[Book] Thoughts on How to Pray the Rosary and Get Results

[jprussell]

After having it on my stack for a good long time, at last I got to reading How to Pray the Rosary and Get Results, recommended to me by open_space back when I first started poking at the Heathen Rosary undertaking.

Short take: some good, hands-on tips for bringing magical techniques into your prayer, but a bit short on some of the warnings I think ought to come with any use of magical techniques.

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My Latin is terrible...

[k_a_nitz]

Armatus Divino Auxilio = armed with divine help

Armatus = armed (masc sing perfect passive participle of armo) or armor (noun of 4th) or armed (adjective - nom sing)
Divino = to divine/prophesy (verb of 1st) or divine (adjective - dat/abl sing declension of divinus)
Auxilio = to assist/heal (a transitive verb of 1st) or help (noun - dat/abl sing declension of auxilium)

So could maybe also read as the armed man divines with help, or the armed man heals the divine?!

Re: My Latin is terrible...

[jprussell]

Argh, I wish my Latin weren't so terribly rusty so I could join in your speculation better! It seems very likely to me that the intended translation is something like "Armed/Armored with/by Divine Help," with the instrumental dative, but provided the alternatives are viable (or perhaps even if they're not), that's both funny and interesting.

Cheers,
Jeff