Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

Midnight is just a few minutes away, and so it's time to 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:  I've decided that questions involving the evocation of spirits are permanently off topic here. The point of occultism is to develop your own capacities, not to try to bully or wheedle other beings into doing things for you. I've discussed this in a post on my blog.

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 was my thirty-fourth published book and the fifth of my peak oil books for New Society Publishers. It first saw print ten years ago, and it's turned out to be one of the most durable of those works, despite being heavy on predictions, some of which doubtless seemed far-fetched at the time.  The revolution in military affairs I predicted, for example, is playing out very nearly to spec on the plains of eastern Ukraine while I write this, and even the corporate media (who are generally the last to notice, or at least talk about, the changes that matter) are beginning to talk about the twilight of America's global hegemony -- the central theme of this book and the central political fact of our time. If you want to see how well my predictions have done so far, and where we're headed next, you can order a copy here if you're in the US and here elsewhere.

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With that said, have at it!

***This Magic Monday is now closed -- as in, no further comments will be put through. See you next week!***

Comments

The Trouble with Ideology, Update to Germanish Religion Book List, and Question on Storms

[jprussell]

Good Evening,

To anyone on the Texas gulf coast, I hope you fare well in the storm coming overnight.

To Share: 1. I put together a fairly short post on "ideology," and whether it's something we all have, or a bad invention of the past few hundred years (spoiler alert: kinda both): https://jpowellrussell.com/#the_trouble_with_ideology
2. More directly related to MM, I finally got around to making sure all of the entries had a few thoughts to them and added a few new books to my list of "Books on Germanish Beliefs with Thoughts": https://jpowellrussell.com/#list_of_books_on_germanish_belief_with_thoughts

To Ask: There was a big thunderstorm going on while I did my SOP today (actually one of the very leading bands of Tropical Storm Beryl), and I noticed that the invocations seemed stronger than usual. I this normal? And whether normal or not, is it like more because of latent energy in the storm, my own psychological response to the storm, some combination, none of the above, or what?

As always, thanks very much to JMG and everyone else here for all that you do.

My blessings to all who welcome them,
Jeff

Re: The Trouble with Ideology, Update to Germanish Religion Book List, and Question on Storms

[ecosophia]

I have no idea whether the storm contributed to the ritual; that's not something I've observed, but first thing in the morning is a rare time for thunderstorms everywhere I've lived. Anyone else have experience with this?

Library by Mail

[kimberlysteele]

Just dropping another reminder that I loan out free books by mail in the Continental US! I have lots of JMG titles, including the book listed as this week's Magic Monday book and other magic and resilience-related titles. Please check out the spreadsheet of available books here:

https://kimberlysteele.dreamwidth.org/96400.html

Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power

[(Anonymous)]

JMG - can you recommend any books or approaches to "the magic of the menstrual cycle"?
Anyone else?

I recently read "Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power" by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer and Alexandra Pope. My potted review follows: having read a good chunk of Cosmic Doctrine, I recognized the 4 season metaphor the authors apply to the 4 weeks of the menstrual cycle. It very rooted in acceptance of one's experience of altered states of mind/mood and so on. The main thing I found odd was the authors' emphasis on "the bleed" as the most sacred time. I can see how maybe they did this to counter balance our society's "go go go" mentality, but the actual seasons... all of them are kinda equally sacred, no?

So, spoiler alert, I'm male and have never had a period, so I'm curious what other books/schools of thought there may be out there about this.

Also, for the commentariate: if you've had a bunch of periods - did you notice a week to week difference? Did it track like seasons:
Spring - new ideas/plans
Summer - active, busy, getting everything done
Fall - celebrating completion, but also, being visited by one's inner critic
Winter - (the bleed) low-energy, rest, but also dreaming/visioning

Boston Bob

Re: Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power

[ecosophia]

Um, no, it's never something I've looked into, since I don't have a menstrual cycle, or for that matter a uterus to menstruate with. (I tend to focus my occult studies on things that I can do something with.) Anyone else?

