u/UnkleGuidoV

[My own Picture of a Symbolic Phoenix, from my Phoenix Rising Working a few decades ago (see Post for more)]

Dark Night of the Soul = "DNotS"... now THAT's interesting...

I'm Intentionally Posting this 1 minute past MidNite, the Brand-Spankin' Newest Part of our New Day, the part most people Sleep Rite Thru! Like the Early Morning Hours of a New Day, sometimes by the time we get to Recovery, we don't REALize it's over until we Look Back & Reflect Upon our Journeys, Epic or Not.

Whilst I Complete the reVision of the Psychic Protection 101's 5x Mudras & Stances and Work on wRiting Xtrap0lations therefrom QCK Magick™, I Desired to Share something that is rather Timely, given the Sharing of my own DNotS not long ago, combined with the recent Passage Thru similar Processes from Others herein this sub, e.g., u/yaxelthemaniack . This Post is in many Ways a continuation of many previous Posts, including last Weekend's Ganesh Post. I was very Pleasantly Surprised by the sheer # of Synchronicities from that Post - we'll see if this one can also Help. For this week's Unkle Guido's Sunday Story Time, I Desired to Share some of what Helped me reCover from my Yeras' Long DNotS, to wit:

After not really having a Home of my Own for a couple of Years, when I Finally Landed in my Long Term Home, I had to Start Over. I'd Sold or Given Away nearly all of my Worldly Possessions as my Support System tried to Financially Support me as I deCompensated due to DisAbling BS that I didn't have any Support around. This included over 90% of both my Magickal Library & Magickal Items that Fenwick either Inherited or Kept for me.

Interestingly enough, my 1st Home after the Mission I first Landed @ a Home that I've long Desired. I've long Desired a Small Home without Shared Walls, as most Apt's have a Sound Issue with Shared Walls. This was 1 of half a dozen Small Bungalows that I'd Seen before when I was Helping Clients find Housing for half a decade in Mental Health Work before DisAbility. However, in Practice, this was far from My Ideal for a few key Reasons, including the fact that, since there's No Smoking inside, the Smokers from the other 5 Cottages were CONSTANTLY JUST OUTSIDE MY GLASS FRONT DOOR, and it was not Sound-Proof at ALLbeing built in the 1940s.

O, Othala! My Most-Used & Favourite Rune by a country mile! Giving me XActly & Specifically what I said I Wanted, but not what I Really Desired. This doesn't happen nearly as often anymore as it did my first few years of Doing Magick, and it's allWays Good to be reMinded of what we Truly Desire! Needless to say, I ended up getting an even BETTER Housing Opportunity - one that Better FullFilled all my Needs & Desires - after just 6 Weeks therein that formerly "Ideal Cottage" Bungalow LOL (see Post on Othala for more).

I've been Desiring to Share some of the Things that I got that really Helped me reCover over those first few years as I reCombobulated & reCompensated. Immediately drawn toward it, I found this Plaque at a Goodwill Thrift Store. I really love the Wear & Tear that's part of that HiStory, and although at times I wanna Fix it Up, I AllWays reMind myself of Wabi Sabi, as I've Posted about. I mainly just wanna use a HighLighter to enHance the Purple of the Crown @ Top, but again - it's PERFECT XActly as 'tis. This is what I'd refer to as, an "Artifact", something that Connects to an Incredibly PowerFull History:

I must say I was a bit disHeartened to just Learn that this Plaque didn't LitReally™ Survive the NAZI Bombing Runs of WWII. I actually didn't know that until I Searched for its History, as I was just wRiting this Post. That doesn't Necessarily Mean it has to Lessen its Impact. I suspect most who purchased these in the early 00s might've thought them Historical Artifacts, as I initially did. Only NOW, in the most recent few years, has nearly All Information been so AvailAble to All, and so much more increasingly so by the minute...

It reMinds me of - or "Informationally Connects me to" - what it must've been like, Hunkering/Cowering Down for Safety, with RanDumb VaryUs™ Bombs Hitting all of your Neighbors for YEARS ON END - not even Counting "Black Saturday". Such Sentiments in the British MindSet - that this Art-I-Fact reMinds us - of the justifiably TerrorFried Brits that, despite the Fact they could INSTANTLY be Killed without Warning nor Protection, they still had to Keep Calm & Carry On...

It would be EZ to Bunker Down & NOT leave Protection... but then where's the Food come from? What about the Gas & Ammo & Guns & Tanks? I.e., because they were in a literal Fight for their Lives in WWII, they HAD to Keep Society Working at its Break-Neck Pace that War demands.

If the Brits - even despite not having this Plaque in their Home - could InDeed Keep Calm & Carry On, then my piddly problems are absolutely NOT Worth Stressing over. Our Minds are always Comparing to other things - so I Simply Compare myself to those Less Fortunate (EZ to Do when I met with them Daily for over a Decade+). It's all about that Perspective, not unlike my recent dive into Dr. Huberman's adVice to "Intentionally Induce OverWhelming Adrenaline States of Consciousness, Daily". I.e., the entire Porpoise of "Doing Hard Things" is that we're then far more Ready to HANDle Life's Chaos & Stressors that are going to usually be far less, in comparison, and therefore not have us Spin Out, &c.

Hell, my own Jewish Great-Aunt who just Died a few years ago had to Escape Austria as the NAZIs were Taking Control of Northern Europe's Mainland. The AMAZINGLY GORGEOUS CANDLE I will NEVER light - from my "Public Altar" - was from her, and reMinds me of her. I didn't know her well, but I got to know her in her Final Years as we'd have Lunch every year or so, including a very MemorAble THXGiving. She was very Jewish - to the point of being in a Jewish-only Nursing Home where everything has "G-D" everywhere, which to this Iconoclast made it hard to keep a straight face whilst inside traversing the hallways. I think we had a few THXGivings together with Family, and she had a Favourite Spot to go. There was a Restaurant that had a THXGiving Buffet, and my Sweet, Frail, Jewish Great Aunt would go to TOWN on the Ham LOL She'd get all the non-Kosher things she could. IDR if she got other non-Kosher things, but the amount of HAM she'd get - multiple trips! - would crack my ass UP, PARTICULARLY after just going thru all the rigamarole with "G-D" Observations.

Personally, of the 4 Meats, I really mostly eat Chicken or Beef, but no Fish nor Pig. My German Brothers - mostly Living with my Sifu for a Decade - finally got me to introduce Bacon into my Diet. Like Pepperoni, it's barely even Pork at that Point. I have a visceral Response to the Taste of Ham or Pork, sadly. However, from a Health PoV, the only thing better than Poultry is Fish, but I've never been a fan of Fish. Far Worse than my XPerience with Pig was getting a FishBone lodged into the Back of my Throat - Choking me & Forcing me to Shove my Fingers Down there to Xtract it so I could Breathe. I don't mind the Taste of Salmon anymore, but it's taken Decades of Living in the PacificNorthWet™ to get there LOL

They entire Jewish thing is Xtra Weird to me, because I've never Identified as Jewish, primarily cuz I'm not. However, the past few years - these 2020s - has somewhat Complicated my Relationship to the Hexagram✡, particularly since all the Wars, &c. It doesn't Feel Right to try and Claim Jewish Heritage now as I dive face-first into Kablahblah & Tarot, for the Heresy alone. I actually rather somewhat envy the Hassidic Jewish Community, but I could NEVER do that in this Life LOL

Growing Up in the late 1000s, I've Met Holocaust Survivors with their Number Tattooed on them, including some from Auschwitz - I wanna say at least 3 and possibly double that. Thus I'm more than a little cornfused about Holocaust Deniers, but that also veers into a Back into Topics I'm not interested in pursuing. Getting back to the Amazing Artifact Above:

I have this over my Toilet since, as a lone Bachelor, the Seat is AllWays Up. I.e., I See the Plaque's reMinder SEVERAL TIMES, Daily.

