).
2. We slowly added basic words, repeating the ritual, having people listen to the ritual. Having people psychically pick up the vibes with different levels of words. Each time, trying to keep the intensity going and trying to make the words be more then just words, but containers to be filled by intention and energy.
3. At the last step, we added the long narration that was read aloud. During the narration, Jason was so into the vibe, that at times he almost dropped to his knees before AmonRa. Other people had the same impulse, when they listened to Jason's narration in practice and at the real ritual.

Now Jason is not a trained actor, but through the course of the practice, he correctly projected AWE. He projected it, because he was it. It was a state he had learned to ride and use. We didn't have enough time before the ritual to memorize the parts, that would have been the next step. Now each step we sought feedback to refine both the energy and mannerisms based on the impact they had on the audience. It wasn't perfect, but it was VERY good.

If this seems a lot harder then just doing a sigil spell or a simple meditation, it is because it is. In a situation where there is a ritual, the orator of the lyrical poetry or prayers is acting as a conduit. I will not say that this is or is not a connection to something, but certainly if the orator cannot maintain a hold, a state of mind that enlivens the reading, there can be no transmission. Of course, we can explain the transmission through Mirror Neurons and other psychological means, but those facts do not account for the subjective experience that is created by the process. This makes the role of that oration extremely important and in some ways sacred.

The Oration must not only speak the words, but it must be so overwhelmingly dripping with intention and emotion that the audience has NO doubt what they should feel and when. The effect of group hypnosis, mirror neurons, and group think all can help carry it the rest of the way.  This is the key of the under layering. Fortunately, when you are in a state, your body language will just match the internal state if you are not purposely controlling your body, tone and mannerisms. You can relax into the flow of the state of mind and run with it. Eventually the practice kicks in, and its all in the flow.

Some Fine Points
First, we still read from a manuscript. Neither Jason nor I am particularly good at memorization. In my eyes, this would have been the single longest preparation point. Hands On Chaos Magic , and the Tier 1 Training of the Quantum Life Science Institute both cover getting into a single or multifaceted state of mind. Experiencing the desired state to that overwhelming point, and then practicing the state with adding the oration was the key to the projection. Once you are all in and are the center of attention (aka doing the oration), our natural mirror neurons take over. If its believable, it spreads…. and then something awesome can happen.

Categories: Experimental/Chaos Magic, NLP, Spiritual How To

Auditory Baphomet Ritual

Well I kinda busted my hump to do the Baphomet Ritual for Deeper down the rabbit hole.

I am going to try to write one blog per week, but with most being less intensive, still I like writing the longer more dense blogs.  Id love to here from you...

Video Of it!!!

But, heres the Deeper Down Ceremony Which should be powerful enough to get you going.

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Practical Chakra Balancing: Progress, Spiritual Weightlifting and You

This is another blog post like the initial Shamanism post that I had to think about writing.  There are many web pages for working with your Chakras, unfortunately many sites seem to skip many of the details or give a very academic answer.  I hope in this blog to give you many more of the practical details, and more so, what to expect.

If you are using a Hindu metaphor for energy work, I would consider the Chakras work and balancing the equivalent to spiritual exercise.  In Chinese thought, I would consider Gigong to be the same. In both cases, your spiritual health does depend on the exercise to an extent.  Like real exercise, sometimes it is damn difficult to do it, for some of the same reasons.

So first, lets start about what are the Chakras, in my opinionated view.  I have to give the caveat, that I am not a Sadhu or Hindu priest, but I do a fair amount of energy work.

Andrieh's Take on the Chakras

Unlike many systems of metaphysics, the Chakra system has tons of information that is readily available.  A simple google search will produce tremendous information.  What those pages, and the books, often lack is some key details about what to do with them in practice.

In my experience,  the symbol, syllables, sounds and even scents are resonance tools.  The journey will be your own, and that is very important. The 7 Chakras are generally considered the main 7 of the body.  I personally, keep returning to using them.  Sometimes I like the Chinese systems more, but often, I like working with them.  There are more then 7 Chakras, but 7 generally is the main number.

Each Chakra corresponds to an psychic energy vortex that roughly corresponds to that category of psychic energy that is produced by the interaction of the body, mind and spirit.  Like many systems of energy, the Chakra system is a system that maps the subconscious and conscious mind, and the energies that the subconscious mind is producing.   In Eastern thought, this is a reflection that includes the state of the body.  Now,  the Chakras have some interesting properties that are rarely talked about.

First, each Chakra actually has a link to the other Chakras inside it, and can vibrate at a different vibration in some situations.  I like to think of this as a fractal in practice.  No one Chakra can really be thought of existing in isolation from the others.  This point is one that many sites and books miss. In practice, this means that if one Chakra is malfunctioning, it will often effect the other Chakras sometimes in odd unexpected ways. One Chakra might be weaker, and other Chakras might over compensate causing weird personality quirks or even reflecting/creating physical problems.  The above picture gives the general location name and English/Hindu name of the Chakra.

