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'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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Comments

[ecosophia]

It makes perfect sense. I wasn't familiar with Ramsey or his system, so thank you; this is a very good example of the practical application of occult principles to everyday life. I'm not in the least surprised that it works extremely well.

[(Anonymous)]

To extend this a little further, using astrological principles then: As I understand it, the three planets most strongly associated with wealth are Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn. Well, right from the start Ramsey suggests taking steps which please at least two of those planets (Venus and Saturn), in the form of "Blow" money, or money intentionally set aside to be used for something that seems fun right at the time; and the focused, dedicated self-sacrifice to save and pay off debts would be pleasing to Saturn; while he makes it clear that once this is done, donations and freely giving is essential, which would please Jupiter. He even suggests that it play a role right from the start, for those who have the spare money.

So, all three planets associated with wealth will naturally pour their blessings towards anyone who follows this, which if I'm not mistaken would help supercharge it; and suggests an option for how to strengthen this as well, in the form of setting aside some of the donation money I'm budgeting as part of my work with his system for planetary charity towards these three planets, in order to specifically ask for their aid.

[ecosophia]

Mercury and the Sun also have a role to play in becoming wealthy. Mercury teaches you to be adaptable and to make good bargains; he's the planet of buying and selling. The Sun teaches you to make all your lesser desires orbit around the one thing that matters most to you; he is the planet (or, more properly, the luminary) of earned success. But you can pick and choose which planets to invoke, of course.

[(Anonymous)]

A while back in response to a note I'm somewhat imbalanced towards seeing the positives of certain planets, you suggested that all planets have something to add, and here I think it applies as well: The Moon grounds the others, providing the inner peace to be able to undertake the sort of work needed to attain wealth, especially since much of it requires forming good habits; while Mars could help with finding the will to achieve wealth, rather than merely daydream about it.

So, if wealth is the main focus of one's life, all seven of the classical planets can offer something. Hmm.

[ecosophia]

Yes indeed. You could invoke all seven of them, one each day of the week...