VISIONS IN THE MAGIC MIRROR

The Magician: Mercury


 

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   Many years ago, I began meditating purely to relieve stress. I soon became bored and felt like I needed to "do something" while I was meditating, so I found a book on meditation that recommended performing a mental purification process to cleanse the primary chakras, or energy centers, of the aura. I started at the root chakra, between the anus and the genitals, and slowly moved from one chakra to another, cleansing them of all negativity. I discovered that each chakra contained a different type of negativity. One afternoon, after meditating deeply for over an hour and pulling one black blindfold after another out of my third-eye chakra, I had a vision of a gray figure-eight floating on its side above my head. I could also see the walls of my room clearly, so I thought for a moment that I had opened my eyes. I blinked and the figure-eight disappeared. I had no idea what the vision signified, so I mused for awhile and forgot about it.
  A few days later at a bookstore, I felt an uncharacteristic desire to buy a pack of Tarot cards. Normally I would hang out in the Literature section of the bookstore, but that day I browsed the New Age section and found a book on the Tarot and an attractive deck, the Universal Waite Tarot. As the cashier was ringing up the items, he confided that he had been thinking about "getting back into" the Tarot himself. Not knowing quite how to respond, I paused, and then suddenly the word "synchronicity" popped out of my mouth. I confess that at the time I wasn't quite sure what the word meant. The cashier smiled and handed me my purchase, and then I drove to another store on a different errand. Before I got out of the car, I flipped through the book and stopped at a page that contained a striking photo of a man named Carl Jung. I read the text below the photo and discovered that Carl Jung had coined the term "synchronicity" to suggest how events in the external world can significantly mirror the subconscious mind. In other words, events are connected by meaning, not just by causality. I then opened the pack of Tarot cards. The second card I encountered, known as “The Magician,” reveals an image of a man with a gray figure-eight floating on its side above his head. I flipped through the book to a description of "The Magician" and discovered that the gray figure-eight on its side, known as an "infinity symbol" or as a "lemniscate," is a symbol of eternity and in the card suggests the knowledge of the infinitude within.
  In my vision I had tapped into an archetypal spiritual dimension and had encountered a symbol that a few days later surfaced in "real" life-a true synchronicity--and I soon found out that the symbol system of the Tarot dovetails in every way with the great mystic symbol system known as the Tree of Life, which is actually a symbolic expansion of the primary chakra system. Individuals can channel subtle forces through the archetypes of the Tree and the Tarot into the psyche so that the energies manifest in the mind and can eventually manifest in daily life. Through the symbols of the Tarot and the Tree of Life, for instance, I am often keenly aware of the infinitude within, which has had an extremely positive effect on me and everyone around to me. Before that I was agnostic, pessimistic, cynical, and generally a real chore to be around.


















                                                                        Mucky Root Chakra
 

   When I started the mental purification process, I imagined that each chakra was a turning margarita glass. I began the mental purification process by mentally gazing into my root chakra and discovered that it was covered with brown muck. I concluded that the muck represented all of the crap I had experienced during my time so far in the world, and in my imagination, I took a damp white cloth and wiped all the muck away, which took several hours.















 

                                                                        Purified Root Chakra


 

   Eventually I purified my root chakra, which turned out to be bright red.















 

                                                                       Tainted Sacral Chakra


 

   Then I moved up to my sacral chakra, in the stomach area. The sacral chakra is associated with emotions. When I gazed into my sacral chakra, I noticed that a blue film was covering the bright orange energy, which seemed odd to me. I consulted my meditation book and discovered that the energy of the chakra of a complimentary color can sometimes "regulate" or "dampen" the energy of its complimentary chakra. In this case, the blue energy of the throat chakra was regulating the energies of the sacral chakra, which made sense, because in this society, expressing intense emotions is frowned upon, so we often have to dampen our emotions. "Feeling blue" anyone?















 

                                                                       Purified Sacral Chakra


 

   Once I had wiped away all the blue energy, the sacral chakra was pure orange.















