by Anja Heij
“And God formed figures from clay, blowed on them to breathe in life, and they became men.”
This biblical story highly puzzled me when I was a child; I did not understand how grown-ups seriously could believe such a thing. It surely wouldn’t work with the clay dolls I made… But then it wasn’t to be taken literally. It was symbolically explaining that we are spiritual beings in a physical body, sharing God’s life force and creative possibilities. The Kabbalah too speaks of breathing in life, and the process is of course literally exercised in re-animations. The central idea is to enliven the body through blowing in the Holy Spirit, (re)awakening one’s God-force by sharing and mirroring yours. All reiki masters use this technique with their attunements/initiations. It is not some vague spiritual idea but a proven and valid method.
Witch's Well 