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| Sunday, July 12th, 2009 | | 9:44 pm |
Coldplay
Due to the extreme kindness and driving skill of some good friends, we ended up going to the COLDPLAY concert at the Gorge Amphitheater yesterday- me limping along ...95 degrees, slow cooked, it is the most beautiful place I have ever seen in my life to see a concert OK, Im sure there are plenty of snide comments about Coldplay in the air- but fuck it- I enjoy them and they did a fine job- but there was something else I found myself crying during the concert- my heart just opening & breaking- somehow the concert shakti opened up all the pain I feel over Forrest's autism - how very unfair and horrifying it is- how much we have all lost- It was shocking to me and very exhausting- I also rode the energy of 24000 souls (!), all enthralled (yahoos and all) and realized- this is as close to a mass religious trans substantiation as we get in our culture- everyone here is being offered Gnosis of a sort- real, human touch- nothing dogmatic about it- no gods, no rituals, jut a sharing- Im not very impressed with my species...but there are times.... 2 that really seem to strike home- When you try your best, but you don't succeed When you get what you want, but not what you need When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep Stuck in reverse And the tears come streaming down your face When you lose something you can't replace When you love someone, but it goes to waste Could it be worse? Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you - FIX YOU I just got lost Every river that I tried to cross Every door I ever tried was locked Ohhh and I'm... Just waiting 'til the shine wears off - LOST  | | Friday, July 10th, 2009 | | 9:49 pm |
Our trip to NYC July 09
Our trip to NYC July 09 (6/30- 7/8) PICS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22855209@N02/sets/72157621127853581/We: Stayed in Brooklyn Heights & Lower West side of Manhattan The Careys hosted, toasted and wined & dined us as did Jillian, Lance & all our friends- THANKS you guys!!!!! it was a blast saw: MET Guggenheim Chelsea Art Museum (Weirdly appropriately timed modern Iranian art exhibit- intense stuff...) Chelsea Galleries - especially the Giant Dragon Skeleton Spiral Temple- wild. Full day in SOHO- not many great galleries left but enough to amuse Ate out & drank constantly...Oy.: NYC SW French w/courtyard Belgian beer bistros Char... Great Itallian pizza & cannoli compulsions satisfied Bagels and lox every morning... Drinks at the Plaza Northern Chinese (thanks gormand Danny...) Flex Muscles (really) a trendy place Dumbo Flea market South Street market festival (Carribean Reggae is the it music of the month .....) AND 4th of July on the Roof of 1 Grace Ct Brooklyn was lovely- great people, sunset & fireworks Downside for me- developing bursitis,(WTF?!) BUT- no matter- we had a blast every day- We love having 2 home-cities- & tribes  | | Saturday, July 4th, 2009 | | 11:51 am |
nyc
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Back in the city Woke up in Manhattan at a friends house (soror Noctua & Lance...) with a view of the hudson & statue of liberty Happy Thelemic 4th of July! I honor our Masonic forefathers (and foremothers) who collectively said 'fuck this!' so that I could party & have a good time on this day We ae mostly based in Broklyn Heights (with a view like the one below of Manhattan) - Have hit the MET- awsome Afghanistan archeology show- Frances Bacon Retrospective, Fashion through the ages and sooooo much more- Hit the Chelsea Museum- an AMAZING show of current modern Iranian art that JUST HAPPENED to be scheduled for now....very powerful work, visceral....feel the claws of Heru... Yeserday was SOHO- few great galleries but enough to have fun plus a wonderful dinner watching the sunset ....and a pass by the WTC site and massive OM TARA TUTTARE TURE SOHA s for this evil wound on my fave city- a wound in my heart that is healing (though the fucking politicians can NOT quite deide what the new building will be like...) Tonight its fireworks on a rooftop garden in Brooklyn overlooking Liberty, Manhattan et al - before that a street festival at South port.... Never a lack of things to do I doubt Ill update this again- Im just waiting for the clan to get ready for brunch- My knee is killing me (tendons? another trip to the doctor- pray for no surgery....) but otherwise we are fab- everyone has grooved on the tacky WA t-shirts we are giving away and off we go into the Babalon madness of NYC again- ah, I do love her...  | | Monday, June 29th, 2009 | | 7:29 pm |
