She Continues
One of the things that tripped me up often over the years when I was out of practice was that I “realized” how so much of magic seemed to just be “bad poetry” one was supposed to recite for, boom, results.[*] And I thought at the time that, well, how can wishing accomplish magic? Of […] … Continue reading…Powerful Rhymes
The topic of the spirit of a performance came up, and that led further into the intersection of drama, ritual, and magic. … Continue reading…Ritual, Acting, Enchantment
Memory tools were a way to access a kind of guided active imagination. Men would stare at sigils & chant mantras to “remember” occult & mundane knowledge, with goetic style spirits acting almost like mediating agents or as the intelligence of the sigil & the world it pointed to. And this libido sciendi & active imagination’s synchronistic effects makes Giordano Bruno very occult & magical. And Fludd & Camillo both began a series of “memory theater” systems. Now, these techné also could teach & convey knowledge, establishing vivid scenes & images on a stage seems to encourage internalizing & memorizing them— … Continue reading…[NB: Theater, Memory, Glamour, Art, Magic]
I didn’t take passionflower yesterday, and I feel like it showed as the day progressed at work. After a point, I had a hard time channeling elthil, and trying felt like, crudely, sucking on an empty straw. I was tense and not wanting to be there—more so than usual. After I got out, I managed […] … Continue reading…Stress, Interiority, Symbols
The secret I have been pursuing—the Goddess—she is not in the light, not in the statue, not even in the shadow, but the shadow is the path/portal to her, through the moving mind—the symbol points to the reality, or helps fashion it. The T.S. lies beyond the Shadow. Representation lies towards realness, or at least […] … Continue reading…The Goddess & Feri Guardians
The worms wyrms that are wise There’s something I need to know, remember, see—but I’m not sure what? More pertinently, the big symbol thing I’m trying to suss out is tied into representation, in general. [whoever is behind me]->[Me] ->(gaze) [fire (flickers)] [idol] -> [flickering shadow] on [wall] It’s not Platonic, but that’s maybe one path […] … Continue reading…The Riddle of Shadow