I told myself I would start this week's blog entry out at the Goddess Temple in Nevada, as that is where I will be going on Tuesday the 22nd. However, the theft of the statue of Sekhmet at that sacred space overnight on Good Friday is too near and dear to my heart and I am noting that unfortunate incident here, now, still in Seattle. If it be Her Will to be out on walkabout for a very brief time, so be it. However, I would very much like to see Her return, especially if that could happen during my trip there in these next few weeks.
So, yes, I am counting down, making piles, taking things out of piles, putting things on top of other things and putting a lot of things into little bags, and then putting those little bags into bigger bags. All while chanting the mantra "less is more." I have the ride out to the desert sorted. I just have to work out what I want to do with the few days at the very end of the trip and coming back. The trick will be to try and swing it so I can hit the afterglow. I haven't done that for MayFire very much over the years. I've got my PowerPot and solar recharging kit, and a solar shower. That should make me more able to meet my needs right there on the sand.
As I've been cleaning out old odds and ends over the last few months, I've been saving up items that somehow told me they were destined to go to the Temple. By now, it's not just a few things, it's a small bag of figurines, chunks of rock or glass, and all manner of crafted totems. These items represent a wide range of energies, gathered from so many different places. I'll be taking gifts for various sacred spots on the land, and the different entities in those spots. I've restructured my incense bag AGAIN. By which I mean for like the fourth or fifth time since it grew into its own bag. As usual, I have a goodly amount of stuff but am perpetually running low on charcoals. That's the first thing anyone into incense asks anyone else into incense at gatherings: "Do you have charcoals?" We all seem to only ever have three. I did remember to get a few extra lighters as the wind in the desert can be hard on sources of flame and lighters that seemed like they were just new can suddenly be empty.
Come then, on God's Name, a little nearer me, and heed well the things which shall be shewn unto you. We will here take half an ounce of common Gold, and put it into this Aqua Fortis, made of Vitriol and Saltpeter, whereto we will add the same weight as the Gold is of, or a little more, of our Saltarmoniack, without which, the Aqua Fortis alone, and by itself, is not able to dissolve the Gold.