Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's a little before midnight 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 not be put through.  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. 

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Comments

music, video, trance, hypnosis: good sources?

[methylethyl]

In a hilarious synchronicity, I had an article open in another tab extensively quoting Jung... when I opened this week's Magic Monday.

A request for the commentariat generally:

I'm exploring the topic of what certain kinds of music and flashy-lights entertainment do to us, how they function, on multiple levels, whether that's groups making music together or the piped-in grocery store oldies rotation, the effect that video has on us with and without music, the effects of flickering lights generally... particularly when it comes to states of consciousness, synchronization (social, spiritual, energetic, brainwaves...)-- trying to feel out the edges of a couple of questions. 1) What is the primal human function of these things (music, dance, telling stories around the fire), and 2) What are the implications of the way we engage with these things now?

Not asking for answers to those questions here, obviously. That's a dissertation! But y'all are sometimes a great crowd for interesting sources: Any recommendations for things to read on this topic? Studies, books, articles... ?

I'm starting from a piece recommended here some time back, asserting that group dance and music serve the function of synchronizing tribal groups so that they can work together as a unit. I'm looking to broaden that and explore how it relates to modern tech-saturated life.

Re: music, video, trance, hypnosis: good sources?

[ecosophia]

That's a fascinating pair of questions about which I have no least clue; it's not something I've ever looked into, as that kind of synchronization of consciousness doesn't work for me. Anyone else?

[(Anonymous)]

Hey! That's my favorite Three Dog Night track! Hooray!

1 - So - I finally got a Kindle. What titles do aspiring occultists need to load it with? (So far, I have The Sea Priestess and The Collected Works of Carl Jung.)

2 - Is there a rite for beginners to invoke Pan included in The Goat-Foot God? I've written instructions... looks like, but I might be imposing my usual templates...

3 - Is there any astrological significance to this year being a good one for meteor shower watchers?

4 - Given that there are good astronomical look-up tools available, how important is the first sighting by a person?

[ecosophia]

1) Whatever books interest and inspire them. There's no one list. Me, I load mine with free books by dead people from Project Gutenberg, but whatever floats your boat.

2) Beginners have no business invoking Pan, or for that matter doing any sort of major ritual. Learn the basics before you try for the heights and depths!

3) Not in the sources available to me.

4) The first naked-eye appearance of a comet matters, as does the last; generally, though, it's not that important.

Astrometerology

[3bmend_135]

I found an article about astrometerology, and I intend to use the techniques discussed therin to predict the weather of my area. Solar ingresses into cardinal signs are used to predict general weather over a timescale of months.

Should I calculate the ingress for my area, or use the Washington, D.C. ingress? The article said to use GMT, not the local timezone, but it's a British site, so it might be saying to use the national ingress, not the local ingress.

Patrick H.

Re: Astrometerology

[ecosophia]

Do both and see how the results match up to your predictions! Astrology is an empirical science, and should always focus on empirical results.

[realmscryer]

Good evening,

1. Both in discursive meditation and tarot reading I can run into difficulties translating my sense of the subject at hand into language. Actually, this can happen in daily interactions too.

I think it is related to how readily I will just sit and be present with no internal dialogue. Still quite aware just not inquiring verbally.

Sometimes it feels like I rock my body to process instead of engaging internal dialogue stuff. Heck I am rocking right now as I compose this comment!

What I have started doing is asking sensory questions like, “What am I seeing?”

Often a few of those will help get things going. Definitely helping with Tarot and discursive meditation.

What do you think is going on here?

2. In the last few months I have started being able to get more than 5 hours of sleep! Often 7 or 8. Yay for herbs!

After a short 3 week break from SOP and divination, starting up the full DA SOP has been delightful.

Seems the sleep and the break from practice are opening a fresh experience.

You have mentioned sleep before and I am wondering if it isn’t a much bigger deal than many realize? For a number of reasons, too?

How do you see occultists being impacted by lack of sleep?

