Ceremony for Salon Metamorfose – Death and Rebirth

Ceremony for Salon Metamorfose – Death and Rebirth


Salon Metamorfose  (Afscheids Café), Friday 10 from 12.00 till 17.00.

As a warm up for our transformational event, we open our doors to our Salon Metamorfose on Friday 10, at 12.00.

A space to open up, let go of lingering emotions, embrace change and transition gracefully.

For this purpose we will start our gathering at 12.00 with an introductory ceremony led by Felix Goei,G.H. (ritual facilitator  https://hgoei.com:
Grounding, creating safe space, preparing to enter the workshops.

In this way we will open a safe space to the group to further explore themes of transformation such as the art of aging, death, and celebrating life.

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Art Journal/Kunst-dagboek

Art Journal/Kunst-dagboek


Een art journal is een dagboek met diverse materialen:
tekst, schetsen, tekenen, schilderen, knippen en plakken.

Het gaat niet zozeer om de kunst of het resultaat, maar om je intuïtie ruimte te geven.

Hieronder een voorbeeld: impressies van een vakantie in Toscane

Happy Stones/Geluks-stenen 

Happy Stones/Geluks-stenen 


Ik maak Happy Stones/Geluks-stenen om positieve intentie te delen in mijn omgeving.
Dit idee is geïnspireerd door The Kindness Rocks Project:
Beschilder een kiezelsteen met een positieve boodschap, en geef het weg of laat het achter op een gepaste plek voor de gelukkige vinder.
Bij het plaatsen van de steen is het van belang om dit te doen met respect voor de omgeving zoals natuurgebieden en/of heilige plekken.

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Zingeving in beweging

Zingeving in beweging


Door met aandacht te wandelen door Tuindorp Oostzaan ontdekken we bijzondere inspirerende plekjes: een beeld, een boom, een huis, een tuin.
Elk seizoen geeft het dorp een eigen sfeer: lente-zomer-herfst-winter, ze zijn allemaal op hun eigen manier bijzonder!

Door elke maand te wandelen, ervaren we ook het specifieke thema dat de maan op dat moment toevoegt aan het geheel.

Iedereen, die in staat is om te wandelen, en zich aangesproken voelt door ‘zingeving in beweging’ is welkom!

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Tricube Tales – Teenage Ghostbusters in Gotham: The dangerous outside

Tricube Tales – Teenage Ghostbusters in Gotham: The dangerous outside


Rumors at school mentioning a group of other kids from another class going to Rogue Island:

A year ago, five students investigated the Islands, never to return!
Another newbie group investigated recently, coming back with wild stories:

The Island was really haunted….
We met the ghosts of the disappeared kids in the village, they were mostly incoherent moaning apparitions, but we also saw a shadow of a Lady in Blue.

Most houses had Rune markings on their doors, but were abandoned for a long time!

There were many strange trails of a long tailed two-legged thing with claws…

Following the trails, we arrived at a large house on the hill nearby the village.
In the cellar we found a great workplace for butchery: all kinds of large silver choppers, knives, hatchets.
During our investigation we were surprised by the return of the landlord.


Murderous mayhem ensued!
Cold Iron did not hurt the landlord, but silver worked quite well…
After receiving several wounds he disappeared in a cloud!

At last , the bound spirits of the dead were released, they followed the shadow of the Lady to the Otherworld…

 

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Tricube Tales – Teenage Ghostbusters in Gotham

Tricube Tales – Teenage Ghostbusters in Gotham


The steampunk city-state GOTHAM is surrounded by the Mythago Mists since the nineteenth century, when the veils between the three worlds were lifted.


At that time the Wayne Estate founded the Scout Movement to protect the innocent.

Many adventurous youngsters have joined the movement since then.

Rudolph was one of them…
He run away from his constricting Mennonite village Hicksville to New York where he became a vagrant lost boy until Sister Bright took him from the streets to Candleville’s Our Lady Homestead for lost children.
The village baker Hilda taught him some bread-baking magic, but he was still unhappy with the rural life.
Meeting the weird girl Maggy really changed his life, she showed him several Portals.


His travel through the Machine Portal ended in him being captured till he was freed by his brother and some other friends from the Resistance.
Maggy showed back again to lead them to the portal back home, but she granted his wish ‘to go to New York’.

‘Be careful what you are wishing for’ were here last words before he entered  the portal ‘Ye Olde New York’….

Rudolph ended up in a different New York!
Becoming a vagrant lost boy again, he was taking in by a patrol of Scouts…
Now this might be the perfect life for him!

Rudolph did not say much about the initiation rite of the Scouts; ‘it was weird!’

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Grand Tableau Newyear Eve 2022  – 03 

Grand Tableau Newyear Eve 2022  – 03 


Follow-up on GT NYE 2022, updated with new input from a friend:

The row of the trio of deuces  without ♥:
A balancing act between action, health, finances.
On the right side 2♠ immediately followed by 7♠ :  some disbalance causing health issues.
On the left side 2 red ladies blessing love and money
Farthest left side 2 black ladies toil and trouble: it seems that Santa Muerte is receding but not gone yet.
Above the significator: 10♦ flanked by the black Aces ♣ & ♠ together with Jack Ketch  ♠: risky business operations

Summary: I suppose I have to take care for my health and be careful with financial gambles!