Each Charka corresponds to roughly an area of internal life.  This information is available online and in books.  I provide it here only to make the exercise I am about to give you meaningful.

What each major Chakra does:

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs	Seven Chakras
Self-Actualization (morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem-solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts)	7th Self-knowledge (soul level), higher consciousness, the greater picture 6th Imagination, awareness, self-reflection, intuition, psychic ability, intelligence, seeing the big picture 5th Power, self-expression, deeper connection to others, truthful (as you understand that speech)
Esteem (Confidence, achievement, respect of others, respect by others)	4th Love, self-acceptance, balanced perspective, compassion, self-love, Agape
Love & Belongingness (Family, friendship and sexual intimacy)	3rd Willpower, esteem, power and position, personal power
Safety & Security (of body, resources, family, health, employment, property)	2nd Order, love and belonging, emotional security
Physiological Needs (Breathing, food , water, air, sex, sleep, homeostasis, excretion)	1st Life, survival and safety

Taken and modified from psycentral.com.  Oh, I included the Maslow's Hiearchy of Needs just to give you food for thought as to how these relate to areas of life.

If you have a problem in one of the areas, chances are you can work to improve it by improving the functioning of the Chakra.  Unlike charmed however, the results may take a little time. The Chakras are a metaphor in the form of energy that talks about the interplay of body, mind and spirit.  It's the constant work that changes the spirit, mind and body over time.

Memetic Tools, Oh My

I just really love these Chakra cards.

The cursory information on the Chakras is immense.  There are Hand Mudras, Chakra cards, syllables, mantras,  symbols.   All these things help with resonance.   What is missing most of the time is how and why to put these together for effective self change or even self-progress.


For your reference,  here are some Chakra cards.

Additionally,  here is a link for some hand mudras.

In traditional Hatha Yoga, the 7 cleansing Bija mantras associated with the Chakras are:

• “LAM”- Chakra 1 (Root)
• “VAM”- Chakra 2 (Sacral/Navel)
• “RAM”- Chakra 3 (Solar Plexus)
• “YAM”- Chakra 4 (Heart)
• “HAM”- Chakra 5 (Throat)
• “OM”- Chakra 6 (Third Eye/Brow)
• “OM”- Chakra 7 (Crown)

Chakra Workout and Putting this Together
Relax and Breathe for a little while.

Start with the Root Chakra.  You an use whatever tools to activate the Chakra you want to.  Hold your hands in Root Chakra, chant the LAM mantra  and stare at the Chakra card.  There are other techniques you can get, more memetic aids from Google.   All of these tools will help you.  These are assistants to the work, not the work.  For the Root Chakra,  notice the area at the base of spine ( perineum) closer to the back.  Pay attention to the area that seems to have a sensation in that area.  See, feel, hear that area slowly moving.    Feel, see, hear that area moving in red vortex.   Now, this is key.  Don't just visualize that area moving.  Feel it, see it, and hear it.   Feel the vortex.    Picture and feel the vortex spinning.  Keep chanting, staring,  holding the Muhdra, or using the other tools.   Slowly concentrate on the area and start to feel and see the Vortex spinning faster and faster in clockwise manner.    Keep spinning the vortex, feeling, and concentrating on the area.  Now when you are spinning the vortex, you will get to a point that there is a tremendous tension.  It almost feels like your whole body tremors and then almost pops.   When I get to the popped level,  my whole body seems to glow in the red, and all seems to be super charged.   Most of the time, spinning at this level will help clear out and repair any issues with the Chakra.   After a few moments, try to go further with this.  Try to spin the Chakra even faster and faster.  This gets progressively more difficult.  Spin the Chakra as fast as you can till you perceive it spinning at light speed (I usually see the Chakra spin so fast it becomes white). This to me feels like the Chakra is working at overdrive, like a sore muscle.  I almost always get the sensation that energy is flowing up into my body from the earth.  I know this isn't stated explicitly in materials, but I have noticed that, and other people have that I work with.  It almost is a temporary hyper-functioning of the Chakra.  The period of hyper-function is great for ritual work, and it absolutely does strengthen the Chakra.   Each time doing this increases the strength of the Chakra and balances things out.  It also touches on and balances the part of the Chakra in the other energy points.

