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John Michael Greer ([personal profile] ecosophia) wrote2025-05-25 10:04 pm

Magic Monday

Astrology of NationsMidnight 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-ninth published book, and those readers who have been following this journal for more than a few years already know a fair amount about it. It's a practical manual of political and economic astrology or, to use the traditional term, mundane astrology. Its intention is to teach people how to cast and interpret charts to predict the future of any country they desire. It's only been out for a little while, but initial feedback suggests that it does the job tolerably well. Interested? You can get a copy here if you're in the United States and via your favorite online or brick-and-mortar bookshop elsewhere. 

(I'm almost out of books to summarize here -- I have one more book that's been published since this came out, and two more that might be out in time. I have some amusing ideas about what else to do once I've finished the whole sequence -- but all in good time.)

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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 again when I return from hiatus in mid-June!***

(Anonymous) 2025-05-26 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much for this link—it is delightful! I’ve read books written by strict reconstructionist Anglo-Saxon Heathens who’ve done the same thing, though not about atomic theory, and greatly admired their endeavors. I’d love to write like that, but fear I’d lose most of my audience if I did!

Winifred
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[personal profile] jprussell 2025-05-26 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It can be a lot of fun! Anderson also wrote a story called "The Tale of Hauk" entirely in Anglo-Saxon-derived English which fits the Vikingish subject matter rather well. For my part, I sometimes try to write without words derived from origins outside of Old English, but it can be exhausting to do thoroughly. But I find it to be good practice for being more concrete in my writing - most of those fancy Latin and Greek words are for abstractions.

As for what you shared on the Norns, thank you for this! I'm greatly looking forward to the book.

Cheers,
Jeff

(Anonymous) 2025-05-27 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
That does sound like fun, Jeff—I’ll have to look for it.

As for the book, it’s moving along well and is maybe 70% - 80% done, but I keep seeing more things all the time, not to mention trying to resolve at least some of the contradictions that come up and handling ambiguities but not over-handling them. Plus I’m just thoroughly enjoying writing this book and don’t want to rush through the experience and everything I’m learning from it!

Winifred