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SageCat · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:48 am Post subject: The Threshold of Time Ritual

This was sent to me by a friend and was apparently written by someone called Wren Walker. Has anyone come across this before? It looks very interesting, but something that maybe shouldn't be tried by anyone of a nervous disposition!

I'm going to try it, and I'll let you know what happens when I've done it!

The Threshold of Time Ritual
Introduction and Admonishments:

I believe in magickal responsibility. Responsibility works in two ways. I have a responsibility as a teacher to offer sensible
guidelines to seekers who are about to embark on a magickal exercise. The seeker has the responsibility to consider these
guidelines carefully and to undertake only that which he/she can do in safety and to the degree that their present state of
magickal training will allow.
If you have previous training in divination, astral travel, conjuration or shamanistic journeying, you should encounter no
difficulties in the performance of this ritual. You will be in familiar territory; only the technique itself will be presented to
you in different way.
If you do not have extensive training in these areas-or if you feel uncomfortable while performing the preliminary
exercises-please do not continue. No real harm will come to you (There is a natural safeguard built into this technique.),
but you will derive no real benefit from it either.
The Time Threshold Ritual can be used by either the solitary practitioner or in a group/coven setting. It is especially
powerful at Samhain and at Beltaine.

Preliminary Exercises:

Exercise Number 1
You will need a doorway. For this exercise, choose the doorway to your own bedroom. This is your most
private and personal space where you feel the safest.
Do this exercise during the daylight hours. You should be alone, or if you have an understanding household, ask them not to disturb you.
Stand or sit in the doorway with your back facing into your room. Place one hand on each side of the doorway
lightly enough to just brace yourself and with your hands placed at a height level that is comfortable for you. Close your eyes.
One of the most deep-seated fears of humankind is being surprised by something that comes from behind you. Our eyes are placed facing directly forward with just a little depth perception to the sides. Our backs are literally our blind spots. Most people do not like to sit with their backs facing toward a door or open space in a restaurant.
There is a sense of vulnerability that makes us uneasy. Warriors of old often pledged to protect each other's backs.
We are uncomfortable with what we cannot see approaching. Remain in this position for ten minutes if you are experienced in achieving altered states of consciousness; five minutes more than that (to achieve that level) if you are not.
Visualize the room behind you turning foggy or filled with swirling mist and then becoming simply an open space of nothingness. You continue this until you have the feeling that if you took a step backwards, there would be nothing there for your foot to contact.
When you have been able to clearly both visualize and feel the effect of the nothingness, press your hands firmly against the sides of the doorway to ground yourself and open your eyes. Take a few seconds to make sure that your balance has returned and walk forward out of the doorway. Don't be surprise if you feel that you have to sit
down for a moment. Don't be embarrassed if you sneak a quick peek into your room to see if it's still there!
The most common sensation reported at the beginning of this exercise is a slight sense of disorientation followed by a feeling of pressure against the spinal column. The impulse to turn around and look into the room (or ease a foot back to check if the floor is still there!) can be as slight as a thought or as overpowering as a sense of panic. This is
that safeguard that I told you about. If you became extremely uncomfortable or fearful, do not continue with any
further exercises, although you may want to try this one again from time to time. It does offer good experience on handling the fear of the unknown.

Exercise Number 2
Repeat the above exercise at night. Again you should be alone or undisturbed. You may place one small candle in the room facing you-so you won't trip over anything-but the rest of the area should be as dark as
possible.
This exercise usually raises the intensity level about ten-fold. What child has not glanced in fear at his/her closet door at night? After all, the fear of 'things that go bump in the night" is the premise behind horror films, alien abduction reports and ghost stories.
The feelings reported after this exercise are often quite startling. There is intense pressure upon the back as if something in the room behind you is expanding outward. A few folks report the opposite-a feeling of being sucked into the room. Remember, you can always press your hands firmly against the door frame and this will help you to maintain your composure and your balance.
Once again- do NOT attempt any further progressions if you experience a sense of deep fear or physical affects such as trembling or headaches.

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RavenStar · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject:

No ~ I've never seen of heard of this before SC ~ let me know how you get on, I may give it try myself

Riktor48 · Admin Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 1281 Location: Essex, UK

Me too! And thanks Sage.

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