Automatic Drawing

This is one of the most powerful spiritual works for a visual person to build a deeper connection with your Guides and Helpful Spirits; it is the equivalent of Automatic Writing where you close your eyes and allow either your subconscious or spirits to do the writing through your hand.

Now, don’t invite just any spirit to come and draw or write through you. The Spirits that are the easiest to contact are the ones that are right here in the Middle World and some of these are only out to serve their own agenda. Setting intention is very important when doing spiritual work so set your intention and specify who you will allow to come through in your drawings. I would recommend asking your Guides from the Lower or Upper World, or your Angels, your Soul, or your Higher Self. Then hold that intention before you start drawing by writing it down on top of the paper. There are a couple of ways I have found that work for this:

One is Blind Contour Drawing (in the video below) where you don’t look at the paper. Instead, you close your eyes as you draw. In order to not completely loose your place on the paper, don’t lift the pen or pencil from the paper while you are drawing.

The second is to hold the pen very loosely in your hand and let the energy move through as it comes; try not to ‘see’ images, just let the movements happen as you look away or close your eyes. Here is a photo of my notebook showing drawings with intentions set for my Soul and for my Angels to draw through my hand. There are consistent differences between the light touch and highly energetic jumps that my Angels produce and the calm harmonious lines my Soul produces through my hand. This is a way to connect on a deeper level with your guides, angels, souls, power animals. Enjoy.

But before you start, take some time to read about how to create Sacred Space:

Creating Sacred Space:

Creating Sacred Space is a way to raise the vibrations of the physical space you are occupying as well as raising your own vibrations. We have high vibrations and low vibrations present at all times in this world and we can raise or lower the vibrations around us and in ourselves. Here is how:

Make a circle around yourself mentally. See this circle extend like an oval, or an egg shape all around you, about 2 feet out from your body everywhere, up, down, back, front. This is your auric field, the energy space that you occupy. Close your eyes and imagine your aura filled with beautiful bright light.Now calm your thoughts and your brainwaves by focusing on your breath…in and out…..in and out…..in and out….

Neuroscience has proven that while you pay attention to your breathing your brain can reach the alpha brain wave state (alpha state), which are correlated with a harmonious relaxed frame of mind. Many positive effects are noted from the alpha state such as increased production of beta-endorphin and dopamine, hormones that are linked to feelings of increased mental clarity and memory recall. The alpha state is an ideal state for synthetic thought and creativity, which can be said to be THE functions of the right hemisphere. Putting focus on the breath is a great ‘anchor’ that keeps the attention from going to our constant mental chatter. That mental chatter is associated with the Beta brain waves, the most common waking activity brain waves and also the brain waves that have been associated with repetitive thoughts and depression. In our life, thoughts and mental chatter is always present but we can take a break from them. Doing so affects both your physical and mental health positively. So breathe in, breathe out. And raise your vibrations in the process.

The above method for creating sacred space is the absolute simplest I know. It can be supported in many other ways, such as lighting a scented candle, or incense, or washing your face and hands, or as simply as the act of putting on a special piece of clothing before you perform a certain task, such as starting a new intuitive painting or putting on a special shirt or scarf before doing your Shamanic Journeying. It is not a requirement for journeying but it does raise your vibrations and thus can make it easier to communicate with your Spirit Guides.But like I said in the journey primer, everyone’s experience is different and everyone’s communication with their Guides will be different.

This relaxed brain state is the perfect place to occupy when you want to create peace for yourself and especially when you want to contact higher, helpful energies like you would do when you attempt to do Automatic Drawing.

Automatic Drawing- Blind Contour

Three points to remember- 1. Hold the intention of who you want to contact to let do the automatic drawing through you- who do you want to have feed you images? 2. Write this down on your paper and 3. Don’t lift your pen from the page as you are drawing.

Homework

Write a couple of sentences of whom you intended to have feed you images and how it felt to do the automatic drawing- Then post the drawing on FaceBook in the Secret Group