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Rematerializing missing objects

00:30 / 05.05.03

There's gotta be a way to get everything back, as I lose around $100 worth of material possessions per week. The first few hundred times it bothered me, but eventually I realized that freaking out wasn't the way to go about my odd situation. I never got to wear my Monkey With Plug in Head t-shirt, let alone my hot green belt, and when The Crying of Lot 49 With The Rare Awesome Cover dematerialized it was very much a "figures" thing. Ok, so I've lost my cell phone (along with hundreds of social contacts) at least 5 times, and my wallet would be somewhere around the same. Evenautlly I learned to take everything in stride: for ever since I was little I've suffered from Dematerialization Nation. All those CD's and portable CD players and letters and pictures and artworks and... it just became something to accept. Can you really get worked up about dematerialization after it happens every single day?

Dude. For some reason, possibly because I've learned how to alter my material plain, things are constantly vanishing from it. Could this be something like a "side effect," and is there a way to counteract it? Today I lost my glasses. This isn't a good thing. I mean, what do I do if I lose my passport?

Recently I've been going about my odd situation by viewing the dematerialization as a sign of growth and progress. (since I've been unable to stop the dematerialization itself thus far- using it as "a positive sign" has seemed like the second best option) Learning how to not take material possessions seriously has been a great deprogramming experience, and if there's one thing dematerialization has taught me it's that the nature of reality is postlogichao and therefore flexible. Might as well "make my ego physical" so it can go bye-bye, right?

So ya, I learn stuff and stuff, but I'm currently missing my glasses and my head feels like shit.

08:38 / 05.05.03

Pete Carroll recommends a trick where you work yourself into a Terrible Rage, forget what you're looking for, and then wander around the house at random. Apparently the chances are that the thing you've lost will be in the first place you look, even if you already looked there....

My multifunctional nano-servitor array has a function whereby it seeks out missing things/people and leads me to them. It's got a damn good success rate so far. Maybe you should design a servitor for the purpose?

16:31 / 05.05.03

Finder Spell-Works for me.

1. Prepeare in the usuall method of casting a spell.
2. Use a handrawn picture of lost item for a focal point.
3. Entreat the Avator of Lost Items. Pixie, Gremlin, Borrower or "Thing that lives in the junk drawer."
4. Throw the picture in the bin.
5. Close the ritual.

For me this works and usually takes about 2-3 days.

19:30 / 05.05.03

Funny -- after I read this thread I remembered a sigil I wanted to do for the recovery of a Virgo medallion my late Aunt (also a Virgo) gave me years before she passed away. I kept it in my wallet and lost it about 6 months ago. I honestly can't remember if I did the sigil for it or not (how's THAT for truly forgetting about the result/intent?). But I haven't come across it yet, so reading this thread made me think, "Hmm, maybe I should do another sigil for that, or some kind of magickal working."

I liked the idea of drawing it (since I didn't have a picture) so here at this office temp job I'm working, I quick drew a little sketch on a post-it note from memory. I figured I'd do something with the picture later. Minutes later, I get up to refill my cup of water. As I get up, I grab my cup expecting it to be empty, but lo and behold, it's full, so I end up spilling the water all over my desk. I figure maybe somehow this might activate or help the drawing I made of the medallion.

Minutes later I realize that Virgo is of course a water sign. (isn't it?) Which means maybe unintentionally spilling all that water on it somehow activated it more than I consciously expected. But I feel like I can still do more with this slightly smeared drawing now to find the medallion.

20:18 / 05.05.03

Of course, there's also the time-tested trick of just keeping track of your shit...

09:19 / 06.05.03

Train your objects to obey you, be loyal and not get lost or misbehave. I find a short sharp shock keeps them in line, you have to be cruel to be kind.

15:15 / 06.05.03

Tch. You pagans.

A quick prayer to St. Anthony should clear up all your problems.

Well, sometimes he takes a day or two. And he demands utter sincerity.

16:19 / 06.05.03

Tch, you monotheists, you can make a prayer to Hermes, and request he goto the dark underworld were left socks dissapear to and retrieve said item, takes him a couple of days but then the DUWLSDT realm is very far far away from us, and Hermes is restricted to the speed of thought.