Order of PaladinsOrder of Paladins
Lesson 1
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Hint:Hint:
Check out the notes pages for each slide. Check out the notes pages for each slide. There is a lot of additional information There is a lot of additional information cached in the notes.cached in the notes.
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13 Precepts:13 Precepts:
1.1. Know thyself.Know thyself.2.2. Nurture the ability to perceive the truth in all matters.Nurture the ability to perceive the truth in all matters.3.3. You create your own reality.You create your own reality.4.4. Develop a sense of Right Action.Develop a sense of Right Action.5.5. Do not be negligent, even in trifling matters.Do not be negligent, even in trifling matters.6.6. Your body is your temple: Care for it!Your body is your temple: Care for it!7.7. Minimal appearance, maximum content.Minimal appearance, maximum content.8.8. Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.9.9. Power with.Power with.10.10. Who dares wins.Who dares wins.11.11. The Gods cannot help those who will not help themselves.The Gods cannot help those who will not help themselves.12.12. Be creative!Be creative!13.13. Do not engage in useless activity.Do not engage in useless activity.
Code of Chivalry:Code of Chivalry:
All members of the Order of Paladins must live according to the principles of chivalry, All members of the Order of Paladins must live according to the principles of chivalry, which include: which include:
SinceritySincerity.. CourtesyCourtesy.. CompassionCompassion.. PerseverancePerseverance.. IndustriousnessIndustriousness.. JusticeJustice.. LoyaltyLoyalty. . Courage.Courage. Self-Discipline.Self-Discipline. Humility.Humility. LargesseLargesse. . Truth.Truth. HonorHonor
And now, we begin…And now, we begin…
““Live Your Truth”Live Your Truth” ““Whatever stage of life you find yourself Whatever stage of life you find yourself
in, now is the time for self-realization and in, now is the time for self-realization and to bring internal peace to your heart.”to bring internal peace to your heart.”
Kohshyu YoshidaKohshyu Yoshida
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An Order of Knights:An Order of Knights:
No, the Order of Paladins isn’t a Wiccan No, the Order of Paladins isn’t a Wiccan coven or tradition, it’s a Wiccan Order of coven or tradition, it’s a Wiccan Order of Knights. Knights.
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Novice CycleNovice Cycle
This lesson is the start of the first cycle of This lesson is the start of the first cycle of training for the Novices of the Order of training for the Novices of the Order of PaladinsPaladins..
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Service:Service:
The knights of the Order of Paladins The knights of the Order of Paladins commit to 4 levels of service:commit to 4 levels of service: Service to selfService to self Service to kith and kinService to kith and kin Service to communityService to community Service to the EarthService to the Earth
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Service to SelfService to Self
One of our precepts states: Your body is One of our precepts states: Your body is your temple; care for it. You cannot be of your temple; care for it. You cannot be of service to others if you cannot respect service to others if you cannot respect and care for yourself.and care for yourself.
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Service to Kith and KinService to Kith and Kin
Your ancestors, family, and friends are Your ancestors, family, and friends are hopefully all there to support you. Those hopefully all there to support you. Those supportive family members should be supportive family members should be able to count on you in turn.able to count on you in turn.
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Service to CommunityService to Community
Service to the community makes positive Service to the community makes positive change in the world which benefits us all.change in the world which benefits us all.
Service to the community allows you and Service to the community allows you and the Order of Paladins to make the Order of Paladins to make connections and friends, a greater connections and friends, a greater network of support that will grow to network of support that will grow to encompass a widening circle of people.encompass a widening circle of people.
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Service to the EarthService to the Earth
Everything is connected to everything Everything is connected to everything else. In caring for the Earth, we care for else. In caring for the Earth, we care for ourselves, for each other, and for those ourselves, for each other, and for those yet to come.yet to come.
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Duties:Duties:
Novices in the Order begin to develop the Novices in the Order begin to develop the sense of service to the community by sense of service to the community by performing services to the Order. Duties will be performing services to the Order. Duties will be assigned to novices by their mentors or assigned to novices by their mentors or superiors from time to time. This may include superiors from time to time. This may include duties such as minding the children of duties such as minding the children of members while members are in ritual, kitchen members while members are in ritual, kitchen duties, hall set up/take down, and so on. duties, hall set up/take down, and so on.
