Welcome back to the Modern Order of Essenes course! If you are new to the course, it starts out here with Unit 1. And in order to see all the course-related posts on one page, click here.
This post contains all the relevant info for the upcoming Apprentice attunement.
Since there isn’t any new course material to practice this week, this also gives you some breathing room: to catch up if you’re a bit behind, or to re-view previous material.
Whatever you do with this extra time, though, it’s important that you keep practicing regularly before and after the attunement! This will help the energies to flow properly and do what they are supposed to do.
So let’s dive right in with the details of the Apprentice attunement, shall we? 🙂
What is it about?
The Apprentice attunement is part of the Modern Order of Essenes. Once a practitioner has practiced the material of the Apprentice grade, an Apprentice attunement can help him or her to connect better with the MOE energies, to get things flowing more smoothly, and generally advance their work.
The attunements are optional, though. Constant practice will, over time, yield the same effects as being attuned. In a way, the attunements simply speed up a natural process which results from contant MOE practice.
I.e. if you have followed along with the course, it’s up to you whether you want to be attuned at this time or not. Yes, you can certainly be attuned later if you so prefer, or if you should change your mind. And yes, you can most definitely continue with the upcoming Healer grade even if you’re not attuned!
Having said that, the attunements are definitely of help along the road, and if you’re serious about your Modern Order of Essenes practice, they are worth considering.
If in doubt, trust your intuition, and/or use prayer or divination to discern whether you should participate in this attunement or not.
When and where will the attunement take place?
This is a distance attunement. I.e. you can participate at the set time from wherever you are.
It’s also a group attunement. I.e. more than one person can be attuned at the same time. You do not need to book a personal slot.
I’m going to perform two attunements at the following times:
- Sunday August 31st – 11 am German time
- Sunday August 31st – 6 pm German time
German time = UTC+2 (Germany is on daylight savings in August). Please plan accordingly in whatever time zone you are in!
It’s up to you whether you want to be attuned during the first or the second slot. There is no need to let me know.
(I don’t recommend participating in both, though. While re-attunements are possible and perfectly fine, having them so close together isn’t advisable and might be too much. It’s better to let things settle in, and then consider a re-attunement at a later point if you’re so inclined.)
What do you need to do?
Simply put, you need to be undisturbed for about 30 minutes, in a room with a chair, at the right time, and do your end of things. 🙂
You will also need to practice certain things daily for at least a week beforehand, and to make a couple of decisions, so please make sure to study the instructions well in advance. (The daily practice consists of things you should be doing as part of your MOE practice anyway, though.)
These instructions (linked to in the previous paragraph) also explain the process of attunement, and what exactly you need to do. Please read them and follow them (and if you should have any questions, ask in the comments).
Note that you will need to be present and ready about 15 to 20 minutes before the attunement, and will also need to remain in meditation for at least a few minutes afterwards. I.e. all in all, the attunement takes about 30 minutes of your time.
As for the actual attunement, you will perform your end of things as explained in the instructions, including (if at all possible) saying the relevant phrases out loud. I will do the same on my end. If possible, imagine my presence and me doing/saying these things as described.
If you can’t do this, though, don’t worry – the attunement is amazingly robust and will work fine even if you can’t imagine my presence or don’t feel anything. 🙂
It’s ok to print or write the instructions on a sheet of paper and use this for reference during the attunement, i.e. you don’t need to know them by heart. But at the very least, you should be familiar with them and know what is going to happen!
Note that I don’t need to know your name or the name you are going to use for the Divine.
That’s it – things really are as simple as the instructions sound.
However, I published a post with lots of additional information about the MOE attunements: How to prepare, what you can (or can’t expect) to happen, etc. Check it out if you’d like to get more information beforehand (this is not required!).
There is also a file called AE-attune.mp3 in John Gilbert’s audio files. However, I don’t recommend this file, as it only contains the Master part of the attunement (i.e. not what you need to say and do), and the text also differs in places from the one we will use. I.e. I don’t think listening to this file is particularly helpful – but if it rocks your boat, then by all means, go for it… 😉
As a final resource, there is the comment section over on JMG’s initial Apprentice attunement post (i.e. the post with the instructions I already linked to above). It contains some questions with helpful answers from JMG.
