Monday, September 02, 2013

planted two palms today, a beautiful golden palm and a magnificent banana palm, both look pretty good so far, nestled in the corner in front of the tiger grass.
the people across the way were having a smoke on their balcony and i waved and said hi, they have just moved in with a noisy dog that comes to visit me occasionally. he steals pans biscuits and runs around the garden while pan and i watch him until he returns to his home. we aren't impressed by biscuit stealing barkers who intrude on our peace but i guess he's harmless.
the people across the way said they loved the neighbourhood, and i wanted to say it was great until you people moved in with your loud barking dog and your cars coming and going, but you know i didn't, i just said hello and carried on with the garden. 
know naught- is the idea that when you come to magick it's best proceeded with the idea that you know nothing at all, and are completely void of any preconceived ideas, including all beliefs and conditioning. it actually takes the magickian a few years training to get to this point, you have to undo yourself, let go of your identity. it's the mystical component of the spiritual journey. 
all ways are lawful to the innocent- means that when one is innocent the ways present. innocence being the state of child like wonder, not knowing, a sublimation and an attitude of openness. in some ways this is the rebirth that mystics talk about, death of ego.
pure folly - would be the attempting to align your will with the universe, and i guess this is represented by the fool card, because you literally leave the world behind and step over the edge of the cliff into the mystery indifferent that you may fall and crush your bones metaphorically speaking. one could say, you may loose your mind temporarily, but in  loss you can never know you have lost it. it is indeed pure folly, for who but the mad would even consider this journey.
is the key to initiation - everything realigns, from out off whack, the patterns are seen and the ceremony can commence. from here on in you are on your own, each initiate undergoes their own process, no two are alike, although the landscape is metaphorically the same, the experience is individual, a reflection of the mind, i recommend you keep an occult diary.
i recommend planting trees.


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