Just a few ideas to note, taken from 'Principles of Wicca. The only introduction you'll ever need.' book by Vivianne Crowley.
Magick, High & Low.
In Wicca there's place both for natural magic / low magic / and for high magick.
High magick is mostly for spiritual development. / I think that spiritual development is morality, knowledge/truth & supernatural powers /.
Low magic is practical, it often means changing material plane according to witch's wishes & will / supernatural powers /.
Clairvoyance & Magic.
Clairvoyance - also known as Second Sight or Sixth Sense - is accepting 'signals' coming from outside, often in form of visions.
Such signals often manifest themselves during one's sleep.
Clairvoyance is used to foretell the future, and there are many means to achieve this.
Magic is sending energies from inside to outside world, to change the material plane, to change the world.
Components used in Magic.
Tools as wand or candle's flame can be useful, but the most important are inner processes that occur in spellcaster:
- Visualization,
- Concentration,
- Altered States of Consciousness / Trance,
- Ethreal Energy.
Trance, Brain State & Waves.
Usually brain functions in state called: 'Beta', a swift pattern of Activity. It's very useful state - when we pass the street, to the other side of the street, we do not want to be bombarded with 'important spiritual visions', for example.
'Theta' waves are much slower state, commonly achieved during the REM phase of sleep or during meditation. During the Theta State one often receives 'signals' from 'beyond'. I think it's both spiritual and more or less random messages, of one's present, future and past. During 'Theta' state mind's limits are penetrated and sometimes 'leak' occurs from one person to another. One should be cautious when opening oneself to the 'Theta' state, as sudden opening to dangerous mind contacts might result in serious mental illness.
Between the 'Theta' and 'Beta' there's also 'Alpha' state. It's achieved usually when we relax with eyes closed. Alpha state is the gateway to deeper states of consciousness that are neccessary during the magical processes.
Ethereal Body & Chakras.
Witches always believed that body has energies, that can be directed, used or sent elsewhere to achieve certain result.
One of such energies is emited by ethereal body that surrounds and penetrate physical body. Ethereal body is equipped with special centers, called in sanskrit: 'Chakras', which means: 'Wheels'.
Through chakras, energy can be received and sent.
