Post No. 1,456 - Making the world a better place

Soon after POTUS45 got into power, there was a move to do a binding spell on him. I always thought that was poorly targeted, as POTUS45 has many nonBPM influences around him - physical (fundamentalist neochristians as well as others) and nonphysical, so limiting him is like partly closing a valve when there is a big head (pressure) of water behind it: the flow might become constricted, but what is left might also be more pressurised.

In terms of ethical issues, POTUS45 and others of his ilk are actively doing evil - they're causing harm much as a mass shooter does, but they're not as limited as a shooter is. Therefore, active nonphysical action to contain, neutralise and reverse their harm is required.

To be clear: NO-ONE should try physically harming any of these people, as:

(1) such actions are wrong in this instance (police may have to shoot an "active shooter", as the yanks term them, for the safety of others, but that is different to this situation);

(2) it will not cut off the controllers / suppliers behind these people, and they may well find another outlet; and

(3) it will turn these people into martyrs for their nonBPM causes.

So . . . don't be stupid!

So, having got that out of the way, what to do?

Well, I'm always in favour of clearing nonBPM and strengthening BPM units, and I have plenty of information on that elsewhere on this blog. However, what could be useful here is some tactical/strategic thoughts.

Firstly, the mechanism for POTUS45, Morrison and others of their evil ilk (which includes all climate change deniers) to grab power is through voting. The most powerful magickal tool for addressing the evil that afflicts the world is by strengthening voters, including their ability to think. 

There are guides on how to do that in the physical world, and there are often opportunities to do so in small ways, if you are prepared to take them. A couple of examples from my mundane life - at work - are:

1. At a meeting another woman made a suggestion about how we could better work with regional offices. A few minutes later, a male made what was effectively the same suggestion, so I commented "Yes, that goes back to what X suggested." I didn't let the matter go without challenge - I didn't make a big song and dance about it, but I didn't give my assent through silence.
   As the great Dr Martin Luther King Jr. said: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
    
2. Several of us wound up speaking to a colleague about a concern he had on an ethical matter. He felt pretty good after that, and started talking about various non-work matters that he felt strongly about.
   He began with "more people are alive now than have ever lived". I said I used to think that too (actually, I didn't), but would look up a link I had at home which corrected that, and talked about the length of time that low numbers of human had existed (200-300,000 years). He looked up a link anyway, and conceded the point.
   So he launched into his next point (feeling put out at having been shown up by a woman, even though it was just the two of us on that conversation? He's made some very misogynistic remarks in the past), which was a claim that Australia was "welfare positive", by which he meant that more people took benefits than paid taxes - which is mathematically absurd. He gave Medicare as an example, saying he got benefits from the government for health. I was tired, distracted, and annoyed, so all I could think of was "I disagree that Medicare is welfare" - which I do, as I consider health care is a human right, but I really wanted to get back to work (I had a deadline coming up), but I didn't want to let the point go unchallenged. I stuck to my guns on that, and he went off to pester someone else. (Phew!)

I haven't been too impressed with the book "Nudge" by Cass  Sunstein that I'm reading at the moment (along with a dozen or so others - SIGH), but I'm only at an early stage of it: nevertheless, I agree with the concept of gently nudging people in "the right" decision - or, as as my generation termed it, plant a seed for further thought. The colleague I mentioned in the second example has changed for the better over the years, but the underlying bigotry, which I suspect is founded in unhappiness with his life circumstances, is still there. (And I could scream at the idiot who thought I would be happy to sit next to someone like that because we were of a similar age group.)

It is incredibly difficult to maintain an even keel when talking to someone who is actively spouting hate, but there is evidence that doing so will ultimately help transform bigots into better people (see also here).

I'd like now to consider two points from Paul K Chappell, and one from Amy Chua:

• From Paul K. Chappell’s section on fear of human aggression (pp. 210 – 217) in “The Cosmic Ocean”:
  “. . . around 98% of people have a phobia of human aggression. Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman calls this the universal human phobia.”
  “What is more psychologically traumatizing, falling off you bike and breaking your leg, or a group of attackers holding you down and breaking your leg with a baseball bat?”
  (from this post of mine NOTE: Dave Grossman has subsequently turned out to be an evil purveyor of police violence);
• This is something that is brilliantly demonstrated and written about by Paul K Chappell. As I wrote here, in “The Art of Waging Peace” (pub. Prospecta Press, reprint 2015, ISBN 978-1632260314 [Amazon]), Mr Chappell - in a section on listening, and how the target is to change the position of enough people, not all people - quotes the following comment by Leslee Goodman on how Mr Chappell was able to change the mind of a pro-war person:
  

  "I had lost patience with one such person after ten minutes of unproductive dialogue. Then Chappell showed up. He respectfully engaged my critic for a full forty-five minutes. Their conversation ended with the man thanking Chappell for listening to him and accepting a copy of [his book] The End of War. A few weeks later Chappell ran into the man and learned that he had read the book and had changed his mind about war as a means of ending terrorism."

