I’ll admit I haven’t read your journal from the very beginning yet @Malkuth, mostly the latter half from around September.
I see no reason why not to include Ascension in your planned NAISSANCE custom. Please correct me if wrong, but your planned cores are Alchemist ST4, QL ST4, and Mind’s Eye? Given that you don’t have Ascension in any of your other customs(?) and you seem to be able to process lots of subliminal input, it could certainly add some flavour and reinforce the results. I don’t own Ascended Mogul though, so can’t offer an opinion on that!
The longer I run my own Ascension terminus custom (DIVUS), the more I begin to see how important it is for me as a foundational subliminal. I can definitely feel DIVUS interacting with my Alchemist custom therefore I could imagine interesting (and possibly more effective) results if Ascension/Alchemist were working within the same custom.
I had some different modules and strength levels planned for each custom though which is why I personally didn’t do this. Ultimately, I believe that Ascension could positively adapt to ANY subliminal and have good results.
This is exactly the same problem I had. In my case, action was becoming less and less as I wasn’t finding true meaning or purpose in my projects (some personal, some business). This hasn’t completely disappeared yet but the progress I’ve made since beginning these customs has been extraordinary.
My internal landscape has now significantly changed however I will admit it is hard to put it down to simply just Ascension or just Alchemist but rather a combination of both, which could be another +1 for including it in NAISSANCE. Alchemist increases my self-awareness and belief of being on the right path and has noticably helped me start becoming my higher Self, while Ascension seems to reinforcing my sense of purpose, self-control and taking action. My customs are at different strength levels and of course have various modules so that could also be a factor.
Hope some of that helps with your decision!