Post by PK on Aug 20, 2005 13:47:13 GMT -5
Etiquette:
As with many things in the magickal world there is a type of etiquette that goes with astral travel and should be practiced.
Peeking into peoples homes and spying on others' activities should not be done. It's just wrong and it's unethical.
You can, however, experiment with your friends, if you have their consent to do so. It's rude to just pop-in unnounced--in the physical and the astral sense.
Defenses:
Most magickal folk set up defenses around their homes, in case there are those who practice the unethical act of spying and intrusion.
Some of them include:
*Surrounding the home with a ring of pickling salt. (Be careful, it can ruin the grass.)
*Planting specific plants, such as lobelia, around the home to keep out intruders, physical and otherwise.
*Blessing all the doors and windows, then sealing them with a banishing pentacle in the air over all windows and exits.
*Drawing an equal-armed cross with clove oil on all window frames and exits.
*Setting an astral "guard dog" (usually a mythical beast or a predator from the animal kingdom) on a constant twenty-four-hour watch around the perimeter and outside of the home, supported by a shrine or statue inside the home. Visualization is renewed every month and an offering of thanks is made to the physical animal kingdom.
*Reinforcing a weekly visualization of a deep thicket that grows around the house (as in the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty).
Others visualize the outside of the house as looking like a thick fortress (spikes, turrets, moat and all). To keep the visualization firm, they may keep a picture of such a scene hanging inside the home.
As with many things in the magickal world there is a type of etiquette that goes with astral travel and should be practiced.
Peeking into peoples homes and spying on others' activities should not be done. It's just wrong and it's unethical.
You can, however, experiment with your friends, if you have their consent to do so. It's rude to just pop-in unnounced--in the physical and the astral sense.
Defenses:
Most magickal folk set up defenses around their homes, in case there are those who practice the unethical act of spying and intrusion.
Some of them include:
*Surrounding the home with a ring of pickling salt. (Be careful, it can ruin the grass.)
*Planting specific plants, such as lobelia, around the home to keep out intruders, physical and otherwise.
*Blessing all the doors and windows, then sealing them with a banishing pentacle in the air over all windows and exits.
*Drawing an equal-armed cross with clove oil on all window frames and exits.
*Setting an astral "guard dog" (usually a mythical beast or a predator from the animal kingdom) on a constant twenty-four-hour watch around the perimeter and outside of the home, supported by a shrine or statue inside the home. Visualization is renewed every month and an offering of thanks is made to the physical animal kingdom.
*Reinforcing a weekly visualization of a deep thicket that grows around the house (as in the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty).
Others visualize the outside of the house as looking like a thick fortress (spikes, turrets, moat and all). To keep the visualization firm, they may keep a picture of such a scene hanging inside the home.