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2011-10-25

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< ** Monday -- I've asked for the day off from work. This will give me time to cook two big dishes -- chocolate cobbler and pumpkin bread -- and prepare them for the evening. Then I'll take my car out onto the street, to the site I've chosen, and set up my stand there. I'll have my cast iron pot hanging from its stand, full of little toys for the kids, while I set up my food and (hopefully) offer it to the kids on the streets -- and their parents.

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> ** Monday (Halloween) -- I've asked for the day off from work. This will give me time to cook two big dishes -- chocolate cobbler and pumpkin bread -- and prepare them for the evening. Then I'll take my car out onto the street, to the site I've chosen, and set up my stand there. I'll have my cast iron pot hanging from its stand, full of little toys for the kids, while I set up my food and (hopefully) offer it to the kids on the streets -- and their parents. (I obtained the parts for my costume -- which doesn't require much -- last Friday evening.)


Part 1: The past few days have been alternately tiring (physically) and relaxing (mentally). I've been at work, of course, especially after hours with the pager. I cooked a couple of good dishes and a couple of light ones, as well as gorging myself (and I'm working to clear that excess out of my system at this time). Meanwhile, I've been attempting to achieve a meditative state at least once each day, with varying results.

Part II: Last week I received a new book from Amazon, Hands-On Chaos Magic. Far more enjoyable to read than Liber Null was, I think this is the introduction to Chaos magic that I've been hoping to read! It will take a while to work my way through this book, but the writing style is both easy to read and full of useful information. It includes a few basic ways to achieve the frame of mind for gnosis, which I hope to try soon enough. It even delves into the aspect of Chaos magic that made me laugh out loud, at first – the way it mixes the fictional with the so-called "non-fictional." (Technically, it's all fictional, which is why I'm enjoying it on its own terms.) Probably more than any book on "magic" that I've read so far (which aren't very many, admittedly), Hands-On Chaos Magic is the one that has appealed to me the most as a beginner, and encouraged me to delve further into this genre.

I plan on having a fun and special weekend.