Thought 372: Wisdom and Understanding

Simplicity and discipline.

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.

Thought 370: Water and Rock

Hard rocks erode over time through 

the influence of soft water against them.

Thought 369: Prosaic v Poetic

Poetic understanding is associatively creative.

Prosaic understanding is straightforwardly linear.

Thought 368: The Meaning of Tradition

Tradition is the creative 

passing down of order.

Thought 367: Occultism in the Christmass Calendar

The rebirth of the Sun

after its lowest point

at the Winter Solstice.

Thought 366: 18 and 21

18 = 6 + 6 + 6

21 = 7 + 7 + 7

Thought 365: Basic Instinct

The basic instinct may be survival

but the base have turned it into

the one and only instinct.

Thought 364: Life-Drawing

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

Thought 363: Truth-Telling

To tell the truth is to 

wrest out of hiddenness

and bring forward into the open.

Thought 362: On the Usefulness of Clichés

Clichés help punctuate everyday conversation.

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?

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.

Thought 359: What Is a Rite of Passage?

That which impels us

to overcome all fear.

Thought 358: The Meaning of Composition

To place together.

Thought 357: Transcendence in Bach and Beethoven

Bach: man as God's steward—effortless transcendence.

Beethoven: man as reaching to God—transcending struggle.

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?

(see Thought 639)

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.

The Thing = The Bitter Truth

E.T. = The Comfortable Lie

Thought 355: Self-Improvement

Self-improvement is about

proving things to the self.

Thought 354: Lyric Analysis—'One Vision'

Lyric

'One god, one vision...

One true religion.'

—Queen,

A Kind of Magic,

'One Vision'

Analysis

Money? 

Moneye?

Thought 353: What Is Essential?

What preserves

one from falling

into the abyss.

Thought 352: Freedom as Threatening

Freedom is a threat

because it is a 

euphemism

for power.

Thought 351: My Side as Anti-Side

My side is to attempt 

not to have a side

—but I do.

Thought 350: What Is a Gentleman?

A gentle but

firm man.

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

Th🤓mas R🤓mer

Thought 348: How to Avoid Regret

 

We aren't

responsible

for life's

cynicism.

Thought 347: Negotiation in Relationships

Friendships and relationships require negotiation such

that the right equilibrium of will-to-power be attained.

Thought 346: The Meaning of Tough Love

Let life rather

than words

teach the

lesson.

Thought 345: Saving the World

We live in purgatory;

that's why everything

is so topsy-turvy,

counter-intuitive,

paradoxical, and

tragicomic.

Thought 344: Trump and Clinton

Trump and Clinton

as two sides of 

the same coin.

Thought 343: Making Others Happy...

...is done through empowerment

—but that will disempower still others

and make them unhappy.

Thought 342: The Force

'May the Force be with you.'

May we be with the Force,

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