#trance work

Some people don't relax when you guide them "down." They just become… quieter while still holding everything in place.

They just become… quieter while still holding everything in place.

Because DOWN doesn’t create trance.

It creates structure.

If the structure isn’t safe, you don’t get depth.

You get obedience.

And those are not the same thing.

In-J watched me and she was really excited to see that I dance. She was scared though and so was I about like... losing touch with reality but I showed her that dancing puts ME in control of MY body. Us in control of ourselves. We focused on intentional movements, like our ancestors have been teaching me. Small movements that are easy to do, repetitive, and done each and every time with the intention of doing them exactly how I want them done. Building connection between body and mind in the present action. (MF) Being in our bedroom was scary. But it is real.

S-L showed up because he wanted to dance with me, and we did intentional movements through the four directions (North is down (sowing) and South is up (pulling)) while also playing with air and swords lol and he was happy to dance with me again. Then, prompted by him and In-J, we danced with a scarf to see how it felt different. There's more obscurity, which feels "passive" or (culturally) feminine. More room to play with emotions in subtly than when stripped naked. More social rules. Less wild, more sophisticated while remembering that it's all an act, and we are playing a game. Coyness is a game of alluring potential.

It made me think of light trails, visible Time showing the past of an object's trajectory. Dancing through space time made visible in 3d space on the backs of bird wings. Objects are birds.

Reminds me of Ex-C's old work with Hermes (#2).

💀 Name: Deia

💀 Age: 29

💀 Gender: Agender

💀 Pronouns: It/She/He

Well, it's that time of the month when I attempt to do another round of My healing journey. Actually, the Full Moon is tomorrow, so I should start then, but I've been receiving all kinds of hints today that I'm supposed to go ahead and get to it, so hhere We go!

Except, the first attempt for this session went side ways. Instead of meeting up with one of My Gods, like I normally do during one of these sessions, I ended up on some random street. I'm not sure if I was in Vanaheim, Alfheim, or somewhere else. I came across an Alv who was standing at a street corner. I don't know if She was waiting there or even working there, but She was there, and seemed scared of Me at first. I tried excusing Myself, but I kept ended up back in that general location. So, I decided to talk to Her, and I ended up receiving several words. After I came to back in My body, I looked up the words to see if I could translate Them, and They all came back as Sweedish and/or Old Sweedish. Basically, She gave Me Her name, both Her full first name, as well as a related nickname, and asked Me "Don't You remember Me?"

The fact that I could remember the whole thing and translate it properly is new. Also, this is, in it's own way, another sign letting Me know what language My practice is being anchored in, which is fair enough. I've been trying to figure out if I would be anchoring the language of My Heathen practice in either Norwegian or Sweedish, and yeah, the Gods and Non Gods alike have been answering that question for Me in surplus the past week or so.

One of my Spirits (we'll call them the Bear) had recently told me that I was over complicating what I needed to do for my Spirit Work, and encouraged me to simplify it by a lot.

So I did.

I saw a few things, but one of them particularly stood out-- a three headed snake with dual meaning:

A three headed problem that needs the root addressed.

and

Three unsavory personalities united by one purpose.

So, this is quite... Interesting.

Trancework and its Uses

What are some ways to achieve trance states?

Do these different methods achieve substantially difference altered states?