Physics and Metaphysics are intertwined – as are all things in our reality. The more I study metaphysics – the more I am drawn in the nature of energy, motion, time, space, etc. They are fascinating!
For all of us whether we are scientists, healers or ordinary human beings, life is essentially an energy experience. None of us are focused in purely material reality. Although we must all eat food, drink water and breathe air to survive we actually spend most of our time in the non-physical worlds of feelings and thoughts, with occasional glimpses of a deeper world within and beyond. We are continually moved, swayed and transformed by energies which though physically immaterial, mold our actions and determine our behavior and experience.
All forms of consciousness appear to have a center from which energy radiates, creating an energy field which surrounds them. This energy field is characterized by the quality of energy of the witch and it is within this energy field that a physical form manifests itself and appears for us all to see.
As human beings we are soul sparks of creational energy expressing ourselves in a form of consciousness which is variously described in religious literature as the Soul, Psyche, or Being.
We as witches use this soul spark energy to manifest and create our dreams, wishes, hopes and desires. Our very nature, energy, fuels and sends forth all that we do desire. How does this happen? There are several ways we may accomplish this as witches, singing, chanting, holding hands and passing energy thus creating a vortex and cone of power to emanate and join with the ever present energy all around us on a basic mundane level. Part of our responsibility as witches is to acknowledge and try to understand this ever present energy and then to use it respectfully and responsibly to aid in the needs and wishes of friends, family and loved ones, for the improvement of all.
Energy Bodies
The five-layer Energy Body system is a way of describing the human energy field. The physical body is counted as an energy body since all matter is ultimately made up of energy. Also of importance is the fact that the higher subtle energy bodies overlap and interpenetrate the complete physical body. In much the same way as many different TV signals exist around us in the same space simultaneously and can be individually identified by a specific frequency, the overlapping subtle energy bodies (which are also defined by different frequencies) also penetrate into the same space as our physical body. So when a witch using energy, places his or her hand on someone, the energies are sent not only to the physical body, but also to each higher energetic body. Thus, with the proper frequencies channeled through a witch, energy transfer or movement will occur on not only the physical level, but also on the Etheric, emotional, mental and spiritual levels of the witch and all touching within the circle.
The Physical Energy Body
At first, it may seem unusual to consider that the physical body is an energy body, but that is exactly what it appears to be. And as we explore and become more accustomed to this new paradigm, we are able not only to see the physical body in a greater, more meaningful context, but also we begin to understand the role of disease and the nature of healing. The physical body is the densest form of energy that our consciousness uses to explore its environment and interact with others. By the densest form, it is meant that the vibrational patterns of the physical body are of a frequency low enough to be seen by our eyes (they are within the spectrum of visible light), heard by our ears (about 30 to 15,000 Hertz), and experienced with the senses of touch, taste and smell which are within the “frequency capability” of our physical body.
But there are many octaves, frequencies, and vibrations beyond the capability of our physical senses. Beyond what we can see as visible light are the higher frequencies of ultraviolet, x-ray, and cosmic radiation. We are beginning to understand that what we can physically sense is only a small portion of the vibrational energies around us. And if we look within our physical bodies at our atoms, molecules and cells, again we find patterns of vibrating energy that we have traditionally called “matter”.
We need to become aware that our physical body is really a field of vibrating energy that has coalesced from higher less dense octaves. But we also need to remember that as vibrating fields interact with each other, one field can affect another field through the phenomenon of sympathetic vibration. If a violin player produces a note an octave above Middle C, and a second violin lying nearby on a table has a string which is tuned to Middle C, the second violin string tuned to Middle C will sympathetically begin to vibrate as well. So as we also begin to understand that there are several vibrational fields of energy around our physical body, it becomes easier to understand how one field affects another through this principle. And this is the key to understanding how energy-based healing techniques can achieve such visible and profound results in the physical body.
The Etheric Energy Body
The etheric body is the first energy body in frequency above the physical body. It exists within the physical body, and extends outward about an inch outside the skin of the physical body. Its purpose is to form an energy template or matrix for the development, maintenance and repair of the physical body. The etheric body contains a vibrational energy counterpart for each organ, blood vessel and bone found in the physical body. Indeed, the etheric body contains the energetic blueprint for the pathways that guide the location and development of every cell of the physical body. Our physical bodies exist only because of the vital (etheric) field behind them. This etheric field exists prior to, not a result of, the physical body.
