PathWalker
HallowQuest Lesson One
Meditation - we will be required to enter the card we are studying through the black doorway on the card. Once we step within, the scene is not static but rather filled with other scenes, animals, characters etc which the doorway is hiding. We need to be alert and receptive, our clear perception and remembrance of subtle reality is important. Use the first images which come on entering a card. If interacting with a character, it may be silent verbal or symbolic. Accept the first gift you are given even if it seems extremely odd and unlikely/ silly and ask the giver for its significance and qualities. Be flexible and adaptable, go with what seems right rather than following the instructions to the letter.
Breathing - From the diaphragm, very deeply, so your stomach rises. Spend 2-3 mins before each meditation breathing in and out at least five times. Visualise your system being oxygenated on the in breath and worries and problems leaving you on the out breath.
Earthing and grounding - Make sure that you ground yourself after the meditation e.g. by reciting some ritual words (we get to do this in a later lesson), eating and drinking, making sure we perform mundane tasks with full attention and commitment.
Diary record - we need one. Ideas for entries:
date
time
moon phase
weather
meditation subject
report
card chosen today, and how it resonates with the day's events
reading
important events today
***I won’t say I’ve got to grips with all this yet. My work is sporadic, and sometimes brief, but I still to think to try is better than to wait for the perfect time
Tasks:
1. Look through the book. What preparations do you need to make? What changes to your routine? Take out the cards and shuffle, asking 'What is the most important factor in the course for me? Take 3 cards at random and note them in your diary along with expectations/ doubts/ questions on the course
*** “I will need to push and press myself forward, not to fall away with time. I will need to make sure I find the time and space for each week’s journey.
The most important factor:-
STONE SEVEN – broken wall. You are not alone on this ancient path, but you are called to travel and repair – N.B. Do not lose heart, accept assistance.
GRAIL FIVE – grail ship. Making an otherworldly voyage which is truly life-changing. Accept mistakes, do your very best to travel well in the future.
STONE TWO – river in winter. Seeing at last the right route, and now being unafraid to walk it, whatever the surrounding situation.
2. Practise breathing and note how you feel
3. Choose one image to meditate on, or one of the speeches that preface each card description. Meditate for 10 mins. Record findings
4. Begin your diary record. Do Daily Companions Reading (either for today or tomorrow). NB: The deck does not use reversed meanings, so use cards upright. First sort the deck into 3 piles, Greater Powers, Court Cards and Lesser Powers:
Shuffle Lesser Powers: What experience will I learn from tomorrow/ today?
Shuffle Court Cards: Who will be my guide tomorrow/ today?
Shuffle Greater Powers: Who will be my teacher tomorrow/ today?
Pick one card from each pack to be your Tarot Companions, to find hidden life patterns and understand them better.
*** Seem to have not written anything more from this lesson! Maybe I didn’t really do it, or had done it on a previous occasion when I began, and so didn’t do it again. My comments in a previous post about using the cards probably begin here.
Pathwalker
Meditation - we will be required to enter the card we are studying through the black doorway on the card. Once we step within, the scene is not static but rather filled with other scenes, animals, characters etc which the doorway is hiding. We need to be alert and receptive, our clear perception and remembrance of subtle reality is important. Use the first images which come on entering a card. If interacting with a character, it may be silent verbal or symbolic. Accept the first gift you are given even if it seems extremely odd and unlikely/ silly and ask the giver for its significance and qualities. Be flexible and adaptable, go with what seems right rather than following the instructions to the letter.
Breathing - From the diaphragm, very deeply, so your stomach rises. Spend 2-3 mins before each meditation breathing in and out at least five times. Visualise your system being oxygenated on the in breath and worries and problems leaving you on the out breath.
Earthing and grounding - Make sure that you ground yourself after the meditation e.g. by reciting some ritual words (we get to do this in a later lesson), eating and drinking, making sure we perform mundane tasks with full attention and commitment.
Diary record - we need one. Ideas for entries:
date
time
moon phase
weather
meditation subject
report
card chosen today, and how it resonates with the day's events
reading
important events today
***I won’t say I’ve got to grips with all this yet. My work is sporadic, and sometimes brief, but I still to think to try is better than to wait for the perfect time
Tasks:
1. Look through the book. What preparations do you need to make? What changes to your routine? Take out the cards and shuffle, asking 'What is the most important factor in the course for me? Take 3 cards at random and note them in your diary along with expectations/ doubts/ questions on the course
*** “I will need to push and press myself forward, not to fall away with time. I will need to make sure I find the time and space for each week’s journey.
The most important factor:-
STONE SEVEN – broken wall. You are not alone on this ancient path, but you are called to travel and repair – N.B. Do not lose heart, accept assistance.
GRAIL FIVE – grail ship. Making an otherworldly voyage which is truly life-changing. Accept mistakes, do your very best to travel well in the future.
STONE TWO – river in winter. Seeing at last the right route, and now being unafraid to walk it, whatever the surrounding situation.
2. Practise breathing and note how you feel
3. Choose one image to meditate on, or one of the speeches that preface each card description. Meditate for 10 mins. Record findings
4. Begin your diary record. Do Daily Companions Reading (either for today or tomorrow). NB: The deck does not use reversed meanings, so use cards upright. First sort the deck into 3 piles, Greater Powers, Court Cards and Lesser Powers:
Shuffle Lesser Powers: What experience will I learn from tomorrow/ today?
Shuffle Court Cards: Who will be my guide tomorrow/ today?
Shuffle Greater Powers: Who will be my teacher tomorrow/ today?
Pick one card from each pack to be your Tarot Companions, to find hidden life patterns and understand them better.
*** Seem to have not written anything more from this lesson! Maybe I didn’t really do it, or had done it on a previous occasion when I began, and so didn’t do it again. My comments in a previous post about using the cards probably begin here.
Pathwalker