Our Turkey Tour
In our travels we have never taken a 'package' tour- until now... We were actually told by a Turkish coworker to do so if we wanted to see IT ALL and we do- so- here it is.... Day 1: Board your overnight transatlantic flight. Day 2: Arrival in Istanbul, Turkey After arrival at Atatürk Airport, check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free to start soaking up the unique atmosphere of this city built on two continents. At 6 pm, meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a welcome dinner at your hotel. (D) Day 3: Istanbul Founded by the Greeks as Byzantium more than 2,500 years ago, renamed Constantinople in 330 AD when Constantine the Great elected it the capital of the Roman Empire, and finally called Istanbul after the Ottoman conquest in the 15th century, the city on the Bosporus always was and still is one of the most exciting places in the world. Its strategic location as gateway between Orient and Occident, the Islamic and the Christian world, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, predestined it for a turbulent history. Start your sightseeing at Emperor Justinian’s HAGIA SOPHIA and Sultan Ahmet’s BLUE MOSQUE, magnificent monuments to two competing world religions standing peacefully side by side. Next, turn to the TOPKAPI SERAGLIO, the residence of the Ottoman Sultans. Admire its exquisite collection of Chinese porcelain and the stunning Imperial Treasury including the “Spoonmaker’s Diamond.” After a lunch break, tour the GRAND BAZAAR (arranged next morning if closed today) with its 4,000 tiny shops. The rest of the afternoon is free. For a taste of Turkish nightlife, join our optional dinner outing and discover the fascination of belly dancing. (B) Day 4: Istanbul–Bursa Set out today on your discovery tour of a country with the population of Britain and more than three times its size. Cross the Bosporus and then follow the shores of the Sea of Marmara to the Gulf of Gemlik. Here you head inland towards the Uludag, also called the Mount Olympus of Mysia, a 7,700-foot skiing mountain. Bursa lies in its shade, surrounded by lovely orchards and tobacco fields. Founded by the Greeks and hotly contested during the Crusades, Bursa had its heyday as the first capital of the Ottoman Empire. In the afternoon, visit the great monuments to this period: the ornate GREEN OTTOMAN COMPLEX and the GREAT MOSQUE (Ulu Camii) and the ancient Covered Bazaar. (B,D) Day 5: Bursa–Ankara Motor into the heart of the Anatolian Highland. After a break at Eskisehir, whose meerschaum pipes are world famous, head for GORDION. Tour the excavations of the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Phrygia, where Alexander the Great cut the proverbial knot and thus opened the way to Asia. Hear about the legend of King Midas with the golden touch as you visit the ruler’s great EARTH TUMULUS. Overnight in Ankara, capital of the Turkish Republic since 1923 and the country’s second-largest city. (B,D) Day 6: Ankara–Cappadocia Morning visit to the MAUSOLEUM OF ATATÜRK, the revered founder of the Republic, and the MUSEUM OF ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS with its unique collection of Hittite sun discs, stag cult figures and reliefs, and Phrygian metalwork. In the afternoon, head through the salt steppes and swamps of central Anatolia towards the volcanic plateau of Cappadocia. En route a visit to the walled 13th-century Seljuk CARAVANSARY OF AGCIKARAHAN. (B,D) Day 7: Cappadocia Today, visit the unreal moon-landscape of Göreme with its ROCK CHAPELS carved by the early Christians and decorated with frescoes dating from the 6th to the 10th centuries. Next are the byzantine MONASTIC COMPLEX of Zelve, the TROGLODYTE VILLAGE of Avcilar, and the UNDERGROUND CITY of Özkonak. Before returning to the hotel, enjoy the sweeping panorama at ancient Ortahisar. (B,D) Day 8: Cappadocia–Konya West today to the land of the Whirling Dervishes. Morning break south of the great salt lake Tuz Gölü in the fortress-like CARAVANSARY OF SULTANHANI. Afternoon