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22 May 2020 03:03![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
haptalaonI didn't log on to write 3am liturgy but this show really speaks go me ok. I log on to write a joke.
So I'm watching Robin of Sherwood, and hers a lot of stuff in there thst one could potentially adapt for one's own rites; and at the same time, they take their magic v seriously like I recognise some obscure god names and stuff, not the normal Hollywood mumbo jumbo. We get to the episode about the 7 named swords and a ritual idea just jumps out at me, states me in the face.
Brilliant! Brilliant!
So I do some googleage, reasoning that a cult 70s show will have a good fan wiki, so I can get a list of the names of the swords. It does. In fact, it goes on to explain they are real and listed in the Key of Solomon, a real medieval grimoires. So, this means two things. The first is that I can't chuck them into my occult mix without doing some actual due diligence first.
And the second is - as I was beginning to suspect - Richard Carpenter is actually a wizard. I can't tell you how hard it would be to get a copy of the actual Lemegeton in 1981. The man writes about both paganism and the occult in a way which is - not historically accursed, I suppose, but I recognise the books he was reading a lot of the time, you know? This is not idle research for flavour. Man knows his stuff. Delightful.
So I'm watching Robin of Sherwood, and hers a lot of stuff in there thst one could potentially adapt for one's own rites; and at the same time, they take their magic v seriously like I recognise some obscure god names and stuff, not the normal Hollywood mumbo jumbo. We get to the episode about the 7 named swords and a ritual idea just jumps out at me, states me in the face.
Brilliant! Brilliant!
So I do some googleage, reasoning that a cult 70s show will have a good fan wiki, so I can get a list of the names of the swords. It does. In fact, it goes on to explain they are real and listed in the Key of Solomon, a real medieval grimoires. So, this means two things. The first is that I can't chuck them into my occult mix without doing some actual due diligence first.
And the second is - as I was beginning to suspect - Richard Carpenter is actually a wizard. I can't tell you how hard it would be to get a copy of the actual Lemegeton in 1981. The man writes about both paganism and the occult in a way which is - not historically accursed, I suppose, but I recognise the books he was reading a lot of the time, you know? This is not idle research for flavour. Man knows his stuff. Delightful.
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Date: 22 May 2020 11:01 (UTC)& good to learn that I was wrong about my assumption on the availability of books historically.
Also, I'm pretty psyched to hear your coven incorporating screenings into your work; that's a concept ive been having, but haven't come across anyone else going similar, so I'm excited to hear someone else using it & it working, and im also excited to dip into the other films you name because it sounds like your influences are in a similar sort of zone.
I've got up to the changeover and it's reassuring to hear it's well done, because I've been worrying (even as a Doctor Who fan who's used to a bit of regeneration).