Whether it's Called a Mantra, a Saying, an afFirmation, a Quote - or Simply a Meme - it's gotten me from "Finally Found Housing" to "Stability" over the course of a few long Years. And even though apparently this Saying wasn't Released (it was withHeld unless/until Germany Ground Invaded England, which never happened), I think it still reMinds us all of our AMAZINGLY GREAT LUCK in this Life, particularly Compared to 99% of All Humans who've ever Lived. I Love having the "World's Information 24/7", Hot Water & Fridges - 3 things only a very small slice of wee humans have gotten to inJoy such Luxuries!

Whenever I chide myself for the Length of Time my ReCovery is taking, my Therapist Wisely reMinds me:

"Not everyone ReCovers"

And for that, I'm ThankFull that I have, am, & still Will...

Leave a Like to Send Love & Courage to All Who Must Endure ReCovery, including yourSelves, even if not Currently...

Ohm Ganapati Namah!
Ohm Ganapati Namah!
Ohm Ganapati Namah!

Whilst I continue to Work on Finalizing & Completing some QCK Magick™ things - i.e., reVisions of the Mudras for the 5x Psychic/Magick Protections - Ganesh reMinded me I've not rePosted on him yet. So for this Unkle Guido's Saturnday Story Time, I'm gonna Share Stories & Reflections of Lord Ganapati. THX to Phil Hine for piquing my Interest in ole' TrunkFace from "Condensed Chaos" (Free in Fenwick's ChaosMatrix.Org - Yes, it's Safe). In this, what I have long considered "The Most Magickal Season" due to Annual Magickal Item Self-Gifts, if nothing else, I wanted to Share some Magickal Items I Keep AvailAble 24/7. These are most of my Biggest Stories re: Ganesha, which interestingly involve Fenwick more than once.

I still reCall that 1st Day with Ganesh. I Invoked his Help for that Night's Shift as a Waiter (i.e., most of the Income comes from Tips cuz USA). In addition to making BANK that night, I got quite the Surprising Gift at the Beginning of my Shift. I'm not easily Startled nor Surprised, but before I'd even Counted my Night's Tips, I got something I'd never ever even thought of before:

This very 1st Day I Worked with Ganesha I got my 1st EVER Tip in the Form/Manifestation of Origami Animals - specifically, of course, an ELEPHANT. I had a shit-eating Cheshire Grin for at least 24+ hours after that. In my Decade-ish of Working for Tips, this was the 1st of maybe half a dozen Origami Tips I've Ever Gotten, EVER. I still have the 2nd Elephant Tip that I got years later at an Important Time also, of course, along with RanDumb VaryUs™ Coins Lord Ganapati has Gifted me over the yeras, all put in Front of Ganesha's Statue I got for Him decades ago.

However, the 3 Pix at Top are all I currently have anymore, as 90%+ of my og Magickal Library & Magick Items were Gifted to my Dear Brother, Fenwick "Kaidevis" Rysen - Creator of this subReddit a Decade+ ago, when I had a Forced Purge a Decade-ish ago.

I first got the Purple Dancing Ganesha when I moved in, and He's been a Constant in many Ways. He's 1 of the Gods I've Worked with the Longest, and the Only God I have anything even resembling a "Devotional" Relationship with (see my couple Posts on "6 Ways of Being Religious" for more). I'm not a very Devotional Individual, which didn't serve me well Growing Up in my FunDuhMentalist Xian Household in the MidWest. And Ganesha's also a Constant in that He takes up such a PROMINENT SPACE in my Home - a Place He Well Deserves.

Amongst other things, this makes Evoking Him quite EZ lol

Whilst I have both a pretty Broad & Deep Understanding of most Asian Religions - particularly Taoism & Buddhism - Fenwick has a near-Doctorate in Hinduism & Advaita Vedanta. This made Teaching our Class Session on Eastern Religions quite Complimentary & Nice. As Fen reMinded me when he Gifted me this, Ganesha is also known as:

Vinayaka: Eliminator of DeadLocks, and not just

Vighnaharta/Vighna Nasheak: Remover/Destroyer of Obstacles

1 of the few things I still have re: Ganesh is the Ganesha Lock™ that Fenwick Gifted me a decade or 2 ago. This Lock, though physically small, RADIATES NRG. I'm going to Share what Altar it's a part of soon, but it's long overdue that I rePost & Celebrate ole' TrunkFace herein this sub again.

More than a little NoteWorthy, Lord 1-Tusk's role is both Visually & Thematically rePresented as the Western AstroLogical Sign of Sagittarius, which we are Approaching in a few more Weeks... ♐

When I went Shopping recently, I chose to Honour Lord Ganapati with the BEAUTIFUL Multi-Coloured Tapestry you see the Ganesha Lock™ resting upon. I'm not sure where I'm going to put it, but I Love it. If you're curious, I spoke more at length re: Ganesha in my Post from a while ago re: Devotional Practices.

I should also mention - if I didn't in my og Post re: Ganesha - funnily enough, the ONLY Ganache with a Left Facing Trunk is the Purple Tapestry. The Ganesha Lock™, my new Tapestry, & my old Idol that Fen still has all have Right Curving Trunks. This has Meanings in Hinduism, for those who Desire more Information, basically

Left Trunk = Kinder & Gentler, whereas
Right Trunk = more of that Destroyer of Obstacles!
[EDIT: I initially got these Reversed]

It's Funny because I didn't know this when I got my Idol, and apparently most rePresentations of Ganesh have the Left Trunk, whereas only 1 of mine does. They are all PERFECT in Every Way.

Speaking of Idols, I should mention that Lord Ganesha was my Idol & Role Model for what Ended up being my Final Position before DisAbility. We Worked Together to Help my Clients overCome their Obstacles to Growth & Success in their Lives. When I 1st Met with a New Client (Daily), I'd always give them a quick run-down of My Role. As I Stated repeatedly to every single Client:

"We're going to Figure out this Problem Together. Weather we Go Over, aRound, Underneath, &/or Thru, we are going to Solve this Problem. I Will Give you All I Can to Help,"

[EDIT: I just Noted this was Our Invocation of Ganesha, only just Seen & Realized/Real-Eyes'd post-Posting, this morning LOL]

...and yes, this Required Our Magick, DAILY. I am sure that Lord Ganesha was a significant Contributor to my Daily Epiphanies & Weekly Miracles I'd pull out my arse for my Clients, such that my Co-Workers gave me the NickName "The Miracle Man". Pulling that shit out my ass made me Feel like an IRL Super-Hero, particularly for how Hard-Won the Successes were, and I allways Minimized my own Role. Thousands of Times for Thousands of People in Need, over those yeras. I've found so many things Easier & Best when Empty, like Listening, Teaching, Problem Solving - Questions being but 1 of countless Ways to easily Do such.

I Worked as a non-Legal Advocate for MH/Mental Health Clients who had Obstacles to their Success - e.g., it's hard to overcome Depression when you have to return to living under the Bridge after the MH Appt., &c. I Worked as a quasi-Legal Advocate (NOT something I ever Desired!), Skills Trainer, Life Coach, but mostly, Professional Problem Solver. I had to constantly Think Outside the Box to Solve these seemingly inTractAble Problems, and was so GREAT @ it I more than quintupled the Program's Size from my own Successes & Word of Mouth around the Office & with Clients. tl;dr I did Home Delivery of MH, Meeting Clients @ their Homes (or Treating them to Coffee) to Meet for our Sessions, as they Desired.

Whilst it was always an Honour for Clients to Trust me to Help them Best I could, no one Honoured me as much as 1 of my Clients from my 1st Year did (I did this for 5+ Years as I became too DisAbled to Work). He was clearly a Devotee of Ganesha when I entered his Home. Keep in mind I don't have anything that outwardly indicates I'm into anything alt- or Esoteric, certainly no Ganesha Jewelry, which I don't even have. Upon first Meeting me, he was taken aback a bit. We spoke for a bit, and this Client ended up being 1 of my inFamous "1 & DONE" Clients wherein I give them All They Require in the 1st Hour we Meet. Did I mention NLP Works really QuiCKly, too?

After a little over a half hour, we'd basically Solved this Client's Problems. As he was Effusively Thanking me - with me trying to Return as much as I can for His Own Self-EmPowerment - he asked me if he could tell me something. "Of course!" I replied.