3. Related, my dream life is back in full force! Was a long sleepless 15 years!

I am working on incorporating dreaming back into my practices as I did so many years ago with Castaneda’s books.

This time I am taking a different perspective and found an interesting book titled The Tibetan Yogas of Dream & Sleep.

I am not aware of conflicts between dream practice and the DA, for now. Any cautions or integration tips with the DA would be appreciated.

4. This might be way out there. Do you know if ninja training materials included development of occult-like or non physical capabilities?

Thank you for your time and insights.

— Eric

[ecosophia]

1) Here I can't help you at all, as that's not how my brain works -- if I can think something, it's already in words, and physical stillness is important for my thinking process. Maybe someone else will have some ideas.

2) Lack of sleep affects almost everyone these days, and causes far more trouble than most people realize. I've come to think that most psychological conditions can be benefited considerably by making sure you get at least six or seven hours daily. (That works even if it has to be broken up; I don't sleep well at night these days, for example, so daytime naps are a regular practice.)

3) You're in territory that, as far as I know, hasn't been explored yet. Take detailed notes on your experiences and let other Dolmen Arch practitioners know what happens.

4) Yes, and weirdly enough this is something I know a fair amount about. Like most koryu (classical Japanese martial arts), ninjutsu was affiliated with a religious tradition, the way that some classical sword styles had Shinto affiliations and others had strong connections to certain schools of Zen. In the case of ninjutsu, though, it was esoteric Buddhism of the Shingon or Tendai schools, generally filtered through yamabushi mountain ascetic traditions. The kuji-in practice, which is basically the Japanese equivalent of the SoP, was the foundation of a whole series of practices drawn from esoteric Buddhist sources, in which mantras, mudras, mandalas, deity visualizations, and the whole panoply of East Asian occult practices feature extensively. Paranormal capacities were much cultivated during the heyday of ninjutsu, for practical reasons; magical invisibility (which is simply a matter of blurring other people's minds so they don't notice you) was obviously important. One fairly well documented school also focused much of its training on attaining shinshin shingan, "the eyes and mind of god," a heightened state of intuitive awareness in which an opponent's moves would be known before the opponent himself thought of them.

Generally speaking there's a vast amount of magic and esoteric spirituality all through the older Japanese martial arts, though most modern Japanese arts have little or none of it and the versions passed on to this side of the ocean have even less. It's really quite unfortunate that so much has been lost; I still cling to a fond hope that somebody will get to work translating classic Japanese occult texts into English...

[booklover1973]

JMG or others, I don't know if I asked the question already,but what in whoch way are the subtle bodies invplved in pair dance?

[ecosophia]

Any time two people are within a short distance of each other, their etheric bodies interact. They don't have to like each other! Hand-to-hand combat is full of intense etheric interactions. When the body positions are roughly parallel and close, as in dancing, the two etheric bodies partly merge to form a larger etheric structure, and if they're at all sensitive, that larger structure will guide both of them, helping them to achieve a state of mutual coordination.

[(Anonymous)]

I've been doing some research into personal experiences with deity, and something that stuck out to me were the stories recounting that some deities (particularly those associated with sex and fertility) can, on occasion, get, er, "very intimate" with those worshiping them (I commonly see Aphrodite or Cernunnos mentioned, among others).

1. Is this a thing that actually happens? How common is it?

2. If so, what are the likely motivations from the deity's end? Is it plausible for them to feel some degree of attraction to us mortals, or is it seen as more of a form of offering? Both? Neither?

[ecosophia]

1) Certainly people have been reporting it for thousands of years, so I assume it's a real thing. (That's why I made it a plot engine in my tentacle novels, for example.) How common is it? I have no idea. I don't know of any study that's been done to find out.

2) We don't know why deities do much of anything, so any answer to this question would be pure speculation.

[(Anonymous)]

Hello JMG and commenters,
Wishing everyone a wonderful week.

