Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's a few minutes before midnight, so we can launch into 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 1.1 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 image? I field a lot of questions about my books these days, so I've decided to do little capsule summaries of them here, one per week. The book above on the left is mine only to a limited degree. Most of it was the work of my wife Sara under the pen name she used then, Clare Vaughn. We sent it to the publisher with the authorship as "Clare Vaughn, with John Michael Greer." The publisher used to make a big deal about being feminist, liberated, etc. -- but somehow that didn't extend to giving a female author the credit she deserved, at least in this case. So my name got put first, where it didn't belong. (We also had to deal with a sustained attempt by an editor to sandbag the book; turned out the editor had a friend who was writing a similar book, and wanted ours to fail.) There are reasons I haven't placed anything with that publisher for years. Nonetheless, Pagan Prayer Beads came out very well. Yes, it's about exactly what the title suggests: how to design, make, and use prayer bead strands and rosaries for the deity or pantheon of your choice. The publisher's kept it in print, too, which is more than I can say for some publishers; if you're interested, you can get a copy here if you live in the United States and at your favorite book retailer if you're elsewhere.

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I've also had quite a few people over the years ask me where they should buy my books, and here's the answer. Bookshop.org is an alternative online bookstore that supports local bookstores and authors, which a certain gargantuan corporation doesn't, and I have a shop there, which you can check out here. Please consider patronizing it if you'd like to purchase any of my books online.

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With that said, have at it!

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

Comments

Scoliosis

[(Anonymous)]

(Not JMG, another reader here.) I'm sorry to learn of the loss of your mother when you were still young. If you haven't worked with a counselor, maybe some sessions to identify any unfinished grief could help.

I've studied Hinduism some as an adult. I notice Krishna with Radha, and Shiva with Shakti. They show sexuality as a positive form of extreme devotion with the divine.

I notice Hindu commenters who say many of these stories are allegories for psychological elements. Things within us all, for us to integrate.

I also notice that I've not found Hindu scriptures that condemn people just for negative thinking without sinful action, like some notorious Bible verses.

If you have any devotional practice with the gods, perhaps ask them to make clear to you how sexuality should be a healthy force in your life?

I have no advice about masturbation.

I can recommend something for the scoliosis.

A few years ago, I had excellent results for a spinal issue. I had treatments from a Pettibon System licensed chiropractor. Chiropractic is often intuitive. Pettibon's team invented a quick, systematic, standardized way for the doctor to assess and manipulate the patient consistently. They include physical therapy with each session. Personally the doctor (not Pettibon himself) was a huge jerk who liked to talk about how wonderful he was and had some bizarre ways he ran his business. But medically the results were very, very good!

If this brand name of chiropractic isn't available, you might get good results from any competent chiropractor but they might not be as systematic. I'd suggest you see if physical therapy is also available, as well as acupuncture. 60 degrees sounds extreme. Insurance might prefer preventive treatment. That could be better than expensive, difficult surgery later.