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Authors: Alice Karlsdóttir
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canât move
in the trance world; I canât maneuver my body, act, or communicate. On the other
hand, if the trance is too shallow, I find I am not free enough to interact with
the beings of the trance world; Iâm unable to perceive it fully. With practice
you will learn just how deep a trance you function in best; this will even vary
from time to time, depending on how tired you are and how good your
concentration is. Thatâs why I find it useful to have a whole list of induction
methods. On a bad night I go through one after the other until I achieve the
level of trance I desire; on other nights I only use one or two steps, then set
out on my journey.
Sometimes your trance starts out very well, then you get âfuzzyâ and bogged
down in the middle of it; at other times you feel in the beginning that you
arenât achieving a very good trance at all, but it winds up being highly
successful. I would advise always starting your journey, even if you feel your
trance to be poor in the initial stages, just to see what happens. Even if you
canât make much headway, at least youâll have some data to add to your lists of
what works and what doesnât. An exception to this would be if you felt a
definite sense of unease or fear; in that case, return immediately and try it
another night.
When contacting your god or goddess, you will sometimes get only vague,
scattered images and symbols and a few cryptic phrases. At other times you will
experience an entire conversation, sometimes even a full-blown adventure, and
the deity will give you all sorts of advice and suggestions. You will find that
some deities are easier to contact than others. Sometimes this depends on the
god or goddessâsome beings are just friendlier and easier to understand than
others. Other times it depends on you, on your own nature and personality. Just
as you get along with some people better than others, so you will have more in
common with some gods and goddesses than with others, and those deities most
similar to your personality and interests tend to be easier to reach. Sometimes
it takes several separate journeys to the same deity before you feel youâve made
real contact. I would suggest you make at least two or three attempts, because
your failure might be due to the weather or your being tired rather than on your
relationship with that being.
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
Although tranceworking can be such an enjoyable and enriching
experience that you want to return again and again, I would advise against doing
trances too often. For one thing, doing a tranceworking more than, say, twice a
month seems to inhibit the effectiveness of the workings, and you wind up
feeling as if itâs a chore rather than a pleasure. Tranceworking requires a lot
of preparation to do it right and itâs a little tiring physically if you do it
too often. It is also best to mull over what happened on the first trances for a
while before filling your head with new images. You donât want to start spending
all your time in âfairylandâ lest you become lost to your own world, as did some
of the mortals in folk legends. If you do a tranceworking to a particular god or
goddess and are not satisfied with your results, you might try a second one a
week or two later. If you still donât have much success, let it wait a while and
return to that deity after some time has passed.
Again, always complete the journey once youâve started out, even if the
return is faster and less detailed than the going in, and always end by feeling
yourself in your real physical body again. Be sure to record your experiences as
soon after the trance as possible. Attend to your physical needs after the
trance, keep warm and eat something, and let yourself reexperience this world.
Above all, tranceworking should be an enjoyable experience, not a chore or a
fearsome proposition. Just as some rituals
in the trance world; I canât maneuver my body, act, or communicate. On the other
hand, if the trance is too shallow, I find I am not free enough to interact with
the beings of the trance world; Iâm unable to perceive it fully. With practice
you will learn just how deep a trance you function in best; this will even vary
from time to time, depending on how tired you are and how good your
concentration is. Thatâs why I find it useful to have a whole list of induction
methods. On a bad night I go through one after the other until I achieve the
level of trance I desire; on other nights I only use one or two steps, then set
out on my journey.
Sometimes your trance starts out very well, then you get âfuzzyâ and bogged
down in the middle of it; at other times you feel in the beginning that you
arenât achieving a very good trance at all, but it winds up being highly
successful. I would advise always starting your journey, even if you feel your
trance to be poor in the initial stages, just to see what happens. Even if you
canât make much headway, at least youâll have some data to add to your lists of
what works and what doesnât. An exception to this would be if you felt a
definite sense of unease or fear; in that case, return immediately and try it
another night.
When contacting your god or goddess, you will sometimes get only vague,
scattered images and symbols and a few cryptic phrases. At other times you will
experience an entire conversation, sometimes even a full-blown adventure, and
the deity will give you all sorts of advice and suggestions. You will find that
some deities are easier to contact than others. Sometimes this depends on the
god or goddessâsome beings are just friendlier and easier to understand than
others. Other times it depends on you, on your own nature and personality. Just
as you get along with some people better than others, so you will have more in
common with some gods and goddesses than with others, and those deities most
similar to your personality and interests tend to be easier to reach. Sometimes
it takes several separate journeys to the same deity before you feel youâve made
real contact. I would suggest you make at least two or three attempts, because
your failure might be due to the weather or your being tired rather than on your
relationship with that being.
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
Although tranceworking can be such an enjoyable and enriching
experience that you want to return again and again, I would advise against doing
trances too often. For one thing, doing a tranceworking more than, say, twice a
month seems to inhibit the effectiveness of the workings, and you wind up
feeling as if itâs a chore rather than a pleasure. Tranceworking requires a lot
of preparation to do it right and itâs a little tiring physically if you do it
too often. It is also best to mull over what happened on the first trances for a
while before filling your head with new images. You donât want to start spending
all your time in âfairylandâ lest you become lost to your own world, as did some
of the mortals in folk legends. If you do a tranceworking to a particular god or
goddess and are not satisfied with your results, you might try a second one a
week or two later. If you still donât have much success, let it wait a while and
return to that deity after some time has passed.
Again, always complete the journey once youâve started out, even if the
return is faster and less detailed than the going in, and always end by feeling
yourself in your real physical body again. Be sure to record your experiences as
soon after the trance as possible. Attend to your physical needs after the
trance, keep warm and eat something, and let yourself reexperience this world.
Above all, tranceworking should be an enjoyable experience, not a chore or a
fearsome proposition. Just as some rituals
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