Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Do It Now

I am trying to learn this. Stop worrying about what you want, what you don't have, what could be. Stop saying, "tomorrow will be better" and "I'll do what I want when that happens". Enjoy the moment.

It might not get better, the perfect moment doesn't exist, you have to make your moment.

If you decide to follow your dreams when you have more money saved up, or you don't want to get a pet before you find your perfect house, or any number of other things you might want to wait for, you may well be waiting forever.

More than once I've moved, and told myself I would do something different... and then I didn't. From now on, I'm going to do it now.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Lighbulb Jokes

How many Buddhists does it take to change a light bulb? Doesn't matter, they're already enlightened.

How many pagans does it take to change a light bulb? All of them, because each of them has to have their own.

How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb? They just ask Jesus to do it.

How many Gardnerians does it take to change a light bulb? I can't tell you, it's a secret.

How many existentialists does it take to change a light bulb? Just one but he spends twenty years thinking about it.

How many Jews does it take to change a light bulb? One to do it and twelve rabbis to make sure it's kosher.

How many Hellenists does it take to change a light bulb? Just one, but he might claim Edison got the design from the Greeks.

How many Setians does it take to change a light bulb? Doesn't matter, they prefer the dark anyway.

How many satanists does it take to change a light bulb? Satanists don't screw in light bulbs, but they screw everywhere else.

How many nihilists does it take to change a lightbulb?
It doesn't matter.

How many alchemists does it take to change a lightbulb? First they have to decide what element light is.

How many Taoists does it take to change a lightbulb? None, they just wait for the problem to solve itself.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Moved.

Well, my computer is back, so it's official, I'm moved.

I have decided to take it as an auspicious sign that having missed my turn I found it necessary to go down Main Street, and was forced to ride a bike down the middle of an abandoned train track. That's good luck, right? Well, it is now.

I felt like Clint Eastwood in drag, as I rode my aluminum horse named schwinn off into the sunset... the blinding, eye piercing sunset going west down Main.

I almost said I felt like John Wayne, but that would be a poor comparison because I can act.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Freedom Means All Of Us

Listen up folks. A wise man once said, no one is free while others are oppressed. Another wise man said, in the end it is not the words of our enemies we will remember, but the silence of our friends.

There are oppressors in this world. They don't just target one group of people, they are after everyone different from themselves.

If you're not one of them, you're the enemy. And by the same token, if you're not their enemy, you might as well be one of them. All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

To use current events, as a friend of mine points out, when a Fox News representative insulted (I stress, insulted, that was it) Wicca last year, they were met with a storm of angry and hurt responses in letters, emails, phone calls, and online attacks, until they were forced to apologize.

When just recently a fox news representative encouraged the public execution of satanists for their religious beliefs, there was very little response at all. Why? Because Satanists aren't Wiccans, so no one cared.

Are you people actually that fucking stupid?

Someone breaks into your house and robs you. You saw him do it, you know who it was. You get your stuff back, but he gets away with it because he knows a judge. A year later, he breaks into your neighbor's house, but your neighbor drives a different kind of car from you, so you look the other way because your transportation choices are too different.

Does anyone else see a problem with this?

As a corollary to this concept, "I'm entitled to my opinion" is not a valid debate tactic. Sure, you can have whatever opinion you like, you can say whatever you like. By the same token, I am entitled not only to the opinion that your opinion is idiotic, but to proceed to explain why. Trying to censor me because I'm shredding holes in your argument on the grounds that you have a right to be wrong just makes you look like a dumbass, stop it.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Global Warming

There's a lot of debate. Is it happening? Are we the cause?

Always the rebel, I like to fuck with partisanship. So I'm going to take this stance:

Who actually gives a fuck?

It's a given that we need to pollute less. Global warming is the LEAST harmful effect of human pollution (assuming it's a factor, I don't care if it is or not) so this argument is purely academic. There's no arguing we're the cause of the jet fuel in the tap water.

If the pollution is eliminated, then it can no longer be argued that humans are a factor in whatever happens, and the result will be the natural cycles of the earth, which haven't ended life as we know it yet, so we'll be fine.

