Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

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-sixth published book, the second workbook and fifth volume in the Golden Section Fellowship sequence of occult training textbooks. Earth mysteries, for those who aren't familiar with the term, is a catchall label for all the strange things associated with ancient ruins, folk traditions, places where paranormal things happen much more often than usual. The book on the right, John Michell's visionary masterpiece The View Over Atlantis, was my introduction to the field back in the day, as it was for so many other people -- it didn't hurt that the cover art was by Roger Dean, more famous for all that hallucinatory Yes album cover art -- and this book is partly my homage to Michell and a vanished era, partly a guide to integrating earth mysteries studies with occult training, and partly -- or mostly -- a hands-on guide to finding the weirdness in the place where you live. You can get a copy here if you're in the United States and here elsewhere; I recommend the hardback if you're doing the course, because you're going to put a year of hard use into the book. 

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

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I believe I've died by the guillotine at least once, during the French Revolution. Beyond that, I have no idea.

[(Anonymous)]

Understood! Perhaps you need to wait until the time is write! -JPM

Polarity Mechanics in Impactation / Sublimation

[(Anonymous)]

Hello JMG,

Alongside my ritual practices, I've been doing some research on impactation and sublimation as it feels like a critical dynamic to grasp in magic. I've been surprised to find that, outside of the Cosmic Doctrine and your own commentary on it, there doesn't seem to be much out there. Are there other writers you're aware of who address this topic directly? I'm thinking in particular of the dynamics commented on in this passage from CosDoC. Thank you - Tony C.

"you will see that there are certain considerations which if regarded alone, would lead you to proceed in the opposite direction to that which you contemplate. That is to say, you would abandon your original intention and turn back towards the centre. Other considerations, however, induce you to press out towards the circumference, you will therefore always find, in every consideration, you are torn two ways. A unanimous decision is impossible, and it is a unanimous decision which is necessary in order to bring to birth upon a denser plane that which is conceived upon a subtler plane. It is, therefore necessary, that in such a matter you should have co-operation from an entity of a different type to your own, so that the consideration will be reversed, so that that aspect of yourself which would return to the centre finds itself complemented by a similar aspect in the co-operator which would press outwards towards the circumference - not two halves but four quarters. Then comes the figure of the exchange of partners and you have two wholes instead of four halves."

Re: Duality in Polytheism

[ecosophia]

When you hear people in the Neopagan scene going on about Good and Evil, capitalized, it's safe to assume they're in the process of getting ready to return to church. In traditional polytheist faiths there are certainly dangerous, destructive, and hostile beings in the cosmos, but once you start seeing the cosmos drawn up into two sides, one good and one bad, you're back in the territory of Middle Eastern monotheism. Malign spirits are like polar bears; if you meet one on the tundra and it's hungry, it'll probably try to eat you, and you'll have to shoot it dead to save your own life, but that doesn't mean either of you are morally better than the other.

Demonic beings are at least as dangerous as polar bears, and they have similar motives. Thus it makes perfect sense to avoid them where possible and banish them when they get intrusive. That doesn't justify fleeing back into dualism -- though of course that's very popular these days.

Re: Geomancy Conondrum

[brendhelm]

For this particular question I would also be on the lookout for Via (change), Cauda Draconis (endings), and Caput Draconis (beginnings), all of which would seem to point to a change in the status quo. Carcer and Tristitia would seem to be suggestive of a continuation of the status quo.

Re: Becoming Supernatural

[ecosophia]

I haven't. Dispenza was one of the leading figures in JZ Knight's "Ramtha" business before he launched his own franchise, and he's pushing the same overblown "you create your own reality" schtick that's caused so much failure and misery in recent decades. (As usual, a half-truth is more destructive than an outright lie; the fact is that we don't create but co-create our reality -- there's this other little thing called the entire universe that also gets a vote.) I tend to avoid anything from that end of the spiritual or pseudospiritual scene, and encourage others to do the same.

Re: Sacred Homemaking

[vitranc]

Congratulations, what a wonderful news!
Best regards,
V

Re: AI """spirituality""" ?!?

[denebalgedi777]

Oh dear, I have a friend who just about lost it after having long and detailed conversations with this most recent version of LLM, which has been greatly hyped as well. He started sending bizarre, rambling emails to local academics promoting some kind of messianic AI-driven imperial project. What's worse, this comes at a time when he has moved to a new location, has a stay at home wife with a small child, and is the sole breadwinner. Needless to say, I am getting very sinister vibes from the most recent offerings of OpenAI at least.

I should also note that I believe these were used in the Covid era to influence the public in various ways -- it was mighty suspicious, after all, that they were rolled out to the public in working order shortly after the Covid operations were wrapped up.

That's all I'm going to say since this is technically a banned topic but I feel it was important enough to mention.

Re: Occult significance?

[earthworm_uk]

Was thinking along the lines of aligning with particular egregores, but perhaps this is not so much a shift in alignment as a reveal... but yes "both sides are trying to exploit a historical memory for political advantage". Mirkwood - a dark and dangerous forest.