My Client told me that I was an "Avatar of Ganesh!" made Flesh, which left me rather Speechless - an incredibly Rare occasion, to be sure! We kept a very proHealthy NRG Loop of Praise, THX, & Love - all Professionally Acceptable, of course - as we corncluded our only Time Meeting.

Funny enough, I've not reCalled this in... a Decade? Lord Ganesh Himself just reMinded me, as I was Typing this Tribute to Him, of a Most Honoured Title Lord Ganesha Himself beStowed upon my humble ass.

Ohm Ganapati Namah!
Ohm Ganapati Namah!
Ohm Ganapati Namah!

Have you ever Worked with Lord Ganesha before? What have your XPeriences been? Lettuce Celebrate ole' TrunkFace below!

Donald Tyson has had a Decades' long fight with Western Magick's lack of 100% Complete Symmetry. He's even more obsessed with it than Hinduism, and that's saying something. In his AMAZING book that's now titled NMM/"New Millennium Magick", he similarly re-Arranges the Planets around Mercury, not the Sun, so that the 3 Pairs of Compliments can be on Opposite Sides of the Hexagram with Mercury in the Centre. He does this by deConstructing the Glyphs used for each Planet, that all use the Sun, Moon, & Earth (Circle, Crescent, Cross) in Ways that are immediately apparent once you're lookin' for it. Since Mercury is the only Planet with all 3 (i.e., Crescent over Circle over Cross), he Reasons Mercury should be in the Centre. He seems to be forgetting that the placement of the Planets on the Hexagram isn't arbitrary, but mirrors their placement upon the QBL's Tree of Life (only moving Saturn over & down a bit, but otherwise 1:1).

I mean, I LOVE Mercury, Hermes, my Life as a Hermit, &c., but Mercury does NOT belong in the Centre like the Sun does. As long as wee humans are Doing Magick in The Solar System™, Sol should ritely be in Centre IMNSHO

Tyson did similar with his 4 Directions in "New Millennium Magick", moving Air to North - Opposite Fire. He XPlains that, amongst other Reasons, this Forms a Vertical Line for the Male Elements & a Horizontal Line for the Female Elements. Also, with this Arrangement he can Start in South - the Direction where Tyson Defaults to Starting - and go Deosil in the Order of the Elements in the same Order as the Tetragrammaton Arrangement, i.e.:

South = Fire = Summer
West = Water = Autumn
North = Air = Winter
East = Earth = Spring

Whilst I used to always Dismiss these, Donny T again shows his strong Chaos Mage proclivities by Creating his own personal Correspondences. There's many things we could discuss re: these - and I may Do so if there's a Desire herein this sub like how he flips Cancer & Sadges re: VII The Charior & XIV Temperance Trumps - and I wanted to start with 1 of his most Amazing InSights, i.e., re: the Planets, to wit:

I almost reCreated his Triangular Table that I first saw in NMM, above. I think a couple of the Edges are flipped, but it's otherwise an incredibly InSightFul Table:

Surrounding the Centre are the 3 Alchemical Glyphs for the Sun, Earth, & Moon, starting on the Right and going Sun-Wise. I.e., a Circle for the Sun, a Cross for Earth, and a Crescent for the Moon. Combining these 3 Creates the Spirit Glyph in the Center if we simply alter the Moon's Crescent to be +2 Arms to Earth's 4x Arms.

Most importantly, we can begin Combining these 3 Glyphs into all possible Variations. If we Start with the Combos of 2 and again on the Right just under the Sun we have Venus & Mars by simply rePositioning Earth's Cross with the Solar Circle. Looking over to those same spots next to Earth is Saturn, Cross over Crescent, and next we have Jupiter's Crescent over Earth's Cross, even though it's not Visually Shown as Jupiter's Glyph as it's currently used. Interestingly, neither of the last 2 spots on Top betwixt Sol & Luna are Used for any of these 7 Planets' Glyphs, although Taurus is obviously Formed on the Left. We can see how Venus (Sun over Earth) is in Harmony with Nature, but Mars (Earth over Sun) is NOT. Indeed, this displays the Volcanic NRG that Mars can display. Similarly, Luna above Earth in Jupiter is "Correct", whilst Earth above Luna for Saturn yields a similar imBalance from Mars, but far Less VIOLENT and IMMEDIATE.

If we then stick with the Top Triangles, we have the only Planet of the 7 that gets all 3 in Mercury to Taurus' Right which is Luna over Sol over Earth. I think the only real Ideal Balance would be Sol over Luna over Earth, or perhaps Sol over Earth over Luna. Mercury's Triplicate Glyph is the subject ov endless Fascination and Obsession with Donny T, so much that he reOrders the Planets around the Hexagram so that each of the Obvious Pairs - i.e., Sol/Luna, Mars/Venus, Jupiter/Saturn - are each Opposite each other. He then places Mercury in the Center of the Hexagram.

There's a Stick Man Created in the Bottom Right Corner, and most of the Newer Planets+ Use the Glyphs we've not discussed, as they far Xceed the already far-ranging reach of this Post.

Do you already have Opinions re: Donny T's alt-Correspondences? What do you think of all of this? What about Moving Sol opposite Luna with Mercury in the Centre?

It's actually a lot easier than they make it out to be in all the High Magick Grimoires:

All I had to do was Evoke the Sacred Internets, Command the Correct Pass-Phrase from Soror Visa, and Direct it to my Home Address, all for only around $36. It's only missing the Radio-Active Elements, and I always have this next to me, on a Table.

...wee now Return you to our Regularly Scheduled deProgramming:

For this Week's Unkle Guido Sunday Story Time, I wanted to Share RESULTS & Updates from this last yearish since Creating this BackUp Reddit Acct. to continue to Share what little WhizDumb™ - yet many XPeriences! - I have. What's rather hilarious is that I'd already written most of this before the last couple Weeks' "Events", and I'd been Intending to Post this since August. Here's what I just Added this afternoon:

The last couple Weeks have been irRegular, to say the least. No, I've not even Read the 20+ Comments on that Post, & I'm not sure if I Will TBH I really cannot be bothered with Drama, as that is completely irRelevant to my Porpoise in Posting herein this Creative Magickal Community. I had a Hyper-Productive Week prior IRL, only Posting a couple times whilst I Finalized things I was already Working on - e.g., I'd already FINALLY been Doing my "Daily" Taijiquan Practice "more Days than Not" since Aug 1st, and after the last few Weeks, I'm finally actually DOING my Taijiquan every single Day for the first time since 2021 ☯

Because I think a huge part of Chaos Magick is about deProgramming - or perhaps this is just more of a Pope Pete thing? (RIP) - I find it Beneficial to BREAK the Patterns in my Life, on occasion. For me, this Manyfested as "Forcing" myself to NOT engage with this sub for a full 7 Day Week, 7 being the Number of Nutzach and all. IDR if I Commented or simply Posted a few times the Week prior, and I thought a more thorough Break for a Week would be iDeal. "Silence" never was my Strongest Quality - thus Why I took the last 7 Days Off - to XurSize that Mental Muscle. Resiliency Training is the ONLY Way you get STRONGKER!

I have a lot I Desire to catch up on herein this sub, including at least one small Gem I've not rePosted yet (at least to me and the Likes the first time I Posted it in my og Acct. a year or 2 ago). Taking the Time I usually Devote to Sharing Things for YOU, Dear Reader, was nice for Self-Care - including plowing thru a Book and a half I've been meaning to get thru, and I'm glad to be back after a Productive & reJuvenative couple of Weeks. Recent Events delayed my Posting Schedule by a couple Weeks. I wanted to Post this before more on Donny Tyson's Book, "Kinesic Magic", and How my og Post on "Kinesthetic Magick" Meshes &/or Conflicts with His Models. More on those soon. Here's the og Post from a few weeks ago, and more related to the Tarot Mandala at Top:

It's been just over half a year since I've even Posted anything related to my Tarot Mandalas™ that I had Paused. tl;dr re: Tarot Mandalas™ is you take a Card from All Desired Tarot Decks, Arrange them as you Desire, and then take a Picture so you can ZOOM IN all the Way on a Screen of Choice - e.g., your TV Screen, Phone, &c. (as you can Do with my current Tarot Mandala™s x12, above). This is to MAXIMIZE the Symbolism for each of the 78x Tarot Cards, so they're allways available. Then repeat that for the other 77x Tarot Cards. Thereafter, you can then Use any Tarot Deck you'd like in any Moment in any Way you Desire, and be Able to Access the Combined Symbolism of all the AMAZING Tarot Artists out there via the Tarot Mandalas™ from your Screen of Choice. To use recent parlance, these would be my 78x Tarot Mandalas™ for Information Magick.

