I typically plan things out to a fair degree. I have an idea of what I want to be, what I want to achieve. Even with knowing these things, I plan for variations of them, since things rarely go to plan exactly the way I want them to. This IS Life, after all, and sometimes it’s better to float with the current to get to a better destination. Which I really don’t like saying, but can’t deny.
I’m not complaining here, even if it seems like it. Should probably start that aloud. I am trying to illustrate that even when you’re reasonably good with Magic and have great relationships with trustworthy entities, things don’t always go to plan.
When I fired this blog back up about six months ago, I intended to spend time writing some questionable grimoires (likely tasteless and inappropriate to many). I planned on having numerous egregores created and juiced up for those grimoires, too. I planned on continuing my Maoshan studies for both Maoshan proper and the Fox school.
So, where am I at?
I did continue the Maoshan studies. I am behind in expanding them, to be honest. It will add another thirty or so minutes a day to my current practice and wasn’t feasible with the Taji100 going on.
Those two questionable grimoires haven’t materialized. I would be neck deep in the one Grimoire, but the intellectual property owner never bothered to return my messages. I’m placing the other on hold indefinitely. It is a bit tasteless, but would be a skilful achievement to pull off.
A different one is in progress based on the spirit from the Ziggurat. Servitors have been created for that work. I have four gates I’ve created for that and will be starting two more today, apparently. Or at least working on the next two while I continue to use and test the energies of the current four.
I did write one ritual for the first planned Grimoire than is so…in character and abhorrent…that it’s still in the draft folder here. I shared it what friend that also likes that subject and they were speechless. Yeah, it was out there.
I have picked up the 76 Week Goetia by Connolly and started Week 6 with Valefor. They typically take more than a week by a day or two, depending on my schedule and mood.
My local land spirits have become more distant as I start looking forwards towards moving to Hawaii for three years. The Fae Queen keeps telling me I won’t be back here, in this house we’re going to rent out. She’s not happy about it. I don’t see why I wouldn’t be coming back here, since I couldn’t afford to buy back into this community again if I sold. I know she doesn’t mean I’m going to die, but that I will live elsewhere.
That’s not the plan, but how did this post start off? It’s not 100%, she says, but is likely. Does that mean I stay in Hawaii, where I don’t want to live for more than a few years? Does it mean Europe? Somewhere else? The majority of my employer’s jobs I would be interested in are here or Europe. I feel like she’s likely right, but can’t seem to get much else when I open my mind to the question.
I have started up more work with spirits with a focus on bolstering them and building them back up from the decay of time. This was spoken of in my last post, but I don’t know the order people will consume things in in the future. I did do a ritual for a human spirit last night that started off a bit mundane, but became quite touching in the end. I paid off a spirit’s debt or sorts with extra for his (dead, spirit) family and he was happy to come aboard. This means I will be bolstering two spirits at this point – one human, one not.
So, a lot going on right now and that will increase as I get closer to moving. I’m also working on the offerings I won’t be able to easily make while my stuff is being moved to Hawaii. I won’t have my stuff for two to three months. I’ll have some bare bones ritual stuff with me or immediately ordered from Amazon. No dollar stores in Hawaii.
I will try to stack up entries for this blog to buy myself some time and break up the entries related mainly to moving. I can already feel eyes on my from there. Some I know and some I don’t. Should give me material that’s interesting and maybe even informative. I expect I’ll meet some in May, when I’m there for house hunting. I’m sure you’ll hear all about it.
