Magic Monday

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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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With that said, have at it!

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

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The symbolism of a dream is of course deeply personal - but you dropped a hint when you mentioned the role Crimea played for you during your childhood, so I'll give it a try although it's very coarse and most things have already been mentioned:

Crimea is a place of your childhood. The death you thought about in the dream can very well symbolize a passage, for example when the child becomes an adult, or when you face some kind of life changing situation. Initiation, in a way. Water as a symbol for emotions, powerful, being out of your conscious control. The men and the (old) boats - past attempts to navigate the "waters", old strategies to stay afloat. Futile, given the power of the water. As is the shelter you're (hiding?) in.

A few questions that you might ask yourself: What has triggered the dream? Have you recently experienced anything that links to the Crimean summers of your childhood (not necessarily intellectually, but possibly emotionally)? Has anything happened during those summers that is still capable of rising strong emotions? Or that has shaped your personality - the way you react to certain situations - in ways that could be symbolized by boats and shelters?

I don't know if this goes in the right direction - but surely there are other questions you could ask your dream. If you meditate and practice some kind of divination these could be used - I have experienced that both can be very helpful to unpack the meanings of a dream. You can for example ask the oracle "What do I need to know about Crimea/the Sea/ ... in my dream?" and then meditate on the result and go on from there. But take it easy and listen to your intuition - at some point it might be better to be content with what you've got already and not go too far, at least for the moment.

Cheers,
Nachtgurke

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you, Nachtgurke! 😊