I was actively Working with various iterations of my own Tarot Mandalas™ after my Tarot Mandalas™ x7 was Posted up last year under my og Reddit Acct. (see my Pinned Post for more, if you Desire). I got another dozen or 2 Tarot Decks, before I Realized/Real-Eyes'd & Saw - LitReally™! - that I apparently require a better Camera (Phone) to get all 28+ of my Tarot Decks fully ZOOM-Able.

I SuccessFully Used the 3W/"3 of Cups" 4 reFriendShipping eStranged Friends, Focusing on the Good Times we Shared 2Gether by simply having it on my DeskTop BackGround. This was my 1st Tarotmancy. I did multiple Meditations simply Visualizing a Connection to the Mandala, then to my Brother. I'm thinking this could be a Simple & EZ version of How to Do Information Magick.?! Whilst it was Successful, I'm always Open to How to Improve this New Information Way of Doing Magick...

Now that has been SuccessFull, I was reMinded I Desired to Share the Tarot Mandala™ for Sol as Summer winds up, thus the selection for 19 The Sun, above, before the End of August.

Sadly, I rather fell out of Working with the Tarot & Kablahblah for most of this year, as I knew the next phase was to finally, at long last, LEARN ASTROLOGY, or at least the Planets & Signs. It's only in retrospect that it Makes Sense as to Why I slowly drifted away from Tarot & QBL. Honestly, I'd rather forgotten this Goal until I finally got my Eyes on a copy of Donny T's "Kinesic Magic". BIG THX to those who Recommended this Book - it's XActly what I've been Searching for. Amongst other things, Donny T has Brilliantly combined the 5 Elements with the 7 Classical Planets and the 12 Signs for 24x Mudras & Postures that Pair up into a dozen Complimentary Pairs. I Know the 5 Elements and the 7 Planets along with half of the Signs, and this is Helping to Fill in the countless Holes in my Knowledge Base re: Astrology.

I will have more to say after I Complete Processing that Book. Ass usual, I both think he hits somethings on the Head, and in other things I'm wondering WTF he's Smoking. Ya can't fault his Knowledge Base, though, and there are some absolute Gems in this Book. After Finishing Donny T's "Kinesic Magic", I'm Plowing thru 1 of his other many books, "Portable Magic: Tarot is the Only Tool you Need". Like his Kinesic Magic Book, it's very much Donny T's take on what I've already been Working On, only re: Tarotmancy. I Love hearing Others' Creative BS/BrainStorming Ideas, particularly when they are rather Synchronistically Aligned with what I'm currently disCovering for myself. Like Kinesic Magic, it's very much a Different Way of Doing something nearly Identical to what I'm Doing. I'll have more to say when I Post more re: Kinesic Magic, soon. But rite about meow:

It recently Dawned up0n me that, in addition to my eventual Goal of having All of my Tarot Decks in 78x Tarot Mandalas, I could also specifically tailor the # of Cards Used in a Specially Created Mandala - e.g., using the Cards from 6x Decks for a 6W/6 of Cups - perhaps Ordered around a Hexagram - or Cards from 9 Decks for a focus on 9F/9 of Wands around a 9-Pointed Star.

What kinds of BS Ideas can you Share re: Tarotmancy? Any Creative Hacks, &c.?

I Really Fucking Hate Drama, but

I really Really REALLY FUCKING HATE BULLIES even more!

The only thing I despise more than Others' Drama, is Drama I'm sucked off into, particularly by another guy, doubly so when it's nonConSensual and all. When I was made Consciously Aware that u/PhilosophyPlane1947 had declared a "Witch War" on me earlier this Week, I couldn't beLIEve my Eyes at 1st. I mean, Really? I even gave him the Opportunity to WithDraw his Threats against me, but that was Spat Upon in his MisGuidod Response... If only there was a way to succinctly capture the sheer level of Stupidity this displays in a short, Meme-Able Quote... #FAFO

"Never Poke a Sleeping Bear"

Okey Dokey ArtiChokey!

"Play Stupid Games; Win Stupid Prizes"

So for this Week's Unkle Guido Saturnday Story Time, I'm going to go WAAAAY outside my Norm, and Talk about Red War Magick, Egos, Demon-Work, & Bullies, and all the Drama that Started this all. Perhaps Most Importantly, How to Deal with Bullies & Other Demons. More of my namesake "Guido" will likely be coming out in this Post with any Therapeutic-ness tossed rite out. But honestly, this one is Best Skipped - just like the Drama that Started it. If so, have a Lovely Weekend! If I wasn't Required to be Involved, I'd definitely 5kip this one. I know I both Am & Will Be inJoying my Weekend, as I happen to have a Fellow Elder Wizard Brother of mine who's swinging by to Do some Magick today, after a Beautiful Sunny Week. What ever will we Talk about & Do? LOL

+1 Like = +1 FUCK YOU to Bullies!

For those of you who are still here Thirsty for that Tea - you messy, messy Bitches - get your Favourite Mug ready! I might Suggest Sitting Down & inJoying your inToxicant of Choice whilst you Plow thru this Comprehensive Post. If I'm going to be forced to Deal with Drama, then I'm gonna get it over as quick as possible. I.e., I'm putting it ALL in here so that this doesn't become more than a single Post. Amongst other Benefits, that means this online Drama involving the rest of the sub Will Start & Die with this Post, perhaps only prolonged by an additional 36hrs at most for Comments that I'm just as likely to Ignore as Respond to. Hell, I may take a few Days offline after Posting this - IDK, we'll see. I'd like to Respond to Questions re: Red War Magick & Demon-Work, but again, we'll see. Regardless, here's the Long of it - Start to Finish - as Piping Hot as I can Serve it. Let's Start with a decades' old Warning people who Know me, Know, as I was just Posting about recently:

"Do Not Fuck with Me, because I. Fuck. Back",

...likely as I was talking about "Getting Out the Big Guns", usually more Metaphorical than in this Rare Case currently...

As a lifelong Martial Artist, the equivalent would be some Young Punk Threatening someone who's been Successfully Performing & Teaching Martial Arts for over half a fucking Century. Dum-Dum Mr PP! Any Possible reticence on my Side was instantly disSolved when he spat upon my ForGiving & Generous Offer to Peacefully WithDraw his MisGuidod Threats and Attacks against me. "Dojo Storm" YT Videos give a current day version of this, with similarly predictable Results.

Specifically, I Desire to detail Steps a Mage in my X-Act Position could Theoretically Do if he were so Inclined to inGage in a "Witch War" with anyone so intellectually deficient as to Start a War with a Wizard who was Slingin' Curses before he was more than a Dream in his Daddy's Ballsack. He must've missed my Post about the Surprising Efficacy of my 1st Curse when I was still a wee KinderChaote, like he is Failing in his Attempt to becum now. More about that soon...

If someone in my XAct position wanted to be a petty little Bitch, I could talk about how I've actively avoided Blocking this annoying cur for half a year now. Endless DMs to me that no one Cares about, always asking hyper-personal Questions that I should've Predicted, given our 1st interactions were over this Creep inCessantly Interrogating me about my Sex Life. But I didn't Block him because I thought, at times, he had some interesting Perspectives, and I didn't wanna Miss his Comments or Posts that he's now apparently taken an Oath to not Create or whatever. F00lishly, I even gave him some Love via Liking some of his DisLiked Comments to Keep Convos going that I thought might have some merit.

