Welcome to Gaia! ::

Before I get a rollin' I should explain that I have a really obscure point of view. If something doesn't make sense, tell me, and I will explain to the best of my ability. I haven't read much Satanic literature, so I can't give you a knowledgeable answer for everything. I base most of this stuff off my own logic. I've gone ahead and cited my sources for you, though. (Hee hee! It’s cited Averiy style.)

I think meditation is a great way to relax, train you to ignore external distractions, get in touch with Demons, and/or help develop various mental abilities.

I meditate in a few different ways in hopes to improve certain aspects of my life at a time - if that makes any sense sweatdrop . I'm only a neophyte to the Faith; but I've made a lot of influential friends on the way who have helped me more then I can ever express gratitude for, and become my family, essentially.

I. The first method of meditation I've used was originally created by S. Connolly [1]; it's kind of a way to "converse with Demons" I suppose. It's been filtered through my head a lot since I have problems with note taking. The way I explained it to Benito before was like this, but I've added an expansion to the beginning...

1. Get comfy in your meditation spot, and recite the Demon's enn if you know it. You can find some Dukante enns on http://www.ofs-demonolatry.org/
a. A pivotal point to this meditation is to relax, and envision nothing but the darkness. I think it works best if you're sitting in a pitch black room, but moonlight doesn't seem to interrupt much.

2. When you're completely calm, imagine your aura combining with the Demon's aura. Try to only imagine your auras combining, with no other thoughts. When it's working you should start to feel something similar to a tingle spreading throughout your body.

3. When you feel completely in touch with the Demon, let your thoughts become Their thoughts, and vice versa. When you're in tune with each other, you'll be open to what the Demon wants to tell you. [/1]

*[2] The first time I meditated this way I imagined the Demon of Knowledge, Ronwe (my favorite Demon if you can't tell rofl )[/2]. I pictured his aura as a royal blue, because to me blue represents intelligence. I imagined my own aura as pink, because thats what I've heard most often from people. I use the word aura in the sense that your aura is your life essence or cosmic energy, in case anyone's looking at me funny. I focuses on the two colors combining perfectly into a deep purple before I started to let my thoughts flow freely. When I got to that high point, my boyfriend called and broke my connection. I felt like our energies didn't make it all the way back to our bodies. It kind of felt like I was fragmented a little bit, but I'm starting to think it was just my imagination getting the best of me.

II. This next method is an elemental balance. Since it's available at http://www.ofs-demonolatry.org/elementbalance.htm I won't go into too much detail on how to do it, but I've used it when I've been sick and I've felt a lot better. It's kind of hard to concentrate on, for me, so I don't use it often. It takes a lot of visualization, and [3] I can mention a recommendation for how to find elemental imbalances.

1. Get out a natal chart (Free source: www.alabe.com), and look at the listing for which planets appear on your list. Match each planet to their element.


Air - • Libra Aquarius Gemini
Water -• Scorpio Pisces Cancer
Fire - • Sagittarius Aries Leo
Earth - • Capricorn Virgo Taurus[/3]

2. Tally up which planets appear to which elements appear. Let's say you have Aquarius, Capricorn, Leo, Cancer, Taurus, Gemini, and Scorpio... You'd write it kinda like this.

Air - I I
Water - I I
Fire - I
Earth - I I

a. I ended up with 4 on Water, 2 on Fire, 3 on Earth, 3 on Air.

3. Basically, what the numbers add up to are what I see as neutral zones and radical zones. Since there are 12 signs and 4 possible elements, the neutral zone would be 3. 0 - 2 would be a low radical and 4 + would be a high radical. If you have too much of one element and too little of another, it could cause problems.

a. This reminds me of the [4]Four Humors . Choleric, Melancholic, Sanguine, Phlegmatic.[/4] I haven't checked to see if their entirely parallel though.

4. The way this all ties in together is that your elements make up your personality. I think 3 is a perfect balance based on multiplication and division compared to the numbers. I'll explain more of my reasoning through finally telling you the meanings of the imbalances.

[3]A fire imbalance could mean you have angry outbursts, a water imbalance could mean mood swings, an earth imbalance could make one overly lazy, and an air imbalance could add to indecisiveness [/3].

a. For an example, I should point out my Water and Fire imbalances. This method described me directly because I've got a lot of mood swings and anger management problems.

III. This next method was taught to me by my friend James R. Corkle. It’s probably my favorite method out of them all… Put on a song that has “Demonic Currents”, as he explains, and just relax while listening to the music.

1. [5] He recommends a lot of different bands [/5], but I think Velvet Acid Christ, Biochaos (his band), Weverin (his band mate’s other band), and Dissection are at the top of his list. You can find them on Myspace.

*I tried this only recently. I listened to a Weverin track for a while, then got tired and went to bed. Tee hee, I’m quite lazy… That night I had a strange dream about a little red headed girl with green eyes.
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I also want to take this moment to mention I have very little concentration. If you ask me to sit still or to think of only one thing for more then 20 minutes, I have great difficulty.

Cited Sources and Links! ZOMGZ!

1. Meditation Exercises – S. Connelly, OFS Demonolatry Teens Forum*
http://jrdemonolatry.proboards37.com/index.cgi?board=demmedcore&action=display&thread=1169833778
2. Ronove – Goetia, Lesser Key of Solomon the King: Lemegeton
http://www.deliriumsrealm.com/delirium/articleview.asp?Post=323
3. Figuring Out Your Elemental Makeup – S. Connelly, OFS Demonolatry Teens Forum*
http://jrdemonolatry.proboards37.com/index.cgi?board=balance&action=display&thread=1169834321
4. The Four Humours – Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_humours
5. Here are all of the band pages of said bands. I’m really sorry if you hate Myspace, or refuse to visit those links.
Velvet Acid Christ – http://www.myspace.com/velvetacidchrist
Biochaos – http://www.myspace.com/biochaosband
Weverin – http://www.myspace.com/weverin
Dissection – http://www.myspace.com/dissection
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* - You have to be a member to view the page. ._.

I really hope I don’t get into trouble for sharing some of this information, if it becomes a problem I’ll remove it promptly.

Thank you for your time!

~Averiy

*Edit* It's 1AM...Holy cow! I'm up late... And to any of you wondering, this file turns out to be 3 pages @ 12 Times New Roman in MS Word. Feel free to add me to your "Has No Life" lists.. Goodnight everyone...
*Re-Edit* Erm... Considering this is my first topic, and I'm somewhat proud of it... Could y'all save any flaming for another time? sweatdrop