Ah, and one more thing: There can be a lot of energy flowing in such an attunement (or also before or afterwards). If you should feel a bit shaky or dizzy afterwards, fresh air and eating a snack or meal should help.
Who can be attuned?
This Apprentice attunement is primarily intended for the participants in my Modern Order of Essenes course.
But if you’re an MOE practitioner who has done the requisite work of the Apprentice grade independently and would like to be attuned, you can also participate.
The same goes for anybody who received the Apprentice attunement at an earlier time, whether from me or from another MOE Master Teacher, who is practicing the MOE stuff regularly, and who would like to be re-attuned: Please feel free to participate in this attunement, too.
(Note that this is an Apprentice attunement, and I will not be offering any Healer or Master attunements right now. If you’re looking for a Healer or Master attunement at this point, my fellow Master Teacher Kyle has offered to perform attunements in August. Please contact him about it.)
What happens next?
Well, there will be the attunements on August 31st, of course. 😉
But don’t worry, we won’t just idle August away (hey, you already got this post to catch a breath and put up your feet a bit!! 😛 ).
In two weeks, on Sunday August 17th, we will start with the first unit of the Healer grade.
I hope to see a lot of you “on the other side” in two weeks – and I’m very much looking forward to attuning some of you at the end of August!
If you should have any questions, you know where the comment section is. Please also feel free to make copious use of it to celebrate this important milestone and your achievement: You made it! Very well done, and my sincere congratulations to you! 🙂
I’ll (hopefully) see you in two weeks, then.
Paedrig says
Hello! So I’m ready and quite excited for the attunement. I feel like this entire process has been quite the journey – a rocky one, one which began in uncertainty and confusion, and which guided me to the other side towards a sense of peace and growth. I feel connected with the divine each time I radiate love, each time I reach out with my healing hands, and truly I am ready to take the next step.
I just have a couple questions. First – the name of the divine. I recently consecrated a shrine to Jupiter in my woods – I did so following the advice of JMG at one of the magic mondays, and literally had a dramatic rumbling storm appear during the hour of consecration. I feel a deep spiritual connection to Jupiter, but I also feel… hesitant about not asking to be attuned in the name of the universal divine. Maybe this is some residual Christian hangup? I feel like it should be done in Jupiter’s name, and I need to push past my discomfort.
As for my magical name – I’ve gone by the moniker Padrig, but that’s just a version of my real name, Patrick, from the wheel of time, my favorite fantasy book series. I kind of feel like i should use my real name here. Still, I’m interested in your opinion.
Finally, when I enter my ritual circle, I usually face east. which would be towards you. Should I face towards your or away from you? Are there any additional Syracuse preparations i should do, or just keep doing the practices? And finally, during the ceremony, aside from saying the lines and following the instructions, do you have any advice for a soon to be apprentice healer?
I’ll be ready this Sunday, 12 noon my time, 6pm your time. I’m very eager and excited. Thanks so much for everything you have done! You atd truly a blessing for us all.
Regine says
Hi Paedrig,
I’m very glad you’re getting so much out of this course. It well and truly is a healing journey, isn’t it? 🙂
And I’m also glad youre onboard for this course in the first place, and very much appreciate your contribution – thus the gratitude is mutual!
As for your questions:
For the name, my suggestion would be to use the name you usually run by, unless you have some sort of spiritual name which you’d rather use, or some sort of name you’d specifically like to do this healing under. But for most people, their most commonly used name will be fine.
Face however way you want. The instructions include all there is to know. Do as the say, and exactly this (i.e. don’t add any elements like a banishing ritual or building up a protective circle before or afterwards!). As an aside, in my experience, these energies are astonishingly robust, and are most definitely not fussy about the colour of your carpet or the kind of chair you sit on! 😉
No additional preparations other than what is listed in the attunement posts. Just do the practices, and you shall be fine. Enter meditation about ten minutes or so beforehand, and follow the instructions. That’s all. (Feel free to wash your hands or face beforehand, or make sure you have reasonably clean clothes on etc if this helps you to enter into the right mindset, but again, the energies are astonishingly robust, and if somebody can only make it for an attunement by coming in directly from a hard day of physical work, then they’ll be fine, too. In short, don’t sweat it! 🙂 )
In which way you want to call on the divine is up to you, and you are the only person who can decide it. If it helps, you could do divination – or talk to Jupiter and see what he has to say.
