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The Magick of Twin Souls, Soulmates and soul-groups

February 11, 2010 by swatiprakash

Note: I have written this in an interview/ Q and A format for better and more comprehensive understanding of the readers on this highly advance topic on which many masters differ. Please feel free to comment.

Also you are invited attend the workshop ‘Healing Soul Relationships’ on this important topic that will empower you with hands on healing skills and techniques to heal soulmate and twin flame relationships and to locate and work with your twin flame and soulmates. To register call 65250328 (Mumbai) and register on www.globalwicca.com to get details.

Also you can attend the upcoming New Moon Love Magick Ritual at Magick, Mumbai: On 16th road, Bandra. Please call up and confirm your attendance and ask for further details. Tel: 65250328

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The Magick of Twin-Flame, Soulmates and Soul-Groups

– by Swati Prakash, Tarot, Past Life and Wiccan healer

Ever felt a strong connection with someone you have met for the first time? You could be encountering a soul-mate or a past life relative, friend or lover.

While we all have heard of soulmates, we also must know that we have several soulmates, soul-groups as well as a twin-flame.

What is the meaning of Soul?

In reality everything in the universe is ‘One’. We all come from the same source and carry this awareness deep within our subconscious self to be awakened through spiritual work.

If we are all one then why are we all separate?

Because the one spirit that created the universe wanted to experience the variety and fullness of being through various permutations and combinations of existance and hence divided itself into multiple beings, each having their own ego – or sense of individuality. Our soul is composed of several lifetimes so that we experience various probabilities of being. Our Soul believes itself to be distinct from other souls. A soul has memory (sometimes conscious but mostly subconscious) of past lives that the soul believes to be theirs uniquely. My soul believes my lifetimes to be ‘mine’ and yours as ‘your own’.

Who decides what we will be in any lifetime?

As different people in each of our lives we are in-charge of choosing what we wish to be – (choices ranging from serial killer to saint) in each life, although we may not always be fully conscious while making our choices. Our soul is capable of visiting past lives and probable future lives to discover its various possibilities. We can through past life therapy learn how we made our past choices and how our past experiences may have influenced who we are in the present life. If we have any uncomfortable experiences or situations in the present life, the source of that lies in our past or past-life experiences through which we have subconsciously chosen that situation in our present life. This means we can go back and heal the source too moving on from the problem and creating a better future through more conscious ‘Magickal’ choices.

What are soul-mates?

In our various lifetimes we often come close to certain individuals with whom we feel a strong connection. In the first meeting it is as if we have met them before or as if something is pulling us towards them. These are soul-mates with whom we share a karmic connection and we have come together over lifetimes to learn valuable lessons from one another. We have several soulmates. Our best friends, parents, lovers, teachers, students, there are several kinds of soulmate relationships that are formed across lifetimes. In one life two people may be sisters and in another lifetime become husband and wife because we choose to support each other in learning various kinds of lessons each time.

What are the lessons to be learnt?

We may need to learn about love, unity, our spiritual truth and interconnectedness which is why there is karma – action and reaction. Our past actions (both inner and outer) determine our present and possible futures. If we think and act in loving and kind ways we get rewarded with abundance and joy. The specific lessons we choose to learn for this may vary from lifetime to lifetime, such as learning to value our life, learning magickal skills, learning to respect someone’s freedom, and so on. With some soulmates we seem to have parallel lives and go through similar situations that mirror our experiences so that we understand our life better. With some others we share vastly different experiences to show us alternate possibilities and choices.

Are some soulmates negative for us?

Soul-mate relationships can often be challenging, but we must remember they are always there to help us understand ourselves. No matter how negative people may seem, they are there to help us confront different possibilities and choices within us. They are here to help us heal ourselves of negative patterns that make us unhappy. This cannot happen if we reject people we find negative and hate or block them. It is up-to us to learn how to release unnecessary energy and negative emotions, and how to create more happy vibrations inside us while being at peace with the rest of the world.

What is a twin-flame or twin-soul?

A twin flame or twin soul is a special soul-mate. We may have several soulmates but one twin-flame who is a reflection of our true self. When we have learned our lessons, realized who we are, love ourselves and are at ease with ourselves we may draw a twin flame to work together with and complete our final life-cycle. Until we are not totally at ease with ourselves we may not be able to identify or harmonise with our twin flame even if we meet them.

Is it possible that our twin-flame be other than our spouse or life-partner?

Twin flames need not always be romantic partners and can be best friends or soul-friends. I have observed that some people find that their twin flame seems to be someone they meet after they marry or commit themselves into a relationship and they may sense a romantic connection with them as well. However this does not mean that they must abandon their spouse or partner or be divided between them and their twin-flame (secret flame unknown to your spouse or partner). This is not advisable. It is totally possible to draw the experience of your twin-flame energy through your present life-partner by continuing to work on your relationship. There is no excuse for cheating.