in Konya. The Iconium of antiquity occupies a fertile island in the arid Anatolian steppes. Man has lived here since the early Stone Age, and the town had its moment of glory as the capital of the mighty Seljuk Empire from 1078 to 1307. Today it thrives on agriculture and the manufacture of fine carpets. Afternoon sightseeing features visits to three outstanding Seljuk structures: the MEVLANA MONASTERY of the Dervishes, now a museum; the KARATAY MEDRESE (theological school); and the elegant INCE MINARET. (B,D) Day 9: Konya–Antalya Drive west to Aksehir, then south across the Taurus Mountains into the luxuriant green forests, orchards, and olive groves on the hills sloping down to the sparkling blue Mediterranean Sea. You enter an area only recently discovered by discerning European vacationers. (B,D) Day 10: At Leisure in Antalya A full day to enjoy this Mediterranean paradise and to discover its antique treasures. If you wish, join an optional excursion to the Pamphylian cities of Perge and Aspendos. (B,D) Day 11: Antalya–Pamukkale Morning drive inland across two mountain passes to Pamukkale. The name means “Cotton Castle” and refers to the spectacular white lime cascades formed by its hot springs. Visit the fascinating archaeological site of HIERAPOLIS, the thermal resort founded by a Pergamene king in 190 BC and greatly enlarged and embellished by the Romans. At the hotel tonight, a leisurely bath in a pool of hot thermal water might be just the way to relax. (B,D) Day 12: Pamukkale–Izmir Follow the valley of the Menderes River to Ephesus, home of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus and later the capital of Roman Asia Minor. When St. Paul arrived here he was so awestruck that he asked: “Is there a greater city?” Visit one of the best-preserved ancient AMPHITHEATERS, then drive up to the CHAPEL marking the site where the Virgin Mary is believed to have spent her last days. Overnight in Izmir (Smyrna), Homer’s birthplace on the Aegean coast. (B,D) Day 13: Izmir–Troy Area Start with visits to the ACROPOLIS OF PERGAMUM, an ancient center of learning and the arts, and the ASCLEPION, a shrine to the Greek god of medicine. Then, enjoy vistas of the Greek island of Lesbos as you follow the shores of the Bay of Edremit. Continue to TROY, the perfect place to brush up on Homer’s Trojan War, hollow wooden horse and all. Spend the night at nearby Canakkale. (B,D) Day 14: Troy Area–Istanbul By FERRY across the Dardanelles back to Europe and the 20th century. Visit the World War I battlefields on the Gallipoli Peninsula, where Allied troops, mainly Australians and New Zealanders, suffered heavy casualties in a disastrous campaign. Pay tribute to the heroes of those tragic months of 1915 at the ANZAC CEMETERY. Then, drive along the European shore of the Sea of Marmara back to Istanbul. Tonight, enjoy a farewell dinner with your traveling companions. (B,D) Day 15: Depart for your hometown Homebound flight. (B) Web if you want to know more: http://www.tourvacationstogo.com/turkey_tours.cfm?tid=47704 | | 12:20 am |
Art & Yakshi
Lovely weekend- sunny as hell for Seattle and Forrest was, as usual, home for the day both Sat & Sun- we did the usual routine- we cooked a lunch, he had a hot tub, some trampoline, later walks on the beach, followed religiously by a BBQ...all with a lot of maniacal hooting & hand waving... This weekend we did RPM lesson on art- lots of me chatting and him responding (haltingly) with the letterboard. It was a lot for him and he got verbally in my face but we kept the focus... We went over : Painting- Painter brush-brushes- paint- paper- canvas Ceramics- ceramic artist- potter Wheel- clay- fire- glaze Sculptor- sculpture wood sculpture- wood carving wood- carving tools- knife- Weaver- weaving- knitting needle- thread- wool- loom Photos- photographs- photographer pictures- camera The last sentence I asked him was what art HE wanted to do...he clearly thought about it and then spelled out PHOTOGRAPHY- cool - we have to get him a simple camera Later we went to the Shoreline Arts Festival- he was as usual uncomfortable by the overload but we just ended up doing a speed race through the whole thing (him dragging me along- at 6'2" he has height but I an deffinitely stockier- but he mostly prevailed...) but he did show interest in the collages & photos....so... Later....he is back at Fircrest, Im sore (bum knee for weeks now...) and meditating: I see the trees around the yurt we pressure washed off and on all day In my mind I see a buddha...goddess...and I know that She is a/the Tree I embrace her coolness and she opens her branches/arms to embrace And I know that Yakshi is a Dryad, that the God of the Forest embraces the Tree...and the Tree is Yakshi who Ive learned in digging is Vana Durga...Goddess of the Deep jungles & forests.... Living under the embrace of many trees alters everything...Im not sure how. Here is a bit on her from Sophia's Book 'goddess empowerment' http://www.psychicsophia.com/UGGEPR.htmlThe Goddess Yakshi Yakshi is an ancient Hindu Goddess who personifies a tree or all trees. Her origins reach far back into the beginnings of Dravidian (pre-Aryan) Indus River Valley culture. Some variants of her name are YAKSA, YAKSHA, YAKKHA and YAKHO. The root of YAK seems to be “Nature” and the various endings mean Divinity or spirit. Probably the most common name given to tree spirits is Yakshini (literally: feminine nature spirit) and though Yakshi is sometimes considered the over-arching Goddess of Trees, the plural is most common, Yakshini are tree spirits, much like the Greek Dryads, and as such they are accessible divinities for most humans. Not all trees were Yakshini, yet the careful and observant traveller through the lush tropical forests of Asia knew a tree spirit when he or she met one. Their forms would emerge from trees or they would be seen peering seductively from the underbrush with wild black eyes. Yakshi or Yakshini could be kind or mischievous and are said to be intensely protective of trees and wildlife. They are said to lure the unsuspecting deep into the forest but just as often save or help those in need. Yakshi is a full-bodied sensuous Goddess with a voluptuous figure, narrow waist and large breasts. She is naked, surrounded by vegetation and she often stands bending as if in dance, one ankle crossing the other, arms lost in tree-limbs, facing the sky. She is one of the great Primal Goddesses, trees after all being some of the earliest venerated living things in the world. The Tree Goddess may, in her most primal form, be an aspect of Durga, one of the great Goddesses of Nature. She is often shown with trees growing from her to feed the world and, after saving all the Gods by destroying demons, she vowed to reappear as Sakambari: the Tree Goddess. In her honor it is chanted “Plants O ye Mother, I hail you as Goddess.” Yaksha and Yakshi are also seen as elemental beings, spirits that are male and female correspondingly. They are sometimes small, like elves, and often black. They are ruled over by Kubera, the very ancient god of wealth and prosperity. He can thus, on another level, be seen as the Mate of Yakshini. Later on it is Ganesh, the Elephant-headed God who became lord of the Tree Spirits and mate of Yakshini. We are dealing here with deities that are very old, much older than the current Hindu Pantheon, the Gods and Goddesses of a tropical Southern India rooted in the Mohenjadaro culture. Though the origins are ancient, even today some tales or the Tree Goddess survive. The archetypal hero Vijaya was wandering in the woods one night when Yakshini appeared as a beguiling and beautiful woman. She led him deep into the woods until he was lost, but she could not hurt him due to his magickal power. She then appeared in her true form as the tree Goddess Kuvanna and he pursued her. Catching her, he seduced her and she fell deeply in love with him so they became married. In temple are Yakshi always appear on Gates, in fact the Tree of Life, which is Yakshi Devi, is synonymous with Gate in Hindu cosmology. Creeping branches,the protective Goddess or sometimes Yakshi in the form of the Saptamatrika (7 Mothers) are found protecting and empowering portals to temples. As some believe, the Earth Cycle is the Gate, the Tree of Life that links us all together. It is interesting to note that Yakshini are sometimes horse-headed and are said to transport or carry the gods. As the most fundamental form of living Shakti on the planet, the Tree mother protects and transports oxygen and life-force. We call upon her unified force, the total life-energy of all the forests of the earth, to rise up and protect the Tree Devas that the Earth may survive! May we understand the tree as Universal Gateway to Understanding of the Great Mother.  | | Saturday, June 27th, 2009 | | 9:22 pm |
