Christopher Warnock’s Planetary Magic program is a nice simple doohickey for figuring out when is the most auspicious time to make a talisman ruled by a particular planet (using traditional astrology). I have found this program to be very helpful; it also has inspired me to make more talismans, because I go through and find good dates for making things, then I get thinking about which talismans I can make. I unfortunately lost my copy after my computer problems and so bought another one today. I’ve already printed out a list of stuff to make in the near future. Woohoo!
I was previously using Reminder Fox on Firefox as my way of remembering which talismans were coming up–and also what seeds to start when. It was helpful, but it was a little bit wiggy. When I had problems with my copies of Firefox being infested with viruses, I had to download a fresh copy (and it just went on and on) and meanwhile, without noticing it, I lost the data in Reminder Fox–lost Reminder Fox entirely, in fact. So now I have gotten all Luddite and decided to go back to using paper calendars. I have always had a thing for clocks; a calendar is just a paper clock, and I used to always have several. This time I got a witch calendar to remind me of the holidays and festivals I always forget about. I ended up with a Llewellyn witch calendar, and I have to say, it is very handy and usable, so much so I ordered their desk calendar version as well. I also got a Jewish desk calendar with lots of wonderful pics of Jewish antique whatnots to use as my record for talismans. I’ll also get this neat gardening by the Moon calendar for planting.
Last week I felt fed up enough with wanna-be thieves who use viruses to phish information out of you or try to use stolen credit card info to send themselves some witchcraft supplies in Ghana that I would use an old manual typewriter if I could get away with it. Since my old computer came down with ebola, I have been using Opera for most purposes. I had to download Safari for watching Netflix, which for some reason doesn’t like Opera (it ain’t Merkin!). Safari gives me the creeps (everything Apple gives me the creeps), but it did allow me to watch that oldie but goodie Picnic at Hanging Rock. But OTOH, I am in the process of creating four new websites, and I sure couldn’t do that on a manual. Topics are: grimoiric talismans, magic oils, mandrake roots, and grimoiric incense. I am enjoying myself with the setup, but not with trying to get things up on my new webhost. I’m afraid that part of things is a bit overly technical for me, so that I keep “breaking” the server by trying too many different passwords. You would not believe how many I have written down in my address book. Good grief. Eventually, though, the new sites will be up and I will post here with their addresses. These will be purely for info, not shops.