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Xi Wangmu and the Star Festival – Otherwise
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Xi Wangmu and the Star Festival. July 7, 2015. June 16, 2016. Tanabata streamers and wishes. Or the Star Festival (the 7th day of the 7th month, by either the lunar or solar calendar), is a holiday I was introduced to while staying in Japan. According to legend, on this day each year, two mythic lovers separated by the Milky Way are reunited. In China, where the story originates, the festival is known as. Or the Festival to Plead for Skills, and in Korea as. For the following information. In the earliest...
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My 7 tips for students of anything (but especially magic) – Otherwise
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My 7 tips for students of anything (but especially magic). August 7, 2015. July 29, 2015. Hmph Teacher’s pet. A couple of months ago there was a bit of a to-do regarding various attitudes toward teaching and students in the occult community, especially the WMT. (See for example here. And also the comments), here. 1 You know a lot of stuff. Your teacher knows more. 2 When you ask a question, listen to the answer. That’s what you came here for. Venturing into the student discussion forum, I witnessed a dis...
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Dancing with life and death – Otherwise
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Dancing with life and death. August 3, 2015. August 1, 2015. Altered states of consciousness. Lord of the Dance. 8220;But Love has pitched his mansion in. The place of excrement;. For nothing can be sole or whole. That has not been rent.”. 8211; W.B. Yeats. Apparently, someone thinks I need to learn about creation and destruction–especially destruction. As I mentioned in my previous post. Shiva linga on Mt. Kailash. I’m pretty sure it is. I could be biased.). Yeats has been one of my favorite poets since...
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To arms, to arms – Otherwise
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To arms, to arms. July 30, 2015. July 29, 2015. Fun fact: For a while my parents considered naming me Boadicea. Recently there have been a handful of calls to arms in the magical blogosphere, which have stuck in my memory because they resonate with an urgency I’ve been feeling. It’s time to get to work. The first place I encountered the call (other than in my own mind and heart) was Josephine McCarthy’s blog. You may know that she has been developing an entire course in magic called Quareia. I was awake ...
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Alexandra – Otherwise
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Of her life. I think she’s not quite ready to face the implications of that, but I think she’ll get there. I feel like my part is to get the thin end of the wedge into those cracks and give a little push. It’s the scariest thing that can be imagined. And committing to staying awake. And then, in spite of it, choosing to spend every day in love, gratitude, awe, and ecstasy, and acting from there instead of from the fear. One. Simply walk into Mordor, because there’s no other way. We Cassandras, the canari...
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Trust is the hardest thing – Otherwise
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Trust is the hardest thing. August 15, 2015. July 29, 2015. I recently read Frater Acher’s series of articles on his “everyday” method of attaining the Knowledge and Conversation of one’s Holy Guardian. Angel (K&C of the HGA). K&C of the HGA is seen by some as central to working within the Western Magical Tradition, yet there are many takes on how one should seek it. 8220;…it all starts with a choice. A choice to trust or not to trust. In my humble opinion that choice depends on the fact. Th chances to s...
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On appropriation – Otherwise
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August 11, 2015. July 29, 2015. And what does it mean for magic? Appropriation is a topic that circulated through the magical blogosphere a couple years ago, but it still gets referred to frequently in passing. Honestly, I am tired of it. But it seems. That one should articulate a position on the topic, and I kind of promised I would when I wrote about Xi Wangmu and the Star Festival. Propensity to move around and covet shiny stuff, human communities were in direct and indirect contact with other groups,...
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