Bad Religion

 The Hills of Los Angeles are Burning


So goes the song by a band I grew up with. Prophecy? Predictive Programming? Writing on the wall? Bound to happen and fucking obvious to anyone paying attention?


And what does that have to do with 11 Imix?


Imix is said to be the primordial dragon of creation, a water serpent that I had spent most of the day trying to figure out how to conjure.


The Pacific Palisades fire started yesterday and has ravaged Los Angeles, and spread to other rangers across the mountains. It’s pretty fucking gnarly, and while the areas affected thus far have been predominantly VERY wealthy, the fire is still looming, and threatening to swallow the city in general.


I don’t know how many friends I have in its wake, but I know one in particular that is a new friend who I care very much about and am very worried for.


I remembered the story of Austin Coppock and Gordon White teaming up with the Rune Soup Premium Membership and summoning a Water Dragon that saved Gordon’s farm in Tasmania. This was Lunar Mansion magic. But today the moon is in mansions that—either way you slice it (sidereal or tropical)—are good for destroying buildings.


So that was out.


We had an OTA meeting tonight, and Fr. Balthazar devised a simple but moving ritual—old magic and old religion—to call upon the Prince Consort of that order’s patroness. So we called upon Baal Hadad to bring the rain.


And it was good.

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