Abrahadabra Calendrics

[Anibis]

I have decided to conduct a course in Abrahadabra Related Calendrics. For those of you who have followed the threads on the Thoth Count, and in particular the recent coordinated pathworkings, this will be a continuation of this. I will essentially host pathworkings of the Tree of life, as coordinated with 'the book of particles', a tarot which I have designed. As the course continues, I will begin to introduce more advanced concepts as well as integrate ideas which are generated through the workings here. This is more of an 'action group' or seminar than a lecture; I provide the structure and we will explore the idea of a magickal calendar. Of course there are other magickal calendars out there, including the Mayan Calendar and Dreamspells. I am not adverse to discussing these, and perhaps at a later date, in tracking them, but for now, members of this class will be tracking and discussing the features of the Mercurial calendar, called the Thoth Count. The class will begin on May fourth, once the current working is complete. I encourage those of you who are considering this class to examine the pertinent threads in the 'Abrahadabra Modern' section.
-Anibis

I will be culling the most pertinent posts from the other threads and posting them here to provide a solid set of details as to how this will be worked. Also, I will provide the tarot images and a commentary.

[Anibis]

Okay, the current working (started on the 12th of April) is almost done. We will be launching the new working on Friday. I will be adding a few more pieces of info, so we can all be starting this thing with as much preparation as possible. Remember the TC itself is a work in process. Everytime we run it, it goes deeper and gains more insight and momentum. As a consequence, the working we are about to begin will involve a slightly updated methodology. I will get to that. Try to read through all the background stuff here, and if you can also read through the two threads in the Abrahadabra section: The Thoth Count, and The TC working April 12th...

-Anibis

[Radiant Star]

Count me in, I am wanting to continue, just make it really clear what I have to do. My brain mostly works like tangled wool :dull:

[Anibis]

I have not gotten to all the little nicks and nacks around here, but I think we know enough to begin. Tommorow we will work Atu XXI, and then work our way back up the tree. Explore the tarot thread for the correct sequence, and have a look at the Q& A thread for more info. I will be charting the Minor arcana over the course of the coming Thoth Year as well, so I'll keep you up to date on that Tomorrow, the minor arcana which is most prominent will be 6 of disks, since Mercury is in 18 degrees Taurus for it's north node. Also notable is the prince of disks (covering taurus(and yes I know the GD style attributions of courts to the decans is different , and displaced by 10 degrees, but I'd like to keep it simple now so 'air of earth' will be taurus through and through, until it seems to make more sense to shift it)).

How should you 'work' the path? It's up to you. I suggest opening a circle, centring and grounding, calling the appropriate level of the 'grid' (So tommorow is 'A'), and envisioning the right number on the Twinstar (tommorow is 1), before visualizing the juggler and seeing through its eyes. From there call up the path energies and absorb or enter them, noting any visuals (and not everyone gets these a great deal of this magick will work itself into synchronicities in your life and a general coherence of flow: make a note of whatever you notice on whatever level), interpreting them after the fact like you would a symbolic dream. Once you are satisfied with the feel sight, vibe, etc... of the path and any connecting spheres, ground it, feel the juggler again and ground it, and then centre and ground yourself before closing the circle. If you know the labyrinth, you can trace it inwards to open, or outwards to close. Use your genius. The only way to 'lose' this game is to give up.
-Anibis

[Anibis]

If you introduce yourselves in the intros thread, I will give you each a thread of your own to play in... The new Thoth Year begins. This working will take place in Atziluth. We ascend from Malkuth towards Kether. Enjoy!
-A-

[Anibis]

Today, May 4th (TC 15:1) is Atu XXI (http://forums.abrahadabra.com/showpost.php?p=19465&postcount=9), It's polar is Atu 0 (follow the link from Atu XXI).
-Anibis

[Anibis]

Ricci asks:

Hi Anibis

Just to clarify, for May 4th is it:

The World, Malkuth to Yesod, with 'A' and 1 widdershins?

