Black Magic Secrets Blog

I have stated many times that the key to casting effective spells is concentration and focus.  Today I would like to go a little deeper into that, and reveal to you some of the skills that you develope by continually practising and improving your focus and concentrations.  There are a lot of other reason as to why concentration is importaqnt, especially in magickal growth.  This is why I not only practice growing my skills as a Black Magician, but I also practise Raja Yoga.

Raja Yoga has many valuable teachings that any magician can use to better their skills.  In Raja Yoga the mind is trained to be still and focused.  The clutter that once corroded the thoughts melts away to reveal a mind of stillness and clarity.  A mind that is in control and has no fear or distractions.  When you can attain this state with your own mind,  all spells will be easy and your world will become like putty in your hand.

There are five external aids of Yoga, but I would like to focus my attention on the internal aids.

Pratyahara is the stage I will talk about today,  it is the transition of the mind from foucsing on the external world, to the internal world.  It is in this stage that we learn to turn our attention inward, and focus our mind completly on our inner world.  This ability is very beneficial, for it allows us to observe our own mind and its working.  It is amazing what you can uncover about your self if you merely turn your attention inward and listen to what your mind, body and spirit are saying.

Due to all the distractions that go on around us it is amazing how many people do not even know of the inner world.  They are so caught up in life that they has never taken the time to stop and reflect upon themselves.  It is important for one to be able to step away from the outside would and journey inward to the internal self. Advanced Yoga Practitioners are able to turn off their senses to the outside world entiarly, so that the stimulus does not even reach their brain.  They reach a state where they are complelty focused on the inner self.  In the very advanced staged the Practitioner can even turn off the electric current that pulsates through the nerves and the involuntary muscles.  This is aided with the technique Pranayama (breath control).

I actually demonstrated this ability to a Biology class that I took in college.  We were measuring our heart rates and blood pressure using a clip that attached itself to our fingers.  The teacher was talking about heart rate and saying  that if the heart rate dropped below 40 Beats per minute that the person was in trouble.  So I put the machine on and focused inward using my breathing practises.  I managed to drop my heart rate to 35 beats per minute.  The teacher asked me if I did any meditation and I told her I did Raja Yoga.  She nodded and then informed the class that some people especially those who practise breathing and focus can control their heartrate using their mind.

By attaining Pratyahara we open our minds up to the intelligence of the universe and the power of our own minds.  It is important that once to start down this path to attain inner stillness and peace regularily. It keep your awareness in each moment and allows you to commit more of your brain to tasks you undertake in your daily life.  You will find that once your concentration improves you will get more done in less time and have more time for yourself. Pratyahara is a first step towards meditation and eventually the advanced pratices of Raja Yoga.  With practise and time you will learn to use the outer and inner awareness at the same time.  When this happens the world becomes clearer and you are able to focus on everything you do with clarity.

Happy Focusing

Priestess Akelta

P.S. Here is an article that will give you an idea of what can be attained with a focus mind.

http://www.dlshq.org/download/miracles.htm

Just like dust can build up in a house so can spiritual energy.  Energy can build up in the house and make it feel cramped or cluttered.  When this happens the house usually falls into a state of mess and nothing ever seems to become clean.  Also you may feel odd sensations in your home or even become ill due to a build up of energies.  Energy build up in a house can lead to a number of problems fo you.  Especially if you do spells and magick. 

 Every thought you have and action you take is an energy.  When these thoughts or actions take place in a room they imprint themselves on the room and over time can build up.  Think about how many thoughts and actions you take during a day and then imagine how much energy must be built up in a single room. 

Not all of your thoughts are good, and that is the same with the energy that has built up,  some of it is negative energy that is just sitting there infecting the area with its negativity.  This can actually make you ill or make you feel upset, angry or annoyed.  The clutter of energy can also be a place where entities hide who wish you harm.  These entities can become a real problem especially if you are preforming black magick spells, or any other type of magick.  They can interfere with your thoughts and cause you harm.   They can also cause you to lose focus and as black magicians that is one thing that none of us want as focus in the key to everything that we do. 

 This is just a few of the reasons why it is important to do an energy cleanse of your house every month.  Cleaning your house and keeping it organized is a good start, but it can still leave behind unwanted energies or entities.  The best way to clean your house is to use elements from nature.  Open all the windows and get a stick of sage and cleanse the area.  Once all the windows are open and the fresh air is blowing through, take a smudge stick (sage) and go through the house with it burning just lightly filling the air.  Leaving the windows open for a bit afterwards will clear out all the unwanted energy.

 After doing this you will notice that your house will feel fresher and cleaner you may also notice that certain ailments that you had will disappear.  If you do magick work then it is essential that you cleanse your altars after every spell in this manner, so that the energy from each spell does not build up and effect other spells. 

Cleanliness is important, even from a spiritual sense.

Happy Clearing

Priestess Akelta

There are lots of different tarot decks out there.  Most are based on the traditional sytem, having the major and minor arcanas’.  These Traditional tarot decks come in a wide range of styles, done by many talented artists.  Of these decks, the two I work with are the Vampire Tarot and the Tarot of the MoonGarden.   I find that these two decks work wonders for me. 

 Then there are the Tarto decks that are new and have their own uniquness to them, such as the Faeries’ Oracle  by Brian Froud.  Decks like this one do not follow the traditional Minor and Major Arcana structure but provide a unique glimps into the spiritual world and are just as powerful as any traditional deck.   These decks are relativly new and their creators are still alive today. 

There are some decks, however, that are ancient, and their efficiency and ability to predict the future is incredible.  Some of these decks provide such accuracy that it blows most people away.  One deck in particular that I speak of is the Gypsy Fortune telling cards.  These cards have been used for centuries and in some circles is considered an ancient art as without a guide book (or intimate knowledge with the culture) it can be very hard and take a lot of focus to interpret the symbols. 

I have used the Gypsy cards a few times in my life and was amazed not only by how accurate it was.  But how similar it my readings were.  When I did the reading on myself I got the same symbols in the same order many time in a row,  basically I got the cards untill those events in my life had past and I had moved on to new cards.   The gypsie cards speak with images and symbols that reveal very acurate facts.  I have never had a bad reading when the Gypsy Fortune telling cards were used. 

The gypsy cards are very different from other Tarot Cards.  An individual cards look just the image above.  It has four half pictures on it that is divided by a cross through the centre of the cards.  The deck is shuffled and then the cards are all laid out in rows of five.  When half of a picture lines up with another half of a picture in a row or coloumn you can rotate the card so the pictures meet.  In some readings people will only get one matching cards, while in others some people can get lots.  It all depends on what is meant to be reavealed to that person. 

These cards have been around as long as the Roma (Gyspys) .  The Roma have been around for centures and are a nomadic people who, in the past, traveled around being exposed to many different cultures and lifestyles.  The cards were symbolic of the Gypsys’.  The tradition was passed down through the women.  At that time young girls would draw their own cards and become intimate with the symbols and their meanings.  As they drew each card they also poured their energy into the card so that they would have a connection to the world of spirit through that card.  Images were used instead of words becasue images are quite universal.  They had to find away to overcome language barriers between thenselves and the cultures they encounted and images was a great way to do that.   

Now aday cards are printed and available for anyone to buy.  However, Gyspy women still use their hand draw cards as it is symbolic of their culture and hold a lot of meaning an history to them. 

Happy Readings

Priestess Akelta.