I have thus far introduced the term "Leyline Engineering" as an alternate to the more ambiguous term of "Scrying" which represents a number of problems from a strictly rhetorical standpoint. For one thing the term "scrying" has been used historically to define the more passive art of "gazing" which certainly plays a part in all energy creation/manipulation operations but is not our special emphasis here. I will confess that I am not 100% satisfied with the term Leyline Engineering either but it serves my purposes much better than the former "scrying" and may be useful in terms of establishing a precedent for the craft of leyline manipulations as a technological application based upon logical criterion the same as any other technological application, albeit a much loftier context than most. "Weaving" is a secondary alternate but still lacks the technological savvy vital to this whole discussion. We aren't just knitting socks here, etc...

There are essentially two approaches most often taken to this kind of operation: The Geometrical (or topological) and the Numerological (or chronological). In either case there are inevitably certain symmetries that especially intrigue us that we wish to "amplify" in some way so as to gain a better sense of their properties and also harness their qualities as much as possible. The establishing of formulaic leylines allows us to delve deeply into the essential "body language" of a given symbolic constitution, making it possible to commune with that manifest symbolic archetype on a higher plane than conventional reasoning or language itself allows. When dealing with conventional archetypes (godforms, angels, demons etc), this is most often referred to as "assuming the mantle" of the form itself and provides us with a means of exploring its hidden mysteries in ways that will almost always culminate in a much more personal and powerful understanding than is possible to achieve by any other means. Assuming the mantle of an archetype is significantly different than evoking it to visible manifestation per se, since we are actually merging with that archetype and exploring reality through its own eyes. In order to grasp how this can be achieved with a non-anthropomorphic ( i.e., symbolic) archetype, you have to first come to terms with the fact that there is no such thing as an "inanimate object". From a magickal perspective, everything has its own kind of intelligence and certain "symbols" are significantly more intelligent even than gods.

Leyline Engineering always follows a certain agenda, which will vary in terms of specific areas of focus but remain identical in terms of underscoring assumptions and/or "first principles". It is useful to break these down periodically to examine or reexamine them at their base, since occasionally we may discover an error or else an omission in one or another of our starting assumptions. The tantric approach to magick and alchemy is unique in its essential fearlessness before the naked facts of life. It does not fear error and it does not run from personal doubt on any level at all, since these are vital building blocks in the final attaining of "right thinking", which, together with "right action" is alone capable of achieving the truth of any question whatsoever. So it is always advisable to be aware of your starting assumptions and be willing to scrutinize them at a moment's notice. Among our "first principles" are certain assumptions regarding the nature of Leylines themselves, so I will outline some (but not all) of these here:

(1): In general, we assume that a thing exists if we say it exists. This goes for anything at all up to and including completely ridiculous things like winged pink elephants with ten heads on roller skates etc. The exact nature of its existence may not always be clear at once, but we do allow that the projection of a thing is sufficient to render it "real".

(2): There is nothing that can be imagined that cannot also be accomplished. This does not inherently inform us of everything that will need to be negotiated to accomplish it, but we do allow that if the mind can sustain the projection itself, the greater material manifestation of that projection can and will eventually be realized.

(3). The highest rungs of light and sound energy always travel in perfect cycles. Only lesser rungs are capable of finite progressions at the unavoidable cost of accelerated entropic dissolution. 

(4): The completion of whole and unbroken energy cycles forms the basis of energy expansion. Concurrently, gaps or stops in whole energy cycles forms the basis of energy regression.

(5): Higher strata's of energy filtered synchronistically through lesser strata's has the general effect of purging and upgrading whole anatomical systems. This means that if we can effectively draw energy from a highest point of origin, filter it through lesser strata's and return it whole and unbroken, we can expect both a purification and an amplification of energy along the entire path that it has traveled.

(6): The less embellished a line can be, the less encumbered it will also be. This means that we want our lines to be as simply and as clearly defined as possible, affording us the greatest possibility of success.

At some point I will have to take the time to try to outline all of these core assumptions, but for the moment, these are the ones that seem to jump to the forefront of this discussion. From these starting assumptions, it should be reasonably clear what we are hoping to accomplish with this kind of visualization practice. By consciously tapping energy at the highest levels we can define and systematically "weaving" that energy throughout the Body of Light as a whole in the most efficient manner available to us, we can expect a gradual upgrading of the entire mechanism, leaning in the direction of the highest gradations of light and sound continuum. It is difficult to estimate for certain what the end-result of this may be but in general it has always been an alchemical assertion that a "transmutation" of baser matter into higher matter should ultimately prevail. This is the meaning behind the hermetic alchemical principle of turning "lead into gold". Alchemy has generally maintained that our success is contingent upon our methods...that there is no outside agent of any kind that can effectively expedite this process so much as it is finally up to us to accomplish all things according to the manner in which they can in fact be accomplished. If "god" is finally more accessible to us from the within than the without, then it is ultimately incumbent upon us to summons the god within and put it to the task of resolving all external dichotomies.

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