woo
unorthodox, heretical, or hidden spiritual traditions - mysticism, magic, esoterica, the occult, etc.
woo
I’m pretty sure the best thing any one of us can do is get a good handle on our own archetypal energies and find ways to train and express them. There are some things out there that you’d probably be world-class at, if you just let yourself follow the natural gifts and inclinations and curiosities that are in you. And stop chasing the ones you’re... See more
River Kenna • A General Theory of Divination and Probably Other Stuff
It wasn’t about the cards, not half as much as it was about that person already having access to the latent knowledge somehow. The cards just gave them a way to reel that knowledge in from the unconscious, or the aether.
Similar with astrology, as another example. You can learn all the significations and symbols and signs and everything else and... See more
Similar with astrology, as another example. You can learn all the significations and symbols and signs and everything else and... See more
A General Theory of Divination and Probably Other Stuff
A lot of woo is actually true.
We just lack the mental capacity, the frameworks, the language, the ease of articulation, and the consistency of evidence to make it philosophically coherent and scientifically grounded.
But we will get there.
Disregard culture... See more
Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilssonx.com
New Age happens when one controls their mind with their heart so much that they try to make their mind work like their heart does.
New Age cults happen when one gives their mind's power over to their heart, and then also gives that power over to another.
Harry Taussigx.comthread