Adept (Magenta Forge) @MagentaForge@awoo.space

First crisis of faith encountered. Worried that I came too close to violating fundamental beliefs late yesterday. Upset. Scared. Can't bring myself to sleep. This close to pitching everything, just to be safe. Know that's not a rational response. Going to try to sleep in the observatory instead.

Spent a good chunk of today talking woo and ritual work, and excited to keep building on my practice. :>

Currently, my system doesn't really have much in a cosmological 'this is how the world works' sense. I've been taking a very utilitarian approach to things, I've noticed. Tools for self-reflection, tools for entering states of mind, symbols I find meaningful with no strong links between them; use of character roleplay and states of mind to help me in my day to day.

Still feeling the need to assert that I know where the handrails are occasionally. Wonder if that's normal for this stage.

Hey, does anyone do cartomancy out there? Especially with classical tarot decks? I'd be interested in chatting about stuff!

My Work notebook has started to take on the smell of the incense. It /smells/ like magic. 💙

Having a hard time today feeling like I fit in with the woo community here. Feel like I'm surrounded by True Believers, and I'm just like... coming at stuff from a psychological and social angle?

Intellectually I know this is not the case, but emotionally...

IDK. I should hammer this out with Roque.

It feels good to get some of these old circuits back online. 💖

The purpose of this is to lay down sort of a foundational description, in the sense of 'This is what I am seeking to get out of this practice.' Frequently this is a set of tools for self-reflection, the ability to suspend skepticism to engage in a subjective experience, the communal making of meaning.

The Work begins by figuring out where baseline reality IS, because in order to bend the rules, you need to know they're THERE.

So I've written an introductory post to my blog, describing thoughts after one month in Seattle's woo-oriented crowd.

Content warning; in this, I do the initial steps of establishing a conception of baseline reality based in philosophical materialism, atheism, skepticism, and empiricism. I deny things you may believe in.

I am wind, second most dangerous element. I deconstruct everything.

https://magentaforge.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/purpose-of-this-blog/

"How do I know I will be safe?"
"Because YOU set the boundaries, Magician."

It's time I actually started using this account. Maybe I'll start getting things sorted out of I wrote them down

This account is a space to talk about 'woo' (ritual; magical thinking; the practice of 'magic' for certain definitions of magic) without feeling like I'm necessarily forcing it onto everyone in my timeline.

As a person who's most comfortable when compartmentalizing various components of her life, this felt appropriate for a separate account, and I feel freer to talk about these topics.

Hello, World!