In the last section, we talked about protection through Manifestation. We learned that belief, faith, and confidence can come together in a way that effects reality. This is a common belief amongst many Eastern religions and it also acts as a backbone principal of most magickal practices. Coincidentally, it can also explain nearly every other belief system. Faith healing, power of prayer, miracles, they can all be explained as the power of will. But what about sightings? First hand encounters? These aren\’t just created events because someone believed it would be so, right? The answer is a solid \”yes\” and also \”no\”. Glad I could help.
We all have the supernatural ability to shape the world around us with our thoughts, and fueled by emotions. We do it everyday and don\’t even know it. You\’ve heard people give the advice \”stay positive\”. That\’s not just so you can look the other way and pretend your problems aren\’t there. By focusing on what is going right you feed it. You live in the good moments and, in return, you exude that positivity. Have you ever been depressed? When everything feels cold and hopeless. It feels like the walls are falling in over top of you. It feels like your trapped and drowning, with no way out. It seems to stay that way. Hopeless. Stuck. Until something happens, usually small and subtle. Something happens that changes your mood. You have a moment of positivity. A moment of joy when just the smallest beam of sunlight pierces through the dark clouds. And that\’s the start. You cling to it, you feed it, and it replicates. Once the ball starts rolling, you can usually get out of the funk pretty quickly, but until you have that first glimmer of hope, you feel stuck forever in your depression.
I use the example of depression because it is one of the most purely single-faceted and convincingly true emotions we feel. It is also one of the most potent and powerful emotions. When you put that all together, you have a clear version of something in your mind that, at least for you, is unquestionably true. It is something that unfortunately you have unwaivering faith in. When the depression hits, you know it. There\’s no doubt, no question. How ever you feel, in that moment is truth to you. That\’s as textbook \”willing something into being\” as you can get. But what about energy? In the last section, we talked about feeding magickal energy into your manifestation to make it come into being. Obviously, in the throws of depression, you\’re not calling your core and raising Energy to feed the beast. So where is it coming from?
We are psychic creatures. What I mean by that is that our brains run at lightning speeds 24 / 7. We are always thinking, always processing data. We also are physical beings. We have instincts, senses, and emotions. Senses for us are input. They take in information about the world around us. Instincts are basic, low level programming. They take the input from are senses and tell our bodies how to react. Emotions are those reactions. Emotions are the processed output from are body. They are the most pure, primal energy we can possess. Magickal energy raised from the Astral is strong, but emotions are the most powerful source of energy we have. With that in mind, think about the bouts of depression you may have suffered through. Your mind was casting a clear manifestation of pain, suffering, loneliness, loss. Your body was pouring gallons of raw emotional energy into it. You were unintentionally casting a hex of depression on yourself.
I want to be clear. I am not discounting clinical depression. I am not saying \”stay positive and everything will be fine\”. What I am saying is that when dealing with depression in the moment, try to be mindful of the effect your thoughts are having on you. Be watchful that you may be digging a hole deeper. If it isn\’t something that you can work to correct, reach out to a loved one. Have someone however you with positivity, it may be enough to change your momentum.
Thinking about this, what other ways can you think of to use your thoughts and emotions to affect yourself, or the world around you? Practice it. Think of something good that you can do for someone just through focused thoughts and positive emotions. What Magick can you see into the world just through the power of your mind?