Sebastian Castella

Ah….seriously…..WTF IS THAT?

After a few years of saving Amazon credit and waiting for a copy that wasn’t $1000 or more, I finally bought the Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils by Fred Gettings. Gettings is a bit of an enigma, but he wrote that Dictionary of Demons that Kaneko is confirmed to have owned and potentially used when designing SMT1′s demons. This book is the rarest of Gettings’ works, it seems to have only received two (small) printings in the 80s, and was originally printed in 1981.

I wanted this for exactly its purported function: To be able to decipher the symbols within demon seals, like Stolas’ above, in addition to being an ultimate reference for any future projects. I’m pretty sure the seals might still be nonsense, but at least I know the symbols they contain aren’t, and a lot of them appear to be derived from alchemy. So much of the book is entirely inscrutable! I love it.

Hell of a day to receive it, too. If the earth yawns forth untold legions of demon armies, it wasn’t me, it was that other guy!!!

“La soledad es peligrosa. Es adictiva. Una vez que te das cuenta de cuánta paz hay en ella, no quieres lidiar con la gente.”

—

Carl Gustav Jung

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Los lobos no pierden el sueño contando ovejas

Simplemente se tú y lucha por ser alguien para otros, deja que hablen mientras tú avanzas y te alejas.

Imagínate, por ejemplo, que se sentó junto a Salieri en el estreno de una nueva ópera de Mozart… Salieri podría susurrarle al oído lo horrible que es Mozart, lo frívolo, indulgente o aburrido que es (todo por celos, por supuesto).

Pero cuando la música realmente comenzó, te avergonzaría haber escuchado a Salieri: el compositor de cuarta categoría que se presenta a la presentación, solo para odiarla.

Y esa es la cuestión: muchos asistentes al teatro son esos Salieris, esos observadores del odio, indiferentes a Mozart, indiferente al lenguaje, celoso de las personas que pueden tocar, tocar y crear…

Personas de cuarta clase de arriba a abajo, que solo observan y susurran en un teatro.

Los lobos no pierden el sueño contando ovejas.

¿En donde está nuestra rosa

Amigos míos?

Se marchitó la rosa

El bebé de la Aurora.

No digas:

¡Ahí se seca la juventud!

No digas:

¡Esta es la alegría de la vida!

Dile a la flor:

¡Perdona, lo lamento!

y condúcenos 

Hacia el lirio blanco.

-Alexander Pushkin    Rosa            (poesía rusa)

Yo creo que desde muy pequeño mi desdicha y mi dicha, al mismo tiempo, fue el no aceptar las cosas como me eran dadas. A mí no me bastaba con que me dijeran que eso era una mesa, o que la palabra madre era la palabra madre y ahí se acaba todo. Al contrario, en el objeto mesa y en la palabra madre empezaba para mí un itinerario misterioso que a veces llegaba a franquear y en el que a veces me estrellaba. En suma, desde pequeño, mi relación con las palabras, con la escritura, no se diferencia de mi relación con el mundo en general. Yo parezco haber nacido para no aceptar las cosas tal como me son dadas.

— Julio Cortázar

Hey Diana do you have any advice,spell or tarot spread in order to "meet" our ancestors ? My familly is one of those who never kept anything from their elder (except for money 😔) + a big part became christian or believed in nothing...

How to Meet Your Ancestors

Whether or not they were witches, and whatever religion they used to believe in, their souls are likely to be alive somewhere, waiting to be of some use again. If you summon them wholeheartedly, they will heed your call earnestly.

STEP 1: Know who they are.

When you invoke someone without knowing their name, nearby malevolent forces will feel entitled to accept your invitation on their behalf.

Make sure you know the full name of at least one of your grandparents, so you can call on those who came before them.

STEP 2: Summon them.

Go somewhere private and quiet. Let the strength of your intention fuel your invocation. Speaking from your heart, say in your own words:

“My name is [your full name]. I call upon the founders of my lineage. Those who made the birth of [name/s of your direct grandparent/s] possible. From this moment on, I welcome your guidance in my life. I hope you deem this child worthy of your advice.”

STEP 3A: Look upon them.

If you wish to see their faces, travel to a different plane.

It may take you more than one attempt to succeed. But with patience and focus, there is no way you will fail.

STEP 3B: Talk to them.

If you need their advice urgently, use your tarot cards and simply ask them directly. This is something you can do as often as you need to.

Once you and they have formed an affinity, achieving the previous step successfully may suddenly prove to be easy.

STEP 4: Thank them.

To maintain a relationship with your ancestors, build them a shrine. Not to worship them, but to express your gratitude for their help.

If you do not have portraits, use items that represent them. A flower… a figurine… a trinket… whatever reminds you of their presence. Leave them an offering after every encounter, or do it periodically, like weekly or monthly.

Alive or dead, we all like to feel appreciated.

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