[(Anonymous)]

I understand it is safe to do the 5 rites as well as middle pillar. Since they are working different energy centers is there an amount of time they need to be spaced out in a day? I typically do the 5 rites in morning and middle pillar in the afternoon/evening

[ecosophia]

I've done them as little as 30 minutes apart without any negative consequences.

re: Wild Power

[(Anonymous)]

Same poster here, forgot to add one thing:

JMG - I am wondering if you provide any helpful context for what the authors of "Wild Power" claim is their "radical new story". So many times you've pointed out that new things are anything but!

Please incorporate into my earlier post if appropriate.

Thank you for all your great AMA's!
Boston Bob

Re: Wild Power

[ecosophia]

What you've said about it reminds me of stuff that I heard from feminist Neopagans in the 1990s, and also of comments I heard from women who were active in the first wave of feminist spirituality in the late 1960s. Most of these things are on a 30 year repeat cycle -- it takes about that long for most people to forget all about them, and then out they come again as a "radical new story" or what have you.

Magical Tools

[(Anonymous)]

I have a question concerning the ‘internalization’ of magical tools. I am almost done with reading your version of Levi’s Doctrine and Ritual, but I don’t recall reading there about using magical tools on the astral level. I’ve had some success recently with utilizing magical tools which I actually possess, but using them only in an astral form.

I know you emphasize workings on all levels simultaneously. But I am finding work with tools on an internal level fairly promising, if not only good practice.

Do you have any advice for adding the physical plane to my activities, without losing anything from the astral level?

Re: Magical Tools

[ecosophia]

Interesting. I did that, and most of the old occult schools teach that, the other way around: make the tools on the material plane, get used to them, and then transfer that experience into imaginal/astral practice. You may be exploring new territory here, so please take careful notes of your experiences.

Planes of being and Sephiroth

[indra33]

Dear JMG,

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I understand that you attribute the Sephiroth to the planes of being as follows:

Material plane—Malkuth
Etheric plane—Yesod
Astral plane—Hod and Netzach
Mental plane—Tiphareth
Spiritual plane—Geburah and Chesed
Causal plane—Binah and Chokmah
Divine plane—Kether

Are the planes that consist of two Sephiroth more polarised than those that consist of only one? Or is there some other factor that distinguishes the planes with two Sephiroth from the others?

Re: Planes of being and Sephiroth

[ecosophia]

I haven't noticed any particular difference. Remember that the sephiroth and the system of planes are both abstract ways of talking about a much subtle and more complex experience, so comparing them will always uncover ways they match and ways they don't.

The 5 Rites and GD Magic

[egyptianvulture]

Hello JMG,

Happy Monday to you. I have a few questions about the 5 Rites or 5 Tibetans as they are also known and their practice, as well as the practice of Golden Dawn Magic.

1) My first question is can the 5 rites be practiced alongside Golden Dawn magic. I am doing the Learning Ritual Magic course so currently the standard Qabalistic Cross, LBRP, Middle Pillar, Divination, Meditation.

2) Secondly, I have some confusion as to what counts as a single repetition of the first rite, which involves spinning clockwise. I understand that one should work their way up to 21 repetitions of each rite daily. Does one repetition of the first rite involve one complete rotation or is one repetition of this right spinning until dizziness sets in?

3) My third question is whether I can perform the 5 rites immediately after exercise including strength training, running, yoga (in the western flexibility exercise form of that word not the eastern spiritual type).

Sorry for any inconvenience if these questions have been answered elsewhere.

Best,

Egyptian Vulture

Re: The 5 Rites and GD Magic

[ecosophia]

1) Yes, the Rites are quite commonly practiced in the GD tradition.

2) One complete rotation.

3) I don't recommend this. Instead, do the Rites first thing in the morning, right after you get up, and then do your other exercise routine later in the day. Then, once you've gotten to 21 reps of the rites in the morning, work up to another 21 just before going to bed. You'll get better results that way.

Ritual magic

[(Anonymous)]

Hi JMG,

Greetings from Wales, which is a lot sunnier at the moment than I expected today to be.

