Sighting of the moon

My latest global new age onset mystic activation attempt
is as mentioned on the thread “Raven and the First Men, revisited”
on alt.religion.druid , in which I relate Raven to the dark moon
that just passed and the Clamshell to the following full moon.

My attempt beginning exactly at dark moon failed, but I am
trying again beginning at earliest waxing crescent, which is
auspicious for new beginnings in paganism and some
other religions. However I cannot sight the moon here
this evening since it is still only at 0.55% and since it
is cloudy here. So I might have to try again on September 5,
which is the three-sunspot-cycle anniversary of my sun stare.
But I always cite the moon. :-)

Anyway, has anyone on here sighted the early waxing crescent
of early September, 2024 yet? If not, post a followup when
you do.

Also I wonder how past primary ootws (Openers of the Way,
who I previously called avatar types) would have been
able to sight the earliest waxing crescent, since like me
they would have been extremely nearsighted but without
glasses (which I discarded before my sun stare, so the
focus formed off my retina, plus it was brief). Maybe
they relied on other(s) to do the sighting?

-- 
David Dalton [email protected] https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
“Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her
head to find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (S. McL.)