Working with Energy

There are forces at work that you can't see but you can feel. Emotional currents, spiritual weight, the tension in a room nobody's talking about. The Mature Magician learns to notice these things and work with them.

The Manipulator exploits what he senses for selfish purposes. The Dummy denies subtle energies exist. He is blind to the invisible. The Mature Magician works with energy respectfully.

Energy work requires:

Sensitivity: The Magician picks up on what most people miss. He walks into a room and feels what's going on before anyone says a word.

Grounding: The Magician stays rooted in his body while working with subtle energies. He doesn't get lost in the ethereal.

Boundaries: The Magician maintains clear energetic boundaries. He doesn't absorb others' energy or allow his own to drain.

Direction: The Magician directs energy—his own and others'—toward healing and wholeness.

Clearing: The Magician clears stagnant or harmful energy from spaces and people.

Ethics: The Magician works with energy only for healing and growth, never for manipulation or harm.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life. Energy work includes practices like Reiki, qigong, breathwork, or sensing a room's emotional atmosphere and shifting it.

Energy work requires a good nose for nonsense. Not everything called energy work is real. Not everyone claiming to work with energy knows what they're doing. The Magician builds his own sensitivity instead of taking other people's word for it.

When the Magician works with these subtle forces, he can do things that talk and physical action alone can't reach. There's a layer of healing that only happens when someone is paying attention to what's invisible but felt.