As a part of their training with me, all are encouraged to express their own beliefs and find personal sanctuary in Goddess. As High Priestess of this Coven I share my views and leave the merging of all knowledge to the Witch you will become. It is with this intent I share my wisdom in connection to Sif Redeagle’s New Moon Class.
Meditation- one of the most important tools of a Witch. Yes a tool- not physical in a manner as your other tools –but none the less a tool. As personal as any tool you will use in your magick and as personalized as any tool you will ever posses.
To meditate is to quiet the mundane in order to connect with Goddess, to seek of self and to be in control of the situation of self. To all who are in study with me, I can not teach you the higher degrees of being a Witch without you mastering meditation.
Meditation has its roots in many traditions but is more commonly associated with the Eastern philosophies. For a Witch it is the core foundation of our magick and the magick of the Old Ones- referred to more in the terms of vision work but none the less it is still meditation. It is through the referencing and terms of the Eastern philosophies we commonly hear that allow it to be so easily taught and shared in Witch Craft. It is also important as a Witch to make it personal rather than abiding by a specific “Rule Of” meditation.
To my students- the level of wisdom that I require of you to be degreed an Elder of the Craft is reaching control of the situation of self. I share with you that it was through working with my charkas that I was able to reach this enlightenment myself. Your way may be different.
It is with wisdom I share the why of-
Through understanding self, emotions which is energy processed by our charkas- can we understand reaction in the physical. To treat depression, anger, and disappointment with remedies such as shielding, stones, essential oils or spells we treat the symptom and not the root cause. As long as we treat the symptom we retain the cause. To treat the symptom with remedies is certainly using one’s knowledge of Witch Craft to lend aid but to treat the cause is to master the situation of self and empower one as a Goddess of self
A perfect example is grief-
Grief has it’s purpose- to mourn a loss, to mourn a disappointment, even to honor a loss or disappointment.
Now we can allow grief to stay in our associated charkas, our heart at loss of love, our solar plexus at loss of control, our sacral at loss of desire, our root at fear of aloneness .
We can now choose to only treat the symptoms with oils of lifting- rosemary, geranium rose. We can wear our stones to bring peace and we can shield ourselves from the outside world not to have to “feel” any unwanted energies.
Where does this tie into meditation? This is where you as a Witch address meditation as one of your tools of empowerment. This would also be a self guided meditation where you see the effect of the outside cause- grief-disappointment-stress- in its control over you through how you choose to process it through your charkas. And yes you have a choice as long as you know how to approach the problem. This is what makes a Witch powerful or victim.
Other forms of meditation that is not self guided is along the lines of quietness and centering as Sif shares in this class. Quietness is allowing one to be disconnected with the clutter of the mundane to hear one’s higher self and connect with Goddess. This can only be done through letting go of control and fear. Once again associated with your charkas.
The Solar Plexus- letting go of being in control and trusting all will be as it needs to be in the light of Goddess.
Root – that this moment is only but a moment in this life’s time and not meant to be the center of your eternity.
Crown- to be open, that Spirit is really the only security that exist.
Third Eye- to believe outside yourself.
To be centered is to be aware of self and the light and breath of self that is Goddess.
Shielding- This is something I do not practice. It is in “my” opinion another form of treating the symptoms rather than the cause. I also see this as mentally closing myself off to energy. Good energy that I may learn from or negative energy that I may process and release as positive energy.
Examples-
The annoying person at work. Why does this person annoy me? Is it I can not control their differences of me or their need to convince me their way is the way-Solar Chakra? Do I see them as evil and threatening- Root Chakra? Or they hateful that they hurt my pride-Crown Chakra? Do they hurt my feelings- Heart? Do they not accept me- Sacral Chakra? Can I not speak up to them- Throat Chakra?
I do not choose to close or shield my Chakras – I choose to become powerful and master them. This person shares my universal space they do not share any control of my personal power. This is the foundation of my personal power as far as my clairvoyance and intuitiveness as a Witch. For me to think of shielding is to believe I have a reason to fear them.
I do not shield my home or car, I empower them. This may only be a play of words but for me it is active in my processing instead of empowering the negative by granting it existence through fear of. It is mastering the situation of self through healing instead of protecting.
Grounding- this is once again something I do not practice. I know in the Wicca teachings this is a foundation of energy work. I am not Wiccan. In my process of working with Mother Earth I gather her strength in connection with Her. I do try to never release my hurts to Her. My hurts I try to process into positive and release them back to the universe. I choose once again to believe I am in control of my personal situation to process, understand and except- releasing peace instead of anger and negative. I try to embrace Mother Earth with love –giving back what I ask of Her. Once again this may be a play of words, for me it is personal responsibility of processing what life throws me through the expected wisdom I have for myself as high Priestess of Goddess.
It is my hopes this not be taken in any other context but sharing wisdom along one’s path to aide your journey in discovering your own unique connection to Goddess. Sif’s class offers guidance as does my teachings. It is for you to decide what works for you. It is after all your journey.