OKAY- ALRIGHT-I AM BACK

It's always about the magician's pleasure...

THANKS TO AGGIE, and so many others of you, I have reachieved a healthy attitude and the ability to continue////
WE ARE NOW IN TUSCON, AZ, AND NEED ALL THE SUPPORT YOU CAN PROVIDE TO HELP US GET ESTABLISHED/// NOT MONEY MIND YOU, but references either to folks you know who might benefit from my services or personal letters of recommendation that we may use in the local metaphysical news outlets/////

It is a unique expierence for someone such as myself to have to combat a virus of this magnitude, and I am blessed in having whipped the damned thing ///SPECIAL THANKS TO AGGIE/DONNA/TERRI/ALAN, and anyone else who sent healing energy...

... the real powerhouses get a rest break.

We will be in Scotsdale this weekend doing the final ceremony to remove this thing from our space and hope all will be well for everyone in our small community... PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO SEND THAT LAST BIT OF ENERGY TO THIS OLD MAN!!!!!!

One of the folks who tried to help (but instead he pissed me off) was this dude Chuck/// who makes energy jewelry for sick kids [special thanks there] I try to help him out with stones when we can afford it.  I did not turn him into a frog (yet).

And this poor bastard half-assed thought I was god, then watched me take advantage of another poor bastard, and scared himself shitless.  But I like him.

THINK GREEN
BLESSED BE
COUGINA

Casita Hermiticia

Cougina and Aggie are sedentary for the winter, meaning that we have rented a place. This is a big change for a man who has not lived on a specific piece of property in the last thirty years, and then not for more than 6 months. The big reason for the move is to create a healing space for C.  Having always taken his invincibility for granted, the tenacity of the West Nile virus took him by surprise.  So what if he's the only one of the dozen victims in AZ who is still ambulatory.  He expected to be back to full health in a couple of weeks, and it hasn't worked out that way.  

So here's the new place. It's a one bedroom casita, one of eight on the property, a little stand-alone house that is rapidly becoming our home. You can see today's addition, the potted mums (yellow - third chakra and purple - 6th chakra) out front, hanging baskets on the entrance stoop, and (my favorite) the vegetable and herb garden in the box.  Cougina staked up one heirloom tomato plant with two tiny green tomatoes.

Our landlords are a married couple, two wonderfully kind yellow spirit bodies. Cougina is encouraging them in their notion that we might be a defrocked priest and nun. Well, they sort of wondered about the altar setup in the living room. 

[Cougina wants me to tell you that while he was in the shower just now, he washed his ass, just for me. I don't think he is familiar with the acronym TMI. I am just barely aware, so I won't add any detail.]

We'll post some interior photos another time.  For now, here is a view of the new incarnation of our hermetic altar.  Having a fixed space for the first time, we got some big fragrant candles at Target, a lovely sounding crystal bell, and an Indian (Asian) incense burner that can be held in the hands while burning. We have been and will be using this more powerful altar setup in our ritual work for Cougina's healing.  If this is of interest to you, we will be discussing this ritual in detail on Covina Hermiticia.  email covina.hermiticia@att.net to inquire about a free trial membership.


THINK GREEN
BLESSED BE
AGGIE & COUGINA

Comment on Cougina's Reading

An unsolicited comment from a client who had an aura/Tarot reading from Cougina...

"I’m writing to tell you that just about 80% of your card reading came true for me! It’s very exciting, that you mentioned a legal issue and worked out exactly as you described! Also I appreciate you bringing to my attention, my friend anger……I’m at a point now where I’m actually learning and acting upon turning it into PASSION where it serves itself and me the best! Thank you, thank you, thank you."

We are wintering in Tucson, AZ, where Cougina is available for readings.  couginamachek@aol.com or 602 386 8199.

The comment was posted on our blog http://hermeticorderforhumans.com

Travel Update

Cougina and I want to thank everyone in Phoenix and in Houston for their donations, which help greatly to get our winter season started off on solid financial footing.  Andria and Tom helped spread the word to clients, and Terri. as usual, was an immense help, providing her home, scheduling clients, and even supplying Grolsch, Cougina's favorite beer.

We are in Kansas, sharing my daughter's thirtieth birthday celebration.  I am blessed that I was able to be with my son on his birthday, and now with my daughter and her family on her birthday.  She is a beautiful woman, and I love her so very much!

Cougina is making progress in his West Nile recovery.  He has gone 24 hours without either of the aids he allows himself, Motrin and Power Paks (an electrolyte mix).  He wants me to communicate that Andria's idea of making the smaller tree represent the Earth is a great idea, and that he will elaborate later.

We will be taking a bus ride from Kansas to Phoenix, arriving Tuesday, and from there will head out to the country and resume blogging.

