Serendipity Synchronicity Sorcery and Me

Having an open mind is not the same thing as being gullible, nor does it mean you must discard reason and logic. I get those out of the way quickly because unfortunately when I hear people speak of open-mindedness they are absolutely promoting the belief in every New Age pile of waste that rolls out of the metaphysical sewer and into the daylight, and odds are they are also actively engaged in science bashing . Open-Minded is the Opposite of Dogmatic – Duh! Being entrenched and dogmatic about beliefs that are “different” is still being entrenched and dogmatic. What’s more there’s nothing different about the tired old anti-science and anti-religion rhetoric being regurgitated by today’s proponents of New Age dogmatism. Most of the ideas parroted about how arrogant the scientists are or how evil the Christians are reached its zenith in the 1990’s and, for a time, was largely considered settled or forgotten about. Then we got YouTube and a whole generation (or two) of contrarians wh...

Scaffolding and Standards You Say? What in the world could I be on about with this title? Perhaps the suggestion that, for individuals with an interest in approaching esoteric and occult studies, there is a framework and format that can help make sense of the apparent gibberish and shed light on the hidden value things like magic have to offer. Even in our post-modern world (gone mad), evolved so far beyond those superstitious and delusional clods who wrote their magical grimoires on stretched goat skin with feather-pens by the light of a candle, we can derive benefit from the study of arcane lore and magical procedures. That's a tough sell, I understand. Silly Stuff Like Spirit and Sorcery?  Shit. Shut it. How could we, the authors of such magnificent social media profiles and distributors of such stunningly righteous (virtue-signaling), instructional memes to point the (politically correct) way for our neighbors, benefit in any way from savages like Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and...