BEING WOKE

On By John d'AndrioleIn Etc., Non-Fiction, Writing

Being Woke is NOT believing that minorities and women in America have been and are being mistreated. That’s a fact shown in the briefest scan of a history book.

Being Woke is NOT believing that human rights apply to everyone. That is just solid and logical ethics which forms the baseline of every religion and belief worth discussing.

Being Woke is NOT believing that there is systemic racism. This is obvious to anyone who has the slightest understanding of sociology, psychology, economics, the history of politics, and human nature.

Being Woke is NOT believing that women and minorities are paid less and given fewer opportunities. That is just simple statistics.

Being Woke is HELLISH.

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THE AFTERLIFE IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS…

On By John d'AndrioleIn Uncategorized

I was watching a YouTube channel that specializes in NDEs, or Near Death Experiences. I occasionally tune in for a giggle. I mean, it’s largely the same story, except for the occasional person who remembers going to Hell. Those are the ones who I would like to talk to.

But your garden variety NDE goes like this:

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CONTEXTUALIZING MY ASTRAL EXPERIENCE

On By John d'AndrioleIn Magick2 Comments

In my previous post, I wrote about an intense experience I had. I do not encourage anyone to take my experience as “real”… that is, something that I believe is utterly factual. Like in the way “the Earth revolves on its axis” is “real.”

Nothing of the experience feels like a lie, but there are concerns. This is why:

My mother was insane.

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MY ASTRAL EXPERIENCE – SEPT 2024

On By John d'AndrioleIn Magick, Uncategorized1 Comment

A HUGE problem about my magical experiences is I am afraid of sounding like a nut job. Or of disappearing up my own asshole. Too many magicians are solipsistic, taking EVERY experience or thought they have as a grand mystical experience that MEANS THINGS!

I have sought to avoid that. Long ago I read an Irish saying. I might be remembering it wrong, but it goes like this:

“If you see a Leprechaun walking down the road, tell no one!”

My point is that I like to remain as grounded in “the real” as much as possible. Truth is my goal, not some inward-facing cloud-cuckoo-land fantasy. To me magic isn’t magic until it works in our common, shared reality. Otherwise, it has the danger of being an ego trip.

Okay, kids, story time!

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