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By way of a preliminary exercise which aids both visualization and the loosening of the astral it is
useful to practise the following before proceeding to the techniques outlined below.
First find as large a mirror as possible, sufficient to see all of your body in. Seat yourself comfortably
and examine in detail all of your body. Then close your eyes and try to recall all the details of your
reflection. If you cannot see most of the details but have only a patchy memory of your reflection,
open your eyes and look again. When you can finally visualize all of your reflection with closed eyes,
particularly the face, keeping your eyes closed, try to transfer your point of view from your body to
the visualization of your reflected image, so that you are looking out of the mirror.
If you are successful this far, try 'seeing' the objects in the room from the point of view of the mirror,
that is, behind your physical body. To some extent you will be relying on memory here, but after a
while your ability to perceive the room from the new perspective will increase to the point of certainty
that it is not merely memory that is prompting your vision. It is at this point that you should attempt
one of the following techniques.
Technique A:
The following is one of the easiest for the beginner. It uses the Tattwa symbols, which were detailed in
Chapter Three and with which you should already have had some skrying practice. Their attributions
to the body, Elements, and Sephiroth of the Tree of Life are as follows:
As you have already used the Middle Pillar exercise, you should be familiar with the idea of
attributing the Sephiroth to various parts of the body, along with the vibration of their appropriate
Godname. Now this technique can be applied to the activation of the Daat centre by focusing Vayu
(Air) on the throat. The throat centre is chosen because although the astral body may move out of the
physical body as a whole, it is the throat which is in practice the focus of the junction between the two.
Purely from a theoretical point of view, those who are familiar with the Tree of Life will remember
that the hidden Sephirah Daat is ascribed to the throat, and it is always considered to be a link with
another dimension or partaking of a different reality.
However returning to practice, the steps are as follows:
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. Assume a seated position, the back straight, knees together, making sure that there is no tension, so
that if you fell asleep your position would not change. If you prefer, a comfortable asana (yoga
position) such as a half lotus with the bottom slightly raised by a small cushion can be adopted. The
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