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3,500 Occult Manuscripts Will Be Digitized and Made Freely Available Online

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Re: 3,500 Occult Manuscripts Will Be Digitized and Made Freely Available Online

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I really like these old texts because it's interesting to try and get into the mindset of the authors. To the medieval occultist, that plant over there is growing well because Saturn is ascending or whatever, and if a rabid dog bites you, you should apply the plant to the wound because the melancholic nature of Saturn will counteract the mania of the rabies, etc. Why did such-and-such happen? A demon did it. It's a c…

That's also how I troubleshoot kubernetes problems.

You may think you're kidding, but modern technology stacks have gotten so complicated and entangled that mystical troubleshooting is the routine solution.

Not working? Reboot it. For all I know, the phase of Saturn (as calculated by some library down in the framework) does affect Kubernetes.

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That's also how I troubleshoot kubernetes problems.

[Angry manager stomps in] "WHY DID WE GO DOWN??? WHAT HAPPENED!??" "Nothing much we could do boss, Saturn ascended"

Beats "sunspots."

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That's also how I troubleshoot kubernetes problems.

You may think you're kidding, but modern technology stacks have gotten so complicated and entangled that mystical troubleshooting is the routine solution. Not working? Reboot it. For all I know, the phase of Saturn (as calculated by some library down in the framework) does affect Kubernetes.

Fix your PC with a crystal pendulum

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-MM0Z_jCrGo

Re: 3,500 Occult Manuscripts Will Be Digitized and Made Freely Available Online

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As far as I know, the only "occult" concept that has any merit is lucid dreaming.

Harvard also did a study on meditation which showed lowered blood pressure as compared to a control group which took a health class on high-blood pressure management techniques (diet, low stress, etc). I can't find the study now.

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That's also how I troubleshoot kubernetes problems.

You may think you're kidding, but modern technology stacks have gotten so complicated and entangled that mystical troubleshooting is the routine solution. Not working? Reboot it. For all I know, the phase of Saturn (as calculated by some library down in the framework) does affect Kubernetes.

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/phase-of-the-moon.html

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If you're interested in the study of religion at all (at least as a human affectation), it can get pretty interesting to get into the Hermetic and Gnostic texts. Some of the traditions and proposed knowledge exists on a timeline parallel to popular history going back thousands of years. It's really quite something. It combined with other mystic traditions ultimately informed the theosophical movement of the 19th and…

> It combined with other mystic traditions ultimately informed the theosophical movement of the 19th and 20th century through to the magick of Aleister Crowley. His sex magick informs a lot of the modern incel, red-pill, and proud boy ideas that you must refrain from "spilling your seed"—that your reproductive emissions contain some of your essential energy. The result being that you have to abstain or otherwise be r…

Incels don't practice noFap. If you actually check incel forums, they heavily ridicule the idea and the Redpill types who do.

Re: 3,500 Occult Manuscripts Will Be Digitized and Made Freely Available Online

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I think this is fantastic news. I really enjoyed reading old alchemy texts over at

http://levity.com/alchemy/

and like some others mentioned, just getting into mindset of people writing this and their view of the world, really opens you up about different perspectives.

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[Angry manager stomps in] "WHY DID WE GO DOWN??? WHAT HAPPENED!??" "Nothing much we could do boss, Saturn ascended"

Beats "sunspots."

flips through excuse-of-the-day calendar
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