Ricci

Do the twinstar Widdershins or Diosil, it's up to you, just as long as you do it in th opposite direction for the second set of 11 days. I will run both at once, personally. But yes, the World between Yesod and Malkuth....
-Anibis

I will be doing my working later and posting it in my thread. I encourage all of you folks who are enrolled to post your thoughts and experiences in the journal thread. Bon voyage. Oh, and lookit this.;)

[Anibis]

So we are launched... I do hope that if you folks have any questions or clarifications you will ask. Keep in mind that alot of this has been kept intentionally loose. There is a framework of 22 days, paths, and Atu, but how you work them is up to you. I reccommend only that you do visit each one in some way, even if it's just a consious 'tuning' of the mind to that path sometime in the day... the rest will just sortof make itself apparent as the rythme picks up... The TC is very much alive....
-Anibis
Happy morning everyone! :laugh:

[Anibis]

Okay. I'd like to ask that everyone start their journal entries with the TC date. So today, for example (Grego May 5th) is "15:2". This way, over time we will be able to go back and look at the journals and see where they stood in the TC proper. Thanks.
-Anibis

[Anibis]

So 15:2 is of course Atu XX, the Aeons. Polar is the Magician. Differential is The Sun...
-Anibis

[Anibis]

Okay, I had a thought: it might be good for the dating system to format it TC 15:3, (May 6th 07), so we get an idea of the cross reference between calendars. Sometime people post a day late, so we cannot rely on just the post dates. Also, despite the fact that I have written in NC's journal thread, it has become clear to me that journal threads should not be commented on or posted in by anyone other than the writer (unless the writer allows it). I'll back off here personally. On the other hand, you can post any general comments here. Does that make sense to you cats, or should we do it more like so?: If you do not wish to have others post in your journal, let me know and I'll put it in that first blank post ("No comments please"), or if you can just do it yourself. I think that will work. So if you do not wish for comments, do it this way. Okay last thing is the Q&A thread. I have posted some, but by NO means is this thread suppposed to be restricted to those. Any questions you have, post em, and I'll do my best to answer. Thanks, folks...
-Anibis

[Radiant Star]

If you do not wish to have others post in your journal, let me know and I'll put it in that first blank post ("No comments please
Yes please, there is no reason for anyone to comment on what goes on in my head; I can organize my own psychologist should that be needed :rofl: ; )

[Anibis]

Here (http://www.calendarzone.com/) is an interesting resource which will open the general discussion on calendrics.
-Anibis

[Radiant Star]

Really good find Anibis; I was looking for something like this on Friday morning. I often take note of what is going on in the Ancient Egyptian cycles especially if I want to do magick involving anything Egyptian.

[1000ShadesofGrey]

Okay, I had a thought: it might be good for the dating system to format it TC 15:3, (May 6th 07), so we get an idea of the cross reference between calendars. Sometime people post a day late, so we cannot rely on just the post dates.
Ok, will do.


Also, despite the fact that I have written in NC's journal thread, it has become clear to me that journal threads should not be commented on or posted in by anyone other than the writer (unless the writer allows it). I'll back off here personally. On the other hand, you can post any general comments here. Does that make sense to you cats, or should we do it more like so?: If you do not wish to have others post in your journal, let me know and I'll put it in that first blank post ("No comments please"), or if you can just do it yourself. I think that will work.
People can post on mine. No problem, as long as it is pertinent to the thread.

So if you do not wish for comments, do it this way. Okay last thing is the Q&A thread. I have posted some, but by NO means is this thread suppposed to be restricted to those. Any questions you have, post em, and I'll do my best to answer. Thanks, folks...
-Anibis

I will, thanks a lot Anibis.

[Anibis]

Today we are at the halfway point Once I do my working, I will have fully emanated the formula. Some of you have already. The energy has expanded to this point and soon it will contract, not lessening in strength but focusing and distiling itself into a tight and intense beam.

The method for emanating the Twinstar was to spell Abrahadabra on it running:1-10. If you only worked one half, it might be best to do the opposite half as per normal TS practice. The more elegant solution, though, since it synchs up with the grid is to work the very same formula backwards on the TS in the reverse fashion which it was emanated in: 10-1. This is most elegant if you emanated both Twinstar directions at once. If not, then you will need to do another 22-day working to counter ballance it (If you intend to, or better yet, intend to stick out all 88 days of teh 15th Mercurial year, then this will be no problem at all for you). Ricci or m1thr0s may wish to add more, but essentially, what I will be doing is working 'Arbadaharba' (Abrahadabra reversed), backwards along the Twinstar to 'retract' it in the same fashion as one would the grid. Thus a whole TC working emenates and retracts a Twinstar(working both directions at once). It is possible also to extend this to the magen star itself, although this requires a very advanced level of operation with the TS.

