Brigid Amor
There are many different ways to generate energy for energy and magickal workings. Throughout history, methods such as chanting and drumming have been used to raise the energy of a group of people or of a person and due to their high level of effectiveness, they are still used today. However, sometimes it is very difficult for the solitary practitioner (or coven as well) to hold a good, loud chanting or drumming session which makes it necessary to find other, quieter methods. Therefore, one must seek newer, less traditional methods in order to raise one’s own energy or a group’s energy which is often found in the simple method of visualization.
To begin with, I must provide you with a word of warning: You may look around one day, be struck by just how many people there are on this planet and realize just how much energy these humanity as a whole is holding. This discovered, you may decide that other people could be a good source of energy. Wrong! Although other people may seem like a plentiful and easily accessible source of energy, they’re not. In fact, this sort of energy acquisition is not called energy raising but energy vampirism which is a problem all in it’s own. There are several problems with energy vampirism, the first of which being that the general population has no idea how to properly regulate their energy by grounding, cleansing and replenishing it, therefore often making their energy a rather finite (though it depends on the person) and negative source. Secondly, most humans are not made to be able to feed off large amounts of energy from other people. Energy exchange is a fact of everyday life but when energy is extracted by a normal human being from another normal human being, there can often be consequences. The average human is not able to filter energy the way a born energy vampire is, cannot handle the amounts of energy they may draw and may often cause pain or physical harm to those they attempt to draw energy from. All in all, this is a very bad method to attempt unless you are a born energy vampire and even then you should try and find another source of energy besides other human beings.
The first visualization I would recommend is the most personal and the least harmful to the rest of the world. As I’ve mentioned before, energy is not a finite source and we, as humans, do not have a finite amount of energy within us. In fact, as humans and beings with souls we have an unlimited amount of energy within us that is derived directly from our souls and from the matter we are comprised of. This said, it is possible to raise one’s energy by simply tapping into the energy we hold within us. Begin by brining yourself into a meditative state through whichever method works best for you (see the first energy tutorial for some suggestions) and bring yourself to a close awareness of your body. At this point in time, take the chance to ground yourself and cleanse the energy already in your body. Once this is completed, center yourself to the center of your body and imagine a bright, white (or whatever you personal energy color is) ball of energy slowly growing and pulsing around your solar plexus. Usually when I use this technique I feel the energy in the center of my back as a cold, vibrating energy. However, your energy may be warm and a different color- it all depends on the person. When you can visualize and feel your energy, imagine the ball growing bigger and bigger and filling your body. Fill every inch of your body with the strong, vibrating energy, especially concentrating on your hands. Once your body is as full as it could possibly be, slowly bring yourself out of your meditative state. Usually, the best idea is to do your magickal or energy workings immediately after you have raised your energy so your energy doesn’t accidentally get put into another activity or dispersed over time. Be warned, depending on how much energy you can raise, you may find yourself feeling a little dizzy.
Depending on how good you are at visualization and depending on what kind of health you’re in, you may not be able to use the above technique (though most people will be able to.) If this is the case, you’re going to have to look outside of yourself for energy. For this, my first recommendation is to take energy from the sun. As you well know, the sun is sacred to us because it represents the God and because it is the original source of most energy for our planet and the rest of the solar system. Therefore, the sun is the strongest, most available source of energy to us as it cannot be drained since it is a never ending source of energy (at least for our lifetime.) The only constraint on this technique is that it generally works best in the summer time unless you live close to the equator or your area gets a lot of sun during the winter- this is the perfect method for the average beach bum. To begin, slap on some sunscreen (remember, this technique is not about sunburns) and find yourself a comfy spot in the sun where you can lie down. Stretch out, relax and bring yourself into a meditative state. Ground your energy, cleanse your energy and center yourself as usual. Once your grounded, cleansed and centered, picture a wide beam shooting out of the sun, wide enough to cover your body. Picture this beam as being made of solar light, warm and vibrant, that can’t help but fill everything it touches with energy. Imagine the beam filling every inch of your body and every cell with it’s warm, strong energy. Once you feel like you’re full up, imagine the beam ceasing to fill you and bring yourself out of meditation and relax for a little bit out of the sun. Make very sure that you don’t spend too much time in the sun, that you don’t get a sunburn and that you don’t give yourself sunstroke from exposure.