He does have a Tendency to Generate Hate his Way Xceedingly Easily & Frequently, and given my MH/Mental Health Training & Patience, I'm usually the Last Person to finally See People as they Are & Not How my default "Optimistic, Strength-Based" Paradigm would normally Lead. I never told him, and wouldn't have, Xcept that now that's obviously over - particularly as he's now finally Blocked & I have no Way I'm Aware of thus far to even see any of his Activity THANK THE GODS ABOVE. I guess if I were even more petty, I could unBlock him just so I could disLike all of his Posts & Comments, something I'm sure he's already preDicktably doing to me. I could point out How every time I subtly Suggested in a Comment:

"The more apt a man is to make a Declarative Statement, the more apt he is to look Foolish in Retrospect?"

No one has reMinded me of that Saying more than Mr PP - not since the Homeless Shelter, that is. I could point out how he is up to his Eyes in AssUmptions, Blinded by them, apparently, just Drownin' in Nasty Ass.

It's actually rather Funny to me, in a way. I am NOTORIOUSLY Difficult to Piss Off - at least TOWARD an Individual. One of the Reasons I was Nick-Named "Sweden" back in the Day was my "Annoying Neutrality". The Name "Guido" started out as a Joke, as I was both the Biggest (Celtic) & the most Pacifist Guy around - the QuintEssential "Sensitive 90's PonyTail Guy". I Worked in MH for over a Decade for fuck's sake. This was prior to Decades of Martial Arts Practice, when the Name actually became much more Apropos, particularly after Training in Xing Yi for over a Year+. It really takes a LOT to Piss Me Off toward Others as a Rule, and there are usually TONS of Boundaries I Set long before that occurs. However, for every Rule, there's an Xception that Proves it:

THREATS are Different.

THREATS IMMEDIATELY CHANGE EVERYTHING.

They Start by Burning Any/All Bridges to that Person, Burning far more than the Simple Rapport that is required for Communication.

Just like you do NOT put your Hands On another Person, you do NOT get to Threaten them, either - let alone Attack. As a former Bully Victim - and for all the Bully Victims that aren't Able, Willing, & Ready to Defend themselves, Magickally or Otherwise against this Bully and Others - I am more than Happy to Teach this Young Whelp to NOT Threaten Others. This is an unForced Error - Own-Goal - FAFO of the Most Amazingly HIGH Order of Magnitude.

But I'm getting ahead of myself! Let's Start at the Beginning:

A week or 7 ago, Mr PP DM'd me yet again and in 1 of his countless Daily Stalking DMs that I happened to actually Read, he THREATENED me! He said if I didn't Take Down a Post, he'd Declare a Witch War on me. I thought he was being a Hyperbolic little bitch. Spoiler Alert! It was BOTH! I mean, surely he wasn't trying to Bully me with THREATS, was he?! I LOL'd. Evidently he was. I didn't REAL-Ize he was Total Cereal until earlier this Week, Proving once again that Laughter is an amazingly Efficient Banishing in itself. But now that the Ugly Bullying Abscess has Risen to its Current Form herein this sub, we Need to Drain it, first by underStanding it. So let's Dissect The Bully™ Archetype that he seems all too Comfortable Slipping in2., to wit:

BULLYING 101 =

"Do what I Desire
or I Hurt you."

I contemplated How to Respond. I went everywhere from "continue to Ignore" to... well, this Post. What made up my Decision?

Primarily, I became InSpired that I can finally Do the countless things I've thought of since my last Magickal War from over a Decade ago. It also actually InSpired me to even more New Practices, along with Techniques I'd forGotten. The Problem with Sparring is you don't really get to XPerience Full Contact like we did back in the Lock-Down Psych Units, and I'm SO GLAD I finally have another actual Live & Willing Target again! This Target was INSISTENT, even! Score! Plus, it gives me a Reason to Teach Red War Magick on a NUMBER of Meta-Levels, not my Favourite Topic - and also not something I have any Problems with, either. We might as Well take this LOLCow's BS and Grow something UseFul from it. But I'm primarily Doing this for all the times I and Others weren't Able, Willing, & Ready to Deal with Bullies, that's Why. So I say to you, Mr PP:

"Sit on a Serrated Dildo dipped in Hot Sauce & STFU, you Rotten Little Festering Piece of Dick Cheese!" or even the more Simple:

"BEGONE THOT!" if you prefer the more Memed version to my own Personal Banishing, above.

Lettuce Break Down the Bully Demon even more, shall we?

What do Assaulting Bullies Desire? FEAR & COMPLIANCE.

What do they REALLY Require? HUMBLING & NOT BACKING DOWN, no matter what.

This reMinds me of the amazingly cathartic short-lived show "Bully BeatDown" from a decade or 2 ago.

This is all 2nd Circuit stuff (from the 8 Circuit Model).

Re: Threats, the Big thing is to not take it Personal, and to Hold Boundaries & Not Give In - if so, you're LitReally™ reInForcing their Behaviour, Increasing its Probability of Repeating on you & others. I.e., if you don't Stand Up to Bullies, they Will Continue to Bully more People - likely for the rest of their Lives, unless &/or until they finally Grow Out of it, or get Forced to via Forced Humbling. I do enjoy Helping People Grow!

If you Give Bullies the FEAR & COMPLIANCE they're used to, you are literally reInForcing their Behaviour and increasing the Chances they will continue to Bully more Victims.

I fucking HATE Bullies. But I rather inJoy Teaching them the Error of their Ways, now that I'm Able, Willing, & Ready 2 Do Sew. This wasn't always the case, so for Myself & Others Now & in the Future... Hopefully this one Will Learn to not Bully Others and Use their Words instead of Violence - Magickal or otherwise - but I'm not holding my breath. Some People only Learn in SPITE of themselves, likely the only way Mr PP Learns anything at all - unless it's Channeled, of course - then it's Gospel!

99% of the Time - this Time included - it's Projection of some unReSolved BS or another the Assailant need to Work out with a Therapist, since they're evidently not Able, Willing, & Ready to Do so on their own, yet. Of course, Proficient Mages Do this Mystical Work as part of their Path of Growth, Naturally as they Progress. Just remember that Bullies are all terrified little Children Deep Down inside, or they wouldn't Act that Way. Like Children, they cannot Use Words they lack to deScribe their Fee-Fees, so they lash out like the inEffectual Humans they are - which is understandable for small Children - notsomuch for anyone 18+:

"Hurt People Hurt People."

Who Hurt ur PP Mr PP? Far more importantly, can you Thank them for me?

A week or 7 ago - and again this last Week as this Drama was unFolding! - Mr PP had the GALL 2 DEMAND I "Take Down" Posts or Comments or whatever, like I Answer to him in any fucking Way. He then Fails to Bully me with THREATS if I don't Agree to his BS.

"Be Careful what you Wish for - you might just get It!"

What an inTitled little bitch! He then attempts to Blame me for Other Chaotes' SI/Suicidal Ideation, because that makes Sense. Nothing says Chaos Magick like Blaming Others for your fucking Problems LOL What Feeble Attack Attempts. Talk about AssUmptions & Ego! JFC Mr PP Get. A. Fucking. Grip.

He got Butt-hert about my single Shortest Post Ever that was on the Demon of Ana Rexia because of Reasons I might've given a fuck about prior, but give NEGATIVE FUCKS ABOUT now. I wasn't going to even mention Ana again, but in True Streisand-Effect Brilliance, I think this might Deserve some in-Depth Weekly Reporting Updates, to Help those who Suffer - including Mr PP's obvious Suffering! We MUST Help him over his Block with Ana Rexia, so on behalf of all the Others, he can stop thinking it's OK to Bully-Me-ah! He's obviously crying out DESPERATELY to Help overCome this Shadow Work he Need Work on with these Hurty Words. He Probably Suffers from it, also, and is likely Lashing Out in his FailUrs, which is Sad for him, unfortunately. The only Way to Cure a Trigger is X-Pose-Ur Therapy, over & Over & OVER again! Perhaps if Mr PP Opens Up more about his Challenges with Ana - like a Hyena giving Birth - we can all Help him to Grow. I guess I still have some Therapeutic Tendencies still left in me after all!

