Saturday, September 30, 2006

In the Right Place

You Belong in San Diego
Laid back and friendly, you were meant to live most of your life on the beach.
You usually think everything is "all good"... except when the weather dips under 60F.
You stay classy - especially when you're in Tijuana!
http://www.blogthings.com/wheredoesyourinnercalifornianbelongquiz/">Where Does Your Inner Californian Belong?

N Posted by Rain at 9/30/2006 11:24:00 AM

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Friday, September 29, 2006

Being Thankful



Today I am thankful for;

Once again, we are drama free =)
I am no longer feeling depressed.
For letting go and allowing myself to feel the hurt.
My feelings of despair have been replaced with hope.
That my oldest son finally contacted me and he is alive.
For my Luva, for rocking my world!
That Rainman says I make the best cinnamon bread ever!
My father for listening and holding my hand.
For each and everyone of you, especially those of you who became concerned(you know who you are) and reached out to me, thank you!

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Computer Errors

Computer error messages that I can understand!











These images came to me in an Email from my Auntie Dixie. LOL. Enjoy!

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N Posted by Rain at 9/28/2006 07:11:00 AM

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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Inner Light


Dion Fortune (1890-1946)

Dion Fortune , occult magician and exponent of the concept of psychic vampirism, was born Violet Mary Firth in 1890 in Wales. She manifested psychic abilities at an early age, which led to an interest in spiritualism, psychoanalysis, and theosophy. Around 1919 she joined the Alpha and Omega chapter of the Stella Matutina, a group loosely affiliated with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a ritual magic group. While a member of the order, she took a magical motto, "Deo Non Fortuna" (By God not luck), which was later shortened to Dion Fortune, her public name.


Five years later she founded the Fraternity of the Inner Light to attract members to the Golden Dawn, but soon split with the order and developed her own version of magical teachings. She claimed contact with the "Inner Planes" of wisdom from which she received the fraternity, but penned a number of books, including: Sane Occultism (1929), The Training and Work of an Initiate (1930), The Mystical Qabalah (1936) and The Sea Priestess (1938).


In 1930 Fortune published one other more popular books, Psychic Self Defense. The book grew out of her own experiences with a boss who had gained some degree of occult training in India and who tried, by occult means, to obtain Fortune's assistance in several nefarious schemes. In her occult work Fortune who had been witness to various incidents of psychic attack, which she was called on to interrupt. Among the elements of a psychic attack were vampirism, nervous exhaustion and a wasting of the body into a "mere bloodless shell of skin and bones". Fortune propounded an occult perspective on vampirism. She suggested that occult masters had the power to separate their psychic self from their physical body and to attach it to another and to drain that person's energy. Such a persons would then unconsciously begin to drain the energy of those around them, especially people with whom they are in an intense emotional relationship. Unfortunately, I have had contact with people in my life that have done this to me.They try to suck the very life out of me, leaving me drained and exhausted. Thankfully I have learned to look for the tell tale signs and cut them competely out of my life.The attack on the psychic self would manifest in what appear to be bite marks on the physical body, especially around the neck, ear lobes, and breast of females. It was Fortunes belief that troops from the eastern Europe during World War I had several accomplished occultists among them. These occultists, upon their deaths, were able to attach themselves to British soldiers who survived the war and, hence, made their way to England.


Fortune included fictionalized accounts of the incidents of psychic vampirism in The Secrets of Dr. Taverner. Recently, the story of Fortune’s early experience of psychic attack was discussed in some detail in a book by Janine Chapman.


Sources:

Chapman, Janine. Quest for Dion Fortune. York Beach, ME Samuel Weisner, 1993.

Fortune, Dion. Psychic Self Defense: A Study in Occult Pathology and Criminality. 1930 London: Aquarian Press

Have any of you had this experience? Comments are always appreciated.

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N Posted by Rain at 9/27/2006 07:22:00 AM

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Monday, September 25, 2006

Festivals


Trevor Hoffman got the final out and the celebration was on against Pittsburgh Sunday. Hoffman pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning in front of a roaring crowd to become baseball's career saves leader, and the NL West-leading San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Sunday. Way to go Trevor!




Saturday I took Rainman and his girlfriend to The Festival Del Mar, at the Del Mar Race Track.
Their favorite band was The Bill McGee Blues Band and mine was George Thorogood and The Destroyers. We had a great time!



On Sunday we went to the Adams Avenue Street Fair. This is an annual event for my family and a wonderful community event. There were lots of street vendors and of course all the antique shops were open. While the kids were at the carnival I spent two hundred dollars on vintage advertisement's. I found one booklet that listed "The Safest and Most Pleasant Preparation of Opium" c.1800. Also I found a page celebrating "National Washer and Ironer Week." Yay Me!

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Brian over at An Audience of One for Winning the 2006 Okie Blog Award for Best Writing. Brian is a wonderful writer and sometimes his posts seem like they are written just for me! (Of course they are really not) He always inspires me to be a better person and gives me hope for the future. Besides Brian is one of the sexiest men in our blogging community and along with his beautiful girlfriend Terri , make a real hot couple. Congratulations Brian!


N Posted by Rain at 9/25/2006 08:11:00 PM

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