She Continues
I just finished reading through Stephen Flowers’ Icelandic Magic[1], and I realize that he’s also known as Edred Thorsson (who I’ve read previously in Futhark). And Flowers’ book seems to focus primarily on galðr-derived magic, and I get to the operative parts of the text. The ritual procedure he offers begins with a directional opening […] … Continue reading…Runes, Sigil Magic, Wyrms
Reading the intro to Joan Chodorow’s book on Jung’s writings on active imagination (Jung on Active Imagination), & Jung apparently—from my perspective—engaged in inner pathworking, trance projection, etc., using the simple methods Fries has pointed to. Jung sought to frame these experiences as (seemingly) wholly psychological, though he apparently noted the “energy” & pathos unleashed […] … Continue reading…[NB] Jung & Spare
I started writing an article on the Feri Guardians, but I found myself referencing the Wyrms that Are Wise[1] (WtaW), and I realized, well, I should probably talk about the WtaW. All symbols are alive. Or they can be. Or some are more alive than others. Some symbols are more alive for some people than […] … Continue reading…Wyrms that Are Wise, Experientiality, Otherworlds
____ was considering mortality and what comes afterwards and he was willing to consider certain notions in abstract, he’s stubbornly dismissive of non-normative, non-consensus phenomenon. Potentiality decreases over the course of a life time, and death is an end to one’s potentiality (beyond this point only actuality lies). (Of course, be sure of one’s commitments.) […] … Continue reading…Bruno, Space, Art
When I consider my dreams where I can’t use a weapon, fight, or drive, I wonder—or I have wondered having these dreams of late, if I am frustrated by a lack of perceived power and independence on my part, that I consciously want to ascribe this to some view of how I should be […]. […] … Continue reading…Pop-Culture TV Dreaming, Microcosming, Waymaking
I did not get the position…, though they apparently “like me.” Whether that translates into anything, we’ll see. I find myself dwelling still on the interview—it’s still fresh—and I do not want to. I think about my spelling for the position and the interview. So I will spell for new opportunities. And I will enjoy […] … Continue reading…Words, Narrative, Magic
I dreamt of resurrecting small animals and stuff last night, and I had spelled for teaching dreams, though I’m not sure what I should learn from that. I feel nervous about tomorrow, but Presence, shadowed gaze, and general mindfulness helps fantastically. My anxiety stems in part from projecting myself into futures (and my anger from […] … Continue reading…Institutional Warding Magic & AOS Aesthetics
K and I looked through he Otherworld through [Elethis] last night—the woods seemed fractal at times, as if I were looking at the same tree & ground around it, with Elethis in the distance. At others, I could pause and try to see more detail, acclimate to the world much as Dunn suggests. Bruce Lee’s […] … Continue reading…Hardening, Softening, Desire, Anger
Ravenna in her Morrigan-Raven dance dress touched some part of my touched mind—makes me want to dress like her & join (in the dance) and laugh. I also find myself wanting pagan and fey fellowship and –congress? (community of some kind). But the potential energy of a group—it helps counter halthaya though you must guard […] … Continue reading…The Morrigan, Gods, and Gateway Paradigms & Praxes
Dana’s names are many, and she reappears in the myths by many names and forms: Morrigan, Macha, Danu, Badb, Anu, Dôn, etc. The rivers, waters, woods, hills, mounts, from Asia (and Africa) to here. She is like Odin in a [“I can be a hungry dragon when I choose”] Way with her names, her children […] … Continue reading…Dana, The Morrigan, Defixiones