Off to bed soon

[rhionnach]

Going to bed soon. Wondering if I'll pick up on the very real but surreal dream I had last night which remained with me all day.

I was in the Clydeport Authority building in Robertson Street in Glasgow, the one which looks unbalanced, as if part of it has been sliced away. I was in the board room which had plaster friezes around the ceiling which contained Pan-like creatures or Cernunnos-like creatures. Someone seemed to be giving me a guided tour and was telling me that the decor was by Austin Osman Spare who seemed to have been in Glasgow. Then I went out to the street and watched a parade by the Royal Navy. It seemed to be Navy day for some reason. I then ended up in a bar where people I knew were meeting. Someone I thought I knew quite well (and for a number of years) was in a kilt and doing a weird "I'm not actually gay, I'm just being trendy" type of dance (I know! I know! It was a dream!)

So I'm going to bed wondering, what next? It's the Pan figures and Austin Spare stuff which is really puzzling me. The other stuff can probably be explained.

Comments

[fiat-knox.livejournal.com]

It sounds as if you should start looking into Chaos magic, by the sounds of it. The strange, surreal, stochastic approach to magic espoused by Chaoticians sounds like something that at least part of your consciousness may be calling out to embrace, in some fashion.

[hubblegubble.livejournal.com]

I'd certainly investigate where Spare got the cash together to come to Glasgow.....he was a reknowned pauper due to his inability to recognise the value of his art at the time!

You could equally construe it as a call the Thelema with tangential contact between Spare and Crowley who did the fairly well-known "Hymn to Pan".

Facetiosness aside, I only suggest if there's meaning, it'll more lateral than you think...

It's always worth a look at some of Spare's artwork. It's generally very interesting work, occult and non-occult. The man had talent, that's undeniable.