Note: This does NOT replace Death-watches or sleeping amongst the dead, grave sleeping is a necromantic act that helps the necromancer connect with death energy and helps keep the mage in tune with death, and should be done constantly throughout a necromancer’s practice, regardless of how trained the mage is.
Method One: Traditional.
The traditional method of grave sleeping is as follows:
The necromancers enters a isolated cemetery, finds a (occupied) grave plot roughly their height and sleeps on it bare backed (while they may cover with a blanket or quilt if the temperatures are low).
The necromancer does not use electronic devices while in the cemetery and makes certain they are authorized to sleep there by the land owner or care takers. When the necromancer awakens, they rise up and walk away without looking back. If one is worried about leaving an offering, know it is unnecessary, You’ve brought the warmth of live to the cold soil, and that was more than enough.This common is the most basic act of grave sleeping yet serves the practitioner well. Common occurrences include shivers, whispers in the wind and tugs on the body, which are brought on by death energy. (See lecture on death energy.
Method Two:
This is very powerful and will grant a much more potent effect, however you will need to find a sunken grave, the deeper, the better. These usually form in places with lots of rain and flooding yet are covered over by care takers. Plan ahead.
Lay in the grave and close your eyes but do not sleep. Let yourself be shrouded in darkness and silence. Feel the earth shift beneath you as you breathe. Let the cold night air carress your body like the hands of the dead. At some point in this experience you will opens your eyes to find one of two things has happened. Either you’ve fallen asleep or you’ve been in this trance all through the night.
Method Three:
This method is a pain to do because of the circumstances that must be at play for this to work.
You will need to find a bed that someone has died on the night prior. If you participate in death watches this will be far easier for you. The room’s window must face the moon and the bed must be positioned with the head facing east.
Do as you would for method two yet, you will notice many differences which vary heavily from mage to mage and bed to bed. Mage’s have recorded visions, hallucinations (Auditory) and on some occasions, contact with the previous owner of the bed.
GENERAL RULES FOR GRAVE SLEEPING:
+ DO NOT get up for any reason before the sun rises. This will ruin the experience.
+ MAKE SURE you have authorization to be there by the owners or care takers.
+ THE CEMETERY MUST BE ISOLATED.
+ ALWAYS carry a weapon of some sort with you. This is against humans who may try to attack while you are vulnerable.
+ IF you feel Uninvited, you probably are. Turn around and leave.Best of luck
– Sage.I wonder if one would leave offerings, or ask permission to lay one a dead person’s grave?
Again, bringing the warmth of life to the grave is more than enough.
Methods of grave-sleeping.
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