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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Mar 28, 2025, David Dalton wrote   
   (in article<0001HW.2D965A82001AAF4470000CAE538F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
      
   > On Mar 25, 2025, David Dalton wrote   
   > (in article<0001HW.2D926F8300B8AC3E7000089CB38F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
   >   
   > > And the Juno Awards (Canada’s national music awards)   
   > > will be given out on the evening of March 30, so maybe   
   > > Goddess will smile on us then.   
   > >   
   > > "Don't get me wrong   
   > > If I'm acting so distracted   
   > > I'm thinking about the fireworks   
   > > That go off when You smile”   
   > > (The Pretenders)   
   > >   
   > > When will I start a new attempt? I hope it will be complete   
   > > by the morning of April 1, but I don’t know how long it will   
   > > take, so I can’t say when I should start. It might be the   
   > > morning of March 29 at 8:30 a.m., or it might be the evening   
   > > of March 29, or it might be the evening of March 30. The   
   > > morning of March 29 will be just after dark moon, and the   
   > > evening of March 30 will be earliest visible by naked eye   
   > > waxing crescent (“Thou moon of moons and of blessings!”)   
   > >   
   > > But surely 3913 popthroughs and the setup for evolution   
   > > of all viruses and all DNA-based species globally will   
   > > take at least two days?   
   > >   
   > > And given sexuality aspects of my workings, maybe I will   
   > > have to wait until Beltane Eve, which is a relatively   
   > > early waxing crescent. Or I might have to wait until   
   > > St. Sarah’s Day (May 24), which is a crone moon (waning   
   > > crescent, “Mary walks down to the water’s edge”).   
   > >   
   > > Good night,   
   > > DRD   
   >   
   > March 28, 2025   
   >   
   > I had been feeling extra tired and with a dull ache in   
   > my belly the last few days, after the cold I had for   
   > a couple of days beginning last Thursday evening.   
   > Perhaps I suffered as a consequence of having   
   > five pints of Smithwick’s on St. Patrick’s Day, combined   
   > with the four medications I am on. But anyway,   
   > shortly after midnight tonight (early March 28) I suddenly   
   > started to feel better, and was inspired to invoke Goddess   
   > in her Raven aspect to, with collaborators, begin a new   
   > attempt beginning at 12:55 a.m. This should be   
   > centred on the exact time of dark moon, though of   
   > course the physical evolution will last well beyond then.   
   > If this fails I will try again at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning,   
   > and if that fails I will try at sunset on March 30, and   
   > if that fails I will try on April Fool’s Day. And of course   
   > Raven is a Trickster, but this time I hope it means my   
   > attempt will work earlier than what I said earlier in   
   > this thread and on the Fumblers Facebook group.   
   >   
   > What did I do to start the attempt? I think I thought of   
   > the Raven aspect thing just after it had started. Before it   
   > started I touched a quote from Ecclesiastes on a   
   > circular calendar poster I have above my bed. ("To   
   > everything there is a season and a time to every   
   > purpose under the heaven.”) That didn’t quite do it, so I   
   > also kissed an apple from our family tree and said   
   > “Baggins’ apples do belong.”” At that time it was   
   > 12:54 a.m. and I had to wait until 12:55 a.m. before   
   > I received a strong (P) closure click and buzz. Then   
   > I ate the apple.   
      
   I failed again, and will now wait until 8:30 a.m. tomorrow   
   before trying again. New/dark moon is at 8:27 a.m., and   
   the maximum of the partial solar eclipse is at 7:53 a.m.   
   with a coverage of 85.4% of the sun at that time, but it   
   is supposed to be mostly cloudy, but I will probably notice   
   the decrease in light through my bedroom window (however   
   I don’t have any eclipse glasses so won’t look at it if it   
   does happen to show through any gap in the clouds).   
   I guess Raven will be munching on the sun. :-)   
      
   --   
   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)   
   "I'm on my way; And I must flag the last train down"   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x0jjvslUuY (Bill Bourne - Baggins)   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)