Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

I'm going to be shocking and launch this week's Magic Monday a few minutes early, since I'm here on Dreamwidth,. (The picture is Thomas Taylor, the great Regency-era Platonist and worshiper of the Greek Gods, godfather of the modern Neopagan revival)

Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. Any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer, though it may be Tuesday sometime before I get to them all.

I've had several people ask about tipping me for answers here, and though I certainly don't require that I won't turn it down. You can use the button below to access my online tip jar. 

With that said, have at it! 

***This post is now closed to new questions. See you next week!***

Comments

Re: Regarding intetionlity

[ecosophia]

1) The best thing you can do for this is to learn a system of divination and practice it regularly, so you get good at it. It's very difficult to work out a set of conscious questions that will cover the territory; on the other hand, it's fairly easy to do a divination asking, "Is this ritual intention something I should do?" and let the answer guide you.

2) The differences between the two systems are extensive, but they cover much the same ground in their different ways. Both require about the same investment of time and will yield comparable results. How should you decide between them? Read the books in question, imagine yourself doing the practices, and see which one feels right. It really does depend on the personal element, and on individual nonrational factors.

purantinism

[(Anonymous)]

Greetings adjmg!
Any opinion on the periodic attempt by some religions to purge all, icons, idols, images, or whatever? I wonder it’s because their effectiveness.
Dashui

Re: purantinism

[ecosophia]

It's a complex phenomenon and one I don't yet think I understand fully. Theodore Roszak's Where the Wasteland Ends has some thoughtful things to say about it, though.