Participatory Magic Council #10
December 22, 2020 ° 7 pm eastern / 4 pm pacific
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Participatory Magic Council #10 from Coyote Network News on Vimeo.
Offerings Below:
· Pre-Council Chart & Themes
· Follow-up Themes
· Chat from the Council
· Notes from the Council
· Resources from the Council
*Animating the Statue of Freedom
(see images at bottom of page)
Maybe cut out the images of Freedom and Miss Freedom,
that those dedicated to collective well-being,
journey from Georgia Miss Freedom
to the US Capitol Freedom…
(Perhaps draw pathways betwixt
…adorned with trickster spirit protection…
conjuring our customized trickster accomplice…)
*Kinship ° Participatory Animism ~ How we Animate the World
*What do we want to throw into the cauldron
and what do we want to ladle out
*Saturn – – Jupiter
inhale – – exhale
Inhaling the universe, exhaling the universe…
Chart & Themes
Yo team of fellow Inaugurating Augurs….
So much bow-wowing woofing to us to prepare for Winter,
as we set forth in our Goat Boat (and then the Van)
Mercury at the “party of campers packing their canoe at twilight – the ability to navigate Dark Water….” – woo-hoo…
Grateful the Moon is at the “Bomb that fails to go off- defusing tense situations” degree, as it approaches the Mars-Eris square Pluto party…
Tonight we set the template for protecting each other, democratic experiment, the Arctic…. the place where all life begins…
and work with the major themes of 2021
especial nod to the fantabulous New Moon of February 11th
2.11.2021
here we are at 12.22.2020
yesterday the Solstice took place at 12.21.2020 at 1:21 pm est
on to our Inauguration 1.20.2021
Follow-Up Themes
Sleep!
Freedom!
Inaugurate!
Yo Team,
continuing our delving
(and noting that a primary 2021 theme
is the Square betwixt Saturn and Jupiter
in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus,
wants to be participatory animism,
liberating our limited understanding
of community, to include all our relations..)
So Loren Eisley is such a wonderful guide
in these realm, a scientist with deep soul…
“Though men in the mass forget the origins of their need, they still bring wolfhounds into city apartments, where dog and man both sit brooding in wistful discomfort.
The magic that gleams an instant between Argos and Odysseus is both the recognition of diversity and the need for affection across the illusions of form. It is nature’s cry to homeless, far-wandering, insatiable man:
“Do not forget your brethren, nor the green wood from which you sprang. To do so is to invite disaster.”
( * Argos is Odysseus’ dog- the only one who recognizes him upon his return)
“We are rag dolls made out of many ages and skins, changelings who have slept in wood nests or hissed in the uncouth guise of waddling amphibians. We have played such roles for infinitely longer ages than we have been men. Our identity is a dream. We are process, not reality, for reality is an illusion of the daylight — the light of our particular day.”―
“One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human.”―
and our caravan of dreams:
“We have joined the caravan, you might say, at a certain point; we will travel as far as we can, but we cannot in a lifetime see all that we would like to see or learn all that we hunger to know.”
and this Winter,
from whose introspective depths
we participate in crafting a guiding story:
“It is a commonplace of all religious thought, even the most primitive, that the man/woman seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and live for a time in the wilderness. If he is of the proper sort, he will return with a message. It may not be a message from the god he set out to seek, but even if he has failed in that particular, he will have had a vision or seen a marvel, and these are always worth listening to and thinking about…. One must seek, then, what only the solitary approach can give – a natural revelation.”
and next week will play for us
a riveting song by Joy Harjo
(Native American poet, musician, playwright,
and author, and now our poet laureate)
“There is always a choice, even after death,”
about forgiving our killers…
Perhaps Great Souled Jackie the Dog,
will forgive those who cruelly took his life…
Willing to animate that story,
as well as his spirit coming to live with us,
as a steady companion for Captain Moon.
And -if- Jackie the Dog would be willing
to forgive his killers, who am I to be so
churlish as to not…
Winter says – Sleep!
Meanwhile co-operating with the Virus
washing hands, boundaries (Saturn)
and sleep! (Neptune)
The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep
The coronavirus can cause insomnia and long-term changes in our nervous systems.
But sleep could also be a key to ending the pandemic.https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/covid-19-sleep-pandemic-zzzz/617454/
and reverie,
and animating the Statue of Freedom
Maybe cut out the images of Freedom and Miss Freedom,
that those dedicated to collective well-being,
journey from Georgia Miss Freedom
to the US Capitol Freedom…
(Perhaps draw pathways betwixt
…adorned with trickster spirit protection…
conjuring our customized trickster accomplice…)
tis part of our Inaugurating imagery to craft this week…
January 5th… Georgia Washington Carver,
talking to plants
January 6th… protect the Arctic,
partnering with the Intelligence of that Mind,
“the place where all life begins.”
