Makin’ screenshots of a windows installation of GnuPG … again, only different. #
Okay, the group Doubting Thomas playing right now on Doomed is actually kinda freaking me out a little. #
@tinotchka I have confirmed this by repeating my tweet aloud to someone standing here in the room with me. The response was, “Huh? Wha?!” in reply to tinotchka#
In addition to the book signing and lecture I already posted about, T. Thorn Coyle will be doing a weekend workshop in Portland on the same topic. This would be an opportunity to do more work with Thorn and with the ideas in the lecture and book.
T. Thorn Coyle workshop
Self-Possession: Activating the “I am”
We are not unified, but we can be. Discover the importance of Self-Possession, also known as Knowledge and Conversation or the Great Work of the alchemists. Why is this key to magical practitioners of any tradition? What steps are precursors to this state of integration? What energy work can we do to aid this process? In this workshop, we will explore the theory behind it and engage in some practices to draw down our divinity. Intone the “I am” as a spell to become fully human and fully divine.
When: June 13th & 14th
Where: SE Portland
Time: Saturday 10am – 8:30pm
Sunday 10am – 2:30pm
Cost: $175 for the weekend
Registration: It will be necessary to pre-register for this workshop. Contact Dawn at dawnisidora@comcast.net
T. Thorn Coyle is a Magic Worker, Mystic, and Pagan. An internationally respected teacher and author, her work focuses on the alchemy that occurs when we open ourselves fully to our humanity in our quest for Divine knowledge. In combining art and science, magic and mystery, body and soul, practice and ecstasy, she has created a unique body of work that has touched the lives of many seekers, artists, activists, parents and other change-makers.
A student of the Craft for more than 25 years, she is an initiate of the Feri Tradition (her religious home), Reclaiming, and the Mevlevi Order of America. Thorn combines her esoteric studies, work with her Gods and Guides, and years of practice, to form a teaching that honors the fertile dark and the limitless light. Citing her primary influences as G. I. Gurdjieff and Victor and Cora Anderson, she continues her spiritual studies in many traditions.
Musician, dancer, activist, poet, and author of Kissing the Limitless and Evolutionary Witchcraft, she makes her home near the San Francisco Bay.
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Walking Home is going to be playing on May Day at Waypost. So that’s May 1st at 8:30pm. And, it’s all ages, but there’s wine and food.
Anna Fritz and Sami Kushnick are happy to announce that we’ll be playing a show as Walking Home, our cello-playing, songwriting, folk-singing duo, at the:
Waypost
3120 N Williams
Friday, May 1st
8:30 pm
The Waypost is a sweet little spot with yummy soups, sandwiches, beer and wine. The show is all ages, and the door charge is on a sliding scale, $5-12 suggested donation.
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fess the trouble of my soul to thy
soul serene. Thou knowest, oh Pale-
mon, I regained the soul of her that
was the impure Thaïs. A proud joy
had followed this triumph and I came
back to this desert of peace… Well
then, peace is dead in me… In vain I
flagellated my flesh, in vain I bruised
it; a demon possesses me. The beauty
of the woman haunts my visions, I
only see Thaïs, or rather it is not she,
'Tis Helen and Phryne, 'tis Venus
Astarte, all the splendors and the en-
joyments in one single creature!"
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T. Thorn Coyle is an internationally respected teacher. A spiritual seeker her whole life, she has studied the craft of magic for more than twenty-five years. Thorn combines her esoteric studies and work with her Gods and Guides to form a practice that honors the fertile dark and the limitless light. Mystic, musician, dancer, activist, and author of Evolutionary Witchcraft and Kissing the Limitless, she makes her home near the San Francisco Bay.
Self Possession and Drawing Down the ‘I am’
We are not unified, but we can be. Discover the importance of Self-Possession, also known as Knowledge and Conversation or the Great Work of the alchemists. Why is this key to magical practitioners of any tradition? What steps are precursors to this state of integration? What energy work can we do to aid this process? We will explore the theory behind it and engage in some practices to draw down our divinity. Intone the “I am” as a spell to become fully human and fully divine.
About _Kissing the Limitless_ by T. Thorn Coyle
“A magically refreshing breath of air! Thorn Coyle is a true modern adept who has mastered her subjects, her craft, and most importantly, herself.” —Lon Milo Duquette
_Kissing the Limitless_ is a manual for self-liberation through magic, providing a complete system of spiritual practice to help serious seekers tap the unlimited possibility of their own divine natures. By practicing the Great Work of the ancient alchemists and magicians, readers are guided into self-possession—constant communication with their divine selves—and connection with the Limitless Divine. Set up as a detailed training course using contemporary techniques that echo those hinted at in antique sources of wisdom, it includes tools for soul balancing, energy cycling, shadow and dream work, tarot and meditation. Readers will learn to open up “life power” and access breath, will, and desire—the key components of effective magic—to reshape the world.
This book is a synthesis wrought through many years of Coyle’s personal spiritual work, her teaching, and deep esoteric study. Though Kissing the Limitless has entry points for beginners, it is primarily designed for the advanced magical practitioner wishing to ‘Know Thyself.’ Wholeness and union with our own God Soul, also known as our Genius, our Authentic Self, or our Holy Guardian Angel, is within our grasp. We can become fully human and fully divine in this lifetime.
Reception and Book Signing
Food & Drink
Feast on a substantial selection of complimentary hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages. You’ll also find wine and beer available for purchase.
Vending
Sekhet-Maat Lodge will have a selection of items for sale, including Kissing the Limitless and Evolutionary Witchcraft by T. Thorn Coyle, other relevant titles, Abramelin Oil, mugs, stickers, SML lamen t-shirts, posters, and more.
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@xiojason I think the 10 is to entice more units per sale, but they cannot force you to buy more of something not packaged in bulk legally. in reply to xiojason#
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