I was recently gifted a copy of Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki's Ritual Magic Workbook, which looks very good and I'm tempted to go through the course (alongside your own Occult Philosophy Workbook, which I bought myself). Her course is very insistent on setting aside a room in the home to be dedicated to ritual and decorated in particular ways. That's not possible for me: I don't have the space.

However, via my OBOD work (I just got approved to enter the Druid grade, hurray!) as well as my hypnotherapy visualisations, I have a fairly well-developed 'memory palace', to which I could add a room as described.

Do you have any thoughts on the practicality of performing ritual in such a 'virtual' temple? Any reasons not to do it?

Many thanks,

Bogatyr

Re: Ritual magic

[ecosophia]

One of the things that tolerably often annoys the bejesus out of me when I read English occult authors is the unconscious snobbery so many of them inherit from their obsessively class-conscious society. Dolores' insistence that everyone can spare a room for magical practice is one example; another example is the original set of OBOD Bardic grade lessons, which airily assumed that the student can afford a nice little cabin somewhere in the country as a retreat. It never occurs to most middle class English authors that most people don't have that kind of wealth to throw around -- alternatively, this may be one of the ways they surreptitiously pee around the borders of their teachings to say, "Only public school graduates welcome here, thank you very much!"

In the real world, that kind of thing is as pointless as it is unnecessary. This year marks the first time in my entire life that I've had a spare room I could set aside entirely for magical purposes (and I'd give just about anything for that not to be the case, but that's another issue). I've always done my practices in a space that has other uses -- usually in my bedroom, since that guarantees that I sleep in a regularly banished space. It's never hindered me in the least. By all means visualize the accoutrements Dolores asks you to have in whatever space you choose to practice in, and don't worry about it.

[thinking_turtle]

To share, for those who wonder what LMP, CC or LSRP mean, a list of abbreviations used on Ecosophia.

[ecosophia]

Thanks for this as always.

On Numerology

[(Anonymous)]

JMG,

I was wondering if you have any recommended reading on numerology. I've noticed some strange synchronicities regarding numbers as of recently, particularly dates and mine and others' birthdays (e.g., Franz Kafka and I were born exactly 109 years apart, on July 3rd, and our lives were remarkably similar, except for the fact that I am thankfully healthy in body, and other people I have taken an interest to recently have their birthdays on or near July 3rd, or share my zodiac sign of Cancer), and I wanted to learn more about it.

Thing is, googling yielded results that seem less than reliable (I am not about to trust random guru "feel good" sites), with only a few exceptions, and I really don't know where to look. Figured I'd ask someone who likely knows at least a little about it!

Apologies if this has been asked before.

Re: On Numerology

[ecosophia]

The best source for numerological instruction I've ever encountered is Matthew Oliver Goodwin's two-volume set Numerology: The Complete Guide. It's demanding and complex but very effective. Given the birthday issue, though, have you considered comparing your astrological birth chart to Kafka's?

Blessings; MOE Master Attunement; Catholic schism

[milkyway1]

Good morning,

I hope everybody had a wonderful weekend. :-)

1. I offer blessings again this Wednesday, open to everybody who signs up. If you‘d like to be blessed this week (and at the same time do me a favour by giving me the chance to practice), you can sign up here:

https://thehiddenthings.com/weekly-blessings-27

2. To MOE practitioners:

I will perform a Master attunement on Sunday, July 14th (i.e. this upcoming Sunday) - if at least one person confirms that they will attend. Details can be found here:

https://thehiddenthings.com/moe-master-attunement-2024-07

If you‘re an MOE practitioner and would like to be attuned, or re-attuned, on the Master level on Sunday, please leave me a quick note either here or over on my site. Thanks!

3. Since the future of the Catholic church seems to have dropped out of the race for the fifth Wednesday, I‘ll ask here… About the development around Catholic Archbishop Vigano and his excommunication:

In such a case, would you expect the effects of his ordination and consecration to stay with him just as before, or would you expect any changes in that regard?

And are, in your experience, the effects of the ordination/consecration somewhat independent of the egregor of the organisation, or would they be heavily interwoven - and if the latter, how would that come into play if somebody leaves an organisation (or is left, as in Vigano‘s case)?

