Yule!

Tonight we had our Yule ritual. We started with a gathering of friends for a very well prepared and fun dinner. It was a great start to the evening with lots of conversation and laughter.

After dinner we went to the living room and began our ritual. Ravengrove Coven led the ritual. The Yule log was filled with hopes and dreams for the upcoming new year. We had a small meditation with candle work. We did a banishing using a besom along with salt and peppermint. A friend and I did a reenactment of the battle between the Holly and Oak Kings using plastic knives.
Its been a long time since my wife and I have hosted a ritual at our home. We had a great time and I expect more to follow. The most important part of having celebration ritual is to have fun and enjoy the Sabbot. That is true magick.

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Not much going on here today Pt 2

I decided to take the trip to Texas and see my dad in the hospital after his surgery. It was determined he had a clot in his brain and was bleeding. The doctors said they needed to operate to remove the clot and stop the bleeding. The operation lasted for about an hour and a half while I was on a flight to texas to see him. The operation was a sucess and on the road to recovery. When I arrived, I saw him and though he was sleeping semi-concious, he recognized me and called out to me. Most of what he said I couldn't understand. We just enjoyed the time together.
My time with him passed and he was getting better. I returned home and enjoyed time with my family by going to Disneyland for Thanksgiving. The next day I received a call that my father took a turn for the worst. He was unresponsive, had a high fever and the doctors were unsure as to why. I then received a call that my father did not show any brain activity and was placed on a ventilator to keep him alive. It turns out he survived the stroke however he contracted E coli while in the hospital. His body quickly deteriorated and my family decided to remove him from the ventilator. My father's body lived for another thirty minutes after being removed from the ventilator. He passed away November 30th 2010.
I'm glad I was able to see him before he died as he was able to recognize me and communicate to a degree. I didn't go back when he no longer had brain activity as I believed he had already passed and his body was being kept alive artificially. My wife and I flew back to Texas to attend his funeral. My dad was buried on December 4,2010 which was his 29th wedding anniversary to my mom. That date was not our choice. Sometimes the universe has a way of making things happen full circle.
Love you Pop.

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Not much going on here today.

Its not very fun when you find out your parent is sick, very sick.

Six months ago my dad came down to visit and had to tell me what to expect when I get older like he was on a time table and was on a quest to get it done. He also seemed to be talking about his own mortality. It seemed odd to me at the time which I had to ask him if he was sick and wasn't telling me. He assured me at the time he was fine.

Six months later he's in intensive care and had suffered another stroke. Family are starting to gather fearing the worst.

I can't get rid of this feeling that if I go, it will complete the circle and he will decide to let go.

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Testing and Tools!

I'm going full tilt into studying my grade material. I hope to test early next month. I've also been working feverishly making Magickal tools in my grade. My good friend and brother Jeremy said I learned a great secret in the occult that when making Magickal tools, you discover much more about the tool than when you started. It like you get an illuminated moment or moments. I'm going to slow down on tool making and concentrate more on studying until my test is done.

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The Universe in the palm of your hand

The solid greek cubical cross. Its a project I've been working on for a few days now. While thinking about starting the project it came to me that it represents the microcosmic symbol of the universe. It is compressed. It is in everything like the atom. It contains the elements, the ancient planets and the astrological signs. It also contains the alchemical signs to boot! All this in the palm of your hand. Quite a thought.

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Making Magick

The last few months have been very fruitful for me in terms of creating magick (Magickal tools). A good friend and I have combined our energy and resourses to get off our butts and creating tools as well as a full GD temple. The fire burns bright as we work on the work. Seeing the progress motivates me to do more. What was that first spark of motivation? Was it a result of someone else's changes? Perhaps, regardless of who caused the spark, that spark started a fire of creation here in Bako.

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My personal temple tools: a work in progress.

Who would have thought making a set of GD temple tools would be so time consuming and difficult. As you can see by the photographs, I completed a double cubical altar which was both expensive and difficult to construct. It also too about twelve hours to complete.

My current project is to complete the GD cross and triangle. I completed the cutting process today which by the way, I never thought I would use geometry again. I still have to sand, shape and paint the cross and triangle. Like I said it is a work in progress. I'll post another blog when I complete the latest project.

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Psyhic Faires, Troubled Quirents and Scam Artists Oh My!

Last Saturday I participated in a Psychic Faire as one of several readers that went from eleven in the morning until five that afternoon. I am very competent in reading Runes. I shared an out door canopy tent with my good buddy and brother, Robert.

The day started fairly busy and tapered off during the course of the day. The clients who arrived seemed very nice and had some interesting questions about love, career and mortality? Yes, mortality. The mortality question came from an older woman who sat down at my table and appeared very nervous, ridged and a bit walled shut. I explained the system of runes which she appeared to be impatient with my explanation. So, with that I jumped right into her reading. I did what I called a blind reading which I give the option of the client to keep their question to themselves and not tell me the question.

As I was explaining the reading, this woman never looked down at the runes but only looked at me. She looked as if she was trying to keep any type of emotion or hint of giving something away to me. I try not to use their facial expressions during my readings. She on the other hand gave a facial expression that was hard to miss.

When my reading was over I asked this woman if the reading made any sense to her. She said to my suprise that the reading made no sense whatsoever and was so far away from her question. I asked her what her question was so I could maybe see where the confusion was. She told me her question which delt with mortality of a family member and how her family would deal with it. I looked down at the reading. I studied the layout of the runes and it made perfect sense. I explained the reading rune by rune according to her questions. She the left with I hoped a sense of getting a good reading from me.


The woman later visited my good brother Robert who had similar trouble with her. I later heard that other readers were having similar problems reading for this woman. It had gotten so bad that some of the readers had refunded her money back and one reader stopped the reading ten minutes into the reading.

At the end of the day we discussed how this woman appeared to be walled up and was difficult to read for. We were told by another reader that this woman had Brujah energy which is Witch in spanish probably of a Santaria type of craft. The owner of the business also told us that this woman frequently denies anything that is read for her.

It was later on that it hit me about this woman. This woman had a way of sampling the different varieties of reader with spending minimal amount of money. This woman was able to question the reader and then proceed to wall up and enjoy the information the reader was providing. At the end of the reading the woman denied the validity of the reading and got her money back. She then would continue on to another reader. Quite a scam if I say so myself. I"m not saying this woman was a bad person. She just had a way of using a skill she had and used it to her advantage.

All in all I had a blast. I hope to be invited again to read at another faire.

A concert worth going to.

I recently attended a Wendy Rule concert in Pasadena California. I have heard some of her music on the Pagan Radio Network. Wendy Rule is an Austrailian Pagan singer and was on a US cross country tour. The concert we attended was her last US concert for the year. She opened her show by casting a circle. Her songs were amazing and her voice was haunting. I was stunned by her talent. She is that good. She is also very personable in that she seems to truly care what people think. I ended up buying a lot of her music cds that night. If you get the chance, go see her. You wont be disappointed. Oh, she might come back to the States for a possible gig at the upcoming PantheaCon. Don't let her pass you by.

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