Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's getting toward 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 or comment 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 and the teachers who influenced them in turn. Last week's honoree, past Chosen Chief of OBOD Philip Carr-Gomm, received most of his training in Druidry from Ross Nichols, who is this week's honoree. Nichols was a poet, a watercolorist, and an educator, as well as a good friend of Gerald Gardner, the inventor of modern Wicca. He became a member of the Universal Bond, one of the most active Druid organizations in Britain, in 1954. Ten years later, during a dispute over the leadership of the UB, he founded an order of his own, first called the Bardic Order of Druids and thereafter renamed the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, which he headed until his death in 1975.  He was the author of three books of poetry -- Sassenach Stray, Seasons At War, and Prose Chants and Proems -- as well as The Cosmic Shape, a programmatic essay on nature spirituality with a set of poems attached, and The Book of Druidry, which was published after his death.

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***This Magic Monday is now closed. See you next week!***

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

In about six months, I will be doing an interview which has the potential to completely alter the course of my life. Given the incredibly high stakes, I would like to maximize my chances of success using any (ethical) means at my disposal. My background with practical magic is such that turning it to this would be impossible; I have some Golden Dawn work, but nothing on the practical side yet, and my rather intense emotions here make the sort of equanimity needed for competent magic hard if not impossible. Thus, I'm thinking of turning to higher powers to ask for assistance here. Although forging relationships with gods is something I'm planning to do, I don't think I have the time to create one in advance of the interview, which leaves me with few options.

The best option I see is to use planetary charity; and see where things go from there. I've also realized each planet has something to offer: Saturn can aid me in preparation; Jupiter can help ensure that I'm judged in a generous and open-minded fashion; Mars can offer me courage and confidence; the Sun can help me shine at the interview, and is worth petitioning as the natural ruler of success; Venus can aid me in connecting with the interviewer; Mercury can aid me in being articulate, clear, and quick; and the Moon can aid in clearing away the hidden obstacles and inner conflicts which may prevent success.

With this in mind, I'm considering offering planetary charity to all of the classical planets for their aid here.

a) As long as it's handled respectfully, do the planets normally respond favorably to planetary charity from those without any kind of devotional relationship to them?

b) Do you see any concerns with invoking each of the planets and asking for their aid in situations with very high stakes such as this one?

c) Given the interview won't be for another six months, if this is appropriate, I will be able to space things out a little. Would the best approach be to follow the Chaldean Order, starting with Saturn and working my way inward from there?

[ecosophia]

You will be better off choosing one planet than scattering your efforts this way. I would also recommend getting divination from another person, who's not emotionally invested in the situation, and following their guidance.