The Magickal Record of Louis Martinie': May 1997

Thursday 5/1

RITUAL: Beltane at the Voodoo Spiritual Temple
WILL: Celebration of Festival
LOVE: Litany of the Loa; Honor to all the Spirits of the Tree of Life and to the Buddah Field of the Aynes 13 candles burnt in circle at the end of the rite, all participants stood and watched the candles burn. Strong sense of community.
SUCCESS: Time stopped.
COMMENT: Stopped by a parade in the Quarter as I was going to the rite. Good to see all celebrating.
Did 2 against 3 with the triple beat of Papa Labat....(Cane-Foot/Foot; Cane-Foot/Foot> at the ritual.

Friday 5/2

Spoke with T.C. Bone Divination and thanks for the rituals he and C have performed for my health.

Saturday 5/3

Work on notes from T concerning the system of Bone Divination he is developing. In these notes, the function of the bones in the body and the way in which this function defines their divinatory meaning is emphasized. This is a work we can perform together.

Sunday 5/4

Jazz Fest with Nuteria, Set and then parade around the Fair Grounds. Good Second Line. A strange melancholy is in my heart, perhaps I have spent to much time in crowds. Same feeling when I had an over long run of club gigs.

Monday 5/5

Three hour conversation with Lee. A past companion, now friend and spiritual seeker. All of us moving toward a more refined vision of what lies within. There is a core level at which Lee and I will always know one another.

Tuesday 5/6

Celebration in the streets for old jazz musician Sidney Brect. Second Line in Treme. Brass Bands...I am honored to drum in the celebration. Congo Square reborn in Brect's clarinet...now finally officially honored.

Wednesday 5/7

Passive and Rest.

Tursday 5/8

RITUAL: New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple, Drum Ritual
WILL: Honor and Respect to the loa.
LOVE: Order of Service
SUCCESS: For the community, yes. I was disassociated.
COMMENT: Learned earlier that Fulbright Exchange is off. Depressed, my mind stream is more than a bit muddy.
I thought I was playing loudly and giving strong calls; Mishlen said you could barely hear me.

Friday 5/9

MoonWeb exchange of links. MoonWeb is becoming directly linked to more sites. Magickal Links in the practical sense of the word.

Saturday 5/10

Trying to get the set services at the New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple included in the RELIGIOUS section of the daily paper. I sense a passive resistance on the papers part. This may take some time.

Sunday 5/11

Spelling of Ra-Hoor-Khuit.
From April entry on reception of Liber L.
RA = Father (Sun)
HOOR = Mother-from the ancient Hebrew Horah (Moon)
KHUIT = ??Khu?? (Earth)
I don't know. I do believe that the "Hoor" as "Horah" or Mother is of importance. "Whore" is probably connected someplace.

Interesting that this came up on Mother's Day.

Monday 5/12

Purity...discussion with Mishlen. She is looking at the relationship between purity and luminescence. The more pure a spirit or person is, the more luminous. Pure is not a word that I usually use. I am most pure when I am most passionate, and I am most passionate when I am doing my will. MR to Mr. Wulf. April was one eventful month. -Odd script and words appeared when the MR went in. I believe that this is a common occurrence but one that could be used as an intentional act of magick. Perhaps a copy of Liber L could be put on line in such a way that in recalling it the text would mix. We usually have a cut up copy of Liber L in the Temple in what we call the Cup Of Abominations. We pick words out as an Oracle. Not a bad idea for MoonWeb.

Tuesday 5/13

New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple Meeting. Asked Mombo to just speak of Spirit as the words came to her. I listened and typed. I think this is a very good way to use a least a part of the time of these meetings. The loa speak with an elegance through the Mombo and this is something that can benefit the community.

Mishlen and I left at about Midnight to go shopping and someone had broken into the house when we returned. I felt surprise and calm. No deep anger or fear. I fired a warning shot. It was as if my mind had was a system of weights and measures and I was rapidly weighing one alternative against another. Intricate balances guided my actions. To shoot him I had to be angry and to be angry I had to depersonalize the robber and view him as representative of all the crime in New Orleans. He was more the trapped animal. The possum that has gotten into your house and raided your food and now is frightened and wants to get out. There was some little compassion in me but mostly it was the weights and measures seeking balance in my mind that kept me from killing him. This is Blanc Dan-i, the Master of my Head. I am much less apt to be led astray from my Will by emotions than by a coolness that freezes and becomes a cold type of cruelty.

Wednesday 5/14

Have a new alarm system installed. I feel disgust not so much for the robber as for the man who put the iron on the windows. He cut corners by using short bolts. The robber was a "true thing," he came in secret to steel. No lies, no misrepresentation. He did not disrespect the house by trashing it in his crime. The Iron Man cheated and lied out of, I would imagine, laziness. I would have much more satisfaction in seeing the Iron Man in court. He broke a trust.

Thursday 5/15

RITUAL: New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple; Drum Rite
WILL: Honor and Respect to the loa.
LOVE: Order of Service; Richard's son brought a 13? foot Burmese python to the rite. This naturally led to a tasty Yenvelou to le Grande Zombi and Mr. & Ms. Wedo
SUCCESS: Fine Service
COMMENT: Fulbright called about a Wales exchange. So unsure. Now that the primary match has broken down, they seem to be trying long shots. My work day has also increased due to end of school year preparations. My mind is clouding; bleed throughs from one activity to another. Not feeling that well physically.
But could rally mySelf for the rite.

