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 was my fifteenth published book, and it's the one book of mine that I've allowed to go out of print permanently. The publisher who brought out Monsters was interested in other books in the broad paranormal-weird stuff end of things, and the Atlantis legend was an obvious topic; unfortunately the result was rushed, and not really well thought out. Someday I want to do a proper book on the Atlantis legend, and more generally on the tradition that there were entire cycles of advanced civilization in the distant past -- but this is not that book, and I'm somewhat embarrassed by it. 

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Brenainn, Have you tried Martinism, an Esoteric Christian tradition?

[brenainn]

I have heard of Martinism, but I have not tried it or studied much about it. Right now, I'm studying and implementing the teachings of the defunct Mayan Order (superficially Christian, at least) and Max Heindel's work through the Rosicrucian Fellowship (very Christian). That's quite a bit on my plate, and keeps me very busy. That said, I wouldn't be opposed to exploring Martinism at some point a few years down the road.

Do you have any experience with Martinism? If so, I'd be happy to hear anything you'd like to share.

[(Anonymous)]

Brenainn,

I have a few years of Martinist practice. I would say that I am more of a Martinezist than a Martinist, I mean, I am more of a theurgist than a meditator.
I find reading Louis Claude Saint-Martin difficult and it hasn't touched me yet. I like Pasqually and his theory of reintegration and Philippe Nizie when he talks about Christ.

[brenainn]

Thank you. I'll make a note in my journal so that I'll remember to specifically check out those particular aspects of Martinist writings.

[ecosophia]

When you're finished with your current solid course of work, we might want to talk a little. I've also received the Martinist initiations. It'll be a different viewpoint than you'll get from Anon, since I'm more a meditator than a theurgist -- though I certainly acknowledge that both are valid and holy paths.

You can read some Martinist texts here:

https://mooa.us/library/

[brenainn]

Thank you, I'll certainly keep that in mind, and I'll reach out once I've completed my current work. And thanks for the link, I'll keep it bookmarked and for the time being at least skim the materials to get a better idea of the Martinist path.