& Electoral college
January 20th 1.20.2021
Palindromic Inauguration
New Moon Aquarius 2.11.2021
outsider that constellates community…
profound and liberating social commentary
Chat
19:04:39 From carmensnyder : Very sad. Precious temple dog Jack.
19:05:00 From Cathy : like Cavall Arthurs dog companion
19:21:02 From Richard~MOS : I will ladle out ease
19:24:40 From Rachel Heerema (she/her) : Jan 6 – I think is also the date that the Senate confirms the Electoral College vote.
19:25:05 From Darcy : Ladle in dysfunctional distraction and ladle out good timing in communications
19:29:15 From Elana Auerbach : righteous colonizer mindset
19:30:36 From Cathy : Ladle out corrupt economic systems and ladle up community welfare as the goal
19:31:31 From Susan : into the cauldron – political parties/dualism
19:31:33 From vj******@************ls.org : Toss in dependence on fossil fuels and ladle out solar energy is plenty.
19:32:19 From DepotStudios6 : Ye!
19:33:08 From Delia : throw in callus disregard for other than human life. Ladle out numinous realization of our interconnectedness.
19:33:58 From Susan : oops! into the cauldron political parties ladle out fascination with diversity of perspectives in service to democracy
19:34:26 From Delia : I read that book. The ending still comes up for me. Mostly when I am feeling hopeless….
19:35:32 From DepotStudios6 : Well, I haven’t read the book…and have, yet, an opinion.
19:36:04 From Rachel Heerema (she/her) : into the cauldron: eating plants and animals as “it”
ladle out: honoring and gratitude for the life gifts of our plant & animal friends
19:37:23 From DepotStudios6 : Harvard: the Great American Conspiracy. Now, that requires a l-o-n-g conversation.
19:42:24 From Leslie McIntire : contempt —–ladle out understanding & compassion
19:42:46 From Darcy : Those thoughtforms out there which ruined The Overstory…should not be still hanging out there. …
19:45:46 From Dawn Danby : I had such a similar attraction-revulsion response to the new Kim Stanley Robinson book I mentioned, the Ministry for the Future. Some-percentage-great. Some-percentage-very-troublesome. I appreciated you noting this dynamic a few weeks back.
19:45:55 From vjmeraki: What is that name? Moshka Gosha? I have heard Caroline mention this figure, but I can’t figure out how to spell it to look it up.
(see our Resources at bottom)
19:47:07 From DepotStudios6 : Hmmm, if we tell our stories we’ll never get done. If we listen to stories we will never get done. If we cross pollinate stories we will have arrived..to where we intended to go…endless experience, no harm!
19:48:20 From Delia : We could think of act 5 as the opening of the door (mirror, window, door) and an invitation to move through into the new reality
!!!!!
19:49:40 From Ann Landesberg : curiosity
19:49:40 From Deborah Felmeth : Better late than never I’m here! *! *
19:49:57 From Eryn Alloway : Welcome Deborah!
19:51:25 From Rachel Heerema (she/her) : throw in: hurt people hurt people
ladle out: hurt people heal the lineage of harm
19:51:45 From vjmeraki : Ase!
19:52:06 From Eryn Alloway : Vanessa ~ ~ Yes Mushkil Gusha “the remover of all difficulties” we can share a recording Caroline made while in Bali (I believe)
19:52:37 From vjmeraki: Thank you so much, Eryn!
19:54:37 From Eryn Alloway : Yes of course!
19:55:51 From DepotStudios6 : Ferment be with you!
19:57:10 From Eryn Alloway : And putting into Cauldron pesticides – a symptom of our lack of kinship with nature – and ladling out all plants as valid, within sacred boundaries, network of interrelatedness
19:57:47 From vjmeraki : Ase! Dandelions for Secretary of the FDA!
19:57:57 From Richard~MOS : old coding was 1’s and 0’s
19:58:13 From Eryn Alloway : Wooo deep dandelion roots to bring up all the nutrient we need!
19:58:14 From Darcy : Computer codes calling spirits??? That’s where learning Enochian magic comes in??? LOL
20:00:44 From Richard~MOS : Solar power generated, Hydrogen for fuel
20:01:13 From DepotStudios6 : Yeah, Bob Gough. Wind, it never gives out!
20:02:28 From DepotStudios6 : Ladle out “respect” for all that crosses our oath.
(good fun typo!)
