Monday 31 October 2016

Thought 372: Wisdom and Understanding


Simplicity and discipline.

Sunday 30 October 2016

Thought 371: Black Magic as Inversion


Black Magic 
inverts to 
manipulate.

What is the 
price of the 
Dark (He)arts?

Limbo.

What is the 
prize of the 
Dark (He)arts?

Limbo.

Why is limbo a prize?

It is the
state of least
possible
illusion.

Saturday 29 October 2016

Thought 370: Water and Rock



Hard rocks erode over time through 
the influence of soft water against them.

Friday 28 October 2016

Thought 369: Prosaic v Poetic


Poetic understanding is associatively creative.
Prosaic understanding is straightforwardly linear.

Thursday 27 October 2016

Thought 368: The Meaning of Tradition


Tradition is the creative 
passing down of order.

Wednesday 26 October 2016

Thought 367: Occultism in the Christmass Calendar


The rebirth of the Sun
after its lowest point
at the Winter Solstice.

Tuesday 25 October 2016

Thought 366: 18 and 21



18 = 6 + 6 + 6
21 = 7 + 7 + 7

Monday 24 October 2016

Thought 365: Basic Instinct


The basic instinct may be survival
but the base have turned it into
the one and only instinct.

Sunday 23 October 2016

Thought 364: Life-Drawing


To draw from life is to see life as we draw it. 

Saturday 22 October 2016

Thought 363: Truth-Telling


To tell the truth is to 
wrest out of hiddenness
and bring forward into the open.

Friday 21 October 2016

Thought 362: On the Usefulness of Clichés


Clichés help punctuate everyday conversation.

Thursday 20 October 2016

Thought 361: Lyric Analysis—'New World Rising'


Lyric

'Is the new world rising 
from the shambles 
of the old.'

—Led Zeppelin,
Physical Graffiti,
'The Rover'

Analysis

America after the
Two World Wars?

Wednesday 19 October 2016

Thought 360: The Question Concerning Authority


What is authority?
The privilege of being 
heeded by others.

Legitimate authority is based on consent,
i.e. those in authority are heeded because 
they have earnt the privilege through
the loving testimony of 
deed and example.

Illegitimate authority is based on coercion,
i.e. those in authority are heeded because
they have earnt the privilege through
the fearful force of deceit 
and violence.

Tuesday 18 October 2016

Thought 359: What Is a Rite of Passage?


That which impels us
to overcome all fear.

Monday 17 October 2016

Thought 358: The Meaning of Composition


To place together.

Sunday 16 October 2016

Thought 357: Transcendence in Bach and Beethoven


Bach: man as God's steward—effortless transcendence.
Beethoven: man as reaching to God—transcending struggle.

Saturday 15 October 2016

Thought 356: Apathy and The Thing


What if the motion picture The Thing,
directed by John Boorman, was yet 
another instance of the creative
coming to terms with the
disease of apathy?


Addendum: The Thing and E.T.



E.T. and The Thing 
were both released 
the same year in 1982, 
a mere hundred and 
four days apart.

Talk about polarity.

Friday 14 October 2016

Thought 355: Self-Improvement


Self-improvement is about
proving things to the self.

Thursday 13 October 2016

Thought 354: Lyric Analysis—'One Vision'


Lyric

'One god, one vision...
One true religion.'

—Queen,
A Kind of Magic,
'One Vision'

Analysis

Money? 
Moneye?

Wednesday 12 October 2016

Thought 353: What Is Essential?


What preserves
one from falling
into the abyss.

Tuesday 11 October 2016

Thought 352: Freedom as Threatening


Freedom is a threat
because it is a 
euphemism
for power.

Monday 10 October 2016

Thought 351: My Side as Anti-Side


My side is to attempt 
not to have a side
—but I do.

Sunday 9 October 2016

Thought 350: What Is a Gentleman?


A gentle but
firm man.

Saturday 8 October 2016

Thought 349: You Are Entitled to Hate Me...


Th🤓mas R🤓mer

Friday 7 October 2016

Thought 348: How to Avoid Regret

 

We aren't
responsible
for life's
cynicism.

Thursday 6 October 2016

Thought 347: Negotiation in Relationships


Friendships and relationships require negotiation such
that the right equilibrium of will-to-power be attained.

Wednesday 5 October 2016

Thought 346: The Meaning of Tough Love


Let life rather
than words
teach the
lesson.

Tuesday 4 October 2016

Thought 345: Saving the World


We live in purgatory;
that's why everything
is so topsy-turvy,
counter-intuitive,
paradoxical, and
tragicomic.

Monday 3 October 2016

Thought 344: Trump and Clinton


Trump and Clinton
as two sides of 
the same coin.

Sunday 2 October 2016

Thought 343: Making Others Happy...


...is done through empowerment
—but that will disempower still others
and make them unhappy.

Saturday 1 October 2016

Thought 342: The Force


'May the Force be with you.'
May we be with the Force,
more like.