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Because I desperately wanted it to be real
Not the most sophisticated of motivations but there you go
Not the most sophisticated of motivations but there you go
Actually that's the motivation behind creating most anything worthwhile.Because I desperately wanted it to be real
Not the most sophisticated of motivations but there you go
Weirdly, that is the throughline plot of Parks & Rec. She's a career bureaucrat trying to get an empty lot with a hole in it turned into a park, but can't get through the bureaucracy to do it.There's a Kurosawa film (Ikiru?) about a dying careen bureaucrat who spends his final months fighting to get a park put in where there has "always been" a mudhole in some neighborhood. Mostly because he desperately wants it to be real. And he's fighting the most daunting foe: bureaucratic habit.
Because i wanted an explanation for the universe that didn't include/require me being somebody's lunch, or somebody's slave.What one thing was most important in getting you started looking into magick?
Autonomy and non-dependency on the "grace" of others.The reason why magic appeals more than religion(yes, despite some magic systems using religion).didn't include/require me being somebody's lunch, or somebody's slave
What gets called "good" is ofttimes the most insidious evil. Pastel unicorns sprout poisoned horns; Care Bears' honey is venom.It started as an existential rebellion against helplessness, vulnerability at the whims of forces greater than myself and the loss of dignity when you are simply not strong enough. Essentially a psychological control issue. I'm not sure what trauma caused that but it is what it is. I was obsessed with preparing for the apocalypse/ collapse of civilization and I was frenetic and rushed to do whatever I could to prepare, plan and stockpile. I always had a hunch that spooky shit was out there and there was only one way to find out. So I tucked around, I found out and there was no turning back. It is impossible to unknow something.once you know, you have a responsibility to provide and protect and you are the only one who can and is willing to do what it takes to ensure that. Also, this shit is just so cooʻl. Skulls and daggers and blood and inverted pentagrams...I can't get enough of it.
Do you mean that as a rebuttal of my system of ethics?What gets called "good" is ofttimes the most insidious evil. Pastel unicorns sprout poisoned horns; Care Bears' honey is venom.
Quite the opposite. I meant to agree the world has its spooky side, as you mentioned. I simply suggest that a lot of what gets called "good" is actually doing insidious work of its own. The truly praiseworthy folks are those who don't deny the dark and who don't get dazzled my what seems to be guiding light.D
Do you mean that as a rebuttal of my system of ethics?