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. Both of the last two honorees, and most of the other Martinist lineages in existence, were also taught and influenced by this man, Robert Ambelain, a prolific writer and occult scholar whose work extended from astrology and Freemasonry to Druidry and Martinism. Ambelain was born in 1907; he became an astrologer in the 1920s, proceeded to become a major figure in the Martinist scene and a bishop in one of the French Gnostic churches, played a central role in reviving several defunct occult orders, published 42 books, and earned the Croix de Guerre for his service to France during the Second World War. He died in 1997.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Do you know anything about the lore or history of people who are particularly lucky? Or any insights into the phenomena which I will describe? Is there a proper occult word for the positive version of people with this kind of talent/gift?

One of my children is particularly "lucky," or perhaps more precisely, able to manifest things she wants very easily. Example: a few weeks ago, we were walking out and about, and she said she wanted a cookie. We said no, as she'd already had a treat that morning. A few minutes later went into a coffeeshop to get coffee, and the barista took one look at her and said, "Would she like a cookie? It's on us." (Of course, we accepted.)

Another example, a bit less wholly positive: she expressed a desire to ride in a family member's car she'd had not ridden in for several months and really liked. It's a hassle to switch the carseats/boosters, and I told her it might be awhile before that happens. Lo and behold, the very next morning, our regular car got a flat tire. Guess which car we had to borrow to get around until it was fixed?

I have numerous examples like these two (with this one about the car being the only arguably negative one). She is a very ethical child. I observe her play (at a distance) almost 100% of the time because we homeschool and attend a co-op, and she is the one child who never has any conflicts with other kids, is never mean, never excludes anyone, and so on. When others are nasty to her, she usually just walks away (never fights back). When she is angry about something, she directs it all inward (tears and wanting to hide, usually). She has her faults for sure but she appears incapable of holding a grudge. What I'm saying is—-she doesn't use this power in a witch-like way.

Is there a word for people with this kind of ability who don't use it negatively?

For context, I've asked about her on here before. She is the same child who appeared to know the rosary from a past life, and who is obsessed with the Visitation and the Virgin Mary (who also helped me during my very difficult pregnancy with this child and twice she nearly did not survive). I have made sure to follow her wishes with that and bought her rosary beads, help her to pray regularly, and so on.

One last note that I forgot about for several years but seems interesting in light of the folklore around it--she was born with a small piece of the caul half over her face/head (doctor removed it immediately).

Thank you!

[ecosophia]

It's early to tell, but this sounds a great deal like the childhood of saints, sages, and holy people, complete with the usual set of childhood miracle stories. Give her plenty of love and encourage her religious aspirations, and there's a good chance that she will become a blessing to the world.

[(Anonymous)]

Many thanks for this advice!

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know if there's a word for it, but this is my middle child to a T. Not the caul part, but just being able to put wishes out there into the universe, and have the universe grant them-- often in the most unlikely-seeming ways.