  This point is also argued for by  Amy Chua in "Political Tribes" (Pub. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018, London, ISBN 978-1-4088-8154-5; Amazon; a review here), which I wrote about here, pointing out the impracticality - and others problems - of trying to get TGD people to talk to and convince every transphobic person in the world to stop being transphobic. There are limits, elegantly elucidated by the great Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. as follows:
  

  “It may be true that the law cannot change the heart, but it can restrain the heartless.”

  Nevertheless, when it comes to politics, the notion of communicating (keeping Zeno of Citium's admonishment that "We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say" in mind) is a worthy one.
  (from this post of mine).

So patience and persistence can help with transformation in the physical world.

It also helps in the nonphysical world, and that is where nonphysical work comes in. Read as much as you can on how to discuss matters with other people, and then, when going to sleep, form the intention, and ask your BPM Guides to help you do this, to find and discuss these matters with some of the POTUS45-Morrison "ilk".

It is important to also ask for BPM protection while doing this - including pre-clearing links etc when you can. In the physical world, "maintaining an even keel" for the sake of bigots can be incredibly damaging to those who are biting their tongue - and I can vouch for that from personal experience.

I've sometimes found it incongruous that I've finally got through to someone about not being a bigot, and they're happy and light-hearted and want to engage pleasantly, but they can't see how much pain they caused initially, they caused when I had to bite my tongue (metaphorically - it means refrain from saying stuff), and that they are continuing to cause by inflicting their presence without allowing me to go off, lick my wounds, and try to heal (see here) - and I may NEVER be able to do so to the extent that I can engage with them socially without reserve, worry or further damage. (There are also issues around lack of justice here, in that the reformed/former bigot has made no effort to accept responsibility foe the harm they did, and finds it embarrassing/uncomfortable to do so - which is factor from past colonialism/racism/slavery through sexism to child abuse.)

This was a particular problem with the Equal Marriage "debate" here in Australia a couple of years ago, and I know I and others are still suffering from the damage that was done then - I even read an article about it, but am not really in the headspace to go tracking that down.

None of that is being helped by the thoroughly evil Morrison "government" (theocracy) trying to enable religious  bigotry, which brings us back to physical events.

I'm going to list, as my second point, take BPM physical world action. This is talked about in a whole range of areas, but I want to particularly note David  Salisbury's "Witchcraft Activism: A Toolkit for Magical Resistance" (pub. Weiser, 2019, ISBN 978-1578636570, Amazon), which "includes Spells for Social Justice, Civil Rights, the Environment, and More". This book has advice and suggestions on matters such as using magick to keep one safer while doing physical activism such as taking part in protests.

There are plenty of sources of information on physical world activism, but I particularly want to direct your attention to the following, which has been a useful guide for me since the 70s: https://www.amnestyusa.org/take-action/urgent-action-network/writing-an-appeal/

Never underestimate the power of writing - it's most likely to be effective when others are also writing, but occasionally, rarely, an individual letter can have a major impact.

Oh - and for those strange nations where voting is optional, show up! Exercise your right to vote that so many people died to give you!

Third: more on magickal work.

Firstly, when walking or driving - particularly in my neighbourhood - or just observing daily interactions everyday, there are opportunities to use one's ability to help others - such as this.

Next, I don't always get them out at my target frequency of once a week, but my Psychic Weather Reports (PWRs) are aimed at coordinated magickal work to improve the world.

I had a version of PWR at one time when I used to include specific uncooperatives/locations to work on, but I haven't been able to do that (because of limited energy/time, or health problems) for some time now, but, keeping in mind the attempt to bind POTUS45 that I began this post with, and also keeping in mind the following, which I came across on Twitter here, but do not know the original source of:

together with a fair bit of commentary I've read on the role of the conservative media, an organisational behemoth I am going to focus on clearing is the conservative media spearheaded by the thoroughly disagreeable Rupert Murdoch.

