Got Milk?

[dotinthesky]

I've been milk-free for a week now. That means no milk, butter or cheese - though some traces might have been present in the 85% chocolate I bought the other day. Why did I start this? Because I wanted some relief from my hayfever. The itchiness and achooness hasn't gone away, but when I was at the community garden on Saturday I didn't feel as uncomfortable as before. I'm still on two/three tablets of Benadryl a day, which is annoying. My mother says it's only after seven days that I'll start to feel the difference. I love plants, grasses and flowers, but the feeling is not reciprocal.

I think everyone should go milk-free for a week, as an experiment. It's amazing how much milk is present in our diets. It's a good skill to learn to live without it, to be more creative in the kitchen. In terms of options, I think we Londoners are in a good position - our supermarkets are filled with alternatives. But we are way too bound to cows' tits.

On Sunday, I was lying in Victoria Park listening to a podcast (Expanding Mind) and they were talking about magic (in particular Kenneth Grant.) The guest was saying that it's dangerous to start a spell and not complete it - you leave it open for bad things to go in and interfere. Aleister Crowley went mad because of an incomplete spell. That got me thinking about art and, in particular, writing. I'm one of those people with tons of incomplete pieces of fiction at home; maybe the more "spells" I leave unfinished, the harder it is for me to complete something. It's a case of weakening one's own powers by letting the magic seep away through badly cast spells. I have therefore decided - in my best and most typical OCD way - to complete absolutely everything I write from now on. And to burn anything incomplete that I know I'll never touch again.

Let's see where all of this takes me.

// Expanding Mind podcast (jellyfish93, if you don't know this podcast, you must check it out! I think you'll enjoy it.)

Comments

[dilvsy.livejournal.com]

of course, any mention of Crowley, or spells, brings me to comment!
i am interested in eventually doing magic of my own,but as I am extremely inexperienced, other than dfoing incantations for my new spirits that arrive, i have yet to try any real magic,as it does scare me...just knowing all the power behind it.
and if i do decide to take the magic plunge,it will only be for WA.and i will only do things to benefit my personal growth,or psychic/spiritual growth.i have ehard far too many horror stories of people playing with magic not knowing wehat they are doing...and a lot of those horror stories are told in the forum i belong to.

But that is nothing to do with the true intent of you adding this to your post, so sorry to hijack it with magic talk.

lol

[petercampbell.livejournal.com]

The thing I always loved about Crowley is that the self proclaimed wickedest man in the world diabolical figure stayed in a pink cottage when he lived in Inverness. Talk about inappropriate surroundings...

[dilvsy.livejournal.com]

really?????
that is pretty funny!
i always picture demons, darkness,and mystery when i think of him, so not a pink cottage!

rofl

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Dilly, you should check out the podcast I linked in this post - they talk a lot about magic, amongst other stuff, which I think you'd like. For myself, I find it really inspirational in terms of rethinking how I approach writing. I'd love to learn more about it.

[dilvsy.livejournal.com]

there was a podcast link in your entry?
didn' even notice!

lol