I'm going to be doing a book discussion series on Sun Tzu's The Art of War starting the 16th of March on this blog. I plan on using the book as fodder for various meditations on everything from personal improvement to world events.
I look forward to the book club! I only found JMG recently, but I got a copy of the cosmic doctrine and did the whole thing, reading back. I enjoyed it immensely! I don’t have a lot of people in “real life” who like to read books the way I do.
I'd put in a second thumbs up for both Sun Tzu and Clausewitz, and suggest stirring in Thucyldides History of the Peloponnesian War for a top three session of the classics of War. I'm currently reading the Landmark Thucyldides edition of it, with maps and footnotes; strong stuff.
I was in the reading room playing BitLife, a phone game where you live out the character’s life and try to achieve whatever goal you set for them. I had my character buy a haunted house.
Sun Tzu was one of the ghosts. 😄
(Genghis Khan was another. I’d like to be a fly on the ceiling listening to their conversations!)
First, I am looking forward to your Art of War series!
Also, a divination question if you don't mind.
At the moment I am deciding whether to switch divination systems. Currently, I am using Handl Tarot cards and have been for a number of years. They work fine but I am itching to go back to Runes which I tried a few times or try out Ogham, or Coelbren. Did you work with Runes or Coelbren before Ogham? If so, how did it go?
Kind of thinking out loud here along with my question.
The few times I worked with Runes I was surprised how much I communicated with them. There was a nearly instant personal connection. For some reason the session felt much more personal than the cards. Even though the physical imagery is quite a bit less on the Runes compared to the cards. I am now wondering if I might find a similar connection with Ogham or Coelbren.
I first started studying Tarot using the Thoth deck a really long time ago and I can't say I ever found them to be all that great for divination. They helped me understand the connections between mythology, astrology, and the Kabbalah though, and of course that is no small thing. From my experience, it has been more useful to treat my Tarot cards like the pages of a book (Cosmic Doctrine springs to mind) where I'm supposed to meditate on each page for weeks or months at a time.
Ogham might be easier -- though they say there are Rune people and Ogham people. If Runes float your boat, by all means, go for it. The reason I'm doing Ogham is because that's the prescribed method of the Druid Magic Handbook system.
That's wonderful! I will definitely stop by for a reading. I have had lots of fun doing people's readings. It has gifted me with a wider perspective on the Ogham.
Kiki is doing great, thanks for asking! Tonight she started caterwauling when my car came around the block -- it's uncanny. When we used to live in a four story building on the top floor, she would start caterwauling when my car pulled into the lot. She is a kitty psychic!
It's coming along very well, thanks for asking! I'm now at the point where I have to start editing, as I have a bit too much material. I don't want the book to be a giant tome.
Very cool concept. I like the not-so-subtle inclusion of the occult symbol for the Earth element being the main element in this logo.
One thing I think that could maybe tweaked: Perhaps lighten up the triangle border a few smidgens so it clashes less with type superimposed over it in two different locations?
I like the general idea. Unless there is some particular connection to Wicca you’re going for, maybe stay away from the triple moon emblem. Also it you might think about increasing the font size on the word “Homemaking” to give it more impact.
I might be nit picking but the thing that looks like wheat that goes across the triangle, I believe you duplicated it and mirrored it right? It seems to me that it is slightly at an angle, the center is lower than the ends, in case you meant it to be straight.
I just got a second grant from the SBA for my business. It went very smoothly for me. I filled my application and did any other communication during the hour of Jupiter.
TSW!
Anyway, I don’t know if your business qualifies, but if it does go for it!
Annette
Oh yeah, The Art of War sounds interesting. I just could not keep up with JMG’s book club around Dion Fortune. I just could not stay focused!
I am going to do my best to keep it accessible -- I'm not a war strategist, so I'm mainly going to be relating the advice in Art of War to everyday life.
An update on what I'm seeing with COVID vaccines. My sister has had TWO different nurses tell her they are not getting the vaccine because of fertility concerns and recommend that she not get it either. I personally know another nurse who won't get it. All doctors I know are encouraging everyone to be vaccinated and are themselves getting it. My African American coworkers are avoiding the vaccine, but my white coworkers are scrambling for it. I also seem to have a ton of acquaintances in their 30s and 40s--not working in healthcare or education--somehow jumping the line and getting shots.
If there are eventually fertility effects or other health issues, it will be fascinating to see how this shakes out demographically. It's like a big experiment with race and class.
Ay yi yi. Thank you for the ground report. People really need to fear what is being called a vaccine (really an RNA-modifier) and stop fearing a virus that isn't as lethal as the seasonal flu even with ginned up numbers.
I notice that the people most eager to get the shot are almost uniformly well-off. They are genuinely afraid of the Covid virus and believe the mainstream media's every word about how dangerous it is. I think they are playing Russian roulette and will be lucky if they don't end up with severe auto-immune issues or prematurely dead. Karma could easily choose to ground out via the "vaccine". Keep in mind these are the same people who caused businesses to close, recovering addicts and lonely schoolchildren to kill themselves, and countless normal rites of passage to be cancelled and lost forever. Their karma is going to be horrible no matter when it strikes. The shot-takers are gunning to start their payments a bit early.