1. Are you planning to release any new books this year, JMG?

2. Are you familiar with any aspects of Italian occultism, especially Giuliano Kremmerz and his Therapeutic and Magic Brotherhood of Myriam?

3. Are you planning to publish more books this year, JMG?

By the way: I’m currently reading an interesting book that is resonating deeply with me: Talking with Angels, by Gitta Mallasz.

[ecosophia]

1) Yes.

2) I've heard of them, but very little Italian occult literature has yet been translated into any of the languages I read, so I don't claim to know much about the subject.

3) Yes.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi,

For a long time I've had a solid never miss practice of a daily tarot reading, meditation, and added the SOP a few months back. The banishing is a game changer and clearing up astral static (as you have said) is an understatement. I wish I had done it long ago.

What do people who have very few desires, but a serious lifetime interest in magic/meditation/occult practices work towards? I guess you could say I'm tracking towards "enlightenment, but have been a MM reader long enough to know about not getting hung up on whatever that means. I have wondered what the word could refer to from a young age, and did note working through the Occult Philosophy Workbook its association with the mental plane, and it being the summit of occult study and practice.

Could any of your other non-druid books suit someone on the narrow path who wants to take their daily practices up a notch or two beyond the basic three things you recommend? Did Eliphas Levi say something to the effect of a good person for practicing magic is someone that doesn't want anything? I have done a Ton of journaling on "what do you want" and related in addition to quite a bit of work with the Octogon Society.

[ecosophia]

It's quite common for occultists to move away from practical magic once they get their lives more or less in order; that's certainly what happened with me, for example. After that, yes, it's a matter of awakening to the mental plane and developing a mental body. That's not a small thing. The mental body is the first of the permanent bodies for souls of our type; once you've evolved it, you don't need to continue with material incarnations and you don't lose your memories between lives. Summed up briefly, the goal at this stage is the attainment of conscious immortality and the beginning of unimaginably grand vistas of further spiritual development in communion with vast numbers of spiritual beings.

The books in my Golden Section Fellowship sequence are more or less intended for people working in this direction, who don't feel a need to focus on practical magic but want to pursue an esoteric spiritual path. You might find them of interest.

CGD

[(Anonymous)]

Hi JMG!

I have a couple of CGD Serpent's Egg questions.

1. I ran out of mullein tincture with a round to go of moistening the mullein ash. I'm 99% prepared to make more tincture (plus it's fun!) but the 1% of me wonders what would happen if I went ahead and made the egg with four lots of ash moistened three times but one lot only twice. Given the mullein corresponded to Fire, would my future workings when wearing it be weaker regarding Fire/generally unbalanced?

2. Can I keep the egg (wrapped in silk) in the sickle's box (sourcing has been tricky and I may have to get a large box) or do they need to be separate?

With my thanks for your generous time and wisdom.

Re: CGD

[ecosophia]

1) It might be a little unbalanced. I doubt it would be severe, but I'd make the extra tincture.

2) As long as you keep the egg wrapped in silk or linen it should be fine.

'The Goat Food God'

[baconrolypoly]

Not sure where to put this so putting it here.

After seeing several mentions of Dion Fortune's 'The Goat Food God' we ordered a copy and I'm just getting started on it. It's good, immediately engaging, and I like her style. It reminds of both Graham Greene's style, in his 'entertainment' novels (thinking especially of 'Travels With My Aunt'), and Saki. I want to know what happens next, always a good response to a new book. Can't say any more than that as Earthworm hasn't read it yet.

Re: 'The Goat Food God'

[ecosophia]

To my mind, it's the best of her novels -- certainly it's always been my favorite. Enjoy!

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, regular reader of other entries of this blog, but not for this one.

I hope I'm not too off topic here, since my knowledge on Magic and misticism is very low.

This question is probably too local, space restricted to Spain, and to a fringe theme that affects me personally, so if this is too off topic, feel free to delete/forget this.