Is it necessary to have a twin-flame?

For those who choose to stay single it is possible that we choose to complete our final life cycle without any twin flame by uniting with the one-reality within us instead of with another individual through a relationship. It is also possible that a person who has already realised and attained liberation from the karmic cycles of learning, and does not require a twin-flame incarnates again as an infinite soul to guide and help others.

What is a soul-group?

We may find that we are drawn to a certain set of people having common characteristics. Our soul group may be composed of friends, classmates or a social group, community or network. The group may have common lessons to learn together, spiritual or material. By being with our soul-group our learning can accelerate. These soul groups are often led by individuals who have attained that lesson and now bring others together to help them out and show them the way.

Can we choose our soulmates and soulgroups?

Everything in life is a choice we make. We must never forget that in truth we are all interconnected through the network of energy that runs through every fraction of the uni-verse. Sooner or later, we will find that the world around us takes shape and form based on our inner beliefs and intentions. So the soul-mates we attract to ourselves are all a reflection of our inner beliefs, fears, hopes and so on. The more we are at ease with ourselves, the more we draw positive and happy soul-mates and soul-groups towards us.

What is liberation?

Difficult situations are here to help us learn. Some spiritualists mistakenly believe that the world is a miserable place and we must escape the cycles of life and death. We must not try to escape them as this will be counterproductive and increase the difficulty of experience in future lives. Liberation is not about escaping life and death. It is about gaining awareness of the infinite potential within you (enlightenment) and through your inner powers and choices, living every moment of existence as a happy being (magick).

How do we attain liberation?

Step 1: Your intention to be liberated from unhappiness and negative karmic patterns

Step 2: Meditation to attain a thoughtless and clear state of mind

Step 3: Spiritual study, research and practice, possibly initiation into a spiritual soul-group to attain enlightenment and acquire knowledge of magick

Step 4: After attaining enlightenment being aware of how you are creating every moment o your life and working consciously to create a positive future magickally on a continuous basis. This is what true liberation is all about and it is completely within you.

Blessed Be

(*)

Rev. Swati Prakash

Head of Global Wicca Tradition

www.globalwicca.com

 

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Why be Part of a Wiccan Tradition and Temple

February 6, 2010 by swatiprakash

Many of you are already familiar with Wicca: A modern nature based religion of magick.

A Wiccan Tradition is a structure through which more focus is added to your Wiccan practice as a religion/ shared spiritual system.

(Read more on Wicca on www.globalwicca.com and join us now)

A lot of Wiccans especially those who are new into it practice solitary or as loosely gathered groups, often leading to more unfocused energy than an organized tradition or temple can provide. However Wiccan temples and traditions are not always accessible to the public.

Even when these are not everyone prefers to learn in a structured way or to keep the energy chain flowing through an organized tradition. What we need to understand is the difference being a part of a tradition and temple can make to us if we choose to be a part of it. In a tradition there is a specific philosophy, leadership, code of ethics and a shared understanding of what and how we practice as a community of Wiccans.

A tradition can have one or more temple. In a Wiccan temple there are rituals and rites conducted as service often within the initiated priesthood but also sometimes open to public especially on festive occasions such as sabbats and esbats. A temple is a finely run organization with priests and priestesses and headed by a high priest/ess who looks after the functioning of the temple.

As the public is often allowed to be a part of the sacred ceremonies along with initiates a lot of energy is transferred to the member of public who is granted access to the temple. An energy exchange in the form of membership dues or ritual fees is often required to help facilitate the same so that the participant gets maximum benefit of the spiritual service consumed by him or her. Often the fees for such public ritual service is kept to a minimum as compared to a one-to-one and personalized ritual or spell-casting performed by an expert.

If the temple receives adequate donations or has a good source of funding the rituals can be made even more affordable for the masses but as Wicca is a fairly new religion this process may take some time. An energy exchange may be required to keep the temple functioning well, to reward the priesthood who conducts the services and to cover for the ritual supplies as well so that the temple can continue to provide continued service, expand itself and serve the society in a meaningful way.

What is the Earth Healing Temple: A place where magick happens and rituals are held – this place is within our heart as we come together and cast our circle for any temple ritual. This is a Wiccan temple – our prayers are our spells and invocations. We worship the Earth goddess and all facets of divine from all sources across the globe – the Wiccan Way. We call upon the elements of nature and astral entities that are positive in every aspect to help us raise and purify our energies so that we release the negative blocks and bring in more positive situations in our life. We also perform rituals to heal the earth.