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Grand Tableau Newyear Eve 2022 – 02

Grand Tableau Newyear Eve 2022 – 02


Follow-up on GT NYE 2022


A friend pointed out the following pattern

  1. Midway left: the two red Ladies ♥ & ♦
    meeting the two red Aces ♥ & ♦
    AND meeting meeting a duet of two 6 ♠ & ♥
    AND meeting a a trio of deuces  without ♥
    leading towards
    Nearby diagonal right:
    a duet of 7 ♠ & ♥ in the shadow of J♠
    AND a duet of  8 ♣ &  ♥
  2. Faraway left: a duet of the two dark Ladies ♣ & ♠
  3. Most far diagonal left: a trio of 5 without ♣

Looking at this more detailed view, I see the following:

a complicated pattern of interplay:
the Good Godmothers & the Good Stars guided the way through the perilous roads till the thorny fork in the path towards
the possible near future accident caused by vicious Blackjack Jack Ketch)
OR
A better planned approach thanks to MerryMan Jack Flash

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Grand Tableau Newyear Eve 2022 – 01

Grand Tableau Newyear Eve 2022 – 01


Originally I meant to consult the Oracle at midwinter, but I became afraid to confront portents of doom I saw in the oracle of 2020!
Nobody listens to Cassandra anyway…This shadow is to great for me, what can I do?

Last night I awoke with a beating heart, it seemed the Oracle was knocking forcefully at my door…
And now I cannot resist the call of the oracle, I have to channel the message, I will become the voice.

Question: What is the message of the oracle that I have to share?

For this grand tableau I use the basic card meanings of hedgewitchery cartomancy

I put the Joker as my significator in the complete deck and placed the tableau in 4×13, leaving the last card out as a overall theme for this spread.

To keep the first reading simple, I will focus on the significator and its surrounding cards, later on I will expand on other significant cards.

First impressions:

Overall theme: J♦: Jack Sheppard , beware of Ponzi!

The significator is at the bottom of the tableau, at the end of the last row, subject of many influences, unable to do much about it.

Vertical column:
10♦-A♣-2♠-JOKER: wealth-seed-duel-JOKER
The financial market is very volatile and rocky

Horizontal row:
10♥-9♥-JOKER-8♣J♥: happyness-wish-JOKER-business-Jack Flash
To keep the household happy it needs ongoing maintenance and openness for the Good Messenger

Conclusion:
I can only donate my two cents to the good cause, giving the Oracle a voice.

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Tales from the Loop: Bugs in the Loop!Something loopy this way comes, feel it in the pricking of thy thumbs…

Tales from the Loop: Bugs in the Loop!Something loopy this way comes, feel it in the pricking of thy thumbs…


Rudolf was acting suspicious again, sneaking away after lunch….
Jeffrey gathered some friends to follow the tracks of his weird brother!

Arriving at a clearing in the woods they followed the tracks into a cave, finding some strange signs leading deeper inwards….

Rudolfs trail ended at a portal!

The curious kids followed the trail to emerge from the portal to find
themselves standing upon dark, viscous, slag-like material
which constantly shifts beneath their feet, the
smog around them is vert thick, they were just able to see a clearing with small huts…

Few people are on the streets, the inhabitants of the place looked very gaunt and listless, clad in gray worn clothing, obviously forced labor workers!

The kids approached some persons who told them to get the mandatory registration:

A tattoo on the arm

A badge

 

Of course, the kids did not feel like to get a tattoo, but a badge could be arranged!
They ambushed a few workers to get a badge, now the kids were able to leave the hovels unnoticed.

Apparently the smog caused some hallucinations, on the road they saw some weird visions:
A pyramid beneath a supermoon?
Giant jellyfish drifting away from a space shuttle?
A patrolling robot?
The latter was real and had to be neutralized quickly!

The kids arrived a the mines where laborers were listening to a passionate speaker…“A ruler who oppresses the people, does not deserve to govern”

A revolt was brewing!

The kids joined the vanguard to storm the Palace…

Passing by the Foundry, they defeated some guardians and an officer!
They were even able to loot a few powerful weapons…

A lightning throwing staff!

A huge arm, fit for a titanic robot!

Hacking into the cyberware by mindlink, the cyberarm was ‘persuaded’ to crawl behind the kids.

 

The palace gate was guarded by a titanic robot who was still missing an arm…

With some lucky shots, the controller of the robot was neutralized!

Now the kids were able to take over the controlling device, turning the robot into an ally to smash open the gate..

Entering the throne room, they saw the ruler holding Rudolf hostage at knifepoint!

 

A climatic battle ensued…VICTORY!

The kids discovered behind the throne room another portal

Now at last they were able to return to their own space/time!

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