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A truthful approach rests in understanding the cult or religion which one is borrowing from, and thus realizing that what one is doing is other and different. This is all rooted in respect, a sense of sacrifice and honor. Borrowings and
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“Civilisation is the tobacco of river spirits. They seem to crave it, to will it into being up and down their banks, even though the relationship appears damaging over the long term.”
― Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
― Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
“Our elders have failed us, they have not provided leadership, they have not provided counsel, they have been silent and compliant in the face of power. They have said nothing on fracking, climate collapse, the extinction crisis and done even less. The old have, for the most part, betrayed the young. This is as true of witchcraft as it is of our wider culture. It is therefore down to us as individuals to take our lead from the only source of initiation, living spirit, and through it embody the new witchcraft. We must become a witchcraft with a renewed sense of meaning and purpose, of responsibility to the land which is in crisis, or we are nothing more than consumers of the earth which will all too soon eat of us. Those who do not feel the imperative to act on this information demonstrate that they are not orientated, that is, they have no connection to the land and its denizens. Their magic is little more than a cerebral construct, and without being embodied is meaningless.”
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“As Patrick Harpur points out, we cannot ‘explain’ or ‘decode’ a myth. To look for the historic or scientific ‘truth’ of a myth is but to retell the myth, albeit in a less satisfying way. We render unto materialism the control of our most precious mythologies if we allow them to be ‘scientifically explained’ to us. A new language is required. New words.”
― Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
― Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
“History may well be written by the victors, but victors change and if we do not unwrite history then the propaganda from the previous regime still stands.”
― Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
― Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
“We thought that replacing the singular, authoritative voice of the twentieth century newscaster with the digitally-enabled vox populi of the internet would forever change the narrative. All it did was ruin the spelling.”
― Pieces of Eight: Chaos Magic Essays and Enchantments
― Pieces of Eight: Chaos Magic Essays and Enchantments
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