
Open handed, reciprocal figure to ground touch, the Both/And touch of the Yin-Yang, the apogee master violin bow single-stroke bindus connecting inhale and exhale, forming breath as prayer.
Adversity doesn’t build character. It reveals it. ~ James Lane Allen (most likely ripped from Aristotle, though I haven’t located the conceptual reference. No matter. Nothing new, yet everything must be original. ~ T.S. Eliot)
Suffering isn’t always required for that if you’re allergic to boredom and challenge yourself. Sometimes, what does not kill us, doesn’t kill us because it loves us very much. And, when you powerfully witness to engage in the Empathic Silence of listening, you may forget your thoughts… the gift in hearing and experiencing another full-boat, full-bore straight out of the box of who they are. I feel one of the biggest tragedies in life is not settling in to nestle in the experience to evaporate the mirage of what or who you think someone is. One of the biggest beauties? Having a clear mind and heart so that every word and feeling between them from another ripples on the glass top lake of your infinite, inner well.
And Yes, adversity may be just like weather coming in, that has arrived. On the mountain. Above treeline. In late October of 1999. On a 14er. 14,263 feet above sea level, and Nature’ll kill ya in a single mis-step no matter your experience level. Being aware of experience, though, means we’re still alive, and that we’ve just had an another experience. And, that we can potentially be made stronger if we don’t react, and instead respond wise in time in the moment, and own it with NO mistakes, just OFLs, Opportunities For Learning… own it, and… can the reasons as they are unreasonable there. You. Are. Already. There. DO you live or die? Do you live or die trying. Do you live by dying trying to be reborn the next morning with your back propped up on the back wheel of an ambulance.
In total depth of darkness, first you’ll see a spark, then a crack, and from this crack will flow your unborn soul. ~ Altered States
Death is the mother of memory, nourishes the future in dreams.
Yes, they water the garden to nourish value, to nurture what’s important. To build value. Though, do you continually Amend Your Inner Soil?
May I suggest that Your Presence Is Architecture, Presence As Architecture. Keep it. Upkeep it. Nourish its powerful limits and boundaries. Fly as high as your roots go deep. Swim as deep And infinitely as your dreams expand within. Can you resonate with…. . “Go YOU!”
Is guilt simply shame you allowed To digest? Cool. So what? That’s what ablution’s for, to get you back to you. And, shame? Can you slip that shit by side-stepping to literally slip it with wit and humor… with such things when you feel uncomfortable with something like, “:), your words not mine.” And, leave it that, not integrating another trauma to be resolved?
I don’t know about you, though that docket’s full already, and there’s no cutting in line.
If you stop to address every barking dog…. (Kinda thing) ~ Winston Churchill
What I heard as I came to, came back to consciousness at 5:45a after getting myself off Mt Democrat and Leg leg blown Creature From The Black Lagoon dragging it and myself back to camp at the base at just after 3am. … Hearing my name, I collapsed.
His heart rate has been locked at 51 bpm for the last 2 hours since he’s been here. I don’t know how he did that, though I gather it was to evaporate anxiety to get ‘er done. 51 bpm and 120 over 70 under full life-threatening stress. Oh, here he comes. ‘Hey Brown Eyes. Where Ya Been?’
~ Paramedic whose name would never stick. Thank you Paramedic-Person For keeping me alive by just staying there in front of me as I began to try to make my way back. Your presence gave me a beacon.
When you think there is only darkness, close your two eyes to open the 3rd. When you think there is only darkness, look again. Maybe it’s you that are the light With no need of a mirror. That’s something you can share. It’s a gift to the world.