It is about giftedness. I'm father and husband of gifted girls, and currently my daughter is bordering depression due the treatment received from her former public schools (changed to a private school successfully, first step that bringt her out of where she was). It was, in fact, institutional bullying to her for the fact of having requested specific teaching.

The issue is that we detected a month or so ago, a direct and synchronized attac from public instances and not so public, gubernamental aligned instances. I was not the only one: a whole bunch of people from a local organisation to support gifted children with problems saw the same, and confirmed that policy had changed recently with some changes on the local government.

Then, last week, another media from "the other side" just sided with the attac onto gifted children. Well, not too strange, since all of them are globalists after all, but enough to signal that there is something more than the classic woketards behind that.

But yesterday I saw many other influencers and commenters siding with the attack, and I have serious doubhts that they are paid or even aware that such attack exists. It looks like a contagion or even something darker going on behind that.

My wife also spotted some weird facts regarding the heavy interest of people, not aligned politically (but with power and influence on the system, all of them Karens from left but also from right) to insist that giftedness doesn't exist, and that all are cases of hyperactivity and/or autism.

Asking other organisations of gifted children's parents across Spain (we are in Barcelona), and it seems that there is "something", like a "mental virus" that is "infecting" minds of lawyers and institutions, specially on education, that try to dispell anybody, any children that doesn't conform to the "preplanned personality" they want to "imprint" onto them as ADHD (sorry if these are not the right names, I'm not english) or Autistic.

"Not Fit for Society" is more akin to the tag handled. And, in few cases, medically sponsored.

Even worse, I found that LGBTI ideology is specifically targeted to gifted girls (I met four of them, that, as they grow up, found that to be a "pass by stupidity").

A complex issue, and I wonder if there is something more behind this, since it seems to me that this is well beyond a mere "psyops" or "propaganda campaign".

I'm also interested if there is also some magical dimension behind giftedness.

Beamspot.

[ecosophia]

Well, there are at least two things going on here. First of all, gifted children usually face hatred and jealousy from the parents of more mediocre children; it's something I had to face growing up, and I know other high-IQ people who went through much worse than I did.

Second, social contagions are a reality. When people are under serious stress, especially in a cultural context where "nice" behavior is mandatory, anything that gives them an excuse to be cruel to other people will spread like a disease, as a way to relieve their stress and the anger, hatred, and other nasty emotions stress generates.

I hope you can shield your daughter from that. It's a horrible thing to have to go through.

Closing down after meditation?

[(Anonymous)]

Hi JMG, please would you tell me a bit about how closing down after meditation works, or direct me towards further reading?

I have done some meditation. Noticed that closing down more helps me be more functional in the rest of life. Also noticed that if I go to sleep engaged in prayer it seems to leave thd energy field kind of ragged in the morning. Better if I 'close down' after finishing evening prayers. I know very little about what I am changing or moving. Just a sense it makes a difference and is important. Can you help me learn more about what is needed please?

Re: Closing down after meditation?

[ecosophia]

Oh, it's quite simple. When you pray or meditate you turn your attention to planes above the material. Dealing with everyday life, though, requires you to have your attention focused firmly on the material plane. Anything that refocuses your attention on your material surroundings is a good way to shift gears after spiritual practice.

The House of Crows

[(Anonymous)]

Morning John,
I've just finished your latest novel, The House of Crows. I'd go so far to say its been the best one yet. Not because of the characters or the plot, which was perfectly acceptable, but the way you have managed to weave in to the story occult theory. You've really made the best of that approach, providing more clarity than Dion Fortune ever managed in her books. I look forward to more of the same as you progress this series. I can see it providing invaluable knowledge on the occult, for those readers who are looking for an enjoyable story, in digestible amounts, for years to come. It reminds me of the Bardic Grade of OBOD. Where the data points can be unpacked from, on the face of it, a simple story.
Kind regards Average joe

Re: The House of Crows

[ecosophia]

Thank you. I keep the plots relatively simple for several reasons: first, I don't really like the tricky puzzle-plot sort of mystery; second, Ariel's 18 years old and there are limits to the kind of mysteries she can be expected to solve; and third, the occult side of these stories really is the point of it all, and too much fussiness in the plot could distract from that.