Since the etheric body is the physical body’s blueprint, the two are very closely related. The energetic vibrations of the etheric body determine the pattern for not only the physical tissues and organs, but also the state of health of those tissues and organs. If the vibrations are not clear and pure, this disharmony will be reflected in the physical body as disharmonious function — what we call “disease”.
Conversely, traumas to the physical body (e.g., broken bones, burns, incisions and scars) will in time be reflected into the etheric body unless there is some interceding process that either prevents this reflection into the etheric body or which restores the original vibrational pattern which existed prior to the trauma. The ability to work with a client’s vibrating energy fields is precisely what forms the basis for rapid and effective energy-based physical healings.
An illness can appear in the energy field weeks and even months before it appears in the physical body. In his book, Vibrational Medicine, Dr. Richard Gerber, a Detroit physician, notes that “The etheric body is a holographic energy template that guides the growth and development of the physical body.”
The following description of the etheric and higher subtle energy bodies surrounding the physical body are taken from Barbara Brennan’s book, Hands of Light. To her, the etheric body appears as a grid of tiny energy lines which has the overall structure and shape of the physical body. This matrix extends from 1/4″ to 2 inches beyond the physical body. It is upon this etheric grid or matrix that the cells and tissues of the body develop and are anchored. The etheric body appears as a light blue or gray matrix of lines of light that constantly pulsate or scintillate at a rate of from 15-20 cycles per minute.
The Emotional Energy Body
The emotional body contains the emotional patterns, feelings, and vibrations that determine our personality, and also how we feel about ourselves and interact with others. If we are constantly angry, always feel helpless, or are consistently fearful, these patterns or vibrations get locked in our emotional energy field and become a part of our personality. This determines to a very large degree how we interact with others on personal, social, and cultural levels.
The emotional body generally follows the shape of the physical and etheric bodies, but is somewhat more amorphous and fluid, and extends from one to three inches outside the physical body. It contains energy “blobs” of all colors of the rainbow, depending on the specific feeling or emotion. Highly charged feelings such as love, hate, joy, and anger are associated with energy blobs that are bright and clear, while confused feelings are darker and muddier.
The Mental Energy Body
The mental body contains the structure and patterns of all the thoughts and belief systems that we consider as true. And there is a very strong connection between the mental and emotional bodies. Although a thought or idea can in itself be very powerful, our reactions to those thoughts carry even more energy, and different people will react differently to the same thought.
For example, consider the thought form “If you are not a Catholic (or Protestant, or Muslim, or Jew, or whatever), you can not go to Heaven.” One person might hear that thought or idea, think it was silly, and give it absolutely no energy. But another person might become very passionate, depending on his or her belief systems, and argue strongly either for or against that statement. His emotional body would then record the reaction to the thought stored in the mental body. However, the person who thought the statement was silly in the first place would not have any resonance with it, and no energetic pattern would be stored in either the mental or emotional bodies.
The mental body usually appears as yellow light radiating around the entire body from head to toe, and extends from three to eight inches beyond the physical body. Within this area, individual thought forms appear as small blobs of light of varying form and intensity.
The Spiritual Energy Body
The spiritual body (i.e., all vibrational patterns in octaves higher than the mental body) contains all the information related to our experiences, and reflects our gestalt consciousness of all that has been learned and experienced. It contains our higher intentions, our sense of what is right and wrong, and our desires to increase our awareness of our purpose, place and mission for this lifetime.
These five energy bodies make up one’s Human Energy Field, or aura. Its outer shape appears roughly egg-shaped and extends out to perhaps 1½ to two feet beyond the physical body; however, this shape can be extended even further out or contracted closer to the physical body depending on the situation the person is experiencing. For example, when a person is feeling emotions of unconditional love, the aura may expand to several feet and radiate bright hues of gold or white. But if the same person is feeling threatened physically or emotionally, the entire aura may collapse to a much denser pattern within only a few inches of the body.
Opening Yourself To Energy While Holding Hands
When holding hands, some people might feel their fingers tingle, pulsate or grow warmer or colder. Some will feel strong emotions or suppressed memories might come to the surface. Some feel incredibly happy, relaxed or elated. Everyone is unique and everyone will feel the energy differently. The more you practice moving energy while holding hands, the more you will recognize how to interpret the energy as it flows through you.
For those of us hearing about the energy transfer and wondering what that energy is, there’s a simple exercise that can give a feeling. Many witches use their hands as energy channels to pass it to their fellow grove members and thus help their mind and body to “charge up” and fuel a working. This is a very simplistic description.
