1) The imagination as a separate, potent factor in human life didn't really surface in public awareness until after the discovery of Neptune, the planet of imagination, in 1846. The Golden Dawn was among the pioneering traditions opening up the new possibilities of the Neptunian current, and using scrying to communicate with spirits wasn't something that the GD started out doing -- it emerged over time as people scryed the elements and learned that they could communicate with spirits and angels as well as elementals.
2) I recommend meditating on the symbolism of the Tree of Life -- all ten spheres and 22 paths -- before you attempt Pathworking on it. As for communicating with your own brain, that's always involved, because your brain is the reflecting surface onto which the images of the astral plane are projected. Judge the accuracy of what you get by its results.
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Date: 2024-02-05 06:02 pm (UTC)2) I recommend meditating on the symbolism of the Tree of Life -- all ten spheres and 22 paths -- before you attempt Pathworking on it. As for communicating with your own brain, that's always involved, because your brain is the reflecting surface onto which the images of the astral plane are projected. Judge the accuracy of what you get by its results.