“If I ever…”
or
“They call me Σεθλον”
July 4, 2018
G.D.O’Bradovich III
background
One of the lesser known aspects of ceremonial magic is that an entity that one names becomes one’s possession. Hence, magickal names are never spoken, let alone divulged, cf. the story of Isis and Ra.
When Apprentice Levi shook our Magic 8 Ball during his inquiry while calling it “Alexa”, we knew that he didn‘t realize the Occult implications of his faux paus. We didn’t name the Magic 8 Ball, as we never thought anyone would address it by a name…
Years ago, we were amused when the HighSchoolers™ began calling me by the name “Sethlon”, a well known gamer, as though the greatest Occult mind of the twenty-first century could be the in possession of a group of youths.
Last night while pondering the Nature of the Universe, Beaky suggested that we should create a game. The idea is unlike any of our other projects, so we knew it could not originate within us. We were hesitant to begin something so ambitious, as we think of initially think of games as being “board games”, although raised in the “Hotbed of Euchre”, also known as Indiana. However, we realized if it were a drinking game, where “drinking game” is intentionally ambiguous, then the project would be easier to finish, as the only rule would be to take a “shot” if the statement was applicable. Of course, the larger the group, the better.
Therefore,
“If I ever…
When Apprentice Levi shook our Magic 8 Ball during his inquiry while calling it “Alexa”, we knew that he didn‘t realize the Occult implications of his faux paus. We didn’t name the Magic 8 Ball, as we never thought anyone would address it by a name…
Years ago, we were amused when the HighSchoolers™ began calling me by the name “Sethlon”, a well known gamer, as though the greatest Occult mind of the twenty-first century could be the in possession of a group of youths.
Last night while pondering the Nature of the Universe, Beaky suggested that we should create a game. The idea is unlike any of our other projects, so we knew it could not originate within us. We were hesitant to begin something so ambitious, as we think of initially think of games as being “board games”, although raised in the “Hotbed of Euchre”, also known as Indiana. However, we realized if it were a drinking game, where “drinking game” is intentionally ambiguous, then the project would be easier to finish, as the only rule would be to take a “shot” if the statement was applicable. Of course, the larger the group, the better.
Therefore,
“If I ever…
"if i ever"
quoted Plato
revealed my age
quoted Nietzsche
quoted Saint Paul
discussed my brother
shaved at your place
made your birth chart
related my SAT scores
spoke German with you
showered at your place
smiled upon seeing you
discussed your religion
helped build your house
attended a play with you
invited you to “Join me”
mentioned “Donnie Darko”
mentioned my High School
discussed The Magic Flute
received/accepted a shirt
taught you a Latin phrase
apologized for my behavior
discussed your birth chart
received/accepted a jacket
chatted with you in Italian
mentioned Apprentice Thomas
said “My eyes are up here.”
said that I was a Christian
went with you to your house
showed you the Secret Garden
asked about your career plans
helped you to move residences
said "I don’t have favorites."
said “I’m not joking/smiling.”
said my opinions are worthless
went with you to Highland Lawn
asked for money and you gave it
received a pair of your underwear
stressed the importance of virtue
asked you pick me up at a hospital
discussed the importance of reason
said that I don’t leave Terre Haute
saw a movie at the theatre with you
talked about being a business owner
mentioned a passage about the Master
talked about my former relationships
inquired about alternate career plans
said that our meeting was an accident
drank adult beverages in your presence
took a road trip with you out of state
asked you to lend your voice to a video
posted an essay you wrote to my website
told you that I wasn’t always a failure
said I was proud of your accomplishments
cried while quoting from one of my essays
discussed our collaborating on a libretto
mentioned my best friend from high school
suggested I should check your birth chart
stated my score on the Stanford Binet test
discussed the importance of studying abroad
mentioned Osiris’ favorite beverage is beer
asked you to pick me up after an appointment
inquired about the wellbeing of your parents
discussed my experiences at Purdue University
discussed various qualities of Cancer Geminis
congratulated you on a specific accomplishment
offered to take you on a tour of Highland Lawn
said “I’m an uncle” on the birth of your child
suggested a course of action that you followed
babbled on about a specific, but obscure, topic
said that you would fail in a specific endeavor
said you should pursue a Liberal Arts education
conflated all video games with “Killing Zombies”
called a certain entity “the school to the south”
discussed the importance of a hierarchy of values
said I was worried, not just concerned, about you
was with you the first time you drove in the rain
dedicated a musical work to you as part of a group
mentioned the importance of not breaking character
asked about your thoughts of being killed in action
attended all of your high school home football games
published a specific adventure we had on the website
went through your glove box to find out where you live
said that human life is precious, because it is finite
went with you to your neighborhood and wandered around
dedicated a musical arrangement to you as an individual
quoted from adult videos in reference to your girlfriend
noted that certain schools are “world class” institutions
dedicated an original musical work to you as an individual
mentioned thinking about “dachshunds, butterflies, and rainbows”
offered to shake your hand upon your accomplishment, and you refused
apologized that I can’t recall your name, as “My moon is in Aquarius”
went through your personal papers to find your Social Security number
cried, due to joy, because you made connections I thought you couldn’t
said that I will treat you differently upon reviewing your birth chart
discussed the importance of Natural Law as relating to the United States
was surprised when you realized why some people can’t become Apprentices
insisted we listen to a part of one of my original compositions and we did
mentioned that I would create a multiyear story arc about you on my website
greeted your hair, said it was good to see your hair, and then asked about you
mentioned the Egyptian God of Wisdom, Thoth, who is known as Beaky to his friends
said "I don’t answer personal questions", then proceeded to ask personal questions
took a day to respond to a relationship question
because I was unsure of the gender of your affection
stated that I would ask, with your parents present,
if your girlfriend’s morning sickness was getting better
then you should know. firstly, that we felt comfortable being with you and, secondly, you are a part of a select group.”
