Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It'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. With certain exceptions, 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. Also: I will not be putting through or answering any more questions about practicing magic around children. I've answered those in simple declarative sentences in the FAQ. If you read the FAQ and don't think your question has been answered, read it again. If that doesn't help, consider remedial reading classes; yes, it really is as simple and straightforward as the FAQ says. 

The picture?  I've now finished tracing as much of my lineage as I can through John Gilbert and his teachers, and it's time to go on to another part of my studies. I think most of my readers know that I'm a Rosicrucian among other things -- specifically, a member of the Societas Rosicruciana in America (SRIA). (There are various Rosicrucian orders these days; the one in California that gets all the publicity is only one of them.) The current head of the SRIA, under whom I've studied Rosicrucian philosophy and practice, is Sandra Tabatha Cicero -- that's her on the left. On the right is one of her teachers, Israel Regardie, who we'll discuss a little later on. Since Tabby's still very much alive, I won't go into biographical details.  

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Tree "Creed" and Cantref Correspondences in Dolmen Arch

[jprussell]

Good Evening,

I hope everyone's December is off to a good start and that your plans are near full-waxing along with the moon.

To Share: I've been working on this for a while now, and I'm not quite sure I've got it yet, but in the interest of pushing myself, I'm sharing here now that I've got a version that might be done. I'm working on a "Heathen Rosary", and the approach I'm taking is to come up with an equivalent piece for each piece of the traditional Catholic Rosary. In the stead of the Apostle's Creed, I wanted a statement not of belief, but of intention and practice, to better match how I see polytheistic religion. The form is "Anglo-Saxon Long Lines", the words all grew out of Old English, and much of the imagery (including the central metaphor) grew out of Anglo-Saxon-flavored Heathenry, but I think the poem itself might work for a broad range of polytheists. At any rate, I hope it at least serves as inspiration to some, and I'd love to hear any feedback folks have, as I'm still new to this whole poetry business:

Hallowward we have | our hearts foreturned
to give worship | to wealsome Gods,
watering anew | that nut life-bearing.

Bright with holiness | our hearts become,
as troth we give | to trustworthy Gods
in fair trade upon | tree life-binding.

Shining happily | our hearts should be,
for steering will be given | by steadfast Gods
to bless us with | blossoms life-healing.

To Ask: In the Dolmen Arch material, I've noticed that sometimes material corresponding to the seven cantrefs is not explicitly linked as to which thing goes with what cantref, such as the Seven Ways of Thought in the Gradd y Damcaniwr. Is this just to require the student to meditate on the matter and draw some conclusions on his own, or is there anything else going on here?

As always, thanks very much to JMG and the commentariat for such a wonderful and engaging community.

To any who will have them, I put forth my blessings and best wishes,
Jeff

Re: Tree "Creed" and Cantref Correspondences in Dolmen Arch

[ecosophia]

It's to encourage students to think for themselves and wrestle with the system of cantrefs, rather than just accepting the system blindly. That's something I try to do with all of my books these days.

Re: Tree "Creed" and Cantref Correspondences in Dolmen Arch

[lukedodson]

JP, that poem is AWESOME! I suspect you may not be as new to this poetry business as you think. ;)

Seriously, congratulations. I look forward to reading more from you in the future.

Re: Tree "Creed" and Cantref Correspondences in Dolmen Arch

[jprussell]

Wow, thanks very much! I give all credit to the constraints I imposed on myself and any divine inspiration I may have received.