On 2/13/2021 at around 3-3:40pm I performed this ritual with moon in Pisces. Interestingly, I checked the moon position on astro.com right as I began and the moon was sitting a coupe minutees from exact conjunction on my Mars in Pisces. I opened the Tao Teh Ching and found a line that worked well for my purposes quickly “the unnameable is the eternally realm” but it was not to be. after several intonations I got a new phrase. The phrase that came to me was “we are within me” that quickly brought with it a feeling of being filled with numerous faces as I worked into the body and breath opening. It was startling to me how quickly I fell into an altered brain state. The struggle part was discovered quickly: consistency. I kept falling out of it. Balancing a little awareness of the outer world kept distracting me. I wonder where I might find myself if I tried this ritual in a space I could be alone in?

After falling out of and back into this place of many faces, this silently roaring totem pole I found a stopping place and found a crystallization pose with my hands together above my hand, fingers pointing up, heels up and together in a full squat with toes on ground. My ribs became gills for my fish-body, breathing this fluid, unknown Aether we swim through and sometimes call Air. Resting in the trance became much easier. Eventually silence was needed. No-form was difficult to get into, had to let my eyes close first before I could find the eyes-open No-form again. Walking back was fun, I really enjoy and have spent lots of time doing gait-opening walk. Exploring the breath synch variations was a bit more powerful, surprising me. Sounding in public brought some self-consciousness, so I used it a little but leaned on breath and movement.

So, now I have this one form of Piscean invokation. When will it need updating? How might I use it in life? How might this realization change me? I look forward to living it, and getting a few bits of perspective on the way.