Hex Signs and Ganesh

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Thanks for sharing, t'was mighty interesting the Amish magick. The latter

reminds me of the Romanies. Ganesha.... the Lord of Scribes too. "Ha" indeed.

Your ruminations on runes is what I would call "sophisticated".

Auuuummmmm

Sy

hmshutton wrote:

Well, here are two stories of Amish magick:(1) This one I know first hand.

When I was 5 or 6, I got a good case of ringworm on my left elbow. In those

days (the late 40's) the doctor (who made housecalls in his old Ford) couldn't

do much except say wait for it to go away. Then Mrs. Gross came to visit...and

told my mother to paint a circle of black ink around it and it would go away.

My mother painted the circle; within hours the parasite-colony had shrunk and

was entirely gone in a few days.(2) This one's a bit darker. The same lady

told us that, if ever we needed to get back at someone, to take a pail of clear

water outside on the night of a full moon. Also take a big knife. Look into

the water until the person's face appears; when it does, drop knife into

bucket. She confided that an uncle of hers had done this recently, causing the

man to have an barn accident in which his face as slashed.The Amish can be a

contrary people. One of my paternal great grandmothers came into a small

inheritance, which she used for new living room furniture and a fine new rug.

My great grandfather uttered not one word to her for 8 months, so furious was

he that the money was so frivously spent.I don't know if the Amish know about

the runes or use them. I would be surprised if they did, because their

religion is so laden with Christian fundamentalism. But they keep usin them

hex signs, and therefore stay in touch with Hagal.BTW, I saw a reference today

to Ganesha as "Lord of Letters". As in letters of an alphabet. Ha. I thought

so. My rune thoughts aren't so nuts after all.All be well,Scott

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