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The Magician
Nov. 16th, 2010 11:54 pm
While working on The Fool, I came to a realization in that since I don't dream, I don't get to do a lot of deep spiritual work. Even with my Delta wave CDs and the Elavil, I rarely get any significant dreams. I've been having to rely on hypnagogic imagery & guided meditation for almost everything spiritual I do. My subconscious may be running on overdrive but I'll never know. Well, ok, there are ways I can tell if my subconscious is running on overdrive, but pathworking isn't vital enough to turn to outside sources.
A couple of nights ago, I was laying in bed, thinking about the Magician. Working in that hypnagogic state, I saw myself in the Rider-Waite card. I was sitting on a wooden chair facing the Magician and his altar. Everything was bathed in the golden yellow light, and I could smell the greenery in the bower around the man as he worked. He held up his various instruments like flashcards & I named them, "Cup, Sword, Wand, Pentacle". He shook his head & held them up again, so I tried "Water, Fire, Air, Earth". He shook his head again & held them up, one by one.
"Love, Hate, Dream, Fulfillment" - nope
"West, South, East, North" - nope
"Venus, Mars, Mercury, Earth" - nope
"Drinking, cutting, pointing, sitting" - nope
I started getting frustrated. The Magician smiled mutely, shook his head again & started over with the Cups.
"The Holy Grail, Cerridwen's Cauldron, boil boil toil & trouble!"
He put the Cup down & clapped, and held up the sword.
"Excalibur, Sting, the Tetsaiga?" - a nod and he held up the Wand.
"Uhhh... Harry Potter's has a phoenix feather in it. I don't know any famous wands". he set the Wand down & held up the Pentacle.
"Yeah, I'm drawing a blank". He waved it at me. "Mrs. Quimby's necklace?" Waved it at me again. "Aaron's breastplate thingy?"
He laughed (finally, a noise!) & put the pentagram down. He then picked up each altar item & began juggling them, & that's what I fell asleep to - cup, sword, pentacle, wand spinning in circles.
A couple of nights ago, I was laying in bed, thinking about the Magician. Working in that hypnagogic state, I saw myself in the Rider-Waite card. I was sitting on a wooden chair facing the Magician and his altar. Everything was bathed in the golden yellow light, and I could smell the greenery in the bower around the man as he worked. He held up his various instruments like flashcards & I named them, "Cup, Sword, Wand, Pentacle". He shook his head & held them up again, so I tried "Water, Fire, Air, Earth". He shook his head again & held them up, one by one.
"Love, Hate, Dream, Fulfillment" - nope
"West, South, East, North" - nope
"Venus, Mars, Mercury, Earth" - nope
"Drinking, cutting, pointing, sitting" - nope
I started getting frustrated. The Magician smiled mutely, shook his head again & started over with the Cups.
"The Holy Grail, Cerridwen's Cauldron, boil boil toil & trouble!"
He put the Cup down & clapped, and held up the sword.
"Excalibur, Sting, the Tetsaiga?" - a nod and he held up the Wand.
"Uhhh... Harry Potter's has a phoenix feather in it. I don't know any famous wands". he set the Wand down & held up the Pentacle.
"Yeah, I'm drawing a blank". He waved it at me. "Mrs. Quimby's necklace?" Waved it at me again. "Aaron's breastplate thingy?"
He laughed (finally, a noise!) & put the pentagram down. He then picked up each altar item & began juggling them, & that's what I fell asleep to - cup, sword, pentacle, wand spinning in circles.
