Initiation is hilarious! I know, I know, I have a pile of posts were I speak about how hard it is and the trials you go through and the misery that comes with it and how it is all worth the pain in the end. So, you’re thinking, no freaking way am I doing something that sounds about as much fun as participating in a real life Saw event. Yes, please, I’d like to chew off my own arm! I can’t say that the work I have done hasn’t been difficult and that there have been times where I wasn’t sure I’d make it through or even times I wanted to chew through a bottle of prescription medicine. However, there is a lighter side to all of this. Magic, initiation, the trials you put yourself through can be pretty damn funny. Those magicians out there who take their practice without humor, be warned; I am totally going to make fun of it. Wait, no, I don’t me your practice in particular, just the practice of initiation. Humor is an integral part of my practice and for all the shit I put myself through, I need to be able to look back and laugh.
Initiation is hilarious! I know, I know, I have a pile of posts were I speak about how hard it is and the trials you go through and the misery that comes with it and how it is all worth the pain in the end. So, you’re thinking, no freaking way am I doing something that sounds about as much fun as participating in a real life Saw event. Yes, please, I’d like to chew off my own arm! I can’t say that the work I have done hasn’t been difficult and that there have been times where I wasn’t sure I’d make it through or even times I wanted to chew through a bottle of prescription medicine. However, there is a lighter side to all of this. Magic, initiation, the trials you put yourself through can be pretty damn funny. Those magicians out there who take their practice without humor, be warned; I am totally going to make fun of it. Wait, no, I don’t me your practice in particular, just the practice of initiation. Humor is an integral part of my practice and for all the shit I put myself through, I need to be able to look back and laugh.
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I was going to write another piece related to the series What is this Magic Business, but I was overcome last night with the need to write about animals instead. In particular, about the fostering of domesticated animals. I will write this, as per usual, from the perspective of my own experience. I can do so with a lot of confidence because I have been involved in this for, I don’t know, around eighteen years, I believe. All of the animals that live in our home (seven cats, to be exact) are rescued from shelters. We (by “we” I mean me and my family) are members of the Collie Rescue League of New England (http://www.collierescueleague.org/ ) as well as the Maine Sheltie Rescue (http://www.mainesheltierescue.org/ ). In addition, we have rescued and nursed back to health stray and feral cats/kittens found in or around our neighborhood so that they could be handed over to the shelters for adoption. Presently, we are fostering an overly happy sheltie named Buddy, who you can see on this page (http://www.mainesheltierescue.org/other-adoptable-shelties ) at least until he is adopted. I thought I would switch focus this week and go back to a thread that I had begun a while back in which I discuss my thoughts about magic. Specifically, magic from my point of view. I am sure that I will offend all sorts of other people, but then, that is what makes magic so much fun! Magic, in general, is a very personal thing, despite what mass produced occult literature might have you believe. If you have read much of what I write (I know there must be about two of you), you will understand that I am disinclined to believe you can simply open up the latest paperback occult tome, light a candle, chant some pithy poem and then expect fortune to smile down upon you and drop your Amazon wish list at your front door courtesy of this new super-hot FedEx guy/girl who asks you out on a dinner date (though, in my imagination, I get the guy AND the girl). Nevertheless, I wholly endorse a magical path through life, difficult as it may be, because I believe it makes you, not necessarily a better person, but certainly a deeper, more thoughtful, and focused one. To that end, I thought I would present some additional thoughts on magical practice with our guide, Mr. Dean R. Koontz who happened to provide some interesting quotes from his latest novel, Ashley Bell, which was the genesis for this post. Initiatory work sucks. I mean that in the nicest way possible. It is just that the work itself is quite difficult. The self-analysis; seeking the next great internal vista to explore; finding new and varied pitfalls, some of which are very deep and require considerable effort to climb out of; licking wounds and healing from said experience of stepping off a cliff. The list goes on. Those of you who walk this path understand this well. Those of you about to embark on this type of journey, you have been given fair warning. Those of you who have never considered this, well, now is your opportunity. With all of this being said, I would like to take that context and talk about my mother.
You know, it is funny how much a simple thing like changing your name can mean. The long and arduous journey continues for me, but it is these small moments of victory that spur me on. You see, on May 7th, 2015 I finally got my name legally changed to Lillith. Standing there in the courtroom and hearing the judge pronounce that I was now legally Lillith is a moment I am not soon likely to forget.
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Lasciel AnnwynnI am one of those. Yes, that kind. I poke around in the corners and lesser explored paths of life looking for it's mysteries. There is so much magic in the world when you open your perception to it. Look with eyes of wonder. Archives
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