Magic Monday
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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-fifth published book and my third published novel. It had an even odder beginning than most. I'd just wrapped up a series of posts on my blog about how the United States was heading for disaster, and some of my readers were still giving me blank looks. I decided that a fictional narrative based on historical equivalents might help make the point. Five posts later, I'd sketched out a narrative. It was simple enough. In the story, a corrupt and incompetent president gets the US into a proxy war with one of its main geopolitical rivals in the hope of seizing an important source of natural resources. Unfortunately the rival power pushes back hard, and US military technology turns out to be hopelessly inadequate in the face of a determined enemy with modern weapons. The resulting crisis sends internal conflicts in the US spinning out of control, as a failed administration desperately tries to keep its grip on power by any means, however illegal, and -- well, I'll leave out the final spoilers, but there's a political assassination in there, among many other things.
Keep in mind this was written ten years ago, and I really did intend it to be fiction.
I got an offer from a publisher to turn the original five-part series into a novel. Sales have been modest but steady, and it's still very much in print; you can get a copy here in the US and here elsewhere.
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LGOPs and Wrapping Up DA Lesser Mysteries
Date: 2024-07-15 04:19 am (UTC)For my fellow Americans, may you find peace and clear thinking in these increasingly crazy times. If any of you were affected by Saturday's events in Pennsylvania, please accept my blessings.
To Share: When I was in the Army, we learned about "Little Groups of Paratroopers" (LGOPs), and I wanted to reflect on some broader lessons to learn from this historical tidbit: https://jpowellrussell.com/#let_s_talk_about_lgops
To Ask: If things go as planned, I ought to be wrapping up Gradd yr Athroniwr, and thus the Lesser Mysteries of the DA, in the next month or two. Any recommendations before pressing on to the Greater Mysteries, or will this mostly be a personal thing to be determined by divination and reflection?
As always, thanks very much to JMG and everyone else here for all that you do.
My blessings to all who welcome them,
Jeff
DPRK Numerology
Date: 2024-07-15 04:30 am (UTC)Thanks for hosting this space.
Do you (or any of the commentariat) know of a source for traditional Korean numerology?
I'm looking for a source that uses the western calendar and years, but would be traditional enough for North Koreans to use it.
Anything that might remotely qualify would be helpful!
A turning point.
Date: 2024-07-15 04:31 am (UTC)I also have the sense that the ball really was atop the net for him, and that somehow, things turned unexpectedly for the best. I don't know why, but i feel that Trump was destined, or at least very likely to die on saturday, but at the last second it all took a diferent route.
One way or the other, his Spirit has been really strengthened by this.He passed a death ordeal in front of everybody, with the blood to prove it's reality, and acting brave al along. Some days ago he was still an old man, and his glory days seemed more and more a thing of the past. Now his might has returned to him.
A wave of admiration is washing here in Europe also, even if the attackers choose the day previous to the Eurocup final match to do their thing, inadvertedly or not.
I wish he uses his regained power wisely, and may all turn out for the best.Huge blessings for all of you on the other side of the pond.
Guillem.
Re: LGOPs and Wrapping Up DA Lesser Mysteries
Date: 2024-07-15 04:31 am (UTC)Re: DPRK Numerology
Date: 2024-07-15 04:33 am (UTC)Lévi, Ritual, chapter 7
Date: 2024-07-15 04:36 am (UTC)I’m slowly reading through Lévi’s High Magic; and got to chapter 7 of Ritual, where he lists the seven ‘magical works.’ The list surprised me, because the works of a magician seemed, though they might be accurate referencing the medieval books, seemed opposed to my own views of what constitutes High Magic.
You and I agree that High Magic consists of Self-Transformation. Lévi’s first section on Theory seems to generally confirm my definition of High Magic. But I personally don’t see myself performing much of what Lévi describes in his second section on Ritual.
Is it me? Am I too idealistic? Or does Lévi get to the intricacies of High Magic later on towards the end of the book?
Re: A turning point.
Date: 2024-07-15 04:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2024-07-15 04:42 am (UTC)Question: In last week's Ritual of High Magic post, Fra'Lupo made a comment about the significance of a wound to the right ear vs the Picatrix. (comment # 110). I haven't read the Picatrix, so can someone please explain in more detail what the "Picatrix" significance of such an injury is?
Thanks!
- Cicada Grove
Re: Lévi, Ritual, chapter 7
Date: 2024-07-15 04:43 am (UTC)That said, remember that Lévi was deep into symbolism, and often wrote symbolically when he seemed to be writing in the most literal terms. He was good at that, as good as some of the old alchemists! Think about those seven magical works. What might they mean, if you looked at them in terms of the material in the fist half of the book?
(no subject)
Date: 2024-07-15 04:47 am (UTC)Re: LGOPs and Wrapping Up DA Lesser Mysteries
Date: 2024-07-15 04:58 am (UTC)And thanks very much for the kind words, encouragement, and most of all, the instructional materials. They have made and continue to make a big difference in my life and spiritual development.
Cheers,
Jeff
(no subject)
Date: 2024-07-15 04:58 am (UTC)Re: A turning point.
