Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's getting on for midnight as I write this, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Let's start things out with a quote again: 

 

"Discipline has long been interpreted as self-control, or as some would say, "the overcoming of the lower nature.' The difficultiy is that such words as 'conquest' and 'overcoming' suggest an entirely inconsistent aggressiveness of technique.  The true metaphysician is not a wearied man wrestling with his lower nature; rather he is poised and relaxed, achieving through realization instead of conflict.  Avoid the process of suffering your way into a spiritual state." 

 

That's from Manly P. Hall's Self-Unfoldment by Disciplines of Realization, arguably Hall's best book and one of the classics of the Golden Age of American occultism. (The image to the left, on the other hand, is one of Augustus Knapp's splendid illustrations for Hall's The Secret Teachings of All Ages.)     

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Comments

The King is Orange

[neptunesdolphins]

I know little about the "King in Yellow" until I looked it up.

That got me to pondering about the piddletwits that I knew. They refused to utter Trump's name or even refer to him as "President." They had all sorts of names for He who is Orange. At first, I just figure it was like the people who had names for Obama like Obumer. But those people did call Obama, Obama from time to time.

Whenever I would refer to Trump in conversations with them, I felt like I was crossing a taboo. Especially if I said, "Donald Trump," "Mr. Trump," or the President. It was like I was ushering in a dread presence in their lives.

However, they would talk endlessly about the Orange Guy as if he was sitting on their heads. Or as I put it - owning their heads and charging them rent for their own heads.

What was going on? If they uttered President Trump's name, would something awful happen? Would they be invoking His Dread Orangeness?

But if that was true, then why all of the rituals and curses to get rid of Donald Trump? I don't get it.

I also noticed that the humor contests in the Washington Post also do this - never refer to the Orange Guy except by odd names.

Does the Dread Orange One have powers that are beyond my ken? I just thought that Donald Trump was a human being who is the U.S. President. Are these piddletwits creating a God or are they picking up on something?

Heliotrope Palpitating Raccoon

Re: The King is Orange

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder what would happen if you were to insistently refer to him as "the 45th President of the United States of America, Mr Donald J. Trump" to these people. Please experiment and find out.

Re: The King is Orange

[neptunesdolphins]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try it. And report back.

Re: The King is Orange

[(Anonymous)]

(Not JMG)

I think it’s the same phenomenon where people who supposedly don’t believe God exists are afraid to use his name; they use Ghu, Ghod, Gawd, etc. Stupid behavior in my opinion—REAL atheists seem to say “Oh, God” and suchlike right along with everyone else —but then of course I’m not highly intelligent like the modern atheists are. 😄

—Lady Cutekitten

Re: The King is Orange

[ecosophia]

That's hilarious. When I started referring to Donald Trump as "The King in Orange" it was meant as a joke; I certainly didn't expect people to start acting as though uttering his name would have the same results as uttering the dread name of Hastur. Still, in the stories in Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow, the King's presence among human beings brings madness and delirium in its train, and there's been plenty of madness and delirium since our King in Orange descended the golden escalator in Carcosa -- er, New York City.

So I suppose it follows. Even so, if I hear sometime soon that a sunken city has surfaced in the South Pacific and unleashed Great Cthulhu on the world, I'm not sure I'll be surprised... ;-)

Re: The King is Orange

[(Anonymous)]

It's almost a phobia. I have heard them say that they will never utter the Orange Squid's name. Their reasons range from not polluting themselves to he is not their President. It is all so strange.

Elite Member of Orange Squid Squad.

Aka Neptune's Dolphins.

Re: The King is Orange

[ecosophia]

I wonder...if somebody shouted "Donald Trump" at them, would they shriek in horror and turn into pumpkins or something?

What comes immediately to mind: "We are the Knights Who Say 'Donald Trump'!"

Re: The King is Orange

[robertmathiesen]

There's a very old saying in English, "Speak of the Devil and he will appear." I've known people who took that farily seriously.

Nowadays, for many, the Devil is Trump.

Re: The King is Orange

[ecosophia]

"Speak of the Donald and he will appear." ;-)

Re: The King is Orange

[robertmathiesen]

I like it!