I am finding my new more relaxed attitude towards daily practice to have advantages and disadvantages. The main benefit, I AM participating in almost daily practice, and insights and connections seem to flow better. The downside is, I’m not making much progress in my set goal of exploring the Chaobalah. I am an impatient bastard.
While I still don’t feel like I am being mindful of the element of Earth during the course of the day, I am having many pleasant synchronicities and flashes of inspiration.
Last night, right before I entered the temple, I finished Lon Milo DuQuette’s Homemade Magick and found at the back, without preamble or explanations, Eliphas Levi’s Prayer to the Elements. This evocation I will be adding to my daily practice until I write my own.
Then, as I pondered the idea of foundations and what are my foundations as a magician, I recalled a daily ritual that I used to perform called The Adorations of Thoth. The Adorations were meant to be my own take on Liber Resh. Recognizing that having a ritual to mark the times of day when I change my goals and demeanors, I wrote the Adorations to that effect. With ritual being the foundation of my magick, I have decided to resume daily practice of the Adorations at least until I’m through working with Earth, if not longer.
I drew a 3rd draft of the front of my pentacle, shouted the Prayer to the Gnomes, performed a Banishing of the Wind and went to bed. This morning I started with the first Adoration.
Also today I had a good result with some color magick I had performed. I really need to work with it more often considering my successes. Last Friday, I was reprimanded by a supervisor at work for speaking my mind. During my reprimand, I projected yellow magick in attempt to mollify and gain dominion over the teacher.
Today, I read the write up she sent to my supervisor and found that many of the details she promised to include (like my sincere contrition 😉 ), were not included in the report. Today, I confronted her about it and she was deeply apologetic, exhibiting signs of nervousness and deference. Now she has to amend her report and resend it, which I am sure will weaken its impact on my direct supervisor.
Also found out yesterday that Master Stakasitkos will be leading a class on the Necronomicon portion of the Chaobalah. As much as I desire to be in the class with the author, I just don’t feel I’m ready. I want to work the other portions of the Chaobalah first. At least that material will be accessible when I am ready for it.