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Volunteers:Volunteers:
Obviously on line students can’t perform Obviously on line students can’t perform duties in person, so they can perform duties in person, so they can perform service by volunteering for certain tasks. service by volunteering for certain tasks. For example, the web site that these For example, the web site that these lessons are on was created by a student lessons are on was created by a student who is a member of the Order. For on who is a member of the Order. For on line members service could consist of line members service could consist of writing articles, doing research, etc.writing articles, doing research, etc.
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Largesse:Largesse:
Largesse is one of the principles of our Largesse is one of the principles of our Code of Chivalry and is a form of service. Code of Chivalry and is a form of service. Donations are a way that you can serve. Donations are a way that you can serve. For example: The Order has a team on For example: The Order has a team on Kiva.org so that any time you make a Kiva.org so that any time you make a donation to that worthy organization it is donation to that worthy organization it is recognized as one of the Order’s recognized as one of the Order’s donations.donations.
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BeltsBeltsUnlike most Wiccan traditions, the Order of Unlike most Wiccan traditions, the Order of
Paladins uses colored belts rather than cords Paladins uses colored belts rather than cords to indicate the level of initiation attained:to indicate the level of initiation attained:
Novice: whiteNovice: white Squire: greenSquire: green Knight: brownKnight: brown Master: blackMaster: black Paladin: violet stripe on black beltPaladin: violet stripe on black belt
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Book of ShadowsBook of Shadows
The Order of Paladins returns The Order of Paladins returns to the original intent of a BOS, to the original intent of a BOS, as I outlined in my book as I outlined in my book Full Full Contact MagickContact Magick: A personal : A personal journal. Every member is to journal. Every member is to keep one and use it to record keep one and use it to record their work. It can be a their work. It can be a notebook, it can be a binder, it notebook, it can be a binder, it can be a computer file, it can be a computer file, it could be written in some could be written in some obscure magickal script, but obscure magickal script, but you’ll have one. you’ll have one.
Divinity:Divinity: Ego-video liber deorum (“gods: a spotters guide”):Ego-video liber deorum (“gods: a spotters guide”):
Chapter 3 Wiccan WarriorChapter 3 Wiccan Warrior Chapters 1 Full Contact MagickChapters 1 Full Contact Magick Chapters 9 and 10 Magickal Self DefenseChapters 9 and 10 Magickal Self Defense
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““Spirit First, Technique Spirit First, Technique Second”Second”
Ginchin Funikoshi, Rules for Ginchin Funikoshi, Rules for the Dojothe Dojo
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The WarriorThe Warrior
A Warrior is a person who makes a A Warrior is a person who makes a fearless and objective inventory of fearless and objective inventory of their personal characteristics and then their personal characteristics and then uses this information to take control uses this information to take control of their life.of their life.
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Amber K:Amber K:
““You begin by taking responsibility for your You begin by taking responsibility for your life and everything in it. This is part of life and everything in it. This is part of coming into your power. You cannot be a coming into your power. You cannot be a victim, the pawn of others’ schemes and victim, the pawn of others’ schemes and the plaything of fate, and be a magician the plaything of fate, and be a magician too. Accustom yourself to the idea that too. Accustom yourself to the idea that everything in your life- every event, everything in your life- every event, relationship, thought and material object- is relationship, thought and material object- is there because you chose it.”there because you chose it.”
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Thou Art God/dessThou Art God/dess
Monism: The divine is inseparable from Monism: The divine is inseparable from the mundane worldthe mundane world
You and everything around you is divineYou and everything around you is divine The Gods see the world through our The Gods see the world through our
eyes, work in the world with our handseyes, work in the world with our hands
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Charge of the goddess Charge of the goddess (Doreen Valiente)(Doreen Valiente)
““And thou who thinkest to seek for me, know And thou who thinkest to seek for me, know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not unless thou knowest the mystery; that not unless thou knowest the mystery; that if that which thou seekest thou findest not if that which thou seekest thou findest not within thee, thou wilt never find it without within thee, thou wilt never find it without thee. For behold, I have been with thee thee. For behold, I have been with thee from the beginning; and I am that which is from the beginning; and I am that which is attained at the end of desire.”attained at the end of desire.”
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Drawing Down vs Drawing Down vs Drawing OutDrawing Out
Why would we try to draw down the Why would we try to draw down the divine from outside if it has been within divine from outside if it has been within us all along? us all along?
We should draw divinity OUT of We should draw divinity OUT of ourselves.ourselves.
