The way in which Deb\u2019s challenge is in sync with my own life is fascinating.\u00a0 Major housecleaning and a bit of Mercurial Work were already on the table.\u00a0 It\u2019s the last days of the semester: the apartment must be clean and cleansed before I leave, so that I don\u2019t come home to a disaster and loose all the sanity I intend to gain before break; it\u2019s my last day to write & study before I take my final exam and turn in my final paper, which makes Hermes my best friend and Mercury my fuel; also, I need them both to help me out with the ten-hour drive through corn corn corn corn corn corn corn and more corn, punctuated only by major urban areas and rural speed traps.<\/p>\n
Deb is right to point out the importance of a clean house for magical work.\u00a0 I was skeptical of this theory for years, but I got the clue phone eventually.\u00a0 These days I can tell the difference in my magic\u2014be it my daily practice, my lunar rites, or anything else\u2014when I haven\u2019t taken the time to put everything away, do the dishes, and sweep the floor.\u00a0 Yes, my body is my temple.\u00a0 So is my house\u2014I named it the Sunrise Temple for a reason.\u00a0 I need to get me a besom and an aspergillum.\u00a0 In the meantime: smudge, smudge, and more smudge.<\/p>\n
The matter of my time management is a little different.\u00a0 Finals is the high-stress-point of a student\u2019s year, and that involves a mad roller coaster of high production and gross procrastination.\u00a0 I\u2019m doing better than many of my peers\u2014I turned in my first final paper a whole hour early, my last should be done tonight, and I\u2019m think I\u2019m prepared for my final exam in Attic Greek (expect to see a bit of original Greek composition and my first attempts to translate Homer here over the next few weeks)\u2014but I\u2019m still here blogging right now instead of studying.\u00a0 We\u2019ll soon see if that\u2019s time well invested in legitimate \u201crest\u201d, or just another round of \u201canything but homework\u201d.<\/p>\n
In magical terms\u2014because while my scholarship is intimately related to my religious practice, it\u2019s not quite \u201cmagic\u201d\u2014I need to work out a new schedule.\u00a0 After several months of off-and-on daily practice, I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that what I\u2019ve been doing isn\u2019t quite working for me.\u00a0 I need more variety.\u00a0 I need to up my \u201cchill meditation\u201d to \u201cmagical ritual\u201d ratio.\u00a0 I need to spend less time worrying about my daily practice and get back on top of my lunar rites.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
I just missed the Full Moon.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t even done my monthly tarot reading.\u00a0 So be it.\u00a0 The Dark\u00a0 Moon is coming, it has always featured more prominently in my personal practice than the full\u2014that whole shamanic thing\u2014and the Hellenic lunar calendar starts on the first day of the waxing moon anyway.\u00a0 I was already considering making that shift, and now\u2019s as good a time as any.<\/p>\n
These things are all easy.\u00a0 I was going to do them anywhere.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Putting down and moving rocks \u2026 that\u2019s a little harder.\u00a0 I\u2019m a little vague on what I want right now, outside of the academic sphere.\u00a0 I\u2019m moving in a lot of directions but I don\u2019t actually have goals. <\/p>\n
This is often how I get myself into trouble.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m so overwhelmed right now that I don\u2019t eve know which of the weights on my shoulders are my schoolwork, which are the demands of others, and which are my own.\u00a0 I won\u2019t be able to sort out which are the good weights from the bad until I\u2019ve had a little rest.<\/p>\n
ETA:\u00a0 Fucking typos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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