As for advice for a soon to be MOE Apprentice: I’m not sure what I should say besides “keep doing the work”, and “keep learning”. 😀 Was there anything in particular you had in mind with your question?
Finally, not sure if you have seen this: A little while ago, I wrote an essay about the MOE attunements, what to expect, how to prepare, etc. Maybe this will help: A deep-dive into the Attunements of the Modern Order of Essenes
I’m looking forward to attuning you,
Regine
Paedrig says
I honestly think it may have been nerves causing me to ask for advice. Just day before jitters. I feel better now. We’ll go with my actual name. After some muscle testing gut checks, I definitely want this to be done in the name of Jupiter.
I only have one question – the place I’ll be sitting is outside, in my stone circle. I regularly do my practice here, but I also do the circle of protection here. You mentioned no banishing rituals, though I feel like protection sphere is personal and temporary but I dont want to run interference. Should I do my regular morning practice here tomorrow, or simply meditate here in the runup to the attunement?
Regine says
😉
Sitting in the stone circle should be fine, as should be doing your usual morning practice, as long as you just do a general protection sphere and not one targeted at the attunement. If possible, try to leave the circle at least for a few minutes between your morning practice and the attunement, and do something completely unrelated to break off the connection somewhat.
Janus says
Hi Regine,
Attunement completed now, thank you so much!
Best,
Janus
Regine says
Hi Janus,
You’re very welcome, and thanks for participating! 🙂
Regine
Regine says
A heartfelt thanks to everybody who participated in one of the attunements, and congratulations to any newly minted Apprentices! 🙂
May this path be beneficial to you,
Regine
Ridgely says
Sorry to have been away from this blog for a few days. Thank you for the attunement. I was there at the time and definitely noticed things going on, and today I have felt waves of dizziness occasionally, which I couldn’t figure out until I thought it might be a surplus of energy that needs to be sent out, so I have relesed it on my daily Blessing Walk and now feel a little more normal.
Quick question: is it permissible to send healing to the people appearing on the Healing Prayers list on JMGs Magic Monday blog? It seems to me those would give us a much wider group of people to work for , and they have all explicitly asked for help…
Regine says
Hi Ridgely,
No worries at all. While I appreciate people’s comments, they are not mandatory… 😉
The dizziness could well have been an effect of the attunement. If it was, I wouldn’t necessarily classify it as “surplus which needs to be sent out”, though. The attunements are first and foremost for yourself, i.e. any energy coming in through them is in most cases supposed to work on you in the first place!
Sending it out is at best a stopgap. At worst, you’ll prolong things unnecessarily, or get rid of energies which had an important role to play in your own development.
Thus if this happens again, try to deal with it through other means first. Feeling a certain amount of effects is perfectly ok, and the less you fret about it, the less cumbersome it usually is. 😉 If it really should be getting too strong or uncomfortable, it might be the case that you have some blockages somewhere.
In this case, getting some massage (doesn’t have to be professional, and worst case, self-massage is better than nothing) might help to release them, as might some gentle stretching. Foot reflexology could also help in releasing such blockages.
Other ways to deal with “too much energy” involve grounding and relating yourself to the material world, e.g. through walks in nature, garden work, some physical exercise, and especially through food, i.e. eating anything at all, and/or including more meat in your diet until things have calmed down.
Just to stress, I’m not saying you shouldn’t send energies to others or shouldn’t do Blessing Walks during such times! Just that what you perceive as a surplus might not be a bug, but a feature… 🙂
(Of course, spending time in nature, e.g. sitting against the trunk of a tree, is a borderline case to my advice, as it will regulate your own etheric energy with that of the tree, and thus take some of the “surplus” away, too. That’s to say this isn’t a hard and fast rule, and there is not just black and white here, but a huge area in between!)
In any case, I hope these thoughts help somewhat.
As for the prayer list: There was a discussion in the early stages of this list, and iirc the consensus back then was that Healing Hands is ok, anything else isn’t. But I haven’t been following the prayer list that closely, and might have missed more recent changes. The best thing would be to ask Quin who runs the list, e.g. via a comment to one of his prayer list posts on his dreamwidth. He will be able to advise you.
In any case, I’m glad your attunement went well, and I wish you a good remainder of the week,
Regine