Zeus' Palatial Blog

The last day of May sees a cooler day across Olympus with the temperature hovering around 17C. The wind is brisk today which is a great thing because it is the annual kite festival on the mountain. The boys and I were already out to watch the kites this morning and if I could’ve convinced Apollo and Hercules not to run off wreaking havoc I probably would have launched a few kites myself. In my younger days I was competitive with stunt kites and even entered competitions with my father in the sychro-kite categories. Admittedly I don’t get out to fly as much as I used to, but when I can I still enjoy taking off for several hours with nothing but the sound of the wind.

Speaking of wind - the sailboat has been in the water for a month and I have yet to get out on it. To be fair we were waiting for the new mainsail to be fitted, so now that we’ve got cloth (well kevlar really) we can get out sailing again. I suppose we could have put the dacron sail back on, but where’s the fun in that? I do believe we have a new spinnaker for the season as well. To my knowledge (we haven’t had it up yet) the new chute is a super bright rainbow pattern meant to dazzle and confuse our competitors during downwind race legs.

We’re still waiting for it to warm up enough to use the pool. I just can’t see myself willfully diving into mid-teen water anymore. Instead I broke out the remote control ships and boats for the boys and I and have turned the pool into a harbour for now. At least the pool is serving a useful purpose instead of the water just sitting around waiting to evaporate.

In other news I finally added Understanding Dreams 101 to the main Psi Palatium Article Archive. I’ve dug up all of AMPsychic’s work and Active Psy for addition too. Miri has also graciously allowed us to post his recent seminar on runes from Psionicsonline, so that will appear as well. This means we’re going to broach the 600 entry barrier this summer. Wow!

I love lightning (go figure with the nickname) but seriously to sit and watch a lightning storm is so much fun. Not just because they’re tres cool, but also because of the energy that can be felt during them. Obvious safety precautions should always be taken when in the middle of a lightning storm to ensure safety. After a storm it usually leads to my becoming child-like in having fun creating sparks of light, which in turn leads to some good practice time. Everything boils down to psi in my life … see how it is.

Hera is on a week of afternoons - another change in schedule thanks to her job shift last month. This really means that I get more nightly community time after the boys are asleep. Well, more time for the community is the plan; however I do have meetings and gathering already scheduled to make up the time. Not that I can’t do meetings and gatherings when Hera is here … it’s just a lot easier when she isn’t screaming that something just bumped into her and we’d better take it with us. I’m still getting heck for leaving her alone in a haunted house while I was on the west coast.

Haunted house?! Yes, I love it. There are all sorts of concentrations in my house - friendly of course.

What’s on the plate? I’m having a definite lack of want to code, so I probably won’t be adding anything exciting and new to the website until mid-June anyways. I will tell you that I did start my Psychic Reading Course outlines and articles while I was out west. Should be an exciting or at least interesting time in the fall.

I’ve technically been back to Olympus for a few days, but have neglected to blog only because I’m still adjusting back into the swing of things. I’d taken the time to wind a lot of things down before I left for the gathering on the west coast and now I’m in the process of getting everything back up to speed.

Several great things went on while tucked safely away in a pocket reality on the west coast. This year seemed to really focus on healing and telepathy. I’m in the process of re-creating and composing new articles and information tidbits that others might find interesting. I have to admit that it’s been a couple years since I was out west for a “holiday” and getting out on the water to talk with the whales is always a great experience. I also enjoyed walking through the virgin forests and communing with the animals (and watching the absolute look of horror on the faces of some younger members for the bear sessions). Guess I’m just a nature-loving kind of guy.

Now that I’m back home I have to get out to the shop to weld my lawn mower back together …. well, just the handle really. I turned a corner and so did the handle but the rest of the mower decided not to. I ended up sheering the handle clean off. I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen anyone ever break the handle of their mower before, so good on me. Of course this happened after I fixed my weed eater, which my brother in law thought would work so much better with a 5:1 mix rather than a 32:1 mix. Two fouled plugs, new filters and an incredible cloud of blue smoke later I can keep my lawn in shape again (at least the edges until I fix the mower).