Thanks a lot for answering questions again, and my blessings to you, if you‘ll have them,

Milkyway

Re: Blessings; MOE Master Attunement; Catholic schism

[ecosophia]

Vigano remains a priest and a bishop. If he chooses to, he could begin ordaining priests and consecrating bishops, no matter what the bishop of Rome has to say about it. If anything, Vigano will now have certain advantages from being outside the egregor of the Roman church; he can, if he so chooses, draw on the broader egregor of sacramental Christianity as a whole, and if he chooses to affiliate with one of the Catholic churches that aren't Roman, he can benefit from that as well.

Weed and magic

[(Anonymous)]

Hello Mr. Greer,

I recently (at the ripe old age of 40) smoked my first joint since my youth.
Maybe I'm exaggerating, but with my dim druid eyes (I've been practicing from the druid magic manual for about a year), I felt that there were some magical effects that came with the high.

1) I noticed a shift in perception: when I went for a walk through the woods after smoking, I wouldn't have been surprised if a dwarf or troll or bigfoot had stepped out of the bushes. It just felt very different from everyday reality. Time passed more slowly and my field of vision became darker around the edges.

2) Heightened senses: When I did the protective sphere, my extremities tingled like crazy.

3) Visualization: It was incredibly easy to visualize things, the images were brighter and looked more substantial. Even when I closed my eyes, I had spontaneous visualizations. From landscapes to cartoon characters.

4) Prayer: I always pray to my guardian deity before going to bed. On this day, when I was high, I had the distinct impression that I was being listened to very attentively. It was almost like being received in an audience.

So I'm really interested: is there really a magical side to smoking weed? Does it perhaps influence the etheric body? Does it facilitate contact with the spirits? I knew that sadhus and dervishes smoked it, but before I tried it, I pretty much dismissed it as just another way to numb the senses and ignore reality. Now I'm not so sure.

Thank you!

Re: Weed and magic

[ecosophia]

In traditional Western occultism that and other drugs are seen as crutches. At first, yes, you get this kind of result; then you start losing the ability to get results without the drug; and then the results fade out, leaving you worse than you started. I don't recommend using them.

Cosmic Eclipse update

[(Anonymous)]

Dear JMG,

What is your latest take on the cosmic eclipse theory - the idea that the madness of the past few years, particularly from 2019-2023 was caused by another solar system ("universe" in Dion Fortune's Cos Doc phrasing) was behind it.

I certainly have put long thought into it, and I think its best explanation for the sheer nuttiness. I in my own life had to deal with what felt like a complete loss of meaning and value, kind of like running on old programming and stoic ethics because it was right, but without feeling, and having, in a way, to try and obtain meaning sort of like how a radio operator might bounce signals around to something that is still connected, rather than getting something directly from the source.

But there's a lot of people still emerging from the fog, and some with some severe karma from it all.

But the world, to me at least, feels right again. Just another year down the ragged slope of decline, but that is at least familiar, rather than the sheer alien feeling of the last few years.

Your take, and your readers take would be gratefully appreciated.

Re: Cosmic Eclipse update

[ecosophia]

It still seems to me like a better explanation than any of the others.

[(Anonymous)]

Is the mass media magic machine officially broken? I'm seeing a lot of desperate attempts to cling to legitimacy in the media, but most lefties I know are responding with stunned silence. Are they awaiting further instructions, or is the cognitive dissonance now too much to bear?

KVD

[ecosophia]

I have no idea. I'm watching the whole thing with a raised eyebrow and a bowl of popcorn, wondering exactly what's going to happen next.

[eyvindmartinsson]

Hello, and thank you!

Since about twenty years I have had this "sensation" in the heart area. The first experience I can remember was from way before I was into - or believed - in anything spiritual. It is pretty hard to describe, but it is always "there" when I focus on it, very pleasurable, and if focused on more intensely it sometimes reach a very blissful feeling, "orgasmic" is unfortunately the best word I can come up. It is especially triggered by intense experiences of beauty; art, a landscape, music etc; so I was certainly very intrigued when I learnt about Tiphareth a few years ago. What exactly is this sensation? Should I "do" anything with it/about it? Is it a sign of anything? Sorry for being vague, it is quite hard to explain.