I love reading the journals: its like we are creating and exploring a world together... the overlaps are fascinating. Particularly neat for me have been Naomis experience of the Chamber of Maat, 1000's neat post on the Alchemist (which coroberates my own thoughs as regards DNA decoding), and of course, Ricci's fantastic and continuous journey through mysterious landscapes.... Okay, Buckle up, two more days bridge building, and then we will launch across the abyss... The hallmark of this experience is that you should set a new precedent of some sort: Going out on a limb, so to speak... BE careful, measured, and wise! Good luck!
-Anibis

[Naomi]

Sounds scary!

Fun! :laugh:

Ok so what do I do today...:no:..I continue moving backwards from the hanged man in the tarot right? I just want to be sure....

I am getting ready to work this thing now so hopefully I'm right or I'll have to do it over again lol

[Anibis]

Well yesterday was the hangedman, so today is 'The Balance', Atu XI. As long as you keep doing the path that is one less than the one you did the day before you will be fine. At the end of the day, all it is is a countdown from 21 to 0 (and then a count up from 0-21, the next month). It is scary, for sure.. but if you stay on top of it, it is not dangerous in my experience... The only way to get lost in a labyrinth is to stop moving... There are no dead ends...
-Anibis

[Naomi]

Oh good I got it right. whew ^_^

I agree it has been very enjoyable reading everyone's journals too!

[Anibis]

Okay... Today is TC 15:22, The Fool. The first month of the 15th year has concluded, and the current has risen on the tree from XXI to 0. We are now a quarter way through the Mercurial year. This working corresponded to Fire, Wands, Will, Atziluth.... the next working, which starts with The Fool tommorow and follows the order 0-XXI will correspond to Water, Cups, Imagination, Beriah.... What has been invisible in this working will start to take form over the next 22 days. If anyone cares to exit or enter the working, now would be a good time for it.
-Anibis

[Anibis]

Okay, Today is TC 15:23, also the Fool.... Now we are diving back in.... I wanted to raise an issue that might start to become more important to you guys as the working unfolds... You've heard of timelessness? I'l like to play with the Idea of 'timefullness'. Knowing that a part of you is invested in each of the 22 paths, and that the whole folds neatly into a magen star, you can 'project' time forwards or backwards simply by extending the scale of the geometry. This is not intellectual, but muscular.... Try then, to extend you awareness across time, and to guide its flows by 'flexing' the muscles of the body of light, which is this calendar... Certain areas are 'denser' than others, so find the easiest path to project along, and the calendar should help you to facilitate a flow along those lines... THis is meant to make the TW alot easier to manifest and unfold.... Anyhow... any observations you may have about the awareness of timefullness, feel free to express... It is after all the point of this project at the end of the day: time travel for the stars! Continuity is the key: perservere and be present!
-Anibis

[Radiant Star]

I am not sure I fully understand the timefulness bit.

Do you mean notice different times in our lives if they come up like say childhood in relation to the path we are on or what may happen in the future or do you mean that we must notice the time whilst we are there? Or do you mean in a different age like the 1500s or birth of time even?

Could you explain a little bit more please?

[MythMath]

Ric,

Have you ever seen one of those
'expanding tensegrity spheres'...?

That's the mental image I'm getting when I read Anibis'
description of the concept of scalar timefullness...

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/opg_1948_2723070
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.shopping.msn.com/img/6/2981/17/11271855.jpg&imgrefurl=http://shopping.msn.com/results/shp/%3FbCatID%3D6458,av%3D12-4573869,minPrice%3D10,maxPrice%3D14.99&h=100&w=100&sz=3&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=T6BOQFMrjGLdqM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=82&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2BHoberman%2BMini%2BSpheres%2B%26svn um%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG



Tensegrity thread:
http://forums.abrahadabra.com/showthread.php?p=21497#post21497

[Anibis]

Think of the TC as a mesh. Within that mesh, it is easy to formulate consciousness as a magen star (by way of twinstar) Since that mesh stretches across time, the magen star can resonate with it's counterparts in the past and the future... Also, it can, like the tensegrity sphere 'expand to encompass the whole mesh' or contract to focus on a particular day. One excercise that I was telling Naomi about is this:

Every day, send a 'pulse' to yourself tommorow, and recieve a 'pulse' from yourself tommorow. Also send a 'pulse' to yourself yesterday and recieve one from youself yesterday.... as time progresses these pulses will form a kind of a braid through time, with one strand moving backwards and one forwards.... Imagine that this braid forms a great big circle of 88 days, but instead of closing after 88 days, it returns to the beggining just one notch higher, and the following 88 days are thus one more 'rung' of a spiral... every Thoth Year is thus a big loop, with four such loops forming perhaps a single closed set. Then imagine 9 of those close sets layed out in the Lo Shu. OR if you like, connect the loops, so you have one great big Torus with 9 color coded regions of 4 spiral loops (the years)... practice 'flexing' the Time-body like this. Try for example to connect with a future or past instance of the path you are working at a given time....

