ecosophia | Magic Monday

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'm working my way through photos of my lineage, focusing on the teachers whose work has influenced me. Sylvester Gould, last week's honoree, was an active member of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, one of the more interesting occult orders of the late 19th century. (After many reorganizations, it's still around as the Church of Light aka Brotherhood of Light.) The H.B. of L., as most people called it back in the day, was founded by two British occultists, T.H. Burgoyne and Peter Davidson. The photo is of Burgoyne. It's also the photo of another gentleman, one Captain Norman Astley, who took over the reorganized H.B. of L. in America from Burgoyne, married another H.B. of L. adept -- the remarkable and talented Genevieve Stebbins -- and helped Benjamin Williams aka Elbert Benjamine aka C.C. Zain re-reorganize the H.B. of L. into the Brotherhood of Light aka Church of Light. Yes, Burgoyne and Astley were the same person. It's a complicated story. But Burgoyne and Peter Davidson, whom we'll be talking about next week, were among Sylvester Gould's teachers -- and behind them stands another and a considerably stranger figure.

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Happy New Year and best wishes to everyone.

I’m using numerology to get an idea of how the year ahead looks for both my business and myself. Using the numerology system you posted last year it was easy to make a prediction for my personal life. Doing the calculations for the business seems alittle more complex and I'd like your help on the following.

Some questions:

1) For calculating the birth number for the business would I use the date I formed the corporation or the first day of business?

2) The name number is 5. Reading the description of a "5" name number for an individual doesn't seem to translate directly into a description for a company. Since this is a small company where I am the principal, along with my wife, would the personality of the company be more along the line of my personality? (Interestingly my personal name number is a "5" as well so the point may be moot.)

3) The business time number for 2023 is 5...lots of 5's here, which is ruled by Mars. Since this indicates "...a number of unexpected changes in which the risk and rewards are both considerable..." would there be any value in doing planetary charity to Mars throughout the year?

4) My plan is to develop and grow the business to sell in a few years. Is there a preferred time number year in which to sell a business? I was thinking an "8" or "9" year, which would correspond well with my personal plans.

Thanks in advance.

1) I don't know of any source for that detail. Try both and see which fits best.

2) That's another good question. I don't know of any source that discusses business numerology! Keep detailed notes -- you may find that you're breaking interesting new ground.

3) It's certainly worth trying.

4) A 9 year would be very suitable for that.

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