#introduction #sciencefiction #fandom #ubuntu #mandrake #slackware #esoteric #vic20 #usenet #android #wikipedia #finland #fantasy #angband #umoria #moria #chess #gameoflife #math #astronomy #reenacment #primitivetechnology #mysteries and more hashtags later.
Edward Kelley was the first article I edited on wikipedia in 2003 (I've been on wikipedia for a bit) . My great great grand aunt was reputedly a powerful witch. She got swindled in a land deal and made the land in question fallow. Apparently to this day nothing grows on it.
My own experiences for a large part I will only talk about in general terms, allusively or both. I do supplemental introductions later. Here are a few more hashtags:
#kinky #centreleft #Tarot #IChing #dice #scrying #jung #heinlein #synchronicity #morphicfield #pratchett #TomHolt #Michaelscottrohan #Tolkien #MelissaScott #annleckie
#introduction #sciencefiction #fandom #ubuntu #mandrake #slackware #esoteric #vic20 #usenet #android #wikipedia #finland #fantasy #angband #umoria #moria #chess #gameoflife #math #astronomy #reenacment #primitivetechnology #mysteries #kinky #centreleft #Tarot #IChing #dice #scrying #jung #heinlein #synchronicity #morphicfield #pratchett #TomHolt #michaelscottrohan #tolkien #MelissaScott #annleckie
Sunday March 26th 2023:
Hexagram 51
Zhèn, Shock
Thunder over Thunder
Initial line: The shock comes: fright fright. After that laughter and talk: shriek shriek. Auspicious.
Have spent the last few days investigating tarot and I Ching in depth for the first time & it’s absolutely *fascinating*. I always steered clear of anything labelled divination because I thought it was just fanciful fortune-telling— I’ve never been so happy to be completely wrong!
I love how the symbolism & archetypes of #tarot and the daoist-confucian philosophy and ethos of change in the #IChing serve to stimulate creative thinking that’s in large part outside our usual binary logic circuits.
My recent article "Seeing Nature In the Lunar New Year," is on Substack.
#China #chinaus #uschina #culture #IChing #yinyang #lunarnewyear #chineseculture #Chineselanguage
https://toddcornell.substack.com/p/seeing-nature-in-the-lunar-new-year
#china #chinaus #USChina #culture #IChing #yinyang #LunarNewYear #chineseculture #chineselanguage
Hello! New instance, new #introduction :dandelion:
I've been exploring the fediverse for about a year and I've settled on how I want to use it: I'm starting fresh here to focus on magic :_candleb:
I'm mostly into #tradcraft, Ancient #Mediterranean magical techniques and cosmology, narrative forms of magic (#historiola as well as modern takes: #WeavingFate by Aidan Wachter is probably the single most influential book in my practice), and #divination (#astrology, #tarot, #geomancy, and I've started dabbling with the #IChing as a total dilettante). I'm also studying #herbalism formally as one pathway into what you might call #wortcunning
Some of my ongoing magical projects include crafting a personal ritual year and taking stock of the past few years' worth of experiments to decide on my next big step: that's my focus in 2023.
Talk to you soon and thanks for having me!
#introduction #tradcraft #mediterranean #historiola #WeavingFate #Divination #astrology #Tarot #geomancy #IChing #herbalism #wortcunning
#Introduction cont.
I'm a #gamer, into all #gaming : #TableTopGaming (#BoardGames and #rpgs ) and #PCGaming (I'm a #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming enthusiast!) I program computers for a living (in #TypeScript these days, #RustLang for fun!) Tinkering a little with #GodotEngine . I do #writing sometimes, of #poetry and #prose, and I do #painting #oilpainting as well. I read #tarot and #iching / #yijing / #易經.