Take a couple breathes. Next, move to the Sacral Chakra.  The procedure is similar to the Root Chakra work.  Use the chants, Hand Mudras and stare at the Chakra pictures to resonate with the Chakra more.  This Chakra is located in the lower abdomen, about 2 inches below the navel and 2 inches in.  Breathe slowly, and consistently.  Use the different memetic tools which will increase the resonance to the Chakra.   Although I did't mention it with the Root Chakra,  this takes a little while for me to center in.  You might take 5-10 minutes of the mantra BIJA work or staring at the Chakra picture while breathing deeply to feel exactly where it is at.  This isn't a hint in books, but in my Reiki practice I have seen it over and over again.  After a while, you'll have the experience and have trained yourself.  Just keep working at that using those tools while concentrating on that general area.  Now as you did with the Root, start to see, feel, and hear the Chakra spinning.  Take note of how it is spinning, as that tells you if there are any issues.  It might be spinning slowly, stopped, or even spinning erratically.   Keep breathing deeply and Concentrate on that area spinning the Chakra in a clockwise manner more quickly.  As the Chakra spins faster, you will notice the irregularities correct themselves.  This may take some time meditating and doing this work.  In meditation, if I am having a problem with a Chakra, it might take a few minutes to speed up the Chakra with intention.  This is all part of the process.  The Memetic tools such as the hand gestures and mantras do help build up the speed.  As with the Root Chakra, you will get to a point in speed where it seems to pop.  For me, it's like I am so resonant with the Chakra, that the other Chakras ( and other minor Chakras too), start to resonate at the vibration of the Chakra.  Keep going past this point, till you are spinning the Chakra at light speed (and usually it become whiter for me).  This takes some practice to do.   It won't be instantaneous if you are really doing the work and it might feel alot like hard exercise.  You will get a little tired.

Next move to the Solar Plexus Chakra.  In the last two examples we pretty much covered the how to.  The Solar Plexus Chakra is located just below the navel at the Solar Plexus.  This Chakra is related being our own sun.  Again, use the various tools to build resonance with the Chakra so you can really feel where it is.    For the Solar Plexus Chakra, use a yellow sunlike vortex.  Again spin this clockwise and really feel it, not just visualize it.   Again, if it is spinning erratically, you may need to spend a few minutes with this, to really get the resonance and get it spinning.  Remember to go past the pop point of spinning, till its spinning at light speed.

Next move to the Heart Chakra.  The Heart Chakra is located near the center of the breastbone or sternum.  Again, use the various tools to build resonance with the Chakra so you can really feel where it is.    For the Heart Chakra, use a green vortex (some people will see and use pink).  Again spin this clockwise and really feel it, not just visualize it.   Again if it is spinning erratically, you may need to spend a few minutes with this, to really get the resonance and get it spinning.  Remember to go past the pop point of spinning, till its spinning at light speed.

Next move to the Throat Chakra.  The Throat Chakra is located in the throat.  Again, use the various tools to build resonance with the Chakra so you can really feel where it is.    For the Throat Chakra, use a blue vortex.  Again spin this clockwise and really feel it, not just visualize it.   Again if it is spinning erratically, you may need to spend a few minutes with this, to really get the resonance and get it spinning.  Remember to go past the pop point of spinning, till its spinning at light speed.  This Chakra is one of self expression, and is often difficult for many people.

Next move to the Third Eye Chakra.  The Third Eye Chakra is located between the eye brows.  Again, use the various tools to build resonance with the Chakra so you can really feel where it is.    For the Third Eye Chakra, use a purple vortex.  Again spin this clockwise and really feel it, not just visualize it.   Again if it is spinning erratically, you may need to spend a few minutes with this, to really get the resonance and get it spinning.  Remember to go past the pop point of spinning, till its spinning at light speed.  This Chakra is one that in our gogogo lifestyles, well this is a harder one to see the bigger picture, analysis, and intuition.

Next move to the Crown Chakra.  The Crown Chakra is located it is located either at the crown of the head or just above.    This Chakra is the connection point of the female Shakti Power to the Shiva currents.  Essentially, this is the direct line to the divinities when you separate out the various ideas around this.  This is the point of consciousness itself, and quite possibly the seat of the soul/KIA/etc.  As with all the Chakras, there are more mysteries then I can cover in the blog, but with the Crown Chakra this is doubly true.  Again, use the various tools to build resonance with the Chakra so you can really feel where it is.    For the Crown Chakra, I use a white vortex, but I know people who have used a rainbow or prismatic vortex, or even a violet color.  Again spin this clockwise and really feel it, not just visualize it.   Again if it is spinning erratically, you may need to spend a few minutes with this, to really get the resonance and get it spinning.  Remember to go past the pop point of spinning, till its spinning at light speed which for this Chakra is the easiest usually.  At first for me, the hardest part of the Crown Chakra work is actually feeling it and feeling the energy cycle.  It takes a little time, but when you get it going and connect the resonance's it seems to spin up very quickly.