When I simply and gently reMinded him of that most Famous & Basic of Chaos Magick Maxims:

"Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted"

Mr PP gets MOAR Butt-hert. I mean, Imagine coming into a subReddit titled r/ChaosMagick & then bitching about the Primary Values & Saying it's known for? Well, I don't have to Imagine, and if you've been Playing along, neither will you. I mean, how FUCKING STOOPID can you be to get Butt-hert over a Community's Maxim?! Like, there are plenty of Whiter-Liter newage (rhymes with "sewage") Communities that will be a better fit for poor Mr PP. I should've known about his newage tendencies with the kinda Level of Thinking that Follows such enLightened Works as the "Channeled" Human Design by "Ra Uru Hu" - I mean, some Rando Canadian White Boy named Allen - would do.

What does ur preDickShun Chart tell u, O Wise & Vulnerable Mr PP?!

What's Funny is, after Doing my Regular Psychic House-Keeping, I was recently JUST Wondering Why I still Keep Servitors around. I usually default to Using Magick to Integrate into (into-Great 1n2) myself. However, I really do NOT mind allowing my countless Guardian Gods & Spirits to Run Interference for me on Mr PP, as I've neither the Desire nor Time for such pettiness, as a Rule that I'm Proving with today's Lone Xception. I didn't even do this in my og Acct that lasted 2 years. Here I am, not even a year in with this Acct. when Mr PP - like every Victim MindSet - mistakenly thinking I'm "Making" him get all butthurt about nonsense personal bias Drama BS no one gives a fuck about. Newsflash, kiddo!

"Only YOU are Responsible for your Actions, Feelings, & Thoughts".

Mr PP would know this if he actually understood half the shit he claims to. This one's in the Appendix of Magick in Theory & Practice, Mr PP, O Master Misser of High Magick! Given that's something I recently Posted about and the fact he Stalks me so much, he must've Forgotten about this.

But it's all Good! After Years of Fasting, My Guardians are HUNGRY! I have entire ARMIES of Servitors I've Created for Specifically Just This Situation - i.e., some dipfuck actually Going so far as to actually Threaten & then Attack me. I certainly could Let Loose the complete entirety of My Hordes I've beFriended, when not outrite Created. It's been far too long since they got to both Xorcise & Feast @ an All-U-Can-Eat Buffet of "Imbecile sur le Feu". Speaking of Fire:

How to Xtinguish an unDesired Behaviour?

What we Called Performing a PI/"Planned Ignore" in MH.

Obviously, also do NOT continue to reInForce the unDesired Behaviour with Attention & Other Rewards. Most people get Tripped Up with this Simple GuidoLine that's quite Obvious if you think about it for even a second. See my Post re: the fact the 1 thing most Entities in the MultiVerses Desire above all else is Simply ATTENTION. That's what they Feed Off of, and so the ONLY Solution to The Problem is to

STARVE them of the ATTENTION they so Desperately Desire.

And this, I think, leads us to a HUGE Problem within the Magickal Community:

People are always Bragging about Mastering this Demon or Working with that Demon, but when an ACTUAL IRL DEMON like Ana Rexia Simply gets brought up? TABOO!!! SHUN!!! We can only Use Officially Mr PP Approved™ Demons around these-here parts, like the Bully Demon, evidently. TBC, I never promoted nor even Suggested anyone Use Ana. I'd Strongly Recommend AGAINST Dealing with Demons as a Rule, and that includes Invoking or even Evoking Demons like Ana Rexia or Bully, which I've never even done - but Mr. PP is all AssUmptions, ass allways.

What he'd Know if he ever did any real Inner Work, Shadow Work, Work with Demons (any Work at all? is the Inner Work in the Room with us?), is that in order to CONQUER a Demon - or anything! - you Must underStand it, first. To say the fucking Least. But he's too Blinded by His TRIGGER! to be Able, Willing, & Ready to Accept such Challenges, and that's okay. I'm not his fucking Daddy, but apparently an unPaid Therapist for Mr PP. Well Mr PP, 1 of these Days you'll finally Learn to Suck it up, ButterCup... or continue to Not, I guess IDC either way TBH

Although I'm seriously considering that Deep Dive into ACTUALLY Working with IRL Demons, something at least some1 herein this sub apparently could Benefit from, along with actual Shadow Work and not making Shadow Puppets to Play with. Perhaps I'll actually start to Do more than simply mention Ana's Name and actually begin Working with Her via Helping Others who Struggle with Ana. She obviously carries IMMENSE Power, turning people into Crazed Idiots by the mere mention of her Name, rite Mr PP?! Talk about being Triggered. You know when you're Triggered, you unConsciously GIVE UR POWER 2 OTHERS, rite? Nom-Nom Mr PP Nom-Nom

I'm tired of Hearing about Big Bad Thelemites & Chaos Mages "Mastering Demons" of Goetia, &c., but when weak ineffectual little bitches like Mr PP are confronted with an ACTUAL IRL Demon like Ms. Rexia, Addiction, Psychosis, Depression, Anxiety, Suicide, &c., they get all White-Liter newagey. Like, were you never serious about Magickal Practice to begin with? If they can't Deal with a current-day IRL Demon like Ana Rexia or Suicidality, then they need to STFU about their "Demon-Work", the Wannabee Poseurs. You don't need to have Worked with actual Psychotics for yeras to Qualify, but it Helps. Simple Personal Work more than counts, and is obvious when it's Lacking. Call me when your balls drop and you're ready for the Big Leagues, lil boi. Until then, Tell it to your Therapist, cuz no one else gives a fuck - and if you don't HAVE a Therapist, well then, I think we've Found The Problem!

What can the rest of us Learn from this?

The Things you MOST HATE &/or FEAR &/or otherwise KNEE-JERK REACT & REJECT AGAINST are the Demons In the Shadow you MUST MASTER if not ACCEPT, at least to Grow as a Mage. No Hate on those who choose to Stagnate or get DisTrack-Ted, but you're not going to get very Far Up that Mountain if you cannot Do basic Shadow-Work that includes Dealing with these Demons on your Own Terms STARTING with your unControlAble Triggers.

1 thing I'd definitely Strongly Suggest to someone in my Xact Position is to USE Demons- particularly the one he's so Triggered by - e.g., to endlessly Torment him & reMind him of whatever it is Shadow Work he seems Allergic to, that he continues to Actively Avoid. Even from his own White-Liter PoV, "this is for His Own Good". Not that I'm Stupid enough to Defend Ethics in a Chaos Magick Community, but since it's Impotent to him...

Since it's absolutely eminently relevant here, the Victim MindSet makes Magick incredibly Difficult, because in order to Do Magick SuccessFully, you Must Take Responsibility for your Actions & Role. Were I inGaging in Red Magick, I'd absolutely Xploit that Victim Mind-Set he's perpetuating, in addition to re-X-Posing him to his TRIGGER, Ms Rexia.

I literally have nothing else to Do, being DisAbled and all. I could start Sending DisAbling Symptoms his Way, or Treat him as the Negativity Sink he allReady is, amongst a Host of Other Entities & Things...

He'll unDoubtedly engage in Counter-PsyOps & Sophistry galore. This will likely include endless "Appeals to Emotion" - and other Logical PhalluSees, aka Mr PP's Dick-Cheese Logic™ (Patent Pending). He'll undoubtedly attempt to reFrame things, or perhaps Talk about what a Big Mean Scawee Chaos Mage I am and how BAD I am. Continuing As If "Nothing is Happening" is also a Classic deflection. I can't wait to see what he Chooses! Regardless:

1 of his Now Many CountLess Problems is that no matter what Mr PP does, I WIN!

He can continue to Honour his "Oath to Not Post" like the udder Nincompoop he is, or he can Break it & begin Posting, Proving How Hooked into Stalking me he is. Although his incessant Comments on my Posts will likely be enough Stalking for him. IDC either Way, as I've joined the countless who've already Blocked him. I'm sure he will continue to Intentionally Piss People Off Infesting the Comments with his Inanity - at least for those who've not Blocked him already.

