Creating A Vortex

creating an artificial vortex a vortex is an energy center. a vortex differs from a chakra only in that chakras are the internal energy centers of our body, while vortices are external energy centers of the world around us. vortices can be natural, as energy centers of the earth - the context in which they are most often thought of. or vortices can be created - the magic circle and ther energy constructs serve as synthetic vortices, amplifying our natural energies. synthetic vortices can be used to help charge an object, to amplify the energy of a candle burning or a ritual. normally, these techniques are reserved for occasions when we really want to focus a lot of energy into what we are doing, but some use them more often. how much, or even if you use this technique is purely a matter of taste. to create a simple vortex whose purpose is to amplify energy, you will need a number of crystal points. these can be natural quartze crystal points, or they can be other crystalline stones such as (citrine,or amethyst) which have been cut to a crystal point shape. the points should be pointedat one end only, you would not use double pointed crystals for this. how many crystal points you use depends upon your purposes. use the chart below to select the appropriate number of crystals from the numbers and their purpose listed. number chart 3 crystals 4 crystals 5 crystals 6 crystals 7 crystals

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charging your crystals take the crystal in your hand, do each one separately. imagine it surrounded by a ball of yellow-white light which fills the stone. concentrate on cleansing the stone of all negative or unfocused energy. then create a ball of blue-white light around the stone, filling it with light. now bless the stone and charge it to your purpose: tell the stone what you want it to do, and

concentrate strongly upon this. you may find it helpful to call forth the stones spirit and address it that way. creating your vortex once you have charged your stones, you are ready to create your vortex. the vortex can be set up around any object or person - you could even do a whole magic circle if you wished, placing one crystal at each quarter. most commonly though this sort of vortex is used to help charge a ritual item or amulet, or set up around a candle to amplify a candle burning. place the item to be amplified upon the altar. set up your crystals in a circle around it, with their points all facing deosil - as if they were chasing one another. now drawn down divine energy to fill the vortex and start it moving: imagine the divine energy coming down as a thick column of bluewhite light. see it enter the crystals andbegin to flow deosil through the crystal circle. imagine the column of light as a pipeline filling the crystals with a limitless amount of energy, which enters them and flows deosil through them. you have now created your vortex and may proceed to charge the actual item at the center, or do your candle burning or other working. taking down your vortex the vortex will remain until you take it down. to do this you should first remove the charged item, lest you dissipate the charge you have worked to create. thank the stones and divine energy for their help. visualize the same column of divine energy, still in place. now pull down through this column a yellow-white light - let that light fill the vortex and swirl through it. then let the image dissipate and the energy with it. take a moment to cleanse and release all excess energy from yourself and the altar as well (the whole area) take each crystal and run it under cold running water to further cleanse the excess energy from it. creating a vortex to charge an item the above spell creates an artificial energy vortex with a deosil circle of crystals. now we will examine other methods of creating artificial vortices with crystals. our first method is charging an item for use. this essentially makes the item

- for example an amulet or a ritual candle, into a battery which stores extra energy for release at the appropriate time. cleanse the item to be charged using whatever method you use and place the item upon your altar, or ina place specially set aside for this purpose. select the appropriate number of crystals. cleanse and charge each crystal separately, placing them around the item but with their points facing inwards, towards the item. call upon the divine energy to fill the vortex: imagine the divine energy rushing from all around you, focused by the crystals into the object being charged. as the divine energy fills the vortex, imagine the item begin to fill with light, shining brightly. now address the item being charged, and direct it to absorb and hold the energy until called upon to release it. direct the item to absorb only as much energy as it can hold, lest it be over charged and damaged. the vortex you have created will remain until you take it down. you can leave it for a few minutes or a few days. during this time it will continue to charge the item at a steady pace until the item is full or until you take the vortex down. to take the vortex down remove the charged item first. thankt he stones and the divine energy for their help. visualize the vortex of energy still in place. now pull down through the vortex a wave of yellow-white light, let that light fill the vortex and swirl through it. then let the image dissipate and the energy with it. take a moment to cleanse and release all excess energy from yourself and the altar as well. cleanse each crystal in cold running water to further release excess energy from them. dispersion of energy from a charged object this technique is intended to assist int he gradual dispersion of energy from a charged object - as for example the energy from a candle burning spell. as the energy disperses, the spell takes affect. by dispersing gradually, a steady flow of energy is maintained. for this technique surround your object which has been charged for the purupose with three, five or seven crystal points, also cleaned and charged for the purupose as described above. the points of the crystals should point

outward away from the object. in this way they will conduct the energy outward into the world. unlike the method of charging an item, which is a spell in itself, this technique is intended to assist another spell whose energy you wish to disperse over a period of time. therefore once you have assembled the crystals around the object, to the spell. then call upon the divine energy: imagine the divine energy coming down upon the central object, then radiating out through the crystals thus forming the vortex; charge the vortex to carry the energy of the spell out into the world for a specific amount of time, and visualize this happening. when the specific amount of time you have indicated has expired, you must dismantle the vortex. thank the stones and the divine energy for their help. vicsualize the vortex of energy still in place and pull down through the vortex a wave of yellow-white light - filling the vortex and disseminating throught he crystals. then let the image dissipate and the energy with it. take a moment to cleanse and release all excess energy from yourself and the altar as well. cleanse the crystals under cold running water to further release excess energy from them. this technique can also be used to bless an area: a temple for example, a room, or a place of business, whose energies need to be carried out into the world. to do this you would place the crystal points around the area to be blessed. as above, you would created the vortex after the working: it might be a specific ritual, as an earth healing ritual, or if there is not a specific ritual but the ordinary activities of the place which are to be carried outward, do a basic space blessing, then create the vortex. the vortex should be set up for a specific period of time - usually a modest period of a few days or weeks is best. if you wish to set up a more permanet vortex, at a temple for example you should still create it for a specific time period, and when that period has expired, cleanse the crytals and set the vortex up again from scratch.