Dear Tom, Welcome to BardonPraxis! :) >> I'm not sure how much introduction is appropriate or necessary so I will start with my question. << Actually, your question is a perfect introduction. :) In whatever manner and to whatever degree anyone wants to introduce themselves is, to my mind at least, "appropriate". >> I have just began "Initiation Into Hermetics" and need a bit of clairification. What is ment by "plastic", when I am asked to visualise something plasticly? In other books I was given the imptression that vividly visualising an item in the mind's eye is what is hoped for. Is the same true in this case? << Yes. For a more detailed explanation, I suggest reading http://www.ABardonCompanion.com/SenseConcentration4.html This is a series of excerpts from the FranzBardonMagi group circa October through November of this year, in which this issue is clarified (to near death!). My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 27 Dec 2002 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis