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A book of Magick is called a Grimoire. Which is French for Grammar. Which gives a deeper meaning to casting a spell. Also note spells in Popular literature rhyme. This aids in the efficacy of the spell. If you have to perform an incantation that you can't remember it will be less effective. Then you have languages that don't have letters but have symbols that are either pictrograms or Hieroglyphics. Symbols Pictrograms Hieroglyphics Alphabets, this orer goes from more abstract to more definite. In my studying to create my own Magickal Language I found that Greek Latin and Sanskrit alphabets the letters have numeric association. So a word has a numeric value. And words with similar numeric values have similar qualities. This is seen in Numerology and Hebraic mysticism. And also by mystics from the middle ages. @Mel Hopkins @Troy @Cynique

Today on a whim I decided to see how much effort it would take to compile a list of all the Black writers to win a Pulitzer Prizes in the book-related categories. My list even includes the awards for drama, since all of the plays are available in book form. Since they have been giving the award away for a century, I figured this effort would take considerable effort to complete. Sadly, it took a few minutes—a slight exaggeration—but far less effort than I expected because the list so short. It took over 70 years for the to award to be given to more than a handful of Black writers. It is possible I may have missed a few. If anyone notices any omissions please let me know. I also included Lin-Manuel Miranda, but I don't actually know if he self-describes as "Black," or of "African descent." At any rate, the books that have won at all worth checking out. Although Manning Marable's book got a lot of hate from some critics. You just can't go around writing about Malcolm X's sexual relationship with some a white dude and not expect some blow back...

For most the introduction is through Horoscopes. Although this is the Astrological tip of the iceberg.

Poets and Writers Article by Elizabeth Nunez, "Widening the Path: The Importance of Publishing Black Writers " "Many black writers have not been as fortunate. It was not a renaissance after all, that booming interest in books by black writers in the 1990s. It was a passing fad, like last season’s fashionable style in clothes, replaceable when publishers, their eyes on the exotic, “discover” an untapped ethnic group among writers of color." The above quote, from the article, about the rise in the popularity of Black books during the 1990s being a “fad” was interesting. I guess given how short-lived the so-called renaissance was, the term is appropriate. But if the surge in the popularity of Black literature in the 90's was merely a fad, perhaps the Harlem Renaissance was fad for all the same reasons. The only true renaissance in Black literature, can not be dependent upon white largess, otherwise what we get are passing fads.

I hope it's a revolution that can successfully overturn the present administration. The real enemy is the Right Wing Christian Evangelicals who want to turn this country into a fascistic theocracy, with VP Pence being the power behind the throne. I just read an article by a woman who removed herself from this underground net work that is allied with the Alt Right and Tea Party cults, and the things she had to say about how she and thousands of other children are being brainwashed by their religious fanatic parents through homeschooling, were chilling. She said they are being trained as missionaries to go out into the general population and convert people to a strict oppressive Christian way of life that is against EVERYTHING that does not comply with their narrow views which encompass white supremacy, homophobia, xenophobia, misogyny, anti-abortion and anti-global warming.

Cynique I would say mysticism is different from magick A mytic in my mind is more philosophical or theoretical, there is an understanding of the esoteric or occult. A spell caster need not understand the wider implicaytions of Magick. So a person can cast a spell without understanding the rules or tenets of Magick. Cynique Autosuggestion meditation using the subconscious or the wil l are all forms of magic. Your actions or approach shows you to be a mystic but perhaps an unconscious one. You don't know that you know, but you act like you know. Mel evey few years this comes up. Astrology generally lookes at the zodiac which is the path of the sun during a year. 12 signs times 30 = 360 degrees. The constellations are of unequal sizes. Although there are a few Sidereal Astrologers who use Opichus. The commencement of the seasons in the US is when the Sun nters the cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. What I have noticed is that people subconscoiusly know everything that is going to happen. Which males us omniscient which is a quality of God. So we are little Gods that are unaware of our divinity. The point that you become aware of this you become a Magus. I would say that Jesus Buddha and varoius other holy people have climbed this pinnacle. And there message is that mastery is both simple and difficult.