I heard that. Yes, you are right. I breathed my Heart into Cruise Control. No anxiety or worry. I was sure I was going to die 2,000 vertical feet down the scree field. So, what did I do? I turned around, looked up that infinite sand hill… ‘Yup. I’m going to die. But, (pointing up the incline) I’m going to die going THAT way.‘ Will you epi-pen me or Shake me or something? Now, I can’t get it out of that gear. I love her response. No, I won’t. I’ll give you this cold burger they got for you just in case, and sit here in silence with you as you keep making your way back as slowly as you need. You already shocked your system. Eat. No need to stir the water. You did that up there. It’ll clear. Your heart will thaw into reg. Why do you keep throwing off the blankets? You did that in your sleep, too. I don’t understand. It’s 19 degrees, and you’re in shorts and a T-shirt. I think I cracked a smile which cracked open my lips again to warmly drip blood down my chin On the burger. Yum. My Own Life Sauce. Cold? I don’t feel cold right now. The blankets are too hot. As she blotted my bleeding, she smiled. That tells me again you’re not back yet. Well, YOU are back, just that YOU yourself are not here yet. We sat for an hour. The Silence may have been the best conversation I’ve ever had, right along with the best burger ever.
Don’t waste trouble. ~ Paul Pennock, P.E.
I made a diamond out of my misfortune. ~ Jodorowski’s Chariot Speaks
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ImaginAction (c) 2008 – 2020 Jordan Hoggard
Blog (c) 2020 Jordan Hoggard
For making this Participation Mystique epic and wonderful and intensely valuable 2 1/2 hours real.
2020 is a pivotal year from any angle. The whole world watches in wrapped trepidation as the “leader of the free world” slides ever closer to authoritarianism. Then just with the approach of the election that will determine the fate of democracy in our age, the COVID pandemic sweeps across the globe, exacerbated in the US by that same tilt. Not since the world wars has the human psyche been in such turmoil. It was on that stage that we three Jungian artists, Skip Connover, Coeleen Kiebert and myself, launched the Participation Mystique Project to try to take the temperature of humanity by sampling the collective unconscious of willing participants. We request interested individuals to submit “doodles” that then the group would study for clues to the movement of the collective psyche before and after this pivotal election, which is nothing less than a turning point in human history. As a lifelong artist consumed with the human story, I approach the possibilities with a mix of worry and hope. We carve our own future. May we be blessed with more wisdom than we appear to possess!
~ Tim Holmes of Tim Holmes Studio
Around the Zoom eTree this tear? Which Holiday eProducts do your friends and family receive this year?
Music for your eyes.
Karen Sealey
Astro Art Charts are also a solid way to periodically check in and explore your Chart in a fresh way.
There are also my eBooks below available to purchase and download in easy to use pdf download format. You get to download 3 copies of each eBook PDF download item you purchase. One copy for yourself, and two to give as gifts for special times or simply when the serendipity of an encounter moves you? Have 6 people to gift? Simply buy 2. eStocking stuffers? Yes! That feels fun. Make your loved one’s phone light up as their stocking this year.
3 copies with each purchase For the eBook downloads also sets up friends to work with and play together on Zoom and Teams and the like. All prices in USD. Click the direct links to the shop to check them out. The 3 downloads does not apply to Art Your Chart or Focus Charts as those orders will be sent to you by email once complete. On the eBooks please give approx 8 hours before you receive the download link as I have to manually approve each transaction. I check periodically during the day between readings and events.



Last but not least, there’s the old standby of Tips and Donations, though this switches that up in a fun way. How’s that? With COFFEE. Please accept my thanks in advance when you tip your server and buy me a coffee. Thank you! Will you drop a coffee in my stocking?
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Blog (c) 2020 Jordan Hoggard
ImaginAction (c) 2008 – 2020 Jordan Hoggard
So, it has come to my attention, from me to myself, that I have an important task. What is that task you ask? To promote my work and services I have available more openly. And, that comes with a wonderful caveat: this blog will not turn into some buy me buy me buy me from my products and services, though I need to do more than only promote ImaginAction and the like from my Sponsor footer.
All that said, I am simply going to take the concept of a full and fulfilling vessel and dial in Promotions to a single blog post each week on the same day. I’ve chosen Tuesdays. That way, if you’re here for my blogs and to explore community through my Serendipity Itineraries posts on Fridays, you’ll see Promotion ~ Tuesday Shop Update in your email, and you can mark as read and trash the email so it doesn’t become spam. I set once a week as reasonable. From my perspective any more would be a distraction.
So, maybe you’ve only used the WordPress Reader. You may or may not even know I have a Shop on my website with:*
* I have to manually approve the PayPal order transactions, and I check periodically during the day between sessions and events. It will not be more than 3 to 6 hours from The time of your purchase to when you receive the email with the download link(s) for PDF eBooks. Note that Tarot in the Land of Mystereum deck + 192-page companion book boxed set published by Schiffer Publications and Taschen Book’s Library of Esoterica by Jessica Hundley are hardcopy and links here are to the Amazon and Taschen websites respectively for purchase on those sites.


There are also my eBooks below available to purchase and download in easy to use pdf download format. You get to download 3 copies of each item you purchase. One copy for yourself, and two to give as gifts for special times or simply when the serendipity of an encounter moves you? That felt more fun. It also sets up the potential for friends to work with and play with them together on Zoom and Teams and the like. All prices in USD. Click the direct links to the shop to check them out. Which ones resonate with you?