20:03:27 From Cathy : Wasn
20:03:43 From vjmeraki : Btw, Jan 5 is also George Washington Carver day. <3 <3 <3
20:03:45 From Cathy : Wasn’t Georgia originally a prison colony
20:06:27 From DepotStudios6 : If oil came out of the earth to save the whales, let’s invite what wants to come in that says,”Enough oil out of the ground,need to save it for a future that respects it.”
20:08:49 From Cathy : Georgia was a penal colony — where people had to work off their debts. So let’s throw that into the cauldron an ladle our freedom.
!!!!- great, yes, the Georgia election has this on the ballot…
might make a Georgia ballot, to transform the pain and cruelty…
Ahmaud Arbery…
Also on ballot is John Blackman running against someone
really named “Bubba” for public service position.
really named “Bubba” for public service position.
The gods are making the symbolism so clear.
sacramental sound track for our Georgia conjurings…
The blind Black Man Bard- honoring the soul of place —medicine…
20:09:08 From Eryn Alloway : Oo yes Cathy
20:10:52 From Elana Auerbach : ladle out response
20:11:30 From Ann Landesberg : Toss in triggered and pull out Trigger(Roy’s horse)
20:11:45 From Elana Auerbach : HA!
20:11:51 From DepotStudios6 : Yes, Ann!
20:12:51 From Cathy : If we think of them as scared children having a tantrum, then we can ladle out stern tolerance
20:15:37 From Cathy : Perhaps he had her commit suicide as a metaphor for him ending the book that way. What would that say about him?
20:17:56 From DepotStudios6 : Overstory…I have opinions from
interviews,etc, I’ve been exposed to….I wonder if he has defaulted to a diagnosis, and given up on the “magic”…willingness to co-operate.
20:18:08 From Michele Stern : Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 is another book that is insightful for at least 3/5th, maybe more, but he didn’t know how to end it.
20:22:37 From Deborah Felmeth : Ladle out love
20:22:39 From Eryn Alloway : Thank you Deborah, ‘Ministry of Presence’ truly a gift of words
20:23:30 From Cathy : Progressed American moon at 1* Aquarius
grand augury
20:28:30 From Kay : throw in manipulative arrogance and pull out gentle humility
20:28:49 From Deborah Felmeth : yes, that’s good Kay
20:28:59 From Ann Landesberg : Eris=13th fairy.Just buy ANOTHER GOLD P;ATE! How hard can it be? Eris becomes “Goddess of Destruction” by being excluded. To me she is the Goddess of A Seat at the Table for us all. Female trickster energy. What will she become when she is invited? Let’s find out.
!!!
20:29:44 From Cathy : Exactly Caroline. Dogma leaves people needing a leader, some rules.
20:29:45 From vjmeraki : Into the cauldron addiction to certainty and out with curiosity and respect for mystery.
20:30:04 From Rachel Heerema (she/her) : Ann, that’s great! thank you for that insight
20:30:13 From Deborah Felmeth : knowing in our bones, is metal energy, winter work
20:30:39 From Cathy : Exactly Ann.
20:33:11 From Cathy : And she looks Native American with an Eagle headdress.
20:33:51 From Deborah Felmeth : will you please send us the beautiful freedom photo that Rachel found!?
20:39:42 From Eryn Alloway : yes! And it was at the bottom of today’s email too <3
Notes
Saturn and Jupiter in Aquarius quintile the Moon in Aries overhead
‘the bomb that fails to go off’
— protection
Kinship ° Participatory Animism – How we Animate the World
Treatment of Animals
Jupiter says to us
Story Blessing
we find the story we can ride
not so interested in true, not true
whats the story you can ride with
Jackie, Bali white dog ally, was killed for killing chickens
now, perhaps he has incarnated into Capt Moon in mysterious ways
(Cathy offers – like Cavall, King Arthur’s dog companion,
who often sacrificed himself for good over evil …
Loren Isley says ‘our long long journey, we have been amoebas, reptiles, bears,
far longer than we have been human …
and it’s our animals companions that weave what is necessary for now)
In the temple of Isis, Egypt
starving cats were everywhere
this could be very simple
“it is the greatest of blessings to feed a cat at the temple of Isis… we have food for sale”
and everyone would be blessed
at St Catherine’s Monastery
and starving cats everywhere
in these alleged animist, sacred places …
complex realm of humans and animals
so much part of our dynamic
Bear – our Bear Trance postures
(from Project CBD) scientists link liberation to adaptive changes in the endocannabinoid system *Send Article*
Bear medicine
And it was King Arthur’s birthday yesterday the Winter Solstice
Arthur means Bear
and it is the time to be like bears, hibernate, into the cave, dream like bears
We are still in this Winter Solstice time
‘Longest night, wheel is turning, what do we give to the night’
What do we want to throw into the cauldron
and what do we want to ladle out
Saturn – – Jupiter
inhale – – exhale
