I've received my copy of The Way of the Golden Section and have ordered After Progress, and though I won't be following the exact path of Golden Section any time soon (I'm knee-deep in DMH right now), I'm very much enjoying it. I have a couple of questions related to that, and some other more general ones, this week.
1) In a previous MM, when I described troubles with travel on Wednesdays, you suggested planetary charity to Mercury, so I'm going to give that a try for the first time. I've based my approach mostly on Chris Warnock's website and some comments on previous MMs. Do you see anything I should change in the following? a. Planet: Mercury b. Charity: I'm at a bit of a loss here - Wikipedia or charities that help with education come readily to mind, but I wonder if it might be better to find something more travel-related? c. Amount: $64 d. Number of Donations: 8 e. Day: Wednesday f. Hour: of Mercury (the first or eighth 12th of the time from sunrise to sunset on each Wednesday) g. Candle: an Orange "spell/chime candle" allowed to burn all the way down h. Hymn: Say the Orphic Hymn to Mercury after lighting the candle i. Place: On the altar where I light candles/incense/lamp for my regular prayers to deities
2) If you're sick, is there a threshold short of "I can't get out of bed" where it's not really worth it and/or actively a bad idea to do your daily magical work?
3) In a previous MM, you talked about the "set dressing" of Hindu language more-or-less required by Western occultists in the heyday of the Theosophical society. Besides becoming thoroughly familiar with pre-20th century Western Occultism and Hindu/Yogic philosophy, any tips on how to distinguish between genuine inspiration/cross-pollination and terminology borrowed for "marketing" reasons?
4) I got my copy of The Way of the Golden Section this past week! As I'm still working my way through the DMH, I won't be taking it up as a complete system any time soon. I'm wondering if the following exercises ought to be compatible with following the DMH: a. the morning exercise (stretch, breath, and affirmation) b. the evening exercise (with topics taken from the DH/DMH) c. the solar plexus exercise
5) I've been doing the SOP with Anglo-Saxonized names following the Norse list of deities you provided here on Dreamwidth. I see that in The Way of the Golden Section you have a list of Anglo-Saxon deities that makes some slightly different choices. I know that the SOP is extremely flexible with deities/powers/concepts invoked for each gate, but if I'm considering changing which deities I call on at which gates (after ~6 months), are there any factors I should think about besides divining and praying on it before deciding?
Thanks very much for your time and attention, Jeff
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Date: 2021-12-06 05:05 am (UTC)I've received my copy of The Way of the Golden Section and have ordered After Progress, and though I won't be following the exact path of Golden Section any time soon (I'm knee-deep in DMH right now), I'm very much enjoying it. I have a couple of questions related to that, and some other more general ones, this week.
1) In a previous MM, when I described troubles with travel on Wednesdays, you suggested planetary charity to Mercury, so I'm going to give that a try for the first time. I've based my approach mostly on Chris Warnock's website and some comments on previous MMs. Do you see anything I should change in the following?
a. Planet: Mercury
b. Charity: I'm at a bit of a loss here - Wikipedia or charities that help with education come readily to mind, but I wonder if it might be better to find something more travel-related?
c. Amount: $64
d. Number of Donations: 8
e. Day: Wednesday
f. Hour: of Mercury (the first or eighth 12th of the time from sunrise to sunset on each Wednesday)
g. Candle: an Orange "spell/chime candle" allowed to burn all the way down
h. Hymn: Say the Orphic Hymn to Mercury after lighting the candle
i. Place: On the altar where I light candles/incense/lamp for my regular prayers to deities
2) If you're sick, is there a threshold short of "I can't get out of bed" where it's not really worth it and/or actively a bad idea to do your daily magical work?
3) In a previous MM, you talked about the "set dressing" of Hindu language more-or-less required by Western occultists in the heyday of the Theosophical society. Besides becoming thoroughly familiar with pre-20th century Western Occultism and Hindu/Yogic philosophy, any tips on how to distinguish between genuine inspiration/cross-pollination and terminology borrowed for "marketing" reasons?
4) I got my copy of The Way of the Golden Section this past week! As I'm still working my way through the DMH, I won't be taking it up as a complete system any time soon. I'm wondering if the following exercises ought to be compatible with following the DMH:
a. the morning exercise (stretch, breath, and affirmation)
b. the evening exercise (with topics taken from the DH/DMH)
c. the solar plexus exercise
5) I've been doing the SOP with Anglo-Saxonized names following the Norse list of deities you provided here on Dreamwidth. I see that in The Way of the Golden Section you have a list of Anglo-Saxon deities that makes some slightly different choices. I know that the SOP is extremely flexible with deities/powers/concepts invoked for each gate, but if I'm considering changing which deities I call on at which gates (after ~6 months), are there any factors I should think about besides divining and praying on it before deciding?
Thanks very much for your time and attention,
Jeff