LRP names

[iprescott]

Good Morning JMG,

I remember you saying that the LRP needed to use 4 lettered names. I was reading Israel Regardies Middle Pillar book that was expanded by the Cicero's. There is a chapter regarding the pentagram and LRP. I do not know if it was Regardie or the Circeros that wrote about them, but there are variations to the LRP, such as an Egyptian and an Irish version that do not use 4 lettered names. There are several other versions of the LRP in that chapter that do not as well. Do you know why there is this discrepancy in the use of four lettered names? Why is it important to use the 4 lettered names?

Re: LRP names

[ecosophia]

You can certainly find people who disagree with me on this. I've simply found, in my own experience, that variant LRPs with four-letter names work better than those with names that have a different number of letters. Your mileage may vary!

[waterserenade]

I didn't know where else to ask the following questions but after reading my share of Magic Monday comments over the years, this seemed to be the best place, outside of an open post on the main blog:

1. What does the occult have to say, if anything, about euthanasia for animals? (Don't worry, I'm not seeking advice. I'm just curious.)

2. Similarly, if a body is cremated and the ashes retained inside a receptacle, does that make a difference? As opposed to scattering the ashes somewhere. I'm wondering if it prevents the soul from moving on or has some other effect not commonly known. (I'm assuming the answer would be the same for both animals and humans, but please correct me if I'm wrong.)

[ecosophia]

1) Killing an animal is killing an animal, whatever the reason might be. It should always be done in a quick and merciful way, so the soul isn't traumatized, but we all kill living things all the time -- right now your immune cells are mercilessly slaughtering pathogens in your bloodstream and digestive tract, and everything you eat comes from a living thing that gave its life for you -- so it's not anything unusual or out of the ordinary.

2) No, cremation is a good way to make sure that the soul is completely liberated from the material shell of the body, and what happens to the ashes afterwards is irrelevant to that soul. Keeping the ashes in a container, though, often results in the living becoming emotionally "stuck" on the dead person or animal. In most cases, for that reason, scattering the ashes is psychologically healthier for the survivors. I was grateful that my late wife wanted her ashes scattered, and specified the place; going down to the river and scattering her ashes from rocks that reminded her of the banks of the Spokane River, where she loved to sit as a small child, felt like the completion of a circle for her, and for me, a gentle and appropriate way to say goodbye after our long journey together.

[(Anonymous)]

I apologise for the heavy nature of these questions, and you might not know the answer, however I'd like to ask:

Following on from the discussion last week on the effects of promiscuity on the etheric body, what are the effects if one has been... without using the word "victim"... lets say the target of non-consensual sexual activity. Say a rape, or other sexual assault.

Would the result be like an etheric injury? And would the injury have any chance of healing, or would some sort of etheric scarring be inevitable?

What would the difference be if this happened as a child, many decades ago, compared to an adult, in the recent past?

Would there be any way a person could integrate the experience in a way so as not to not carry over the trauma into a future life?

With thanks,
Sidaway

[ecosophia]

It depends utterly on the details. If it's a matter of a single assault, or a few over a short time, that'll heal up promptly on the etheric plane, though of course the emotional and psychological damage is another matter. The younger the person is when the assault took place, the more complete the etheric healing -- again, the emotional and psychological wounds are different. What makes compulsive promiscuity so damaging is a series of sexual interactions with many different people over a short time, so the etheric body tries to form a bond with each of them and the bond is then ruptured. That's not usually the case with sexual assault.

In most cases, as I've suggested above, the etheric body heals up readily. It's the other aspects of the person that need care and nurturing over an extended period to heal. (This is familiar stuff to me, btw, because my late wife was a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Her etheric body was fine, until her illness began weakening it quite late in life; the scars that needed healing were on other planes.)

