Evil
and black magic as the
world goes to Hell in a
handbasket
Through much of my adult life I have been a followr of Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta which does not really have a concept of Evil but, rather, posits that
"Avidya
(ignorance) and not the ego that 'prevents us from realisation" (http://www.advaita.org.uk/discourses/chittaranjan/evil_chittaranjan.htm).
Covering events for 8 years and seeing the way the world is run I am no longer able to believe that Evil is simply ignorance.
I have come to see that Evil is very real and walks amongst us in everything that we are involved with.
Take this advertisement for a new series on Netflix.
The Master and Margarita (which posits the visitation of the Devil to Stalin's Russia) it is NOT!
I watched part of a video from Anthony Patch that was recommended to me, "MIT& Black Magic Course" .
Even though the language of the video was far my own I did get to see that MIT in Boston is teaching a course on Black Magic which cites Aleister Crowley, one of the most notorious individuals to have walked amongst us.
The course is absolutely real.
Here are some of the details.
Indistinguishable
From... Magic as Interface, Technology, and Tradition
Course
Overview
When
Aleister Crowley defined magic as "the Science and Art of
causing Change to occur in conformity with Will," he might as
easily have been describing technology. In fact, "magic" is
still the word we use to encompass the wonders of a new technology
before it becomes ubiquitous.
From
Neolithic ceremonies to Las Vegas stage shows, "magic"
describes a long tradition of using technology, ritual, and
performance to create wonder. As 21st century technologists there's
still a lot we can learn from this tradition. Engineering illusions
requires close attention to the limits of human perception,
disciplined practice of the art of showmanship, and subtle use of the
crafts of deception—skills that are just as relevant to
contemporary technology demos as they were to 19th century stage
illusions.
Further,
magic is one of the central metaphors people use to understand the
technology we build. From install wizards to voice commands and
background daemons, the cultural tropes of magic permeate user
interface design. Understanding the traditions and vocabularies
behind these tropes can help us produce interfaces that use magic to
empower users rather than merely obscuring their function.
With
a focus on the creation of functional prototypes and practicing real
magical crafts, this class combines theatrical illusion, game design,
sleight of hand, machine learning, camouflage, and neuroscience to
explore how ideas from ancient magic and modern stage illusion can
inform cutting edge technology.
Guest
lecturers and representatives of member companies will contribute to
select project critiques. Requires regular reading, discussion,
practicing magic tricks, design exercises, a midterm project and
final project.
***
Here is some details on him...
“Aleister
Crowley, the wickedist man in the world”
There
are names we all recognise, even if what we know about them is
entirely wrong. So it is with Aleister Crowley. Sometimes described
as a Satanist [1], and during his lifetime labelled “the wickedest
man in the world” [2], in truth Crowley was neither of those
things. What he was instead was a product of transition. Had he been
born a century earlier he would have been imprisoned,
institutionalised or forced into obscurity. Had he been born a
century later he would simply have been another outré poet. Instead
he was born during the period when conservative mores were beginning
to be shed, and became for many the new face of the unacceptable side
of society. In a twist of irony, the would-be magician became a
symbol more powerful than any of his magical sigils.
***
And
a documentary on him...
***
On
the same subject I found this yesterday
THE
SINS OF THE FLESH
The
Vincent Vendetta Channel
In
the context of all I know as well as the above I will be asking for
protection.
I
can't lose.
First of all I must express my gratitude to you (and your ilk) for attempting to hold up the truth under very difficult circumstances through your blog which I have been following for quite a few years. Regarding the current topic,as a Hindu, I would like to state the following. If you read Rambam, a Jewish Rabbi, he talks about two levels of evil. First one is darkness (ignorance and illusion) and the second is more substantive. Darkness is dispelled simply by going to light and traditionally this is the mainstay of Hinduism and Buddhism. If you are able to do this, you get to the level of adwaita Bramhan or Buddhahood. However at very advanced (and very very secret) level, some yogis have been trying to reach the akhanda (collective) level. It is said that in early 1940's, the work for the light (adwaita at a collective level) was completed. However darkness could not be dispelled as the substantive level of evil was not addressed. All this are supposed to be very secret so as not to disturb the great mission, but I think this can be talked about now because it is sort of now or never situation in light of the impending Abrupt Human Extinction. I pray to Guruji that may the the great mission be completed.
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