If we don't get our act together, we're the ones who suffer. Life on earth will go on, and in fact will be improved because mass extinctions are evolutionary gold. The best species survive, so when a lot of them die, the net value of the survivors is greater.

We might go extinct, but no one else will notice. I'm okay with that.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Facebook Advertising

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Once this place is off the ground, I'll be offering my readings and assorted other services there.

Incidentally, I am already offering said services online, over the phone, and in my own home in Pensacola.

Saturday, January 11, 2014

I Win Political Correctness

It's time to organize a protest march, write letters to the editor or something like that.

What am I protesting?

Well, I just won political correctness. I find complaining about being offended offensive. Every time someone bitches about public displays of affection, a woman nursing in public, or any other stupid shit that people are complaining about right now, I die a little inside.

They shouldn't be allowed to complain about this stuff. That's right, I find your offense offensive. You can't tell me to be politically correct without yourself being politically incorrect.

I win.


Update 1/12/14:

It just occurred to me that some people feel in order for something to politically incorrect, it has to offend a group of people.

So what group of people am I a part of which is offended by your taking offense at stupid shit?

Intelligent people.

Yes, intelligent people are offended by the fact that you find a woman breastfeeding to be offensive. You are an anti-intelligence bigot, and you must be stopped.

That is all.

Friday, January 10, 2014

Ceremonialism, Demon Abuse

Another conversation with a friend who knows who he is has inspired me to write about some of my unusual thoughts.

Demons. Incarnations of evil and depravity, right? I call bullshit. The practices of Ceremonialism (Ceremonial Magic) feature heavily the summoning of demons and forcing them to accomplish tasks. King Solomon it is said conjured and imprisoned 72 demon princes, forcing them among other things to build him a palace over night.

Ceremonialists spend a great deal of time and energy, not to mention a fair amount of money, on precise and complex rituals in order to force their will on these entities. Unintended consequences for the magician are common, as the result of demons seeking revenge for these abuses.

Now ask yourself, wouldn't you be pissed if a complete stranger broke into your house, kidnapped you, threatened you, and forced you to work for him?

Also ask yourself; is it really a good idea to do the aforementioned to a supernatural being capable of altering the course of human events?

The word demon comes from Judaic mysticism, referring to dark spirits not aligned with the Hebrew god. It is derived however from the Greek word Daemon, meaning "spirit". To greatly simplify; essentially the Greek paradigm divided conscious entities into mortal, god, and daemon. Demon does not imply anything about the ethics of an entity or its disposition toward humanity.

In a more modern context, demons may be said to be a group of entities sharing common association, and they are definitely of a dark nature, but no more or less so than I am myself. Many of the entities now known as demons are the dark gods of ancient cultures, some older even than the origins of modern pagan practices. In fact, the most well known of all, Lucifer, was a Roman god of light. His inclusion on Christian mythos is due to his association with enlightenment and the independent mind, contradictory to the patriarchal authority of the church.

It is true the summoning of demons can have powerful effects. The results can be startling even to experienced practitioners. It is also true that it is dangerous, if you follow ceremonial practices based on Judeo-Christian tradition. If, however, if you are polite and respectful as you would be with any deity, there is no more risk involved than with the likes of Cerridwen and Hecate.

Don't abuse them, and they have no reason to abuse you. Make sense?

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Networking

Someone's doing a nice project, networking some pagan blogs. Figured I'd participate.


 

Saturday, January 4, 2014

July Omen

Rain. Cold, rain.

Financial

No clever observation or anything today.

The financial crunch is here. They just cut my hours at work which will leave me short on my expenses unless something else comes in. If you or anyone you know is interested in tarot/psychic readings, energy work, psychic healing, spell work, or anything else I can do, please get in touch.

John, whom some of you know, is raising start up money to open an occult supply shop just down the street from me. Once it's up and running, I'll be working there, which will greatly improve my potential income.

If anyone wants to contribute to that project, please do so here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lets-start-something-magickal

May you find what you seek,
Katharine

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

June Omen

As I was standing in the middle of a residential street, in light rain, waiting for tonight's sign, a car pulled up behind me, politely slowing down until I noticed them coming and got out of the way.

The moral of story, look out behind you. I haven't decided exactly what to make of that yet.