Is Obesity Actually a Taboo from a Magical Point of View?

This is a very interesting question ... One of our readers asked us to comment on a blog post written by another blogger who finds obesity to be a pagan taboo. Having read through the post, the point is well taken. That is, obesity, like many other diseases that are the result of an unhealthy lifestyle, can lead to early death. This blogger's point is that it is a shame to extinguish a "bright" pagan life through an unhealthy lifestyle, thus making obesity a "pagan taboo."

So one of our readers wants to know whether obesity is really a pagan taboo.

Can We Really Comment on the Entire Pagan Community?
Nope, we can't. The Esoteric School is an online magic school teaches the basics of magic and shamanism. We can't comment on the pagan world at large, only what we "know" through our own experiences and observations. This has led to some interesting results. For instance, several Native American tribes/nations have declared "war" on us because we promote the use of the Navajo Beauty Way. So be it. We've also gotten positive comments from some Lakota tribes for spreading the use of the Beauty Way. So there you have it. How we and others practice magic and shamanism is personal, and commentary tends to come from all directions, including left field.

What We Can Say about Magical Practice
At the Esoteric School, we follow The Rules of the Road, which doesn't really say anything about obesity being taboo or not. These rules, created by our own teacher, George Dew (co-founder of the Church of Seven Arrows) have yet to fail us in our use of magic and shamanism, so we follow these rules as a workable guide until proven otherwise.

What The Rules of the Road does say is this:

'The magician judges the "goodness" or "badness" of his or her own acts, whether they are conscious or unconscious acts, on the basis of what the Universe reflects back on him or her. The same is true of judging others, entire communities, states, or nations.'

So how could we interpret that?

• It could be said that a pagan practitioner who is obese and dies an early death may be experiencing the "goodness" or "badness" of his obese lifestyle. Whether death is a "bad" result of obesity is one interpretation. Death could also be taken as a "good" result if the person sought relief from being incarnate and found bodily existence painful.
• One could also say that the person had already "learned" everything he wanted to learn from this Earth School and was ready to move onto a new body and a new set of lessons. 
• Some predict that in 2012, up to 20 million people will leave the planet so that planetary shift predicted during this year can occur. Early death is one way to leave the planet.

What's the Bottom Line?
As unsatisfying as this may be, the answer to the question of whether obesity is a pagan taboo is that it is up to the observer. The second part of the above-quoted Rule is that the Universe reflects back to us the way we judge others. So this blogger is commenting on the sadness of the loss of life from obesity, calling it a pagan taboo. That's a judgment of sorts, but the good news is that we don't have to do anything about it. From our point of view, the Universe delivers instant-karma and there isn't a right answer to anything for all people.

When we read a blog post like the one about obesity being a pagan taboo, our response is something like, "Hmm, wonder how that's working out for him." It may work out great. The blogger may be sounding a "joyous note to Creator's ear" by "saving" people from obesity, and vibrating in emotional harmony with the Universe as he see it. Good for him. It may have some less-than-positive consequences as well. Only he knows what's really going on as a result of the position he's taken on obesity in pagans.

The Universe, especially during 2012, welcomes all manifestations of beingness. The results of those manifestations will also show up faster during this pivotal year than an any preceding year. So we thank the reader who asked us to comment on this. We thank the blogger who wrote the blog for being willing to stand on that square in life. And we continue to follow the Rules of the Road and watch our own manifestations as we proceed day by day. The results are definitely interesting ... sometimes more like a 2'x4' between the eyes from the Universe, and sometimes more like miraculous magic. It's all good, really!



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Magic 2012 - Change Just One Itty-bitty Thing

Magic 2012 is very exciting because magic is literally "in the air"! In other words, a little bit of magic goes a long way during this planetary transition period ... and it happens fast!

Magic 2012 and Little Changes
One of the main principles of spell work is that "a small change in the present leads to a larger change in the future." This principle also applies to the Tarot. And this principle is very helpful in magic 2012.

What does this principle mean to you as a practitioner this year? It means that if you want to use magic to make major changes in your life, you don't have to go for the giant Tarot spell or the big-time magical act.
You just have to make a small change now. In magic 2012, that little change then leads to a much larger change in your near future. In your far future, that change becomes much bigger. In other words, a little magical change today turns into a magical snowball that rolls downhill, gathering speed and size. The magic just keeps getting bigger and faster.

Magic 2012 and Small Daily Changes
If one small magical change in the present makes such a big change in your future, what do you think happens when you make small magical changes every single day?

That means you fashion and set into motion a magical snowball every single day. Can you say "magical avalanche"?
So what are we really talking about here? We are talking about doing daily magical rituals to make the most of magic 2012.

