Mantra is a word or phrase that is important, or special to you. It is used a lot in meditation, for example if you wanted good luck for someone, your mantra would be “Bring good luck to someone”, and you would repeat that thought your meditation. You could also use a mantra in a candle ritual (see the types of magick page). If I were to use the good luck example again, you would use a green candle, and use the
Meditation is quite difficult, but can be easily achieved. First, you need to sit comfortably. You can sit in the lotus position if you want, but it is not compulsory. Now you need to clear your mind. The best way to do this is to imagine that you are throwing everything away… everything. There are many other ways of doing it, but that is the easiest. You can do one of two things now: You can imagine a nice place, for instance a reed boat, floating calmly in a river (that will be your special place from now on; you will be able to go there whenever you meditate. Remember, it may take a few goes to find the perfect place) of, you can just think of absolutely nothing, in the end you will hear a voce in your head; You must listen carefully, because that is the voice of god, or a spirit.