I've not yet worked out a good one-question way to handle either/or decisions, so I'd propose asking the Ogham (seems fitting, given the subject matter) the two following questions:
"What does anonymous most need to understand about joining the AODA and/or the GCC and sticking with the SOP?"
and
"What does anonymous most need to understand about building a spiritual practice based on the LBRP?"
For both, I'll use the spread "Setting (what's going on around you and in your life relevant to the question), Work (what to expect from actually doing the set of practices involved), and Outcome(s) (what is most likely to come about from picking this option)."
If that works for you, I'll ask in the next couple of days and share the interpretation soon thereafter.
For what it's worth, before doing the reading, I'd share that I faced a similar conundrum when getting started in spiritual work: I have a very strong affinity for the Heathen Gods and it seemed clear that was the direction my religious life should go, but when looking for magical training, nothing seemed "just right." Through prayer and meditation, I ended up deciding that it was important to follow JMG's advice to follow a defined course "by the book" for my first foray, and given the worth I found in his advice, I wanted it to be one of his. Due both to its flexibility in which Gods are called upon and the feeling that I needed a better balance of Solar and Telluric energies in my life, I ended up going with his Druid Magic Handbook, and then branching out into the Dolmen Arch when I had to put advanced rituals on hold for my second daughter. I would not have expected to walk the Druid path when first starting out, but it's been greatly valuable to me.
At any rate, as I said, I'll do the reading and let you know what comes up for you, as your mileage will almost certainly vary!
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I've not yet worked out a good one-question way to handle either/or decisions, so I'd propose asking the Ogham (seems fitting, given the subject matter) the two following questions:
"What does anonymous most need to understand about joining the AODA and/or the GCC and sticking with the SOP?"
and
"What does anonymous most need to understand about building a spiritual practice based on the LBRP?"
For both, I'll use the spread "Setting (what's going on around you and in your life relevant to the question), Work (what to expect from actually doing the set of practices involved), and Outcome(s) (what is most likely to come about from picking this option)."
If that works for you, I'll ask in the next couple of days and share the interpretation soon thereafter.
For what it's worth, before doing the reading, I'd share that I faced a similar conundrum when getting started in spiritual work: I have a very strong affinity for the Heathen Gods and it seemed clear that was the direction my religious life should go, but when looking for magical training, nothing seemed "just right." Through prayer and meditation, I ended up deciding that it was important to follow JMG's advice to follow a defined course "by the book" for my first foray, and given the worth I found in his advice, I wanted it to be one of his. Due both to its flexibility in which Gods are called upon and the feeling that I needed a better balance of Solar and Telluric energies in my life, I ended up going with his Druid Magic Handbook, and then branching out into the Dolmen Arch when I had to put advanced rituals on hold for my second daughter. I would not have expected to walk the Druid path when first starting out, but it's been greatly valuable to me.
At any rate, as I said, I'll do the reading and let you know what comes up for you, as your mileage will almost certainly vary!
Cheers,
Jeff