Last but not least, there’s the old standby of Tips and Donations, though this switches that up in a fun way. How’s that? With COFFEE. Please accept my thanks in advance when you tip your server and buy me a coffee. Thank you!
I love coffee, so rather than a Tip Jar or Donation Button, I went with BuyMeACoffee. It’s fun, and I love coffee. If I can’t see light through it, that’s a really good start.
They make it simple. Click, set the number of coffees you want to send, and pay by PayPal or credit card. Done. I set mine at $3 per coffee to align with the 24oz size at the neighborhood Mom-n-Pop grocer.
FYI: I tested this before I put it in play. Bought myself a coffee by PayPal. $3 bucks. $3 was $3. Ok, cool. Bought myself a coffee by credit card. $3. Doh. $3.61 appeared on my statement. OHHH, we can NOT have that BS. Hidden fees feel sneaky to me, and not in a cool Loki or ninja or hide-n-seek way. Just tell me how much, please. Thank you. To me, value is clear then. It is what it is. If you get charged more than you set up, even a small amount, please let me know.
So, I set it up The BuyMeACoffee link to absorb any credit card fees and/or taxes. So, when you set up the number of $3 coffees that feels right, the waiter/waitress isn’t going to chase you down on the sidewalk so to speak for the extra 61 cents or what-not Surprise fees. You’ll pay what you expect to pay in $3 increments, whatever amount you decide.
I appreciate your support. Will you send me some coffee?
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Blog (c) 2020 Jordan Hoggard
ImaginAction (c) 2008 – 2020 Jordan Hoggard
So, it has come to my attention, from me to myself, that I have an important task. What is that task you ask? To promote my work more openly. And, that comes with a wonderful caveat, again self-issued. This blog will no turn into some buy me buy me buy me from my products and services, though I need to do more than only promote ImaginAction and the like my my Self-Sponsor footer.
All that said, I am simply going to take the concept of a full and fulfilling vessel and dial in Promotions to a single blog post each week on the same day. That way, if you’re here for my blogs and to explore community through my Serendipity Itineraries posts, you’ll see Promotion or something similar, don’t know the name yet, and you can mark as read and trash the email so it doesn’t become spam. Heck, once a week isn’t a whole lot, may not be enough, though since this is my life’s work, I’m going to start it out that way. Plus, it’ll get me off the hook to have to continually advertise, and on the hook for the continual banner of writing and feeling my way around my work.
So, I simply felt on this Sunday Services post to share so you’re aware. We all have to make a living, and I’m thoroughly grateful for all of you being here as I just fell into the ablution pool of I have 300 subscribers now. Thank you to each of you here. You make it worthwhile, and I appreciate that.
I simply thought you all should know, so it doesn’t feel like a T-Bone of Oh Shit, he went into advertising mode. Simply, once a week, and I may actually simply make it a Page rather than here on my Posts. I don’t know yet, though Promotion moved from low orbit working on it to landing as I bring my Divination Studio towards being full boat all digital.
Call it Covid Blessings. I have been able to connect more deeply with the professional Jungian Depth Psychology community and as well Tarotists and Astrologers and Philosphers and all you coolio people around the world through Zoom through this There will be no new normal time. We adapt, and continually normalize into pace as we naturalize in the garden of our lives.
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
~ Anais Nin








Now, is that time for me. The High Priestess and Sophia with her Seven Pillars. Two living arm pillars planted in the ground In the High Priestess. The Meridian of Her Self as the visceral 3rd where the marriage in the heart meets. One emanation each from her shoulders, and one each from Her expanding beyond body in her Draw Down The Moon ritual where she becomes one in Conception with the Universe. There might be 8 when the Pillar of the Earth itself is revered. Though, sometimes it’s time to stop counting the steps and just dance like no-one’s watching.
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ImaginAction (c) 2008 – 2020 Jordan Hoggard
A Request
Hey Everyone
If you were one of the people who downloaded one of the 438 copies of ImaginAction when it was initially available as a free download, will you comment below? I’d like to hear your thoughts, what you feel about it.
Also, if you liked what you received, will you share the link to the Shop below where ImaginAction and my current other pdf download offerings* are now available for the price of a coffee? Though, I hear they may refill more than just themselves.
Thank you!
*Tarot in the Land of Mystereum boxed set available on Amazon
Jordan’s Shop Supports This Blog. Check out the great eStocking Stuffers to add that special flourish of visual music for the eyes and the soul to complement your gifting.
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Which music-for-your-eyes eProducts from the Shop do you give this year?
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Posted by Jordan Hoggard on August 4, 2020 in The Deceptive Simplicity Series
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