Helen O/Bannon
Going Back Over: Akasha
AKASHA
The goal of this essay is to discuss the word Akasha. There may be some misconceptions of what Akasha is and I will help to straighten that out.
Colleen Criswell cites in The Magical Circle School Resource Library that Akasha is “quite simply the fancy term for “Element of Spirit”” Criswell goes on to state that Akasha is not human or a personal spirit.
The White Goddess webpage cites how the Akasha word comes from Persia and East India and means “inner space” It is important to note that there is a concept of “Akashic Records” which is a field of collective information that can be accessed by individuals that are trained or who have a natural ability. These records hold information on the past, present, and future. This concept is not the same as Akasha. I mention this because when I took the “Off the Top of My Head” …show more content…
Focusing on Akasha leads to dwelling on the other elements. These elements are earth, air, fire, water. Again, this will help in my workings.
I have not actually ever cast a circle, but I believe that calling in Akasha could be part of calling in the Watchtowers. As mentioned previously, Akasha could be combined with calling in the four elements. There exist people that call in the “direction of the center” after they call in the other 4 elements as discussed by Greenbough and Jewell in the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Spells and Spellcraft. If Akasha is the Spirit than it makes sense to me that it could be called at the beginning of casting a circle or doing a spell. It seems to me that it could be a protection and blessing for most any workings.
In conclusion, we see that Akasha is a very powerful concept to be used by Wiccans and other spirituality seekers. It is representative of the Divine and Ether. “It is the energy of drive and passion.” So we see this important concept can be used in all kinds of
Going Back Over: Akasha
AKASHA
The goal of this essay is to discuss the word Akasha. There may be some misconceptions of what Akasha is and I will help to straighten that out.
Colleen Criswell cites in The Magical Circle School Resource Library that Akasha is “quite simply the fancy term for “Element of Spirit”” Criswell goes on to state that Akasha is not human or a personal spirit.
The White Goddess webpage cites how the Akasha word comes from Persia and East India and means “inner space” It is important to note that there is a concept of “Akashic Records” which is a field of collective information that can be accessed by individuals that are trained or who have a natural ability. These records hold information on the past, present, and future. This concept is not the same as Akasha. I mention this because when I took the “Off the Top of My Head” …show more content…
Focusing on Akasha leads to dwelling on the other elements. These elements are earth, air, fire, water. Again, this will help in my workings.
I have not actually ever cast a circle, but I believe that calling in Akasha could be part of calling in the Watchtowers. As mentioned previously, Akasha could be combined with calling in the four elements. There exist people that call in the “direction of the center” after they call in the other 4 elements as discussed by Greenbough and Jewell in the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Spells and Spellcraft. If Akasha is the Spirit than it makes sense to me that it could be called at the beginning of casting a circle or doing a spell. It seems to me that it could be a protection and blessing for most any workings.
In conclusion, we see that Akasha is a very powerful concept to be used by Wiccans and other spirituality seekers. It is representative of the Divine and Ether. “It is the energy of drive and passion.” So we see this important concept can be used in all kinds of