While holding your palms facing each other, take a slow deep breath (abdominal breathing) and imagine energy beams entering your body and filling you, gathering inside your abdomen. Exhale slowly, and while doing this imagine the energy flowing from the abdomen through your chest, through your shoulders, arms and radiating from both palms into the space between them. Increase the energy flow with each breath.
This visualization can greatly increase the flow of energy between your palms and you’ll feel it stronger. Usually, my palms start to “repel” each other, pushing farther apart with each exhalation, like the magnets in my palms become stronger. Don’t give up if you don’t experience this from the first attempt. Just perform it another time, when you’re less tired and more relaxed.
In the past 30 years the Foundation of science, The Foundation of Life and H. Coetzee, Ph.D. along with Dr. Ingo Swann presented a thesis to the United Nations proving the validity of bio-electromagnetism and has given a scientific basis to spiritual energy transfer as a form of bio-energy manifestation or usage. It really can work! Each of us has the innate capacity, through the use of simple ancient breathing techniques, to generate a powerful healing resonance, or energy vibration, from the hands. When applied magically this resonance catalyzes the magickal process in workings and in circle. It also brings about high energy, then inevitably deep relaxation and a feeling of well being.
An Ancient Breathing Meditation
Energy from the hand has an ancient history on this planet. It is part of the ancient belief system associated with yoga. These traditions were handed down orally for thousands of years before being codified by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras, several centuries before Christ. It has been used for thousands of years by tribal people on every continent, and has been a part of every religious tradition. In main-stream western society, hand energy has been treated either as a myth or as a mysterious talent given only to a special few. However, there is a simple method which turns on hand energy in nearly everyone who tries it — the Chakra Balancing Meditation*.
The earliest known mention of the meditation is found in the Upanishads, including specifically the Brahma Upanishad and the Yogatattva Upanishad. These vedic models were adapted in Tibetan Buddhism and eventually found their way to the Western World.
The Chakra Balancing Meditation* is a breathing rhythm which influences the body’s electromagnetic field in measurable ways using Kirlian Photography and computerized spectrum-analysis of brain waves EEG, electroencephalography. While breathing in this rhythm, the energy flowing through the hands has greatly amplified its qualities. Passing the chakra energy, it is possible to stimulate, focus and exchange a powerful flow of magickal energy.
*Note: The meditation is in another lesson.
Determining Your Dominant (Power) Hand
What is a dominate hand? Do you have one? What good is it? These are valid questions you may have. The dominate hand is defined as: the hand you use to send out and direct energy. In witchcraft, we consider the concept of two hands, the receiving hand which will sense energy, sometimes referenced as the hand that can receive, and then we have our hand that projects energy, called the projecting, sending or dominate hand. Our hands are like the poles of a battery. For example: we use the dominate hand when we are creating a circle. We hold the athame or wand, in our dominate hand, sending energy through the athame as we cast the circle. Like wise our receiving hand is held straight behind us to absorb and receive Earth energy.
When we are holding hands, or working magic in a circle, the thought of projecting with the dominate hand becomes slightly anomalous. We actually are receiving energy with our dominate hand, using the force of the dominate hand and its energy to push the energy through us, absorbing what we need, adding to it and out through our other hand giving it to the next person to accomplish the task we have set. So, which hand is your dominate hand?
To determine your dominant or power hand, hold your hands at a comfortable distance away from you with the palms facing you. Look at your left hand and concentrate on the palm. Imagine energy flowing from the universe down into your crown chakra and flowing into your left hand. Feel the energy in your left palm. Now turn to your right palm and do the same thing. Whichever hand feels stronger, it might tingle, be hotter or colder than the other, this is your power hand. If you don’t feel anything when you first attempt this exercise keep trying and you will eventually start feeling the energy.
Some methods to feel energy in your hands
- Place your hands together and visualize energy entering your crown chakra.
- Feel the energy radiate through your whole being.
- Rub your hands together until your palms feel warm then relax your wrists and shake your hands.
- Put your hands together, then open them about six inches apart. Feel the energy emanating from your palms.
- As you feel the energy, explore it. Feel the different sensations as you move your hands up and down, side to side and around in circles. Can you feel the lines of energy connected to each palm?
- Separate your hands further and again move them up and down, side to side still feeling the energy between them.
- Now cup your hands together and create a circle of energy within them. Place this energy into your heart and imagine it expanding and filling your entire body.
Grounding and Centering
To be effective at energy work it is of great value to know how to ground and center yourself connecting with the spiritual heart of the earth or the All and calling yourself together, aligning your thoughts and personal entirety in a solid focused state. This is a frequent basic practice in virtually all forms of spiritual work, healing, meditation, manifestation, protection, or releasing and is of itself often profoundly healing. Everyone must learn to ground in the way they feel most comfortable with.
