Reforestation Song
This Working is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommerical NoDerivatives license (CC BY-NC-ND).
It is based on material from 'Seal, Sigil & Call : A New Approach to Ritual Magic" copyrighted by J.R. Mascaro
This working runs on several ontological assertions:
1. Panpsychic Nonduality: Existence is itself conscious, and all consciousness emanates from it and is linked through it.
2. Fractal Holography: Information about the totality of existence is encoded on the smallest expressions of existence, and this information expresses itself in fractal patterns from which all other existential patterns can be extrapolated.
These two assertions establish an operating paradigm in which we understand that we are not bound by space, because we are already everywhere through panpsychic linkage to all other consciousnesses, including the overconsciousness of the divine thought pulse of the multiverse, which is present across dimensions even in the vacuum of space. We are everywhere, and as such can reach out through space to bring forth wonders. Distance does not bind us.
In addition, through the observation of local patterns, we can extrapolate to find similar existential patterns. So, we may reach across the starry expanse to find exotic manifestations that follow patterns analogous to those here in the world in which we are currently incarnate. These patterns can be mathematical, chemical, ecological, etc
Using these principles, we can reasonably extrapolate that just as our planet was once dominated by primeval forests, so too must other planets in the incalculable vastness of the fractal multiverse exist in that state right now. Stored in the mycelial mesh memory of aether consciousness, the conceptual energy of ancient forests is a known quanta. This energy can be recalled and drummed up in the rhythm of coursing sap and reaching roots. We will draw this energy to our world from the echoes of existence.
The task of this working is to aid in the healing of Earth's forests and the bolstering and nourishing of this world's forest energy. We seek to turn the dial up on the verdant green energy of plant consciousness that has too often been masticated and mistreated by the machine minded world of the past few centuries.
To aid us in this endeavor we will call upon an Eidolon, an emanating intelligence aligned with certain principles and purposes and predisposed toward aiding the furtherance of the same. The summoning of an Eidolon is done with a Seal, a Sigil, and a Call.
For this working we will call upon the Eidolon of the Primeval Wood.
As in most of my magic, this working eschews the need for physical reagents. All extant things in the material world must by necessity exist also in the conceptual realm. As such, I employ allegorical constants, the root ideas of things, rather than physical matter manifestations of those things. In addition to being convenient and economical this practice also allows one to take their entire metaphorical toolbox with them anywhere.
Eschewing the need for physical reagents, what is it that you will need?
In your mind's eye, you will need the seal and sigil of the Eidolon of the Primeval Wood. The seal is below, and the sigils that can be used are the antler tine or the curling frond. The chosen sigil can be visualized, held in hand as a sketch, or kept on your person as a physical object. In my system a seal is an illustration in a circle that serves at the representation of an entity and is meant to be indicative of its nature in some way, and a sigil is a very simple symbol used as a shorthand conduit for connecting to that entity.
The Seal of the Eidolon of the Primeval Wood:
You are calling this Eidolon to serve as a conductor, to usher in ancient woodland energy through synaptic root networks unseen by the human eye, reaching through time and space to sprawling woodlands of the primal past, present, and future on worlds both familiar and strange. Your Reforestation Song will be broadcast by this intelligence, and its echoing answer drawn into our own biosphere. Just as trees share nutrients via their root network, so too will the primal heart energy of all forests share with us for the sake of our forests.
When I first contacted the Eidolon of the Primeval Wood I was staying in a cabin in the mountains abutting a small hill in the middle of an otherwise flat woodland. In the dead of night, a chorus of coyotes rang out from atop the nearby hill, just outside my window. It was then that the Eidolon made their presence known to me. The call used for this Eidolon references this.
This call can be done anywhere, as magic is a flowing property of the energy consciousness of existence itself. It is not confined in a circle, temple, or cathedral, it is written into every particle and eigenstate of existence. However, to allow for the greatest sympathetic and autosuggestive ease, doing this work in a forest, or at least near a tree, would likely prove beneficial.
Wherever you may be, you will visualize the Eidolon seal, pictured above, suspended in the air before you. You will then hold the sigil (antler tine or curling frond) or a sketch of the sigil in your dominant hand, or visualize the sigil upon your dominant palm.
Here you will spend a few moments taking in the emanations of the seal, feeling its energy, before calling the Eidolon of the Primeval Wood.
Imbuing the sigil in or on your hand with energy you will speak (or think projectively, if in public):
“I stand in a circle of my own design and call you by coyote chorus, by the wildest wealds to stretch toward the suns of sundry worlds, swaying in time with the fractal dance of life, roots embracing the heart of all forests. I call you, tree-walker, moss-speaker, guardian of the sacred wood. Drum up the verdant vitae of the vast green, rejuvenating this world with the heartbeat of the eternal forest.”
NOTE : In my system of magic, the phrase "I stand in a circle of my own design" denotes the concept that the magician, no matter the location of their physical body, is always able to step into the sacred sanctum within their own consciousness. In this phrase "design" means will, purpose, and devising.
Having called in the Eidolon, you will begin the Reforestation Song.
The Reforestation Song is called such as it is meant to be an echo of the primeval life music of the forest, composed of the coursing of sap, the reaching of roots, the susurration of leaves, the creaking of branches, and the calls of animals both strange and familiar. It is something that is felt, a rhythm that reminds us our veins follow the same blueprints as the branches of trees, our blood courses through them like sap beneath bark, and our bodies host complex floral ecosystems of their own.
You will begin by keeping time, tapping out a heartbeat rhythm by clapping one hand on your chest. With your other hand you can touch a tree if you are near one, or hold it up at shoulder level with your palm forward and your fingers spread to mimic the branches of a tree. You are envisioning yourself as a tree in a forest, a forest that exists in continuity with all forests to ever exist across all worlds and dimensions.
As you tap out your heartbeat rhythm, begin to sway slowly along with it like a tree moved by the wind. Envision roots extending downward from your body below your knees. Immediately feel these roots meet a network of other roots comprised of intense green light. Feel the immense life energy of the heart of all forests drawn up through these shining roots into your own, shimmering and scintillating in time with your heartbeat rhythm.
As the verdant forest energy rises through your roots and into your body, envision the top half of your body unfurling sturdy branches toward the sky. Feel the green energy rise up through these branches, coalescing there, gathering and brightening into full saturation. Suddenly, see your branches blossom into leaves and flowers. Continue drawing the vital energy upward from the heart of all forests and envision it flowing from the blossoming branches like pollen, a haze of it rising into the sky, infusing the clouds, and falling like rain on the branches of every tree in every forest, rejuvenating and invigorating them. Continue envisioning this cycle, drawing energy from the abundant forest network and distributing it like rain upon the branches of the Earth's forests, jungles, copses, and groves.
When you are ready to end the working, envision that a mighty tree has grown around your body. Feel it growing ancient and heavy with lichen and the weight of ages. Feel it topple around you, leaving you standing in the scattered debris of rotting wood and leaf litter. Envision this fallen giant dissolving into the Earth, feeding future saplings with the nutrients of its decomposition. Envision this nourishment drawn in by the network of roots extending from the heart of all forests, thanking it for the life it provides.
As you finish the working see that, in place of the fallen wooden ancient, a new spirit tree of pure green light now stands in front of you, cradled by the verdant soil. This tree is a pattern of emerald energy drawing nourishment from the heart of all forests and distributing it among the forests of Earth. Innumerable worlds need only contribute a fractional iota of vitae to rejuvenate every tree on Earth, a root network constantly sharing as needed.
I hope this working is of use to you.
Your friend in sorcery,