NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/alt/magick/6964

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From: [e-mail] (Badvoc)
Subject: Re: ritual in lucid dreams
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Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:18:23 GMT
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In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Nancy Parsons) writes:
[Lots of stuff deleted.]
>
>My nephew asked me once to "teach him some magic".  So I gave him an
>exercise guaranteed to make him capable of performing any magic he
>wanted.  I told him to pick an interesting-looking object, and
>observe it in the most concentrated fashion of which he was capable,
>then close his eyes and try to visualize it.  When he was able to
>see the object as well with his mind as with his eyes, I said, I would
>give him another exercise.  You gotta start 'em out right ... 8-)
>

This is very interesting. Can anyone tell me how I would go about improving
my ability to visualize real objects. When I try to visualize objects that I
have recently seen or otherwise. My mind is is either empty of full of
chaotic images. I would like to hear peoples responsies to this.

- Badvoc.

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