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Card 1, the Unmarked CardIt's getting on for midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. Any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. (Please note:  Any question received after then will not get an answer, and in fact will just be deleted. I've been getting an increasing number of people trying to post after these are closed, so will have to draw a harder line than before.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here.

The image?  That's the first card in The Sacred Geometry Oracle, which is hot off the press and on its way to stores and warehouses as I write these words. Card 1, The Unmarked Card, when upright indicates that the situation is wide open and you can make of it what you will; when reversed, it means that you don't have any way of knowing what's actually going on and you may want to back off and wait for more information before proceeding. The oak leaves on the sides of the image tell you that this card belongs to the first third of the oracle, which corresponds to Calas, the principle of solidity and materiality. 


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Date: 2021-12-13 07:32 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] brenainn
Since we're over halfway through MM, I suppose I'll post a few additional thoughts of my own. While the anonymous poster's comment last week originally was slightly disconcerting for me, the more that I've thought it through, the more trivial it actually seems. Santa Muerte works with most anyone, for reasons and goals that run the spectrum of good and bad. That seemed a little off-putting at first, but then I consider Scriptures like Matthew 5:45, where Jesus tells his followers that God sends the sun and the rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous. Or the simple fact that when warring Christian nations fought in centuries past, they all prayed to the same God for success. Or what they thought was the same God, at any rate. Death is a more ambivalent and yet all encompassing force, so it seems natural that a Goddess of death could be approached for many different kinds of requests. It doesn't seem all that strange that Santa Muerte will protect a cartel leader and a simple Mexican shopkeeper at the same time.

Does that sound nonsensical to you, JMG?

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Date: 2021-12-13 08:20 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] open_space
Isn't also Hermes the god of thieves?

I also note that in India the are whole sects to gods that under human morals would be considered The Devil.

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Date: 2021-12-13 08:25 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] open_space
Exactly! That single point took me a while to process when you pointed it out to me a while ago but it makes sense. Why should we consider that humans are the only concern of the gods? And even if so, why would that mean that malefic aspects of humanity are not necessary for balance?


For what is worth, La Santa Muerte statues are sold in super markets here in Mexico. Not only street gangs worship her as mentioned. It's notable that it's only our version of PMCs that are afraid of her. Wonder why...
Edited Date: 2021-12-13 08:28 pm (UTC)

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