Thaumaturgy 101 - First Period, Thursday - 2/5

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

Today's class was once again in the Danger Shop, a resource she was really starting to enjoy.

"All right class. Today, we'll be working on two things: meditation and visualization. Both of these are absolutely key to thaumaturgy and have other benefits as well. If you tend to be a more stressful type, meditation might assist you in the future. And visualization is always useful to keep goals and plans clear and focused. As talking about it is both boring and entirely unhelpful, we'll be doing three exercises today.

"Consider the third one 'extra credit', all right?

"Now, onward we go."

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Visualization

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"For the second exercise, I'd like you to try and imagine an apple, or some other fruit that you would be familiar with. Concentrate on the texture, the taste, the size, the shape... all of the above. When you think you've come to the whole of an 'apple' within your mind, please put your hand here," and she pointed to a set of small podiums on the other side of the room.

"And what you've come up with should appear in your hand.

"Eat it or not as you dare."

Re: Visualization

[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

Agnes frowned. That was wizard magic, and she was a witch. The two schools were similar, but... Well, different. Besides, she didn't really know if she COULD hold in her mind the entirety of everything that an apple was, all at once.

Instead, what she visualized was a somewhat simple apple, and a very DETAILED image of what would happen to the podium-thing if it provided her with a less-than-perfect apple.

Re: Visualization

[likethegun]

Usually, Sam meditated to get all the thoughts out of his head, especially when he needed to calm down. So, while focusing on one specific thing wasn't that different, it still took a few minutes before he felt comfortable enough to put his hand on the podium, and he was very pleased when he got his apple.

Re: Visualization

[harrydresden.livejournal.com]

Harry, and his hat, approached the podium warily.
Depending on technology was risky at the best of times and magic almost never mixed well with sophisticated machines. His apple was likely to turn out as a grenade, or a hedgehog, or an avacado.