SECRECY, OR HOW TO BE INVISIBLE

The Wander Society conducts all of its operations in a covert fashion. This is for a variety of reasons:

Society does not understand the concept of unplanned time or non-planning. You may be criticized, judged, or ridiculed for your activities. This is best avoided altogether.

No one needs to know about your wanderings. It is okay to have something that is just yours.

Your thoughts are powerful and need time to emerge without distractions. This can only be done in a solitary fashion.

Wandering is an ancient and powerful tool. When you wander you are connecting with a group of great thinkers who used this tool to further humankind and for good. This path is not for everyone. You are entrusted with the knowledge of its power and should only pass on this knowledge to others who are able to honor it.

Secrecy allows members to conduct research quietly and covertly.

She had the oddest sense of being herself invisible; unseen; unknown.

—VIRGINIA WOOLF, MRS. DALLOWAY





You may want to incorporate secrecy in your wanderings if you are on a secret mission and plan to leave something in the environment that wasn’t there before. Or perhaps you want to wander silently at full attention, preferring not to be interrupted. You may also want to go unnoticed by others because it is like a superpower of sorts (that is, you are experimenting with being a spy).

Choosing to be invisible is not an attempt to ignore your individuality, nor is it about denying your own personal qualities. It is actually a choice to take a position of strength and creative control over your surroundings, while also demonstrating a level of respect for the natural world.

Being invisible is also a way to fit into your surroundings much like animals do. This power makes you more adaptable to the environment and the present moment/situation.

METHODS

1. Camouflage. Hide in plain sight. Dress plainly, in bland colors so as not to attract attention. You are an animal in the wild, able to blend into your surroundings when needed.

2. Adapting to the rhythm of a place. Go at the pace of nature. Move slowly or swiftly when needed.

3. Practice silent movement.

4. Do not wear perfumes or strong smelling products of any kind.

5. Keep your stuff to a minimum. Carrying only a few items makes you more mobile and agile.

6. Participate in activities that others are doing so as to blend into the environment.