Once you have gone through all the Chakras in this manner, then go through them a second time, but try to hold each Chakra in mind.  Starting at the Base Root Chakra and working up and spinning each one up to light speed (aka spinning so fast, they go to pure light).  Hold each Chakra in mind and spinning at the same time.

This creates a column of light within the energy body where all Chakras are being fully activated and in a way in hyper-fuctioning mode.  In essence, this builds and heals the energy body as each of the spinning Chakras at the same time, it will clear out the energy channels.  This is a GREAT starting point for additional ritual work that will combine both the elements of heaven and earth.  I try to get to this state and hold it for as long as I can or if I am doing other ritual work, move on to that.  The entire process is a very effective banishing.

Doing the Chakra work in this way can take 30-40 minutes ( or more if you are having some trouble spots), but I promise, the results are fantastic for magic and physical improvement.

Need more info on the Chakra's try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra  which is surprisingly good for Wikipedia.

What this does over time
Although not explicitly stated, this has the similar effects to doing the LBRP and Middle Pilar in ceremonial magic.  Essentially, it clears out every Chakra, and the body and the energy system while strengthening the energy system.  For a day or so after doing this, the Chakra will function at better then normal and degrade   if no additional practice is completed.  If you keep doing this, the Chakras will function at a better then normal as the new normal increasing the flow and availability of spiritual and physical energy.  As a daily practice, it is a powerful tool and the daily practice of it can start to cause movement on physical conditions. Now, of course, this can be combined with other tools such as CD's, meditative bells, oils, crystal bowls, tuning forks etc.  All of these tools will help to increase resonance with the Chakra.  I have not found that any of the tools are enough without really putting intention behind them and the exercise given seems to work extremely well when combined with those tools  (it works well by itself too).  This exercise is what I use to really build up the Chakras after a difficult period.

A couple key points, I know some books will say that you should spin the Chakra's counterclockwise to deal with excesses in a Chakra (thus releasing energy).  I do not agree entirely unless it is a really severe excess.  There is both an ascension style magical reason, and magical power reason I say that.  First, instead of releasing the energy or calming down a Chakra, increase the intensity that the other Chakras can operate at.  It is the flow and balance that really in my humble opinion creates the great power.   Working to increase the intensity of the other Chakras can be slightly harder, but it does create balance and it creates a new energy balance that in general forces spiritual evolution or at least an increase in magical power.   Second, the spinning done this way will help heal improperly functioning Chakras, including Chakras which need to take in outside energy (possibly from other people).  Simply put, the hyper-spinning will work to correct structural issues in the energy system but it does take a little more time.

If you need some help with some techniques of meditations or what to improve your skill, check out my first book  Hands-On Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation through the Ovayki Current.  If you need some help working to balance out or improve your own Chakra functioning, feel free to contact me at andriehvitimus@gmail.com and book an appointment.  In addition to these techniques, I can work with you through hypnosis, metaphor and distance energy work to help increase your Chakra's effectiveness.

Categories: Energy Work, Hindu, Reiki, Spiritual How To

Shamanic Soul Retrieval and the Lies of the Greedy

I am mostly easy to get along with.  I believe people should be able to make money doing whatever honest combinations of metaphysics they deem appropriate.  Just because a set of magical techniques might be a combination of other techniques, I would be the first to tell someone, “Great Job on the innovation and combination.” What I absolutely HATE, is when people try to sell techniques as ancient that clearly are not and hide the root derivations of the techniques they are using.  I am going to talk about Soul Shard retrieval in particular, what this means, and why most neo-shamanist approach are simply put Hypnosis.  BTW, I LOVE hypnosis an immense amount.  My  issue is there is a level of mastery and skill required to do this the way I learned things from my family and several teachers.  The different skill level and mastery required to do these techniques will be obvious, and why it is important that we as a community demand far more honest responses about the origin and use of some of these techniques.   I am going to specifically give details about soul-shard retrieval from both the neo-pop manner which is effective for many cases and the more difficult way I was taught.  I recommend that if you are using either technique, that you practice it several times before using it with another person.

What is a soul retrieval, or better soul shard retrieval.  The idea of a soul shard retrieval is that every traumatic event tears a piece of the soul of the shaman and does not allow for them to fully access their own power.  This technique is probably the most known technique associated with neo-shamanic thinking.  Soul shards can happen as a direct result of spiritual forces ( aka a magical attack ), emotional trauma or severe physical trauma( because of the emotional element).    The concept of a soul shard IS NOT universal to all shamanism any more then the concept of a world tree is.  However, because of Harner's Core Shamanism and the spin off drive to "make money off shamanism ideas", these concepts are considered "universal".  They are not universal and Harner are often not doing it in the way that develops the spiritual power of the practitioner because for the most part there "is no spirit".  The need and nescasity of spirit along with the difficulty of shamanic practice has mostly been abstracted away in a deluge of modernity.  Anthropologists have already weighed in on Harner in a negative way, so I need to go no further.  In a way they should correctly be called psychological, hypnotic or metaphor therapy and most importantly they do WORK.   Many people will get benefits from using these techniques, however, the purpose and emphasis is so far from what I believe most shamanism was about, that it is not the same.  