The NOW happens all at once... 'divided time' applies to those who are incarnated, although, one can stretch a part of oneself out of divided time and resonate with structures that exist in the past and future... the more you align yourself with Time's momentum, the less friction opposes your magickal will...

-Anibis

[Radiant Star]

Thank you MM, nice pics, it makes it make sense in a making sense kind of way.

Anibis, this may take some practice, but I will try to do it.

'Try' is a forbidden kind of word isn't it lol

[Naomi]

DO OR DO NOT

THERE IS NO TRY

- SUBEDAI

[Radiant Star]

DO OR DO NOT

THERE IS NO TRY

- SUBEDAI
Errr, yeah, thats the one. lol

[Anibis]

Okay, heads up people. You have probably noticed that the current working is alot more emotional than spiritual, per sey.... this is due to it's happening in Briah, the Qabalistic world of 'creation, imagination, and emotion', assigned to Binah. I will be away from computers for the next week, so I will not be updating any more of my posts of a bit. I realize I have been slow to upkeep my journal, but my workings have been regular, and I have kept a journal, which I will get up to date right now, and then continue when I get back. I have a magic (sleight of hand) competition that falls on the last three days of this count, interestingly enough... SO, you cats will need to navigate the transition from this 'run' in Briah, to the next run in Yetzirah. What will happen is on TC 15:44 we will be working on Atu XXI, the universe, and then repeat it again on TC 15:45 (if you need to know which day's these are just look at my journals, and you should be able to work it out), after which we will do XX, XIX, XVIII.. and etc, back up the tree to 0. Yetzirhah is air, swords, intellect, and is based in Tipareth, so you will notice things change their vibe from being a 'downer' to being a 'stimulant', so to speak... I will jump on board when I get back, but how you handle the turn is up to you... This will mark the Halfway point of the Mercurial year, so congrats for getting this far into the game... I meant to keep track of where Mercury actually was in the zodiac, but I have been lax on that... I will try again next year: I suspect that actually keeping track of mercury's position will yeild a tremendous amount of knowledge.... So cheers cats, and keep up the courage: daykeeping is one heck of a challenge to the discipline....

-Anibis

[Anibis]

Alright... updated to 15:39.. See y'all later!
-A-

[Naomi]

Ok thanks for all of the background info Anibis, it's appreciated. Good luck with your competition.

[Anibis]

Okay, 2 things. One, I have wireless access where I'm at, easy as pi... Two... pay NO attention to the TC dates on teh main site calendar... Somehow it is relativizing them to the international date line, and I just don't do it that way. It's from sunrise to sunrise.... I'll get around to deleting the stupid calendar dates... cheers.
-A-

[Anibis]

Everyone's negotiated the turn. Good. I'll post my journals soon. Man, what a trip...
-A-

[Radiant Star]

Everyone's negotiated the turn. Good. I'll post my journals soon. Man, what a trip...
-A-
Yes, it really was quite a trip, very taxing, but this time feels a lot lighter and already I have had much fun :D

[Anibis]

Well, well folks... 10 days left and we'll be out of this Working... I have not posted much lately, but I am still working, and will try to get it up to date. As you know, We are now working the last of 4 runs, going downward on the tree: As I write, it is 15:78, The hanged man... THe last run is always very concrete, and ties in the themes of the earlier three.. So how has everyone's experiences been so far? Are all the travelers with us? Once this year is done, I recommend a break from daily working, and I'm sure nobody will have too much trouble with that. I will be keeping them up, but not posting them so much. Still. I would like to continue to discuss the counts in a more general sense. Coming up soon will be a couple of key dates related to the two other counts which I run. These are the Mars Count and the Venus Count.... Once we are into the 16th Thoth year, I think I will start to talk about these and describe them. So lets look not so much at individual days but rather at more general spans of time: 11 days sets, 22 day sets, 88 day years. What was initiated at the beggining of this working that is coming together now? What sorts of synchronicities are experienced (especially around the end/beggining of the 22 day months? If you focus on a theme for 11 or 22 days or more, synched to the TC, how does that theme develop... Is the energy different in the different seasons? If anyone would like to take the next Thoth year to think about these things more generally with me, and to explore the other two counts, feel free to... I think hardcore daily workings should be relaxed for now (unless you would like to do it)... SO let me know your thoughts? Do you Uunderstand the system more than before? Has this helped or hindered you? For those who had really dark visions, was there any progression, or change in their narrative? Have you any thoughts about Time, now that you didn't before?

