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. I'm currently tracing my Martinist lineage.  That's rendered complex by the Martinist tradition that one does not name one's initiator, so we'll have to go back through less evasive routes. Last week's honoree, René Chambellant, became head of the Eglise Gnostique Universelle on the death of his teacher and consecrator, Constant Chevillon, whom I'm honoring this week. Martinist, Rosicrucian, Freemason, and Gnostic bishop, Chevillon was born in 1880, showed remarkable intellectual gifts in youth, but went to work in the banking industry while devoting his free time to occult and spiritual pursuits. He wrote seven books and many essays about Gnostic theology and practice, and his integrity and spiritual qualities won the respect not only of his fellow Gnostics but of Catholics and nonreligious people. In 1944, he and other leading citizens of Lyon were taken hostage by the Nazis in revenge for activities of the Resistance, and shot to death. He is considered a saint and martyr by most modern Gnostic churches; the day of his martyrdom, March 22, is his feast day.

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Geomancy shield chart question

[(Anonymous)]

Hullo JMG!

I hope you are well,

I find myself interpreting a geomancy chart I have a strong emotional investment in.

I asked the geomantic oracles:

“Would you say it is a good idea to get my blue belt?”

1M Tristwych
2M Merch
3M Fordd
4M El’w
1D cyswyllt
2D bendith Fawr
3D cyswyllt
4D Fordd
1N Colled
2N Colled
3N el’w
4N carchar
RW pobl
LW Bendith Fach
J bendith fach

I have a strong attachment to my Jiu Jitsu gym and want to at least get my blue belt, but ever since I departed for a time and returned I’ve had injuries that have prevented me making much progress. I also feel a lot of imposter syndrome. “Everyone else here is so cool! I wish I could be as cool and good at this as them!” Despite the fact that everyone has been nothing but friendly and supportive. (Aside from a brief period where I was asked not to roll when I shared I did not have them cvd vaccine) I enjoy the practice, but I also feel a lot of self imposed emotional pressure to be “good enough” by showing up as much as I possibly can.

At first glance I interpret this chart to mean I’m simply going with the flow, and getting the blue belt would be a minor if temporary blessing. Two bendith fach as left witness and judge being a weak yes.

But with the bardic grade geomantic input, two bendith fach and one pobl have a much darker interpretation. “disputes and illnesses, fevers, discords, envy, madness, and the loss of the thing asked about; it is unfortunate in questions concerning illness.”

Do you think the above interpretation suggested for multiple occurrences of bendith fach is applicable in this chart? (I’d like to believe it’s not but don’t want to delude myself) Do you have any insights for me?

I also cast one more chart with the question “would you say it is a good idea to not get my blue belt?” RW llosgworn y thraig J carchar LW Pen Y Thraig. Which I interpreted as a difficult ending makes space for a new beginning. I can post more details on that one if you feel it’s applicable.

Thank you so much for your time and wisdom!

-WindMan

Re: Geomancy shield chart question

[ecosophia]

This is why it's very often a good idea to ask someone else to do a reading for you when you have a question that you have strong feelings about. The answer the chart gives is "yes." Bendith Fach means success via another's help, and Pobl is an indication of something in which you're simply part of a class or group. If your sensei considers you to be qualified to take the blue belt exam, it's respectful for you to take it, and not to put your own judgment ahead of his/hers!

As for the double Bendith Fach, that reflects your own tangled feelings on the subject; you're feeling discord over this, and envy of the people who you think are doing better than you are. Don't let that slide into madness...

Re: Geomancy shield chart question

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

-WindMan