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Happy Solstice!

No, I'm saying you're coming across as a bit of a dick. You can work on that.

That's why I said, "of course *you* can". It's on you to tune your communication style, not on others to guess what you really mean.

Of course you can. I believe in you.

You don't come across like that, however. There is a massive gap between what you say and how you are saying it. It bears repeating that electronic communication is very weird. A shockingly large amount of information is lost. The written content is just a few percent of what we as human beings...

Good idea.

I know an archaeologist, and you just reminded me that I wanted to ask her about Göbekli Tepe for ages. Also, I think @Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine posted a few links in another thread, at one point?

To add context, in antiquity, most temples were slaughterhouses. Greek/Roman religion required you to offer certain animal parts to the gods. You only ate meat of animals slaughtered according to the correct rules and rituals. This presented difficulties for minority groups, then as now. The...

You're right! And the reason is, it's called "The Dream Membrane", not the other title I mentioned earlier. Sorry for having caused confusion.

I think we are "confusing the planes" here. "Attachment" as a technical term in psychology, with "attachment" as a religious term. One is used in investigating and describing human (mammal, perhaps bird) relationship dynamics. The other is used in describing a spiritual quality of trying to...

Another term for this quality, I think, is "surrender". Or, in a more contemporary tone, "relaxing".

He was and continues to be very influential, within Western occultism. Most modern currents and groups are either directly influenced by his work or in a dialectic with it. Almost impossible to ignore. Even many modern Wicca groups can be traced back to students of his. He also was a bit of a...

Just re-read this thread, still love it, bumping it for the benefit of our newcomers.

Maybe, but fairy folk and poltergeists are rarely associated with fire. The Djinn are.

Heh, yeah. He was more of a performer than a writer. Scrolling back, I don't think Thelema has been mentioned? Crowley, their founder-prophet, was a major influence on LaVey.

John Zorn and David Chaim Smith have a wonderful record called "The Sacrificial Universe", which echoes these observations, and more. The vocals are interesting. "The universe is a sacrificial beast, a pregnant beast, full of worlds and souls..." Not a Christian-Themed work, but I was reminded...

Release from bondage, I think?

In mathematics, you can find this thought. I remember when I first followed - mentally - the sequence of 1, 2, 4, 8... doubling the last number, after being told a story about a king and a chess boatd and grains of rice... They get large quickly, these numbers. Later, I learnd about different...