The Order of Paladins does not draw The Order of Paladins does not draw down. Our knights strive to draw divinity down. Our knights strive to draw divinity OUT of themselves.OUT of themselves.
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Just Listen…Just Listen…
We are all clergy. You don’t need me or We are all clergy. You don’t need me or anyone else to tell you what the divine anyone else to tell you what the divine wants you to know. All you have to do is wants you to know. All you have to do is learn to listen.learn to listen.
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Revealed vs ImmanentRevealed vs Immanent
We are all clergyWe are all clergy Listen and you will Listen and you will
hear the voice of hear the voice of divinitydivinity
You don’t need You don’t need someone to someone to translate it for youtranslate it for you
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God is the Potter vs The God is the Potter vs The World is the GarmentWorld is the Garment
XX “God is the potter and “God is the potter and the world is the pot.” the world is the pot.” This implies that God is This implies that God is not present in the world. not present in the world. This in turn suggests This in turn suggests that it is not possible for that it is not possible for humans to be in the humans to be in the presence of the divine. presence of the divine. This is a Christian view This is a Christian view of the world.of the world.
√√““The world is the The world is the garment that divinity garment that divinity puts on in order to be puts on in order to be seen.” This implies seen.” This implies that divinity that divinity permeates permeates everything. This is everything. This is how the Order of how the Order of Paladins Paladins views the views the worldworld
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We DON’T Worship!We DON’T Worship!
Worship is putting something out there Worship is putting something out there on a pedestal and bowing down to it.on a pedestal and bowing down to it.
The divine isn’t out there, it is inside youThe divine isn’t out there, it is inside you We We don’tdon’t worship: worship:
We connect to the divineWe connect to the divine We immerse ourselves in divinityWe immerse ourselves in divinity We entrain with divinityWe entrain with divinity We embrace divinity.We embrace divinity.
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Live for your GodsLive for your Gods
““You can die for your country or your You can die for your country or your people or your family, but for a god you people or your family, but for a god you should live fully and busily every day of a should live fully and busily every day of a long life.”long life.”
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods, page 351Terry Pratchett, Small Gods, page 351
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We Create Divinity & It We Create Divinity & It Creates UsCreates Us
This is a Symbiotic RelationshipThis is a Symbiotic Relationship We are born from the divine energyWe are born from the divine energy We reduce the infinite dimensions of We reduce the infinite dimensions of
divinity to aspects that our mind can divinity to aspects that our mind can encompassencompass
We make these aspects in our own We make these aspects in our own imageimage
We and the divine create one anotherWe and the divine create one another
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Aspects of Divinity Aspects of Divinity ExercisesExercises
Chose a pantheon that Chose a pantheon that speaks to your speaks to your subconscioussubconscious
Chose aspects of divinity Chose aspects of divinity that relate to your needsthat relate to your needs
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Make a DeityMake a Deity
Identify an area in your life for which you Identify an area in your life for which you feel you’d like divine assistance. Without feel you’d like divine assistance. Without referring to existing texts or lists, invent a referring to existing texts or lists, invent a deity to deal with that situation and give deity to deal with that situation and give that deity a name. Report back by next that deity a name. Report back by next class with your results.class with your results.
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Making DeitiesMaking Deities
I find that a lot of students are I find that a lot of students are uncomfortable with this exercise at first: uncomfortable with this exercise at first: They don’t think that they are worthy to They don’t think that they are worthy to create a God/dess. Consider this: create a God/dess. Consider this: Every Every single deity that has ever been was single deity that has ever been was created by a person just like you.created by a person just like you.
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Feeling and Grounding Feeling and Grounding EnergyEnergy
Chapter 6 Wiccan WarriorChapter 6 Wiccan Warrior Chapter 6 Full Contact MagickChapter 6 Full Contact Magick
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Energy WorkEnergy Work
Become the floodgate, the valve, the Become the floodgate, the valve, the transformertransformer
Tap into the universe’s energy and let it Tap into the universe’s energy and let it flow through youflow through you
Be conscious of energy blocks and Be conscious of energy blocks and correct themcorrect them
Ground excess energyGround excess energy
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Standing Energy Standing Energy TechinquesTechinques
Improve brain function by 10% due to Improve brain function by 10% due to increased blood flow.increased blood flow.
