La'al quiet fella
What've we got so far?
Okay, just thought I'd have a look back & see if there was any common threads to what we have done over the past two weeks.....
For those of us new to this I think a sense of feeling silly after we had tried pathworking for the first time seems universal. But this was coupled with a desire to try it again and learn more.
There also seemed to be a doubt that we are doing it correctly and a need for re-assurance.
Personally, I think the fact we are prepared to share these feelings honsetly is invaluable.
It also seems as though those of us trying this for the first time had significantly shorter experiences, less visceral and more based on the actual card imagery.
Even so, our first attempts are the beginning of developing inherent skills within us that we usually leave dormant. (I kind of see myself as a puny nerd going into the tarot gym & being intimidated by the bigger guys flexing their well developed magic muscles)
The process for newbies seems to have involved preparing with the tarot card consciously and then trying to watch the subconscious react to the card.
We even seem to have named the newbie approach as 'splat and see'
Having more experienced people willing to share has been brilliant both in tips and in experiences they have shared.
I think the experience the Jack of Wands shared shows us how much more powerful path working can be with practice and barleywine sharing tips is exactly what we need to develop.
Practical tips from the groups posts that I could spot were:
- To be grounded before you begin. (this ranged from meditation, using a candle to meditate deeply to building up a mental image of a temple over several days.)
- To be comfortable physically & mentally prepared. (tips included blocking out light, reading mystical poetry)
- To allow the experience to unfold itself and not try to force it.
The more experienced contributors I think show how these basic skills can develop, both in practical steps like building a temple in your mind over several days as preparation for using the card as a key to path working on the tree of life and in showing how intense and immersive the experience can be as the Jack of Wands describes.
Other more advanced aspects that have been raised are the checking out of the validity of entities met whilst pathworking & also reflecting on the experience afterwards.
Basically I just wanted to have a look at what we had achieved in the two weeks since the group began and I think we have done pretty well, with good posts by everyone that have contributed to us achieving a fair bit for a new group.
Does anyone have a particular aspect they would like to focus on next? Or think would be the best next steps? Or is it more a case of keeping practicing and sharing tips and experiences?
Okay, just thought I'd have a look back & see if there was any common threads to what we have done over the past two weeks.....
For those of us new to this I think a sense of feeling silly after we had tried pathworking for the first time seems universal. But this was coupled with a desire to try it again and learn more.
There also seemed to be a doubt that we are doing it correctly and a need for re-assurance.
Personally, I think the fact we are prepared to share these feelings honsetly is invaluable.
It also seems as though those of us trying this for the first time had significantly shorter experiences, less visceral and more based on the actual card imagery.
Even so, our first attempts are the beginning of developing inherent skills within us that we usually leave dormant. (I kind of see myself as a puny nerd going into the tarot gym & being intimidated by the bigger guys flexing their well developed magic muscles)
The process for newbies seems to have involved preparing with the tarot card consciously and then trying to watch the subconscious react to the card.
We even seem to have named the newbie approach as 'splat and see'
Having more experienced people willing to share has been brilliant both in tips and in experiences they have shared.
I think the experience the Jack of Wands shared shows us how much more powerful path working can be with practice and barleywine sharing tips is exactly what we need to develop.
Practical tips from the groups posts that I could spot were:
- To be grounded before you begin. (this ranged from meditation, using a candle to meditate deeply to building up a mental image of a temple over several days.)
- To be comfortable physically & mentally prepared. (tips included blocking out light, reading mystical poetry)
- To allow the experience to unfold itself and not try to force it.
The more experienced contributors I think show how these basic skills can develop, both in practical steps like building a temple in your mind over several days as preparation for using the card as a key to path working on the tree of life and in showing how intense and immersive the experience can be as the Jack of Wands describes.
Other more advanced aspects that have been raised are the checking out of the validity of entities met whilst pathworking & also reflecting on the experience afterwards.
Basically I just wanted to have a look at what we had achieved in the two weeks since the group began and I think we have done pretty well, with good posts by everyone that have contributed to us achieving a fair bit for a new group.
Does anyone have a particular aspect they would like to focus on next? Or think would be the best next steps? Or is it more a case of keeping practicing and sharing tips and experiences?