The soul shard idea however, is one that my family and Reiki trainers did stress.  In practice, it is a pretty dangerously powerful idea as I learned it.  Pop shamanism assumes the soul shard is merely an energy block or lost energy.  This, however, is not a well-defined notion.  What does it mean to have lost energy?  For pop psychological shamanism, this means there is a negative psychological habit that can be solved using a psychological technique of cognitive reframing usually implemented by regressing the subject within creative visualization.  If that process sounds a lot like hypnosis that is because it is.   Put a shaman's dress on that and you often have shamanic training.  If you believe that there are no spirits, and that is actually all shamans did, you might be convinced also of the innate savagery and ignorance of indigenous people as well.  No one wants to say that, because it’s fashionable to hate the modern world but love the assumptions in the modern world.

But there are a couple very strong beliefs that you could derive when you actually study anthropology on shamanic thought.  First, most cultures have a real and nuanced believe in spirits.  Spirits are real, and they can exist inside and outside you, sometimes at the same time.  Often times, it is the relationship that gives the Shaman strength.  Second, a shaman would use ecstatic states to find the solution for the tribe or the individual.    
Ecstatic states, sounds fantastic right?  I think so and I love them, however it was clear from the social structure and literature that not everyone had the ability to safely sustain the ecstatic states. Shamans were usually considered slightly odd and most would live on the outskirts of society.   Once the pandora’s box is opened, a person might very well have difficulty seeing the world in the same light.  Modern day psychonauts experience this, as do magicians, meditators and witches.   Sure many shamans would interact with the indigenous societies they were part of  but in a way they were outside of those cultures.  In the context of the modern world, that has no role for the shaman, ecstatic states might very well break someone’s ability to function in the “real” world.  The notion that everyone did this or that everyone should, simply is not historically supported nor is it supported in my own experience.  Real ecstatic states have the consequence that they change your mind, and that is very inconvenient in a highly mechanized society. 

 Now, I personally do not like the word Shaman, because the word should really be used in the context of a specific area in Siberia, but everyone generally knows what I mean.  

So back to the soul shard retrieval.

The Neo-Shamanic Way:  

Many people have told me that how they were taught to do a Soul Shard Retrieval was to guide the client back in time, have them relieve the traumatic experience, and either keep them going back to the experience which releases the trauma, or use another metaphor to help release the trauma.  In fact on Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole, I have had a few shamans tell me this method.  Each time I cringe.  This is formally called Regress To Cause and is a pretty well established hypnotic technique.  It is also amazing effective.  The technique originally derives from Freudian analysis although modern hypnosis can make this go faster.    This technique is very effective, and often I myself will use the technique.  It is not however, a shamanic technique.

You could use get most of the self-visualize skills needed for this technique and put it into a usable context from Hands-On Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation through the Ovayki Current , but if you know something about self hypnosis, it really is akin to something like

1.   Go into Hypnosis/Trance
2.   Go Deeper into Trance
3.   Flow back into time possibly through a journey through the underworld ( or other             metaphor of world travel, for neo-shamanism).
4.  Method 1 ( which I do not like as much) Go to original trauma, keep repeating till the        person gets desensitized
5.  Method 2:  Use a metaphor to transform the event

Now in a neo-shamanic context, the metaphor is almost always power animals or something akin to a mystical metaphor.  These can be effective metaphors.

Andrieh’s Way:  

To me this does not meet the criteria of an Ecstatic journey.  It is very safe, and sometimes does not work.  It also removes the role of the shaman in the tribe.  Because we do not have tribes anymore, many experts will claim it is a good thing.  I do not agree.  It would be better if all the experts argued for a tribe again!!!  Putting a mystical spin on the very useful technique serves a purpose to aggrandize the technique.

Let’s assume for a minute, that spirits are real.  Let’s further assume for a minute that it is possible to splinter off part of your own essence.  Let’s also assume that part could in fact gain its own intelligence and possibly act on its own (since it is separated from the person).  Let’s further assume (and this is backed up by a lot of experience), that if a spirit had “gathered” that part it would have influence over the person, or possibly could continually draw more energy from the person.

 Now, with this there are more possibilities of what could happen:

• The part is trying to survive on its own, or has been so rejected by the person that it is trying to function as its own entity.  It may have had some success, and now would not easily be re-assimilated.

• The location of the shard is completely unknown to the person and might have been lost astral travelling during dream work, or magical attacks.