Friday 5/16

Sick. Using time to work on MoonWeb.
Last year at this time I had written "get more rest." If I would listen to my past selves more closely I would be better able to do my Work.

Saturday 5/17

Sick. MoonWeb. To the Quarter for a short time. Sort of a flu. Lots of people at school have it. I got it. Just need more rest.

Sunday 5/18

Sick. MoonWeb

Monday 5/19

Sick...MoonWeb and read the Art Of War by Sun Tzu. Singh recommended the book. The Confucian Superior Man seems to place honor before victory. Very beautiful. - My life is governed by the Five Suns (Resh)....Reading, Riting, Rhythm, and Ritual. My will phrases itself in these areas.

Tuesday 5/20

Sick...A long talk with Miriam. She is concerned about the breakin here and this cold. The Breakin was a chance (a hard lesson as Miriam puts it) to examine what things are important to me....what things are necessary for me to do my will. Why do I have more (or less) than that?

Wednesday 5/21

Sick...This sickness seems to be a not overly tasty way to get more rest. Oh, well....definitely a case of live and (don't) learn. Passive. Reading Art Of War.

Thursday 5/22

RITUAL: At Funky Butt Club with New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple
WILL: Honor the 40 day anniversity of the passing of Allen Ginesburg
LOVE: Parade to Funky Butt then drum ritual while there was a reading of his poetry upstairs.
SUCCESS: Of course, how could we fail.
COMMENT: Sick...This was all a surprise. When I got to the Voodoo Spiritual Temple Miriam said that Richard who ownes the Funky Butt Club had asked the VST to come up and drum to honor the 40th day after the passing of a Hindu Holy Man. That is all I knew. After our parade I heard people talking about Ginesburg and realized that the rite was in his honor.
What a circle. Early, when I was playing with bands I had a copy of HOWL always sitting in he middle of my room for people to see. I had tried to read the book but could not get through it. I was using the book as some kind of signal.
- Singh and Julia made a BIG pot of chicken soup for me. The soup was good but the love expressed by it better. Need to eat and rest more.

Friday 5/23

Sick...Chest pains. Beginning to think about walking pneumonia.
Thats it...I am eating and resting.
Priestess Miriam off to New York for two weeks or so of workings.
Contact with Ann Marie on Wiccan Fest. Will be doing a Blessing of the Drums Rite and some drum sessions.

Saturday 5/24

Rest and Eat.
Conversation with Singh and Julia regarding instructions Priestess Miriam left for the Temple. It is very difficult to interpret the words of a magician or priest(ess). Best to follow what they say to the letter...very literally. Priestess could have been speaking from a magickal and/or rational base when she left the instructions. Without knowing her platform in speaking, any interpretation is very difficult.

Sunday 5/25

Rest and eat...much better.
EXPEDITION: Temple Blanc Dan-i (Home Temple)
WILL: Curious as to effect of Ti Kala (python) on journey into the worlds of the Invisibles.
LOVE: Large clear mirror; Tired, problems holding concentration;
@30 min session; quickly moved to eastern europe...this is unexpected. Clear, fine body images.
SUCCESS: The primary effect of the python was pure, undirected movement
COMMENT: Perhaps a few more preliminary journeys, then attempt to direct this pure movement. Tiredness shows I still need more rest.

Monday 5/26

Rest and eat...much better.

Tuesday 5/27

End of Year Party with Richard at Kaldi's in Quarter. Richard may be going to Haiti next month. Talk of me coming along. It would be quite an adventure.

Wednesday 5/28

RITUAL: Temple Blanc Dan-i; Luis and I hired for demonstration/ritual.
WILL: Demonstration of the elements of a Voodoo ritual for a mother and daughter.
LOVE: Called Ellegua/Papa LaBat, Ogun and Annie Christmas. Brought out the python and had the daughter hold the serpent while looking into the mirror and Luis and I played Yenvelou.
SUCCESS: Papa LaBat and le Grande Zombi were present. I did not ask the daughter what she saw; to put such an experience into words so quickly can restrict subtle resonances.
COMMENT: Good combination of ritual and demonstration. Both parts satisfied. A word of caution is indicated, though. The woman (med Dr and FDA researcher) said that it bothered her that the Master of the Head as a dominant loa restricted the devotee's actions and options. This is comletely mistaken. The Master of the Head is no more restrictive than the Will or Angel of Western occultism. We should cover a set of basics before such rituals. Her misconception could have gone uncorrected and, most importantly, spread due to the nature of her job. A simple, "What don't you like about Voodoo?" would be a damn good question to ask before such rituals.

Thursday 5/29

RITUAL: New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple
WILL: Send strength to Mombo Miriam for her works in New York
LOVE: Order of Service, Singh did a strong fumigation and veve
SUCCESS: Well done
COMMENT: Felt good to be of assistance to Miriam.

Friday 5/30

The last day of school. Good bys to students. The joy of things new. So....left to more of my own devices, I will complete the DANCING LIGHT ON CONGO SQUARE mss this summer.

Saturday 5/31

Spoke with Steven and Raymond and Anne Marie about WiccanFest arrangements.
Wiccan Fest will open the summer for me.

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