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Luck: Just how useful is it?

10/2/2015

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Given the situational desperation many are experiencing, of late, I’ve had a great many folks come my way to ask about luck work and how it effects people.  It seems that the wish is that a dose of it would help people solve their ills, and there is some truth to that. Luck, however, doesn’t work the way most people seem to think it does.
 
Lady Luck is a fickle mistress, bound to a rather tempestuous nature. Sometimes her floes are helpful, and others they’re disastrous. Yes, I am referring to Luck as an external, nigh deific sort, as it certainly does seem to have its own intelligence and capriciousness to it. Weird as it sounds, pay attention to the desperate: they have no luck. The more desperate they become, the less luck they have....its logical to assume that luck is negatively impacted by desperation.
 
Its not an effect you can count on, even if you’re a “lucky person”, as there are times where we all experience streaks of awesomeness and then streaks of “meh”. It’s a useful force to factor in when working towards success in one arena or another, but I am of the mind that it isn’t to be counted or relied upon. Thus, I don't. While I might enchant for luck, its not primary or secondary in my focus...rather, it gets relegated to a later spot.
 
For example, if I were interested in getting a particular job or promotion, there are a great many things I would do before I would bother with luck and the related concerns. Foci are manifold when such concerns are being addressed, and I don't like to count on anything particularly fickle.

My list of work would look something like this:
  1. Glam myself to make me look like a better candidate for the job
  2. Glam my resume
  3. Sweeten relations with my boss as well as the boss of the new position, as that'd likely make it easier to get the job.
  4. Remove obstacles
  5. Open the road
  6. Bless my application process
  7. Perform a working to ensure that I'm in the right place at the right time.
  8. Luck work

As you can see, luck work is at the end of the line. Its useful, but not so useful that it should replace "real" work.  Its not the godsend some seem to think it is, but rather the cherry on top that seems to add a benefit when you don't really need it.

Regards,
SE
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Mossel
10/2/2015 05:11:46 pm

In the news a few years ago concerning syria, an old man was thrown out of his home by ISIS. I say this because the events of the days caught guard.

However, I am sure there were people who paid attnetion to the events around them didn't get such a shock and got out of the country before such misfortunes occured.

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SorcerousEndeavors
10/5/2015 11:10:24 am

As a general rule, if you're keeping your head on a swivel and paying attention to the world around you, you're seldom caught off-guard. Unfortunately, most folks aren't keen on doing that and remaining that aware, as being so tends to be rather depressing.

-SE

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Mossel
10/3/2015 07:08:46 pm

Is there a way to work with Luck as with any deity? You've made posts concerning The Horned God.

Would it be Luck, or Fortune? Or they the same?

Is not Nemisis the counter balance to Luck? Wouldn't these situations be a result of Nemisis coming to balance things? The last sentence might seem strange, but looking at the big picture, humanity has been quite fortunate in many things of late.

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SorcerousEndeavors
10/5/2015 11:06:51 am

Every culture has their own views on who is lucky, harmful to luck, or just otherwise good to please or avoid displeasing. How you work with them can be defined by the culture's preferences, or simply by the preferences of the deity or spirit in question.

Luck is no different. While Laxmi might well be lucky, I don't view Her as being one in the same as Lady Luck. The latter is my name for that essence.

Nemesis is one of those spirits I do my best to keep happy, seeing as how she is harmful to luck down the road. There are others like her, too, so doing some research on that end can be very, very helpful.

I don't, however, see humans as being terribly lucky of late. Pay attention to non-domestic news for five minutes and you'll see that a Satanist shot up Umpqua, ISIS is causing a ruckus in Syria, Russia's going nuts over the Ukraine, and China is in a pissing match with the USA over territories and nautical maneuvers. There's plenty going on, but the US populus is far more interested in the latest celeb drama than they are in what's actually going on in the world. My two cents on that end, anyway.

Regards,
SE

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Mossel
10/5/2015 04:04:34 pm

"I don't, however, see humans as being terribly lucky of late."

I am reffering to the industrial and scinetific revolution and the boons its granted us. What you are mentioned are the signs of corrections soon to come. As for Nemisis. I thought you couldnt bribe here or curry favor in a manner that isnt balanced??

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SorcerousEndeavors
10/6/2015 11:04:49 am

And the drawbacks its granted, to boot. Technology can be a wonderful thing, to be sure, as can medicine. Both are overused, and we've become rather unhealthy as a result. Myself included in that statement.

Nemesis doesn't allow bribes, but you can talk with her and seek advice. She's something of a judge, so you're allowed to plead your case before she swings the gavel.

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Mossel
10/6/2015 11:35:22 am

THis is not the first time I've heard "Plead your case"
I have heard methods of say a corporation you want to bring down, to plead your case as prosecutor in front of the spirit that rules over it. Moloch himself says he more like a lawyer trying to plead a case in front of the spirits he works with. Perhaps its time to work more on rhetoric instead of methods?

What do you mean advice? If she going swing the gavel, she is going to swing it. It sounds like advice don't ,mean much.

SorcerousEndeavors
10/6/2015 03:50:51 pm

Well, think about it. A judge is also a lawyer, so they can sometimes give advice on how to avoid a sentence. Themis and Nemesis both tend to work in the same way.

Mossel
10/6/2015 11:53:21 am

Reason I brought up nemisis is my understanding on the greek mythos is its her role to take away the boons Lady Luck provides. So to me, she is the counter balance.

Also it seems you and I have different ideas what constitutes luck.
So what does luck mean to you?

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SorcerousEndeavors
10/6/2015 03:51:40 pm

Luck: a boon or benefit wherein one gets or achieves something by chance. Luck is what swings chance in your direction when work hasn't been done to that effect.

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Mossel
10/6/2015 04:33:31 pm

I think a post concerning these deities may be required or related. Many want luck. Yet many may want justice as well.

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SorcerousEndeavors
10/7/2015 01:58:04 pm

Given the nature of the spirits in question, that sort of information & direct info on working with them will remain a service, rather than something freely discussed herein. Its a volatile, dangerous subject matter that can cause trouble rather than grant aid, should one be unintelligent in their pursuit.

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