I would like to follow up on something you wrote on the Ecosophia January Open Post (and no doubt at least a few times in the past). Just to clarify, I was not the initial person who sought your advice:
1) I just started a business and wanted to start it on Wednesday for Mercury, but for a bunch of reasons I wasn't able to do it until Thursday (and I don't remember the actual hour). Because of bureaucracy, I didn't get acknowledgement until Friday. Is there anything I can do now to retroactively improve the potential fortunes of the business, magically speaking?
2) You recommended "Orange candle, hour of Mercury on eight successive Wednesdays, and recite the Orphic hymn to Mercury". I can do the orange candle thing, but am I supposed to use a new orange candle every Wednesday, or is relighting the same one every week just as good? Once the candle has been completely run down, do I just toss it in the garbage?
3) Is there any particular way to close out the candle ritual/recite the hymn? Does the hymn get recited 8 times or just once?
4) Is there anything else I can do beyond the candle lighting and hymn reciting?
5) Let's say my business involves warfare or beauty products. Do I perform some similar ritual on Tuesday (to Mars) or Friday (to Venus) because of their connotation to my products? (LOL--and if so, should divorce lawyers running their own firm make offerings to Mercury, Venus, and Mars?)
6) On a semi- (ok, quarterly-) philosophical note, what effect are we really having on the gods when we devote rituals to them? Presumably, we are pretty insignificant to them, after all...
Mercury
I would like to follow up on something you wrote on the Ecosophia January Open Post (and no doubt at least a few times in the past). Just to clarify, I was not the initial person who sought your advice:
1) I just started a business and wanted to start it on Wednesday for Mercury, but for a bunch of reasons I wasn't able to do it until Thursday (and I don't remember the actual hour). Because of bureaucracy, I didn't get acknowledgement until Friday. Is there anything I can do now to retroactively improve the potential fortunes of the business, magically speaking?
2) You recommended "Orange candle, hour of Mercury on eight successive Wednesdays, and recite the Orphic hymn to Mercury". I can do the orange candle thing, but am I supposed to use a new orange candle every Wednesday, or is relighting the same one every week just as good? Once the candle has been completely run down, do I just toss it in the garbage?
3) Is there any particular way to close out the candle ritual/recite the hymn? Does the hymn get recited 8 times or just once?
4) Is there anything else I can do beyond the candle lighting and hymn reciting?
5) Let's say my business involves warfare or beauty products. Do I perform some similar ritual on Tuesday (to Mars) or Friday (to Venus) because of their connotation to my products? (LOL--and if so, should divorce lawyers running their own firm make offerings to Mercury, Venus, and Mars?)
6) On a semi- (ok, quarterly-) philosophical note, what effect are we really having on the gods when we devote rituals to them? Presumably, we are pretty insignificant to them, after all...
Thanks!