I have a rather unusual question for you, JMG. Please bear with me.
Say that an ancient symbol of prosperity was misappropriated and altered by a society that used it for evil purposes and black magic in the not-too-distant past. And say that the society that used this altered symbol behaved so monstrously that the symbol is still associated with malevolence. And say that one of the cultures that traditionally used the sacred symbol decided to reclaim its auspicious power (for the benefit of the world) by returning it to its original form and publicly using it in ceremonies by moving counter-clockwise around the seats of governments that are still under the sway of above mentioned black magic. And further, let’s say that the society that performed this complex ceremony has no ethnic association with the society that misappropriated the sacred symbol; rather, that it was a victim of the same cruel ideology from which its most ‘monstrous’ manifestation sprung. From a magical perspective, what might be the consequences of the ceremony?
I know that the details are vague and the situation hypothetical. But there are reasons why this is so.
Counteracting Black Magic at Societal Level
Say that an ancient symbol of prosperity was misappropriated and altered by a society that used it for evil purposes and black magic in the not-too-distant past. And say that the society that used this altered symbol behaved so monstrously that the symbol is still associated with malevolence. And say that one of the cultures that traditionally used the sacred symbol decided to reclaim its auspicious power (for the benefit of the world) by returning it to its original form and publicly using it in ceremonies by moving counter-clockwise around the seats of governments that are still under the sway of above mentioned black magic. And further, let’s say that the society that performed this complex ceremony has no ethnic association with the society that misappropriated the sacred symbol; rather, that it was a victim of the same cruel ideology from which its most ‘monstrous’ manifestation sprung. From a magical perspective, what might be the consequences of the ceremony?
I know that the details are vague and the situation hypothetical. But there are reasons why this is so.
Ron M