So, I bumped into the name Janet Louise Druffel a little while back. Can’t quite recall where, maybe scrolling online or someone mentioned it in passing. It stuck with me, you know? Sounded kinda interesting, so I thought, why not check it out?
First thing I did was just some basic searching. Found out she was involved with stuff like automatic writing and Ouija boards. Wrote some books on it. Seemed like one of those deep-dive topics people get into. Curiosity got the better of me, so I decided to dig a bit deeper.
I managed to get my hands on one of her books. Think it was called something about a manual for automatic writing. Sat down with it over a weekend. Gotta say, some parts were pretty dense, took a bit to wrap my head around. Not exactly light reading, you know? But she laid out steps, procedures for trying this stuff out yourself.
Trying It Out
Okay, so reading is one thing, doing is another. I figured, what the heck, let’s give this automatic writing thing a shot. Seemed less complicated than dealing with a board.
- First, I found a quiet time, made sure nobody would bother me.
- Got a plain old notebook and a pen that writes smoothly. Didn’t want the pen sticking to be an excuse.
- Tried to relax, clear my head. That’s harder than it sounds, mind always racing.
- Just held the pen lightly on the paper, like the book suggested. Tried not to consciously think about writing anything specific.
So, what happened? Well, not much at first. Felt kinda silly just sitting there, pen in hand. After a bit, my hand started making some shaky lines, little scribbles. Nothing that looked like actual words, really. I kept at it for maybe 15-20 minutes.
Did it again a few times over the next week or so. Sometimes I’d get what looked like maybe a letter or two, but mostly just squiggles. It was weird. Not spooky or anything, just… odd. Was I doing it right? Who knows. The book made it sound like something should just flow, but for me, it felt more like forcing random movements or just getting bored.
Honestly? It felt a bit like trying to remember a dream right after you wake up – you know there was something there, but it just slips away. Or maybe there was nothing there to begin with, just the act of trying made it feel like something should happen.
So, that was my little experiment diving into Janet Louise Druffel’s world. Didn’t exactly get any profound messages from the ether or anything. It was an interesting process, though. Made me think about how people explore these kinds of practices and what they get out of them. For me, it was mostly just an exercise in trying something different, stepping outside my usual box for a bit. Didn’t change my life, but it was a curious little detour.
