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Dreaming) are perceived and accessed through
right-hemisphere techniques of meditation, visu-
alization, hypnosis, and dreaming.
Astral body: A body of living energy corresponding
to and surrounding the physical body.
Astral projection (or travel): Separating your as-
tral body from your physical one to journey in the
astral realms. Extension of one’s point of refer-
ence beyond the limits of the physical body, usu-
ally with an accompanying image of the body as a
vehicle.
Wraith: A projected astral body.
Totem: An animal or natural object that is taken as the
symbol or ancestor of a person or group of people.
Ghost: The spirit of a dead person that is bound to
the mortal realms for some reason, such as un-
timely death, unfinished business, or concern for
loved ones.
Fetch: The collective astral projection of a coven or
other magickal group. May be used by an indi-
vidual as a sort of “astral familiar.”
Familiar: A non-human being, especially an animal,
with whom one has an empathic psychic bond.
Such a creature serves as a magickal partner, guide,
or teacher.
Elemental: A localized focus or manifestation of the
collective spirit of any of the four material Ele-
ments. These are called: Gnomes (Earth), Undines
(Water), Sylphs (Air), and Salamanders (Fire).
Mana: A Polynesian term for power, or psychic en-
ergy. One’s personal power, charisma, strength,
force, mojo, etc.
Bioplasma: A more technical word for mana.
Biomagnetic: Living energy, likened in Nature to the
non-living energies of electricity and magnetism.
Biocurrents: Electrochemical energy currents gen-
erated by living cells. Called orgone energy by
Wilhelm Reich.
Morphogenic: “Shape-producing.” In 1981, biolo-
gist Rupert Sheldrake postulated the existence of
biological morphogenic fields that govern the be-
havior of species. These fields possess very little
energy themselves, but are able to take energy from
another source and shape it. The field acts as a
geometrical influence, shaping behavior. Invisible,
intangible, inaudible, tasteless, and odorless, mor-
phogenic fields are built up through the accumu-
lated behaviors of species’ members.
Chakras: Energy centers of the astral body that are
associated with parts of the physical body. The
seven major ones are associated with areas along
the spine and with the central nervous system. From
bottom to top, these are: 1. Root; 2. Sex; 3. Solar Plexus;- Heart; 5. Throat; 6. Third Eye; and 7. Crown. We
also have small Chakras in our hands and feet.
Entity: A conscious being, spirit, living creature, or
personification.
Incarnate: “Enter into flesh.” To have or take on a
body.
Discarnate: “Without a body.”
Ecstatic/Ecstasy: Intense joy or delight. A state of
emotion so intense that one is carried beyond ra-
tional thought and self-control. The trance,
frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or pro-
phetic exaltation.
Geas (pronounced gaysh): A charge or commitment
that is laid on a person to fulfill some specific task.
Bane: Bad, evil, destructive.
Brutch: An area of psychic distortion in local space/
time, such as the “Bermuda Triangle.”
Cusp: A transitional phase point or intersection in
time, space, and function. In astrology, the inter-
section of two signs or houses. A cusp is an inter-
section between fields of alternative probability.
At such places the potential as to which of these
alternatives the probability wave will collapse into
is in delicate balance—things could easily go ei-
ther way.Lesson 5: Advanced Studies
The following Lessons are more advanced. I have
included them here because they are foundational, and
this Course is all about the foundations of Magick.
But if your head is already beginning to hurt with all
these studies, you can skip this section and maybe
return to it later, when you are ready for it. Because
some of the following is highly technical, I’ve con-
sulted with Craig M. Parsons-Kerins, a software en-
gineer and martial artist living in Massachusetts. He
has a bachelor’s degree in physics with work towards
a master’s degree. He is a member of Mensa and the
Triple Nine Society, and has been in the Craft for 20
years, with a specific focus on British Traditional Craft.A. Symmetry
The appreciation of forms and patterns dates back
to the early days of civilization or even to our prede-
cessors. Simple forms of symmetry are recognized
by animals and even by computers. Symmetric forms
appear in cave paintings and have been used through-
out the ages to express religious beliefs. Other forms
like circular shapes were the basis of designs for items
in practical use. Repetitions of identical units have
been used in applied art (like rugs) and in early archi-
tecture. It was the Greeks, however, who defined the
concept and used it in various contexts in science,
architecture, the arts, and in many ways of everyday
life. The name itself comes from the Greek word
symmetria, or “same measure.”
Our inclination to symmetry may have deep bio-
logical origins. Recent studies indicate we are likely
to choose symmetrical mates over asymmetrical ones.- Wizardry.p65 48 1/14/2004, 3:23 PM