ecosophia | Magic Monday

Midnight is upon us and so it's time to launch a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism, and with certain exceptions noted below, any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. Please note:  Any question or comment received after that point will not get an answer, and in fact will just be deleted. If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 341,928th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.3 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 about getting goodies from spirits are also 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. This is my seventy-fifth published book, the sequel to The Witch of Criswell and thus the second Ariel Moravec occult mystery.  Once again, it's eighteen-year-old Ariel and her adept grandfather on the case, investigating the theft of a rare magical book and a trail of clues that might lead to a pirate treasure hidden somewhere in the odd old East Coast port town of Adocentyn. Ariel and Dr. Bernard Moravec aren't the only ones on the trail, though, and the others will stop at nothing to get there first...

In case you can't tell, yes, I'm having enormous fun with these. You can get a copy here if you're in the United States and here elsewhere.

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Another fan here.

When I was a kid, I loved the Trixie Belden series, I have no idea what happened to all those books...

There were 38 in the series, can you match that?

We will see!

Regards
Helen in Oz

Who has now gone down the rabbit hole of growing leafy greens with hydroponics, thanks to our esteemed host!

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I have no idea how long the series will go; 38 might be difficult due to simple issues of longevity, as my attempts to make the philosopher's stone haven't gotten far, but I think there will certainly be rather more than a dozen. We will indeed see. Glad to hear you're having fun with hydroponics, too.

Oh there might be other ways of achieving longevity. Dion Fortunes efforts with The Moon Priestess come to mind.

Er, sexual vampirism isn't something I'm willing to stoop to. Dying isn't that big a deal; messing my karma up is quite another matter.

Oh, yes, that is in there I suppose. I totally forgot. No, not even remotely what I had in mind. More along the lines of the rumor, that since the book was published after Dion Fortunes death, that the last parts were channeled posthumously.
Ascended master JMG channeling occult mystery novels.

Nah, being dead messes with your ability to write. The posthumously channeled stuff received from Fortune wasn't anything like as good as what she wrote while still incarnate, and I certainly don't want to wind up my career by turning out a bunch of poorly written trash!

Ok, then it is up to future generations to keep the franchise going with fan fiction.
I am sure we can find some future eccentric minority religious order initiate to write something like The Wierd of Kellinger: A series of stories where the misunderstood characters tell the stories from their point of view. 😉

Im just finishing up "The Witch of Criswell" and I had so much fun reading it, I ordered the other two. I have to thank you-- I haven't been into fiction since the 90's when I would pull books from my father's "Dragonlance" collection :)

Thank you! I never read the Dragonlance books -- they came out after my passion for fantasy fiction had peaked and started to wane -- but I know they were wildly popular.

I bought some cinquefoil from a new local occult shop this past February, based on what I read in your Natural Magic Encyclopedia. I figured it would come in useful at some point. I was pleased to learn some more, including its hoodoo name as Five Finger Grass in the book. I may not use it for invisibility, but there is plenty else. Also, besides the new shop in Covington, KY (just over the river from downtown Cincinnati) that I now have been to twice, my ham radio club recently moved meeting locations, and I discovered near the new one an African American conjure shop where I was able to pick up some High John the Conqueror Root and other items. It's right across from the Skyline chili where I eat dinner before the meeting, so very convenient to stock up, though again I haven't done anything with them yet. I had some things in mind, but divination had thus far told me no, so I'm waiting until I have the right combo for an amulet or the reading says go ahead. But I'm pleased their are some places to get supplies locally again...

I read about a charm for using some Five Finger Grass in a wallet to help with funds. Do you have any tips or experience along those lines?

I really love the Hooded One too... and I look forward to hanging out in South Adonecetyn. It sounds a bit like the westside of Cincinnati. There is a great Eastside / Westside divide here. I grew up on the Westside.

Justin Patrick Moore

South Adocentyn is partly based on East Providence, the down-at-heels working class suburb where I live, and partly based on memories of some of the low-rent Seattle suburbs of my younger days. We'll be seeing more of it in the books ahead. As for cinquefoil aka five-finger grass, here's one such spell. Take one perfect five-lobed leaf, and a piece of brown paper (as in, from a paper grocery bag) that you've torn on all four sides. Anoint the paper in a five-spot pattern (one drop in the center and one on each corner) with Money Stay With Me Oil, which you can get at any hoodoo shop. Fold it up around the cinquefoil leaf and tuck that in your wallet. You'll find that it's much easier for you to hold onto the money you make, and to get more when you need it.

Sounds good about South Adocentyn...

... and thank you for this spell. This is the kind of thing I was looking for. I have the income, but the outflow has been a bit heavier than I'd like and its been harder to save. Thanks so much!

JPM

Hi, one more question on this... Can I substitute the sifted / crushed herb for a perfect leaf? That is what I have, but I will look at the conjure shop next time I go. Thanks.

JPM

Yes. In that case put five small pinches of the herb in the paper before folding it.

Fantastic, I was thinking something along those lines would do the vibrational trick.

JPM

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