-Anibis

[Radiant Star]

I have not posted much lately, but I am still working, and will try to get it up to date.
Same here. I have just finished todays count though. I have all of my Thoth Count notes for the last two weeks whilst I have been on my summer break, they just aren't on here yet :D

THe last run is always very concrete, and ties in the themes of the earlier three..
I am not seeing the tying in but my juggler and I have definitely changed and progressed.

Once this year is done, I recommend a break from daily working
I will be doing something daily but not the Count - I have other plans especially since doing this; it has clarified some things for me that I need to work on further and develop.

Do you Uunderstand the system more than before?
I have come to understand a bit more about the Qabalah and it has helped me on my path in general and confirmed me in it even more.

For those who had really dark visions
In my darkest moments, it looked like they were to do with some years ago when I was very ill though on reflection, I see something more important but its private for now.

All in all, its been great Anibis and it was just what I needed; it came just at the right time too :D

[Naomi]

Fuck yeah it was incredible.

I had forgotten all about the Mars and Venus counts. I would like to stick with the connection I have with Mercury - do you feel it wise to continue on the Mercury count while working on the Mars or Venus counts?

The darker visions have become a source of peace in and of themselves, which integrates more holisitcally with my life with each pass of the Arcana that expressed itself that way.

For me, the tower days have been the darkest...as well as the most exciting and beautiful.

I'm going to look over my journal and examine it to see if I can detect any patterns.

I understand now why mercury is called 'the shadow of the sun'

[Naomi]

15:1-11

Ok starting with the prominent appearance of the King and Queen of Cups I think through the 11 days I was phasing through the Princess suite vibe and oddly enough, that’s been the general sign I have been given from my tarot deck now at the end, it’s giving me King of Cups reversed quite often and Princess of Cups. The Hermit keeps appearing as well. I had a tremendous amount of teenage energy going on –, seriously.

Best days

The Moon – Beautiful beyond belief
The Tower – Confident enough to destroy the entire world if I needed to

Worst days:

Alchemy – I got rather looney on this day, and scattered. The following days kept getting really intense after this point. Death, Hanged Man, The Balance…I actually missed my 11th day. Heh.

12-23

On the 12th day I experienced a number of freaky things, which I left out because I was so overwhelmed by it. Here is a tiny excerpt from my original journal (I thought I had deleted it for good on one of my worse days but I found out I had a copy in my e-mail)


Later that evening, I sense another storm coming. I’m still cold and kinda dread it a little. After I read the Shark god story to the kids and put them to bed I head downstairs, Greg says to me “Ok have fun – don’t get hit by lightning too many times.” I sniff.

I head outside with a dry sleeping bag. It’s fucking freezing and already raining slightly. I say aloud “IIIiIII!!!” I whimper. I walk down to the grass and lie down in the sleeping bag. I’m asked to come out. I think “No I’m not coming out and you can’t make me!”

I decide to move to a seated lotus position and the lightning agrees with me. I turn to face NW. I pull the sleeping bag over my head because I feel so cold and fragile. I stick my feet out and turn them soles up to catch the rain. It’s nice. I am like in a cave.. “I can handle this” I think to myself. As long as the rain doesn’t start coming in sheets again and the trees don’t throw sticks at me.

Day 14 took a turn for the better where I focused hard on studying and tanning. However, then everything fell apart again and up to the 17th Day it was incredibly chaotic. Or, just, I didn’t give a fuck about redundant social parameters – I was starting to experience the interconnectedness of all once more, until nearing the turn where I synched perfectly with Durga for about 4 days there before and during the turn.

On day 23th, the emaciated form of Kali showed herself to me.

http://forums.abrahadabra.com/showpost.php?p=21557&postcount=72

Also known as the “Greater Kali” she is known in both Tibet as Mahakali and in India though it is a rare image.

