{"id":678,"date":"2012-06-14T12:48:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T17:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.wordpress.com\/?p=678"},"modified":"2012-06-14T12:48:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T17:48:33","slug":"talismans-vs-my-learning-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/14\/talismans-vs-my-learning-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"Talismans vs. My Learning Curve"},"content":{"rendered":"

The contents of this post will come as no surprise to people who\u2019ve been working with talismanic magic longer than I have.\u00a0 Nor, possibly, to people whose studies have been shorter but more organized than mine.\u00a0 Maybe my learning curve is a little shallow, or maybe I just haven\u2019t read the right sources yet, or maybe it\u2019s this trial-and-error for everyone and they never talk about it.<\/p>\n

\"Beham,<\/a>
Beham, (Hans) Sebald (1500-1550): Mercury, from The Seven Planets with the Signs of the Zodiac, 1539 (Bartsch 119; Pauli, Holl. 121), first state of three, trimmed to the platemark, occasional skinning verso, with associated tiny paper losses at the upper sheet edge, otherwise generally in very good condition. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night I met with several people to negotiate a resolution in regard to the fallout from the main ritual at Heartland Pagan Festival.\u00a0 In order to make my case better, I prepared a talisman at the Hour of Mercury, employing the Seal of Ophiel<\/a>, the Planetary Seal of Mercury<\/a>[1], the Planetary Talisman of Mercury<\/a>, my Glyph of the Moon<\/a>, and a set of five sigils produced using the Kamea of Mercury.\u00a0 I blessed the talisman with the Orphic Hymn to Hermes<\/a> and an offering of a tealight and sandalwood incense.\u00a0 I also brought with me my talismans of Jupiter<\/a>, Venus<\/a>, and the Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The negotiations went better than I ever could have imagined.\u00a0 I was able to convince the responsible parties of the harm done, of the necessity and appropriateness of a formal and public apology.\u00a0 The meeting went well enough, in fact, that my desire to become actively involved in the festival and the HSA has been renewed.\u00a0 This post isn\u2019t actually about that, though.\u00a0 That post will come later.\u00a0 This post is about the talismans.<\/p>\n

When I got back to Aradia\u2019s apartment, I put the talismans back on the altar and thanked them verbally, as well as making an offering of incense and a candle.\u00a0 Prior to this, the Jupiter and Venus talismans had been \u201cfading\u201d some: although I could still feel their effects I my \u201csphere\u201d (to use the Hermetic terminology), they felt wan and then to my magical senses.\u00a0 When I lit the candle and incense, all four talismans erupted with power.\u00a0 The Jupiter and Venus talismans now \u201cfeel\u201d almost as strong as they were when I first made them.\u00a0 I\u2019m not really sure how to parse the changes I feel in the Moon talisman, or what to do with the Mercury talisman whose highly specialized task has been achieved.<\/p>\n

I will be thanking the Jupiter and Venus talismans again at their appropriate hours this afternoon.\u00a0 I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what happens.<\/p>\n

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1 \u2013 Please don\u2019t judge me on the source.\u00a0 It\u2019s the only pretty version of the seal that I can find.<\/p>\n

ETA: edited for formatting error and some links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The contents of this post will come as no surprise to people who\u2019ve been working with talismanic magic longer than I have.\u00a0 Nor, possibly, to people whose studies have been shorter but more organized than mine.\u00a0 Maybe my learning curve is a little shallow, or maybe I just haven\u2019t read the right sources yet, or … Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[129,134,160,203,262,288],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-witchcraft","tag-jupiter","tag-keeping-score","tag-mercury","tag-planetary-magic","tag-talisman","tag-venus"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kUcm-aW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}