If you’re not a person that likes the sun or you live in a climate that doesn’t get a lot of sun, you may have a forest or garden somewhere you can use. Plants that grow in a natural environment (no houseplants!) are an awesome source of energy since they’re always directly fed from the sun and replenish themselves automatically. If you can find a garden or forest near you, or can even take a little trip to one, find yourself a private spot and get to work. Settle yourself down in a quiet spot and sit or lie down, then go through your usual grounding, cleansing and centering. This time, instead of picturing a beam coming out of the sun, picture a beam of energy coming out of a specific plant, or even many plants and many beams, and into your body. Generally, I picture “plant energy” as being warm and bright green but you may have different ideas and different experiences. Fill your body with this energy as before as much as you can, then slowly break your connection to the plants. Bring yourself out of your mediation and make sure to thank and bless the plants for their letting you use their energy. It’s often a nice gesture to do your ritual in their presence and ask the God or Goddess (usually Goddess) for blessings for the area or to plant a tree or plant to live among them. If you so choose to plant something, make sure you have permission and you’re planting something that will fit into the natural habitat. It would extremely detrimental to the environment to plant something foreign in a natural environment so make sure you do your research well. If it’s impossible to do plant something where you’ve taken the energy, you might want to join a tree planting project in another area.
Okay, so you don’t get a lot of sun, don’t have a natural place and aren’t in great health. Now what do you do? Well, it’s almost impossible to find a city or environment without at least a tiny patch of grass or natural space. Even if you can find a one foot square piece of grass, you can find a way to get energy. If you absolutely insist you can’t find a foot of grass, you can also use this method inside if you really must. As usual, plop yourself in your chosen spot (or stand if you have to) and do your usual grounding, cleansing and centering. However, this time make good use of your grounding cord (or silver cord or whatever you want to call it) and make a strong connection with mother earth. Once you’ve developed a satisfactory connection, imagine energy flowing up through your body from the earth, filling your body. When doing this, I often imagine the energy coming from the earth in a three foot circle in sort of a whirlpool pattern coming towards me, however, whatever works for you. Once done, break your connection and do your working. If you’d really like to be helpful, it would be very nice if you would do a ritual for the earth, whether it be a cleansing ritual to help the earth deal with all the negative energy it gets or even a blessing ritual to help the earth in the future. Whatever you do, don’t take the earth for granted because so far, it’s the only home we have and it gets far too much abuse from most of the inhabitants of the planet already. Why make a big problem worse?
So you’ve read all these different techniques and you haven’t found one you’ve liked yet. Either that or you need quick energy for some unknown reason. If you’re looking for a quick, easy technique, this one is probably for you. First go and find yourself a bottle or glass or anything that is made to hold a liquid. Clear yourself an area and stand or sit in the middle, then do your usual grounding, cleansing and centering. Picture yourself standing in a whirlpool of swirling, powerful energy but instead of having the energy flowing into you, picture the energy flowing into your chosen container. Fill the bottle until it’s absolutely pulsing with energy, then upend it over your head and “pour” the energy down over your body. Imagine it flowing like a thick syrup over your body, coating and filling it with energy. If you aren’t on a time limit and you’d just like to store up your energy for a little while, put a lid on the container and hold onto it for up to a week. If you’re going to do this, make sure to put a binding spell on the container so no energy oozes out.
Please remember that none of these methods are a replacement for the energy that comes from healthy living. If you get enough sleep, eat well, exercise lots and avoid stress you should be able to generate enough energy on your own to accomplish almost any magickal or energetic working you need to and still have some left over. Please also be reminded that if need be, it is perfectly acceptable to call upon others to help you with your magickal workings in order to raise the amount of available energy, especially if the task is particularly difficult- sometimes in magick, as in life, it takes a village.
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