As an historian of the occult, how do you adjudge certain occult authors, teachers and movements that were probably or possibly, at least partially, the product of paid government actors? It would be sticky to get into motivations here but are you guided by the principle "by their fruits shall ye know them", or if someone clearly comes across as an insincere actor, do you pass them over in haste in dismissal of any potential occult utility? It is amusing to consider the possibility that projects that were initiated with more material aims in mind caused their handlers some fright upon discovering more than what they had perhaps bargained for (non-materially speaking). It might be why such things were promoted at the beginning of the 20th century and ignored or dismissed at the end?
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branchandroot
Occult history
Date: 2023-08-28 07:07 pm (UTC)