Awooooooooooooooooooo
Though the masks of pan are horned. there are other animals sacred to Pan- the Wolf has crept into my life in several syncronicities of late- and I remembered the legend of Pan breeding sacred hunting dogs for Artemis...and then I also remembered- the wolf/canis is one of very few species that has linked it's fate to us as dogs- And that Lupercalia, the wolf erotic-festival is covered with goat skins and whipping and touches of lycanthropy... Just an interesting meditation. And one more- I went to a wild primitive pit fire party Thurs night- oy- I was hungover when graduating my grad students Thurs...very un collegiate of me...but it was wonderfly worth is- Ceramics is one madness of mine and primitive pit fires- huge fire in a pit packed with bisque ware that has been wrapped in wires, covered in various grasses, salts, sawdusts and all else- burning & smoldering...and ofcourse the juju around the fire- the stories music laughter....and because of Michael Jackson's fall into the abyss, impromptu Viking (!) like toasts with groovy MJ tunes....how Thriller...and then someone (2, 3?) people began to do the whole dance routine when it played....our techno-Pagan revivalist culture is just amazing... Anyway- I thought of the joy we have doing these fires...and then of the carbon we release doing it.... and of the fact that we are only a small puff compared to others....and then realizing that yes, every bit counts THEN thinking...well, but it brings joy,,,,,and then I thought- yes, but jet skis- really evil things IMHO- also bring joy... So, Im left with this justification ! that it is Art- and that ART trumps everything. Right? It i all about give & take- giving to & taking from Nature Io Evoe 131  | | 7:19 pm |
'Stoned wallabies make crop circles
Had to Pass this on... So....this explains it.... From the BBC- 'Stoned wallabies make crop circles' Australian wallaby - file picture Wallabies have been observed acting strangely in poppy fields Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around "as high as a kite", a government official has said. Lara Giddings, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania, said the kangaroo-like marsupials were getting into poppy fields grown for medicine. She was reporting to a parliamentary hearing on security for poppy crops. Australia supplies about 50% of the world's legally-grown opium used to make morphine and other painkillers. We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles. Then they crash Lara Giddings, government official "The one interesting bit that I found recently in one of my briefs on the poppy industry was that we have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," Lara Giddings told the hearing. "Then they crash," she added. "We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high." Rick Rockliff, a spokesman for poppy producer Tasmanian Alkaloids, said the wallaby incursions were not very common, but other animals had also been spotted in the poppy fields acting unusually. "There have been many stories about sheep that have eaten some of the poppies after harvesting and they all walk around in circles," he added. Retired Tasmanian poppy farmer Lyndley Chopping also said he had seen strange behaviour from wallabies in his fields. "They would just come and eat some poppies and they would go away," he told ABC News. "They'd come back again and they would do their circle work in the paddock." Some people believe the mysterious circles that appear in fields in a number of countries are created by aliens. Others put them down to a human hoax.  | | Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 | | 10:20 pm |
11* June 2009- Geburah/world healing working- Aion