This involves doing the usual clearing nonBPM and strengthening BPM units that are/could be affecting people at all levels of his empire - especially sub-editors, who do the most damage with their hate-filled vitriolic headlines, and the narrow minded journalists (some are good) who evidently have been drawn to his empire.

I may post more on this, but, in the meantime, here are two more points to consider on this.

Firstly, a recent article by John Beckett:

• "Strategies and Tactics for The Storm".

This continues his writing on the topic of magickal action at this time of the world's history.

And secondly:

• "The Magical Battle of Britain Paperback", by Dion Fortune (Skylight Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1908011459, Amazon).

This book covers the magickal work that was done by a group of magicians during the Second World War - work that had a price in terms of poor health, even earlier death, it is suspected. For more on this, see here.

I think we know more, and thus can look after ourselves better, but that this sort of work is demanding is unquestionable. Looking after yourself is important, as you making a sustained effort is going to have a greater impact than burning out after a short period of time.

So, hopefully, food for thought.

PS - see also https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2019/12/post-no-1463-cross-posting-why-scotty.html. 

 

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Post No. 900 - Book Review: “Psychic Self-Defence”, by Dion Fortune

Dion Fortune was definitely a product of her time – her language and approach was very pre-1960s counter-cultural revolution, and thus may seem a little archaic to us, but she has some very good points in her book “Psychic Self-Defence: A Study in Occult Pathology and Criminality” (my copy: The Aquarian Press, 1988, ISBN 0-85030-766-X).

Probably two of the main ones for me are:

• that psychic attack can be “accidental”, or unintentional, and occur for reasons that are not malicious;
• that the field of psychism attracts, at times, some unstable people, and thus it is necessary to check whether a psychic attack is real (objective) or the outcome of fantasy or internal flaws (e.g., attention seeking, or subjective). This is actually one of the aims of the “Divine Light test” that I was taught, but consideration of this can go further, if you are assessing whether someone else is experiencing psychic attack or … something else.

Ms Fortune’s path is not Wicca, Paganism, New Age, or any of the other post-60s paths: it is Western Mystery Tradition, and, as such, includes, for instance:

• a differentiation between Right Hand Path (“good”) and Left Hand Path (“not good”) – see here for more on this. Although this is much better than allocating colours (which has shades of racism), I prefer my descriptions of BPM for “good” and nonBPM for “not good” – or, at the very least, balanced positive (“good”) vs unbalanced (“not good”); and
• very fixed ideas about how Reality was and Spiritual Development should be. Some of those ideas – e.g., service, are, in my opinion, good – or, at the very least, worth some genuine reflection.

I have points of agreement and disagreement with the content of this book.

For instance, I dispute Ms Fortune’s statement that one needs to identify the method and/or source of a psychic attack before being able to defend against it – that’s a bit like claiming one has to know what caused a hole in a leaking ship before fixing it: in many cases, you don’t need to know that, you just need to plug it. However, to continue with the analogy, there are some times when you need to know what caused said leak – for instance, if that was caused by the first outlying part of a reef, you also need to change course … or, perhaps a better analogy, if the leak has a very high pressure behind it, you need a plug that will resist high pressure, rather than just normal hull depth pressures.

It seems to me that the “need” for knowledge of details is something that is strongly emphasised in older western mystery traditions: I suspect that could be based on their view that energetic effects / magick is actually caused by various classes of spirit, and thus one needs to know what spirit to conjure in order to defeat the threat. My view, on the other hand, is that if one simply looks at the energy at hand (or, if one cannot do that, the effect the energy is having), one can deal directly with that, irrespective of the source. (This is probably a bit like the best way to defeat the “little green men” type of threat that the Russians used in Crimea and eastern Ukraine: historically similar events show that it is best to go flat out against the little green men without worrying about where they came from, or who is behind them.)

As a digression from what is in this book, I also dispute that one needs spirits to do magick: humans are quite capable of doing that, which is perhaps what the century of phenomena-based (also called physical) mediumship from mid-19^th to mid-20^th century was all about – demonstrating human potential.

I consider there was probably too much emphasis on telepathy and hypnosis when the author is considering psychic attack (psychic energy potentially can have a direct effect), although many modern approaches to the topic fail to consider this aspect adequately (see also control). I flat out disagree with the description of what happens at death (i.e., that there is some sort of split of consciousness - my term).

I found Ms Fortune’s reference to “occult police” an interesting idea, one that I will explore through meditation, as it has similarities to what I’ve seen done by BPM  Guides, people’s Higher Selves, and various hierarchies and Deities, and I want to satisfy myself as to whether there is an actual group identifiable as such, or whether that is the net impression created by the list I just gave.

