Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's just a few minutes to midnight, so we can launch a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism, and 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.  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.  And further:  if you ask a question about some occult topic and I tell you it's not something I can or will help you with, and you keep on asking more and more questions about that same topic, don't be surprised if your questions just get deleted. 'Nuf said.

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 twenty-fifth published book. During my time as head of the Ancient Order of Druids in America, it became clear that we needed a few books for members with rituals and the like. This was the first of them, a guide to the ritual work of a grove (that's what you call a group of Druids) in AODA. It was a pleasant, simple, straightforward job, and I didn't (and don't) make a cent from it -- all proceeds go to AODA. It seemed to me that this was appropriate for what was, after all, a labor of love.

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

Comments

Witches

[yogaandthetarot]

How would you define a “witch”?

I’m asking because I found myself puzzled (and forgive me if I’m insulting anyone ) that it has now become common for women to call themselves witches. And to market themselves as such.
I saw a book that included Yoga and Witch in the title, and like Drunk Yoga ( yes, there is such a marketed thing), seemed to me rather contradictory?
(Ok - maybe I’m being overly sensitive or exhibiting shadow ? as some might object to MY “Yoga and the Tarot name too!)

Thank you JMG always.

Re: Witches

[ecosophia]

Ahem. The meanings of words are defined by how people use them. Words don't have a fixed meaning enshrined in the heavens; they're sounds used by human beings to communicate things, and their meanings inevitably drift over time. When somebody says that a meme is dank, for example, he doesn't mean that it's wet and mildewed! In the same way, a word like "witch" has no fixed meaning -- it's been used to mean various things down through the years.

Thus it doesn't matter at all how I define the word "witch." There are people who use the word to mean "follower of a neopagan religion," and people who use the word to mean "devil worshipper," and people who use the word to mean "useful piece of construction equipment."

Take your pick.

Re: Witches

[yogaandthetarot]

🤣👏
Thank you! I am so lucky to have you as a teacher.
Jill C