magick
Ro3 № 32
“Once again there was the desert, and that only.”— Stephen King, The Gunslinger
Practicals
Tuesday, 04Oct2005 Filed in: site news⭐︎ practicals
This is a page from the third version of Technopagan Yearnings. There are some formatting differences. Originally published at www.neowayland.com/C429302356/E1526042797
Non magickal and non religious tips to make your paganism work better
I've created a new category called Practicals.
Basically it is all the stuff that makes paganism work better without being specific to any one tradition or working.
I've moved my Harassment article there and I will make a couple of more entries tonight.
Basically it is all the stuff that makes paganism work better without being specific to any one tradition or working.
I've moved my Harassment article there and I will make a couple of more entries tonight.
Seek wisdom
Thursday, 07Mar2019 Filed in: quotes & thinkums⭐︎ studies
“Seek wisdom in books, rare manuscripts, and cryptic poems if you will, but seek it out also in simple stones, and fragile herbs, and in the cries of wild birds. Listen to the whisperings of the wind and the roar of water if you would discover magic, for it is here that the old secrets are preserved.”
“Magick is the essence of change and evolution” banner
Thursday, 07Mar2019 Filed in: quotes & thinkums⭐︎ studies
Short version, yes, magick works.
“In fact, the ultimate speculation we can make about the nature of Divinity is that Divinity is NO-THING which we can know. In Hebrew, the word for no-thing (nothing) is AIN.”
One tripod leg
❝The lore behind magick is only one tripod leg. Even there it's about real mastery, not rote recitation. I call it moving beyond the recipe. When you can adapt your technique to what is there and what is needed with a minimum of effort, that's mastery. The lore is about core ideas, not specific practices. That's one of the hardest lessons I've had to learn and I am not good enough with it yet.❞— NeoWayland, A Rule of Three
Tools
Thursday, 09Aug2007 Filed in: practicals
Somebody please explain to me…
Thursday, 01Nov2018 Filed in: quotes & thinkums⭐︎ entertainment
These blog entries have been reformatted and entered into the current directories. Redirect pages have been placed in the old locations.
Read More...Like calls to like
Thursday, 05Jul2018 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”
Study guide - Bonewits' Laws of Magic
Sunday, 24Jun2018 Filed in: studies
Purpose of ritual
Between that and the floating, it's a pretty good bet that this depicts a psychedelic trip.
Read More...Cauldron
“The cauldron in fact represented a great step forward in civilization. Before men were able to make metal cooking pots, which would withstand fire, they had to be content with thick earthenware pots, which were heated by the laborious process of dropping very hot stones into them. The metal cauldron, over which the woman as head of the household presided, gave men better cooked food, more plentiful hot water to cleanse themselves, and herbal medicines which could be decocted by boiling or infused in boiling water. Hence the cauldron became an instrument of magic, and especially of women’s magic.”— Doreen Valiente, “Cauldron”, An ABC of Witchcraft: Past and Present
Journal 02Mar2018
Friday, 02Mar2018 Filed in: thinking by blogging
One thing that cropped up a lot lately online is the idea that "we" have to win, and the only REAL way to win is by eradicating "them."
All or nothing. Win at all costs. The only way to succeed is to do away with anything else.
Conservative or liberal, pagan or Christian, city or rural, it doesn't seem to matter. "They" must be vanquished, exiled, destroyed for "us" to win.
But veritas comes out. Because if the only way for "them" to win is by Total Eradication, doesn't that mean that as long as one small spark exists, they didn't win? If the only was for "us" to win is by otal Eradication, doesn't that mean that as long as one small spark exists, we didn't win?
It goes deeper than that of course. It goes back to borders. In order for any side to progress, ideas have to be mixed. It's where ideas evolve. It's where change happens.
It's where magick happens.
We need those ideas that we totally disagree with. We need truths that make us uncomfortable. We need challenges that we can't meet alone.
It's the mix, it's the argument, it's the conflict that will give us some of our best new ideas. And almost all of the bad new ideas too.