She opened the 12th gate of the abyss to me. It makes no sense for me to say that now, but it is as true as anything. At this point you may have heard the lyrics running in my head “Don’t even fuck around and come round here.” “Don’t stop.” ^_^

24-35 VERY VISUAL and Eccentric

Erishikigal. The Black and White cobra on the 24th day. That pic was actually what she considered a very cordial greeting to everyone – I suppose it was also a friendly warning. She did want to help. She knew I was going to dominate her…Durga walked with me. Mama tiger is the empress of the universe. I hadn’t thought up until now there would be a male god to equal her, lol

Durga replied to her like she was a little kid.

http://forums.abrahadabra.com/showpost.php?p=21586&postcount=78

From that day forward I felt Erishikigal watching my every step. Yeah I might be in the underworld but it’s just another jungle. Lmao

I see in my journal I had a lot of inner world dialogue going on. Neat. Kinda interesting if you’re into uhh…archaeology.

Apparently Durga listens to Fort Minor. XD

Hmm oh on Day 25 Erishikigal turned blue and got frisky with Ningishzidda.

Day 26th, something to do with China…hybrids

http://forums.abrahadabra.com/showpost.php?p=21644&postcount=84

Day 28, old self portrait of my very dirty hand covered in charcoal, but more than that, it’s perfect for the day

Anyways to make a long story short this all culminated in a massive reshifting on the 33rd day which resulted in Ningishzidda going for the win. What’d he get? I don’t know! He has his ways… He announced that with the pic in post 92

34 and 35 is all handled by Ningishzidda – intense

36-47

Hmm, most of this phase entailed Ng trying to get me to “FUCKING RELAX GEEZ LADY”

And massages. Lolol

You know, the most retarded thing is I can’t pinpoint where in my journal Ningishzidda came from.

Let’s see on the 39th day we had a disagreement….hence the kneepads (post 99)

Oh look at that, it’s all controlled by Ningishzidda up until the 47th day. Pretty much. Huh. I had a great time.

48-59 Admixture of Visuals and Text

External focus through this entire phase, observing myself, my surroundings, my strange new sensations and studying lots of Mutational Alchemy and Abrahadabra.

On the last half, I started to feel Durga again, from the inner self more, with less filters and what I’d like to refer to as a REALLY STRONG LEASH.

Hmm someone was controlling me (gosh I wonder who?)

Then I destroyed my entire universe at the bottom of the great black pit. Theoretically I should have been physically dead at this point. After foolishly destroying my universe I should have also become a mundane drone again. What can I say…I had a huge super magical snake gripping me like the devil on steroids. Yeaaaauh

Then I thought I was losing my fucking mind and tried to get a grip. Can’t imagine the horrors I was experiencing, the stuff I learned earlier in the mercury year got me through that.

All of the tension culminated in Ng dumping a bucket of water on my head and then we wrote a cool thing together. Hmmm, more talking to myself…guess that’s me talking to my lower self right there.

Eris is…weird. Weirder than me. She has a point there about six pointed stars though…good channel, very controlled for such a chaotic and potent dark entity.

58th day….

Look, they’re not MY dragons…I can’t be responsible for their valentine wishes they want to send or anything like that.

58th-59th Definitely the best bit so far outside of the R-rated Ng stuff:

the hunting machine - king of the stairs
I laid down and felt claws digging deeply into my neck, painfully, I absorbed it, allowing the sharp pain into my body, two pairs of vampire fangs on either side of my neck, drawing some etheric substance sway. I withdrew into my mind but the pain remained. I dived into it, letting go of my breath, dying, I came back up. A scorpion's tail stabbed into my foot from the shadows, pumping venom up my leg. Then stabbing me through the stomache, so that it emerged out my back. Again, through my face, destroying what's left of my head.

A scorpion approaches me and uses his claws to snip off each of my arms and legs one at a time, carefully. I resist none of this.

I let go of my breath, holding off my urge to breathe, withdrawing deep into the self actualization - sakti. die! my shape reforms

I see scorpions swarming around me, crawling over my legs and hair. They are small and friendly creatures. I sense a great presence outside of my sphere. I ask satan, what is it? He replies "You remember the scorpion you disturbed, down in the desert of home early last year?" the one who stung you, when you blinded him with your light? He came to me and told me what you were doing. "He is Nergal. You will meet him now." I saw a great scorpion approach my feet.

"What do I do my lord?"

"Just greet him."

I bowed respectfully to the scorpion lord, and watched in amazement as he shifted into a swirl of sparkling shadow mist, then revealed himself as a beautiful pale skinned magician, with inky black hair that dripped around him like shining serpents. He slipped toward my face and gave me the most exquisite kiss you could imagine...the kiss you would kill to feel...ah what a kiss....despair, hopelessness and death all wrapped in glittering starlight.