Lateral cross-overs stimulate brain Lateral cross-overs stimulate brain functionfunction
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Entering TranquilityEntering Tranquility
Feet shoulder width Feet shoulder width apart, hands at your apart, hands at your sidessides
Imagine a string Imagine a string attached to the top of attached to the top of your head pulling up your head pulling up to straighten your to straighten your backback
Breathe normally into Breathe normally into your abdomenyour abdomen
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Shaking Loose ChiShaking Loose Chi
Stand in Entering Tranquility postureStand in Entering Tranquility posture Start shaking your hands, let the shake Start shaking your hands, let the shake
work up your arms, into your shoulders, work up your arms, into your shoulders, then all the way down your body in a big then all the way down your body in a big shiver down to your feetshiver down to your feet
Do this X 3Do this X 3
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Receptive vs ProjectiveReceptive vs Projective
Many people have observed that one hand is naturally a “projective” Many people have observed that one hand is naturally a “projective” hand: That is, you tend to send your energy out of this one hand. The hand: That is, you tend to send your energy out of this one hand. The other hand is said to be receptive: That is, you tend to sense or draw in other hand is said to be receptive: That is, you tend to sense or draw in energy currents more easily with this hand. It is said that for right handed energy currents more easily with this hand. It is said that for right handed people the right, or dominant, hand is the projective hand while the left people the right, or dominant, hand is the projective hand while the left hand is the receptor. In left handed people this is reversed. Most people hand is the receptor. In left handed people this is reversed. Most people find that they most easily project chi out of their bodies using their strong find that they most easily project chi out of their bodies using their strong hand, and that they most often sense incoming energy with their weak hand, and that they most often sense incoming energy with their weak hand. For the untrained person this probably holds true. However, just as hand. For the untrained person this probably holds true. However, just as in martial arts you learn to strike with either hand or foot, you can train in martial arts you learn to strike with either hand or foot, you can train yourself to project or receive with either hand. You should practice the yourself to project or receive with either hand. You should practice the use of both hands in both receiving and sending energy.use of both hands in both receiving and sending energy.
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Sword HandSword Hand
Fold your little and ring fingers into the Fold your little and ring fingers into the palm of your hand and fold the thumb palm of your hand and fold the thumb over top of them, pointing the index and over top of them, pointing the index and middle fingers together, and you’ve made middle fingers together, and you’ve made what is known in Qigong as “sword what is known in Qigong as “sword hand”.hand”.
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Sword HandSword Hand
Imagine the index and middle fingers to Imagine the index and middle fingers to be the handle of the sword, and that the be the handle of the sword, and that the blade is the chi projecting out of the ends blade is the chi projecting out of the ends of those fingers. You can imagine it to be of those fingers. You can imagine it to be a sort of light sabre like those in the Star a sort of light sabre like those in the Star Wars movies.Wars movies.
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Sword Hand ExerciseSword Hand Exercise
Form a sword hand with your strong hand. Hold up your weak Form a sword hand with your strong hand. Hold up your weak hand and direct the “blade” of the sword hand, the chi being hand and direct the “blade” of the sword hand, the chi being projected from the index and middle fingers of your strong hand, projected from the index and middle fingers of your strong hand, into the palm of your weak hand. You should feel the same into the palm of your weak hand. You should feel the same sensation in that weak hand palm that you felt when you were sensation in that weak hand palm that you felt when you were doing the Shaking Free exercise described above. Now move the doing the Shaking Free exercise described above. Now move the sword hand closer and further from your weak hand, as if the sword hand closer and further from your weak hand, as if the “blade” of chi is sliding in and out of the palm of your weak hand. “blade” of chi is sliding in and out of the palm of your weak hand. This will give you a sense of the motion of the chi in and out of This will give you a sense of the motion of the chi in and out of your hand.your hand.
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Warding Warding postureposture
Feet togetherFeet together Hands one Hands one
over the other over the other over your navelover your navel
Elbows at your Elbows at your sidessides
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Holding the BallHolding the Ball
Stand in Entering Stand in Entering Tranquility postureTranquility posture
Hold your arms out in Hold your arms out in front of you, hands a few front of you, hands a few inches apartinches apart
Let the energy build up Let the energy build up into a “ball” between your into a “ball” between your arms and chestarms and chest
As you inhale, feel the As you inhale, feel the “ball” press against arms “ball” press against arms and chest, as you exhale, and chest, as you exhale, feel the “ball” contract and feel the “ball” contract and spin forwardspin forward
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If your shoulders are weak, you can do If your shoulders are weak, you can do holding the ball like thisholding the ball like this
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Forming the ballForming the ball
Stand in Entering Tranquility postureStand in Entering Tranquility posture Hold your arms out in front of you, hands Hold your arms out in front of you, hands
a few inches aparta few inches apart Let the energy build up into a “ball” Let the energy build up into a “ball”
between your handsbetween your hands
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What Do We Do With That Energy?What Do We Do With That Energy?
