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that was quite readable but Western- oriented. A good general introduction , from that point of view.
Which is to be expected from a site and writer focused on Thelema...
Sigh... I typed a long reply but deleted it. Why bother, really. :bows:
A predatory fish in a polluted pond.
Please elaborate. Not sure of the contextual meaning of your statement.
BTW Luis do you have a position on what is expected from your readers of this article so we can avoid your apparent wrath when not meeting those expectations.
It is a tough article to read for all the stilted language and also its clear disdain for the subject matter. What do you like about it Luis?
I browsed through the writer's blog. He quotes and criticizes at great length on the diverse work of Thelema aficionados on the Internet. He fancies he is a humble keeper of the secrets and a wise teacher. The "Will to Power", I suppose.
Frank, remind me again when this thread, and my exchange with Panther, had anything to do with you.
Alas, when I'm sharing links I don't necessarily have a position, public or otherwise, on its contents or an expectation of what other readers should make of them. And what is this "wrath" you are talking about?
Fair enough. But I don't limit my sharing of links to things I "like" but to things and perspectives that make me appreciate the vast amount of nuances and opinions on given themes and issues. Once I know them, I either move on or dig deeper. The above is a curious perspective, from an interesting mind, but a "move on" for me. Mind you, my "move on" bin is full of them...
Hi Luis,
I feel like you treat me as an ex-wife nowadays. How very strange. I will ask the Tarot about it. The Yi is great for questions, but the Tarot has a special relationship spread and special cards like Death, the Tower, The Moon and the whole minor arcana to give a bite to its readings nothing else has... picante...
Frank
You are going to ask the tarot about Luis treating you as an ex wife ?
In general, one of my favorite articles, by M.Brooker a sociologist in Montreal in '68 noticed that all the definitions in the literature about superstition, magic, the occult, etc were based upon objections to non-Christian deities assumed involved. He came up with a functional definition of magic in terms of what folks DID not what they believed. The result was that he found Montreal and modern Western urban civilization was riddled with superstition and magic.
Luis's harem.... tsk tsk............
L
Well, he didn't read very widely for sure.....
I thought functionalism died out with colonialism - they were after all closely related.
Meanwhile if you want a wonderful contemporary anthropological study of modern witchcraft in a western urban setting see
Pursuasions of the Witches Craft by Tanya Luhrman - it was her thesis at Cambridge but it is in book form too. It is an excellent study. And very "readable".
L
But in harems, it is not individual beauty but rather team play that is important and those not at eye level have no need to waste their resources on make up or being a pretty one.Thanks, but no thanks. I rather be the only ugly one in any relationship I have. Two uglies do not make a pretty one.
Did Luhrman research computer folks and IT types as witchcraft?
When he [a psychoanalyst] speaks, his listeners draw conclusions not only about whether he is smart or stupid but about whether they would send a patient to him for analysis. This fact about psychoanalysis not unnaturally shapes the way analysts present their public papers.
The main gathering of the American Psychoanalytic Association occurs in New York the week before Christmas....It is always held at the Waldorf-Astoria, a hotel, like the profession itself, that is elegant and nostalgic for its past....The men wear professional jackets, sometimes a little scruffy. The women wear soft, textured knee-length suits in muted colors....Their clothes are intended to display their graciousness and their carefully calibrated tolerance for the unconventional. "Anthropologists," a psychoanalyst said to me with some disapproval, "can be flamboyant. Psychoanalysts are not allowed to be flamboyant." (p. 183)
From: Of Two Minds: The Growing Disorder in American Psychiatry. By T.M. Luhrmann.
Quoted at: http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/158/6/983
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