I urge you all to also read the blog post on how to join the Earth Healing Temple on the Global Wicca Tradition’s ning network (Join Us) and lend us your support and participation so that we can keep up our good work. With all you support we will be able to unite more and more people and expand our tradition in every direction. Consider joining our tradition’s inner circle to have a more active role to play in it as a priest/ess. Any comments, feedback or discussions are welcome.

Blessed Be

(*)

Rev. Swati Prakash

Head Priestess – Earth Healing Temple

Founder – Global Wicca Tradition

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Birthday of a Witch!

December 25, 2009 by swatiprakash

We have heard his stories, of all the miracles and wonders that he brought into the world, His healing powers, prophetic abilities and magical skills are well known.

Jesus Christ seems to have been an extremely good witch, a magickal human who had tremendous wisdom and consciousness. If those tales are true it seems that he used his power of consciousness to create a change, to awaken the masses, to see the future,  and to show and lead by example. 

Legend says that he was sacrificed…and it is also known that so many alleged witches have been framed and murdered through time for being courageous, self driven, focused…why… just because they chose their own beliefs and used their own inner spiritual powers instead of going as per the dictates of others?

Following the path of Christ is about following the inner self. Instead of merely worshiping and remembering such great masters we must try to be like them, to learn the ways of the healers, to be enlightened, to work with the angels and unseen beings of nature, to prophecise and see the future, to perform divination and magick, to create a more positive state of being for ourselves, facilitating that for others, creating more beauty, peace and joy in this world, to be in balance, to maintain the balance of nature…Then we will truly be in the energy of God(dess).

We may celebrate his birthday today in many ways but it will be incomplete if we did nothing to invoke our inner light as that is what God(ess) is truly all about. 

Whether we attend a sacred ceremony, meditate, perform a spell, spend time in nature, or simply be in the energy of truth, we must know that the light of the world is being born within us in this very moment… as we spend some time with our-Self discovering the magick within us all.

Blessed Be

(*)

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Nature = Science = Religion

December 20, 2009 by swatiprakash

Humans consider themselves to be more intelligent, more evolved than other creatures of earth. I have come across certain spiritualists who believe that their being human is such a gift because ‘they are so much more spiritually evolved’. Many believers in reincarnation actually state that human life is the highest possible level of reincarnation on earth and it is through this that we attain the so called higher state of ‘liberation’.

It is true that humans are biologically more evolved, being the most dense, physically and mentally more complex species on earth.

Biological evolution and spiritual evolution however are two different things.

Biological evolution can be termed as spiritual ‘involution’. All matter has evolved from its original spirit form. Spirit, energy, chi, prana, shakti is life and it is the essence and original state of everything that exists (both the living and so called ‘non living’). Energy has ‘condensed’ to become what we see as matter. This is a scientific fact and a peek into quantum physics will help us understand this.

Becoming more and more complex from our original, simple, ‘unity’ state of existence – this is the process of involution.

As nature becomes more and more complex, spiritual vibrations become denser and denser, more and more complex forms of life evolve as spirit gets ‘involved’ in the play of existence. We become physically more complicated, mentally more complicated, hence highly ‘intelligent’ humans.

Animals (read other animals as humans are a part of the animal world scientifically speaking), are less biologically evolved and less mentally complicated. They are closer to the spiritual self.

Plants are even closer to the spiritual self. Minerals, crystals, rocks are close too as they have fewer complexities.

Earth (solid matter), Water, Fire, Air, are all closer to Spirit in that order.

Spiritual evolution refers to the process of us (complex human forms) becoming more and more attuned to our original essence of spirit, this means to simplify ourselves, be more natural, more scientifc, which means more spiritual.This is also ‘Shedding our Huge Human Ego’. Humans need to meditate to get rid of mental chatter and to be in touch with their simple self. Other beings of nature need this much lesser than humans do.

In the quest for achieving spiritual liberation humans have created religion. Religion is another name for shared spiritual belief system…. and there are so many variations of these belief systems… each eager to prove its superiority and establish its dominance. All these religions are untimately based on stories, books, myths and mythologies. Science and common sense urge us to understand that these myths, stories, books and mythlogies contain just lessons for us to learn, rather than facts. There is truth within them, even though they may not be exactly factual.

The fact is that all myths, customs, rites have evolved from nature. In the beginning humans observed nature and its phenomena. Sun, moon, tides, storms, lightning, rain and so on. These were all honoured as deities and as they started responding to the wishes and thoughts of humans they began to understand what magick is really all about. Every aspect of nature began to assume a deity form, animals, birds and even human. We prayed to the gods of rains for rainfall, sun for warmth, and so on.

As religion evolved into more complex forms in line with the biological and mental evolution of man, we went out of step with spirituality and nature. We forgot that all modern myths and mythologies in all modern religions have originally evolved from nature worship.

