#energy fields

Pulse

Mixed media on loose canvas

This piece began in a convention hotel room, with the help of friends. We were all working on different pieces and passing some around.

The energy of making things with a pallet you don’t normally use, enhancing marks not made by you, and organic movement of marks. So enjoyable.

I have been picking at this piece over the past two months. Tiny marks here, another squiggle there. The last touches were the non-paint elements. This piece hums in person, in such a wonderful way.

Canvas was sown by me to a custom shape. Very excited to work on more loose custom canvas shapes.

Emma May Riley. Glass of water. 2020:: (Mikhail Iossel)

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"Every thought, action, decision, or feeling creates an eddy in the interlocking, inter-balancing, ever-moving energy fields of life, leaving a permanent record for all of time. This realization can be intimidating when it first dawns on us, but it becomes a springboard for rapid evolution.

In this interconnected universe, every improvement we make in our private world improves the world at large for everyone. We all float on the collective level of consciousness of mankind so that any increment we add comes back to us. We all add to our common buoyancy by our efforts to benefit life. What we do to benefit life automatically benefits all of us because we are all included in that which is life."

Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by David R. Hawkins (via katchen)

Welcome to my first public lithomancy reading! In this reading you will be provided four crystals to choose from. Each crystal represents a reading based on the energy you have available to you right now! This is not a prediction of the future, but is simply spotlighting the energies you are able to tap into in this very moment! Lets go ahead and get into your reading!

Crystals of choice:

Choose a crystal and skip to the corresponding reading in the post! Within your reading, feel free to keep what resonates and don’t dwell over what doesn’t! You are also absolutely allowed to look at other readings! Enjoy!

~ Calyx

Reading #1 - Rose Quartz

There is a very distinct energy for you if you chose the rose quartz crystal! Let’s jump right in!

Overall, the energy you are able to tap into right now is a very loving and protective energy. Makes sense because you chose the rose quartz! You might be in a relationship of some sorts, whether or not romantic is specific to you! The energy around you is a very healthy energy, and you are able to express yourself, even in unity. This means that even through the merging of yourself, your things, or your finances with another person, you are still very true to you. You know to protect your heart, and this energy is either affirming the protection you’ve given yourself, or letting you know it's time to guard yourself a bit. You might be very aware of this healthy energy, but if not, this is your sign that it’s there! Socially, you are healthy and understand others; you are probably an empath. The unity between you and others is a good thing, but once again, you are able to take some time for yourself.

Reading #2 - Malachite

If you chose the malachite crystal, you’ve got good energy around you right now! This energy is definitely a kinetic energy, or energy of motion. You have the ability to do a lot of growth here, or strengthen the growth you’ve already done. 

With this energy you are able to get to the bottom of the doubts and questions you have about the functionality of the universe, but not get absorbed by it. You have a young, loving energy that will protect you from others if need be. The energy you are able to tap into is a secure energy that won't abandon you, and is encouraging you to dig deep. Find out more about who you are and learn more about the universe or the people in it. You could also be reaching a turning point in your religious beliefs; something new might change the way you think.

You are being invited to tap into this exploratory and curious energy that will allow for very effective soul searching, shadow work, etc. It’s a fruitful energy when accessed. Allowing yourself to move through this energy is a very rewarding thing both spiritually and materially. Take life by the horns!

Reading #3 - Yellow Jasper

Hello yellow jasper friends! Your energy is a very distinct energy of protection and grounding, but also giving you the freedom to explore and be curious and imaginative. I also see a transitional energy here, so let’s dive in!

The energy around you is trying to allow you to close the book on one season of your life and open up the door to the next season. This might sound intimidating, especially if change scares you, but rest assured that you have the ability to ground and protect yourself as you transition from one season to the next.

This energy is showing you that you have a new opportunity to establish who you are. Explore your heart, and see what makes you click! This energy is encouraging you to explore who you are at your core, but also who you are in relation to others. You definitely have strong relationships in your life, and this energy within those relationships will allow you to be your authentic self even in those spaces held with other people. How exciting!

Reading #4 - Selenite

Selenite friends, you have a fantastic energy available to you right now! It’s a beautiful combination of being up in the clouds but staying planted firmly in the ground.

