The week ahead

Tonight is my first free night and I'm looking forward to relaxing, though I really should be preparing for this week.

Tuesday - quiz in Psych class
Wednesday - Doctor Appt. & Coven Mabon
Thursday - WIPNO meeting & Alicia's visit
Friday - Alicia's visit
Saturday - Silver Crescent Moot at Moses Lake
Sunday - Hubby flies out to VA for Airspeed Training

Definately looking forward to Mabon, I was able to get about 15 pages hand-copied last week and hopefully, Mabon won't be so busy that I cannot get in another 15 pages. Its a strange balance to find between your responsibilities to copy the book and your responsibilities to be a helpful and active participant during preparation, etc. Luckily, we did really well at setting up the coven altar from memory (not bad for our third ritual, eh?), so perhaps the activity level displayed is appropriate? I have every confidence our HPs would tell us if we weren't holding up our parts, but that said, she also expects us to be sensitive and aware of what's going on around us.

Luckily, Tom has stepped forward to housesit and spoil the fluffies. He's an obvious choice as he knows our furries almost as well as we do, is comfortable with rabbits and hamsters, plus he's very familiar with the house. Yippy!

Not, however, looking forward to a week without the Hubby. This is the first time in our marriage we've been separated for so long. Definately going to be whiny for awhile on that one.

Interests Meme

LJ Interests meme results

1. basset hounds:
   Well, once you've met Tracker - you'll always have a warm spot in your heart for Basset Hounds. Yes, they are melty, yes, they are stinky, yes they are the most vain dog on the planet. But somehow, the homeliness is beyond wonder.
2. ceremonial magic:
   After sixteen or so years, I'm absolutely overloaded on sympathetic/folklore magic. Ceremonial Magic appeals to me as its based mostly on KBLH, which I understand fairly well, and has rather strict structure that appeals to me after too many years of "anything goes" mysticism.
3. dion fortune:
   Not only are her fictional works fabulous (Dr. Tavener, Moon Magic, Sea Priestess), her works on occult lodges are just as good. I've been very impressed at her ability to phrase very esoteric occult knowledge in the most poetic but understandable fashion.
4. hebrew:
   I had a nodding familiarity with Hebrew from my former Jewish observances, but once I started researching KBLH I realized I needed more Hebrew. So after taking classes with our Rabbi and continuing to work on it at home, on my own, the parallels between the Alephbet and the Tree of Life diagrams as they pertain to relevant occult pathworking is phenomenal.
5. initiate:
   The work of the Initiate intrigues me. Via BTW, I'm an Initiate of Western Mystery Tradition and so the correspondences, parallels, dynamics and functionalities of the occult lodge fascinate me.
6. kaballah:
   The first time I saw the Tree of Life diagram, I was in love. I consider it one of the most fascinating forms ever created. Given that KBLH is the origin of so many occult systems, once you have a good understanding of the TOL and KBLH, you have a key to work within other familiar systems.
7. microscopic life:
   There is an entire world within our own, but unseen without mechanical support. I'm completely in love with Waterbears - a small lifeform that lives in moss (of which our home has multiple moss beds, so we're surrounded by them) and is essentially immortal. You can dry out a piece of moss for sixty years, re-hydrate it and voila! There's your waterbear alive and well for his rest. Fascinating, just fascinating.
8. qblh:
   See KBLH, above,
9. teaism:
   Ahh, the civilized nature of the Book of Tea. Always beautiful and intricate, having specific lore and practices - it reminds me of occultism in many, many ways. The first chapter describes the relationship between Tea and Civilization - "The Cup of Humanity".
   
   For those of the know - my copy of the Book of Tea is from 1912.
10. wicca:
    Specifically, BTW, but I still have a residual interest in the more mainstream aspects of Wicca. Mostly, I wonder how something as simple and complex as BTW was the progenitor of the slapdash mainstream Wicca of which it bears little resemblence.

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