I might actually be on a more Kabbalistic path, not a yogic one, after all. Oops!
Kabbalah certainly was something the ouija board, when it was being nice to me, discussed as something I should study. The Tree of Life also appeared in a series of visions, and my finger even traced out the sephiroth on and off, but because of circumstances with the demon, I was never able to concentrate on this mystical branch for long without feeling like I was losing my marbles, or at least getting frustrated at not being able to absorb any knowledge on it. So I kind of gave up, on and off, and focused my attention on more Eastern studies, which came to me quite easily. Kabbalah is extremely complex and it just didn't click in my mind as to how it all ties together, unlike Kundalini which I understood much better. (Also, my Hebrew pronunciation is dreadful, at least my Sanskrit is passable!) My naive, Western take, which is common for many seekers, has been that the two are interchangeable, so praying to holy figures of Western spiritual schools for Eastern related processes, I thought, should have worked... but apparently, that might not have lead to anything. But I am sure that when I prayed to, for example, Metatron for my Keter sephirah, the one time I did, it brought massive change. I am also beginning to question if Indian gods have even played into this at all, despite visions of Ganesha that I had. There has been so much confusion in my mind from all of this that I guess now is a time of figuring things out in that regard. I have kind of had to rely on a subtle sort of "knowing" when something was real, as my psychic region has been very confused. (And speaking of confusing, this is kind of funny... I have been told a few times that I give off a Jewish girl vibe, even by a Jew one time... I am not Jewish, I am a WASP, but I guess I have some quality or something... lol)
So right now I am just trying to sort out what is real for me, in the mystical sense, from what isn't. Looks like it's back to studying Kabbalah for me... might have to read "Promethea" by Alan Moore again to get the gears turning. This seems to have been a path that was chosen for me by Divinity, not from me seeking it - certainly I did not decide on Kabbalah, I only picked up a book on it after the suggestion from the ouija board (which wasn't always evil - sometimes I got the sense something nice spoke through it).
I am not even sure what sort of phenomena is common to Kabbalists, only that I experienced a lot of interesting stuff, good and bad. Also questioning the cobra power animal thing now, wondering if it may have been a symbol for the demon presenting itself, not a spirit animal, if I am indeed on a different path altogether. Oh well, I'm sure this will all make more sense in time. I uttered some prayers for Hod and Yesod, which, according to my scrying technique, needed the most work... I also prayed to strengthen all of the emanations, and to ground myself. My strongest two sephirah are apparently Keter and Tiferet, the rest are either average or need a great deal of work. Da'at, I guess, is related to my psychic phenomena, which again I must stress is a bit all over the map right now, so I must reiterate that opinions and conclusions shall change with time as I continue down this path of self discovery, whatever it may be.
It would really help to have more knowledge on all of this stuff... I don't even have a BA in anything, and I never formally studied religion, not even in high school (I should have). All of my studies have been personal, or acquired knowledge from experience. So I lack a scholarly viewpoint... glad to have friends who are PhD majors in religious studies to chat to about this, who will tolerate my more raw wisdom based approach, not having studied any of this in any formal setting!
(BTW, I wanted to discuss something about an Asylum Squad character here - Henry Chan, the Jewish Messiah Complex, was in part based on some of the weird visions I had of flashing Trees of Life, and was, in part, a mockery of my own inability to concentrate on Kabbalah. Some people thought it was antisemitic or something, but it's really just an ignorant character who doesn't know squat about religion... it's not true self insertion, apart from the fact that I made fun of myself a little bit. I was hoping some members of my audience would be more intelligent than to accuse me of antisemitism, but that's the internet for you.)
Yesterday was interesting... I was at the cathedral again, and slipped into a religious debate with a deacon over the gay marriage issue. I was citing it as an example of why I could never be a real, mainstream Catholic, after he invited me to consider becoming one, stating that I was very much for the idea of same sex couples getting married. I cited St Bacchus and Sergius as two gay male saints who were basically in union under Christ with adelphopoiesis... he didn't seem to understand that was a thing?! Interesting. The deacon seems like a nice man but clearly we were at odds on this issue! (Also interesting from yesterday is that I went to an extremely lit work Christmas party where I rode a mechanical bull - I lasted 11.31 seconds!)
-Saraƒin