[gnosticlombe]

Good morning, happy Monday and thank you for offering this space.

Recently I’ve found myself repurposing and reusing some second hand spiritual and religious items (particularly some Catholic ritual and devotional artifacts) for my own practice and use. (They align with my spiritual beliefs and practices, and there is a glut of convents and abbeys closing and liquidating their contents.)

Since I don’t know the particular history of these items, or the previous owners, I’ve been using some of the Essene techniques to “detach” any unwanted or unwholesome energy or entity attachments from the items. (To avoid magnifying any anything during more esoteric practices.)

Are there any practices or additional cleansing you would recommend when repurposing items like this?

Thank you and wishing the best,
Matthew

[ecosophia]

The Essene work should do a fine job of it. Er, where are you finding these items? I know quite a few Gnostics who could make very good use of such things!

Tree

[(Anonymous)]

I am posting to announce the sad death of Tree, the juniper bonsai I dedicated as my AODA Candidate planting. Recently our youngest cat knocked down her planter and managed not only to break off her crown but tear off most of her roots. My roommate has been trying to save her, but this morning we agreed we must admit failure. Prayers for Tree's soul and a blessed next incarnation are gratefully accepted.

--Sister Crow

Re: Tree

[ecosophia]

Positive energy incoming!

Meowgic Monday

[(Anonymous)]

I have been with my current partner, who is accepting of my practice but not a practitioner herself, for almost two years. She has two cats and ever since I started taking the work more seriously I’ve noticed two changes in their behavior.

1. When I do the middle pillar, sometimes the less cuddly of the two cats will come over and curl up directly on my feet. Will circulating the light to my Malkuth center hurt the cat, or can I keep going? It’s very cute but I don’t want to harm her.

2. We do not currently live together. When I spend the night at her house, about half the time the other cat will have so much energy at 4-5-6am she will stand directly on top of me or on the nightstand next to me and meow loudly in my face trying to wake me up, while running around the house. This is new behavior that has only developed in the last few weeks. They have automatic feeders so we don’t think it’s food related, and my girlfriend says this only happens when I spend the night. Any idea what’s going on with this one?

Re: Meowgic Monday

[ecosophia]

1) Cats adore magic and it's good for them. There's a reason why witches kept cats! Your furry footwarmer is basking in the energies and will benefit from them.

2) Cat psychology is best left to people far, far wiser than I am. It's occurred to me more than once that if humans ever figure out why cats do things, the cats will secretly meet and arrange to change everything just to mess with us. ;-) That is to say, I have no clue.

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for C. Jung quote. As I get older, I find his insights more and more relevant.

Raymond R

[ecosophia]

You're welcome. I've had the same experience.

[nebulous_realms]

I struggle with allowing myself to be vulnerable. I will sabotage my own efforts sometimes in order to prevent myself being seen making a mistake in front of others. This is a really hard habit for me to lose as it happens clearly on an unconscious / semiconscious level. I am using LRM and similar tools to work on myself. Is it a matter of just keeping up the daily practices until I notice my vulnerability-preventing behaviors and then implementing behaviors to correct them? Is there anything else that could help?

[ecosophia]

This is the kind of situation where it's a bad idea to rush things. Let yourself grow gently toward a healthier way of doing things -- don't try to force it. Something you might add to your practices, though, which can help the process along, is the inner alchemy work of the Octagon Society, one of the traditions I received from my teacher John Gilbert. It's available free of charge here:

https://octagonsociety.org/preliminary-lessons/

It's mostly a system of directed journaling, focused on unpacking the bad experiences and difficult emotions we all end up burdened with. YOu might find it useful.

Steve Bannon and magic

[neptunesdolphins]

From: lukeszy
Hey JMG, maybe you'll permit me one more question for the evening. Would you consider Steve Bannon an occultist, a magician, or neither? I know he's a Traditionalist or Post-Traditionalist. To my eyes it seems he is swimming or has swum in esoteric theory, and then put it into practice to create change in the world. Now, is he doing rituals and meditating? I kinda doubt it but who knows. But I still think he meets the criteria for magician or occultist. Or maybe I should settle for calling him a Traditionalist.

