Ardeshir, <<I've had experience with Tai Chi where I could feel the Chi energy in my arms and I thought that other things like magic could also possibly be true.>> Ooh! A T'ai Chi person? What style do you play? I've found that T'ai chi and magical studies complement each other quite well in energy development. It also is something that keeps me rooted in the here and now--I am a big proponent that you CANNOT develop your mental and astral skills beyond a certain point without developing the physical. Plus, what better morning ritual is there than greeting the Supreme Power and communing whith it in the lovely outdoors? (and if you can burn a few hundred calories while you're at it, so much the better...). I am only taking the first tenative steps into Bardon (my spiritual new year's resolution is to start IIH in earnest as opposed to piddling around with it sporadically between other commitments), but I've found this list, and Rawn's site, are great places to get more information and ensure you're on the right track. Sarah