Using Hand Energy to Heal the Body
The body has the capacity to heal itself. On the first day of medical school, this fact is taught. Whether you give medicines, perform surgery, or use any kind of medical therapy, you only support the body to heal itself. The same is true with bio-energy therapy, acupuncture, homeopathy, herbs, or any other holistic modality.
The ability for self-healing is an inherent part of all life. The body is constantly renewing itself, getting rid of old and diseased tissues. We are not aware that this is always happening, because the body rids itself of disease so fast it appears we are remaining healthy. On the occasions when the ongoing self-healing process doesn’t work, then it becomes necessary to get help from the outside. Traditionally, throughout the past five thousand years, our species has used foods and herbs for healing. We have also used the healing powers of touch. If you practice what is taught here, your touch will be a transmission of bio-energy, a form of bio-energy therapy. The bio-energy which flows from your hands will melt pain, evaporate stress, and catalyze the healing process. You and many people will be simply amazed!
Our cultural collective conscious mind set has believed for almost two hundred years that such energy has been scientifically proven not to exist. This idea is practically institutionalized! Our collective unconsciousness (the deep knowing) believes and knows that hands-on healing / bio-energy therapy works. This cultural belief operates from the same brain centers as religious beliefs (and scientific “heretics” are sometimes subjected to the same treatment as religious heretics have been).
However, new evidence shows that the body is indeed highly electromagnetic, full of all kinds of energy patterns and configurations of great significance (even though they may be small in size). This evidence has not yet become sufficiently well known to break the cultural taboo against healing. But, you’re becoming aware of this revolution in the new bio-electromagnetic paradigm in biology, and your practicing chakra balancing, will hasten the breaking of this mind set.
Another reason some are afraid to pass energy is this: When you release energy through your hands, touching another person, it is a form of intimacy. We are often afraid of showing this kind of intimacy, either for fear of stimulating repressed sexual feelings or for fear of rejection (or from whatever form the fear conjures). Indeed, our failure to be intimate may feed the roots of many of our physical and emotional problems. So, my advice is: don’t be afraid to share what are beautiful moments of innocent closeness, of psychic intimacy. It will be healing for you, for the other, and for the Grove’s health.
Breaking taboos, by the way, isn’t easy. If the witch believes in the taboo too strongly, even successful energy transfer outcomes can be ignored or dismissed by the person who has just received it. A strong belief in the negative mind set can even block the transfer. This is why we send energy healing to the person’s Higher Self to bypass any resistance/taboos the conscious mind may have as to its effectiveness.
Energy Balls
The energy ball is a very common and basic core technique for becoming aware of and directing energy. Personal energy can be felt and universal energy can be used as a way of delivering other frequencies of energy. Begin by holding your hands a foot or so apart, bringing them slowly toward each other, until you feel a slight resistance between them. It will feel as though a mass of energy has built up between your hands. Feel all around this energy with your hands, feeling the shape of the packet of energy you have gathered. Fashion it into a ball shape. For some this ball will begin by being cup-sized, for others it will be a big beach ball. This may take some practice to feel. Some people do not sense energy this way at all. Sometimes people don’t feel their own energy ball, but they would feel other people’s because the frequency is slightly different.
A technique for rapid healing from injuries, called reframing, that often is effective is to go back in your mind to the moment of the accident and visualize as clearly and nearly as possible the exact event except change a detail /details so that the accident, injury, or trauma, does not happen. You are not in any way hurt, repeat the visualization over and over make it as real as possible, if it is practical to act out the event as closely as possible in the physical world – as almost slamming the door on your hand that can make this even more effective. If you are in pain and the pain is reduced then it’s ok to drop the visualization but keep reinforcing this vision. I have used this on cut fingers and on my chronic knee pain with good results for speeding healing. Theoretically this is more effective if done soon after an injury but I have used it on injuries and traumatic experiences from years back with good results.
Experiment:
Take an energy ball that you have made, and press the ball into your heart chakra. Press it into your third eye. Press it against your skin, and see what you feel.
Some energy balls are first visualized outside the body then filled with energy. They can be observed to “see” events or information or be used to send an affirmation or to fill with manifestation visualization, such as charging candles. They can be sent out to retrieve lost or needed energy, such as tapping into the Grove Crystal or they can be filled with your anger fears or with pain etc. Then charged with light /energy to dissolve and transform that “negative” energy.