Once you’ve created that ball of energy, Once you’ve created that ball of energy, you can either imprint it with your you can either imprint it with your intention and send it off towards the intention and send it off towards the target of your magick, or…target of your magick, or…
You can press it into your abdomen in You can press it into your abdomen in the region of your navel and re-absorb it the region of your navel and re-absorb it into your Dantian…into your Dantian…
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DantianDantian
In Asian medicine and martial arts, an area just In Asian medicine and martial arts, an area just behind and about 3 inches below the navel is behind and about 3 inches below the navel is an energy storage area known as the Dantian. an energy storage area known as the Dantian. There are four energy fields in the body in There are four energy fields in the body in Chinese Chi Kung: Yuanguan, Dantian, Niyuan Chinese Chi Kung: Yuanguan, Dantian, Niyuan and Zhongyuan. To the martial artist and the and Zhongyuan. To the martial artist and the magician, the Dantian is the most important. magician, the Dantian is the most important. This energy storage area is the foundation of This energy storage area is the foundation of Tai Chi and Chi Kung practiceTai Chi and Chi Kung practice
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““Grounding”Grounding”
It is always a good idea to do grounding It is always a good idea to do grounding after energy work to get rid of any surplus after energy work to get rid of any surplus energy and restore your inner balance.energy and restore your inner balance.
Probably the reason that this process is Probably the reason that this process is referred to as “grounding” is that most referred to as “grounding” is that most people seem to relate to the idea of people seem to relate to the idea of sending this surplus into the earth.sending this surplus into the earth.
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GroundingGrounding
This is the most This is the most common form of common form of grounding used grounding used by members of by members of the Order:the Order:
Start in “Entering Start in “Entering Tranquility” Tranquility” postureposture
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GroundingGrounding
Breathe inBreathe in Sweep your Sweep your
arms uparms up
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GroundingGrounding
ExhaleExhale Bring your hands Bring your hands
down in front of down in front of you, palms facing you, palms facing each othereach other
Imagine the Imagine the surplus energy surplus energy draining out into draining out into the ground at your the ground at your feet.feet.
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GroundingGrounding
Repeat this Repeat this cycle three cycle three times, exhaling times, exhaling down the front, down the front, down the back, down the back, and finally down and finally down the centerthe center
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GroundingGrounding
Finish by Finish by bunching your bunching your hands into fists hands into fists at your sides at your sides briefly…briefly…
Then let Then let yourself return yourself return to Entering to Entering TranquilityTranquility
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Grounding VariationsGrounding Variations
Not everyone finds that they can ground Not everyone finds that they can ground surplus energy by sending it into the surplus energy by sending it into the ground at their feet. Some get better ground at their feet. Some get better results by sending the energy into the air, results by sending the energy into the air, or into water, or into fire. This is usually or into water, or into fire. This is usually related to the person’s affinity to related to the person’s affinity to particular elements.particular elements.
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Air Grounding: Cut the WindAir Grounding: Cut the Wind
One of my former students, used a technique that he One of my former students, used a technique that he calls "Cut The Wind". The technique is done in high calls "Cut The Wind". The technique is done in high winds, either the wind blowing steady and hard against winds, either the wind blowing steady and hard against you or you perhaps sticking your hand outside of a car you or you perhaps sticking your hand outside of a car window on the highway. Placing your palm flat against window on the highway. Placing your palm flat against the wind creates a far more solid connection to the air the wind creates a far more solid connection to the air and a much more tactile feedback to energy and a much more tactile feedback to energy transmission. Allow whatever you want to expel to be transmission. Allow whatever you want to expel to be blown off your palm and at the same time taking in air blown off your palm and at the same time taking in air energy. Others have had success using a fan to create energy. Others have had success using a fan to create the air flow.the air flow.
