Since 2023 is one big magical campaign, I’m starting to divvy up work in terms of long-term operations.
Jan 4th - Introducing Operation Tidy
We have a lot of abusers around town, and a long history of intergenerational trauma. My goal is to lift the overall feeling of the town and to make people feel more able to deal with life. Some of this is removing or redirecting abusers, and some is empowering and supporting survivors. For now I’m working primarily with Glasya-Labolas, who takes a, uh, more direct approach.
I think I have my first success!
On New Year’s Eve I confirmed with Glasya-Labolas that I wanted one particular local guy in meth psychosis to go away, I don’t care how. This is the first time I explicitly agreed to violence and pain, in his particular case and in general with this operation. GL seemed all about it, even though we had the conversation in a cemetery at 9pm, which is not my usual approach with him at all.
Well, I live in a tiny town of five hundred so it’s a big deal when all the ambulances and cops and fire trucks go screaming off down the road, which they did a little after noon today. Come to find out, that totally unrelated guy who likes building and setting off pipe bombs around town fucked around and found out and blew his hand off. They lifeflighted him to the regional trauma center. I take it as a promising start to my general town cleanup! Hail Glasya-Labolas!
July 4th PM sit - Introducing Operation Sunlight
I sat on the couch by the fireplace. I guess I’m pretty informal about sits these days. I waited to see which demon felt appropriate for a small rite. It’s taken me since July to figure out what the hell is actually going on with an excellent friend. My previous work has been seriously missing the mark, but with Dantalion’s help I’ve got some clarity. I need a change in tactics.
An excellent friend with a history of codependency has slid into serious depression. His new partner moved in this year and the partner’s first acts were to help blow up existing friendships and isolate my friend so my friend is solely dependent on the partner. Tonight I used ebdr’s cell phone reconciliation method as a first step.
I printed out three phone-sized pictures of my friend to put in my phone case. I lit the light, got concentrated, waited until I felt a presence, waited until I got inspired with my wishes, then wrote one on the back of each picture and drew Glasya-Labolas’ sigil on the front of each. Meditated with them for a while, then put them in the back of my phone.
- May FRIEND see clearly
- May FRIEND be happy and healthy and safe
- May FRIEND have the courage to make the choices to better his life
I’m not sure how else to help yet. I’m not even sure which demons are on board or appropriate. My divination is all over the place. I’m not asking the right questions, so I’m giving things more thought.