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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Mar 1, 2025, David Dalton wrote   
   (in article<0001HW.2D73A78401F6A5BC70000932E38F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
      
   > On Mar 1, 2025, David Dalton wrote   
   > (in article<0001HW.2D72D9F701CA09B570000932E38F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
   >   
   > > On Feb 20, 2025, David Dalton wrote   
   > > (in article<0001HW.2D680D5B00D6A877700003EE038F@news.eternal   
   september.org>)   
   > > :   
   > >   
   > > > This year Ramadan is expected to begin on the evening of   
   > > > February 28 (depending on the sighting of the moon),   
   > > > which is also the great planetary alignment, so I consider   
   > > > it an auspicious time for positive global changes. Do you too?   
   > >   
   > > Some may be interested in my   
   > > “new moon + planetary alignment attempt”   
   > > thread on alt.religion.druid.   
   > >   
   > > In the third attempt of that thread, it is now after   
   > > sunset both here (St. John’s, Newfoundland) and   
   > > in Vancouver the night of February 28, and I think   
   > > after dawn March 1 in Saudi Arabia.   
   > >   
   > > In this latest attempt the popthroughs will be reverse   
   > > chronological all the way, which means that for Muslims   
   > > Mohammed will take precedence over the earlier (thus   
   > > later in the sequence) Jesus, Moses, and Jacob if   
   > > there is a conflict. Also belief popthroughs take   
   > > precedence over non-belief popthroughs if there   
   > > is a conflict.   
   > >   
   > > I have read that Muslims must abstain from sex during   
   > > the day during Ramadan but can have sex at night   
   > > (after they break their fast) and thus can benefit from   
   > > the sexuality aspects of my workings, which will   
   > > include most couples becoming optimally sexually   
   > > compatible (a minority already were).   
   >   
   > I failed again, and plan to try again after I sight the waxing   
   > crescent locally for the first time this lunar month.   
   >   
   > Sunset here is at 5:46 p.m. 260 degrees, West.   
   >   
   > At that time the moon will be at an altitude of 21 degrees   
   > at 250 degrees, West-SouthWest, so it should be visible   
   > around or just after then, so I expect to begin a new   
   > attempt by around 5:55 p.m. (2125 UTC March 1).   
   >   
   > If I fail because the moon is still only 5% full and will   
   > be very close in azimuth to the setting sun, I don’t know   
   > when I can try again, since it will be cloudy for at   
   > least the next two evenings.   
   >   
   > Some planets should also still be visible around nightfall.   
      
   I sighted the waxing crescent at 5:53 p.m. and began a   
   new attempt at 5:55 p.m. The number 55 is a lucky   
   recurring number for me, and in Roman numerals   
   is LV, which I take to mean LOVE.   
      
   I began the attempt by saying “Goddess, will you and   
   other collaborators involved in the initial nine items   
   please begin the initial nine items?” and getting a   
   (P) closure click and buzz. Again, I define Goddess   
   as the ruler of the region all.everything, who many   
   call God, and She is the chair/moderator and most   
   important collaborator of my workings, which can   
   be considered as a complicated prayer in which I   
   have done much of the groundwork in the last 29 years.   
      
   After I got the (P) closure, for good measure I   
   kissed the breast of the moon, thinking of   
   the woman I have shakti associated with Luna,   
   who is not Sarah McLachlan, who is shakti   
   associated with Gaia.   
      
   Even though it was not yet dark, I also spotted   
   what I am pretty sure is Venus.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “And now the angry morning; Gives the early signs of warning; You must   
   face alone the plans you make; Decisions they will try to break" (S.McL.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)