October 29, 2004

• Yesterday I had a migraine… all day. I napped off and on, so it’s surprising I slept at all last night, and deeply… I didn’t dream. But I did dream yesterday when I had my migraine, and rather odd, disjointed images they were. I dreamed I went to a deli for a strawberry sundae made with light bulbs. They coated the light bulb in strawberry syrup and put it and vanilla icecream in a long open box like you get when you buy popcorn at a theater. Then they turned it over and squeezed the whole thing into another bowl. Viola, light bulb gone. There was something about a monkey.  And finally, I was walking through a wooded field and a whole swarm of ladybugs flew up from the long grass and evergreens.

  
  

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  So, anyone get to see the lunar eclipse Wednesday night? Last total lunar eclipse until 2007. I had to work.

  
  

  So I had an idea… I took a bowl of water and put a moonstone at the bottom, and I put it in the garden to absorb the power of the Blood Moon eclipse.

  
  

  Typically, a moon in wane or dark is a time for banishments and dismissals, so I think of an eclipse as a particularly heightened time for such spells. The October Full moon is typically called the Hunter’s Moon or the Blood Moon, and so it is a time of sacrifice. This was the time of year when hunters really started putting in their stores of winter meat. 
  
  I gathered up the stone and water the next day and put it in a jar. Is it just my imagination that the water seems to have a bluish glow? I don’t think so, but I haven’t shown it to anyone, so I don’t know. I plan to use the stone and possibly the water as well in a spell to “sacrifice” the ignorance of the world, but particularly of the American people with regards to the upcoming election. I’ll wait until the day before the election, then smash the moonstone. Then I’ll put the pieces and water back in the jar, possibly with some herbs and a map of the world (if I can fold it small enough… maybe I’ll burn it and add the ashes in), seal it with wax (perhaps carving some protective symbols into it), and bury it where it will hopefully never be found or opened. I hope that Thoth and Maat will help me out a bit by emphasizing the qualities of knowledge and truth in the general population.
  
  Of course, if anyone has any ideas to add to my planned spell, I’m open to suggestions on how to improve it. Do you think its too ambitious a plan? Even if it’s beyond my power and ruined my magickal ability forever, wouldn’t it be worth it if it works? That’d be a sacrifice I could make too.

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