Since many of Matilda's fans have already met their heroine through Dahl's popular book, they know all about that mysterious force. They remember that when she squints her eyes, focuses on an object, and tells it to move, it obeys her will. The glass wobbled and the newt inside squirmed. The first three steps work together to alter consciousness and open the unguarded mind to spiritual forces. The last step, mental projection, simply means using one's will and imagination to send or transmit spiritual energy.
Contemporary gurus promote it as an essential step toward global unity.
And, James Redfield, author of top-selling book, The Celestine Prophecy, tells millions of followers that visualizing and projecting spiritual energy enables people to empower each other and quicken spiritual evolution toward planetary oneness. In the book, Miss Honey sensed the gravity of Matilda's strange power. Because we are playing with mysterious forces, my child, that we know nothing about. I do not think they are evil. They may be good.