my 40 plus year "journey" of trying to understand the "stuff I saw in my head" led me down a gigantic rabbit hole of alternative theories and New Age movements
and I have seen (and read about even more), how best to say this . . . a lot of crazy shit
one of the more fascinating parts of this journey were all the metaphysical and Magickal theories I discovered coming out of Germany from 1890 to 1933 . . . I was drawn to these like a giant magnet sucking me from above
and since GERMANY is my #karma (although I didn't know this "at the time"), I snorted all this information like a heroin addict in a SuperWalmart of heroin
because, honestly, it is interesting as fuck
especially when seen in the context of the social chaos and artistic magic of the time
many of the early supporters of Hitler came from these "magic(k)al schools" (irony alert: "do the research")
and as I came to understand the political inclinations of many of the adherents of these "mystery schools", I was initially shocked, then dismayed, then pissed the fuck off (in that order)
this same Ultima Thule (look it up) kind of "thang" (like everything in Nazi Germany, imo) is happening all over again now . . . #here
the thing about Magick is that it is easy for the "beginner" to want to whip up some stuff for themselves
and make it all about personal power and miss the parts about balance and personal "growth"
this same stuff, imo
is being replicated today with "New Agers" jumping on the QaCON bandwagon and they are becoming political behind the scenes "influencers" just like the Instagram models and lifestyle "influencers" selling products we see all over the internet
this is not significantly different (other than the means of sharing information) than what we saw a hundred years ago in Central Europe
I get why people want to have some pipeline to "hidden knowledge" and as an "occultist" pretty much my whole life
I understand the draw
of going down these roads
but whatever initial impulse was there to study the occult, it is a dangerous road on which to walk
and one can easily be seduced (or attacked) when walking through the side streets in the big city
QaCON is nothing new
and the dangers of falling into this "hole" also nothing new
but the political component of "what's in it for me" may soon overwhelm the initial spiritual aspirations of the neophyte
and if that happens, they will find themselves in a very dark place, far far from home
hash tag #caution
and I have seen (and read about even more), how best to say this . . . a lot of crazy shit
one of the more fascinating parts of this journey were all the metaphysical and Magickal theories I discovered coming out of Germany from 1890 to 1933 . . . I was drawn to these like a giant magnet sucking me from above
and since GERMANY is my #karma (although I didn't know this "at the time"), I snorted all this information like a heroin addict in a SuperWalmart of heroin
because, honestly, it is interesting as fuck
especially when seen in the context of the social chaos and artistic magic of the time
many of the early supporters of Hitler came from these "magic(k)al schools" (irony alert: "do the research")
and as I came to understand the political inclinations of many of the adherents of these "mystery schools", I was initially shocked, then dismayed, then pissed the fuck off (in that order)
this same Ultima Thule (look it up) kind of "thang" (like everything in Nazi Germany, imo) is happening all over again now . . . #here
the thing about Magick is that it is easy for the "beginner" to want to whip up some stuff for themselves
and make it all about personal power and miss the parts about balance and personal "growth"
this same stuff, imo
is being replicated today with "New Agers" jumping on the QaCON bandwagon and they are becoming political behind the scenes "influencers" just like the Instagram models and lifestyle "influencers" selling products we see all over the internet
this is not significantly different (other than the means of sharing information) than what we saw a hundred years ago in Central Europe
I get why people want to have some pipeline to "hidden knowledge" and as an "occultist" pretty much my whole life
I understand the draw
of going down these roads
but whatever initial impulse was there to study the occult, it is a dangerous road on which to walk
and one can easily be seduced (or attacked) when walking through the side streets in the big city
QaCON is nothing new
and the dangers of falling into this "hole" also nothing new
but the political component of "what's in it for me" may soon overwhelm the initial spiritual aspirations of the neophyte
and if that happens, they will find themselves in a very dark place, far far from home
hash tag #caution
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