So what’s next you ask? Well, in online psi news I’ve decided to hook-up with Sean (aka Peebrain of Psipog) and several other noted online psychics, psions, etc. in creating a new private proof of concept community. At this point I’m not entirely sure what’s planned as far as opening up to a larger grouping, but for now it’s being kept to the old tried and true segment of admins. I’m sure the info we come up with will be released over time. Many of you that interact in the courses and chat will see my info first since I’ll be needing a lot of help in getting the info collected and together. It should be great fun.

There’s actually a lot more to tell but we’ll leave something for me to talk about in future posts!

I leave tomorrow for the gathering out west. Those of you on the Island and in the valley - I’m sorry

Though I have yet to actually pack to leave I have mentally prepared myself for the trip. I’m also flying with a suitcase full of maple syrup and related maple products as gifts (search my bags? There’s nothing of interest in these bags - move along). At any rate I will be gone for the better part of a week, so don’t get all up in arms because I’m not posting blog updates. I promise to fill you all in once I return to Olympus and Hera releases me from her strangle hold (I’m leaving her with Hercules and Apollo for the first time ever).

Operation Psi Practice with Svenove and Nesjamag got off to a smashing start last week and though I pinged out of the practice session on Saturday due to some family happenings (isn’t that always the way) it was a great success. If you haven’t joined the Psi Palatium Circle yet then WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! From the main website choose the Circle link (on the left menu) and sign up for the course. They’ve put a lot of work into the setup and execution of things. If you’re looking to improve, practice, or simply learn anything about psi this is the way to do it!

As always with the Community while I am gone the rest of the staff are in charge and will democratically take care of everything per the Chat Channel Charter and Community Charter. Your other option is always to wait for my return at which time I review everything anyways

Best of the Energies Everyone!

Another beautiful day on Olympus. The boys are outside having a grand old time and I’m hard at “work” once again. What’s new on the mountain these days? Let’s see .. I reassembled the trampoline a couple of weeks ago and everything else of the boy’s is back up and ready for summer (let’s hear it for Play Central). We did get a new pool for them to enjoy when it’s warm. Nothing big of course just one of those little 3m round pools. It came complete with pump, cover, and brominator. Oh yes, back to chemistry class for me. I was weighing the benefits and differences between bromine and chlorine use in pools and decided that since the pool is in full sun all day and can have quite a high bather load I’d stick with bromine. Being able to look after the pool much like a spa is much more convenient for me anyways.

The world of psi has seen some interesting waves in North American energies lately. I always feel I should apologize to people in Europe or elsewhere since I don’t keep constant tabs on those areas. It’s not that I don’t want to, but they’re outside of my normal haunting grounds. It’s been an interesting ebb and flow of energies that will see a rogue wave of energy coming in around the 25th … those of you that can shield should do so on that day.

I leave for a week on Tuesday so don’t be all up in arms if I don’t update for a bit. Once the gathering starts I’m not entirely sure I’ll have the spare time to blog, nor access to a computer for that matter. Yay for psychic times. Oh, and those of you in the valley, and on the Island we promise to contain balance as per usual standards.

I took the time between invoicing today to put together my Psi Classes series in PDF format. Though none of the PDFs are available from the website at this point they are in PsiBOT’s fserver (!filesystem) and may be downloaded as you wish to read them from the chat channel.

The current breakdown is as follows:

Psi Vigour - 59 pages - 410K
Psi Classes - 56 pages - 433K
Paradigm Shift - 15 pages - 152K
Understanding Dreams 101 - 57 pages - 467K

If anyone is counting that’s 187 pages of psi goodness for everyone to enjoy. Okay, if you take away the title pages and tables of content then it’s only about 176 pages, but that’s still tonnes for you to read. Just think too - that’s only my series. We have everyone else’s info hiding in the archives too. An incredible amount of information is always waiting at your fingertips!