To what all of you have written... YES!!! My journey into the occult began with the scriptures .... Those scriptures not recognized and canonized reveal so much - After a deliberate search, the words had me wondering if it were a handbook for angels. If a magician has a specialty, mine would be oneiromancy (dream interpretation); psychography (automatic writing) and I can, as it seems to be the case with @Cynique and @Troy , read energy. It extends beyond presence to include when someone thinks of me. I can pick up the vibration accurately. It wasn't until I was watching a movie that I realized that each of us has a distinctive rhythm to our heartbeat... So that may be what I'm sensing. EXCEPT... that heartbeat rhythm stays with us when pass on. I can tell when I'm in the presence of a loved one that has passed on - or even an energy of a stranger. I believe we all have these abilities but I think many have allowed them to become latent. @Delano Interesting that you mentioned we haven't transited into the age of Aquarius yet. So these labor pains continue - oh my! What's your take on Ophiuchus, the 13th sign - is its appearance responsible for the delay? Or no?

Trump is going to turn on all the people who backed him. . He will be the most important President in our lifetime. is divisiveness will force people together. He is signalling a major shift. I reckon the next President will be under 50 years old maybe even 40. Troy we are in agreement that Trump is the President America deserves. He is us.

"Don't need qualifications to be president."I've really learned something today.Then I guess you can be real stupid and vote too.Trump has just as much the character of a rapist as Bill Clinton.(I ain't telling you something I know which has been swept under the rug).Anyway,what has Bill Clinton's problems got to do with the Hillary Clinton's campaign..The same dumb stuff coming back when Al Gore was trying to run for president in 2000. Trump is now president of the U.S. and has the capability of becoming a dictator too .He is now saying that the people who gave Clinton the popular vote were commiting fraud.He's so greedy he can't accept the fact that he won , he has to have the popular vote too.

Who did President Bill Clinton rape? And did he force his attentions on Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones? Seems like he spent most of his time with his mistress, Gennifer Flowers, which makes him an adulterer more than a sexual predator. Whatever. In any case, as you say, it is all about the power men have been exerting over women dating back to the cavemen days when they carried a club and dragged their mates by the hair. And by now everybody agrees that Hillary Clinton is far from perfect. Her ardent black supporters, however, will tell you all about the good programs she established for women and children and other helpful legislature she got passed during her term as a senator, and how she has been a target of vicious right-wing conservatives for 30 years, characters who are just as devious as she is accused of being. And crusader Michael Moore will tell you how, during her husband's term of office, she put her heart and soul into an attempt to bring about affordable health care in this country, and was crucified by the Republican congress for doing so. Barak and Michelle Obama will tell you that no one is more capable than she is. The question remains: If Hillary is elected president, what will we have to fear? That she won't keep the campaign promises that include implementing the progressive input from Bernie Sander's platform? That she will favor the rich and continue her conniving ways and try to capitalize on her position as chief executive by making secret deals to increase her personal fortune? That she will put a hit out on her enemies or drive them to suicide? My gut feeling tells me that this 69-year-old senior citizen is now ready to put her crafty talents to work for the good of the country. But, others cling to the spitefulness that they try to pass off as "integrity". So let them penalize her by casting their ballot for Trump, or by wasting their vote on either the Green or Libertarian party candidate or any other name they choose to write-in if this will make them feel good about themselves. And, of course, Trump supporters can tick off all the reasons why they believe their candidate would be best for this country so it obviously boils down to one's world view. Such is life.

The Clinton saga is all about the spin-doctoring of his haters and defenders. What we have proof of, is that Bill Clinton balanced the budget, kept us out of war and gifted workers with the family leave bill. What we can observe is that none of the half-truths made by his detractors have benefited from objective scrutiny and - by the way, he is not who is running against the unprecendented, unqualified Donald Trump. Bill Clinton's wife, who has endured 30 years of unrelenting demonization by those who blindly hate her, is the one seeking the office, eager to focus her considerable skill sets on fixing the country, - now that she has feathered her own nest. Bill Clinton is, however, guilty of believing he was doing the black community a favor by what he thought would deter crime. He has since admitted his good intentions "paved a pathway to hell", and the old guard of black civil rights veterans have apparently decided to forgive him. Moreover, in 2016 all of those incarcerated in the 80s are out of prison, and many of those remaining are being pardoned by Obama, the injustices committed against them inspiring Democrat promises to get rid of the stop-and-frisk laws, harsh sentences for victimless crimes, and an overhaul in policing procedures. And what party do you suppose the Walmart family dynasty, who engages in slave labor, belongs to?? As the omniscient, oracle known as Oprah has declared, nobody is asking voters to like Hillary or invite her into your house for tea. The election is pitting a "demagogue against democracy", and the choice is clear. The venerable Bernie Sanders emphasizes that this is not the time for a protest vote! It's about what will best serve the country. Even if Hillary does nothing more than maintain the status quo which at least acknowledges that reform is necessary, that is far better than what a Trump presidency with all of its mean-spirited, foolhardy goals will be.