On the other hand, I found the tendency to use “pathologies” (e.g., “The Pathology of Non-Human Contact”) unhelpful, and consider that reflects (a) the poor communication of what was considered to be “scientific” at that time – particularly psychology as it was then (and as it tends to still be, at times), and (b) the harshly judgemental and confining nature of the society Ms Fortune had the misfortune to live in.

In fact, one of the reasons I recommend reading this book is because it helps to give an insight into those times. On the other hand, in modern times there is, perhaps, too strong a tendency to overlook flaws of character as being acceptable on the basis of being inherent to a person (or, perhaps, confusing inherent worth, value and characteristics), whereas they should perhaps be changed.

The view on witchcraft is also narrow and focused on one set of behaviours that neochristians and superstitious folklorists have chosen, over the last couple of millennia, to label as witchcraft is such a way that the word has become an epithet (in the nasty sense of that word’s meanings). I am a witch, and proud of the good that I do.

I quibble with the differentiation between thought form and “artificial elemental”, as I consider the latter, as described in this book (which has NOTHING to do with the magickal elements or Nature Spirits) are a subset of the former. On the other hand, I agree with the comments about “residual psychic energy”.

The discussion on good and evil, whilst very neochristian in its formation, has an interesting discernment between “negative evil”, described as the Newtonian (Third law) reaction to the force of “good”, and encompasses the beneficial Principle of Destruction / Scavenger of the Gods (I wonder how that compares to Atropos?), and “positive evil”, which ranges from chaos ( * SIGHS * ) to “the Qlippoth”.

There are also some common sense comments about risk, non-psychic dangers of some groups (e.g., financial), and the connection between psychism and mental illness in SOME people (the terminology reflects the very young state of psychology, and the harsh judgementalism of the Victorian Era in the United Kingdom).

There is a northern hemispheric bias at times as well, as the author fails to realise that the Sun moves counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

The description of psychic attack methods is reasonable, but, in my experience, it is a combination of uncontrolled projected emotion (e.g., hate or rage – often from jealousy or envy or resentment) and an aura that has not been closed (or not adequately closed) that results in the overwhelming majority of psychic attack – not malicious misuse of telepathy or talismans, etc.

In terms of defence against psychic attack, I agree with continuing top use conventional, everyday, garden-variety doctors, but then I would describe the techniques to be use as (a) the psychic fundamentals (see my signature block below), and (b) clearing, including rescue, IF it is needed. The methods described by Ms Fortune are reasonable (except that I do not necessarily hold with the half-day renewal requirement – it may be less, or longer, so I CHECK), but if they cause discomfort in the person who is seeking defence, other methods should be found, lest the discomfort undo the work.

And that last phrase tells me I’ve done enough on this review :)

You can find other reviews on Amazon, in Spiral Nature magazine, on Reality Sandwich (which goes beyond this book to look at other sources), and on Good Reads (I’m not a member, so I’m trusting the reviews are worthwhile). 

Oh, and Ms Fortune completely fails to mention indirect psychic attack ... 

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr, Pagan Energy Worker, Wéofodthegn

I am revamping my former website, and getting at least one other underway (pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux … aka Morinehtar … would-be drýicgan or maga ... )

My "blogiography" (list of all posts and guide as to how to best use this site) is here, and my glossary/index is here. The reasons for my caution when using Wikipedia are here.

I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue (see here and here), and it grew ... See here for my group mind project, here and here for my "Pagans for Peace" project (and join me for a few minutes at some time between 8 and 11 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate-clear for peace), and here for my bindrune kit-bag. I also strongly recommend learning how to flame, ground and shield, do alternate nostril breathing, work with colour, and see also here and be flexible. 

May the best in me, my Higher Self,
and those of the Clear Light who assist me,
help me to keep myself grounded, centred and shielded,
to be Balanced and a Fulcrum of Balance,
a centre of Balanced Positivity and Spiritual Maturity,
with my aura continuously cleansed, cleared and closed,
repelling all negative or unwanted energies,
whilst allowing positive, balancing and healing energies in and through.

The real dividing line is not between Christianity and Islam, Sunni and Shia, East and West. It is between people who believe in coexistence, and those who don’t.

Tom Fletcher, Former UK Ambassador to Lebanon

• All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ...

Tags: Dion Fortune, indirect psychic attack, Psychic attack, psychic self defence,

First published: Tysdagr, 12^th July, 2016

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Tuesday, 12^th July, 2016