jarandhel

This is just a quick update on my last post. I'm now in contact with Seran DeFae, an old friend who has done his own work on reverse engineering the Babalon Matrix. So far, all of the information I've gotten from him, including a look at his Matrix design, leads me to believe that my redesign of the Matrix includes all essential components and should work. Which I was pretty sure of anyway, but it's nice to verify. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

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ARTIST: Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford

TITLE: I Sing the Body Electric



I sing the body electric

I celebrate the me yet to come

I toast to my own reunion

When I become one with the sun



And I'll look back on Venus, I'll look back on Mars

And I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars

And in time, and in time, we will all be stars



I sing the body electric

I glory in the glow of rebirth

Creating my own tomorrow

When I shall embody the earth



And I'll serenade Venus, I'll serenade Mars

And I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars

And in time, and in time, we will all be stars



We are the emperors now, and we are the czars

And in time, and in time, we will all be stars



I sing the body Electric

I celebrate the me yet to come

I toast to my own reunion my own reunion

When I become one with the sun



And I'll look back on Venus, I'll look back on Mars

I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars

And in time, and in time, and in time, and in time

And in time, and in time, we will all be stars

For anyone who does not regularly read arxacies's journal, and who missed the related conversations on rialian's journal, there is currently a proposal being formulated for a pre-planned main ritual at Thresholds. Calls are being made for people to contribute to the planning, and to the ritual itself if they are interested. Currently, details are available at the following post: http://arxacies.livejournal.com/93727.html?nc=82

Edit: apparently that post is friends-only... will provide more info when it is made available in a more public setting. For now, the best public resource on this idea is the following thread in rialian's journal: http://rialian.livejournal.com/939433.html?thread=3682473#t3682473

I know I skipped writing yesterday... was a little disturbed by something my mother said and needed to take some time to think. She's been against me going to WtT and I found out for the first time why yesterday... she had this strange notion that I would go to WtT and take off and not come back. I really don't know where she got that idea... craziest notion I ever heard. I'm going to WtT to relax, not go on the run! *chuckles*

Anyway, I'm all set for going to WtT (I think), just trying to decide which of my magickal tools to take along and which books from my library. Not too many books, I don't think, but I want to share a few of them with my boyfriend so it's a matter of choosing the best ones to take with. With my tools, I'm mostly taking things that I might need for simple rituals... no sense lugging a bunch of things that I won't need, right? But some of my incenses... mostly the ones having to do with purification and cleansing and protection... and some holy water, and salt... my pentacle and wand, chalice and athame... and my sword too, but I think that's going to mostly stay in it's sheath this year, though I don't quite dare to leave it unattended in my tent... I've changed a lot in the past year, and part of that is my outlook... I still practice swordcraft, but I know the difference between a tool and a toy, and I should have made the distinction in my mind quite some time ago. I'm also taking a small pouch that contains some items that are powerful to me on a personal level, and that I use as a kind of emergency kit when I need to do a ritual and don't have all my tools. I keep it with me whenever possible. Some of the contents are rather unorthodox... like the business card of a dear friend who is no longer with us, or a knife that belonged to my grandfather that makes a very handy bolline or athame when it needs to... but they're important to me. Finally, I'm taking my staff, and a box of crystals with me... the staff because it's a tool that I want to show to Dusk when I see him, and the crystals because I'd like to give some of them to friends and I also have a hunch that one way or another they'll come in handy.

Well, now I just have to go and pick which books, so I'll be signing off now. I hope everyone has a good time at WtT who is going, and I'll see you there if you are, and if you're not I promise to tell you all about it when I get back.

-Jarin