#introduction #gamer #gaming #tabletopgaming #boardgames #rpgs #pcgaming #SteamDeck #linuxgaming #typescript #rustlang #godotengine #writing #poetry #prose #painting #oilpainting #Tarot #IChing #yijing #易經
@lukaslykus @sbr
Like I said earlier, the 16 bead method has identical probabilities to the yarrow stalks, it is just quicker and more convenient
https://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/learn/ways-to-consult-the-i-ching/16-beads/
My favorite book of interpretations is The Portable Dragon: The Western Man's Guide to the I Ching Paperback – by R. G. H. Siu
https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Dragon-Western-Guide-Ching/dp/0262690306
@sbr
Just for fun, I once constructed and programmed a little electronic gizmo that would cast the I Ching, using the 16 bead method. Red lines are moving lines, green are ordinary lines.
@zdl @sbr
The original method of consulting the I Ching was a tedious exercise with yarrow stalks. But there exists a simpler method using 16 beads which has the same mathematical probability as the yarrow.
https://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/learn/ways-to-consult-the-i-ching/16-beads/
@zdl @sbr
Ah! I Ching with moving lines.
My favorite book of interpretations is The Portable Dragon: The Western Man's Guide to the I Ching Paperback – by R. G. H. Siu
It has the traditional Chinese interpretations, but in addition it has them explained using quotations from Western literature. Citations from everyone from Epictetus to Thomas Wolfe, A.A. Milne to Machiavelli, Jane Austen to Tachibana Akemi. Quite valuable to a TTRPG game master.
https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Dragon-Western-Guide-Ching/dp/0262690306
#IChing
I'm into #TableTopGaming (like #BoardGames and #rpgs ) and #PCGaming (I'm a #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming enthusiast!) I program computers for a living (in #TypeScript these days, #RustLang for fun!) Tinkering a little with #GodotEngine . I #writer sometimes, of poems and prose, and I #painter as well, of oils and dreams. I read #tarot and #iching / #yijing .
#tabletopgaming #boardgames #rpgs #pcgaming #SteamDeck #linuxgaming #typescript #rustlang #godotengine #writer #painter #Tarot #IChing #yijing
My newest Substack article.
#China #chinaus #uschina #culture #IChing #yinyang #chineseculture #Chineselanguage
https://toddcornell.substack.com/p/the-yin-yang-effect?sd=pf
#china #chinaus #USChina #culture #IChing #yinyang #chineseculture #chineselanguage
#BraveWritingIching
Setting the intention: Brave Writing uses a line prompt and a timed writing session to stoke your creative energy. I am going to challenge myself to do a session, casting an #IChing hexagram as a starting point, at least 4 times a week until the New Year.
Pick a line, set the timer for 7 minutes, and just keep that pen moving.
#amwriting
#bravewritingiching #IChing #amwriting
All is 1 when 1+1=1
All is self contained
All we need is within
Consciousness is more than the sum of it’s parts.
#introduction
#multidisciplinary
#artist
#dadaist
#filmmaker
#musician
#writer
#entrepreneur
#lefthanded
#adhd
#Mensa
#Member
#rtw
#traveling
#transhumanism
#atheism
#love #tao #IChing #nasimtaleb #tarot #jung #bertrandrussell #Campbell #heroes #journey
#introduction #multidisciplinary #artist #dadaist #filmmaker #musician #writer #entrepreneur #lefthanded #adhd #mensa #member #rtw #traveling #transhumanism #atheism #love #tao #IChing #nasimtaleb #Tarot #jung #bertrandrussell #campbell #Heroes #journey
#riptwitter #ElonMusk #IChing #divination
Hexagram 64 of the Yi was what I received to summarize Elon Musk. He's a fool and will not change, just continue embarrassing himself.
...The young fox nearly crosses and wets its tail.
Nothing profitable.
And from my own Forest of Changes Yi Jing:
The charioteer has no pants,
Going naked out the gates.
The children laugh,
The noble suffers a disaster.
#riptwitter #ElonMusk #IChing #divination
I did pick up my first copy of the #IChing. I don't understand the #history and largely the significance much, I'm looking forward to reading the included forward and explanation and diving down a few #wiki holes for sources to follow up with.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching?wprov=sfla1
#YinJing #divination #cleromancy
#cleromancy #Divination #YinJing #wiki #history #IChing