From: ecosophia
I don't know enough about his practices to hazard a guess. Some Traditionalists are just more or less orthodox religionists with a somewhat abstruse theology; some are occultists; some are mages. It depends on whether the practical dimension of their spirituality (a) is the same as any other member of their church, (b) includes regular meditation and other occult exercises but not ceremonial magic, or (c) includes full-on ceremonial magic.
-----
My family watches his "War Room" daily. On his shelf behind him is a picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with other Roman Catholic items. He has a sign "God will NOT be Mocked." And finally another sign about there are no coincidences.

His set-up is different from other MAGA broadcasters in that they often have a studio with an American flag background or the red, white, and blue motif.

What he does in his openings is to repeat "This is the scream of a dying regime. Don't cry for them for we are going to go medieval on them." He adds, "Ask yourself, what can I do for my country." Again other broadcasters do not have this type of opening of exhorting the public and urging them forward in the fight.

I think he is a magician as he understands how to change the probabilities of a given event. He presents the issue and urges his "War Room Posse" to action. He does a lot of repetition in his presentation as though to make watching him hypnotic. What I have observed is that 80 percent of his desires in the political sphere is usually answered. Recently, he had a week of several successes - the redistricting of the South, the ending of the VA redistricting gerrymander, AI stoppage, and H1B stoppage.

I think his relations with the audience is ceremonial and magical. When he has a substitute on, there is no magical tension. Just simply reporting and interviewing. It is his intensity that makes the difference.

Re: Steve Bannon and magic

[ecosophia]

Interesting. Thanks for this!

[(Anonymous)]

i ran across this blog the other day and saved this story for magic monday.

it tells the story of St Winefride of Wales, who had never heard of.

the first link is from the blog i found, and the second link is one that someone in the comments posted:


The legend and shrine of St Winefride

https://bitaboutbritain.com/the-legend-and-shrine-of-st-winefride/



St. Winefride’s Chapel and Well, Holywell

https://mousehouselife.wordpress.com/2022/03/31/st-winefrides-chapel-and-well-holywell/

there are great pictures on both sites

i thought some here might enjoy them!

[ecosophia]

Very much so -- thank you.

Sword Yoga!

[yogaandthetarot]

Good Day JMG
Just saw on the telly a segment about a new yoga trend called sword yoga…
https//www.weaponup.com
Thought it was interesting that you had practiced a spiritual sword fighting movement system and was wondering what it was called?
Thank you!
Jill C

Re: Sword Yoga!

[ecosophia]

I've trained in three systems of esoteric swordsmanship. The first didn't have a name -- I picked it up via lodge connections and published it in a little book titled The Spirit and the Sword. It's based on 18th and 19th century European swordsmanship.

The second was the system of Renaissance Pythagorean rapier fencing taught by Gerard Thibault (1574-1627), the author of Academy of the Sword, which I translated.

The third is the swordsmanship that's part of tai chi training. There are plenty of books on that so I don't plan on writing one!

Ecosophia Prayer List

[ecoprayer]

At this page is the full list of all of the non-faith-specific requests for prayer that have recently appeared at ecosophia.net and ecosophia.dreamwidth.org, as well as in the comments of the prayer list posts (printable version here, current to 5/8). Please feel free to add any or all of the requests to your own prayers.

If I missed anybody, or if you would like to add a prayer request for yourself or anyone who has given you consent (or for whom a relevant person holds power of consent) to the list, please feel free to leave a comment below.

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This week I would like to bring special attention to the following prayer requests, selected from the fuller list.

May William B find wise guidance in his quest to establish a new life in a new land far away and free from certain toxic individuals in his former country.

