Richard Stanley
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I was going to explicitly suggest in Black Collared Magic that at the root of all significant politics, or 'Realpolitik' is in fact real estate. The excerpt below from Peter Levenda's Sinister Forces - A Warm Gun provides an even wider contextual expansion on this, which also happens to include in the associated, unincluded text an explanation for why women have been devalued in Western civilization, and in my opinion, even wider.
The explanation below provides the explicit basis for why 'traditional' values, such as espoused by the so-called 'Collectivist' member of Postflaviana, are those that necessarily align with monarchist tendencies. As such, anything that threatens the plantation mentality must be reacted to, either obsessively, or conversely by ignoring when the less attention brought to an issue has a better cost / benefit ratio or the 'ignoring' is part of a diversionary 'change the subject' stratagem.
Levenda also discusses shamanic practices (including Qabbalah) which preceded state religions and, which as I stated to Collectivist in the Group Think discussion, has much older roots than Judaism or the Lubavitchers. McEvilley, in his The Shape of Ancient Thoughts, shows that the roots of Philosophy are grounded in attempts to bypass the 'consensus reality' system of the integrated state and religion by what evolved from shamans standing outside of newer theocratic state systems. This is why Rome's Apostle Paul warned against the philosopher 'sophists'.
But as I suggested in BCM, all 'reform' attempts are subject to co-optation, and in Christianity the oligarchical shepherds co-opted aspects of the Cynics' messages, as witnessed in the Beatitudes. "The Devil comes in many guises." It is vital for the sheep to believe that they are being cared for while they are being fleeced.
The explanation below provides the explicit basis for why 'traditional' values, such as espoused by the so-called 'Collectivist' member of Postflaviana, are those that necessarily align with monarchist tendencies. As such, anything that threatens the plantation mentality must be reacted to, either obsessively, or conversely by ignoring when the less attention brought to an issue has a better cost / benefit ratio or the 'ignoring' is part of a diversionary 'change the subject' stratagem.
Levenda also discusses shamanic practices (including Qabbalah) which preceded state religions and, which as I stated to Collectivist in the Group Think discussion, has much older roots than Judaism or the Lubavitchers. McEvilley, in his The Shape of Ancient Thoughts, shows that the roots of Philosophy are grounded in attempts to bypass the 'consensus reality' system of the integrated state and religion by what evolved from shamans standing outside of newer theocratic state systems. This is why Rome's Apostle Paul warned against the philosopher 'sophists'.
But as I suggested in BCM, all 'reform' attempts are subject to co-optation, and in Christianity the oligarchical shepherds co-opted aspects of the Cynics' messages, as witnessed in the Beatitudes. "The Devil comes in many guises." It is vital for the sheep to believe that they are being cared for while they are being fleeced.
The word “real” and the word “royal” are inextricably linked. Indeed , in some languages the word for “real” and the word for “royal” is the same, such as Spanish real. Reality is, in this view, linked with Royalty; what is real is what is part of the kingdom , the “real estate.” What is outside the kingdom is, therefore, outside of reality. It is not “royal,” hence it is not “real.” This speaks to Robert Anton Wilson’s concept of “consensus reality,” mentioned in the previous volume. Reality is a shape -shifter, dependent as much on political decisions as it is on scientific observations. And these decisions and observations are usually not the prerogative of the individual citizen . An essential part— a fundamental part— of the social contract, and imposed from the top down, is a general agreement as to what constitutes reality. To deviate from that agreement is to deviate from society— the kingdom, the real estate, the state religion— itself. It is to become, in a sense, a Satanist, a worshipper of an adversary; or a witch, a worshipper of an unapproved God.
We can take this analogy one step further, to the political arena, and say that he who attacks the king is insane, i.e., out of touch with reality. That is why our most famous assassins have all been pronounced “crazed” and “lone”: they are insane and not part of a social group, at least not a social group recognized as valid in the kingdom. An attack on the king cannot be seen to originate from within the kingdom, from within the king’s “reality”: it has to come from outside, from the realm of the unreal, the unholy, for if it came from within the kingdom it would partake of the logic of the kingdom.
Levenda, Dick Russell Peter (2011-06-27). Sinister Forces-A Warm Gun: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft (Kindle Locations 233-245). Independent Publishers Group. Kindle Edition.
We can take this analogy one step further, to the political arena, and say that he who attacks the king is insane, i.e., out of touch with reality. That is why our most famous assassins have all been pronounced “crazed” and “lone”: they are insane and not part of a social group, at least not a social group recognized as valid in the kingdom. An attack on the king cannot be seen to originate from within the kingdom, from within the king’s “reality”: it has to come from outside, from the realm of the unreal, the unholy, for if it came from within the kingdom it would partake of the logic of the kingdom.
Levenda, Dick Russell Peter (2011-06-27). Sinister Forces-A Warm Gun: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft (Kindle Locations 233-245). Independent Publishers Group. Kindle Edition.
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