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Advanced Practicum
Astral Travel Checklist

As stated before, both astral travel and shapeshifting can go hand in hand. An astral traveler can do so in whatever guise they wish. It is all relative to Intent and Will. It is believed for most humans, and many different species of animal, this ‘astral travel’ occurs naturally and with minimal effort on the animal’s part. We have all seen it. Humans talking in their sleep. Dogs whimpering or barking in theirs’. Again, this is not to be confused with Lucid Dreaming.

Remember, lucid dreaming is the ability to become consciously aware of a dream while in it. Astral travel is the conscious control of that vivid “dream” or visitation. Hence, you are consciously aware of your surroundings and you are in control. If you can visualize it, or allow the visualization in, it can Be. Another key for helping separate Lucid Dreaming from Astral Travel, is in astral travel, one tends to be exposed to conversations that have never been heard or are seeing things they have never physically seen. You will see others you may or may not know and have conversations, exchange ideas or information and recall it upon your return. (It is advised to write this information down.) Also, you can add the world of quantum physics to this magick as well. Practitioners have watched entire cities grow in their travels in ‘other places’. (Ask Reverend Richoz about the place she watched grow and evolve, being built over time.)

It is known amongst Practitioners too that those who travel the astral unconsciously are most often seen, or observed by others, as they do not show awareness of their goings on. They do not make sense in your conversation for example, or travel around haphazardly. Those who travel with Intent and consciously are most often shielded and cannot be seen unless they wish to be seen. Again, it is the Intent of the Practitioner.

Questions to askyourself: What purpose, Medicine, or Magick am I seeking? Why in the astral? (Can the answer not be found in the Mundane?)

Those who are unintentionally seen during astral travel are often seen as a spirit, smoke or a ‘dark shadow’ around another, an often frightening Experience for one or both parties, especially if you have not become adept practicing over the years. Astral Travel also has a great propensity for being abused, so keep this in mind. This is one of the many reasons Three Circles Medicine encourages constant personal Protection and property Warding. Most Practitioners are pretty adept once they reach Yona Circle, or their Third Degree level, due to continuous daily practice of various techniques shared in the Beginning and Intermediate Energy Works. Have you been practicing? Techniques as taught for Protection and Warding are typically strong and well established in personal practices for those Practitioners.

TRAUMA
For those who have suffered trauma/Trauma in life, the conscious mind often disconnects this part of the brain that helps in Astral Travel. For those who have survived, their Consciousness often has them hover over or stand beside their physical body when travelling or lucid dreaming. This is a protective action. The Higher Self is keeping the Practitioner from the physical pain of that trauma/Trauma associated with what is seen. Deep Shadow Work in adition to what we have all already been working on to this point. This is recommended if Astral Travel continually presents this way and it is recommended that you have your magickal group or a paid professional help find healing for your astral Self. This is a great tool to have in your gig bag for the Arcane Arts, but if you have walked to Yona Circle from Wahya Circle unhealed, or unstable, this integral practice of Yona Circle will elude you quite often.

INTENT
Intentional Astral Travel requires effort, Will and Focus. For those Practitioners who have years of continuous practice in their daily lives of meditation and self care, this is much easier than a Practitioner who has only been at this for a few years or less. If you have been true to Self, Travel will be easy.

If the physical place being sought is reactive to thought and emotion on our plane, it will be even more so on the astral plane. Take for example you had a fight with your family member or significant other and you want to talk about it. You can do this on the astral plane.

How?

You simply go to that place where the two of you are both familiar. An adept traveler may stand at the edge of this thought calling to the individual. When, and if, they appear the two of you may proceed into the mutual space. Entering into the space prematurely can be construed as entrapment, and may thwart the whole encounter. Go to the beach, but stay in the car. Make sense? Go to the mountains, but wait at the park’s edge. Let them go into the Memory, or Thought, FIRST.

Upon return, do not speak of this meeting to the other person unless THEY bring it up. You can confirm the instance or simply hear them out and report a ‘positive result’. It takes some time to maser Conflict Resolution in this way, but as a Leader, you can practice this work just as other many Practitioners do.

TRAVEL ACCESSORIES
Some Practitioners who have Astral Travel as part of their personal practices have Keys or Triggers for that magick. Practitioners have used music in headphones to travel, learning to hear the beat change to know when to return. Other Practitioners have a ‘dream rock’ they keep at their bedside, returning when they see it in their travels. Even others light a specific incense or candle before they go to bed or make a small pillow sachet to work in conjunction with the magick of Astral Travel. It all depends on Intent.

Remember, details may be crisp and clear or wildly off. This is solely due to the interpretation of the consciousness and what the focus needs to be on. Is there something you need to see that you normally would not so your Minds Eye is drawn to it? Look all around. Note what is seen and what is not.

BEGINNING
It is always a good idea to travel when relaxed and focused with Intent. Make sure you are well fed. Comfortable with the temperature. Turn OFF distractions. (Phone. TV. Radio. Etc) Focus on your breathing per your method, example: counts and holds as expressed previously. Relax the entire body, one section at a time. Beginning with one’s toes or ‘toe region’ is preferred. Even if your physical body does not have toes, THE SPIRITUAL BODY can still have them. Move your focus over your entire body with every piece checking in with your Minds Eye before Travelling. Whether you use breathing techniques or envision a rope dangling from the stars, try to always start with a Mind and Body check in.

You are advised to give a lot of thought to acting in an positive Medicinal or Magickal manner. Travel without ill Intent or motivation. Energy that is utilized that has a fleeting or emptying vessel, such as hatred, is not always a good foundation for Astral Travel, much less in Magick and Medicine.  In matters such as Conflict REsolution, there is not place to heal with negative and unforgiving emotions.

Advanced Craft
Astral Travel

Below you will find an example of a guided meditation for Astral Travel. This Practitioner utilizes “Protection” before Travel via the “safe space”. You too can Work this way if you do not have a particular method, especially when doing deep Shadow Work. They “cleanse” through the visualization of rain or water. Can you hear it? Utilizing the five sense. What do you use for your technique? Take a moment and skip through this guided meditation to see if there are any similarities in what you do versus what someone else does for a “Healing’ astral projection of Self.  

Wednesday YA4

General - Journal - Book of Shadows

SUBMISSION: YA4 WED ASTRAL TRAVEL (Due by next Wednesday)
Using the Guided Meditation from above for reference, answer the following questions:

1.     If you have been working the Energy Lessons, how is it different from your personal practices of projection or the types of projections you do during meditation or astral magick?

2.     What types of magick have you used astral projection for, or what kind do you see it being used for that could be most beneficial for you?

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The first Yona Circle meeting regarding these energies will follow May’s Moot.

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