in one teaching, everyone was together, and then at one point we went off solo
into white rooms, alone, nothing else, to practice our breathing
we had this simple exercise of
inhaling the universe
and exhaling the universe
there was a natural permission of the body to undulate
like being born, like giving birth, like dancing, middle eastern dancing
there’s a rhythm to it, and Saturn is about finding our rhythm
it’s like the John O’Donahue quote
…
unfurl yourself, holding nothing back
Saturn in service to Jupiter – the dedication to holding nothing back
unconflicted enthusiasm
When people say ‘ I have a decision to make ‘
then it’s not ready yet
hold it inside,
Decisions into the Cauldron
Unconflicted Enthusiasm ladles out
or deeper dedication leading to unconflicted enthusiasm
We entertain the possibility that whatever is going on, we are compliticious
Saturn is the part of us that is the Captain of our Adventure, the Director of our Movie
Donna Graham would guide us in council to explain our dreams as each part being a part of ourselves
“I dreamt that I spoke to a friend whom I hadn’t spoken to since college”
> “I dream that I spoke to a part of myself that I hadn’t been in touch with for many years”
So if we’re all in this dream together, the news are part of our shared dream
there’s so much authenticity vs fraud, like in Georgia, each circumstance
Gathering our Woof
Abe Lincoln quote ‘I care not for any man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it’
Tossing into the Cauldron human’s bad manners,
ladling out – participatory animism and kinship
Tossing in finger wagging,
and ladling out irresistible eloquence and guiding
Whatever we speak to in another is the part we’re drawing out
Cringing into the Cauldron
and autonomous unfurling ladled out
Manners in predator / prey
if a prairie dog is right next to its den, and a hawk is above
the prairie dog will relay ‘hey, i’m right next to my den, don’t waste your energy’
and the hawk will see and go ‘okay, catch you later’
Authenticity
May our Inner Life and our Outer Circumstance be in Accord
The Con, toxic mimic into the Cauldron
and the calm authentic ladled out
Saturn and Jupiter leave us to define things
what is ‘trust’?
trust has to do with that the other person considers your well being equal to their own
Saturn dedication in Aquarius to collective well-being
there’s nothing we don’t participate in some telepathic Aquarius way
Overstory – Richard Powers – 3/5 great
one character was based on Simone Simard (sp)
he had his character commit suicide as hopeless, in public contempt
(Throw contempt into the Cauldron, ladle out discernment)
but the real Simone is now successful, academic … what does she think?
Julia Butterfly and other complex real beings that these characters are based on
then at the end he reveals it wasn’t real … he doesn’t believe in magic
and none of this terrible ending happened
…
my friend says, when people don’t know how to end things, how to end stories…
(in fairy tales, when the character does not know and is all alone, they tell themselves their own story)
(neptune chimes in, everything that has been forgotten and undervalued is where a a culture’s soul is )
the 5 act structure of story – 4 acts tragedy, 5 acts comedy (not comedy but redemption)
so come on back here and write act 5
Bertolt Brecht ‘5 obstacles to telling the truth’
(5 opportunities to telling the truth)
the good hearted team has bespelled themselves as ‘good is weak’
we are good, we tried, we came up against evil, we failed, we are good though
5 – all 5 petaled plants are sacred to Venus
Venus creates a 5 petaled orbit (from earth perspective)
1- here we are
2 – away
3 – oops
4 – evil
5 – redemption, renaissance, wedding, go forth and be woofy
can’t skip the 4th act, must earn it
we have to be fully informed
0 Aquarius (where Saturn and Jupiter conjoined)
the outsider who constellates change
respect for structure and bring in outside change
In our own time, cauldron, putting in, ladling out
In ritual magic, 1s and 2s and 0s would call in spirits
The Magician
makes love to the empress (our fertile subconscious)
who becomes the high priestess
may we all have the capacity for metaphoric shapeshifting
that matches the receptors of our conversational partners
Uranus says,
We are big gods – we don’t care what you do, we care the manner in which you do it
from Susan ‘into the cauldron political parties,
ladle out fascination with diversity of perspectives in service to democracy’
Georgia
we remember ancestors
Ahmaud Arbery, young black man killed by white men, with cause or compassion
forced hysterectomies to women from Mexico, deported
but also such good, solid history positive ancestors … and people there now
*as we play this week as things to play with, file scouting reports
what would it mean to cool out the reactive?