Re: Zodiacal Releasing

[denebalgedi777]

I'm familiar with it and I can say that it works well enough. The idea is that any particular lot has its rulership distributed to other signs in a sequential way over the lifetime of the native. The time tables for that are very odd and I have no idea how Valens and others worked them out -- but they work. The affairs controlled by that lot will be much more affected by transits of the planet with the lordship than usual. I have only really used it with the lots of fortune and spirit though, since those were the most important ones historically - they were said to govern luck and worldly action/reputation, respectively.

Re: Adapting SOP to the Gnostic pantheon; reading recommendations on the Grail

[ecosophia]

1) I haven't answered it before, no, and it's a good question. I'd assign the four luminaries as follows:

Daveithai -- Air/east
Oroiael -- Water/west
Harmozel -- Fire/south
Eleleth -- Earth/north

For Above, Christos, and for below, Sophia, might work well.

2) Matthews has devoted much of his career to Grail studies and he's well worth reading. I strongly recommend, though, going as soon as possible to the original Grail legends; they're all available in English translation, and you'll get much more from them than from any modern rehash, mine included.

[ecosophia]

That's not something I've looked into. Anyone else?

Re: Becoming Supernatural

[earthworm_uk]

Ah, so that was why I got 'the ick'.
Never heard of Ramtha or JZ Knight before and will set that particular rabbit-hole aside for the moment!
Thank you.

Re: Polarity Mechanics in Impactation / Sublimation

[ecosophia]

As far as I know, nobody else has published a thing on the subject in any accessible source -- what the Society of the Inner Light might have in its archives is another matter, but I don't have access to those. It's among the most advanced concepts of Fortune's magical theory, and has been neglected by an occult community far more interested in simplifying and publicizing what it has than in pushing the boundaries further.

Re: Becoming Supernatural

[ecosophia]

You can replace Knight and her pet spirit with any other heavily marketed New Age trance channeler you like; it's all the same story.

Modern Order of Essenes Healings and Attunements

[kylec]

First, if anyone has progressed through the MOE material to the point of needing an attunement in any of the grades, please let me know, preferably through PM, so we can schedule an attunement.

And as always, I'm offering healing hands to anyone who needs them. Just reply here or PM me with your name and request. Thanks!

Re: Occult significance?

[ecosophia]

And full of spiders...

Re: Sacred Homemaking

[kimberlysteele]

Thank you! I will do my best.

Re: Sacred Homemaking

[kimberlysteele]

Thanks JMG. Yes, there's another one in the oven.

Re: Sacred Homemaking

[kimberlysteele]

Thank you Rooby.

Re: Sacred Homemaking

[kimberlysteele]

Thanks Jennifer!

Re: Sacred Homemaking

[kimberlysteele]

Thank you Vitranc.

[kylec]

This is also my most recurring dream for many years, though I haven't seen it lately.

[(Anonymous)]

I couldn't find anything older than the 1970s in the library catalog, but here is what I found:

-Anatomic kinesiology by Gene A. Logan, Wayne C. McKinney. 1977. Published in 1970 under title: Kinesiology.

-Applied kinesiology :muscle response in diagnosis, therapy, and preventive medicine by Tom Carole Valentine, with Douglas P. Hetrick. 1987

-Applied kinesiology :the scientific study of human performance by Clayne R. Jensen, Gordon W. Schultz.

-Biomechanics and motor control of human movement by David A. Winter, 1979

-Cure your own allergies in minutes by Jimmy Scott with Kathleen Goss ; illustrations by Claudia Wagar 1988. This one was published by Health Kinesiology Publications out of San Francisco, possibly worth finding their other titles.

-Kinesiology and applied anatomy by Philip J. Rasch ; with contributions by Mark D. Grabiner, Robert J. Gregor, John Garhammer. 1989

- Kinesiology : scientific basis of human motion by Kathryn Luttgens, Katharine F. Wells. 1976 / 1982

-Manual of structural kinesiology by Clem W. Thompson. 1981

-Structural kinesiology by Jerry N. Barham and Edna P. Wooten, 1973.

There were a few other titles, but these seemed to be the most relevant.

Good luck on your quest!

Justin Patrick Moore

Signs of Voice

[(Anonymous)]

Greetings JMG and all, The discussion last Monday about the dimensions of voice related to authority, magic, etc was interesting and I thought about a few times during the week. It made me think of something I’ve wondered about for a long time.

In George Llewellyn’s book “A to Z Horoscope Maker and Delineator” where he gives the properties of the signs, he designates some as “signs of voice” and “mute signs”. “Signs of voice” are Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius. The “mute signs” are the water signs Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. Upon reflection it’s easy to understand these designations, however he doesn’t say what it means and I’ve never run across the idea in any other astrology books.

Over the years, looking at natal charts of people I know, it seems like people with a fair share of “signs of voice” have a talent for public speaking, the “gift of gab” and/or a certain way of holding forth anyplace on any topic where people just pay attention…..even children and pets take notice.

It’s a very interesting tidbit to add to studying natal charts.

So is having an authoritative or “put people at their ease” voice a facet of one’s personality as a talent? Same for a talent for silence? And these would be something we work with in this life for better or worse? Have you come across a more detailed explanation of these designations? Is this the correct way to view the designations?

Thank you very much for your time and this forum!

Pink Obtuse Muffin ~ SundaraYogaShala