Magic Monday
Nov. 3rd, 2019 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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It's just past midnight, so here we go with a new Magic Monday. The picture is of Khaemwaset, the fourth son of the pharaoh Ramses II. Unlike his older brothers, who took up military careers, he entered the priesthood and became famous for his scholarship, his restoration of historic tombs and temples, and his mastery of magic -- so much so that stories of his occult exploits were still being told a thousand years later, and have been preserved in two documents dating from well after the Greek conquest of Egypt. Under the name "Setne Khamuast" -- the closest translation of his religious title and name yet available in the early 20th century -- he was an important figure in the legendary history of Dion Fortune's Fraternity (now Society) of the Inner Light. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. Any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. 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 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here.
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Discursive meditation on images
Date: 2019-11-04 04:14 pm (UTC)When doing discursive meditation on images, is it bad practice to peek back at the image? I've been doing discursive meditation on the Thoth tarot, but my visual memory isn't that great, and I do a lot of pre-processing before starting to memorize what is where. I wonder whether that's how to do it plus repeat or if I'm making things unnecessarily hard by not looking while I meditate.
Happy Monday!
Re: Discursive meditation on images
Date: 2019-11-05 12:06 am (UTC)Re: Discursive meditation on images
Date: 2019-11-05 11:43 pm (UTC)I'm the one who wrote last week in a state of panic about my father's sickness. I wanted to thank you again for your very timely words, that helped me a lot.
Re: Discursive meditation on images
Date: 2019-11-05 11:50 pm (UTC)