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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-eighth published book and nineteenth novel, a stand-alone (so far) tale set in 2095 or so. You could call it cli-fi (the current cute label for climate change fiction) if you like, or deindustrial SF; I'd call it a deindustrial noir Shinto science fiction spy thriller with Gnostic overtones. Jerry Shimizu, the two-fisted, gun-toting, half-Japanese tough guy who narrates the story, and the world in which he lives are interesting enough, at least to me, that he may get a sequel...but we'll see. If you're interested, you can get copies here in the US and here elsewhere.
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Many thanks for another Magic Monday!
I’ve been wanting to offer incense to the gods of the Druid Revival, either on an individual basis and / or to several of them at once. I have a couple kinda dumb questions about that.
(1) I know that you happen to have experience with Shoyeido incense, which is one of the brands I purchase. Would all of their incense mixtures work more or less equally well as an offering to the Druid gods? Is there one mixture you would recommend over the others?
(2) Is plain old frankincense something that would be appropriate for those particular gods?
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2) You can always burn frankincense to gods and goddesses. In Roman times that was the standard offering, and the deities don't seem to have gotten tired of it!
Somatic Experiencing Dark Void Image
Awhile back I had a neighbor who was trained in somatic experiencing. He told me he thought it would help with some physical pain and stress I was having at the time. I agreed to try it. He had me set down, relax, and then he said a few words and all of a sudden I saw an image of a black void shaped in the form of a child, that I believe was me. I was overcome with sadness and pain, it was more than I was ready to deal with. It took me a good month to recover. I was wondering if that sounds like I encountered my shadow before I was ready for it? It sort of reminded me of the way Steiner talks about the guardian at the threshold.
I have not done any more somatic experiencing, and I have found practicing the techniques in your Golden Section book and Norman Vincent Peel's The Power of Positive Thinking book,have been far more helpful and effective at getting me to strengthen my will and move my life in the direction I want to go. (Thank you for that BTW)
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