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Fuck st Patrick.

Its Blooms day (woo).[/color]

Quick say somthing profound but Irish.

...scholars unearthed a long hidden book penned by a mad arab known as Chockma Chikenes, in the fabled manuscript was a quabbalistic key for discyphering out of date copies of 'The Economist'. On a certain day one ventured to the river skyclad in pajamas, annointing the glands with marshmallow fluff, a long complicated dance then ensued and all the articles on the stock market transformed into tasty recipies, some (say the learned ones) for felafels, yet no one dared rise from the sofa of academia to attempt such a hazardess ritual (you see all scholars secretly suffer from 'atavistic terror drone'- fear of the age acummulated while talking pish).
That is until one winters eve.....

Well, shiny mecurial bubbles of unexpected joy, we have a cabal, whoop de woo.....

OK How bout a book a month, everyone suggest somthing and we can use that handy poll thing to decide on what we read. The book that chosen should have presentation or some such by the choosee and then we go off to our bedsits/caves/snowpits and digest the tree ghost. Come back and discuss...

My humble suggestion is "V." by ST. Thomas of Pynchon.
Widley available from paper merchants everywhere and truely a glorious fornication of the mind.

... a selection of small childrens shoes (all lefts)....

Ok after reading Penumbrals moan that we just dont talk anymore... Thought Id suggest this.
The fair isle of Albion is in a frenzy of middle class book club style furtherence. Mainly due to a programme about herion that inexplicably had reading in it. Now being the king squid of bandwagon cuckoos. I thought we could set up a sort of forum based book club (no really, stop laughing). Someone picks a book (with at least a grain of discordian flavouring) and then we all read it and discuss it, the person who picks the book does a little schpeil as to why they picked it etc like a class presentation, then we add our comments or sumsuch.
What do you think?

Oky doke,
Now bear in mind the quabbala is actually a red herring, in that its fun elaborate correspondences are about as much occult use as learning pure logic (mmm hang on a minute..) but here are some required reading if ya dig.
Dion Fortune - The mystical quabbala
Don Milo Duquette - the chicken kabbala
William G Gray- Qabalistic concepts (ooh look practical things)
Ol Uncle al Crowley - 777
Israel Regardie - "The midle Pillar" and "Garden of Pomegranites" you might also check the complete golden dawn if solar centric mason-love floats ya boat.
Anyhoos have fun, if gematria an that be considered thus.

Sound good, when money permits the purchase will be made.
Thats my main point of interest, the Tarot apart fom the obvious archytype understanding can (I think) be used as a path working tool, sort of invocation of different elements of the self... its the best mirror Ive found so far.
Once again thanks for the input.

Ah I see, many thanks Bella... makes sense, as usual.
I havent seen the book, whos it by?

Im paddling with the Thoth deck, and each card has a one word definition... i.e. the eight of cups = indolence.
One question though. In readings for other people how do you judge time?

Hrabel (second name, probably spelt wrong) is another czeck writer. A tragi-comic genius. Light reading and a bit of a cornerstone in eastern european literature. He experimented with some techniques qhich are firm erisian favorites, unconsious flow, absence of punctuation etc. He was interested in capturing the essence of things by their outward absurdity, humour being the only truly human reaction... or some such.
Look for 'I served the king of England' or 'Too Loud a Solitude" (about a man who works n a book pulping shop but smuggles books for his own consumption, falls in love with a gypsy girl, semi autobiographical and great, a very quick read perfect if you happen to be in prague... grrr cheap beer mutter jazz growl girls sigh charles bridge damn)

Yup, still positive feedbacks still positive even if its from morons...
As it happens Ive started padlling in the pool of ROTAs recently, its strange Ive always been pretty, well, not doubtful, but more unsure of Tarot. But Ive been using them for a few months now, and the results are really quite amazing, the practice seems to enhance all sorts of things you wouldnt expect.... still dont know all the divinatory meanings though.

Floatin well at the moment thanks.
Hows your beautiful (and only crone like in the wisdom department) self?

Yep, theres simply no other reason to vist the angel of islington.

Amen to that.

Anyone found their local chapter of the A.M.O?

Oedipus right?

Its been a while since Ive read the unbearable...(lenghty title) so I cant rightly remember, but the story definitley involves a fence and a nice illustration of RAW's "what the thinker thinks the proover proves" schpeil.
Hows Prague treating you (thinly disguised envy)... see if you can get somthing by Hrabel (sp?) theres a great book shop in Wenselas square with loads of English books (unless you can speak czek that is) in fact theres hundreds of great book shops in that city.... eat some hot cheese and think of us.