...once again Proving - just like when I got Jumped in the Homeless Shelter (from Post on "Depths of Martial Arts"), just like I've Done since Learning Martial Arts in the 1000s:

"I don't Start Fights.
I END them."

But that all Requires FAAAAR more Time & NRG than any Rando online is Worth. The Real Clutch Move when Attacked? Simply Avoid the Attack. Problem Solved. Move on with your Life. They will either Move On Sooner or Later (usually much Sooner), or your Assailant will Spin themselves Crazy, Wasting NRG on Pointless BS. Either Way - We Win!.

Much like I gave him his 1st, Last, & Only Warning, this will be the 1st, Last, & Only Post on this Topic from me. I'm too Old, too DisAbled, & too Busy to waste my Time or NRG on Childish Games and other DissTractions like this. I have REAL Problems - like being DisAbled - and Childish Antics can be BANished to the Kiddie Table, most notably AWAY FROM ME. I sure hope he gets Nothing he Desired and SO VERY MUCH MORE from this War he Demanded. Hell, he may even Learn a thing or 2 - but I doubt it - that'd take basic Intellect with an IQ in the triple digits, e.g., like knowing a Community's Maxim. Or not to Assault someone who's been Teaching Magick since before he was even Alive. Someone who was Teaching Runes & Numerology when he was still Learning his ABCs & 123s. Some People only Learn in SPITE of themselves, likely the only way Mr PP Learns anything at all - unless it's Channeled, of course - then it's Gospel!

Love it or Hate it, you can Rest Assured that further talk about the above will not continue to Affect me nor this sub (at least not from me), as the last Public Action on this will be me hitting the "Post" Button, with the Possible Xception of Replying to Comments re: Red War Magick. I am personally Finished with this lil War this DumbAss Demanded, although I also could've given my countless Guardian Spirits Free Rein to "Have Fun!" until... well, they Decide when the Fun is Done.

The Best part of this is that I won't have any fucking Clue about How the War is going, "What Mr PP's Suffering from Today", &c. I've Observed Past, Current, & Future goings-on re: this Witch War of Mr PP's, and I gotta say, 'twas Entertaining for less than a Week. "Entertaining" like Cheering for the Water in the Chinese-Nepal Floods from this Week, only unlike those poor Tragic Victims of a Natural Disaster they didn't Ask For, Mr PP both Demanded & Deserves every Single Drop of Water Flooding his Way............. Whilst I could Feed that messy part of me, that's not something I've ever Valued - but I try not to Kink Shame so no Hate on those who do. On the Plus Side, this will only Further Increase Efficacy of such...

Much like my First, Last, & Only Warning to u/PhilosophyPlane1947, I Will say to him once again what I say to All those who Choose to Invoke Bully Demons: "

FUCK.
RITE.
OFF.

Do not try to Contact me in any Shape, Form, or Fashion. Do not Reach Out to me. Do not Reply to my Posts. Do Not DM me. Continued Stalking & Harassment will be Treated as such. Do not use me as a Reference. Do Not Pass Go. Do Not Collect $200. Go Straight to Jail.

Bye Felicia!"

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~In Memoriam of Infek, RIP

IYKYK

This is always hanging out of my Magickal Art Book, made from when I became "Born Again, again" (see Post of same Name if you Desire) back in the 1000s. I've seen others Post theirs, and I thought I'd Share mine, also.

Looking on it now, it rather resembles a Voltron-like, Mecha-Jesus, Looking to the Rite...

For this Week's Unkle Guido Saturnday Story Time, I wanted to talk about a recurring Topic that comes up. Specifically, it came up this last week, and it reMinded me of the handful of XPeriences I've had with them that I wanted to Share. I don't have a ton, so this will be a Shorter Post than usual after a prolific week, to wit:

I began to Work with Dragons back in the 1000s, and I recall it was the 1st & only "Summon to Full Visible Appearance" I've ever had, which isn't incredibly surprising given my Kinesthetic & Auditory Focus. This happened Early on, and I still have the Candle Dedicated to the Dragon. This was to Full Visual Appearance, more so than anything Else I'd ever Summoned/Evoked. It was a Female Asian Blue Water Dragon and I wanna say she was particularly Masterful in Divination. Her 1st Divination?

Dragons aren't a great fit for me.

She was the Kindest Dragon I've ever met, and whilst Open to Connecting more, She Cautioned against my Trickstery Ways conflicting with Draconic Natures, telling me something to the effect of, "Dragons aren't known for the Senses of Humour", and ya know what? She's Right! Most of my Conflicts with my Brother Sifu were when Acting or Viewing the World in Foolish Ways...

TBH, the Feeling is Mutual. Dragons DEMAND Respect, and Seriousness, and they're Possessive, Greedy, & Proud, all Qualities I cannot STAND, nor Keep from LOLing about when X-Posed to.

My Brother & Sifu who has even more Dragon NRG than Tiger NRG, Loves ALL THINGS "Dragon" or "Draconic", including the Steven Brust "Jhereg" Novel Series, which I also Read when I was Working a bit with his Draconic NRGs. He's even Gifted me at least 1 Dragon Friend whom I must confess I've not done much with.

Whilst I don't want to give away all of my Brother's Seekrits, he essentially Uses Dragons as his Servitors/Spirits he'd send out on Errands, all of his Guardian Spirits are all Dragons, &c. Not unlike how with Xians everything's all "Angels" of RanDumb VaryUs™ Titles, Spheres of Power, &c., although I'm not sure he'd Appreciate the comparison.

Finally, I Created at least 1x Dragon - I think this may have been around the time of my Gifted Dragon from my Sifu - that, tl;dr, we just didn't end up Connecting. I wonder if Dragons are also Possessive of their Human Familiars? Likely.

So there ya have it, the long & short of my XPeriences with Dragons. Dragons know me as a "Friend of Dragons", but not an Active Worker. Given their Demonization in the West, I thought we'd Connect better, but Other Qualities sadly make Dragons a poor fit for me. I cannot think of a more PowerFul Creature in all of XisTense, so if you're looking for raw Power, I cannot think of a better candidate than Dragons.

(EDIT/PS from my Comment, below): That does bring up an important Quality I forgot to mention, above - Dragons connect us with our Reptilian Brains. Not XClusively, but most Creatures wee human Mages Work with are NOT Reptilian. It could be Argued that some of Dragons' Power comes from their Ability to not only touch on the most Rarefied NonSense of more Complicated LifeForms - like the Pomp & Circumstance - ALL THE WAY THRU the Reptilian parts of our Brains.

GLHF!

What about you? Do you Work with Dragons? What has your XPerience shown you? What do you Think?

If there is No Thing in the Manyfest Universe (Multi-Verses that may Harmonize?) that can be Perfect, then Why do Perfectionists Seek this unAttainAble State?

I'm not sure if it's more common in Hyper-Intellectually Focused Individuals like myself or not - or just Westerners in general? - but I used to be Plagued by Perfectionism. I get that it can Motivate People to Endlessly Pursue Perfection - i.e., Improvement. Like all things, "Perfectionism" is neither inherently Good nor Evil - but it sure Irritated my Intellect... until I Created a Hack, once again Using No-Thing more than Simple Logic, to wit:

"Art is Never Finished - only Abandoned."

Why is this?

Because there is AllWays MORE to Improve in the Flawed REALity wee Live in. I.e., as Traditionally Treated & underStood:

Perfection is a LIE.

As an Ideal, it is a Theory, and not subject to the Rough Winds of Reality & Practice. However, without reDeFining Words themselves, what if we could figure out a New Way to Seek Perfection? What if something Xceeded every single REALISTIC Xpectation Possible, went "Above & Beyond" in AllWays, that is only Open to tiny niggling nit-picks, I Call:

"Perfect in Every Way."

...because for Manyfest Reality, REAListically, many things can become Possible to Reach that State, the State of Being

"Perfect in Every Way."

The Captivating Chaotic Crazed Crocks at top are a Small Sample of ample Xamples of Wabi Sabi. That is the Japanese Art that Naturally aRises from their Buddhist Acceptance of the imPerfect & Transitory Nature of Life. In some Ways it reMinds me of Humpty Dumpty after he got "Put Back Together Again".