 

                                                                      Solar Plexus Chakra


 

   Then I moved up to the solar plexus chakra, the third chakra in the upper abdomen, which governs personal power, self-esteem, willpower, and confidence. Symbolized by the color yellow and the element of Fire, it drives motivation, purpose, and intellect. My solar plexus chakra didn't contain any impurities or negativity but it was way too bright compared to the other chakras. Since I am a male in a society that encourages strength and domination, I concluded that I had placed too much emphasis on this chakra, and I toned it down to create balance with the other chakras by mentally wiping it out with my imaginary white cloth.















 

                                                                       Blackened Heart Chakra


 

   Then I moved upward to my heart chakra, which turned out to be black, which worried me because my father had died of a heart attack at the age of fifty-five. Because of all the negativity in the world, my heart had filled with blackness. I was surprised and a bit disappointed that I had "let it get to me" to such a degree. I wiped out the black energy for many hours and even employed the help of a Reiki master to purify my heart center, which worked for a while, but the black energy has returned during this fascistic time, so I continue to cleanse the heart center every now and then.















 

                                                                            Purified Heart Chakra


 

   After I had wiped away all the black energy, the heart chakra was pure green.















 

                                                                     Pink Energy in Heart Chakra


 

   But then while meditating I had a vision that I wasn't expecting: I saw pink energy in my heart center. Soon after that I saw pink energy in the heart center of another person who walked by me. I did a little research and discovered that pink is the color of the highest spiritual love in the heart center.















 

                                                                           Clear Throat Chakra


 

   I then moved up to the throat chakra and discovered that it contained no impurities, which made sense to me because I have usually been able to communicate and express myself effectively in various ways.















 

                                                                Blindfolds in Third Eye Chakra


 

   Then I moved up to the third-eye chakra, and I was surprised to find that it was full of black blindfolds---which took me several hours to pull out. When I had finally removed them all, I had a vision of a gray infinity symbol floating above my head, as I mentioned above. Strangely I could see my room clearly as well, and I thought that the symbol was as real as everything else in my room. I opened my eyes, and the infinity symbol disappeared. I surmised that the infinity symbol has its own objective existence in another dimension, like other spiritual symbols that I have envisioned during meditation.
















 

                                                                        Trash in Crown Chakra


 

   Then I moved up to the crown chakra and discovered that it was full of trash, like a dump. In fact, it was so full of garbage that I had to spend a great many hours dumping it out of my head.















 

                                          Vision of A Thousand Petaled Lotus in the Crown Chakra


 

   When I finished ridding my mind of trash, I had a vision of a pure white flower. I thought at first that it was a rose, but a voice in my head said, "Lotus," and it suddenly blossomed into a flower with innumerable, brilliant white petals. I didn't understand what had just happened, so I went online and found a description of the thousand-petaled lotus--associated with the crown chakra.

 

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                                                                      Tyrannical Intrusion


 

   When COVID hit in 2019, I suddenly sensed that darkness was descending upon humanity--not just all the suffering and death from the disease, but also that something more sinister was about to happen, such as the overthrow of democracy. I suspected that my country would soon be ruled by sociopaths devoid of any conscience--many of whom I believe are possessed by dark forces. Just about everyone by now is aware of the brutality and violence caused by our leaders and their minions, but recently I was disturbed to find out, after the murder of two innocent citizens by the paramilitary gestapo force, that the state terrorist paramilitary force can break down our doors and arrest us for being anti-capitalist or anti-Christian or for not having traditional moral values or for being agitators or extremists--in other words, for showing "indicators" that we are "domestic terrorists." Our leaders, who violate the constitution daily and are purposely destroying the rule of law, are claiming that the brutal thugs in their paramilitary force have absolute immunity (which is an evil lie) and--without being brought to justice--can execute innocent people whenever they feel like it. Our leaders are now at war with their own citizens, something I intuited would happen years ago. (I told more than a few people, none of whom believed me.)















 

                                                               Escaping in a Floating House

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   One day during meditation I fantasized that I could escape the evil by flying away in a house tied to large balloons, but I soon realized that the government could blow me out of the sky with missiles, the way that they had obliterated boats in international waters.















 

                                                                     Escaping on a Dragon


 

   Then I imagined flying away on the back of a dragon but knew that the dragon and I would no doubt be blown out of the sky. I realized that the best thing I could do was to continue purifying my chakras for the well-being of myself and others--at least I could remain healthy and see into other dimensions and continue to treat myself and others with love and reverence--even in an evil fascist society.

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