We've no way of knowing which is which until we've tried them. All we know for sure is that our old ideas don't always fit our new circumstances.
Eradication isn't the answer. That's not where the Spark of Inspiration lies.
But some disagreement, some need, some faith, and the willingness to try something else, that gives miracles. Messy miracles, but still miracles.
Just something to think about.
All or nothing. Win at all costs. The only way to succeed is to do away with anything else.
Conservative or liberal, pagan or Christian, city or rural, it doesn't seem to matter. "They" must be vanquished, exiled, destroyed for "us" to win.
But veritas comes out. Because if the only way for "them" to win is by Total Eradication, doesn't that mean that as long as one small spark exists, they didn't win? If the only was for "us" to win is by otal Eradication, doesn't that mean that as long as one small spark exists, we didn't win?
It goes deeper than that of course. It goes back to borders. In order for any side to progress, ideas have to be mixed. It's where ideas evolve. It's where change happens.
It's where magick happens.
We need those ideas that we totally disagree with. We need truths that make us uncomfortable. We need challenges that we can't meet alone.
It's the mix, it's the argument, it's the conflict that will give us some of our best new ideas. And almost all of the bad new ideas too.
We've no way of knowing which is which until we've tried them. All we know for sure is that our old ideas don't always fit our new circumstances.
Eradication isn't the answer. That's not where the Spark of Inspiration lies.
But some disagreement, some need, some faith, and the willingness to try something else, that gives miracles. Messy miracles, but still miracles.
Just something to think about.
NeoNotes — Shift happens
❝1 pint Haagen Daz vanilla ice cream dumped into a sixty-four oz thermal mug (yes they exist). Fill up the rest with double-strength Circle K coffee at 2 a.m.
It didn't keep me alert, but it did keep me awake. Sometimes for a couple of days.❞
Magic exists
Tuesday, 19Dec2017 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
Magick in the modern world
❝When someone starts talking about THE truth, it's to exclude the thoughts and ideas they find uncomfortable.❞— NeoWayland, Quarter Moons and Semi-Truths
Considered supernatural
Thursday, 24Aug2017 Filed in: quotes & thinkums⭐︎ studies
Real magic
Thursday, 24Aug2017 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
❝On some issues I run deeper than granite and more certain than dawn.❞
— NeoWayland
NeoNotes — Satanic sacrifice
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.”— Dale Carnegie
Will never find it
Thursday, 20Jul2017 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”— Roald Dahl
Magick is the essence…
Tuesday, 20Jun2017 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
Technopagan
Tuesday, 20Jun2017 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
“We are starstuff, we are the universe made manifest, trying to figure itself out. As we have both learned, sometimes the universe requires a change of perspective.”— Delen in Babylon Five
≠ ✰ ❝Magick is not something you do…❞
Tuesday, 07Mar2017 Filed in: celebrations & passages⭐︎ quotes & thinkums
Nothing supernatural exists
“The old Irish when immersing a babe at baptism left out the right arm so that it would remain pagan for good fighting.”— Mark Twain
Fire
Here are some physical parts of a spell I improvised last night and used this morning. It's one of the better "booster" spells I've come up with in a while. It takes a bit of prep time and you need to greet the sun, but it works.
Read More...Synchronicity, coincidence, perception, and perspective
Sunday, 28Jan2007 Filed in: beliefs
Gods make you stretch
Almost four years on this blog and I hadn't answered these questions yet - UPDATED
Read More...Glimpse
Tuesday, 27Jan2015 Filed in: rite & ritual
I'm willing to start at mutual respect. Not everyone is. That creates a problem.
Read More...“But you’re so rational!”
Tuesday, 20Jan2015 Filed in: tellus⭐︎ modern adult pagans
The V ritual
Sunday, 22Oct2006 Filed in: practicals⭐︎ rite & ritual
On Being Not
Friday, 06Jan2006 Filed in: practicals⭐︎ modern adult pagans
On Being Not
Friday, 06Jan2006 Filed in: practicals⭐︎ modern adult pagans
Bringing it home
Monday, 04May2009 Filed in: beliefs