The Idea/Meme

"Perfect in Every Way!"

Cured me of my Perfectionism. Between that & Wabi Sabi, I hope I've been Able to Help Cure you of any unDesired unRealistic Xpectations re: Perfectionism. This Post reMinds me of my earlier Post on Why there's "No Reason to Worry", using Simple CBT/Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy - which, BTW, I STILL Use to this Day to Dispel the Demon "Worry".

As always, PLZ Feel Free to Critique, Mock, Praise, Ignore, &/or Share any/all parts of this, as you Desire.

What do you Think? Did you used to be a Perfectionist? Did this Help?

This YT Video by Veritasium BLEW my fucking Mind and Answered Questions I've always Wondered about re: Solstices. IDKY it's not formatting well in Reddit, but whatever.

For someone who used to constantly Mock Astrology (not just Pope Pete! RIP), I sure had a Close Relationship with Luna for my first couple+ Decades of Magickal Practice. I am currently still Growing my Relationship to Sol since becoming DisAbled, for His Healing Abilities - e.g., Apollo.

I find it funny that as a NonDual Animist I Posted about Animal Tricksters a day or so ago, & now here we are with the Infinite Stars. I forgot how involved with Astronomical Events my FunDuhMentalist Xian Mother is, as she often reMinds ME of things like Planetary Alignments (which we just had a Record, IIRC) and Eclipses. This YT Video has the Latest & Greatest DisCoveries in Eclipses & Sol in general. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1WoNuemKOg

I know I've been a bit Hyper-Fixated on my own Desires for Clarification on Meta-Theories - e.g., re: PsychoLogical cf. Information Models of Magick, &c., and I wanna again give a huge THX for those that Helped me Answer that Decades' long Quest-I-on. I truly hope that most of you also found that an intriguing - if not InSpiring! - Topic to disEntangle. Now, back to more Pragmatic Practices, Hacks, & looks @ the PsychoLogical Model, to wit:

For this Week's Unkle Guido Saturnday Story Time herein Harvest Season, I thought I'd Share over half a dozen Closing &/or Banishing Rites I've Used &/or Created over the Decades the most - NOT Ordered in Order of Importance or Use or anything like that. Always Desiring to increase the Knowledge Base of Magick using Kinesthetic Practices (from NLP), this Post brings them all together.

On a similar Note, I finally got a Copy of Donny T's "Kinesic Magic" THX to both Recommendation & Resources you've Shared. HUGE THX again! Much as I Boiled Down all Stars & Regular Pentagons into a couple of Simple GuidoLines you can Follow, I Hope that by getting this Book my upcoming Post I've been Working on Creating re: a Kinesthetic Language, I won't Miss anything too obvious. On to the nonVisual Banishings/Closings:

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1: Just a reMinder I've Posted on the 5 Empty-Handed Mudras for a more Kinesthetic Banishing that Fenwick & I Created back in the 1000s, in my Post under "Psychic Protection 101" re: How to Center, Ground, Banish, Shield, & Filter Quickly, AnyWhere & @ AnyTime, in 5 Breaths or Less. I default to Using these, and often Forget about the rest of this List unless/until they come up somehow or another - like finishing my Taijiquan Set - 2 wit:
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2: Despite my Sifu's Best Attempts, I always refused to Learn his overly complicated Opening & Closing Sequences for Martial Practices. It was a CRAZY bit of nonsense that took like, half a minute to perform, and I could never be bothered TBH. This Chaotic Iconoclast can only Deal with so much BullShittery - like Pomp & Circumstance around Rituals, particularly. My Official Opening™ for Taijiquan is a Simple Single Bow with Hands in the Prayerful Thai Wai Position/Mudra, Eyes Down for Humility. He always chided me for doing so, but as I always reminded him, I'd never take my Eyes off an actual IRL Opponent. TBC, when in an actual Fight, I don't do any sort of Opening - my Opening is usually my "Ending the Fight" - also the Ideal in Xing Yi - as detailed in my previous Post re: the "Depths of Martial Arts". "I don't Start Fights - I End them." My Opening anymore is simply some quick Stretches before Doing Taijiquan, Centering & Grounding mySelves in my Body before beginning my Practice.

Whilst I always Gather my NRG after the final Taijiquan Pose in 3, 6, or 9 Cycles - I Practiced most all of what my Sifu Taught - I just didn't Follow all of his WhizDumb™ re: Opening & Closing. For my Closing, after Doing 3 Gathering Motions that are hard to deScribe, I put my Hands into that Thai Wai Prayer Position against my Body as I Do 3x Bows in Increasing Height of the Hands & Depth of the Bow itself, for:

1st Bow: All the Teachers that have Continued the Lineage that has enAbled me to Practice this, including my own Sifu, usually around the Sternum;

2nd Bow: All my F+F/Friends & Family whom I Love so much - this includes my Physical Family as much as the Countless Spirits, Gods, & other nonCorpoReal Entities - that have and corntinue to Accompany me in this Life, usually a little Higher up the Center-Line like the Heart or Throat;

3rd Bow: "... Last - and certainly FAR from Least - without whose Help NONE of this would've even been Possible: ME!", which usually brings at least another Banishing Chuckle with a big ass Smile, particularly after the hyper-Serious & Focused Taijiquan Practice, usually at the 3rd Eye or Higher, if not on Top of my Head/Crown (which in itself Looks & Feels Silly - see #6, below).
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3: The Mudras I most often use for Closing & Thanks when I'm out & about and cannot be Heard (usually with my EarBuds in and wit'my Stunna Shades on) include the ASL Sign/Mudra for "Thanks!", the Shaka Brah 🤙, & the Thai Wai - aka the Indian "Namaste", depending. If none of those, usually at least a Nod, a Quick Downward Motion of the Head before Returning.
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4: I know I've also mentioned How I Taught my Creativity Class @ Uni (yes, the Left Coast LOL) a Boiled Down version of (RIP) Pope Pete's GPR/Gnostic Pentagram Ritual that I reNamed the "Vowel Song". I.e., it basically just Resonates the 5 Vowels from the back of Liber Kaos, not unlike the Middle Pillar Ritual. I go:

"IIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiii...
EEEEEEeeeeee...
AAAAAaaaaaa...
OOOOooooo...
UUUUuuuuuu..."

just like in the Book, only I Close with:

"...and sometimes YYYYYyyyyyy..."

Hail Eris!!!!!

Speaking of Witch:
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5: FNORD! Have I mentioned LAUGHTER as my single Favourite Banishing? It's also a non-Visual Practice that's mostly Kinesthetic with Auditory Qualities. I Use Literaly LOLing for more Banishing than all the rest combined, by Orders of Magnitude. Speaking of which, when I saw my MH Therapist this week, I brought my copy of Liber Null & Psychonaut for him to finally see the Amazingly InSightFul diagram on p78 that I've Used to Great Effect with my Clients re: each Emotion & its Opposite... NoteAbly with Laughter/Crying @ the Center, disSolving every Emotion in an X-Static Burst of Laughter.
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6: Which brings us to the Turkey Curse Banishing Rite for GreyFace from the Principia Discordia, aka "Acting Silly in Public" - not to be cornfused with "Actin' a Fool". Obviously you don't wanna get Cops involved via "DisOrderly Conduct", but a brief Silly, Pattern-Breaking OutBurst can bring MOUNTAINS of Levity when it's sorely Needed. Funnily enough, this touches on 2 of the Topics I'm wRiting about in my just-under 20 Drafts herein Reddit LOL See also my 3rd Bow from the 2nd Closing, above, and the end of the 4th Closing above, from the Vowel Song, for Samples of ample Xamples of Using Silly Intentionally.
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7: I also have the Kinesthetic MBR/Matrix Banishing Ritual that I wrote up in a Post of the same name wherein I basically Kinesthetically Do what Neo does at the end of the first Matrix movie as he Tenses - BENDING REALITY AROUND HIM - before reLeasing, reCharged, reCentered, & reAdy to GO!

What about you? What Banishing Rites - beyond the LBRP - have you Created &/or found most UseFul?