Haha, yeah, I’m familiar. This might be the one place in the internet where you don’t really need to explain that one. XD
I have a similar setup. Both forearms.
Excellent. You’ve done your research, as you say.
Yarp. When they’re not goth, they’re hippie (speaking in general about any #mysticalshit, not specifically necromancy. I doubt many hippies are down with necromancy, even if ancestor worship counts).
The psychopomps that you’ve chosen can show you the way but you’d be well served to consider attuning to other emanations/spirits/demons/call-them-whatever-the-fuck-you-want for those specific intentions. There are several, depending what you gravitate toward, that would work for those 3 things.
If you need to roll them into one being/entity/thinger that can bring you to achieve all three, I’d suggest Saturn or any of his/her/its many, many derivatives. In fact, thinking about it as I compose this message, Saturn is perfect. I think you’d appreciate the disciplined, down-to-brass-tacks vibe that one provides.
There’s a lot of reasons for that. There was a time when you’d be murdered in various horrific ways if you were publicly known to possess an interest in “the occult”, or anything that could even be perceived as going against the fill-in-the-blank religion of the day. So, people hid that shit.
This is also where some of that dissolution you implied earlier comes from. Some of it is simply lost to history.
Secondly, symbols are fuckin’ powerful. Say what you will about Jung but the man was legit when it comes to the workings of our subconscious mind. Symbols can be used to “program” our minds, allowing us access to modes of thinking and perception that are otherwise locked out.
Third, most of the time, it needs to be symbolic rather than literal. The tree of life is a good example (sorry, I know you dislike Qabalah) - it represents a map and framework for working with consciousness. There just isn’t a simple way to do that without a symbolic structure.
Which can be a valid method lol, going back to the reprogramming of the mind thing…
I wouldn’t recommend mixing psychedelics with magick, personally. Some weed is fine.
Of course. I suspect you’re not going to find the answers you want unless you can accept symbolism as a method of interaction with one’s higher knowledge. But, again, ceremonial magick could be the sweet spot for you.
Update us when you’ve completed your observations and such. I’m curious to see how it pans out.