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It's 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. Along with Louis-Claude de St. Martin, last week's honoree, the inner circle of pupils of Martinez de Pasqually included this week's figure, Jean-Baptiste Willermoz. A very active Freemason, Willermoz played a central role in cleaning up the mess left by the implosion of the Strict Observance (the most important Templar order in 18th century Europe) and created a new order with its own rituals, the Rectified Rite, which survives to this day. Much of what became the ritual of Martinism came from Willermoz's hands.

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Last week, I can't remember on which blog someone linked to 'Bel Wen's website, and as I hadn't looked at it for some time I decided to have a bit of a gander.

I think the following Tarot may be of interest to some readers, it's beautifully illustrated by Lisa Hunt, who has created a number of decks.

One note, it is landscape oriented, which I really like.
Here's a little of Benebell's review:
The Pastoral Tarot celebrates the idyllic life of small towns of New England and the Mid-Atlantic, through the countryside of the Mid-West, and the coastal regions. Each landscape piece is a scene out of Americana, a call back to 20th-century North American life.

It made me think of the Johnny Appleseed posts.
Here's the link, I'd love to hear what others think of it, I've ordered it!

https://benebellwen.com/2022/12/26/pastoral-tarot-by-lynn-araujo-and-lisa-hunt/

One other thing about this week's portrait, does anyone else see the joie de vivre in his eyes?
He looks so happy!
Maybe because he knows he's a bit of a looker! 😜
Kudos to the artist!

Helen in Oz

Thanks for this! It does look very interesting.

As for Willermoz, yeah, he's always struck me as someone who would have been a complete delight to know.

That is the happiest portrait from this era that I've ever seen.
Usually the people look so serious. Mr. Willermoz looks like he's about to bust out in laughter.
Delightful.

- Cicada Grove

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