FANTASY ADVENTURES OF SELF-DISCOVERY
(Adapted from EL BRUJO, LA BRUJA AND THE BRUJO)
Ernest Kinnie, PhD
Copyright © 2011 by Ernest Kinnie
Smashwords Edition
An important goal of your adventures in the fantasy world is to learn more about yourself, and to integrate what you learn into a satisfying gestalt. That is the psychological way to frame your experiences as you move through these fantasies.
Or, you may choose to frame your experiences using the world view of Jane Robert’s Seth. In that tradition you are part of a multi-dimensional self, a Greater Self that exists outside time as you know it. It is in meta-time and from there sends parts of itself into any time period it wishes. Imagine an immense computer game that contains all of the ages of mankind. Your Greater Self may choose to play any character it wants, and can play more than one at the same “time”. It might want to experience being a North American Indian before the coming of the white man, a woman colonizing mars in the year 2075, a famous Baroque composer. You are the one it chose to play at the turn of the second millennium. The opportunities are endless. In the next to last fantasy you will meet your Greater Self.
Reality can be parsed in endless ways, and those are two for you to consider. You are invited to accept one or the other, for now, as you experience the fantasies---or create one of your own.
A serious warning. The atmosphere created by the candle light and the fantasies is powerful. Not for everyone! You need to have a firm grip on reality, and a reasonably stable life, otherwise best to pass on by.
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You can explore the fantasies by yourself, but exploring the world of fantasy is better done with others. A group usually creates more interesting experiences, and is more productive and fun.
Find a quiet place and light a candle. It can be at night with the lights out, or a darkened room during the day. Either lie down, or sit in a comfortable chair. Try both and see which works better for you.
Have someone in the group read the script for the fantasy. It would be best to do each of the guided fantasies more than once. The outcome of the fantasies will be different each time, and notice how the experience changes when different people read the script.
Feel free to change the fantasy scripts to better suit yourself and the group. And if you find yourself on a fantasy trip different from the one suggested and it feels “right”, go with it.
You may or may not want to do one or more of the warm-ups. Try both ways and find which is better for your group. You may like the warm-ups so much you won’t even bother with the rest.
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WARM-UP
Pause often as you read the script. You will soon develop good pacing as you sense what works best. Do this first fantasy more than once, until everyone can easily imagine sitting by the pond at The Teahouse of Golden Lanterns. Perhaps take turns leading the group in this first fantasy. That will be very good practice for the fantasies to come.
The Teahouse fantasy was also used in Element 25. Notice the difference in your experiences using the candle and relaxation.
A special candle, and it will be your gateway to the world of fantasy.
Watch the fire of the candle.
Watch the flickering fire of the flame.
Take a deep breath. Hold it---
let your breath flow out and feel your body and your mind relax.
Watch the flickering fire of the flame as your body and mind relax and become quiet and peaceful.
Take another deep breath. Hold it---
let your breath flow out and feel your body become even more relaxed and peaceful.
More and more relaxed.
More and more peaceful.
Watch the flickering fire of the flame.
Feel the relaxation and peacefulness flow though your body.
Close your eyes or keep them open as you wish.
More and more relaxed.
More and more peaceful.
Imagine walking through a bright red gate.
There is a sign on top of the gate: The House of Golden Lanterns.
Imagine walking on a dark gravel path
Hearing the sound of wind and water
Smelling the fragrant flowers and the damp earth
Dark shadows fall from pine and cedar
You pass pebble streams and falls of rock
To the tea house on the lily pond.
Golden lanterns and many colored flags hang from the eaves
Moving slowly in the breeze.
So beautiful and quiet
A different world.
You sit down at one of the tables overlooking the pond.
And a small girl brings cookies and tea.
“We welcome you to the House of Golden Lanterns. The cookies and tea are very special and will deeply rejuvenate your mind and body.”
She leaves and you slowly eat the nourishing cookies and drink the refreshing tea.
She will bring more cookies and tea whenever you like.
Enjoy sitting by the pond eating the nourishing cookies and drinking the refreshing tea.
Perhaps a friend or interesting stranger will join you.
Perhaps another member of your inner family.
Enjoy the quiet beauty of the tea house and the lily pond.