Meditation Series and Resource Page

Silver Moon Shadow- Medication Series

In the Meditation and Energy Work Series, we discussed and practiced the basic building blocks for successful ritual and magickal work. We started at the very basics and looked at breathing. Then we took a look at grounding, centering, and shielding (what it is, techniques to practice, and why it is so important). Along the way, we touched upon altered states such as trance, dream travel, and astral projections and ESP. We also spend several hours on creating personal sacred space. As a class project, each of the students created and lead a meditation. They are posted on our meditation page for your use and enjoyment. We just ask that you credit our work. You may have noticed that some of the class sessions do not have handouts. Given the nature of this series, we did a lot of practical energy work, which did not lend itself to a handout.

We hope that you enjoy our selections and our suggestions for further reading.

Brightest Blessings

Justice and Wolfwyndd

Class 1
Thirteen Goals of a Witch
(13 goals of a witch and meditation class 1 handout)

Class 2
Grounding
(Grounding handout)

Class 3
Centering
(Centering handout)

Class 4
Trancing
(Trancing handout)

Class 5
Astral Projection
(Astral Projections handout)

Class 6
Sacred Space
Creating Sacred Space

Class 7
Diaries
Ritual Diary Entry

Class 8
Energy Work
Golden Ball Exercise

Resources and further reading suggestions:

Books

SpiritWind Seeker Class Notes 8/20/1997

Valiente, Doreen, Natural Magic (1975)

The Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham, Llewellyn 1995

Starhawk, The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess, Harper & Row, revised edition, 1989.

Lipp, Deborah, The Elements of Ritual, p 62-70.

Helm, Russell B., Drumming the Spirit to Life, Let the Goddess Dance, Llewellyn Publications (2000)

Wolfe, Amber, In the Shadow of the Shaman, Connecting with Self, Nature & Spirit, Llewellyn Publications (1991)

Websites

http://www.lifepositive.com/Spirit/meditation/meditation-techniques.asp (Meditation Techniques)

http://www.eirobics.com/yogametrics/article1.php (Article “How to Improve Your fitness, life, or anything, in One Easy Step” By David Hegarty)

http://www.respire.net/ (Breathing exercises)

http://www.cyberjaz.com/szabo/breath.htm (Yoga breathing exercises)

http://www.breath.org/ (Site devoted to breathing techniques)

testtop (Take the “Tests for Limitations, Causes and Positive Indicators of Optimal Breathing Functionality”)

http://groups.msn.com/EdmontonPaganParentsCircle/newgrounding.msnw (Contains some very nice elemental grounding exercises)

http://www.eirobics.com/yogametrics/article1.php (exercise on grounding)

http://groups.msn.com/elowynspaganparentingcauldronmirrorsite/grounding.msnw (guided meditations on grounding)

http://groups.msn.com/EdmontonPaganParentsCircle/newgrounding.msnw (guided meditations on grounding)

http://home.att.net/~meditation/MeditationHandbook.html (information on meditation and grounding).

http://www.bandia.net/moonstone/Goodcircles.html (contains an article about grounding, centering, and shielding for public rituals).

http://groups.msn.com/FullMoonParadise/magickintheworkplace.msnw (helpful ideas about grounding, centering, and shielding in the workplace)

http://www.usfamily.net/web/triskellion1/class2.html (This site discusses shielding activities).

http://skepdic.com/astralpr.html (Information on astral projection)

http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/chakras-Shakta.htm (site with diagram of Chakras)

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/c/chakras.html (Article describing Chakras)

http://skepdic.com/theosoph.html (Brief overview of Madame Blavatsky, one of the co-founders of the Theosophical Society in New York in 1875.)

http://www.astralvoyage.com/page1.html (Website dedicated to astral projection, including techniques).

http://www.mysticgoddess.org/tumgemstonelist.htm (short description of several stones and their magickal properties).

http://www.hallsofavalon.com/GemsAndCrystals.htm (A better site for the description of several stones and their magickal properties).

http://www.ecauldron.com/protection.php (Article on Psychic attacks)

http://zsuzsana.com/protection_spell_1.html (Site that discusses physic attacks. The only thing I’ll say about this is link if that I’d better not have to wait three days. POTENTIAL QUACK WARNING).

http://wicca.com/celtic/ramble/psychic.htm (A good article on psycic attacks and counters).

http://home.att.net/~meditation/MeditationHandbook.html (Mediation site. Very good)

http://home.att.net/~meditation/seven.html (Seven Stages of Body as it relates to Buddhist concepts)

http://www.lifepositive.com/Spirit/meditation/meditation-techniques.asp (Meditation Techniques)

http://www.spiritualminds.com/articles.asp?articleid=1480 (article on ground center shield)

http://www.sayahda.com/cycle.htm (Article on animal totems)

http://www.geocities.com/sphinxmuse/totem/find.html (Article on finding an animal totem with suggested guided meditation)

http://www.breathing.com/tests.htm#testtop (breathing test)

http://zenspace.org/site/Meditation_Breathing.html (Zen breathing meditation)

http://members.aol.com/body4mind/meditate.html (dance meditation)

http://www.chapeltibet.cnchost.com/ct/MerKaBa_Meditation.html (Merkaba meditation)

http://skepdic.com/astralpr.html (Basic Article explaining astral projections)

http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/chakras-Shakta.htm (site with diagram of Chakras)

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/c/chakras.html (Article describing Chakras)

http://skepdic.com/theosoph.html (Brief overview of Madame Blavatsky, one of the co-founders of the Theosophical Society in New York in 1875.)

http://www.astralvoyage.com/page1.html (Website dedicated to astral projection, including techniques).

http://brain.web-us.com/shamanismFAQ.htm (Very good article on Shamanism).

http://www.trancedance.com/index.php?SID=107940996146&page=show_article.php&show=24 (Article by Wilbert Alix Neo-Shamanism: Contemporary Spirituality with Ancient Roots Published: New Life Journal (Asheville, North Carolina) September, 2001)

http://www.trance.edu/intro.htm (A Gentle Introduction to Trance Theory by Dennis R. Wier)

http://www.freyja.org/seidr.htm (Discusses Norse trance and shamanic journeying).

http://www.paganspath.com/magik/celtic/shaman.htm (Discusses Celtic Shamanism)

http://www.lucidity.com/LucidDreamingFAQ2.html#LD (Lucid Dreaming)

http://www.dreamviews.com/ (Lucid Dreaming and sleep stages)

http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Lucid_dreaming (Lucid Dreaming textbook)