Reinventing The Wheel

[alleyalligator]

“Tonight I thought we’d try something a little different” announced Frater Biskin.  “We’ve been getting really good results with our invocations, so I thought that tonight we’d petition the Enochian Kings to transform our lives.  I need you all to think of something you’d like to change, something you regret in your life that you’d like to take

Comments

[whipchick]

This is neat! It took me awhile to get into it before I realized that the Kings were just a tool for the story structure and I didn't need to know more about them, but once I caught on, this was so sly and pointed and such a terrific little Twilight-Zone-esque tale! Very much enjoyed reading :)

[alleyalligator]

They are genuinely the names of the Kings, but it really could be any other branch of magick that you can (in theory) use to change something about your life. This one's based on the experience of a friend who did something similar - she said that they sat around afterwards as if expecting some major revelation, but of course, if it had actually worked, then you wouldn't know because your life would be redrawn and it would be as if it had always been that way.

[gingergirlslove]

Great job! It holds a lot of truth, too. A lot of women go through the "nothing is wrong, but nothing is right" blahs...very good story!

[alleyalligator]

Thanks. That relationship is based on someone I was with for far longer than I should have been. It was much more sensible to leave him than it would have been to try and fix it with magick though!

[gingergirlslove]

I can relate. I was married in my early 20s to a man I met when I was 17. Eventually I had to leave, for some reason. Sure we had our struggles, but we'd come through them. There were things I just couldn't put my finger on. Things felt very un-right. It had all the EXACT symptoms that you were describing between John & Sarah. He basically just quit participating in the relationship, but I wasn't figuring that out at the time. Later, he finally had the nerve to tell me he was waiting on me to leave. Of course that is a "nutshell" sum up of the situation - by now you know, there's always more. That was a great story.

[alleyalligator]

*nods* I met my ex when I was 18 and he moved in and just didn't moved out. We'd still be together today if I hadn't decided one day that I had to get out and find happiness or at least give myself a chance at finding happiness. I can't put my finger on why I suddenly decided to go at the exact moment that I did. There were a few factors at play, but even so, I *could* have stuck it out (and he did his best to make me change my mind) but decided that I'd really had enough. Thing is, it's not as though life is different with anyone else - you still have bills to pay and chores to do - but being with the right person makes those things completely different anyway. I've always been the type of person to believe in The One rather than the Cosmo thing of anyone can be right if you just use the appropriate relationship tools and work at it

[similiesslip]

I do think that often we want to change things that we would want to change back if we ever went through with it.

Figuring out the right choices? It's NEVER easy!

I really liked your story!:)

[alleyalligator]

Thank you. I think for some people, the grass is always greener on the other side and it doesn't matter WHAT changes they make, they're never satisfied. Anything worth having takes hard work to get it and some people don't like doing the work - like Sasha.

[alien_infinity]

I enjoyed this a lot. I had a feeling that when Sasha changed her relationship choice it wouldn't end up being a good idea.

[alleyalligator]

Thank you!

[jacq22]

Loved it and even I related to parts of this, and that from a long married (53yrs) woman. I have a partner who loves TV for the same reasons as John, luckily I have a sense of humor...NOT that I think that cures all ills. Just I have been luckier than our heroine in other ways. But I do believe in magic............and I might yet invoke a spell.

Excellent entry

[alleyalligator]

LOL! Thank you.