Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard

38 Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard

probably made it much harder for my mother, aunt,

and grandmother to communicate with me!

Over the years, I sometimes had brief “flashes”

of spontaneous telepathic communication—especially

in romantic situations. But something in my mind had

acted to protect me, and “shut off” that open gateway

that had allowed the thoughts of others to just come

pouring uncontrollably into my head. As a teenager, I

heard about scientific experiments in telepathy that

were being conducted by the Rhine Institute at Duke

University. Remembering my earlier experiences, I

set out to duplicate these experiments to recover my

childhood talent.

Magickal Exercises:

Telepathy and Clairvoyance

Thought transference actually occurs more commonly

than most people realize. How many times have you

found yourself talking with someone, and one or the

other of you will say: “That’s just what I was about to

say!” Or you’ll be thinking or talking about some-

one, and the phone rings, and it’s him. My lifemate,

Morning Glory—who is a famous Witch and Enchant-

ress—and I have often heard ourselves saying the

exact same words at the exact same moment from

opposite sides of a crowded room. And people go:

“Wooo—stereo Ravenhearts!”

Two of the experiments developed by the Rhine

Institute are fairly easy to do. I recommend you try

them. If you do them often enough, you may find that

your performance will improve with practice. How-

ever, experiments in telepathy obviously require at

least one other person, so you will need to find a friend

who is also interested in magick, so you can practice

together. These are perfect exercises to do over an

Internet chat line.

Zener cards: Zener cards were developed in the

late 1920s through a collaboration of Dr. Karl Zener

(Duke University) and J.B. Rhine (Harvard). Zener

cards are well-suited to developing and experiment-

ing with psychic skills. They are like psychic exer-

cise equipment. There are five different standard sym-

bols in a deck of Zener Cards, and five cards of each

symbol for a total of 25 cards per deck. To make your

own set, copy the cards on this page onto card stock

and cut them out. You will also need to make record-

ing charts, numbered 1–25, with two spaces after each

number: one for the sender, and one for the receiver.

Sit in a quiet room out of direct view of your

partner. One of you (the sender) shuffles the deck and

focuses on each card for a few moments, writing it

down on the chart. The other person (the receiver)

says which symbol they sense the sender is focusing

on. The sender should then write that response next

to the first. The sender should not tell the receiver

whether they are right or wrong. Do this little exer-

cise often, and keep records. Over time, you may find

that one of you is a better sender and the other a bet-

ter receiver.

“Far-Seeing” drawings: In a similar manner to

using Zener cards, try transmitting drawings by te-

lepathy. Laboratory experiments using this technique

were called “Far-Seeing,” and they were used to train

spies! To do this, you and your friend should be in

separate rooms or even separate houses (you can keep

in touch by phone or computer). Each of you should

be sitting at a desk, in a quiet room, with a pad of

drawing paper and pencil or charcoal. One of you (the

sender) will draw a simple picture of anything you

want (tree, house, person, animal, whatever...). Draw

it with your left hand, and concentrate strongly on the

image as you draw it. At the same time, the other per-

son (the receiver) should relax, close his eyes, and

allow an image to form in his mind. Then, after a few

moments, the receiver should draw whatever he thinks

of—also with his left hand. Then you should take turns

and switch. Later, compare notes and see how close

you’ve come; you might be surprised! As with all these

exercises, practice will improve your performance.

Songs: Another similar exercise can be done with

songs. To do this you really do need to be in separate

houses. As with the drawings, the sender should think

of a catchy popular tune, chant, or jingle known to

both of you, and start singing it. The best kind are

those ones you just can’t get out of your head (they’re

called “Pepsis” because they’re used for advertising).

Then the receiver opens his mind to let the song in—

and after a while you check with each other and see

how you did.

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