we’re working with these themes of Saturn-Jupiter in Aquarius
everything can be imprisoning or liberating
throwing reactions into the cauldron
ladle out responses
throwing in ‘triggered’ (makes you a gun)
and all tired psychological language that once was useful
and ladling out liberated responses
Dion Fortune ‘the purpose of ritual magic is to spiral into group mind expanded wisdom & tolerance’
Jupiter – casts net of curiosity widely
Saturn – pulls it in in accordance with our dedication
and then we sift, and take this from that, discernment (not grumpy)
one purpose of art – is to paint doors in the walls of the reality police
so magic can come through
”Ministry of Presence”
to listen to their stories, and to tell your own
in the Arabian Nights it says ‘People need stories more than they need bread’
Sky Story of Now
Pallas Athena in Aquarius
Moon was quintile Pallas in Aries
+
Eric (goddess of disruption)
at the degree of ‘letting in fresh air’
quintiles … irresistible eloquence
irresistible eloquence to opportunities
language of astrology – can be negative or positive
conscriptive or descriptive – the fear or the opportunity
the energy is available to animate the desirable
or – when we outsource our autonomy – we leave it to dementors
… however
there are only people who are dedicated to collective wellbeing
and those who are not, yet!
in many origin stories we have a tree, a snake, a woman and sometimes a man
and how those stories end up is often that culture’s guiding story/theme
what leaves us open to tyranny? dogma
outsourced Saturn
leaves our receptors open to tyranny
believe nothing, entertain possibilities
sometimes we do know something, deep in our bones
that’s earned Saturn
Statue of Freedom
13 stars, wearing an eagle on her head, her sword is wrapped in cloth,
she has a laurel wreath and shield
Miss Freedom in Georgia, her sword is revealed
not harm, but justice
encourage us to honor Freedom and Miss Freedom
draw, feed her energetically, call and response…
Call and Response
manners – would you like to cahoot?
inviting in cooperation
and sometimes we get an irrefutable response
a cool breeze on a hot day at the perfect time
Georgia is a referendum
on relief for people,
Senate is in the balance
… where we really want our coyote to reveal all traps and chicanery
The Aquarius New Moon February 11, 2021
Saturn at 6 Aquarius – the renaissance egg
jupiter and venus conjoined
and moon in aquarius quintile uranus
Uranus community and participatory animism in cahoots
… Metaphor and desire come into our participatory animism
this astro line up is very similar to 1962 (Eddie Izzard’s chart)
so what could come out of this, the outsider that constellates community
his mad comedy and genius opens pathways everywhere
(then went more serious)
and now is running for Mayor of England
what could this time hold?
profound and liberating social commentary
Jan 5th is also George Washington Carver day
he said that most of what he learned about plants
was from talking to them
And Sarah James reminds us not to use the acronym ‘ANWAR’
it looses intimacy, say the whole name
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
or as the Gwich’in say ‘The Sacred Place Where Life Begins’
Saturn Jupiter need each other
with only Saturn it would be constraint
with only Jupiter it would be without bounds
together it forms the rhythm
inwards and outward
breath
and our Saturn dedication brings deep Jupiter joy
generosity, reciprocity brings joy
we’re all animating the world based on our Saturn script
the redeemer is born in each heart on Solstice
for each one of us comes our customized Trickster guide
bestowing presents
‘irresistible eloquence on behalf of what you love’
‘cool dance moves to spiral out of polarity’
may it enter into our dreams and imagining
——
*Where’d I put that …?
“What I’m looking for is right in front me of”
*Mushkil Gusha ‘Caravan of Dreams’
Ides Shah
*Eddie Izzard – Dres to Kill
*’Life is Beautiful’ movie
theres no time for disappointment
whats the next appointment
— —
Encouraging animation of Freedom and Miss Freedom
Resources
° Project CBD:
Bears endocannabinoid system & hibernation
Article: https://www.projectcbd.org/science/bear-necessities
° Dress to Kill, Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard “Cake or Death” Sketch From Dress to Kill on youtube
& Just announced She will be using Female Pronouns!
*Animating the Statue of Freedom
Maybe cut out the images of Freedom and Miss Freedom,
that those dedicated to collective well-being,
journey from Georgia Miss Freedom
to the US Capitol Freedom…
(Perhaps draw pathways betwixt
…adorned with trickster spirit protection…
conjuring our customized trickster accomplice…)
Statue of Freedom Statue of Freedom atop US Capitol Statue of Freedom (found by Rachel Hereema) 
Miss Freedom atop the Georgia state Capitol Georgia State Capitol – Miss Freedom (Edward Crim photo)