Regarding the viability of this exercise as a drinking game with adult beverages, we recall that Beaky never tires of reminding the Gentle Reader that “Price and Participation Vary”.
Of course, not all 103 items will apply to everyone.
Regarding the viability of this exercise as a drinking game with adult beverages, we recall that Beaky never tires of reminding the Gentle Reader that “Price and Participation Vary”.
Of course, not all 103 items will apply to everyone.
nitz
When I was a child, our female dog had puppies and, as it was related to me, she ran away and took all the puppies, save one. The remaining puppy I named “Nitz”.
The objective researcher will reasonably conclude that the consonants sounds of “n”, “t”, and “s/z” are common enough and the name is a nonsense word only, as the sounds could have been spoken in any one of six random combinations.
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, there are two forms to indicate possession. The suffix pronoun follows and are affixed to preceding words, so “puppies.[s]” is translated as “her puppies”.
The independent suffix pronoun is never the subject of the sentence and almost always starts at the beginning of the sentence. Therefore, “[nts].puppies” is translated as “her puppies”.
The dependent and suffix pronouns are not identical [in our example, the 3rd person singular feminine; “s” and “nts”] nor can they be exchanged with one another, that is, “[s].puppies” and “puppies.[nts]” are not possible constructions in Egyptian.
The subjective researcher will conclude that my concern was not for the mother, but the missing puppies: “[nts].puppie”, possibly fuller “[nts].puppies are gone.”
From our research on the Book of the Dead, we concluded that Egyptian adjectives always end in “y” [pronounced "ee"], although this is not always indicated in the text. "Beautiful" as a noun is “nfr”, while "beautiful" as an adjective, “nfry” .
Demonstrative pronouns also always end in “y“ [“pw” pronounced “poo[y]” (“that”)].
From the preceding, it would be reasonable to conclude, that all the pronoun constructions end in “y”, that is, “[ntsy].puppies” or "her puppies". Therefore, “N(i)tsy” is the correct full name of my childhood dog and not a diminutive form of "N(i)ts".
The objective researcher will reasonably conclude that the consonants sounds of “n”, “t”, and “s/z” are common enough and the name is a nonsense word only, as the sounds could have been spoken in any one of six random combinations.
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, there are two forms to indicate possession. The suffix pronoun follows and are affixed to preceding words, so “puppies.[s]” is translated as “her puppies”.
The independent suffix pronoun is never the subject of the sentence and almost always starts at the beginning of the sentence. Therefore, “[nts].puppies” is translated as “her puppies”.
The dependent and suffix pronouns are not identical [in our example, the 3rd person singular feminine; “s” and “nts”] nor can they be exchanged with one another, that is, “[s].puppies” and “puppies.[nts]” are not possible constructions in Egyptian.
The subjective researcher will conclude that my concern was not for the mother, but the missing puppies: “[nts].puppie”, possibly fuller “[nts].puppies are gone.”
From our research on the Book of the Dead, we concluded that Egyptian adjectives always end in “y” [pronounced "ee"], although this is not always indicated in the text. "Beautiful" as a noun is “nfr”, while "beautiful" as an adjective, “nfry” .
Demonstrative pronouns also always end in “y“ [“pw” pronounced “poo[y]” (“that”)].
