Last night, weekly service to the lwa Ogou Ossangne. He is a priest and a magician, and we have a conversation about my progress. I made the cho-ku-rei sign. Closed my eyes to "focus," hands extended outward. Electric energy sparked against the palms and fingers. Beneath the eyelids I can see a glowing outline, an aura of white light, and swirling movement. I could feel my hands pushing against a field, a threshold of sorts.

I could would not open my eyes.

"Wow," I said to him, "that's never happened before. What is that?"

He was protective, and told me that I was not ready to see yet.

It was a sense of things to come.

This morning, after the manifestation meditation, I chatter excitedly about this to my Fifth Dimensional Self.

I can feel the inner smile.