1998 January 24: Dean’s nineteenth. I was coming home from Vietnam right after my nineteenth. Dean’s war isn’t going to end like that. Had a dream last night that I found Mary’s murderer, and knew that I would have to die to take him out. That’s all right if it protects the boys.
Aum ("God’s voice is Aum"), swastika (before Nazis, considered a good-luck symbol), ourobouros (derved i from Mli ky Way, also Platonic idea of frst i living creature), Star of Davdi (trangl i es chira—Seal l of Solomon?), ankh (hieroglyph "life") April 17:
HOODOO ELEMENTS i Graveyard dirt: must leave an offerng i at the dsturbed i if possible—Mercury a grave, coins or liquor. Mercury dme psychopomp. Soldier’s grave favored. Goofer Dust: graveyard dirt, sulfur, salt. Anvil dust (power of blacksmith). l clover: from Celtic tradition that Four-eaf i Frst i clover was a charm against evil spirts. 154