For example – what we celebrate as Christmas or birth of Jesus Christ in December was originally celebrated as Winter solistice. Around this time each year we witness the longest night and the shortest day of the year, after which days begin to grow longer and longer. This is the peak of winter and the Sun god is at its weakest dying stage, and soon as the solstice ends, Sun is born again and slowly gains power as the wheel of the year turns. This is also called Yule and originally being a nature festival that symbolised the rebirth of sun was celebrated with evergreen trees, holly and mistletoe being symbols of the cycle of death and rebirth, popcorn garlands and decorations were warpped around trees to keep the ‘tree spirits’ warm. Such a beautiul way to celebrate the magick and mystery of nature – and most of us who celebrate Christmas don’t even know that.

Gods and goddesses that are visualised as having human form are actually all originally just aspects of nature. Thunder and lightning (Zeus, Indra), male god (sun, Lugh, Mithra, Aditya, Vishnu, all versions of male ‘God’ deity in modern religions such as Christianity), female goddess (moon, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Artemis, most female deities that are conspicous by their absence in modern patriarchial religions). The lists of gods and goddesses may be endless but they are all forms of nature and should ideally help us be more and more aligned with our natural self.

Air, Fire, Water, Earth, Plants, Animals and all other beings of nature are more in tune with their essence, their spirituality than humans who falsely believe themselves to be superior. They are all far more at ease with themselves, their intuition, their ablity to ‘be’, their basic needs and desires than most humans who have created way too much stress and complication in their lives and are seeking a way to escape this through one of two extremes:

First extreme – the path of asceticism, meditation to the extent of losing their basic ‘grounding’ or practicality, celibacy, to a less extent vegetarianism, Jainism, veganism and fasting to a greater extent denial of food and water, relenquishing pleasure while being misfits in society and deeply unhappy within.

The second extreme – Overindulgence in the life process, drugs, addictions, poly-amourism (multiple partners – no committment), maximising pleasure, numbing themselves to pain while being deeply unhappy within.

A lot of so called spiritualists I have observed acually fall in one of the above two categories. I have actually found them to be broken, sorry people who are in real need of healing but their spiritual egos keep them far from accepting their natural truth.

Thankfully to help us achieve this we have Science.

As we learn to observe nature (which is the essence of science) we try to discover facts and move away from myths. We learn the language of nature and its laws. We learn how all matter is composed of vibrations that are altered through the power of consciousness. Through scientific experimentation we have discovered that there is ‘Magick’ and what we really focus on condenses from spirit to matter, from imagination to reality, E=mc square etc… – a fact that witches and mystics have known all along and ‘new age’ gurus have finally ‘exposed’ as the Secret.

We finally learn that all we really need to be is our simple, humble, natural self. This means our intuitive, spiritual, scientific, magickal self.

Imagine if we all were in tune with this part of us, with our essence.

Imagine a world where we are in perfect harmony and sync with nature, its bounty, its beauty.

A world in which we use our common sense and scientific understanding of the world to discover its facts and our natural intuition to discover their underlying truth, instead of being brainwashed by modern religious leaders into following what they claim to be the ultimate concept of ‘God’.

A world where we realise that we are biologically well evolved as humans but need to spiritually evolve – which means to go back to our natural simple, intuitive, magickal state of being.

A world in which we are truly happy, abundant, enlightened and peaceful because whatever we want and desire is manifesting each moment by the way of natural Magick and it is scientific – and real – and good. We use it only for good and never to harm, because we know that we do not want to harm anyone if we truly wish to achieve peace, joy and happiness – purity of intent – Satva-yuga!

Welcome to the magickal world of Wicca – a nature oriented spiritual system – a scientific, rational religion – a path of Love and Light!

You can read more on this on www.magickalawareness.com and if you’d like to learn more, register for the courses.

Join us for the Yule ritual this 21 Dec 2009 (more on the page Magick on Facebook – link on this blog)

Merry Yule, Happy Winter Solstice and Blessed Be
(*)

Swati Prakash
Head Priestess – Earth Healing Temple

Founder – Global Wicca Tradition

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Soulmates, Twin Souls and Soul Groups

November 19, 2009 by swatiprakash


Love is just an empty road

That leads us closer to our self

And even though we walk alone

We are together more or less

With a person, or a dream

Or just your inner emptiness

You are surrounded by just you

Pretending to be someone else

As people come and people go

They give you sorrow, joy and hope

They are just mirrors to your soul

You better thank them for their help

The more you walk the more you learn

The more you lose the more you earn

Thus wiser by that brief sojourn

You go to your eternal Self

The place where you and I are one

The place where we long to return

Down on that crowded empty road

I walk alone – I, Me, Myself

 

It is true! All relationships are there to just help us relate better with ourselves.

Who are we?