• From a different perspective, the person can work through the psychological issues, and the fragmentation is mostly a psychological issue.  

• The part has been “claimed” or is being controlled by another entity or set of entities.

• Worse, the person made some sort of deal with some spirits, and there is a debt attached to the part of the essence.

There are probably multiple other possibilities.  I have in my experience seen the five above (and variants).  The Neo-Pop method most easily deals with problem 3, but ignores the other possibilites.

Now, part of the difficulty of the process is you never know what you are going to get.

So what I do:

1. Banish and cleanse my space.  I always feed the Ancestors and the Lwa too, and ask their protection (one does not really know what your going to get).

2. Using the energy sampling technique from Hands-On Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation through the Ovayki Current   I take a bit of the person’s energy.  Mostly this is so I can get a strong impression of the real person.  It is not sufficient to accept your beliefs about the person, you need to dive in deep.

3. I will spend a good 30 minutes, just meditating with the person and their energy. Usually, I will ask the person to just sit still and breathe.  If I have any confusion, I will use divination to give me hints and suggestions while allowing my spiritual allies to offer suggestions.

4. I will then will launch myself to my astral stronghold (Hands-On Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation through the Ovayki Current  has the basics of this) and then allow the piece of the person to guide me in my journey.  When I have done this, I usually am so deep into trance that if people try to wake me to suddenly,  it jars me.

5. Whatever happens, I run with the journey.  If I am brought to an aggressive spirit (such as a demon), I ask it what claim it has to the part (if any).  Usually even an aggressive or negative spirit, if it has a fair claim, will say so in my experience.  Otherwise they just growl at you or try to hit you.  If negotiation is possible, in the journey, I sit and negotiate for the person.   Even if it is a part of themselves that has been denied, I will negotiate.  Expressing love and support, and pulling that part back with me to the room, holding it with me.  If it’s a spirit that will not release it, I will fight for the person, to take it back (and sometimes that gets a little rough).   If the person is themselves skilled at this, they might be there with me, as it is possible to have multiple people on a journey, but it does take a little coordination. Sometimes a person has made a deal with a spirit when they were young as in a child (and they were tricked), and you just have to appeal to things like the Lwa, Guides, spirits and Angels to help fight for the person.  The person’s ancestors are GREAT too, if they are close enough and willing to help.  No matter, either a solution is found in the journey (a psychological metaphor to get the person better), or the shard comes back with the me (the hard or easy way).

6. Once the shard is back, I will use all the various techniques of sorcery, ceremonial magic, and Reiki to cleanse the shard of any impurities.  Often I will use a bottle, altar or even crystal as a temporary decontamination center.  This is really important, since if it has been with a hostile entity, there is a good chance that it will need healing.  Do the healing before integrating anything.  Keep the person in meditation.  If the shard has been rejected, I walk the client through mantra work and hypnosis to reintegrate the parts that I have retrieved usually by saying I love and I accept you.  If you need help with this, again, Hands-On Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation through the Ovayki Current  has a ton of suggestions to work with shards of yourself.  The methodologies work with shards of other people as well.

7. Once cleaned, or accepted, the shard should energetically be moved over the person.  At this point, the person should say I love and accept you as they fell the parts re-integrating.  At this point, liberal use of healing modalities should occur on the person.  This could include Bathwork, Reiki, Prana work, angel work… but it should happen.

8. Again, I would use divinations to advise a course of action and double check the work.  The course of action particularly things the person should avoid is important.  The last thing I want to do is do exactly the same journey, if it was difficult.

Now, in practice, a shaman can get a lot of information from the Journey and as you get better with the technique, some of the information can get quite detailed.  It is not uncommon to find the person’s spiritual allies giving suggestions or an Ancestor pop up and have something to say that needs to get transmitted back to the person, because it is important.  Sometimes, the shard itself will come back with new information, having changed, and the integration process will cause the person to develop new abilities.  Sometimes, even going on the journey, and working the journey fixes other things in the person’s life just because the steps rework the person’s energy at very low levels.  The journey is not always to some far flung astral world.  Sometimes you are journeying to their microcosm.

Now using the technique I outlined requires a few pre-requisites 
• The ability to maintain deep trance states possibly using different methods of trance.
• Spiritual allies are helpful
• More then basic energy manipulation skills
• Understanding of protecting your own space
• Astral Travel
• Hypnosis is very useful in the integration stage.
• Self-Healing techniques
• Some divination skill

Most of these techniques are covered in Hands-On Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation through the Ovayki Current   but I would anticipate that someone would have worked through most of the book before they could confidently pull off this technique.  Now, before doing this for someone else, PLEASE, PLEASE, use this technique on yourself.    Seriously, get it down on yourself before even THINKING about doing it on someone else.  IT is a risky method.

