jarandhel

Well, I'm happy to report that the first of my Matrix prototypes is
fully functional as of around 1am last night. This one is of a much
more "traditional" design (compared to the other Matrixes I have seen)
than the pyramidal one I am working on, which is still giving me
difficulties in assembly. Its core is comprised of a candle-holder I
bought at AC Moore on clearance for 15 dollars, with the glass plating
removed. I've strung silver wire from the remaining frame to hold my
orgone generator suspended over the candle area, which is the platform
I am using to hold the central stone for the matrix. Four tiny photo
"easels" are being used to hold the perimeter crystals, which is
working out so nicely (and were so cheap) that I intend to purchase
more of them for use with the other Matrix designs I am working on.
(I bought enough of the lab-grown quartz crystals that I should be
able to assemble as many as three full Matrixes without having to
order more, though I'm somewhat curious what effect adding more
crystals to a single Matrix would have.) I have dispensed almost
entirely with the use of magnets, though my current orgone generator
uses two very small neodymium magnets to help direct energy flow; I am
not suspending the stone within two circle magnets in this design, and
so far I have noted no negative effects from that decision.

As a note, the experience of making a Matrix yourself, rather than
using one someone else has made for you, is... interesting. I find,
much like with previous stone circles and Reiki grids I have made,
there is a distinct presence/awareness of the Matrix even when I am
not physically in the same room or even the same building with it.
From here at work, while the Matrix is at home, I can very easily
reach out and feel it and draw energy from it or add more energy to
it. The experience, and some of the things I am learning in the
process, are giving me a lot of material for my upcoming workshop. As
well as completely bulldozing some of my expectations and suppositions
about how the Matrix really works. Definitely a learning experience.

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Yeah, so, some of you may have heard already but I've volunteered to do a workshop at Thresholds on the Balon Matrix (specifically focusing on otherkin uses and mutations of it). One of the big ones that I know it can be used for is gateworking. I have some experience in that realm, more than enough to pull something off, but I'd like to expand my knowledge-base a bit before doing so in a workshop setting. So... ideas/techniques/theories of gateworking anyone feels like sharing? I have my own ideas, and I'm mining the lists for more info, but I'd really love it if we could get a decent discussion going here to help me prepare for the workshop.