The LBRP — my experiences

Between 2004 and 2006, I experimented with the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP). I’ve often compared it to having one’s psyche scraped out with a rusty teaspoon—in other words, effective but somewhat abrupt.

This was well before any online discussion about whether using Kabbalah practices is cultural appropriation. I’ve already written extensively about cultural appropriation so I have only addressed one aspect of it in this post.

Thanks to Sorita d’Este for the writing prompt.

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Arms embargo now

It’s past time that the world stopped supplying the Israeli government with bombs and weapons.

Demand Your MP Sign Onto the Call for a Full and Immediate Arms Embargo on Israel!

As the catastrophe wrought by Israel’s continued assault on Gaza grows, we’re calling on the Canadian government to immediately suspend all trade in arms and military technology with Israel.

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Nothing rhymes with Nakba

If you were penned in by a wall
Where bombs constantly fall
Where fear descends like a pall
Wouldn’t you rail against fate?

If you were penned in by a fence
And only protected by tents
If you were starved and afraid
How would you face your fate?

If your home was destroyed
And the future seemed null and void
And the smoke and dust that cloyed
Wouldn’t you want to escape?

Seventy-five years of Nakba
(This didn’t start last October)
Homes lost, bulldozed, destroyed
So much death.

Let the people of Gaza live
Let them eat and laugh and love
Once more among the olive trees
In the cooling Mediterranean breeze.

Yvonne Aburrow
22 April 2024
7am

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Reblog: Should I stay or should I go?

Should I stay or should I go? Exploring a journal prompt from chapter 2 of “Changing Paths”

Excellent post from Jarred reflecting on one of the journal prompts from Changing Paths.

Hello dear readers! It’s Friday morning so that means once again exploring a journal prompt from the wonderful book, Changing Paths

Should I stay or should I go? Exploring a journal prompt from chapter 2 of “Changing Paths”

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The shape of politics

There’s an old chestnut that one sometimes sees repeated, that the political spectrum looks like a circle. But that excellent tool, the political compass, makes it clear that there are multiple dimensions to politics.

The political compass has four quadrants: libertarian left, libertarian right, authoritarian left, and authoritarian right.

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