11* June 2009- Geburah/healing working- Aion ________________________________________ Runes: Isa (Ice ) & Jers (Seasons) Mantras during the Rite: Freedom! The People United Will Never Be Defeated! The Blood of the Saints in the Chalice of Babylon is the Blood of the Martyrs for FREEDOM - Rite - On altar: New HML Pantacle- Abramelin incense/oil, wine, scarlet flower, rudrakshas... * *Rubae Mutensis- Cast O with Martial vibes- Heru! A ka dua....LASHTAL 11x * Invoked 93/696 - N'Aton * Freedom Mantras- free-form Liber AL verses- woosh! * Chakra tones UP * Charged & blessed the Pantacle: 8fold banish/double current/Ipsos rite (photos to follow) * More mantras- stirred the energy pot- entered the moonbase... Turned the pantacle over to the 11* side.... All were stomping, banging spears, arms raised, chants of force & fire- the shield dance, sword dance, Iran- we are all chanting in Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, etc etc- everywhere people seek to be FREE the arm of Horus stirs! Everywhere voices rice and people fight for human rights, Horus is there! Look at the beautiful anger of those oppressed- the silent and shouted WILL of people knowing that this is the time to throw off restrictions!!! Horus/Mars is , like it or not, the medicine the world needs to get Freedom...We all send support and empowerment to the people, mostly yound, in the streets of Iran and so many other places! Let Horus be the strength Force and Vigor of their arms! Let us add to that strength!! Lashtal! The People (All) United (as One Mind- N'Aton) Shall Never Be Defeated (Evolution will win out!) Create bindrune in red- charge it & burn it launching the rune with All and AUM HA! (below) Lovely. A scarlet flower upon the center as offering to the red martial blood on the streets of Iran....for freedom. I hive honor to all who have died for Freedom. Read from Liber OZ: EVERY man and EVERY woman is a star... * Left * Chakra tones down * Did normal sadhana mantra * Ended- divination: Tarot- the 10 of cards fell out before I could focus- hm...bloodshed in the streets indeed... Omen for the HML: Indulgence....Swiftness....Heirophant (LOL!) For THIS Working: The Heirophant. For Me and My place in this work: The World (oy!) Banished & into the sunset- did Liber Resh setting sun. Om  | | Monday, June 22nd, 2009 | | 10:52 pm |
Countries Ive been to:
WHEEEEE! Just got tickets for TURKEY! Goin in Sept- best ‘Greek’ ruins in the world….returning (finally!) to Eleusis ….agin for the first time- HO! Troy, Hittitites … I could babble on and on- I think we only truly come alive when we have tickets in our sweaty little hands… This has caused me to ruminate on our obsessive traveling…here are the countries Ive been to BUT I AM NOT HAPPY! Why? Because the lovely Sophia has been to 30!!! How could she have a life before me??!! So I have a long way to go…in the horizon: India and,,,,Cuba ?! Her pick next! Mexico (6?x) Canada Japan (lived 4 years) Australia Thailand (6x) Indonesia (& Bali) Singapore Hong Kong China Korea Cambodia Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Peru Nepal Egypt Germany (briefly)  | | Sunday, June 21st, 2009 | | 3:42 pm |
Put your Magick where your Beliefs Are
(this was an email I posted to the HML list as we discuss the upcoming 11* / Solstice work- I felt it worth spreading around because I believe in real magick aimed at real human evolution and because the more people focusing their lazar - Wills at something, the more likely it is to change...) ..... reading the NY Times today- what is happening in Iran is not just about Iran, it is a crack in the whole egg of theocracy vs democracy- and we all know how us free thinkers feel about patriarchal thocracy! I say we all focus on this for the 11*/Solstice rites as we can- in Iran of course, but also across the world- LET PEOPLE BE FREE, LET THERE BE AN END TO RESTRICTION BY OLD AEON DESPOTIC SYSTEMS wherever they are! The runes for this 11* are ISA ice and JERA the seasonal wheel- the fact that this falls on summer solstice means a lot to me- The SUN of our will, of N'Aton Heru/Maat (Mother of the Sun remember) is breaking up the ICE of despotism....yea! It wont happen in a week or a year, but evolution demands an end to the old restrictions...om ha! Reading about the theocracy splitting apart today I also had a minor AHA moment realizing that if the right wing xians ever took control of our government, it would look A LOT like Iran except they would all be waving bibles instead of korans....not a huge leap Truth & Freedom 131 Some amazing articles: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iran/index.html | | Saturday, June 20th, 2009 | | 11:56 pm |
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What a Weekend!
