Coming up on two years practicing golden dawn magic, inspired primarily from being introduced to the world of occultism via some fluke url I clicked one day that led me to this forum. It has changed my life, and I am grateful.
Speaking of life changes, I am getting married this upcoming Thursday, and I was wondering if you might have a quick impression of the astrological significance of that day. If by chance it’s particularly bad, I might consider rescheduling it (it’s just a courthouse wedding for the time being). In the past I recall you posting a link with a directory of certified astrologers: would you kindly repost that? I would love to hire an astrologer for a full reading, and not quite sure where to start.
Also, I would like to recall a very strange and particularly jarring experience I recently had, to hear from you and the commentariat about what it was. I live in Denver Colorado, and to the west of the city we have a world famous music venue called Red Rocks. It is a natural amphitheater nestled into the foothills of the Rockies with views that stretch across the entire urban metro of Denver to the horizon. With incredible acoustics and seating for thousands of people, it has a powerful energy, and I have witnessed the music and lights there charge up a crowd with energy unlike any place I’ve ever been to. I believe it is one of the closest places we moderns have to recreate the energetic ecstasies of some ancient temples.
All of this to say, I went to an electronic show there a few weeks ago. I hadn’t been paying attention to lunar cycles, and was surprised when as the show started it turned out to have a full blood moon rise right behind the stage (for a moment there I thought it was a mushroom cloud on the horizon, it was that dramatically yellow and red). Then the energy of the music went really dark, and the massive stadium screens next to the dj started displaying these giant dark shadow figures with red backgrounds looking like they were slamming their fists on the screens trying to break thru. The dj himself was standing the the middle of an upside down cross. The imagery was pretty terrifying and my friends and I immediately turned around to look up the mountain so we didn’t look. Any time we turned around the imagery was just as creepy, and we quickly decided we needed to leave. Even my partner who has had very little connection to esoteric ideas described it feeling like those images were imprinted on him. I also had never seen a crowd charged up like that: I’ve seen intoxicated crowds that are still warm and friendly, but this was a level of intoxication that felt confused, scared, and sloppy. The general age also seemed very young, with many likely underage. I saw people desperately looking for lost friends, passing out and vomiting, stumbling around incoherent.
The moment I got home I lit incense, performed a banishing ritual, a purification and consecration ritual, and middle pillar.
I have three questions about this experience: 1. What do you think that was? It certainly felt conjugally potent, like it was creating a portal to release things into that crowd. What kind of impacts does this have on individuals, and populations? The location, overlooking a massive urban population, also felt significant. Any keen insights would be much appreciated. 2. Like I said, I have been practicing golden dawn magic for about 2 years. My partner has no interest, and having been raised in an evangelical religion, I have no desire to proselytize. But in situations like that, is there a way for my LBRP ritual and purification and consecration rituals to cover him as well? As I explore more about what it means to be life partners with someone and the different energies and skills that we offer each other, can I augment my practice in different ways to provide similar protection and vitalization for my partner who does not have a magical practice of his own? 3. And then more expansively, what kind of ritual work can I do that could also have effects on cleansing the city that I’m in and close off that portal, to counter the darkness that it felt like was pumping into this region from that dark and powerful ritual on stage? (If you’d rather not post about it online, but just point me to a text, that’s ok too)
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Date: 2023-05-01 02:13 pm (UTC)Coming up on two years practicing golden dawn magic, inspired primarily from being introduced to the world of occultism via some fluke url I clicked one day that led me to this forum. It has changed my life, and I am grateful.
Speaking of life changes, I am getting married this upcoming Thursday, and I was wondering if you might have a quick impression of the astrological significance of that day. If by chance it’s particularly bad, I might consider rescheduling it (it’s just a courthouse wedding for the time being). In the past I recall you posting a link with a directory of certified astrologers: would you kindly repost that? I would love to hire an astrologer for a full reading, and not quite sure where to start.
Also, I would like to recall a very strange and particularly jarring experience I recently had, to hear from you and the commentariat about what it was. I live in Denver Colorado, and to the west of the city we have a world famous music venue called Red Rocks. It is a natural amphitheater nestled into the foothills of the Rockies with views that stretch across the entire urban metro of Denver to the horizon. With incredible acoustics and seating for thousands of people, it has a powerful energy, and I have witnessed the music and lights there charge up a crowd with energy unlike any place I’ve ever been to. I believe it is one of the closest places we moderns have to recreate the energetic ecstasies of some ancient temples.
All of this to say, I went to an electronic show there a few weeks ago. I hadn’t been paying attention to lunar cycles, and was surprised when as the show started it turned out to have a full blood moon rise right behind the stage (for a moment there I thought it was a mushroom cloud on the horizon, it was that dramatically yellow and red). Then the energy of the music went really dark, and the massive stadium screens next to the dj started displaying these giant dark shadow figures with red backgrounds looking like they were slamming their fists on the screens trying to break thru. The dj himself was standing the the middle of an upside down cross. The imagery was pretty terrifying and my friends and I immediately turned around to look up the mountain so we didn’t look. Any time we turned around the imagery was just as creepy, and we quickly decided we needed to leave. Even my partner who has had very little connection to esoteric ideas described it feeling like those images were imprinted on him. I also had never seen a crowd charged up like that: I’ve seen intoxicated crowds that are still warm and friendly, but this was a level of intoxication that felt confused, scared, and sloppy. The general age also seemed very young, with many likely underage. I saw people desperately looking for lost friends, passing out and vomiting, stumbling around incoherent.
The moment I got home I lit incense, performed a banishing ritual, a purification and consecration ritual, and middle pillar.
I have three questions about this experience:
1. What do you think that was? It certainly felt conjugally potent, like it was creating a portal to release things into that crowd. What kind of impacts does this have on individuals, and populations? The location, overlooking a massive urban population, also felt significant. Any keen insights would be much appreciated.
2. Like I said, I have been practicing golden dawn magic for about 2 years. My partner has no interest, and having been raised in an evangelical religion, I have no desire to proselytize. But in situations like that, is there a way for my LBRP ritual and purification and consecration rituals to cover him as well? As I explore more about what it means to be life partners with someone and the different energies and skills that we offer each other, can I augment my practice in different ways to provide similar protection and vitalization for my partner who does not have a magical practice of his own?
3. And then more expansively, what kind of ritual work can I do that could also have effects on cleansing the city that I’m in and close off that portal, to counter the darkness that it felt like was pumping into this region from that dark and powerful ritual on stage? (If you’d rather not post about it online, but just point me to a text, that’s ok too)