Now I want to say, the Regress to Cause is a powerful and effective technique.  I use this all the time.  It really is a great technique.  My issue isn’t that those techniques are being used; my issue is that people are putting marketing over honesty.  This places the bar far too low for the skills we “shaman” should be developing and is a disservice to what we could achieve.

Categories: Experimental/Chaos Magic, Reiki, Shamanism, Spiritual How To

Floatation Tank Madness in Cleveland no less: Dissolve Adverse Reactions

Good enough for Timothy Leary

So I went over to the Optimal Wellness Center and they had a floatation tank.  Of course, being me, I decided to float.  This isn't my first time floating in an isolation tank, but I havent had access to one in a long time.


So before I got in to the experience, I thought I would give a little bit of information on Optimal Wellness Center in Lakewood Oh.  This is a nice clean place.  If your in Cleveland, its worth going to.  My complaints partially stem from it being too sterile/medical.    They are great at keeping things efficient and the water levels consistant.  I really miss the little extras like I got at Space Time Tanks in Chicago.  Stuff like red light dimmer so you come out and its not like light system shock.  Essential Oil diffusers and some meticulously laid out altar like decorations).  Of course,  if you went on the wrong day at Space Time, the water levels were just off enough so your butt would touch the bottom.   It makes a big difference when you have the build of a Offensive lineman or Biker dude.   One inch of water is killer.

They make you sign a waiver of course basically stating if you loose your shit, its your problem and second don't do any Timothy Leary/Altered States ass shit in there, not that I would ever do some Timothy Leary type experiments... Me. No... Never.. Absolutely Not, inconceivable.  Just would never happen.  Got to be someone else, who might do that.

My experience was weird this time.  I stepped in their and immediately had all these bullshit concerns.  What if the water got in my ears and hurt my sinuses?  What if this happened?  Mind you, I am not a noob, I have done this before several times.  It has been a rewarding experience every time.  And as I said, there was no Timothy Leary experiments going on, seriously.

I close the door on the Floatation Talk and get lay in the water.  I literally FREAK out.  I have a pretty heavy viseral, and hard core panic attack.  I am neither claustrophobic or afraid of the dark.  Your fine narrator, Papa Vitimus however, does not really give in to that.  I had the tools, technology, magic and Will.

Although an isolation tank may amplify the reaction, this can happen in meditation, in hypnosis, in breath work, or even Gigong.  I being me, was absolutely going to get in the tank and enjoy it.

What is an Adverse/Ab-Reaction Reaction?

What I had, was in hypnosis terms called an abreaction.  Before going into the tank, I performed a Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram and then Prayed to Papa Legba to keep me safe.  I have on occasion went on a astral journey that wasn't complete safe.   While its possible to have a real spiritual encounter while in the tank, that isn't what initially happened to me here.

Before I continue, I have to give a little background as to help you, my most excellent reader, understand the what and why of an adverse reaction.  I have been under enormous stress do to a situation well to be blunt, is really my friend's major issue.  It is not a thing that I can easily walk away from.  This stress has been really taken its toll physically and there were other issue that lead into a reaction.  What I do is center, ground, and keep the chrakra's working.  I also have this little trigger, I call it the overload trigger.  

The overload trigger, is a "this situation is too hard for a human to deal with", so simply any negative emotion ( and some positive ones ), just go to off.  This kinda of thing lets me power through difficult situations cool headed.  It works 99.9% of the time, since I do not add to the situation, and seek out clear headed resolution, find the opportunity for the road to a different situation.  If you focus on the bad, you miss the road.  In this case, I had been doing that sort of, let's just turn this off for a while, for way too long.

Relax, rest, recover you say.  Oh really. My subconscious mind would HAVE none of that.  Fully supported by the water in a dark place, F@#@$# that.  Basically, the universe is a nasty place, people are horrible cruel monsters and you  know that Andrieh.  Its like being told, no... your still in SIEGE mode and you still need to be in near adrenal land.  Hence,  red flag on field and the strong panic attack.   Did I mention, I had been doing this, just turn it off for a while.

Why the Adverse Reaction?

You wont like my subconscious mind
when its angry.

Pretty clear, that I can turn off the experiencing of those negative and frustrating for a pretty long time, it does work.  In this case, relax and rejuvenate was the mind was objecting too.  Because in a elevated stress state, I will adapt.

The Adverse reaction in meditation, Gigong, isolation tank visits or any of it, is a pretty clear message, that something isn't right in Demark.  I do not agree, that that is the time to end the session... No, now its time to do some heavy lifting and keep going.  This moments are real opportunities for transformation if you can stay with it. To me the reaction itself, was an opportunity for real change, so I took it.