May Matthew U. from Marion, Indiana's dog of 14 years, Holly, who is dying of cancer, be blessed and comforted; may she pass on peacefully and without pain, ideally in her sleep, while knowing she is most loved. May the two of them reunite happily in the next life or incarnation.

May cabaiste22's relative Megan, who had a sudden surgery due to a lump on her ovaries, heal quickly and without incident; may she be blessed and healed of any problems related to both the surgery and the lump.

May Lisa C be blessed and healed for a complete recovery from breast cancer.

May 6 year old Max be blessed and protected during his parents' contentious divorce; may events work out in a manner most conducive to Max's healthy development over the long term.

May Luke Dodson's beloved uncle-in-law David C be blessed and make a peaceful transition to his next destination.

May a safe and happy home environment be enjoyed by Laurelmirror, her daughter, and her mother, as well as protection from evil influences. May their family situation be resolved in such a way that Laurelmirror's mother will get a chance to recover physically and mentally from the stresses it has caused; may mother be blessed and invigorated.

May Bob W of Lake County, Ohio's treatment for cancer go well so that he may heal and recover as quickly as possible.

May Open Space be filled with the strength he needs to heal quickly from his current bout of Chicken Pox; may his will remain strong, that he does not scratch; may he be healed completely, and suffer no scarring in its wake.

May Bob Ralston (aka Rasty Bob), who is in hospice care in Buckeye AZ, and who just lost his wife Leslie Fish, be blessed and find relief from his pain and discomfort; may Bob's heart remain strong.

May Princess Cutekitten, who has made no comments on any of the Ecosophia blogs for a year now, and hasn't responded to attempts at contact, be blessed wherever she is and in whatever form she may exist.

May Cathy N. of St. Marys, Ohio heal and recover from injuries caused by a fall.

May Dustin, a relative of Brenainn, be healed of a recently discovered heart condition.

May 1Wanderers's partner Cathy, whose cancer has returned, be given the physical and mental strength to fight it, and tolerate the treatment, and may she enjoy a full and permanent recovery.

May Jule from Iserlohn, Germany, who is experiencing complications in her pregnancy due to an influenza infection, recover and have a pleasant pregnancy and birth.

May Larry Mulford, who has entered hospice after a year battling with pancreatic cancer, pass in the smoothest possible manner, and may his wife be enveloped in our love.

May Marko have the strength to seize the opportunities.

May Pierre's young daughter, Athena, be healed from her fatigue and its root causes in ways that are easy, natural, and as holistic as possible.

May Lydia G. of Geauga County, Ohio heal and recover from prolonged health issues.

May both Monika and the child she is pregnant with both be blessed with good health and a safe delivery.

May Mary's sister have her auto-immune conditions sent into remission, may her eyes remain healthy, and may she heal in body, mind, and spirit.

May Trubujah's best friend Pat's teenage daughter Devin, who has a mysterious condition which doctors are so far baffled by necessitating that she remain in a wheelchair, be healed of her condition; may the underlying cause come to light so that treatment may begin.

May Kevin’s sister Cynthia be cured of the hallucinations and delusions that have afflicted her, and freed from emotional distress. May she be safely healed of the physical condition that has provoked her emotions; and may she be healed of the spiritual condition that brings her to be so unsettled by it. May she come to feel calm and secure in her physical body, regardless of its level of health.

May Frank R. Hartman, who lost his house in the Altadena fire, and all who have been affected by the larger conflagration be blessed and healed.

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Guidelines for how long prayer requests stay on the list, how to word requests, how to be added to the weekly email list, how to improve the chances of your prayer being answered, and several other common questions and issues, are to be found at the Ecosophia Prayer List FAQ.

If there are any among you who might wish to join me in a bit of astrological timing, I pray each week for the health of all those with health problems on the list on the astrological hour of the Sun on Sundays, bearing in mind the Sun's rulerships of heart, brain, and vital energies. If this appeals to you, I invite you to join me.

Re: Ecosophia Prayer List

[ecosophia]

Thanks for this as always.