{"id":58,"date":"2011-11-28T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/28\/one-image-one-link-and-one-lame-excuse"},"modified":"2011-11-28T12:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T18:49:00","slug":"one-image-one-link-and-one-lame-excuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/28\/one-image-one-link-and-one-lame-excuse\/","title":{"rendered":"One Image, One Link, and One Lame Excuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last week I have made serious progress in the performance of my daily rites.\u00a0 Experimenting with various forms, I continue to perfect a set of variations on the Q-Cross, LBRP, Middle Pillar, and Circulation of the Body of Light that work best for me.\u00a0 I wanted to go over that in depth today, but am not quite satisfied yet with the write-up.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Thanksgiving break has come to an end, and my writing time will once more be severely curtailed.\u00a0 Hopefully I will still be able to produce it for you in time for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, let me direct you to <a href=\"http:\/\/vonfaustus.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/why-i-like-otherkin.html\">this excellent post by Jack Faust<\/a>.\u00a0 These are all themes I\u2019ve touched on, either here or in physical conversation with some of you, and I pretty much agree with everything he has to say here.\u00a0 I did some serious experimenting with magical shape-shifting back in the day (though I didn\u2019t think of it in those terms at the time), but I pulled back when I scared myself \u2026 and, as with too many things, never went back to try again.\u00a0 That\u2019s definitely a story for another day.<\/p>\n<p>Finally: over Thanksgiving break, I spent a lot of time meditating with my sketchbook.\u00a0 Here is a result of my contemplation on Baphomet, the Sabbatic Goat:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-6RyOYJdmD-A\/TtPXydbPqfI\/AAAAAAAAAKk\/jXEiOLeb8MY\/s1600-h\/scan0001%25255B1%25255D.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"scan0001\" border=\"0\" alt=\"scan0001\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-8YYcAYXVeaY\/TtPXzOZXumI\/AAAAAAAAAKs\/hDTbEud6Y8I\/scan0001_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"251\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last week I have made serious progress in the performance of my daily rites.\u00a0 Experimenting with various forms, I continue to perfect a set of variations on the Q-Cross, LBRP, Middle Pillar, and Circulation of the Body of Light that work best for me.\u00a0 I wanted to go over that in depth today, &hellip; 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