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New EncyclopediaIt's a little before midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. With certain exceptions, any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. Please note:  Any question or comment received after then will not get an answer, and in fact will just be deleted. (I've been getting an increasing number of people trying to post after these are closed, so will have to draw a harder line than before.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.1 of The Magic Monday FAQ hereAlso: I will not be putting through or answering any more questions about practicing magic around children. I've answered those in simple declarative sentences in the FAQ. If you read the FAQ and don't think your question has been answered, read it again. If that doesn't help, consider remedial reading classes; yes, it really is as simple and straightforward as the FAQ says. 

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image? I field a lot of questions about my books these days, so I've decided to do little capsule summaries of them here, one per week. The book above on the left is the current edition of my seventh published book, The New Encyclopedia of the Occult. I'd gotten irritated about the lack of decent reference works on occultism, and Llewellyn, the publisher I worked with in those days was enthusiastic about the idea of helping to fix that. It was a fun project, and includes a certain number of quiet and rather abstruse jokes; there are other occult encyclopedias available these days but this one still stands up fairly well -- though I'd make a lot of changes if the publisher was interested. (This also turned out to be the last book I did with Llewellyn for a long while, due to some issues involving their treatment of another project of mine.)  If you're interested in the encyclopedia, you can get a copy here if you live in the US, and at your favorite book venue if you live elsewhere.

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Bookshop logoI've also had quite a few people over the years ask me where they should buy my books, and here's the answer. Bookshop.org is an alternative online bookstore that supports local bookstores and authors, which a certain gargantuan corporation doesn't, and I have a shop there, which you can check out here. Please consider patronizing it if you'd like to purchase any of my books online.

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With that said, have at it!

***This Magic Monday is now closed -- as in, no further comments will be put through. See you next week!***

Re: Ecosophia Prayer List

Date: 2023-12-04 11:09 am (UTC)
frankrhartman: (Default)
From: [personal profile] frankrhartman
Hi tunesmyth, thanks for doing this! I sent you a PM to be added to the list. Let me know if it didn't show up for some reason.
Thanks,
Frank

Re: Ecosophia Prayer List

Date: 2023-12-05 01:04 am (UTC)
tunesmyth: (Default)
From: [personal profile] tunesmyth
Hi Frank, I got it! I'll add it within a few hours. If you don't see this message in time for the Monday cutoff, let's mail privately, but for now: may I suggest rewording your prayer simply that your lymphoma be cured and you be returned to full health? While it is natural to assume that your chemotherapy is the best route to your preferred outcome, in prayer as in magic it's generally best to prayer for the results you want rather than the means of getting there. There are sometimes (often, I've found) routes to the desired result that work just as well, and it's best to let the forces we call on work according to their own natures, whatever those may be.

Re: Ecosophia Prayer List

Date: 2023-12-05 02:33 am (UTC)
frankrhartman: (Default)
From: [personal profile] frankrhartman
Thanks tunesmyth, that's a great idea. Much appreciated!
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