[ecosophia]

It's a normal heart center activation. It's certainly nothing to worry about, and no, you don't have to do anything with it, or to it, or about it. You probably did a lot of spiritual work with that center in a previous life, and this is one of the results. If you persist in spiritual practice in this life, the other centers will begin to awaken by induction, and further your spiritual evolution considerably.

[(Anonymous)]

John Michael Greer. What sort of ritual can I do to steer away the karma and all sorts of karmic dross from my life?

I am open to both daily practice or a one-time effect.

[ecosophia]

Ritual won't do that. If you've got karma coming your way, you've got two choices. You can meet it head on, deal with it, and get past it, or you can run from it, and have it come running after you with redoubled force. I recommend the first option; it sucks over the short term, but then it's over and you regain whatever part of your own inner power was tangled up in it.

[(Anonymous)]

In the deindustrial far future, will Uranus and Neptune still be detectable by astrologers? If not, what impact will the failure to observe Uranus and Neptune in the deindustrial far future have on astrology?

[ecosophia]

Telescopes are fairly simple, technologically speaking -- you can grind the lenses by hand -- and they have such great advantages in war and seafaring that I expect them to survive into the far future. That being the case, I expect Uranus and Neptune to be permanent additions to the astrological cosmos.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey JMG

A while ago I mentioned that I was meditating on the "Analysis of INRI", and I wanted to ask you about a direction I have chosen to take.

After meditating on the Tarot cards (Rider) that are equivalent to the letters of INRI, it occurred to me that you could also use the Geomantic figures equivalent to the letters also. My first meditation on this suggested that this was a fruitful way to go (for example, "Osiris slain and arisen" pairs well with fortuna minor and major), and during my second it occurred to me that the four Geomantic figures (Conjunctio, Rubeus, Fortuna major and minor) can be used as the mothers for a chart...

My question is if you think I could gain any useful insights to "The analysis" via generating this geomantic chart? Or is it a diversion?

J.L.Mc12

[ecosophia]

The only way to find out is to do it. Go for it and see what you learn!

Symbols and egregores?

[earthworm_uk]

Dear JMG

Thinking about the hexagram which seems to have been widely used around the world in one form or another; do you think a symbol can develop an independent egregore or is it dependent on the people who use it?
i.e. a symbol itself is neutral unless one taps into something particular?

I ask because if I do not know what a particular symbol / construct has been associated with (and which I may not wish to be associated with), is its fundamental geometry neutral or will it always tap into 'something'?

My guess is that in most cases it is not a problem, but, humans being humans, and what they get up to, I do not know... so maybe a symbol in a particular location or context might 'tap' a particular energy association and that it is not the symbol itself but other factors that determine things?

Thank you.

Re: Symbols and egregores?

[ecosophia]

It's always a complicated matter. Geometrical symbols always get some of their meaning from their underlying geometry, and then they get cultural meanings layered onto them. A very basic symbol like the hexagram has many meanings in many different cultures, so it becomes very complex. Yes, if you're in a place where a given symbol has been given a specific meaning, and you use that symbol, you'll get that meaning -- but it may be tinged with other meanings from other cultures as well.

Main blog

[(Anonymous)]

Apologies for asking this here; wasn’t sure if there was a more appropriate place.

Is there any server weirdness happening on ecosophia.net?
I’ve been unable to access since Saturday; down detectors show the site is up.

Re: Main blog

[ecosophia]

Not that I know of -- I've been there several times a day to put through comments and haven't had any trouble.

MacGregor-Reid

[markb]

Hi!