Date: 2024-07-15 05:06 am (UTC)Trump shown himself tough again - and presence of mind to still raise a fist as sign - it must be getting frustrating to his adversaries that nothing can seemingly take him down - if they just believed in anything beyond greed and power they might notice that maybe powerful forces are protecting him - the millions of prayers for his protection and success- looks like TSW, doesn't it?
Trump's birth chart doesn't show a death by violence, he looks to live a long life. If you look at JKF's chart that's a completely different case.
Re: LGOPs and Wrapping Up DA Lesser Mysteries
Date: 2024-07-15 05:18 am (UTC)That sounds very much like how we should proceed in life. I like the balance of action and contemplation contained within it.
Next stop Vegas!
Date: 2024-07-15 05:22 am (UTC)Re: A turning point.
Date: 2024-07-15 05:23 am (UTC)Re: A turning point.
Date: 2024-07-15 05:33 am (UTC)Probably a touch or more of each.
Trifectas come in assorted varieties.
Re: A turning point.
Date: 2024-07-15 06:06 am (UTC)The only explanation I can put around it is that of forces outside of our comprehension, because it is all so, in a manner of speaking, ridiculous.
Re: A turning point.
Date: 2024-07-15 06:07 am (UTC)Does anybody know what I'm talking about? Was it a legit prediction or an after-the-fact hoax?
Re: A turning point.
Date: 2024-07-15 06:23 am (UTC)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Emperor_Trump
Nothing servers the God Emperor Trump better than that image!
(no subject)
Date: 2024-07-15 06:52 am (UTC)1) My Dad is going to the hospital every day for treatment and he is a glass half empty negative outlook person to begin with + an Aries with legendary mood swings from negative to horrendous. What can I do to keep his apartment energetically clean? I've deployed multiple glass jars open tops with kosher salt and two bent nails, but is there more I can do? Can I do anything to help clean him up a bit? He is not receptive to anything esoteric in the least...the only thing I thought of was the salt jars, deep cleaning his dwelling (needed it so badly), wash all the windows for sunlight, fresh air, and warding of some kind maybe??...I don't think he has that much longer and I can see the slow process of giving up. I'm trying to make it more comfortable for him and make him less of a pain in the rear end to be around.
2) Related, is there any occult significance to injuries of the right leg? My mother's had to be amputated due to a rare strange cancer 2 years ago, my father has a giant cancerous tumor on his right shin (not a common type, but known) as of a year ago.
3) Is there a magical consequence to changing your own birth name midway through life? How do you think that would affect someone?
4) What do you think the karmic consequences of giving us your time and knowledge week in and week out answering questions and trying to help people in the way that you do? Is part of finishing the lessons on earth learning to be of service in a genuine way and not just because you think your supposed to or an authority told you to?
5) There was a guy in last week's MM asking about his purpose in life. Would petitioning Saturn to bind/restrict/remove anything that was hindering someone from their goals or destiny or divine providence be a good idea? Or asking for inspiration and assistance in letting fears and inhibitions longing standing to wither away in a healthy stable long lasting way?
Bless you for these Magic Monday's
(no subject)
Date: 2024-07-15 07:00 am (UTC)Or is more required? There is a very clear group of (admittedly rather pale) activists for whom the Frontier wars are not over.
Blessing offer
Date: 2024-07-15 07:02 am (UTC)I hope everybody is fine and well - and I‘m grateful the US (and probably the rest of the world, too) literally dodged that bullet.
Like every week, I‘m going to perform a blessing ceremony again on Wednesday, and would very much appreciate people signing up for it - the more, the merrier, as I work on my ability to handle these energies for larger crowds.
Sign-up for this week and more information can be found here:
https://thehiddenthings.com/weekly-blessings-28
Please feel free to also pass this on to other people who are interested.
JMG, thanks for letting me post my practice attempts here! :-)
Milkyway
(no subject)
Date: 2024-07-15 07:09 am (UTC)1. Last week you gave this answer to a question about karma: "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."
Being in what feels like a karmic culmination, and wishing to face it, what does it mean to "run from it"? To be honest, I don't really know what "to meet it head on" means either, other than to endure whatever happens with as good cheer as possible.
2. Likely related to question 1; the last few months I've been experiencing a lot of early morning anxiety, which is something new for me. (I have been in stressful life situations before, but never had this problem.) Is there any occult theory on this?
Geomantic figures and INRI
Date: 2024-07-15 09:15 am (UTC)A while ago I talked about the possibility of constructing a chart from the geomantic figures correspondent to the 3 forces of INRI (virgo/conjunction, scorpio/rubeus, sun/fortuna major and minor) and so far it does seem to have some promise. for example, the union of rubeus and conjunctio produces albus, which I think fits neatly with the theme of Isis defeating Seth in the myth of Osiris.
However, something that occurred to me is that I am unsure if the figures of INRI, as the Mothers of the chart, should be arranged left to right as it is written, or right to left as figures are usually added in a chart (IRNI rather than INRI). I have learned that in a shield chart the 1st and 2nd aunts and the RW are the same either way, but the rest of the chart is very different. Do you have any ideas?
J.L.Mc12