It has been some months since I've posted to this blog. It's been one hell of a rollercoaster. Due to a variety of factors, such my marriage ending and no longer having the net at home, I've not really been in the space to post.
Over the last few months my magico-spiritual activities have been greatly reduced. I have only been maintaining activity with St Teresas, with much of my personal practice falling by the wayside as I dealt with (or hid from) the fallout from my primary relationship ending.
I was received into the Minor Orders of Apostolic Johannite Church. The esoteric focus of the first of the Minor Orders, the Ostiariate, is monitoring and control of the emotions. I've certainly had my hands full with this work recently.
Over the past couple of weeks I've finally got myself to a place that I can manage a daily practice. I've been performing the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram twice daily and have begun to include the Middle Pillar every few days. The centering and strengthening effects this has had makes me wonder why I did not start it sooner. It is funny that it is always hardest to do the Work when we need it most.
I had not done the LBRP since sometime last year and was slightly concerned that I would be rusty. I found quite the opposite. The ritual was much more flowing and I could feel the energy involved much clearer than my previous attempts to use it. It took me a while to work out why it was so different this time. Since last year I have undergone a number of initiatory rites with the AJC, from Baptism through to the Minor Orders. I have also been calling upon the Archangels leading the lay Liturgy at St Teresas on a regular basis. I'm taking the improvement in my LBRP experience to be another indication that I'm on the right path with the AJC. Now I just need to get my finger out and do my Seminary assignments....only two weeks to go till the end of semester.
In a final bit of exciting news from me, last Sunday I went along to the Nu Ra Temple of the Golden Dawn to observe a 0=0 initiation. It was a fascinating and moving experience, that gave me a lot to think. Having the opportunity to be in the same room as people who are actually doing the Work was great too. I will be attending the Nu Ra Temple again a week on Sunday and probably on a regular basis after that.
I think that covers all of the bits of my life that are relevent to this blog. Church, Check! Minor Orders, Check! Magick, Check! Golden Dawn, Check!
I have a few posts that I'll be making over the next whenever-I-can-get-net-access that will be a bit more interesting and hopefully generate some comments from the few people that read this blog.
So, if anyone does still read this blog, how are you all?
Sun, Jul7 19, 2009 - Not Much
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