The truth is that there is only one great energy in the uni-verse, just one eternal being

We cannot be anything but that One

There cannot be anything else or anyone else except the One

We are not always in this awareness. Most of the time we are deluded, hallucinating……. trapped in the illusion of duality. We create several fragments of ourselves…… and then when we are utterly divided into so many complicated beings, tired, disillusioned, longing to find peace and simplicity… we begin healing ourselves, bringing the lost parts of our self together over several lifetimes, multiple existences.

While creating several parts of itself, the One had to use the concept of Ego. This means we have to identify ourselves as different individuals so that we can construct, create and go through this play of life in this infinite world. If we were constantly present as One we would be unable to experience the variety and fullness of our potential. The One divided itself into several fragments of consciousness that became the infinite number of souls in this universe to experience the various possibilities of what the One could be.

This is where the concept of Soul comes in. Our Soul believes itself to be distinct from other souls. A soul has memory (sometimes conscious but mostly subconscious) of past lives that the soul believes to be theirs uniquely. My soul believes my lifetimes to be my own and yours as your owns. The soul has its own individuality.

Within the soul we have several different lives though we forget usually how they are linked. Each life believes itself to belong to a different person. We become a new person, a new individual in every lifetime, born and reborn in several forms, taking different personalities…Why? To experience our fullest potential through several possibilities of existence.

In these lifetimes we often come close to certain individuals with whom we feel a strong connection. In the first meeting it is as if we have met them before or as if something is pulling us towards them. These are soul-mates with whom we share a karmic connection and we have come together over lifetimes to learn valuable lessons from one another, several lessons but the most important being about our self and who we truly are, about our own unity.

Sooner or later, we will find that the world around us takes shape and form based on our inner beliefs and intentions. So the soul-mates we attract to ourselves are all a reflection of our inner beliefs, fears, hopes and so on. So though soul-mate relationships can be challenging, they are always there to help us understand ourselves. They heal us of negative patterns that make us unhappy and diseased by teaching us how to release unnecessary energy and how to create more happy and fulfilling relationships. The more we are at ease with ourselves, the more we draw positive and happy soul-mates towards us.

A twin flame or twin soul is a soul-mate that is much like our soul, because we have learned our lessons, realized who we are, love ourselves and are at ease with ourselves. Twin flames share a lot in common and work closely together, most often to spread more awareness and joy in the world.

A soul group is similarly composed of individual souls that come together with a common purpose, to unite again as they find meaning and fulfillment through shared lessons and often combined spiritual work.

As souls unite through their twin flames they dissolve relationship obstacles and find peace so they do not have to reincarnate again as two separate individuals. Similarly soul groups unite as One when they release ego barriers and become one with the great Self.

All this while that we are interacting and sharing our life with one another…are we aware of who we are and of our inherent unity?

Through all our relationships do we know we are only learning how to be ourselves?

When we do realize our spiritual Oneness – how best can we manifest this in our own dualistic existence?

How can we channel Love energy to heal and enrich every aspect of our lives, both spiritually and practically, in relationships and otherwise?

Discover powerful techniques to heal relationship issues in my workshop on Healing Soul Relationships. More updates available when you join www.tarotindia.com or www.magickalawareness.com

Love and Light on our Path Be

Brightest Blessings

Swati Prakash

(*)

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Nature, Earth, Simplicity and a Prophecy for 2012

November 14, 2009 by swatiprakash

Each year I conduct a small earth healing ritual on the Samhain Full moon (Samhain is the pagan new year starting 1 Nov). I try to channel what the goddess dictates through me based on what she feels is required by our earth. In this way it is my hope we can return to earth some of the infinite love energy she pours into us each moment. In my experience the goddess responds to our every request made with sincerity and affection as long as it is for the greater good.

Earth has its own way of healing itself and as humans we are not really doing any favor to earth by healing it, but are just ensuring our own survival as earth brings itself back into balance. We all talk of 2012 and we know the time is near that we should prepare ourselves for self-destruction that will be a natural result of the karma we have reaped by destroying the rest of nature…. unless we change something now…Go back to our roots, to being simple natural people, the way we were at first…one with nature and in harmony with this planet.

Before the advent of any man-made religion or belief system was nature and it is the most visible, the most obvious sign that we can see of the presence of divinity on this earth. All nature is the manifest body of the God(dess) who is the soul of nature. While we have made several religious systems to worship the invisible soul of the God(dess) we have forgotten to honour her manifest form as nature, as our own self. Our religions reject our natural self while imposing complicated dos and don’ts, senseless moral codes that do nothing to create more happiness and joy in the universe. In truth all we need is to be happier people and that can be possible if we let go of needless complications and embrace our true, wild spirit.

All my life and all the spiritual realisations that I have obtained boil down to just this one essence…being simple, being natural, being true to our real self. 

With this has come the realisation of the tremendous power we have to change our reality, not just our personal, but global and universal as well.

