tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post3825453561055843171..comments2023-10-11T03:48:57.606-04:00Comments on Head For the Red: Political MagicRufus Opushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10806987441760167537noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-72392467481028513772011-08-18T15:41:06.201-04:002011-08-18T15:41:06.201-04:00Re: if you don't try
That is an excellent poi...Re: if you don't try<br /><br />That is an excellent point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-67270126390547849862011-08-18T15:36:10.879-04:002011-08-18T15:36:10.879-04:00@Sorcerer:
"Argue for your limitations, and ...@Sorcerer:<br /><br />"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours."<br /><br />I think that's a line from <i>Illusions, the Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah.</i><br /><br />It's a bit too new thought for my tastes, but in a similar vein what I said about if you don't try, you won't know if it's your Fate applies. At the very least, you will learn whether your thoughts about the level of complexity are correct.Rufus Opushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806987441760167537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-40494993341706699142011-08-18T15:25:38.409-04:002011-08-18T15:25:38.409-04:00This post and the one it references are very inter...This post and the one it references are very interesting. I am familiar with Dee's geographical Enocian attributions. However, I've never attempted a political working this way for 3 reasons: (1) how many wills are involved? Damn, it would be like trying to win multiple lotteries at once (and we all know how problematic lottery magic can be). (2) If Dee could have effectively used this to create a utopia, don't you think he would have succeeded? And (3) although I believe in creating change through sorcery, sometimes the world is the way it is for a reason. I wish it would be a nicer place, but, as a product of my times (or, if you prefer, Aeon), I fail to see how I would be able to conjure something as encompassing an Aeonically different as a "perfect world." I say this under the assumption that the influences of the Spheres are filtered through the microcosm of the Self. <br /><br />I like the idea and the positive sentiment here, but I just can't accept how this would be possible (maybe that's my problem, eh?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-91198334652281775812011-08-15T16:07:11.842-04:002011-08-15T16:07:11.842-04:00Actually, I was being facetious in my post. I'...Actually, I was being facetious in my post. I've used the Enochian Parts of the Earth for good effect politically a number of times.<br /><br />If you're looking for the United States, though, you can't rely on Robin Cook's breakdown of the parts. The United States is Idunia, in (I believe) the 23rd Aethyr. It's called "the land beyond Greenland" in the original texts and somehow Cook misses that this is obviously North America - or more precisely the US and Canada. Mexico and Central America are in Onigap, which both Turner and Cook correctly identify based on Kelly's description of the people who lived there in Dee's time.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-9441928822158494672011-08-15T15:49:22.632-04:002011-08-15T15:49:22.632-04:00I got a huge laugh from the whole "Demon"...I got a huge laugh from the whole "Demon"-cratic party seriousness from the ultra-christian right. But you're right - Brilliant insight, I was amazed just how obvious it was. I'm afraid practicality isn't my strongest trait. Political magic here we come...party politics won't know what hit 'em!Valeyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993181486130898475noreply@blogger.com