Blessed be,
Aggie

Saintliness vs. Perfection

There was a post a couple of months ago about Cougina the A--hole.  For those of you who sometimes wonder about his lack of saintliness (and we all do or have done), I have come across this description in Franz Bardon's The Key to the True Qabalah which may be of interest.  This is from pp. 14-15 of the version which I downloaded free online. 

"I should like to point out once again the difference between a perfect initiate and a saint...  A perfect human being adheres to all universal laws, duly takes them into consideration in the macrocosm as well as in the material, astral and mental plane and lives by them, whereas the saint is only interested in a particular religious system, translating the same into reality by following its dogmas and regulations, but is not keeping equal pace everywhere, i.e., in every sphere.  The person only striving after saintliness usually neglects the body and the material world, regarding both as maya, a delusion, and realizes, after relevant training, within himself only very few aspects of the universal laws.  Such people do attain a climax in the aspects they have put before themselves as their goal, be it the divine aspect of charity, mercy, kindness, etc., which they realize within themselves. These people then see the universal laws only from the angle of their mental training, but are not able to comprehend the complete image of the universal legality, nor can they interpret them. From the point of view of hermetics, such a way is not regarded as a perfect one and is termed "the path of saintliness". A true initiate, a quabbalist, on the other hand, will seek to acknowledge all divine aspects equally and to realize them gradually. This way, of course, is longer and more arduous, and, usually, one incarnation is not enough to complete it. The most important thing for him is his being aware that he is proceeding along the right track. 

On the way to perfection there should not be any haste. Everything takes time and needs the necessary maturity for its perfection. From the hermetic point of view there are actually only two ways: the way to "saintliness" and the way to "perfection". The way to saintliness has as many systems as there are religions on this earth. He who chooses the way to saintliness has decided to realize within himself only one or a few divine aspects and is usually regarded as symbolizing the relevant divine idea. With only a few exceptions, his saintliness then even becomes a hindrance on his way, considering the world or the less mature human beings, for because of the devotion of his disciples, worshipers, followers, etc., he is often impeded in his mission, task and rise.

I do not want to deal here with such human beings who consciously decorate themselves with an aureola, in order to be respected, adored, worshiped, etc. Unfortunately, there exist a great number of such people in this world. A
true saint retires to solitude, whereas a hypocrite will show off with his halo. But he who follows the course to perfection will never seek solitude; he will abide by the place which Divine Providence has allocated to him and will continue working at his personal development without attracting the attention of his environment. He will not do the least to show his state of maturity to the external world. On the contrary, he may even try to disguise it to be unmolested by curious and immature people. This goes to show that there is also a great difference in the attitude and behavior of a saint and a perfect human being. The saint will lose his individuality as soon as he has reached his goal; but this is not the case with the perfect human being. Not the individuality as a person is at stake, but the individuality as God incarnate."

Blessed be,
Aggie

545 vs. 300,000,000

It's political, but aligned with no party's ideology... Charlie Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel... He has been a journalist for 49 years. He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN. 545 vs. 300,000,000 People -By Charlie Reese Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes? You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does. You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does. You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does. You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does. One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country. I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank. I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes. Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party. What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to. It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist. If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red. If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ... If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way. There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do. Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses. Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees... We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess! Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table, At which he's fed. Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes Are the rule. Tax his work, Tax his pay, He works for peanuts anyway! Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat. Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work, Tax his dirt. Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he Tries to think. Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries Tax his tears. Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways To tax his ass. Tax all he has Then let him know That you won't be done Till he has no dough. When he screams and hollers; Then tax him some more, Tax him till He's good and sore. Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in Which he's laid... Put these words Upon his tomb, 'Taxes drove me to my doom...' When he's gone, Do not relax, Its time to apply The inheritance tax. Accounts Receivable Tax Building Permit Tax CDL license Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Dog License Tax Excise Taxes Federal Income Tax Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) Fishing License Tax Food License Tax Fuel Permit Tax Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon) Gross Receipts Tax Hunting License Tax Inheritance Tax Inventory Tax IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) Liquor Tax Luxury Taxes Marriage License Tax Medicare Tax Personal Property Tax Property Tax Real Estate Tax Service Charge Tax Social Security Tax Road Usage Tax Recreational Vehicle Tax Sales Tax School Tax State Income Tax State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) Telephone Federal Excise Tax Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax Telephone State and Local Tax Telephone Usage Charge Tax Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft Registration Tax Well Permit Tax Workers Compensation Tax   STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?' Blessed be Cougina

Another Guacomole Joke

This is an oldie but goodie, in the inimitable Guacomole style...
Some engineering students were sitting around discussing who might have designed the remarkable human body.

One student said, "It must have been an electrical engineer who designed the human body.  Consider the sophisticated communications and information processing systems formed by the brain and nervous system.

Another student said, "It must have been a mechanical engineer who designed the  human body.  Consider the reliable lifetime performance of the system of levers in the musculo-skeletal system.

The last student to speak said, "It must have been an architectural engineer who designed the human body.  Who else would run a toxic waste line through a recreation area?"