I am often asked to prophecise something for 2012. Being a Witch and also a Weather Witch who works with nature closely and having tried my hand at weather magick successfully several times to alter natural calamities…I can assure you that if all of us visualise a positive, peaceful and harmonious earth, a happy coexistance of humankind  with the rest of nature, and give energy to this vision…it will be real and 2012 will be one the most peaceful and blessed year ever. So I am making this prophecy now in the form of a spell that came to me right now in the form of poetry.

 

Complications are history

All I have is simplicity

There is no higher reality

Than the one in my own vicinity

Truly life is to be lived in peace

There is no need of any dis-ease

We can channel true love infinitely

To fill our world with positivity

Is there a need to seek another

When we already have each other

Let go of the illusion of multiplicity

Who we are is One - singular – unity

Let us live in harmony with nature

Just like every other earth’s creature

And shed the mask of insanity

That divides all else from humanity

Fresh air, pure waters, green trees

Is all that we need to be pleased

This is the greatest prosperity

For this moment and until eternity

I choose right NOW this possibility

As I will so Mote it Be!

 

Let us pray for this global shift in consciousness…or rather work the spell together that takes us back to being with our simple, natural self …as One!

For those of you who attended the Wiccan earth healing ritual this Samhain full moon… Thank you! Do remember to plant your energised crystals into earth. It is the least we can return to our mother who gives so much to us. And the rest of you…..please be there with me in 2010. Join as a member on my sites www.tarotindia.com and www.magickalawareness.com and we will work some more magick together.

May we all Blessed Be

Love and Light

(*)

Swati Prakash

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Freedom…a Wiccan’s point of view

August 16, 2009 by swatiprakash

I have been hearing so much about freedom lately (Independence day discussions on 15th August) that I decided last night to ask the universe to expand my awareness of what this word could really mean.

I asked myself…. if you were to be totally on your own, away from the responsibilities of the world would that be freedom? If you switched off your phone and cut off fromt the world, then would you be a ‘free bird’? If you went on a vacation or drank and dozed off for the night…will that be freedom. If you ended a relationship that is difficult to handle, then would you be truly independent and free…. Perhaps not!

True freedom lies in being free from within. We have all heard of this I am sure… but its just like saying something out of a book. What does this actually mean to me and you? Free from what…and free of what?

If you are free from everything else but not from your own self limiting beliefs and patterns… that state of being can hardly be called freedom.

If you are free of temporary cares and troubles but not truly peaceful and in touch with you inner power to heal and tranform these troubles… that can hardly be called freedom.

True freedom is in knowing ourselves and being true to ourselves.  The truth is that we are constantly creating what we call our destiny. We are always free to choose what we create. That’s why we say freedom is within and this choice is always within you and me.

How can we be true to ourselves? And just WHO are we after-all?

As for me, I am a Witch. The typical image of a witch flying on a broomstick is often taken offensively by a lot of Wiccans but to me it has always been a symbol of being liberated and free. Especially the ones with an old crone flying on the handle. Within each of us is this old and wise soul who knows everything and is waiting to be recognised. It is this wise one within us that has the keys to true freedom and liberation.

To me this came through the Wiccan path so let me elaborate upon the concept of freedom as a Wiccan.

As per Wiccan, as well as Vedic and most of the ancient philosophical belief system, the universe is composed of five key elements – Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit. Much of what we know and experience can be explained through this elemental system. Simplification according to some…maybe…and why not ….after all Truth is always simple…misconstructions of truth are rather complicated.

Air: This is the element that rules over or represents our thoughts. We are always free to choose our thoughts. That sounds fairly easy, but there is a small catch…We may not always be aware of what we are thinking at all times.  Many of our conscious and subconscious daydreams and fantasies are taken too lightly by us inspite of the fact that over time they collect energy and manifest into real events and situations. Every thought that ever springs into our mind has the potential to manifest into reality to some extent or another. While focused thoughts can turn into manifest reality sooner and much more prominently, unfocused ones may take more time.  That’s not all. Sometimes we consciously think pleasant thoughts but somewhere inside we feel negative, skeptical or fearful about the same issue and this cancels out and dilutes the manifestation of the positive thought we had sent out. Therefore in order to be totally free in mind we need to be aware of our outer and inner mind both. Each time a negative thought presents itself to me I try to be aware of ‘what am I thinking’ and try to heal and replace it with a positive one instead. I have my dark moments too…but the good thing is you will eventually come out of it sooner or later – this is my Freedom of Thought

