Exercise 18. Think of something you would like to own. It could be a simple object, or itcould be an extensive piece of property. Take a picture of it and concentrate on thatpicture until you can hold the image of the thing clearly in your mind for a long period oftime. Once you have that clear image, intone the word "Mine." Feel the sound of theword moving along your spine and filling your entire body. Keep this up for about tenminutes minimum a day.Continue this for a few days to a week, at least once a day, and then see if you findyourself placed in a position to acquire the thing. Now use a little common sense in this.Do not start with something that would take a literal miracle to get, because miracles, evenin Magick of the psionic variety are a little hard to come by. Start simple and work up.When you do this last exercise remember that everything you form in your mind istransmitted outward into the astral realms and what happens to it there depends on justhow clear the thought is. The clearer the thought, the stronger the result. In the lesson onthought-forming, I will cover that in much greater detail but for now, you do not need tobother with the theory.Exercise 19. Now it is time to put the material in this chapter together. I want you to thinkof some result you would like to obtain in your life. Be very careful that it is only for yourlife. It is quite proper to do Magick for others, but not until you first learn how to take careof yourself. Pick a time and a place where you will not be disturbed for at least one hour aday. Now I understand that that can be very difficult for many people, so if you have toshorten the length of time, I will certainly understand and you must not feel any guilt aboutthe situation. We all have things we cannot control, but one hour is a goal you should aimfor and try as hard as possible to attain.Once you have your working time and location decided on, make up your mind as to what,if anything you will wear. Do not change this and if you choose a particular garment, besure to wear it only during the meditation.Think of how this goal will look, literally. You want a visual image that you can work with.Incidentally, this is why it is impossible to visualize peace. It simply does not work. Themeditator may try to come up with an image that brings thoughts of peace to mind, but theusual result is to create images that only come after total destruction, thus defeating thepurpose of the operation.Now try to think of a single word which will correspond to your visual image. Be certainthat it is a word which you will have no trouble remembering. In a later lesson, I will teachyou how to create words of power that will automatically resonate with the thought, butthere is no need to go into that here.Break this exercise down into two meditations. The first part requires you to create yourvisualization and think of it clearly, concentrating on it and working out the variousemotions that it creates in you. Be certain that the emotion you feel is a positive one,something that will make you happy after having felt it strongly for a period of time, notsomething that will drain you.Now you are ready for the second step and the technique you will follow in the rest of theexercise. Meditate on the image you have created. Hold this image as clearly as possibleand when your mind wanders bring the image back to center. Add the emotion you wishto project to the image and let that emotion so charge the image that in the future neitheryou, nor anyone else on the planet will be able to have the image in mind without feelingthat emotion.Once you have done this, add the word, the mantra you have chose and repeat thismantra over and over as you hold the image. It is not necessary to continuously say themantra for the entire hour. That can become very tiring if you are not used to it andworking alone, but say it at certain intervals, such as when the image begins to bereplaced by stray thoughts, to return you to your work.Try this exercise for at least a week, a month or more if you can manage it, makingdetailed records each day of how well you do at it and any results you may be obtaining.And once you have finished this exercise cycle, keep looking for results.