Well, my lovely wife is off screaming and dancing to Mama Mia- Ill bet there is a lot of Shakt there tonight- a sing-along-show in Seattle. It was her Birthday Friday and, of course, she got a free lunch at Rays, lovely flowers, all the romance she wanted, jewelry and we went out to the Triple Door and saw a fantastic, amazing, enthralling Brazilian guitarist/singer who we instantly fell in love with. It was just luck- it was her B Day and we just went- and boy, is this lady a talent. hee is a wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badi_AssadAnd here are some of her vidios- note her the astounding range of sounds she can create: http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=bada%20assad&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv# a fave: The punchline- we got to meet her, get a CD signed and....oh my...I think we are BOTH in love And today yet more BDay, with Forrest this time, cake, gifts etc....and tomorrow Father's Day (hardly as exciting...) So, Happy Happy to all- Happy BDays Happy Solstice & Happy Father's Day to ALL you Dads- and know you deserve a hug and a beer cause I always do! | | 11:28 pm |
NOX redux
Old musings Im crafting for my book.... NOX Nameless-Name Soundless-Sound Oldest of the Ancient Rending Space & Time Here Is Not Winds of the Abyss Blow away Every Thought Every Word Every Concept Leaving emptiness - As a mountain In the sunset Sculpted by A monsoon Leaving bones Ridges Valleys Pause Aware Scour away attachments Desires Illusions With the keening moan Of blaring winds Rush and chill Howl & Cry Erasing everything ALL Things No-Thing Until Blackness Merges with night A Shadow Within a Void Reflecting the glittering star Within  | | Monday, June 15th, 2009 | | 8:47 pm |
Writer's Block: Not Even If You Paid Me
I KNOW what it is- I did it- working in a salmon cannery Being a slimer is the 9th circle of hell without the fun Filthy, disgusting, smelly, disease-ridden You ALWAYS smell like fish- you can NEVER get all the scales off you- EVERYTHING stinks- your sense of smell fades, no one wants to hang with you (and talk about a dampener on your sex life!!!) any any little scratch or cut you get- and you get a lot- gets infected and wont heal Beat that one! | | 8:38 pm |
NOX
NOX MEDITATION (All in SILENCE.) Invoke the presence of PAN Invoke Baphomet Dance the Dance Raise the Piller of Gold & Silver Center the 5 Currents Form One Genetic Key OPEN the Door to Night with that Key Leave your body- UP & OUT Go to the Desert Pan is the Starry Sky as NU-NUIT & The Earth You are ASHES And are NOT … Note: NU-NUIT = (56 + 75) = 131= PAN ASHES = 131 = PAN  | | Thursday, June 11th, 2009 | | 11:58 pm |
Io Pan....