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Air Grounding: Swinging Air Grounding: Swinging ArmsArms
One way to ground surplus or negative energy into the air is a technique I One way to ground surplus or negative energy into the air is a technique I call “Swinging Arms”: You start in the Entering Tranquility posture. Raise call “Swinging Arms”: You start in the Entering Tranquility posture. Raise your arms to the side to shoulder height. Then, let them fall, one passing your arms to the side to shoulder height. Then, let them fall, one passing in front of you and the other behind, turning in the direction of the arm in in front of you and the other behind, turning in the direction of the arm in front. Swing back to the front with arms raised to each side, then twist the front. Swing back to the front with arms raised to each side, then twist the other way, letting the other arm go in front this time. Repeat the motion, other way, letting the other arm go in front this time. Repeat the motion, twisting from side to side, arms swinging across your body. As the arms twisting from side to side, arms swinging across your body. As the arms come up to the sides, breathe in and imagine yourself filling with positive come up to the sides, breathe in and imagine yourself filling with positive energy. As your arms swing across your body to either side, breathe out energy. As your arms swing across your body to either side, breathe out and imagine the negative energy streaming out of your fingers away from and imagine the negative energy streaming out of your fingers away from your body. You can imagine this as tossing balls of dark energy with your your body. You can imagine this as tossing balls of dark energy with your hands each time they swing across your body.hands each time they swing across your body.
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Water Grounding:Water Grounding:
One procedure is similar to the One procedure is similar to the aforementioned “cut the wind” exercise. aforementioned “cut the wind” exercise. All you need to do is immerse yourself or All you need to do is immerse yourself or part of you (hand or feet) in running water part of you (hand or feet) in running water and imagine it carrying away the excess.and imagine it carrying away the excess.
One vary powerful variation is to lay on One vary powerful variation is to lay on your back by a stream and immerse the your back by a stream and immerse the top of your head in the water.top of your head in the water.
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Fire Grounding:Fire Grounding:
I’ve had students who used candles to I’ve had students who used candles to ground: They feed their excess energy ground: They feed their excess energy and emotion into the flames until they and emotion into the flames until they feel things settlefeel things settle
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Fire GroundingFire Grounding
Another of our knights, Tristan, uses bon Another of our knights, Tristan, uses bon fires: “If you're working with a lot of fires: “If you're working with a lot of energy at once and have one available, energy at once and have one available, bonfires (of the 4-foot or taller variety) bonfires (of the 4-foot or taller variety) work quite nicely. Just watch out for work quite nicely. Just watch out for sparks, logs breaking, etc.”sparks, logs breaking, etc.”
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Lesson 1 Energy Lesson 1 Energy assignmentassignment
Practice the forming the ball exercise every Practice the forming the ball exercise every day for a few minutes. Next class we will day for a few minutes. Next class we will use this exercise to move on to other use this exercise to move on to other things.things.
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Escrima/ArnisEscrima/Arnis
To be a Knight, you have to learn defensive To be a Knight, you have to learn defensive techniques, whether they be magickal or techniques, whether they be magickal or mundane. In the Order of Paladins one of the mundane. In the Order of Paladins one of the things that we use Escrima techniques.things that we use Escrima techniques.
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EscrimaEscrima
Comes from Spanish word “esgrima” Comes from Spanish word “esgrima” (“fencing”)(“fencing”)
Also known as:Also known as: Arnis de MArnis de Máno (“harness of the hand”)áno (“harness of the hand”) Kali: derived from “kalis” (“sword”)Kali: derived from “kalis” (“sword”)
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Push/Pull TechniquesPush/Pull Techniques
The push/pull technique that The push/pull technique that we are going to teach you is we are going to teach you is Hubud Lubud, a technique Hubud Lubud, a technique from Escrima that is similar from Escrima that is similar to push/pull or “sticky hands” to push/pull or “sticky hands” techniques in Asian martial techniques in Asian martial arts like Aikido, Wing Chung, arts like Aikido, Wing Chung, Tai Chi or Jujitsu Tai Chi or Jujitsu
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Hubud LubudHubud Lubud
Refer to the Hubud Power Point for Refer to the Hubud Power Point for directions on this exercisedirections on this exercise
This exercise helps the novice get the This exercise helps the novice get the feel of flowing chi. feel of flowing chi.
It also helps develop bonds between It also helps develop bonds between membersmembers
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Lesson 1 homework Lesson 1 homework reminderreminder
Invent a deity and report back on your Invent a deity and report back on your results by next classresults by next class
Practice forming the ball exercisePractice forming the ball exercise Learn and practice HubudLearn and practice Hubud
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Order of PaladinsOrder of Paladins
Be Glorious!
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