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Pagan Bioenergetic Futurism ⚕ Read the Complete Works of Emperor Julian: https://t.co/ghuXcnU4EB
Joined January 2021
I'm getting trojan horsed into liking crystals by a particular blend of interest in Wilhelm Reich and Hermeticism
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The reason AI writing is distinguished by the gross overuse of similes, metaphors, and "not x but y" counter-comparisons is that the words are being woven together out of a 3D model of language and the bot thinks that shotgun blasting a certain meaning-space makes a point
Visualization of what is inside of AI models. This represents the layers of interconnected neural networks. And yes patterns do develop and they can form a signature of how they think. The pattern can be seen as the thought process.
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I had a great time today speaking with my old mutual Eric about a variety of topics on his new podcast "The Platonists." Honored to be the second guest and I highly recommend you all check out the previous episode with Classical Wisdom Tradition too
In this podcast, @Heliotrophy and I discuss his latest work, The Complete Works of Julian, and the challenges faced by modern pagan communities.
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Isaac Asimov is an interesting case of a writer who was very popular in his time but seems not to be highly rated for his ideas anymore. But the Foundation series anticipates several complex systems ideas before its time like statistical predictability in large systems,
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If you live somewhere it snows you can see that Christmas happens way too early. The whole point of the winter holidays are that partying and feasting are the best way to avoid becoming horrifically depressed at that time. But consumer culture forces us to blow our wad in
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Christian trying to imagine the best reason for someone to not believe what they say: "Okay, so first, just take for granted that it's true,,,"
The most valid reason to be an atheist is that the implications of what is so obviously true - the existence of Christ, his crucifixion, and his resurrection - are so insanely profound that these truths totally obliterate everything about life as we know it.
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I read an anecdote from John Michael Greer once where he mentioned that in the 18 or 1900s some group of esotericists attempted to reproduce catholic liturgy but without the gloom and hellfire, to reflect their universalist sentiments, but found the efficacy of those rites
Pagans, stop being afraid of "jarring" pagan imagery and symbolism, simply because it makes people who aren't pagan squirm or cringe. Embrace it, spread, and have no shame over the truth of your religion.
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This is the second time trying to make a post with a poll in it on this topic and it just doesn't show up in the published tweet.....
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Update on the altar pieces project: - The first piece will be Zeus-Helios and art is underway - I am currently putting together all the other materials I will need, starting with frames and aromatics, which I have successfully found. - But before I source anything else, I
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Blackpilled by trying to source ~2 feet worth of simple real tin or pewter foil and almost every option is direct from china and would not arrive by the solstice
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Schools have evolved into babysitting factories with semi-educational pretenses, and the Great Books don't magically fix that problem. Replacing bad books with better ones is a start, but doesn't go far enough. These reforms are largely cosmetic, leaving the shape of the
The West has undergone a practical book burning. The liberal arts have collapsed. 📚Education is now economic training. The goal is no longer to holistically form the soul according to what is real but to ensure the soul is a productive cog in a machine. All other
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Every time someone tries to rebuke the idea that energy & optimism are biological, you can scratch the surface and see that it's because they have emotional and/or financial investment in the idea that all problems are mental. If all problems are mental then they are justified
The idea you can ‘regain child-like energy’ with a supplement stack is comical Childhood energy isn’t biochemical A child is boundless because he carries no psychic backlog. No self-betrayal loops. No dead ambitions rotting in the nervous system. Children are pure (largely).
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Since nixita really wants x accounts to fit into a single niche I had to make a new one for gaming and game dev. Take a look if you're a real /v/irgin
This is my current project, "Kaiju Command." The goal is to synthesize RTS and tower defense elements to create the experience of defending an island nation from sea monsters using only grounded, modern technology - no mechs or benevolent monsters, just your navy and air force.
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I think the issue begins from the definition of the "egregore" which supplies the paradox of having autonomy while being human-generated phenomena. But if you take out the assumption that we are the original cause, then you could say that egregores are nature or the divine
This is a cheap plot device invented by fantasy writers in the 80s, not a description of any real historical system of thought. "Egregores" are an epiphenomenon not at all suited to describing divinity; divinity is primary & causal and all other things, including humans, are
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This is a cheap plot device invented by fantasy writers in the 80s, not a description of any real historical system of thought. "Egregores" are an epiphenomenon not at all suited to describing divinity; divinity is primary & causal and all other things, including humans, are
gods are egregores who run on software clients in the hivemind of their believers. the most real gods are those with the most robust network of clients in the same way that the canonical blockchain ledger is the one with the most hash power
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Time for the big announcement: I have released my first book, a collection of short stories set in the sci-fantasy world of Arath where magic and technology equally lure brave warriors to adventure! It's available in paperback, hardcover and ebook. Links below!
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My friend and compatriot @FrankPulpwriter has just published his first book, a compilation of short stories set in his own original archaeo-futurist world. I've had the privilege of beta reading most of these stories in our writing group so I am confident in strongly recommending
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