Month for Loki, Day 4: Concert
Happy 4th of July!
Exhausted from Foo Fighters and friends concert at RFK this afternoon.
Will edit/add more details tomorrow.
Must sleep now.
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A life in threes
July 3, 2015
Month for Loki, Day 3: Pretty
Today I did something that I haven’t done in over 15 years.
I went and got a manicure.
And then, I did something that I’ve never done.
I got myself a pedicure as well.
(I’d never done so because I’ve always felt sort of guilty. I’ve always been a service-oriented person. While I’ve given myself pedicures, and I have given others pedicures, somehow I’ve never gotten around to getting one myself.)
Technically, it wasn’t just a pedicure.
Much to my surprise, this encompassed a little more than simply someone else painting my nails. This particular salon offered their clients their pedicures in some swanky shiatsu massage chairs from Brookstone, and I got a 30 minute foot massage and my choice of over a dozen genres of music to listen to through headphones that were provided while I was getting said massage.
(And again, I’ve given many a foot massage, but I’ve never been on the receiving end of a foot massage myself, let alone one while sitting in such a comfortable leather chair listening to soothing music.)
I’m telling you, it was pretty swank…and a very welcome treat.
And I had a good hearty laugh when a woman sitting next to me – who was also getting a pedicure – leaned over and demanded to know why I was getting ‘special treatment.’
When the technicians asked her what she was talking about, she pointed to me and blurted out:
“Why does her chair have a vibrator and mine doesn’t?”
The technicians just looked at each other, and deadpanned, “Ma’m, we’re sorry but this is not that kind of salon.”
It seemed to take a moment for the woman to realize the meaning of their response, but I could not help myself and I burst out laughing. Then the technicians started laughing too, because I don’t think that they could help themselves anymore either.
It was rather funny, and I couldn’t help but think to myself that this was truly a superb moment of trolling worthy of Loki Himself.
I left the salon feeling relaxed, pampered and oh so…pretty thusly:
And in regards to Loki, I know that He would have been pleased to note that I engaged in some self-pampering today, as I see Him as a Deity Who – along with Freyja- teaches lessons involving reciprocity and recognizing our own self-worth.
He knows that it pushes me out of my comfort zone to receive attention and service from others at times, and Loki was there to remind me that I deserve to receive just as much as I give and I am worthy of the attention and service that I received from others today.
And I left the salon feeling pampered and pretty and most of all, worthy of the joy that I felt in receiving.
Hail Loki ❤
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July 2, 2015
Month for Loki, Day 2: Smile.
SceithAilm on DeviantArt has done it again:
The Man with the Tattered Smile.
I love this rendition of Loki; the subtle tattoos, the jingle bells, the gorgeous braiding…!
Honestly I don’t think that she has ever drawn anything that I haven’t liked.
❤
July 1, 2015
Month for Loki, Day 1: Apple of My Eye
This is the sound of me chickening out.
I had written a post early in the morning, but I kept having to put it in drafts, only to come back to it several times.
Since I kept starting and stopping while writing, I reached point wherein I realized that I’d lost my train of thought after the fourth or fifth time because we were flying to DC for the week this afternoon.
It was definitely a major case of Postus Interruptus.
So here I am drinking an apple pie moonshine.
Hail Loki!
June 26, 2015
Pre-Order Announcement: Worshiping Loki – A Short Introduction
I’m so glad (and excited!) that Silence has decided to do this project, and offer this work to our community ❤
June 21, 2015
Questions and answers.
Have you ever played with the Ape of Thoth?
It’s a searchable database of Thelema texts – by verse and chapter, if one knows the number – but what makes it fun is that there is also a feature on the site that is a Thelemic text randomizer.
It’s pretty neat, actually. You type/ask a question, and it brings up a portion of text from the books of Thelema as an answer.
Which makes it so much more interesting than the Magic 8-Ball these days.
So…I have an issue that is quite emotionally-laden for me, and I was having trouble keeping a clear head about things.
So I decided to ask the Ape of Thoth for some guidance, simply typing:
What to do? RE: LOKI
[And this was the answer:]
“Continuation. Further concerning occupation.
Let the devotee transmute within the alembic of his heart every thought, or word, or act into the spiritual gold of his devotion.
As thus: eating. Let him say: “I eat this food in gratitude to my Deity that hath sent it to me, in order to gain strength for my devotion to Him.”
Or: sleeping. Let him say: “I lie down to sleep, giving thanks for this blessing from my Deity, in order that I may be refreshed for new devotion to Him.”
Or: reading. Let him say: “I read this book that I may study the nature of my Deity, that further knowledge of Him may inspire me with deeper devotion to Him.”
Or: working. Let him say: “I drive my spade into the earth that fresh flowers (fruit, or what not) may spring up to His glory, and that I, purified by toil, may give better devotion to Him.”
Or: whatever it may be that he is doing, let him reason it out in his own mind, drawing it through circumstance and circumstance to that one end and conclusion of the matter. And let him not perform the act until he hath done this.
As it is written: Liber VII, cap. v. —
22. “Every breath, every word, every thought, ever deed is an act of love with Thee.
23. “The beat of my heart is the pendulum of love.
24. “The songs of me are the soft sighs:
25. “The thoughts of me are very rapture:
26. “And my deeds are the myriads of Thy Children, the stars and the atoms.” And Remember Well, that if thou wert in truth a lover, all this wouldst thou do of thine own nature without the slightest flaw or failure in the minutest part thereof.”
All I could think upon reading the above is – what remarkably specific advice – even if it doesn’t answer the question that I thought that I was asking.
But sometimes that happens.
Perhaps this is the connection in discovering the meaning of that phrase
Love is the movement that gives substance to the Will
Hm.
June 19, 2015
Rules.
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can get you in a lot of trouble.
Manners are always important.
Smart is good. Lucky is better. (Smart and lucky is the best of all.)
Sometimes the long way around is the best way home.
Never let the truth interfere with a good story.
(Neef’s Rules for Changelings from this book)
June 12, 2015
Funny, that.
Even though I know
Not everything that comes up in my life is a message.
Not everything in my life in my life has a hidden meaning.
And most importantly of all…
I know that if there is a message or a meaning
the message and the meaning aren’t
always
specifically
meant for me.
But then again, certain things show up in my reading and I have to wonder
Just what is the Universe up to?
June 11, 2015
Mixed.
I’ve been meaning to post about several things, the most of which is a very long post that contains a lot of musing about community, polyamory — and of course, Loki.
But as much as I have been wanting to finish it up, I have been down with a seemingly unshakable cold that is kicking my ass, and thus, I’m having trouble generating the level of coherence that I need in order to complete that task.
(So I’d like to apologize to anyone who has been waiting for that promised post. I hope to get it done soon.)
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Meanwhile, I’m focusing on completing several embroidery and beading projects, as I find them rather soothing activities, since I haven’t had much energy to be vertical much these past few days.
As a result, I finished two devotional necklaces that I’d been working on, since I’ve finally received those green kyanite beads that I ordered for them, and I started embroidering the other three borders for that altar cloth.
Here is one of the necklaces:
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And here are the roses that were sent to cheer me up.
June 8, 2015
Finally finished with the rune embroidery on this altar cloth.
I just wanted to post to let those who were asking to see it.
I’ve already gotten the nudge that perhaps I could embroider this 3 more times – as a border for each side.
Though I really hope that that was perhaps not meant as an actual request…as I’m really feeling inclined to embroider something else for a change.
Or I could just look at it as a means to further memorize runes…much like those embroidery samplers of the alphabet that young children were known to make in colonial times.
/end whineage.
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