Whether you do the Navajo Beauty Way Exit Ritual multiple times a day, or you choose to do a different magical ritual every day, the magic will happen more and more with each passing day.

You can also use the daily magical rituals to ask for different things each time, or you can simply re-affirm the coming of the same few things each time. That part is the fun creative magical decision that you get to make!

Need help with daily magical rituals?

• check out past issues of Magic in Your Mailbox
• read up on how to do many existing magic rituals and how to create your own in the Daily Rituals For Attracting What You Want in Life ebook.

Enjoy!

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Magic 2012 - Temper Tantrums Allowed

Children are born magical and wise. How and why? Well, one of the things that babies and children do very well, especially early-on in life, is cry, fuss, and throw temper tantrums until they get what they want. When they are babies, they are the most successful at getting what they want, and they tend to lose this trait to "education and imitation" as they grow older.

Normally speaking, society doesn't consider the "temper tantrum" to be "good behavior" ... thus frowning on this tactic. It's no wonder that we, as adults, rarely throw temper tantrums, at least not publicly. However, in magic 2012 temper tantrums are not only allowed but can also be very helpful.

Magic 2012 and Temper Tantrums
The Universe, as you have probably figured out, is all-powerful and knows all. And the Universe, especially during this year, finds our antics amusing. Thus even temper tantrums are amusing to the Universe, not to mention occasionally quite useful.

You may be wondering why temper tantrums are called for in magic 2012. After all, if the Universe is all-knowing, why doesn't the Universe just deliver what we want and be done with it? The Universe DOES know what we want and DOES deliver when we ask. The temper tantrums are for us.

Going out and throwing a temper tantrum at the Winds of the four directions can actually be very helpful for us. Temper tantrums are clarifying. They help us ask and answer the question, "What do I REALLY want?" As adults, we have lost the clarity of desire that we had as children, not to mention the willingness to demand our desires.

Throwing a temper tantrum--a child-like form of behavior--returns us to a child-like state of clarity. Tantrums also help us blow off steam and clear repressed emotions. Clearing repressed emotions in magic 2012 is REALLY important, because they are the most likely culprits to sabotage our magical work. This year is all about being present to our emotions, especially since emotions are the language of Spirit, so don't "stuff 'em." Instead, throw a temper tantrum, demand what you want from the Universe, listen as the Universe laughs at and with you, and return yourself to a joyful, peaceful, child-like state. It's fun!

In throwing a temper tantrum and getting back into a happy place, we are also fulfilling our roles on this planet. As the Hopi say, our "job" is to "sound a joyous note to Creator's ear." So if a tantrum gets us back to a happy place, then by all means we should throw a tantrum right here, right now.

How do you throw a temper tantrum? That is completely up to you. Whether you scream and yell at the Universe in general, write a demanding note to your guides and burn it in your Firebowl, or just get down on the ground and pound your fists ... just do what come naturally. As a child you had it in you to do a really good tantrum. Just go for it and enjoy!

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Magic 2012 - The Happy Group

A while back we wrote an article on magic 2012 and referred to three different types of people and how they would be affected during this pivotal year. We separated the population into three different groups:

--those who would simply leave the planet
--those who would feel completely nuts but survive
--those for whom nothing much would change

After we posted this article, we have been receiving a steady stream of emails from a very select group of people suggesting that we add a fourth group to this list: the group who are not only happy and thriving in 2012, but having a great time with magic. These people are having magical, mystical, miraculous, and wonderful events occur in their lives ... and they are not working their butts off, either. Nope, they are just having a lot of fun.

Magic 2012 and the Happy Folks
First off, we would like to thank the people who sent us emails about their experience with magic 2012. We knew these people existed on the planet and were having a good time, and we also knew that it would be a fairly rare experience on the planet. In addition, a lot of the beings who are having a good time with magic 2012 prefer to "stay under the radar" since their job is to hold and stabilize the energy on the planet, not make a big magical splash. So we haven't talked about them much.

At the same time, it seems that mention of this happy group is definitely necessary. We should also point out that you can transition into this group at any time. You simply have to make the decision to do so. You just decide. You just move over. You just stop feeding yourself on negative emotions, which, by the way, are very addictive and very popular. You just start looking for the magical and the mystical everywhere you go, under every rock, with every interaction with every stranger. And you move you into that group of happy folks just like that. It's simple, easy, and definitely do-able.

Does anything bad happen to the people in this group? Sure, the inconvenience factor is still at work on the planet, even for this group. They have flat tires, they lose stuff, the value of their stock drops from time to time (like everyone else's). The main difference is that these people KNOW, deep in their bones, that the magic still happens even after all the inconvenience is over and done. In fact, a lot of magic 2012 emerges from the ashes of a lot of inconvenience.

Hmmm ... that's a fun little secret to play with, isn't it?