At a certain point hyperinflation could cause a severe famine among the working classes, even including the PMC.
When will we begin to see think pieces from former fat activists that body positivity *is* white supremacy, and that being overweight in a world where oppressed people in Africa and Latin America are starving is privilege that must be checked?
I anticipate that this will be used to quell calls for food from a population that is largely overfed to begin with.
Given the Covid thing is a monstrous overreaction to something minor, I'm rather concerned about the possibility of a perverse microcosm mirroring the macrocosm thing: an overreaction causing horrific harms to society sounds like a macrocosmic example of ADE (antibody dependent enhancement); which is a known risk with Coronavirus vaccines. I can't help but wonder how many people who get the vaccine are going to be killed by something like the cold in the near future.....
People are making a lot of hay right now about how Biden is visibly falling apart. They cut him off from answering questions after bumbling around saying he'll answer questions or whatever.
"I'll do whatever you want me to do, Nance."
What people don't seem to remember is that all these "live" feeds have a lead. If the party wanted him to look competent or capable they would not let these things slip. We would not see these things if they didn't want us to see them.
They want us to see them so that we will be okay with them removing him from office. Or stealing the nuke codes from the executive. Or whatever else.
Yep. Exactly. I think he is falling apart, but you're right, the play for the nuclear codes being right out in the open (Democrats are the ones who want to strip him of his exclusive rights) seems like an obvious power transfer. I predicted a while back that if Biden got installed it would be the end of the Democratic Party. I think we are seeing the Dems in self-cannibalistic freefall right now, so for once, I may actually be correct.
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First, I am looking forward to your Art of War series!
Also, a divination question if you don't mind.
At the moment I am deciding whether to switch divination systems. Currently, I am using Handl Tarot cards and have been for a number of years. They work fine but I am itching to go back to Runes which I tried a few times or try out Ogham, or Coelbren. Did you work with Runes or Coelbren before Ogham? If so, how did it go?
Kind of thinking out loud here along with my question.
The few times I worked with Runes I was surprised how much I communicated with them. There was a nearly instant personal connection. For some reason the session felt much more personal than the cards. Even though the physical imagery is quite a bit less on the Runes compared to the cards. I am now wondering if I might find a similar connection with Ogham or Coelbren.
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I first started studying Tarot using the Thoth deck a really long time ago and I can't say I ever found them to be all that great for divination. They helped me understand the connections between mythology, astrology, and the Kabbalah though, and of course that is no small thing. From my experience, it has been more useful to treat my Tarot cards like the pages of a book (Cosmic Doctrine springs to mind) where I'm supposed to meditate on each page for weeks or months at a time.
Ogham might be easier -- though they say there are Rune people and Ogham people. If Runes float your boat, by all means, go for it. The reason I'm doing Ogham is because that's the prescribed method of the Druid Magic Handbook system.
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How is Kiki!? I see she has being sinful lately but besides that I hoe all is well.
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Kiki is doing great, thanks for asking! Tonight she started caterwauling when my car came around the block -- it's uncanny. When we used to live in a four story building on the top floor, she would start caterwauling when my car pulled into the lot. She is a kitty psychic!
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Another image for the Sacred Homemaking book
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One thing I think that could maybe tweaked: Perhaps lighten up the triangle border a few smidgens so it clashes less with type superimposed over it in two different locations?
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Anyway, I don’t know if your business qualifies, but if it does go for it!
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Oh yeah, The Art of War sounds interesting. I just could not keep up with JMG’s book club around Dion Fortune. I just could not stay focused!
Maybe this one will be more in my grasp?!?
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I am going to do my best to keep it accessible -- I'm not a war strategist, so I'm mainly going to be relating the advice in Art of War to everyday life.
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If there are eventually fertility effects or other health issues, it will be fascinating to see how this shakes out demographically. It's like a big experiment with race and class.
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I notice that the people most eager to get the shot are almost uniformly well-off. They are genuinely afraid of the Covid virus and believe the mainstream media's every word about how dangerous it is. I think they are playing Russian roulette and will be lucky if they don't end up with severe auto-immune issues or prematurely dead. Karma could easily choose to ground out via the "vaccine". Keep in mind these are the same people who caused businesses to close, recovering addicts and lonely schoolchildren to kill themselves, and countless normal rites of passage to be cancelled and lost forever. Their karma is going to be horrible no matter when it strikes. The shot-takers are gunning to start their payments a bit early.
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When will this be the next logical step
When will we begin to see think pieces from former fat activists that body positivity *is* white supremacy, and that being overweight in a world where oppressed people in Africa and Latin America are starving is privilege that must be checked?
I anticipate that this will be used to quell calls for food from a population that is largely overfed to begin with.
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(Anonymous) 2021-03-01 04:05 am (UTC)(link)Biden's speech moment
"I'll do whatever you want me to do, Nance."
What people don't seem to remember is that all these "live" feeds have a lead. If the party wanted him to look competent or capable they would not let these things slip. We would not see these things if they didn't want us to see them.
They want us to see them so that we will be okay with them removing him from office. Or stealing the nuke codes from the executive. Or whatever else.
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