Working hard on my Pan Book- so weird to be reading notes 10, 20, 30 years old- I keep finding the same basic table of contents scribbled in diaries from decades ago -the obsession finally comes to fruition- Planning a Turkey trip, partying at Chupacabra with friends who are MOVING there- I love the weird folks we know... A bit fom recent book work: PILLAR OF GREE EXERCISE Balancing & centering the Pan Current in the BeastSelf Leanse, balance and center the green energy of Nature within your physical, mental and spiritual being. This simple exercise can be used as a preliminary banishing or healing or meditation or it can be used in an of itself. In any event, it helps prepare the adept to hold and utilize the Pan Magick and allows for free channeling of the Nameless Current. The actual ritual is done in silence and the adept becomes Pan in a sense. It becomes more powerful and effective with repetition. It is perfectly OK to tweak it,alter it a bit and shift some iof the imagery. As one becomes closer to Pan, the Horned One will show/tell the adept what to change or what to do next. The giudence of Pan supersedes all other directions ☺ The point of this ritual is to Sit upon the earth in a wild place, at the base of a large healthy tree is best, but any wild, vital place is fine. Before sitting, streach, touch earth & sky, work out the kinks in your physical body and relax. Sit naked (if possible) upon a natural cloth (ex., wool, cotton.) Site quietly, breathing deeply. Meditate on the beauty, power and intensity of Nature that surrounds you. With every inhalation, seel the shining green light and energy of Nature fill you, with every exhalation ‘see’ the grey and grimy toxins and stresses of civilization and imbalance leave your body. Focus on your brething. If you choose, practice pranayama or another form of meditation. Mantras like HA or IO PAN can be use- as you will. Relax. When ready: Place your hands on the ground on either side & feel the immense power and energy of the earth, a huge pool of vibrant green below you. Feel your roots below nourish you as well. As you inhale, raise your hands and see/feel the green energy rise up through your body. ‘Pull’ the green energy up….up…feel/see it dance through the core of your body. As you bring it up to the 3rd eye, see it center there and send small sprouts out as horns from either side of your head- let your hands dance in small spirals to describe these. Bring your hands together at your 3rd eye and open them as you place them ‘blooming’ on top of your crown. See/feel the green energy fulw out of your crown and become branches of a mighty tree. As a tree, feel and absorb the sun, air, sky. Exhave and inhale a few times, enjoy. Then, inhale again, slowly. Reverse the direction, pull the sun-sky-Natural energies down your branches down into your trunk down into your roots as you slowly bring your hands down your sides and down to the ground. The green energy, now so much brighter, sweeps you body of energy blockages and negativity…all this flows out your butt into the Earth! Offer all of this dross to the Earth, she loves compost! Repeat this up/down green energy clensing several times if you like or just once, it is up to you. When done, meditate on being Pan, on being the Green Man, on being filled with the power of Nature. Thank whatever powers yo will to, streach, and go forth as Aware Nature(Pan.)  | | Monday, June 8th, 2009 | | 10:25 pm |
The sun is here
And all writing goes to hell... Making strides with RPM and my son. He knows his directions and asked to go to the beacvh via lettboard- all is slow and it is so hard for him to stay in this world but mom & dad are determined :0 Ive had a few amazing dreams- aside from the SKY CAPTAIN & THE WORLD OF TOMORROW dream- and who wouldnt have such a dream after seeing (yet again) this truly amazing and visionary movie!!!) see: I also had a very cool dream where I climbed the ridge behind myself ( quite bigger and steeper than in reality) and climbed right up and over into Tiber and a lovely monestary. I met and kibbutzed with the maroon-clad monks, had some mysterious and wonderful empowerment VERY Shangrila-like and I felt very illuminated as I woke- how nice! A few days before I had one of those color explicit dreams- Iwas shown, several times in several different forms, glyphs (once on a square stone (?) plaque- a HEART. There was some sort of aha moment with this and I was told to remember it! Ive been a bit exhausted of late and emotionally upset (ups and down with Forrest etc) and this was a very nice reminder that the center of things is still Love - that is how I take it. Working on my Pan book- but not enough- partying too much (especially for an old man...) and now on a modified Adkins diet (must lose some weight due to a bum right knee) and have started another teaching intensive- oy! But right now Im in heaven- because I just got yh new David Byrne & Brian Eno Album- EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN TODAY Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! 131  | | Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | | 9:54 pm |
My Garden Kicks Ass
Everything is blooming Pan circle upper left, the Yurt upper right- I did this for a friend in Japan so thought Id share. Io Pan! | | Friday, May 29th, 2009 | | 9:26 pm |
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Shiva Lingam Show vid
A quick tour of my show of ceramic art at Traveler's in Seattle- show is down now, this was the last day. Thanks to all who came & encouraged Om Namah Shivaya! |
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