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Oh, so that’s what the HELL is going on…
We interrupt the regularly scheduled nothing new or magically oriented topics brought to you by Head for the Red for the following important News Item:
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My Favorite Blogs
Recently, I’ve discovered that many of my friends are starting to blog about the nature of their Work. I’m very excited. I want to encourage as many people to blog about their magickal practice as much as possible because it was from the Work and insight gained by others that I grew the most. I found confirmation in my own experiences, encouraging me to continue in my own pursuits.
My current favorites (in no particular order) are:
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Solve et Coagula
The other day, I was reading Ouspensky’s “The Symbolism of the Tarot” over at the Sacred Texts web site (www.sacred-texts.com). In the section “What is the Tarot”, he used the word “problem” in a sentence that shed new light on an old question of mine.
Regarding the study of IHVH, he said “The study of this Name (or the four-lettered word, tetragrammaton, in Greek) and the finding of it in everything constitutes the main problem of Kabalistic philosophy.”
He wrote in 1913, and his use of the language is different from my own. When I say I have a problem, I don’t usually think about it as a good thing, or as a subject of research. I think of “Problem” as something that’s bad, negative, something that is impeding my ability to enjoy life. I
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4th Pentacle o’ Jupiter
Ok, so now I’ve scanned the 4th Pentacle of Jupiter I made:
I also have a digital image I made in “PowerPoint” of all the stupid things. It’s a rough approximation based on colors I have on my pc, fonts I have on my pc, and images I copy-pasted from Joe Peterson’s web site.The outermost circle has Muriel and its seal, then the next circle inwards has Jupiter, Tzadqiel, the characters of Jupiter, and the seal of the Archangel. The circle within has the gloria… psalm, and the innermost circle has the symbol from the Key of Solomon. The coloring below is allegedly based on the Picatrix, according to this site.
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My Favorite Blogs
Recently, I’ve discovered that many of my friends are starting to blog about the nature of their Work. I’m very excited. I want to encourage as many people to blog about their magickal practice as much as possible because it was from the Work and insight gained by others that I grew the most. I found confirmation in my own experiences, encouraging me to continue in my own pursuits.
My current favorites (in no particular order) are:
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Sepulchers are Graves
It has come to my attention that people don’t know what sepulchers are. This causes confusion in determining what, exactly, the traits of Bune of the Goetia are.
Sepulchers are graves. You put dead bodies in them. They’re usually above ground, but not as impressive as a mausoleum. Any cave you put a body in would have been called a sepulcher, I think.
Anyway. Graves.
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Sepulchers are Graves
It has come to my attention that people don’t know what sepulchers are. This causes confusion in determining what, exactly, the traits of Bune of the Goetia are.
Sepulchers are graves. You put dead bodies in them. They’re usually above ground, but not as impressive as a mausoleum. Any cave you put a body in would have been called a sepulcher, I think.
Anyway. Graves.
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Sitting wth the Elders
I sit with the elders of a generation this world has seldom seen.
If you pay attention, you’ll note that’s been added to my signature line on various message boards. Sure, it’s like the lyrics of the Led Zeppelin song. Sure, it seems a little pretentious. Nevertheless, it’s true.
I and my magical friends and nemeses are doing more meaningful magical acts today than I’ve ever been aware of in the occult realm. Pagans are paganing, CMs are returning to the grimoires in droves, magi are expecting magic to work, and demand explanations when it doesn’t.
People are reading my stuff, linking to my sites, reading my articles, and getting inspired to do more Work. That’s awesome. I feel privileged to be a part of this generation.
And my friends, they’re the most magically active members of the online community. We’re working on our own projects, comparing notes on different spirits we work with, and getting a lot done personally.
I’m honored to be among them. They’re the elders of this generation, not necessarily in years, but in experience. We are the Crowleys, Matherses, and Westcotts of our generation. We are the Agrippas and Brunos and Iamblichuses and Plutarchs of our time. We are the masters of the Emerald Tablet, ascending to the heavens, and returning to the earth in great power to create the universe.
It’s so easy, anyone can do it. If you want to do it, do it. You wouldn’t have a desire to do it if you weren’t capable. Do some magic. Talk to some spirits. Take the world by the balls and make it do your bidding. Heal the sick, empower the downtrodden, manipulate elections. Send evil upon your enemies and blessings upon your friends.
Be a magician, and join the Elders of this mighty generation.
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Enduring unto the end…
I just left one of my online message groups today. I had joined because someone invited me there, and it was a Rosicrucian forum so it looked interesting. I’ve been reading about alchemy to get ready for this upcoming series of blog posts I’m noodling over, and I thought I might get some insight into some symbols or something.
Man, what a let down. A couple days into it, I had received about twenty or so posts about the nature of Will. Great topic, wonderful exchange of ideas and opinions and theories, and all that. These people were smart, witty, and nice.
But I’m so bored with that kind of talk. I mean, this is stuff that we went over in like metaphysical kindergarten. I’m at a point now where everyone is saying the same things I’ve already seen other people say before. Sometimes they’ve been said better, other times they’ve been said worse. It doesn’t matter much to me, I’m bored either way.
I’m a little concerned. This is the stuff that I thought would be passionately interesting. I’m finding out that no one’s got anything to say that Solomon didn’t already say in Ecclesiastes. I used to think that if more people did magic, I’d have more to talk to about stuff. I’m finding out that isn’t true.
Caring less and less about more and more. That’s what seems to be happening as I continue in my work. I’m thinking I must be going through either a stagnation or putrification phase. If so, the solution to the problem would be steady and progressive addition of Mercury, Air, and whatever other alchemical symbols for that might be.
What gets me about all this is the damn time it takes. 30 weeks for the Stone, if you use lead and don’t mind poisoning yourself and everyone you “project” onto later. Just “Putrification” can take 6-12 weeks. Dissolving faesces, recondensing, blah blah blah.
Oh well. Perdurabo, as they say. There’s nothing more important to do with life, after all. The trick is to keep the heat steady.
