Thanks to the people who replied to my dedication ritual story, it's highly appreciated and I feel very "at home" and elated now. Anyway, immidiately following my dedication, I began the "Spiritual Warfare Training Program for Satanists" as found on the JoS website. The first week of training involves practicing inducing a trance state. So far, I know I haven't achieved a trance yet. I've tried three times, once on each of the days so far (I'd do it more often, but once I finish what I wanted to do for the day as a student, I only have so much time before I should get to bed so I'm awake for school the next day). The first two times I tried sitting in a cross-legged way, and after a short while I felt like my head was much higher up than my body, almost like I had been stretched out and I was half liquid, kinda like when you pull on a marshmallow in two opposing directions. I managed to get a dizzy feeling the second time as the JoS website says is likely to happen, but I just stopped myself then, forgetting how to react to that situation. The third day I decided being cross-legged touches too much surface and thus gives me more feelings in my body that will distract me from inducing a trance, so I sat on the edge of my bed (because my chair is still covered in clothing and Halloween stuff). I think it worked a little better, but about 15 minutes into the training, as I was beginning to feel very dizzy and almost slipping away, I felt my right leg being lifted in awkward jerks an inch or so upwards every few seconds. Eventually, my toe lightly touched an article of clothing I left by my bed, which felt almost like the tickle of a bug or a finger, so I freaked out a little after a minute or so of feeling the sensation and got out of the "premature trance" (I'd like to call it) just in case a spider or something got on my foot, as my feet were close to the floor and it is Autumn after all. I was definitely not in a trance because I wasn't in pain or had any problems awakening from it. My questions are: The odd jerking of my leg, do you think that is just a natural reaction of my body to the falling effect, or something else? I also feel a lot of strange tingling all over my body when I try to induce a trance, is there something I can do to stop that? Should I have a support for my back? Because I've been sitting straight trying to balance my body without much support. Tonight I will clear my chair and try to induce a trance with my back supported. I don't think I have ever lost total feeling of my body, is this just because I'm plainly bad at inducing a trance and need more practice? Also, if I feel like I definitely need more practice inducing a trance, should I keep practicing trances into week two of training and delay "Flame Concentration" (Week two's training) for a later time, or should I start Flame Concentration at the same time I continue trance practice? Either way, I'm sure I should practice trances everyday beyond week one, so I pretty much know the answer to that question (practice Flame Concentration on the scheduled date, but keep practicing trances anyway). Thanks for reading my post. Hail Satan!!
