Meditation Magic

As a newcomer to witchcraft, I’ve been dabbling in different practices with mixed success. Mostly I’m realizing how many things I already practice that fit nicely into my new milieu. One of these is regular meditation, which has had a magical effect on my life.

I don’t need to expound on the scientific evidence that meditating on a regular basis improves your health: just Google “medical benefits of meditation,” and you’ll find all you need. I also don’t need to give a tutorial on meditating because online resources also abound on that.

One of my favorite quotes is by Catholic mystic Angelus Silesius: “God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can’t come to visit you unless you aren’t there.” It inspired this poem: an attempt to express how I meditate and what it does for me.

Chakra Meditation on a Sunny Day

I am meditating in my backyard.

After a hectic day it is quiet and still,

And still I sit in the here and now.

I loosen my muscles, from my face to my toes.

I quiet my mind and breathe.

I smell the grass and the river.

I feel the sun on my skin.

I notice the sounds around me:

The wind and the water,

The birds in song,

The cars on the bridge a mile down.

I wonder if those sounds were there all along

And where was I that I did not hear them?

But calm, it is still and now I am here.

I focus on the base of my spine, and I feel the earth below it.

I am rooted; I’m grounded – I am safe.

Energy flows to my sacrum

And I am creation’s joyful reflection.

My core is strong, my heart surrounded by love.

The warmth moves in my throat – I am truthful expression.

And then between my brows, centered in my brain,

The third eye opens and light pours in,

Crowning me with peace.

I am one with the universe and we flow through it all

And still I sit in the here and now,

And all that I need is here.

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