From the preceding, it would be reasonable to conclude, that all the pronoun constructions end in “y”, that is, “[ntsy].puppies” or "her puppies". Therefore, “N(i)tsy” is the correct full name of my childhood dog and not a diminutive form of "N(i)ts".
nuny
We named our childhood security blanket "Noony" which, once again, has a common consonant, "n", and two common vowels, "oo" and "ee", and sounds like a nonsense word.
Nun is the Egyptian Goddess of water and, according to our reconstruction, the addition of "ee" to the noun "nun", that is, "noony", translates as "watery". To describe a blanket as "watery" is nonsensical, but if "noony" is understood as "cool", as the satin blanket was, then it is understandable for a child to describe the blanket as "noony".
The objective researcher can enlist reality to support his claims, whereas the Occult Researcher only has unverifiable subjective assertions.
Nun is the Egyptian Goddess of water and, according to our reconstruction, the addition of "ee" to the noun "nun", that is, "noony", translates as "watery". To describe a blanket as "watery" is nonsensical, but if "noony" is understood as "cool", as the satin blanket was, then it is understandable for a child to describe the blanket as "noony".
The objective researcher can enlist reality to support his claims, whereas the Occult Researcher only has unverifiable subjective assertions.
sethlon
Just as we dismissed the coincidence between “Nitz” as the Egyptian third person feminine singular independent pronoun and the name of our childhood pet, so we now dismiss the coincidence of the sobriquet “Sethlon” and its appearance in ancient literature:
τίνες δε αυτόν Σωβαλον, ο'ι δε Σεθλον ονομάζουσι.
Scholia Græca in Homeri Odysseam
Wilhelm Dindorf - 1855 - Mythology, Greek
Αΰηλον εϊ κύριον το φαίϋΊμ.ος. τίνες δί ΡλΙ. Οί. νΐΐ1§. ΆρΊσταρχος, αιγιΒονχ αυτόν "Σώβαλον, οΊ δβ Σεθλον ονομάΧρυο:. και μάλλον επηρατον το πεδίον.
Homeri Odyssea: cum scholiis veteribus. Accedunt Batrachomyomachia : ...
Homer - 1827
σεθλον·βάσε:εβα
Tu en hagiois patros hēmōn Grēgoriu, episkopu Nyssēs, Ta ...
Grégoire de Nysse, Morel - 1638
Σεθλον
Concilia generalia et prouincialia graeca et latina quaecunque ...
Iglesia Católica, Severinus Binius - 1618
Σεθλον έλισκόπον Συ&amς.
Conciliorum generalium Ecclesiae Catholicae tomus tertius Pauli V. ...
Iglesia Católica - 1612
Σεθλον
Deipnosophistarum libri quindecim cum Jacobi Dalechampii latina ...
Athenaios Naukratites - 1612
Ρωδμιοΐων ἔπννηβΜε· π·ΣΜ,Ζ·νι σεθλον
Των Δίωνος του Κάσσιου ʻΡωμαικών ʻιστοριών βιβλία πέντε καί είκοσι
Dio Cassius Cocceianus - 1592 - Rome
τίνες δε αυτόν Σωβαλον, ο'ι δε Σεθλον ονομάζουσι.
Scholia Græca in Homeri Odysseam
Wilhelm Dindorf - 1855 - Mythology, Greek
Αΰηλον εϊ κύριον το φαίϋΊμ.ος. τίνες δί ΡλΙ. Οί. νΐΐ1§. ΆρΊσταρχος, αιγιΒονχ αυτόν "Σώβαλον, οΊ δβ Σεθλον ονομάΧρυο:. και μάλλον επηρατον το πεδίον.
Homeri Odyssea: cum scholiis veteribus. Accedunt Batrachomyomachia : ...
Homer - 1827
σεθλον·βάσε:εβα
Tu en hagiois patros hēmōn Grēgoriu, episkopu Nyssēs, Ta ...
Grégoire de Nysse, Morel - 1638
Σεθλον
Concilia generalia et prouincialia graeca et latina quaecunque ...
Iglesia Católica, Severinus Binius - 1618
Σεθλον έλισκόπον Συ&amς.
Conciliorum generalium Ecclesiae Catholicae tomus tertius Pauli V. ...
Iglesia Católica - 1612
Σεθλον
Deipnosophistarum libri quindecim cum Jacobi Dalechampii latina ...
Athenaios Naukratites - 1612
Ρωδμιοΐων ἔπννηβΜε· π·ΣΜ,Ζ·νι σεθλον
Των Δίωνος του Κάσσιου ʻΡωμαικών ʻιστοριών βιβλία πέντε καί είκοσι
Dio Cassius Cocceianus - 1592 - Rome
In conclusion, when Beaky speaks, the Gentle Researcher should be willing to follow through, even when his suggestion seems weird, for one never knows where the suggestion may lead.