Iamblichus, 1500 years ago, explicitly telling us that yes it is possible to reconstruct damaged traditions: "For all these reasons, then, let us call upon the gods as our leaders, entrust both ourselves and our discourse to them, and follow wherever they may lead. We should not be deterred by the fact that this school has long been neglected; that it has been hidden beneath estranged teachings and certain secret symbols; that it has been overshadowed by many false and spurious writings; and that it has been obstructed by many other difficulties of the same kind. The will of the gods is enough for us, and with it one can endure difficulties even more perplexing than these." - Book 1 of On the Pythagorean Life; Literally the first thing he says in the book that he gave his students to read first of all. I highly advise you to save this quote for future use when arguing with those guys who say "but your line of transmission is broken bro, just become a sufi bro"

I just don't get astrocartography, to the point where I'm going to need to get a pro reading. I tried to cast the map for myself and all the lines are either in the middle of the ocean or like running through African warzones. I've gotta be missing something right?

you will get so much more mileage out of protein sources with high calcium and/or high glycine! Phosphorous heavy muscle meats are way less anabolic than dairy and gelatin

What are some features you guys would find useful from an app whose primary function is to be a realtime astrological clock? Both tracking the 4 angles and the planetary days/hours

You can do this with zero ethical or karmic ramifications if you pray to Roman gods btw

"we go about feeling sorry for ourselves, all the while a great wind carries us aloft"

There are many appropriate Gods for householders to follow, and an itinerant martyr is not one of them

I really wish the firsthand text from Iamblichus for this commentary survived. It sounds fascinating

Yeah, sure, go for it

I'm getting way too much information and help from omens and helpful strangers lately

Hermes is the "friend of man" and that is extremely literal. He's not your dad, wife, boss, or rival, he is your friend. He wants to have a laugh and he'll take things as far as he can in that direction but he will also bail you out of serious binds (because he hates seriousness)

Hermes adores how many anons use his name online. I think I have at least 3 mutuals all going by Hermes. That is exactly how the "real" Hermes works in the world. He is the "fastest" god because he is omnipresent, in constant superposition - He is also Pan!

The only reason to prefer the inhibitor chips to the original order 66 is because people really want to like both jedi and clones at the same time. But I felt from day one that jedi are a lame cliche and clone troopers are based as fuck. I loved the order 66 temple mission in BF2 lol. It was fighting the anti troopers on kamino that actually sucked for me

Knowing what will happen and what to do is actually the easy part of divination. What's actually difficult is trusting it and Willing the right course of action

Mercury left Virgo for Libra and suddenly I can actually speak and communicate instead of just ruminate. No wonder Venus is fallen in virgo

Well, that's a first. Last night I had a dream that I was performing an offering to Aphrodite, but the wick of the candle drowned in the melted wax and some kind of ash or dust smothered the altar + offerings. Clearly some purifications are in order 😬

Plato explicitly says in the Fido that all dogs go to heaven