I got into Pathworking around the end of last year and I have had some successes with it, especially with the approach proposed by Theodore Rose (I tried Hargrove and Winterfield too but so far Rose has been the most practical and effective).
I think it’s the best way to practice Magick for me because I can’t have an altar at home right now and it is very beginner friendly.
In order to improve my skills and make them stronger and more effective, I would like to receive some practical tips and book recommendations, just any suggestions that can help me get better at this.
As with any kind of magickal operation going into a trance is always helpful, and in most cases amplifies & opens the senses. Even a light trance state will open clairsentience (feeling energy).
A daily practice of basic mindfulness meditation will help. This tends to help with magick in general.
Practicing deep relaxation and teaching yourself to release tension from your body. This is a great magick and life skill. Once you figure it out you can start all your pathworkings by completely relaxing your body.
Practicing visualization and learning to completely immerse yourself in your imagination.
Reading various pathworking books will also help as everyone does it a little differently and a lot of them have helpful tips. Here is a list of books I know that use the Theodore Rose method of pathworking:
Lucifer and the Hidden Demons by Theodore Rose
Raziel’s Paths of Power by Jareth Tempest
Archangel Pathworkings: Raziel’s Paths of Power Volume II by Jareth Tempest
Olympians’ Magick: Pathworkings of the 12 Hellenic Gods by Hecateus Apuliensis
Titans’ Magick: Pathworkings of the Hellenic Primordial Gods by Hecateus Apuliensis
Learn. Create. Evolve. By Lucian Martell
Based on a tip from Jareth Tempest’s book, I like to create a paper talisman to keep with me. Methods like pathworking are very ‘heady’ that I find it helpful to ground it into something tangible.
Use your surroundings to your advantage, for example touching a wall with your eyes closed and convincing yourself it’s the surroundings in the path, that can help you drop deeper into it.
Also training your visualisation in general. Start by practicing with simple shapes and regular colours, then over time practice more complex shapes with more advanced gradients and slowly start focusing on much more details and training yourself to be able to visualise and hold those images.