Readers Will Find More than Numerology in "Math for Mystics" Math for Mystics by Renna Shesso unveils and demystifies some of the many concepts our distant ancestors knew and used based on many generations of observation and record keeping, sky watching, folk wisdom, and ever-more-complex calculations. "Much of this information quietly feeds the rich foundation for modern-day Wiccan practices. Studying it, I feel as if I'm holding a fistful of very fine and very long threads that I can slowly trace back to their sources. Some of the threads unravel in the process. Some change color or texture and become unrecognizable. Others are still hopelessly tangled. But some threads - those I've included in this book - run true, stay bright, sing when I pluck them, and can still bear the weight of practical use," says Shesso in the book's Introduction.
A large portion of math history comes to us directly from early astrologers who needed to be able to describe and record what they saw in the night sky. Notably, most math-history books refer to them as astronomers, but astronomers and astrologers were one and the same. Everyone needed math: whether you were the king's court astrologer or a farmer marking the best time for planting, timekeeping and numbers really mattered. Mistake a numerical pattern of petals and you could poison yourself and your loved ones. Lose the rhythm of a sacred dance or the meter of a ritual story and the intricately woven threads that hold life together would be spoiled. Ignore the celestial clock of equinoxes and solstices, and you'd risk being caught short of food for the winter.
Shesso is a former math-phobe who previously viewed the "M" word with fear and loathing, but she gave numbers a second chance. Through her search she discovered their contemporary use as magical tools and as vital components of esoteric heritage. Math for Mystics is for readers, like her, who have viewed math with trepidation, but have an interest in numbers as a practical tool for magical, esoteric or spiritual purposes.
Renna Shesso brings a life-long study of mystical traditions to her writing. Inspired by her herbalist/astrologer grandmother, she studies mythology and history, archeology, tarot, the vast lore of the Goddess traditions, and many other good mysteries. A long-time resident of Colorado, she is a shamanic practitioner and a teacher and priestess of Wicca. Shesso can be reached online at www.rennashesso.com.
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