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Some comments on the Neteru and the Ankh
I considered posting something on YouTube to a video I watched, but YT's comments do not seem the place for serious discussion. They also have a character limit to postings, which further contributes to the degeneration of almost any discussion there into flame wars. But, since I had thought about this for some time, I decided to write it up and ( Read more... ) -
Some preliminary thoughts on Parzival
I was able to obtain an English translation of Wolfram von Eschenbach's grail romance Parzival via inter library loan, a work I have wanted to read for a very long time. This particular edition was translated by A. T. Hatto, and has a 1980 e.v. copyright. As happens with many of the books I borrow to read, I end up wanting to own a copy of it! I ( Read more... ) -
The Idiot's Guide to Christianity
Although the Gospels can hardly be trusted, let's just assume for the sake of argument that they are authoritative. Given then this source for our elucidation, a couple of passages stand out in shining light. I'll use the KJV here.
In Mathew 22:36-40, we read:
36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"
37 Jesus said to him, "'You ( Read more... ) -
Chapter CLVI of the Pert Em Hru
In a book I'm reading, Egyptian Magick: Enter the Body of Light & Travel the Magickal Universe by Gerald and Betty Schueler, a mention is made concerning chapter CLVI of the Pert Em Hru. Naturally my attention was ratcheted up a few notches when I noted not only that number, but that the chapter in the above book (EM, not the PEH) was The Amulet ( Read more... ) -
Another aha! moment
I just read the following a short while ago:
In Liber AL vel Legis, the Book of the Law (I: 21-23) , NUIT the goddess of space affirms her identity with ISIS:
With the God & the Adorer I am nothing: they do not see me. They are as upon the earth; I am Heaven, and there is no other God than me, and my lord Hadit.
Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my ( Read more... ) -
A Gruelling Drive
On Monday I drove home from Corvallis, OR to Kelowna BC, featuring two major metropolitan areas - Portland, Seattle - one international border, and two mountain passes. Let's take a quick look at some statistics first ( Read more... ) -
Back from Limbo
Well, it certainly has been a while. Much has happened, and yet, little has changed. This post serves primarily as a way to note that I am still alive, I still appreciate LJ, and I will be posting here again. Perhaps even regularly.
For now, just consider the great magickal formula:
To Know
To Will
To Dare
To keep silent
Meditate on this for a while ( Read more... ) -
Kallistizine
Kallisti was already used as a name, so I have set up a community named kallistizine. The infrastructure is in place, but much work is still needed. The Vernal Equinox has already passed, so we are halfway through this quarter, and there is still little to show yet.
I have, however, been able to contact Sacred Jimmy, and we have exchanged a slew ( Read more... ) -
Forgotten Things
Yesterday was Imbolc. I had forgotten, although I had known it was coming up. I didn't consciously do anything, but felt compelled, somehow, to find Our Lady, and ended up doing a lot of cleaning out of old things in the process. So, perhaps my intuition didn't forget after all. It certainly explains why I felt something tugging at me, and why ( Read more... ) -
A Call to Arms
I Found Our Lady of Long Beach!
Or rather I found 3 photocopies of the only icon, one light, one medium and one dark. The dark one contains the most information, but the medium one nicely brings her out from the rest of the cover. The whereabouts of the original remains a mystery, if it still exists. I asked my muse ( Read more... )