Fire: This is the element of our desires and wants. Some spiritualists may opine that true freedom is a total freedom from desires.  ‘Desires when not fulfilled lead to sadness and this is the cause of all suffering,’ they say. This is almost like escaping reality and being listless boring people. In my view true freedom is not about negating desires completely but by choosing to focus on those desires that are beneficial and useful withharm to none (another excellent topic to ponder about). Desires are different from thought. There is more energy in them because we feel it running in every cell and tissue of our body. Whatever we are more passionate about has a greater chance of manifesting than something we don’t really care for.  For instance, many of us imagine magic to be some way in which we can make objects fly in air but for most of the witches such a skill is hardly something they would really care too much to develop. They would rather focus on real needs, issues and wants of their life, and where they need healing is where their fire will be – Freedom of Desire

Water: This is the element of emotions and most of us are so full of it. Our bodies are composed of plenty of water therefore it is only natural for us to be emotional beings. We may ignore, hide or repress our emotions but that does not mean we do not have them. True emotional freedom is not about blocking emotions but about expressing them and enjoying them. Some of you would say, can we enjoy dark emotions too…the sorrowful, pitiful, hateful ones…? Your choice! But then do not complain if sorrowful and pitiful situaitons keep on developing in your life. Each emotion is tremendously powerful and manifests into reality sooner than we think. If we become sensitive to our emotions, and intuition is a very good way to begin, we will find that it will be a lot easier for us to identify negative or blocked emotions and therefore heal them and replace them with positive and loving ones. We can choose to be in a loving vibrational state.  True emotional freedom is about being in love and allowing it to flow freely through you. This Love is a choice we can make at any moment, and this Love is what we are Free to Feel.

Earth: This is the element of practical, sensible wisdom. This is the way we organise and integrate our experiences, thoughts, desires and emotions into meaningful patterns. Spells are all about this. A methodical approach that combines the air of clear thoughts and intentions with fire, water and earth works best – you may choose symbolic representations of your intention - crystals, images, oils, anything you can sense and percieve with your senses that can make your intentions turn into somethng more real and believable to yourself. This way you will make manifestation much more effective than through simple visualisations or affirmations or mere positive thinking. Wisdom is an important ingredients and the more of it in your spells the better. This usually takes study, training and practice to develop.  After all being a witch or wiz is all about being wise and that is the real Freedom to Be.

Spirit: This is the element that is the source of all that is. Usually the imperceivable part of us that is unconscious of itself, but can be made conscious through the right practices. Afterall there is a spell for everything, even spiritual growth. The higher our spiritual vibrations the better our thought, desire, feeling or spell will manifest. We must constantly work on our spiritual growht and awareness if we are to be truly wise beings and really free people. Freedom of spirit is the most important of all. This is our basic essence made manifest in full bloom. We must be aware that we are not just our present body, mind and experiences but much beyond that…souls with several lifetimes of experiences, soul groups with a continnum of souls within it and the divine itself with all the patterns and possibilities that exist in the entire universe – all this is our true nature and reality. This is our Freedom and true liberation. Know thyself!

So that was my higher self talking to me. I hope you enjoyed our conversation. More later…

Blessed Be

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Thank you!

July 11, 2009 by swatiprakash

I spent one night in a dark cage, without the sight of sun or spring

I made believe that it was real…the wicked world, the sorry things

I saw the shadows that I feared and they began to fade away

The pain and sorrow brought me tears and washed the night into a day

And in the light I was revealed, I saw myself with open eyes

I broke the cage of sad dismay, prepared my little wings to fly

I knew the dark night wasn’t real, it was a test of memory

So that, this, my forgotten self, is again remembered and revealed

It doesn’t matter what the world and people said or did to me

I will remember all I felt, its all a part of being free

I thank the night that brought me tears and choose to honour all the pain

For because of it I learnt to fly and be all that I was, again

I am the same and always will remain a free and happy soul

In perfect love and perfect trust I cherish myself being whole

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A very Fairy thing

July 6, 2009 by swatiprakash

Each year I call upon the Fairies at least once but especially in midsummer. This 21st June I had a Fairy festival opening celebration at my Bandra 16th road store called Magick. We gatherred and I invoked the fairies to join us…a small spell was performed and I even kept a festive sale at my store until the full moon on 7th July 09 (still on as I write this). What I did not expect was that the fairies will turn up not only astrally but physically as well.

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Meet Sylvanius.. he turned up on Saturday at the store next to mine…Fashion cocktail…And much to the amazement of Peter…the kind man who manages the sales at this pretty outlet…this little creature appeared to have a face like a human…eyes and what seemed like glasses or glares…a moustache and a beard…arms and legs positioned in the pentacle shape – like the Vitruvian man by DaVinci…Brilliant! He had never seen anything like this before…it was by no means an ordinary spider…He waited for me for I was busy taking readings for the clients…and he knew I was the person to help explain this strange phenomenon. As quickly as I could I gathered my fairy oracle cards…the Brian Froud’s oracle said – this is Sylvanius talking to you now.  Sylvanus is a male fairy wearing what the author Jessica Macbeth calls “The Mask of Truth”.

