EARTH Meditation – Journey to meet Gheb
by Blayze

Relax...Make your self comfortable and close your eyes. Feel yourself begin to still. Become aware of your breathing, in and out, in and out (cont...) Now slow your breathing down, IN 2 3 4, HOLD 2 3 4, OUT 2 3 4, HOLD 2 3 4, IN 2 3 4 (cont...). You feel yourself relaxing as your body slows. You concentrate on your breathing and you feel yourself slowly becoming one with the earth beneath you. With each breath you feel yourself slipping into trance. Continue breathing as you become more and more relaxed...

All is in darkness. You feel soft earth beneath you and the smell of rich soil envelops you. Your vision begins to expand and you start to see pin pricks of light above you, winking in and out. The scent of the earth grows ever stronger. Your vision expands once again and by the starlight overhead you make out dark clouds above you. As you search the skies you see that one of the cloud banks is much brighter than the rest, tinged with a silver glow. As you watch, the clouds part to reveal a bright and full moon, hanging pregnant in the sky above you.

The silver light reveals that you are standing in a large field of turned and furrowed earth. Low stone walls border the field and beyond them you can just see a tangle of lush and dark forest.

You look around at the earth beneath your feet. You become aware of the sounds of night insects in the soil and the forest beyond.

You look closely at the soil and take some in your hands. Where you removed the soil, you see earthworms wriggling. The soil in your hands is damp and rich, teaming with fertile potential. You crumble it back onto the ground.

By the light of the moon you can make out a small shape darting and leaping across the furrowed field.

It comes ever closer to you, disappearing from view occasionally in the deep furrows of earth. Finally it nears you enough for you to see the form of a small rodent, large eyes glinting in the moonlight. It drops something at your feet and then scurries away. You reach down to pick up the object. It is a seed! You hold the seed in your hands and you are filled with the power of growth and fertility.

You feel the pull of the powers of earth. You draw energy from the soil, becoming a living conduit of energy. Strength floods your body and the seed begins to glow.

You channel the energies into the seed.

When the seed is full of the earth energies, you take it and bury it in the furrowed earth before you. You cover it over and the ground gives a mighty shake.

You see small tendrils of green break through the surface of the soil, shoots appear with tightly furled leaves.

As you watch, the tiny seedling grows upwards, unfurling its leaves.

The moon is obscured by a cloud for a moment. When the silver light fills the skies once more you see a man standing in the soil when the plant had been growing. He is not mortal. He radiates strength, power and age.

He is GHEB, King of the Element of Earth. You bow to him in welcome and say, “Hail Gheb!. King of Earth!” 

You ask him a question about the element of Earth. A question will come to you.

PAUSE

You receive a reply.

PAUSE

You thank Gheb for speaking with you.

You find that you are now holding in your hands a gift. A small token of thanks for the meeting.

You plant the gift in the soil before Gheb.

The ground shifts once more and you stumble slightly. When you look again, you see that both Gheb and the gift have vanished.

In their place stands a mighty tree.

You move towards the tree and pluck a leaf from its branches.

You hold the leaf in your hands and examine it. You hold the image of the leaf in your mind and close your eyes. You see the shape of the leaf behind your eyes. You feel the world shift and gradually the image of the leaf begins to dim and slowly it fades away.  When the image is gone from your sight you become aware of the sounds around you, the sound of breeze and the trees, the sound of my voice. You become aware of your body sitting upon the ground, you feel your breath and the shape of your skin. Let that awareness fill you. When you feel that you are back in your body and in the here and now, open your eyes.