The why of this is pretty simple.  The subconscious mind believes you either need something you are trying to get rid of, or that what you are doing will lead to certain DOOM.  It is in essence protecting you from yourself or you have hit a patch of badlands in the psyche.  A patch that can have little to do with what you are trying to do but might correlate to what work you have been doing.  It just doesnt have to be a linear cause and effect.

Transforming the Adverse Reaction

So in this situation what do you do.  Surprisingly, the single biggest trick is to breathe.  Realize a panic attack or adverse reaction cannot last forever.  

Step one, own it and keep going.  

Admit, hmmm, this is not a conscious thing and it is from and by myself. In the tank, I forced myself not to move at all.  I sat up, put my butt on that floor and breathed.  I almost got out of the tank a couple times, but reminded myself, STAY on point.  It was me and by me.  The tank wasn't flawed.  The water wouldn't destroy my sinuses, and it wasn't so cold ( 94 degrees), that I would get hypothermia.  All of these are reactions and basically mental tricks to from the subconscious to get you to move.  Ride it out.  

Step two:  Relax your way out of it.

Usually, just force yourself to sit still,breathe, and use all 5 of your senses to calm each muscle down.    Literally just focus on each muscle.
I cover this more extensively in

Energy Work, Meditation
Enchantment, Spirit Work
Yes its in there.

 I did exactly this and proceeded to progressively relax each body part in the darkness.  I won't lie, I am pretty experienced at meditation and it still took me a good 5-10 minutes.  My breathing calmed down as did the visceral reaction.

Step three:  Keep going and Adapt in your meditation 
Now, the ab-reaction is over, the meditation needs to continue.
Usually, when you get through the reaction you'll have other issues that pop up, and clarify the issue.
For me, I neck really hurt and different body parts hurt.  Like excessive stress and wear and tear from stress.  It didn't take long for me to realize that the continuing stress was having a negative impact.  That should be obvious, but when your under-siege you can work on adrenaline for a while.
In this case, the understanding was obvious but in other cases you might get a flash of something horrible that may or may not have happened   Its a clue.  I got tons of body issues ( and later in the meditation concluded it was Root Chakra issues (too much threatening of survival).  The important part is that you listen to all your senses for a clue.  If you are meditating, stay in the context (aka the room), ask yourself for some clues as to what is going on.

Step Four:  Actionable meditative steps
If presented with an imagine of sadness, focus on joy and love.  If there is a black ooze on your body  in your mind, concentrate or feeling that wash away in light.  Use all of your five senses, to really see, feel and know it gone.  Basically, use the opposite steps depending on the metaphor.  If their is a part of you giving you the metaphor, its also asking for a solutions.  Pay close attention.  Usually the reaction will start or be more severe in certain parts.  If you can isolate those, those are the areas that you use to really focus on.    Now, it would take me large parts of a book to really get into producing an emotional energy and focus.  Kinda like this book, right here.

Yes, I should really
finish writing a  new
book.

An easy way is too simply focus on those body parts and remember times you felt the emotion.  See, feel, hear them and then imagine if all those sensations.  Even laughing, or smiling is usually sufficient to start working through the energy issues.  If a hostile form (which could be a metaphor or a spirit) steps in, simply imagine it dissolving in the light, or whatever is appropriate.  Again Fire dissolved by water, darkness by light, cold by heat, and so forth.  That might take a little while.  In an Isolation Tank, everything really is amplified.   Since I was giving mostly physical aches and pains, I focused on Reiki work and did the Reiki work to the extend that I was loosing tract of time.   For me, the idea is to work toward a certain stillness while in the tank, then you might have an OOB or other experiences.

While I was in the tank, stray thoughts would enter my mind, really why I was so upset.   They were related.  I would practice my zen meditation technique and acknowledge the thought and let it go.    Sometimes, I would get uncomfortable or a body part would ache.  Reiki till was comfortable and move on.    Time would pass very quickly then.  In the tank as I was clearing out the ache areas, I would soon after have somewhat strong Kundalini responses and the energy would spike up and through my whole body ( which with the water around, I was able to cool down).

Then in my mind, I was finally clear of the stray thoughts and SEE a clear image of an Ogun, and a non-verbal "get on this" aka work on getting the stress down, so you have better vitality.  Took the whole session to get there.  Not 2 minutes after,  knock knock. times up.

It happens.  Afterwords I felt very refreshed, and I would love to build one of the Floatation tanks in my home.

There is several lessons from this story, besides the obvious of deal with stress better.   First, these reactions are a way for the body to process shit, and detox it fast.   Take the opportunities, don't let the reaction stop you. Thats exactly what happened to me.  Second, just because you are meditating and doing what you think you need to, do not think that negative situations do not take their toll.  More stressful and toxic situations require possibly greater action.  Third, use the meditation tools itself to unravel the issues further, till you get clarity.

Categories: NLP, Spiritual How To