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1) Makes a lot of sense, and "find a way to bring together what you want or need spiritually and materially in a subtle, nuanced fashion" is a good way to sum up my feelings on it. To be clear, I do have an interest in the practical side. Without boring you with a lot of personal stuff, I'm broadly unsatisfied with many aspects of my life, and I'd be happy if ceremonial magic could help bring me more balance and happiness. I'm also fascinated by ceremonial magic as an art in and of itself. That said, I also instinctively agree with JMG that the most important application is changing yourself for the better and letting the material aspects follow as they will, and I feel I still have some work to do there. For the Rosary in particular, though, I see it more as a religious tool than a practical/ceremonial magic one, but maybe there's no reason it can't be both.

3) Thank you, appreciate the well-wishes! Will definitely let you know how it goes. I've ordered the supplies I need, so now I just need to wait for it all to arrive and put it together. Another thing that appeals to me with invoking Frigg is related to a comment I saw from the Pope, who talks about how the invocation of Jesus at the center of the Hail Mary acts as a sort of "spiritual fulcrum", for lack of a better term. Even if Heathenry obviously doesn't share the same hyper-focus on the Bright Son, I'd still like to experiment with the same Frigg/Balder duality in a Heathen context, especially since it also goes well with the HGD ALU Ritual that primarily calls on Balder to heal and bless.

4) Glad to hear you found it an interesting suggestion :) And I had no idea about that etymology, that's fascinating too.