1. A way of achieving a trance-like state. One person will describe a way of relaxing and slipping into the desired state. Often, there is a goal to this form of meditation such as divination or distant viewing. Sometimes the meditations involve stories that take people on a visualized journey after achieving the desired trance state. Such guided visualizations are also known today as Pathworking.
2. A meditation led by an experienced guide following established inner pathways to access particular iconic collections of knowledge and experience. A typical example would be found in KabbalisticPath-Workings progressing on the Paths from one Sphere to another on the Tree of Life.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Sandra Kynes, author of several books, including The Herb Gardener's Essential Guide, Plant Magic, and the new Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, among many others.
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