Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's getting on for midnight as I write this, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Let's start things out with a quote again: 

 

"Discipline has long been interpreted as self-control, or as some would say, "the overcoming of the lower nature.' The difficultiy is that such words as 'conquest' and 'overcoming' suggest an entirely inconsistent aggressiveness of technique.  The true metaphysician is not a wearied man wrestling with his lower nature; rather he is poised and relaxed, achieving through realization instead of conflict.  Avoid the process of suffering your way into a spiritual state." 

 

That's from Manly P. Hall's Self-Unfoldment by Disciplines of Realization, arguably Hall's best book and one of the classics of the Golden Age of American occultism. (The image to the left, on the other hand, is one of Augustus Knapp's splendid illustrations for Hall's The Secret Teachings of All Ages.)     

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Comments

Re: Trump, Miller, and COVID-19

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, Jason Miller here.

Last week I taught a class on Saturn. It was awesome. The following day I took a picture of an altar I set up every year on Autumnal Equinox and keep up till All Souls day with a statue of Death that I have been venerating for two decades or so. I shared it with the caption "Thoughts and Prayers".

This got me thinking about different expressions of thoughts and prayers. I took a snapshot of a Cauldron I keep on the left side of my Cyprian Altar and posted it with the same caption.

The next day, a photo of a "relic" of the Race of Yith that hangs on my wall.

The next day a photo of a Phurba from my Altar. Not in Sadhana or in use, just sitting in its holder with the other Phurbas.

This was followed by a picture of my Waas at the Grave as Ascha Sprague, who I venerate and make offerings to as a local ally and source of wisdom. All with the caption "Thoughts and Prayers".

Apparently these simple, seasonable, and in some cases clearly quirky tongue in cheek photos, have led people to believe that I am launching a series of curses against the President. This idea has spread not only here on FB but to other forums as well.

I am not.

If I was, I would not publicize it.

If it worked I would not claim credit.

Nothing BTW makes me roll my eyes more than individual magicians claiming credit for every hiccup the President suffers.

Also, I may be a bit eclectic for some peoples tastes, but even I am not arranging a Saturnian/Lovecraftian/Cyprianic/Vajrayana/Spiritualist operation.

Good Grief.

Jason Miller

Re: Trump, Miller, and COVID-19

[ecosophia]

Thanks for this! I was frankly very disappointed to hear the claims being made, and it's good to hear that they were groundless.