As he withdrew back into the shadows Satan commented with a chuckle "I took Erishikigal off of his hands, he is very happy about it. Suave fellow, isn't he?"

"Should I write about it?"

"Yes let's write about it, shall we?"

"Eat an avocado first"

I test the avocados because they're getting a little too ripe, I put them in the fridge, and he comments "Oh I just remembered, don't put avocados in the fridge, they turn into zombies." I blink for a second, almost taking him seriously, then I laugh."





Nice channeled pic of Nergal there too, only took me about 4 minutes believe it or not, to make that. (post 165)

59-70

I hadn’t been eating for a number of days here…Also engaging in some severe ascetic work, emptying my entire digestive system using various means communicated to me by Ng and abstaining from all food and all sleep.

Despite this, I felt fucking fantastic.

I’m out of the underworld, and Durga’s realm opens up. It’s her place, she gets to call the shots. Lolol Good thing she likes Ningishzidda and his kin a whole lot. I channeled a ton of stuff for her. Amazing. I kept the original version in a word document, FYI. Sshhh

Saw the face of god

Here’s some great stuff about Ningishzidda:

Here I am, full cosmic power of the universe behind me…world crushing destruction at my fingertips, nothing outside my realm of imagination….no leash of control – he had to let it go….and I still love him to death and gave everything to him and his wisdom –and chose to follow him after that and willingly put the leash back on. You gotta respect a guy who can handle girls with that kind of skill.

Then again, he didn’t tell me what was going to happen next. LOL

The rest was just reinsertion into maya – annoying physical manifestation of the rinse and repeat.

I’ll be happy when I get my WACOM stylus back. I’ve got one very special painting to work on.

[Anibis]

Great that you guys had such a good experience. It certainly is not easy at all... Once you get the hang of it though, it is very helpfull... This last run has been the hardest of all for me. Is Shades around? How are you doing my friend?

Naomi, in answer to your question about the other two counts:

I would like to stick with the connection I have with Mercury - do you feel it wise to continue on the Mercury count while working on the Mars or Venus counts?


The answer is of course... these counts all add to one another and develop layers to the same magickal body... I will introduce them as the equinoxes approach... Since they are both longer than the TC, they are a bit more challenging.... MC is 687 days, and VC is 224.7 days. I have different ways of handling each of them. While the Thoth Count is geared to Mind, the Mars count is geared to Will and Focus, and the Venus count is geared to 'fullness' and cultivation... You'll catch my drift... at the end of the day, I think that the TC can be a bit unballancing purely on it's own... A decent Solar Count, plus a good Lunar Count, plus these three counts basically develops a Timing for every object within the Asteroid belt... The idea being that these should all interlock and give us a very ballanced interlocking weave of energies that will help us find 'our paths' so to speak. For me, this whole thing is about finding and actuating one's true will in Time...

-Anibis

[Naomi]

Great! Yet another physically based magical system reveals itself!

I think I was cheating and connecting to other planets spontaneously. Mercury is a damned clever bastard you know? I still maintain it wouldn't have been as dark if I hadn't been so willfully pushing it along the whole way. ^_-

The system feels very safe. Yeah the last run through the arcana was very difficult.

SO are you/we going to do Venus or Mars first?

[Anibis]

Well the next one to come around is Mars, so I think we'll do that... It also has no leap year to worry about so, it's a bit easier to track... I'll say more as we approach it... Shortly I'll start posting some diagrammatics for the three counts... I would like to ask m1thr0s is he'd be willing to share his Abraxian calendar, since it would be nice to have a very solid Solar calendar to support this.... Also, I think we oughta talk about lunar counts... This will be all pretty theoretical for the next while... As you know the magic of this system(s) is pretty extradordinary... It is fully compatible with m1's work, from what I know of it, and has some quirks of its own... In the end, it is another branch of the Abrahadabra puzzle... I'll update us more soon...
-Anibis

[Anibis]

The other thing is that the working we are about to conclude is just a fragment of a bigger picture... it fits into it like a puzzle piece, but, as you may be intuiting, this system requires an enormous commitment in order to get everything you can out of it... don't be fooled by it's pretty elegance, or the rush of it's novelty... it requires (and supports) the kinds of thinking that work over years, decades, lifetimes... It's big, it's slow, it's powerful... And it's safe. Safe enough to live in, and is not designed to drive you crazy or anything... if anything it's meant to facilitate sanity, HOWEVER, I'm not sure that Mercury alone can do that... I have the sense that the TC on it's own can so greatly enhance the mental comprhension of signs and symbols that it will possibly create an imballance in relation to the 'standard' timing system (ie the Grego). That is it frees up energies that need to go somewhere.... and the Gregorian calendar is a poor vessel indeed. The Other counts are meant to connect to the grounded energies of other planets to ensure that the overall picture is ballanced.... It's kind of a system of systems, really...

