The Basics: Expanded

Ok say I have been practicing for many years and due to changes in my life I have had to thicken the veil between this realm and the next. (Like being in the Army) I had to shut down. Now before I was able to see and do wonderous things and when I was out and ready I've had a spiritual block. What are the steps to reopening the door ways?

Thank you

I'm a little surprised that Grounding, Centering and Shielding are not included among the basics as those are the first thigns I teach anyone taht wants to be my student.

Grounding and centering should have been included in a discussion of energy. That being said, I don't delve too much into exploring "energy" and the various methodology here because once one is actually doing such things and not simply imagining it one should likely have read more than vague concepts of the basics.

I didn't delve too much into shielding because it quite easily becomes quite the debatable subject, and there are many different approaches to it depending on the tradition.

The intent of this is to basically try to cover of the points where I feel many folks seem to be lost when first beginning their studies. The rest comes with practice and education. This is by no means a beginners course.

Very helpfully done awake. We learn something everyday right?

I don't know what to do in Magick

Thank you so much. It really helped me realize what the basics were and what I needed to do.

Amazing, well-written post. This explains magic in exceptional-detailed paragraphs. Great job, Awake. :)

Thank you awake. This helped me have a better understanding of what I need to start off with. I am very inexperienced. So I feel meditation would be the best bet to start off with.

This is true. But this does not mean you cannot speed up or slow down the wind, it means you cannot create gusts of it out of nowhere. You need fire to control. You need earth to control (no, you aren't able to create earthquakes out of nowhere).