Simon Court - The Magic of Pathworking

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The Magic of Pathworking: A Meditation Guide for Your Inner Vision 2020 by Simon Court.

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To the memory of Olive Ashcroft of the Servants of the Light,

who selflessly supervised my studies and guided me for many years.

Acknowledgments

There are many people who have passed on their knowledge to me or from whom I have learned. I particularly owe thanks to Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, one-time Director of Studies for the Servants of the Light. It was she who taught me the methods and theory of pathworkings and kindled the fire of my enthusiasm for this way of working.

In my travels in the United Kingdom I also had an opportunity to meet up with Marian Green and work with one of her groups. It is she who gave me the occasional prod to actually set things down.

Special thanks must go to all of those who have worked with me in various ritual groups, whether participating, supporting, or establishing.

I also thank the students, too numerous to name individually, who have used some of my earlier pathworkings in the past and whose feedback has been very helpful to me.

Contents

: Relaxation, Breathing, and Seed Thought Meditation

: A Note on the Structure of the Paths of the New Moon

: Magical and Training Organizations

Introduction

This is a book presenting an integrated set of what are called pathworkings, which I created within the Western Mystery Tradition. Pathworkings can be described as visual meditations used to create inner change to influence outside actions.

But it is not a book just for members of magical groups. Anyone can use these techniques, and I have prepared them in a style that does not rely on any specific magical, Wiccan or spiritual way, although I draw on many sources to fill out and explain the different themes and processes. Traditional symbols and myths from different cultures have been drawn upon in the construction of the workings, and their practice and study can be of value to traditional and nontraditional students alike.

I was introduced to this magical technique by one of my teachers, a person well established in the Western Tradition. I simply fell in love with the method right away and it has been my friend ever since. If I need access to some information, I set up a pathworking to get that access. What is done in mind with intent will pop up in everyday reality in the most unspectacular ways. Some say that what we call reality is a joint projection of everyones inner processes, in awareness or not. There is no direct proof that this is so, but many people I know and many reports I have seen mention methods of manifestation using the creative imagination to manifest desired results.

As a long-time practitioner of Western magical techniques, I view things slightly differently. That is, in my experience people sometimes attract to themselves items, events, or situations that an outsider can see is the result more of what they are than what they do . When I found earlier in life some practitioners of Western magical systems who claimed this was so and that the best magic was to work on yourself so that what came to you continued, as always, to match what you are, I decided to join them and learn more. These magicians of the Western ways were saying that there is no magic that influences things, but there is a magic that changes oneself so that things come to you by natural attraction. This works, whether you want it or not, so work on oneself is primary. I have found this so in both mistake and success and the work continues. I am passing on a tried and tested technique using my own discovered symbols and themes.