I've been doing some research on the Golden Dawn and the Druid Revival, have read some blog entries on this site and have been reading the Celtic Golden Dawn book. There is a lot of fascinating information here to appreciate and I have been enjoying the book! I recently read on your blog that George MacGregor-Reid was a member of the Golden Dawn. I recently read in The Les Druides - Les Societes Initiatiques Celtiques Contemporaines (The Druids - Contemporary Celtic Initiatory Societies) by Michel Raoult that George MacGregor-Reid was one of the original members of the G.D. I saw that MacGregor-Reid signed off a copy of the Book of Concealed Mystery as Frater A.I. of the Isis-Urania Temple. And, of course, as Adam Stout points out, there is the fact that MacGregor was added to his name which is interesting considering that it appears that Samuel MacGregor Mathers, one of the founders of the Order, had bestowed the MacGregor name to himself, Allan Bennett and Aleister Crowley at probably about the same time Reid started calling himself a MacGregor. My research seems to indicate that the MacGregor-Reid residence that was in Clapham, London was a Universalist Church, a Druid Grove and possibly a Golden Dawn Temple called the Nuada Temple. Do you know if this Nuada Temple actually existed? Some of the information I came across came from Ithel Colquhoun's Sword of Wisdom which is not always a reliable source and I have observed that MacGregor-Reid himself was not always truthful. And then there are the various and sundry books and articles on his great grandson Jamie Reid that also point to the GD connection. So it has been a bit of a rabbit hole. It seems George isn't on any of the lists of members of the GD though his secretary for his Druid Order, Charles Rosher, is well attested to have been a member of Isis-Urania. I was wondering how you came to know of MacGregor-Reid's involvement in the Golden Dawn? I can't seem to find anything entirely definitive although it seems clear he was involved in some way with the G.D. Order. Thank you very much for your time and your wealth of knowledge!

Re: MacGregor-Reid

[ecosophia]

I've seen privately held collections of publications from MacGregor-Reid's Druid order which include extensive quotes from Golden Dawn knowledge lectures, and I also have one of his order's initiation rituals, which is a reworked version of the GD Neophyte grade. I can't prove that he was a member of any of its branches, but the evidence does seem to point that way.

Bunny slope divination question

[frittermywig]

I am studying the Way of the Golden Section. I'm finding one of my biggest obstacles is the daily divination (using the Sacred Geometry Oracle). I'm a recovering materialist and I find it enormously difficult to think about my everyday, practical, life in terms of the archetypes and principles of the cards.

"Patience and perseverance are essential skills for the occultist in training." (WGS, p.30). I expect that with consistent practice I will restore my atrophied intuition to health-- but if anyone has advice or knows specific resources that encourage this process, I'd appreciate hearing about it!

Thank you again, JMG, for hosting this community!

Re: Bunny slope divination question

[ecosophia]

That sort of thing very often has to be confronted head on. Acknowledge that you don't believe in divination, and then go ahead and do it anyway -- your belief or disbelief, after all, are irrelevant to whether it works or not. Just push yourself forward, challenging your internal censor, and see what results you get.

[(Anonymous)]

Hello and thank you for your time and answers!

1)Concerning self-initiation into the Golden Section Fellowship, are there any recommendations on selecting the date and time for it? I think I've read you saying before that John Gilbert advised for initiations into Magical Order of Golden Dawn to be held on the day after new moon, and that some Druid traditions limit initiations to equinoxes and solstices?

2)Are you familiar with Astral Dynamics by Robert Bruce? It includes a system of energy work (New Energy Ways) that involves progressively filling up energy storage centers below the navel, below the heart and finally between the eyes, which reminds me of superficial descriptions of Chinese internal alchemy I've read. If so, it would be inadvisable to do alongside GSF work?

[ecosophia]

1) The GSF initiation can be done at any time you choose. It's not restricted to any particular season or time. Most of John's initiations were like that -- the MGD was an outlier there.

2) Yes. I don't recommend combining it with the work of the GSF.

MOE Healing Hands

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks to everyone who requested healing hands last week, those sessions have been serviced. If you would like to get back on the list for this week, or sign up for the first time, just reply here or PM me with the details.

For those who haven't heard of it, healing hands is a spiritual healing modality from the Modern Order of Essenes, widely appropriate for all ages and conditions, and requires nothing on your part other than signing up.

Re: MOE Healing Hands

[(Anonymous)]

I know that many people are dealing with much bigger issues than i am and i don't want to take away from what others need more than me,
but do you think that Healing hands would help with something like ennui or melancholy?