Your current energy is one that is allowing you to express your true self. In specific, you are able to be true to your spiritual self and be more aligned with your higher self. This is a happy energy once you access it. It is one of both spiritual gain and material gain. This brings you happiness, as the energy around you is cheering you on to become your best self in order to receive rewards.

While this “go get it” type of energy is definitely at your fingertips, you also need patience. There is a feeling of patience surrounding you that you either already practice, or need to start practicing. Specifically, this patience comes into play in your relationship. If you are not in a relationship, that is where the patience comes into play; wait for it and a healthy partner will come along. If you are in a relationship, having feelings of patience and understanding with your partner will allow for a healthy relationship. 

"It's not difficult to find statements made by both Pagans and non-Pagans that Pagans are polytheistic. This can be true, but it isn't necessarily true. What is true for Paganism on the whole is that Pagans may believe anything they wish about deity." - Joyce and River Higginbotham's Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions

This post is based off of a very informative chapter in the aforementioned book above. It's a very beginner type book but nevertheless helpful and informative.

Pagan divinity belief systems:

-A monotheist believes in only one deity. Its essence may be split across multiple forms, but it still sources back to one deity.

-A polytheist believes in multiple separate deities that share divine power.

-A pantheist believes that all created world is deity, that divinity is collective in all things. Deity may or may not be conceptualized as a being or a personality.

-An animist believes everything to have divinity or a soul. Where a pantheist believed deity is everywhere in different amounts, an animist believes deity is everywhere in equal amounts. Again deity may or may not be conceptualized as a being or personality.

Now that we've addressed belief systems, allow me to introduce you to Joyce & River's handy visualization they've dubbed the God Map.

The map consists of two continuums, two axes on which deity can be conceptualized.

On the vertical axis we have transcendence and permeance. A deity that is separate, removed from creation above humanity, and generally considered unreachable would be absolutely transcendent (eg the Christian concept of God). A deity that is immanent, that is intrinsically imbued in our reality, that is not removed from creation would be absolutely permeating (eg pantheism and animism).

"Another way to describe transcendence and permeating is with the terms "without" and "within". A transcendent deity is visualized generally as living outside of you, or "without". Those who want to talk to a transcendent deity address themselves to a being or energy "out there". A permeating deity, in contrast, can be visualized as living inside you, or "within". Those who want to communicate with this sort of deity address themselves to the energies they feel most intimately connect with."

Someone who believes deity is equally transcendent and permeating could be described at a panentheist, or that deity is smack dab in the middle of the vertical continuum of the God Map.

The horizontal continuum of the God Map addresses the concepts of being concrete or abstract.

A deity visualized as concrete commonly takes form in that of a human (eg the Christian god having long grey hair and a beard, being male, wearing robes) or even animals (eg ancient Egyptian deities). These deities are visualized as moving, talking, and acting in "concrete" ways. This visualization is also classically considered anthropomorphic.

At the other end of the spectrum, an abstract deity will not be visualized with physical characteristics or emotions. A person who uses this type of conceptualization may have a difficult time describing deity, as it tends to be personal and unique to the practitioner. Some see deity simply as energy alone or spiritual force, for lack of a better term.

Just as panentheism is the blend between the extremes on the vertical continuum of the God Map, there exists blends of the extremes on the horizontal continuum.

These ideas include aspects of deity being both a being and also an energy form. Ideas such as archetypes, numinous energies, the collective unconscious, thought forms, and morphogenetic fields sit on the middle of the horizontal axis.

The concept of archetype sources to psychoanalyst Carl Jung; "an archetype is an essence of lived experience that has recurred so frequently in human history that it develops a "signature" or "presence", and it may act as a blueprint for behavior."

Archetypes could be considered to be an aspect of the collective unconsciousness, which is described by Jung as a memory bank of lived experience that exists in everyone's unconscious minds. Archetypes are commonly conceptualized as data banks of information within our collective unconscious. When archetypes are fed so much energy over time, they are thought to have an energy or independence of their own - these super charged archetypes are referred to as numinous energy.

The form of conceptualization encompassing archetypes, the collective unconscious, and numinous energy is referred to as the morphogenetic field. This term was coined by physicist Rupert Sheldrake, who theorized that living matter is all connected through energy fields that transcend space and time.

The intentional creation or manipulation of an energy field is said to be a thought form. It is commonly theorized that deity exists simply because of thought forms, simply because humanity has willed them to be, consciously or otherwise.