“He presents the mask to us…to look inward…seeing our true selves” reads the text of the book.  “Now is the time for finding out the false and misleading beliefs you have accepted and discovering that you are a better person than you thought”

I shuffle the cards of Doreen Virtue’s Healing with the Fairies oracle and the message is strikingly similar – “Awaken to your true self.” Perfect synchronicity at work.

Peter had made a wish when he saw this dude for the first time. He knew intuitively that it was a special thing. I ask the cards for a message for Peter and they say, “Miracle Healing – You have asked for help and it is already coming”. Peter agrees he had asked for help to resolve something in his life and he couldn’t have asked for a better card from the fairies. This is Magick indeed!

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My Sunday Treasurehunt

July 6, 2009 by swatiprakash

Yesterday was no different than others..there was work to be done and appointments with clients and students …yet as I began to walk towards my car I waited a bit…I heard children playing in the lawns of my building…and I felt an urge to join them…something I hadn’t done in a while…perhaps a couple of months. I walked to meet them and they were as usual so happy to see me..gathering all around me, eager to show me what they have been upto in the last few days.  They begin with the tales of poor little pigeons they tried to save from hungry cats on the prowl and stray puppies who they have befriended and cared for all these days knowing that I will be proud of their nobility.

“Come over here and I will show you the mango tree that I have planted…”, says Gagan…a sporty little girl who can beat any boy at football.  She has been sowing seeds in the garden hoping they will grow into big trees and as I look at her trod on the wet muddy paths I begin to get a new inspiration…”the full moon is near and I do want to perform a spell…I will need a small sapling for this spell…yes that should be right…a growing plant signifies abundance”..I am already preparing the ritual in my mind thinking of all my students and friends who will be delighted to join…and as I am thinking along she shows me the wonderful plants that have sprung up lately from the soil…”I sowed these” and I am all appreciation for her tiny little hands that did all the digging and planting in these rainy days.  I watch her bend over as she stops to pick up a shiny little thing from the soil..”Wow! I found a marble!” she gasped….”It a real lucky thing to find,” says she…and I agree.. it was a pretty one indeed. She sprang up once more and called upon her other little friends who at once gathered around us…”it going to be a lucky day”, they chorus aloud!

And before I know I am being led in all directions by little feet who find their way into tiny nooks and corners in search of a treasure they are sure they will find.  And who am I to not believe.

The young ones are marvelling at the way the grass is shining with a golden hue…and the brightness of the leaves in every shrub and bush that they could see…they are delighted to feel the sprouts of new life that is springing upon the once empty stems of wild plants growing astray…the bulbs and flowers that grow in a spiral form, delightfully aware of the beauty and wonders of nature… for the first time in many days I am so alive and refreshed. And I begin to feel this is indeed a lucky day.

Aman, a young sardar kid is holding a shiny little object in his hand…”Swati didi…what is this?” he asks me, somehow I am impressed…it is a fire agate…a stone that is not very commonly found…and I stock it in my Magick store. I reveal this little piece of information to him so he knows it is not a cheap find for a terasure hunt. Yet he is no more excited about this as he is about a feather that he is lifting from the grass…”Wow! I found an eagle feather! Isn’t it amazing!” I have to agree.  The next find is absolutely stunning. Its been a little over five minutes since I thought of my ’sapling spell’ and this kid has already brought to me a tiny sapling…neatly housed in a plasic soil container. Talk about instant wish fulfillment.  And I did not even voice my wish aloud. My belief in the goddess has never been stronger until now.

Abhishek who is slightly older has seem something queer beneath a tree…”It is…oh …it couldn’t be…a tortoise…look it has a shell and all…but it seems to be dead…” We all gather around taking pictures of the find…amazed at how a tortoise could have walked into our garden. I lift the thing and realise it is made of artificial clay…so much for thrills.

Not to be dissapointed Abhishek turns around at once knowing intuitively that there is something to be found near the next building…and it turns out he has found a little Ganesha idol lying on the ground.  ”How lucky indeed!” they all gasp again….”lets place it in the temple”, they concur.  

Soon we reach a small rock temple of sorts where idols of varous gods and goddesses are placed next to each other. One by one these children gather around….offering all their marvellous finds…crystals, stones, feathers…all to the deities expecting nothing in return. I tell them one of the deities is a wishing cow and they can make a wish if they like…and they humbly touch the cow and close their eyes.

Deep within I have a strange feeling they did not even have to wish for something…that very moment of time…they are connected to this enormous abundance  of the universe through thier young hearts….so wealthy in every way…and this wealth is greater than any other. I am abundant and aware  of the treasures in each moment of life. My spell is already done.  So be it!

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