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   XPost: alt.religion.druid, alt.magick, alt.religion.shamanism   
   XPost: alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic, alt.music.s-mclachlan   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Mar 29, 2025, David Dalton wrote   
   (in article<0001HW.2D98948B009DBB1470000CAE538F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
      
   > On Mar 28, 2025, David Dalton wrote   
   > (in article<0001HW.2D9749720052AE3E70000CAE538F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
   >   
   > > 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.etern   
   l-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. :-)   
   >   
   > March 29, 2025 (new/dark moon)   
   >   
   > It was cloudy this morning but I did notice a dimming of the light.   
   >   
   > I tried again beginning at 8:30 a.m., with the funnel initial   
   > item changed to [F1234] instead of [F123]. I aborted this   
   > attempt at 6 p.m. after getting no hits and no sign of   
   > a.s.c. (4) in my family members, and some indication   
   > that [F4] didn’t work. I won’t try again until sunset tomorrow,   
   > regardless of whether I sight the moon or not then, and with   
   > a change that the 43 hcps will come last in the incorporation.   
   > Perhaps I will go to the session at The Peter Easton tonight.   
      
   On second thought, if an attempt is to be complete by the   
   morning of April Fool’s Day (other than ongoing s.m.p.e.),   
   I need to start it sooner than sunset tomorrow.   
      
   Also, though it is hard to believe, Saudi Arabia claims to   
   have sighted the earliest waxing crescent today, which,   
   on a global level, fulfills “Thou moon of moons and of blessings!”.   
   That Saudi sighting is followed by Muslims in North America (though   
   of course I am not Muslim). Also, depending on cloud cover,   
   the early waxing crescent might be visible at or just after   
   sunset in Vancouver in a few hours. (Check timeanddate.com   
   for moon altitude and azimuth at sunset.)   
      
   So with that in mind I began a new attempt at 8:59 p.m.   
   The worst that could happen is that I will fail again and   
   will have to sight the moon myself just after sunset   
   tomorrow (or maybe even wait until Beltane Eve).   
      
   And tonight is a Juno Awards Gala at which I think   
   40 awards will be given out, though the televised   
   Juno Awards will be tomorrow night. For more   
   info and to watch see https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos .   
      
   --   
   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)