Story Stirring the Cauldron
in the Other Direction

Diving into the Dark Intrigue Realms,
the “underworld ghost river” with
wiley liberating stories to guide us…

Honoring my friend Virginia Daley’s dream

(as we meditate on the return of the light,
Ginny really honors and brings the light.
Encourage perusing the photos of her paintings
http://www.virginiadaley.com/ )

 

In the dream: We are making our way slowly,
through dense swirling atmosphere towards a
cauldron being stirred by a spooky bad wraith.

A voice says to us,
“You must take the stick and stir
the cauldron in the other direction.”

As soon as we touch the stirring stick, the scary
wraith dissipates. And now we begin slowly
stirring against the centrifugal force….

°°°

Tis a great deft metaphor for now.
Saturn in Sagittarius is the story stirring stick,
in Pluto’s Winter Solstice Cauldron, in which Jupiter
and Uranus swirl- wild story maelstrom vortex….

 

Jupiter at the
“Two Men Placed Under Arrest” degree.
Accountability. Any nominees?

Likewise, O team o’ fellow visualizers,
imagers, public dreamers, for whom,
in all the realms of actuality, myth, history,
would one vote for President…

(As members of the electoral college
can legally vote for anyone – living.)

We’re just playing it into all realms.
Because, tis the atmosphere wafting out
of the cauldron, that is the guiding strategy.

“The purpose of ritual magic is
to spiral into Group Human Mind
expanded wisdom and tolerance.”

 

 

“The Magic Circle”
by John William Waterhouse (1886)
about which Frances Fowle writes:

“Miracles, magic and the power of prophecy
are common themes in Waterhouse’s art.
More specifically, the notion of woman as
enchantress is one that recurs in images
such as Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses
(1891, Oldham Art Gallery) and Hylas and the
Nymphs (1896, Manchester City Art Gallery).

His oeuvre also includes a number of
middle-eastern subjects, in which he drew on
the work of contemporary artists such as J.F
Lewis (1805-76) and Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(1836-1912), rather than on actual experience.

This is one of Waterhouse’s earlier works, and
reflects his fascination with the exotic.

The woman in this picture appears to be a
witch or priestess, endowed with magic powers,
possibly the power of prophecy.

Her dress and general appearance is highly eclectic, and
is derived from several sources: she has the swarthy
complexion of a woman of middle-eastern origin;
her hairstyle is like that of an early Anglo-Saxon;
her dress is decorated with Persian or Greek warriors.

In her left hand she holds a crescent-shaped sickle,
linking her with the moon and Hecate.

With the wand in her right hand she draws a
protective magic circle round her.

Outside the circle the landscape is bare and
barren; a group of rooks or ravens and a frog
– all symbols of evil and associated with witchcraft –
are excluded. But within its confines are flowers and
the woman herself, objects of beauty.

The meaning of the picture is unclear, but
its mystery and exoticism struck a chord
with contemporary observers.”

p.s.

Hey – it’s Gen. Custer’s Birthday –
(12.5. 1839 – June 25, 1876)

This time the cavalry showed up
to support the Indians..

(Mercury at the “Indians mobilizing” degree)

 

Much to animate herein, grateful to
our council at this time of “jetino” –
the powerful magic that comes in
dangerous times…