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Magic 2012: Need Magic? 5 Steps to Follow

During this pivotal year, some people are experiencing more magic and wonder than ever ... and lots more people are having difficulty with magic in 2012. They are experiencing more "accidents" than ever, and need more angelic and higher help than ever.

Luckily, if you fall into that second unfortunate group, you can easily switch over to the first group with some practical magic 2012. In 2012, the practice of magic is really all about looking at the part YOU play in your life. It's about "keeping your side of the street clean," as they say. The more you work on yourself with magic 2012, the faster your environment will change (and the fewer surprise accidents you will encounter!).

And, we have 5 steps to help you make the transition from under the "Law of Accident" and move under the "Law of Fate."

Magic 2012: Step 1
The first step in making this transition is to identify the problem. Specifically, ask yourself this question: "What am I allowing to happen in my life?"

Are you allowing yourself to be a victim? Are you saying Yes when you want to say No? Are you letting stress into your life, whether it's real or imagined?

For many people, the situation is about allowing other people to step into their personal or sacred space. For instance, the woman who is allowing herself to be abused (verbally, physically or emotionally) by her spouse is allowing another person to enter her sacred space ... without permission.

Once the problem is clearly identified and acknowledged, you can move to step 2.

Magic 2012: Step 2
The second step may be either the easiest or the most difficult, depending on your personality type. The second step is this: Make a decision to change.

Some people will breeze right through this step. Other people will hit a total road block because they won't know all the steps for making the change, and thus cannot allow themselves to make the decision to change.

Know this: You do NOT need to know the "how" of the change before you make a decision to change. Magically, making a decision to change is called the "base decision," and, in the Creation Sequence, comes before the "how" decisions. The more detailed decisions of "how" you will make the change are called "control decision" and do not need to be known at this point.

All you have to do is be willing to make the base decision that you will change. You do not have to have any clue or idea of how that change will come about.

For this step, the woman being abused by her spouse simply needs to decide that she will change her life. She knows her life will be different after the change, but that's all.

Magic 2012: Step 3
In this step we start looking at the control decisions to go along with the base decision to change. For this step, may we suggest that you look at these magic 2012 resources to help you start the change:

• Online magical resource library
• Online magical blog
• Videos on Magic
• Magical services

See something that resonates with you? Go with it. See several items that ring your bell? Go with them! If it feels right, in magic 2012 it IS right! For the woman allowing herself to be abused by her spouse, choosing to ask the directions for help by doing the Navajo Beauty Way may be the way to go.

Magic 2012: Step 4
Now comes the step that can be difficult for the impatient people in the crowd: waiting in mystery. Most of us don't even like to wait in line at the coffee shop, so when it comes to making a major change in our lives, waiting is like Chinese water torture!

Luckily, in 2012 changes are happening faster than ever before. Also, if you wait "in mystery" rather than "in misery" changes will also occur in a speedier fashion!

It's perfectly fine to have no idea how the magical rituals or techniques you have chosen for making life changes work. In fact, it's great to be in a place of wonderment and imagination. Think to yourself often, "I wonder how the Universe is going to bring about this change?" Be a very curious seeker about mystery (schools like ours are not called mystery schools for nothing!). Wonder often. Imagine and daydream lots. All of this curiosity and mystery will act as a tractor beam that will literally DRAW the universal solution to you – fast! It will happen before you know it.

The abused woman, our continuing example, may wish to get up a few minutes early, do the Navajo Beauty Way, and then daydream about the changes that will happen in her life during her morning coffee. Every day she can choose a different daydream ... no matter, the Universe gets the message that she wishes to have her sacred space. And the Universe ALWAYS delivers!

Magic 2012: Step 5
Finally we come to the step of waiting and listening. Step 4 already has us waiting in mystery and drawing the solution to ourselves. This is all well and good. Now we must listen as well because the Universe will provide clues and nudges along the way, telling us how we must move and act.

If a snippet of a conversation between strangers seems especially loud, listen hard. If you open a magazine in the supermarket checkout line and a headline pops out at you, read it and ponder it. If a book falls off a shelf, read it! Get it?

If you feel that you are getting no clues from the Universe, go out and tell the Universe, "I know you are sending me messages and for some reason I cannot understand them. Please send them to me in a louder, clearer form that I can more easily understand." Keep sending the Universe this message until you get the clues and nudges you seek in your magic 2012 practice! Don't worry, the Universe does NOT mind repetition.

Note: If you are the truly obsessive type, the best thing you can do during this step is to go away on vacation and distract yourself. Obsessing never helps ... that's too intense and far beyond curiosity and mystery. For your personality, the magic of distraction is what you need! And a vacation should be fun ... just what the Universe ordered!

Get it? Got it? Good!

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