The next TC year is the 4th year of the 4th set (of 9).. this means that it is attributed to Heh final, or Earth... Just as the last 22 days (that we're in) are the grounding portion of the Air year, the next 88 days, following the New Years on (the 31st?- I'll need to check) will be under the Aegis of Earth... so will be geared towards earthing, and grounding, as a whole. This will be the character of year 16. Once year 17 hits, we will be shifting to a new set of 4, the 5th set. For those of you who know the 9 houses of the Lo Shu, you will know that this is the central house, and the energy of the TC will be engaging with the Jen Chi at it's purest... this will occur over the course of 4 Thoth Years... So 88x4 days... Funny that this is just 13 days shy of an earth day... Any questions?
-Anibis

[MythMath]

I'm still tracking you trackers,
if not the actual daily count...

And I do intend to jump back in at the next node...

Dig my earth...

Perhaps I can help with some Venus and Mars graphs...?

[Naomi]

Great we need another person in the Calendrics club it's too roomy in here...spooky.....

I'm hyped about the Mars count.

[Anibis]

http://Ibisis.zoints.com/image/50661-anothermap

Here is what I call 'Mars count'. This is for obvious reasons. Mars has an orbit 687 days, no remainder. As I have laid it out, it performs a very different function than the TC. Instead of achieving maximum flexibility/comprehension, focusing on the paths, this one focuses on the spheres, hyperarticulates them, and then distills them into a single, focused point. This is the reason for the Hadit type of iconography (One can even imagine the whole TC happening in the central disk). Where TC gives us comprehension, MC gives us direction and focus.

The count is divided as follows: 300+40+3+1+3+40+300.

The first 100 days are accorded to Earth, and go through the spheres from Malkuth to Kether. Each sphere has ten sub spheres. So day one is Malkuth of Malkuth in Earth, day two is Yesod of Malkuth, and so on... Day eleven is Malkuth of Yesod in Earth, etc... The next 100 days are the Human, and the last 100 days are Heaven. Thus the first 300 days are the tree of life hyperarticulated, and played out in three modes. The next 40 days return to this super-tree and treat it as a whole: The super-tree is thus played out in four worlds going from Assiah(10 days) to Yetzirah(10 days) to Beriah(10 days) to Atziluth (10 days). Once this is done and the supertree is articulated in four worlds, then the last three days, RE-articulate this Super-Super Tree in three modes (Earth, Human, Heaven). This is read from left to right (if you like) following the stars, dots, and feathers of the first 'wing' of the Martial count. The central sphere is the kick off point. The tip of the sword, the directional trajectory of the count. This is the day where you would enchant as regards your goals. What follows is the exact same thing, then in reverse: the next three days are Heaven, Human, Earth, then the next 40 are Kether to Malkuth following the order Atziluth, Beriah, Yetzirah, and Assiah, and the last 300 are Kether to Malkuth (x10) First in Heaven then the Human, then Earth. The next year is exactly the same only, as can be seen in the strung together version, it is the inverse. The whole is therefor a helical strand:

http://Ibisis.zoints.com/image/66478-marsyearstring

The energy of TC and the energy of MC reinforce one another. Since TC charges the Paths, and MC charges the spheres, the combination is a lovely blend of flexibility and focus.

The Martial New Year starts in approximately 20 days....
-Anibis

[Anibis]

Note: The helical strand can be understood to loop back on itself, like a spiral. Take five MY's and imagine them forming a loop, where the tail end of the loop ends just slightly offset from where it began. This is one run of a spiral.... Since this is a martial calendar, it is packed into 'waves' of 5 years at a time, which in there larger structure form a ever expanding spiral force.... This aspect will need to be further articulated. Anyone care to draw some schematics?
-Anibis

[Anibis]

This is worth considering:

http://Ibisis.zoints.com/image/50696-Mapsconjoined

-Anibis