Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

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, and at this point we've reached a genuine man of mystery, Jacques de Livron Joachim de la Tour de la Casa Martinez de Pasqually. Nobody knows when Martinez de Pasqually was born or where he came from; what's known about him is that he showed up in southern France in 1754, taught an extraordinarily rich system of Gnostic esoteric philosophy and practice to a circle of pupils that included Louis-Claude de St.-Martin and Jean-Baptiste Willermoz, and then sailed away to the Caribbean in 1772 and reportedly died there two years later. The image I've posted is one of the very few portraits of the man.

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Summoning Demons

[(Anonymous)]

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis recently had a "family friendly" demon summoning ritual.

In addition to the public ritual there was a phone number for texting the word "SUMMON" to contact the demon Lilit.

Details available here: https://alphanews.org/walker-art-center-holds-playful-demon-summoning-session-for-families/

Do you think this sort of thing is dangerous?

Is this an indication that we are engaged in spiritual warfare?

Re: Summoning Demons

[ecosophia]

Oh dear gods. Why don't they also have a playful burn-the-house-down session for families, with open buckets of gasoline and lots of matches for the children, while they're at it? Yes, it's dangerous. Lilit or Lilith, according to the traditional lore, specifically likes to prey on children, and will kill them (typically by motivating a human to do the deed) when she can.

As for spiritual warfare, it depends on what you mean by that. Demons are always present, and always interested in preying upon the clueless and the vicious (and especially those who are both at the same time); our current elite culture is clinging to the last dregs of a failing age of reason -- there have been many ages of reason, and they always fail -- and it's quite common in that situation for the clueless and vicious to double down on their rejection of the spiritual realm. The trap for the spiritually awake is to get so caught up in fighting such people that you lose touch with the positive side of your own spiritual life.

Re: Summoning Demons

[(Anonymous)]

Good grief. What is the weirdos' fixation on that particular entity, I wonder?

So...

Theoretically, if one just happened, through no fault of one's own, to share the name of the "family friendly" entity in question, and found out about such an event in one's area... could one just show up at the appointed time and fulfil the terms of the summoning-- like "hey, you called, I came, success! Show's over now." and prevent the potential ill effects of calling up the real deal?

Asking for a friend ;)

Re: Summoning Demons

[ecosophia]

It's an amusing thought but I don't recommend it. Something else might show up anyway, and you won't want to be there.

Re: Summoning Demons

[(Anonymous)]

Point taken.

Re: Summoning Demons

[(Anonymous)]

My sister and her family, husband and two boys lives pretty close to the walker, about a mile as the crow flys. She wouldn't have anything to do this this but she pretty secular so she wouldn't take any precautions either. Should I do anything? What kind of blast radius are you looking at here?

Minneapolis in generally just has an icky vibe anymore. Something very bad got let lose with the riots.

Re: Summoning Demons

[ecosophia]

She and her boys will be fine. You pretty much have to be present to be affected directly -- and in terms of indirect effects, well, living in Minneapolis means you she's going to get that.

Re: Summoning Demons

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks John, that is what I thought but she and her family are pretty important to me.

Re: Summoning Demons

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, that is such a hoot, and in such poor taste, too! "Family friendly", we swear. Bring the kids along; we'll sacrifice them! At least they're finally doing their deranged summonings out in the open, so that more and more sane people can wake up and begin practicing blessings and protections.

The demons really are losing badly at this point. Now they've become desperate enough to blow their whole secrecy cover in the pathetic hope of getting Mom and Pop Minnesota to throw whatever minimal energy they can muster up into misguided summonings. When you're hoping that Mom and Pop Minnesota can somehow save you, your cause is already way past saving.

— Christophe

Re: Summoning Demons

[ecosophia]

I admit I was wondering about that...