What crime did Bill Clinton commit? And, running for president does have something to do with qualifications. Every chief executive in modern day history, with the exception of Trump, has had qualifications in the form of the experience that comes from having held a previous political office, as well as holding a law degree. Whether these leaders make the office, or the office makes them, depends a lot on the whims of the Legislative branch of the government as well as the Judicial. It would be more accurate to say that in the ruthless arena of politics, what qualifies one to be President is an ability to wheel and deal at home and abroad. The Presidency is not the Papacy. It is a job that requires someone who can walk it as well as talk it. Donald Trump's only qualification is that he embodies all of the malcontents who this country reeks with. A vote for Trump is either a vote for a return to the oppression of the past, or an exercise in narcissistic obstinacy manifested by taking pride in oneself for being judgmental about Hillary, fixated on all the unproven accusations, while blaming her for the sins of her husband. IMO

I don't think Donald rigged the election. Trump got to where he is in a manner that is perfectly consistent with the way the process was designed to work. What are the qualifications to run for President? I'm sure we all appreciate the most "qualified" people to be POTUS wouldn't subject themselves to the process--it has nothing to do with qualifications... otherwise you'd think the republicans can do better than Trump or Palin as candidates. Yeah, Trump is a crook, and probably should have done a little time for the University scheme he ran. But Bill Clinton was a crook too, and we elected him for two terms. We'll get the candidate we deserve.

Lol..... I think the vast majority of Americans actually CAN relate to a "perceived" dope smoking socialist more than a rich business tycoon who likes firing people. However who a person can relate to and who they think would be better at running the country can often be two different types of people. Unfortunately many Americans have bought into the foolish idea that a nation should be ran like a business...and if follows that they would assume a businessman would make a better President.

I'm not a political theorist and Astrological charts and human nature are informing my position. Trump is one of the most important Presidential candidates since King George I I. Since he signals a tectonic shift in politics. No I don't think he's business as usual since the Republican party aren't endorsing him. There are a few Political Astrologers. Who believe Trump beats Clinton, but Bernie can defeat Trump because they both represent change. I think Trump would be a better President than either Clinton or Bernie. Bernie wants fairness Clinton wants power, and Trump wants his ego stroked. So failure is a bigger issue for him. And I believe be will be Machiavelliapurs order not to be a failure. Will post more about the sinking stocks of the US And the buy ib and sell out of politics. This is the beginning of a bigger Geo Political swing. And a client changing of the guards that will be complete by 2024

To me, this is an election as much about questions as about answers. Why do millions of black Americans as well as their leaders support Hillary? Will Hillary pass up a chance to create a great legacy or just go along with business as usual? When people allow candidates to symbolize their hopes and grievances, are they setting themselves up for disappointment in view of past history? If a Democrat like Obama couldn't keep his promises, what kind of results can a Progressive independent like Sanders have in initiating reform? Would a Trump presidency allow America to openly become the bigoted anti-thesis of democracy that it has always been? How well-equipped are Bernie and Donald to operate in the global arena? Is the United States of America on track to implode with internal dissent and, like the Roman Empire, fall? As someone who has been retired for 24 years during which time, whomever was president made little difference in my day-to-day life, how many others are there like me who have simply stayed under the radar? Why should I even bother to vote?

Well, I'm glad to see that this board has been brought back to life.....lol. Like Troy, I also doubt that Trump will be elected as President. Mel stole a little bit of my thunder...lol....because I share her observations of there being little change since the Reagan era. Even if Trump does get in, it really wouldn't make THAT big of a difference. National politics and policy tends to remain the same regardless as to WHO gets in office be it a Republican or Democrat. Obama is in office right now, he's been in for the past 7+ years....have things IMPROVED for Black America or have things gotten worse? Black America has lost more actual wealth under Obama so far than they had under George W. ! Much of his policies thus far from cash-for-clunkers, to Obama Care, to continuing the war on Terror seems to eventually benefit Republicans and the rich more than they do the people who voted for him. We need to take a page out of the Republican's playbook and start focusing more on local politics and gaining individual and communal wealth and build from that we will be in a position to have some real power and influence over national politics.