Zeus' Palatial Blog

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!

I often take time to visit other communities and talk with members/staff to both share and commune, so I thought I’d write a little note about it. A note here is that in the last several years groups like the Palatium have come to be referred to as Online Energy Communities (OEC).

Since before the Psi Palatium existed there have been communities, or gathering places for people interested in psi. Some communities are specifically for magick, others for psychics, wiccans, pagans, spiritualists, herbalists, etc etc etc. The breadth of communities runs from the fringe new-age to almost (yes, almost) scientific in nature. I’ve seen a lot of Online (and Offline) communities come and go in the time that the Psi Palatium has been around. In fact many smaller groupings often merge to create larger pools of people, but then end up failing because of discontent between administrators. There are some communities that have survived a good long time like the Guild, or Veritas and of course there was Psipog before it was archived. While the Palatium has an extremely large readership (and membership before it was discontinued last year), and both the Guild and Veritas have large populations we all cater to different groups of people. Psipog itself boasted thousands of members before it was shuttered. In the earlier days of the Palatium the memberships actually shared out and often moved around between communities a lot; however over the years I’ve found that happening less as people tend to stick with one place (though this isn’t a hard and fast rule). Recently (and I mean over the last several years) many new communities have cropped up and are now in the process of changes and merges.

What I have noticed over the years is a pull by the younger generations, and newer communities away from standard “psychic” towards a more hybridized form of psi, which they have come to refer to as psionics. It is my understanding that psionics is simply the study of psi in a less spiritual manner. My observations have been that things like psychic readings, tarot, and the other mainstream psychic talents are maligned for the more interesting and less advertised things like “psi balls” (which you’ll always see me refer to as spheres - I’m old school that way), psychokinesis, and several of the other flashy techniques. This is not meant to say that psionics is incorrect in focus, but I have difficultly because of my training and experience not to tie psi in with understanding and exploration of the self. Understand yourself and understand psi. So what of psionics then? I fear it is a limiting view point and that people are being exposed to a pond of possibilities when they should have an ocean. I also fear the incorrect immersion into psi through avenues that can lead to harm. But, there is a place for all of this.

Newer generations tend to dislike greatly the amount of responsibility the Psi Palatium puts on your shoulders. Instead they seem to prefer the immediacy and relative subjectivity of psionics communities. This may shy younger people away from the Psi Palatium; however it allows them to learn some of the techniques and possibilities. As people age they hopefully begin to understand patience and the necessity of responsibility and if they are still interested in psi will explore towards the Palatium and what it is our community offers. So, the old ways need the new ways to survive and the new ways rely on the old ways in order to continue. A very good balance if I do say so myself.

And if you’re interested this is why PsionicsOnline is the Psi Palatium’s affiliate site. They offer what we do not, and we offer what they do not. A very nice one to one relationship.