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The most important preparation in any occult act you wish to perform is to clear your mind. Without a clear mind you risk your entire act itself and in turn bring out a desire unlike your original once, which could lead to more trouble for you in the end.

Each occult act should be in a mindset of total oneness, where your mind is like a unwavering candle and no thoughts can distract you and cause your will to falter. A great practice technique for building up your concentration is called Focal Meditation.

Focal Meditation is when you sit in one spot in a peaceful place where you will be undisturbed for a while and you focus on a single object for half an hour at a time or so. The best thing for many starting out is focal meditating on a candle flame. Look not only at the candle flame but try to feel it and look into the flame and into yourself. Try to find relaxation in the feeling of that oneness and hold onto that feeling. Don’t allow your mind to become distracted by any other lingering thoughts. Only feel and be aware of those sensations, but do not allow them to distract either, only enjoy them for what they are. Whenever you become distracted take in a large, relaxing, breath and try again. With a little practice you will get better and by mastering this your will is guaranteed to become unwavering and accurate: therefore amplifying all of your occult acts.

The occult is like a pyramid, a structure of great mystifying qualities and is a symbol of truth and innovation, but only with a strong foundation will it stand the test of time. Each block of the pyramid represent a topic of knowledge of the occult mind and the tip of the pyramid is much like the sharp point of a scholars will.

Be open to all things and absorb what you can from them, then make the best of it and use what you believe applies to you. Only with an open mind, body and soul will we be able to make and truly remarkable things happen.

Stay open,

Imhotep

MysticalMatters is now integrated into Facebook as a Facebook app so you can get all the latest MM news with the convenience of social networking. Also, with the app you will be able to talk to others about your mystical experiences and opinions through the wall and discussion board.

Lots of potential!

Yours,

Imhotep

Like all things in life MysticalMatters.com is in an ongoing state of growth. As man grows through the kaballah MysticalMatters.com is growing into the go-to site for occult articles, tools and teachings. As of recently the site has taken on a new author and being the new author I am going post articles covering topics such as:

-A guide on developing psychic prowess

-Which tools are most effective in getting you started

-Analysis on important and fundamental occult treatises

-Analytical mystical poetry and power phrases

-Varieties of spirits and what not to do in regards to them

-The science behind occult phenomena

-and much more to come

MysticalMatters is starting a new phase of transcension; how will you start yours?

Leave a comment on any post regarding the material discussed and I will try to give you back personal advice and instructions on any questions you may have.

Yours,

Imhotep

I am speaking in no part on anyone else’s views on handfasting. This is entirely my blog and my views on the beauty of handfasting.

Love (n.) strong affection for another

If love is a strong affection for another and we are humans, is it not human to think this affection could fade? Is it not human to think that the affection might not always be there?

This might sound very bitter, very “I’ve had my heart broken one to many times.”

But it’s not coming from any place in that neighborhood. It’s honestly not even coming from the same city, state, country.

This theory is coming from a complete place of practicality.

Have you ever left the house loving the shoes you chose to match your outfit, and then as soon as you see that girl standing in the elevator in the 4 inch spiked hooker red heels, you instantly regret not opting for your painfully sexy black peep toed pumps?

Love can sometimes be like that…

You often opt for something comfortable, safe, fun and adorable…but non the less safe.

Over time that comfortable safe adorable feeling fades and then your just left with something that anyone would wear. You never really go for the exciting daring heels because you know at the end of the night your feet are going to be barking and won’t agree with even getting out of bed the next day.

All though the comfortable flats don’t flatter your legs as much and can even sometimes make your legs seem stumpy you still choose them time and again.

You leave the sexy heels in the back of the closet with a small desire to feel sexy.

With handfasting I have discovered that I am not afraid to choose the heels from time to time.

Because I know that although at the end of the night my feet may hurt my toes might be cramped I could have blisters on my heels and a pain shooting up my legs from pure utter exhaustion, I also know that it’s only for so long and the excitement of taking out those sexy sling backs to get some looks is more than worth the pain at the end of the night.

With handfasting you are not afraid to dust of the leather and give it a daring try. Because the beauty of it is, it’s only a temporary thing. If you get hurt you simply choose to not renew your vows… it’s really just that easy… It’s commitment without real commitment. You get to try different styles, sizes colors of all different shoes… and if you keep going back to the same comfortable pair that’s cool too the point is the decision is yours every year to renew or not renew…

So the strong affection can either fade over time and nothing can be done about it, or it can fade and you can move on to the next new and exciting thing life has to offer.

I asked some people what they wanted me to write about and the over whelming response I got was… Your hopes and dreams.

Ok so on high demand here is my, Egeria La’Brune’s Hopes and Dreams…related to my journey.

I started this journey many years ago in hopes of finding peace for myself and coming to terms with the lives that were surrounding me. Unaware that by choosing the path I was actually not only going to have to find peace for myself, but for all that surrounded me.

When I first started dabbling in the craft I was affected by a ton of outside negative influences. There were people in my life, without me even knowing, that were bringing me down. It wasn’t that they were directly trying to hurt me or even directly trying to hurt themselves but by staying stagnant and choosing not to grow as a person they were hindering my growth as a wiccan, my growth as a human being.

The craft forced me to look at things with different eyes. Forced me to see the beauty in nature, the energy in nature. To look at myself as a force of nature. Wicca taught me that my actions not only have a an action but forces reactions from all that surround me. I discovered that I too am energy, good and bad.

As I began to understand the importance of even the tiny choices I was making in my daily life I understood also, that  the people I was allowing to be a part of my life were influencing and hindering my growth. Their negative energies and actions were canceling out all the positive energy I was trying to put out.

I once read this quote and it put things in perspective, “most people lives are a direct reflection of the expectations of their peer group” – Anthony Robbins.

My friends and even some family members and work colleagues  that I was allowing to be a major part of my life were only keeping me down. And once I knew it, I had to change it.

I began distancing myself from them every time they did something negative. I stopped answering their calls, meeting them for lunch, I even stopped sharing coffee with them in the break room. Over time our interactions became less and less.

It all sounds so sad. It all sounds like I gave up my friends, my work buddies and some of my family. Don’t get me wrong family is family. You have to love them but you don’t have to like them all the time, and you certainly don’t have to spend an hour on the phone with them once a week only to listen to them complain about every tiny detail of their life. It sounds like that by choosing the craft I was choosing a lifetime of solitude.

But that’s now how it is. The craft opened my eyes to the energy around me. It changed how I felt about my connections with people. I choose to not allow negative people into my life. And as a result I now have wonderful friends who only show kindness and support, my work buddies have changed and I now have coffee with very upbeat positive people who share a future in the company and my relatives well they are still related, not much I can do about that.

I can say now that my hopes of finding peace for myself and my surroundings when I started this journey were fulfilled. By choosing the path I am now at peace with myself and my environment and anyone I allow to be a part of my circle of influences.