Thursday, 4 May 2023

Pre-Amble to Book 2: The Realms of Sorcery

May 24, 2017





These past four years have been a challenging and unexpected learning in so many ways, and an incredible deepening into the Teachings. 

The realms of sorcery, spirit-possession,  spell-work, as well as working with allies and helper spirits - I do not know how to sum up this time. I did not expect to encounter these forces. I did not expect to have to tread through the webs woven by others... What was revealed was the reflected stickiness in my own heart, and how the resins that exist within become entangled and amplified within these spell-webs, and then become food for the darker entities and forces. Untangling becomes both an inner and outer working, with the aid of allies and spirit helpers,  as well as deep prayer and attention to clearing the heart-space.

And then dealing with spirit-possession - how does one explain all that has been seen and experienced? Demons and dead-ones, manipulated by dark sorcery, who found home in the vessel of others, and attempted to live out their old stories by influencing the actions and behaviour of their captives.  What was taught was a simple lesson - "Listen. Listen with your heart." I shifted my efforts from "battling" these entities to listening to their stories. Once their need to be acknowledged and heard was complete, they released their grip on the one they possessed. It was at times frightening, and yet as I opened myself to compassion, the transfiguration and release was profound, and complete.

When a new adventure began on an expansive piece of land that we called home for 2 years, the Teachings deepened yet again. And the lessons taught were no less challenging, and yet no less rewarding or rich... To watch the reactions of the insects allied with the unconscious sorcerer who was "owner" of that land - who had wreaked havoc on the earth and the Old Ones (trees/ forests) of that place...  Every time he was due to return to the land, though we had no personal communications of his comings and goings, wasps would awaken (in the depths of winter) or would become aggressive and attack our home. Farm animals would become restless, or would escape...  We would pre-dream of the theme and issues of his current disgruntlement and chaotic actions.  And when he dwelt on the land, plants would not germinate, or whither, or be attacked by insects or vermin -- where otherwise they would be healthy and thriving.  Animals would die, be wounded or fall ill. The land and forests would hold their breath, people would be agitated, dreams would be erratic or violent.  His unconscious was on loud-speaker, coating the land with his inner unrest and poisonous thoughts & feelings.  

Unwinding from this was deep prayer-work for the well-being of the land and all who live there, and prayers for the land to have a new and respectful benefactor.  And so it has been granted, though the ricochet was a reprimand to never again deny intuition,instinct, the "inner voice"...  The consequences of having denied these gifts of sight and insight in the beginning of our work on that piece of land were a profoundly difficult move to yet another piece of land with new "players", and undoubtedly new and deeper Teachings.

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