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Magic Monday
Midnight is upon us and so it's time to launch a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism, and with certain exceptions noted below, any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. Please note: Any question or comment received after that point will not get an answer, and in fact will just be deleted. If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 341,928th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.3 of The Magic Monday FAQ here. Also: I will not be putting through or answering any more questions about practicing magic around children. I've answered those in simple declarative sentences in the FAQ. If you read the FAQ and don't think your question has been answered, read it again. If that doesn't help, consider remedial reading classes; yes, it really is as simple and straightforward as the FAQ says. And further: I've decided that questions about getting goodies from spirits are also permanently off topic here. The point of occultism is to develop your own capacities, not to try to bully or wheedle other beings into doing things for you. I've discussed this in a post on my blog.
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Re: A Data point, and a question
His stint as Changer doesn't seem to be lasting long, and it'll be interesting to see who that elusive archetype chooses next. As for Trump, it was a momentous shift when his color in the popular imagination changed from Mercury's orange to Solar gold. (Jim Kunstler was as usual ahead of the game here, when he started calling Trump the "Golden Golem of Greatness.") He's taken on the archetype of the sacrificial hero-king, which is why I expect him to die in office. The Democrats had better hope that he dies of natural causes; if it turns out otherwise, the possibility of mass pogroms against his more outspoken enemies can't be ruled out.
Re: A Data point, and a question
(Anonymous) 2025-05-19 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)Side note, over at Mr. Taibbi's blog he seems to have had a bit of a spiritual experience himself:
"The last few weeks of partisan squabbling first sent me into a depressed stupor, then I woke to a current of clarifying spleen. A voice explained: “It’s not your destiny to have friends. It’s your destiny to tell everyone, Republican and Democrat, male and female, what cunts they are.”"
I'm not saying that was The Changer, but... *Ancient Aliens Guy Meme*
Come to think of it, Matt Taibbi of all people exploding onto the American political scene through sheer tendentious and scurrilous venom directed at the political class would be the kind of surprise the Changer might find funny. Which seems to be a big motivating factor.
Full piece here, for anyone interested:
https://www.racket.news/p/ode-to-scum?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1042&post_id=163791670&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=16dal&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Re: A Data point, and a question
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Re: A Data point, and a question
-- so you're picking up the archetype.