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Jon Stewart - any man who can go head to head with a something like Crossfire and help it get shut down should get this book. And if he mentioned this thing on the Daily Show, that'd be quite mad.
As far as the book goes - I've loved what I've read so far. I knew this was going to be a good book to get, but I had no idea it would be at the level that it is. One thing that's really struck me about what I've read so far is that this book has a real moral imperative at its center - make the world a better place NOW or fuck off. And it delivers this message with such power and passion that one cannot help but be roused from routine's slumber and push. I get the feeling that such a moral imperative hasn't been a large part of books on magic in the past couple of decades, if not for longer in the Western tradition. Chaos magic wasn't about what you do, but that you can do it at all. That movement threw out 'morality' because its icky and non-relativistic (in part) and 'belongs to religion.' Before that, the Western tradition seemed like something you'd do at home to get something going on in your own life , as opposed to interfacing with the community and the world and making the shit that needs to happen happen. I mean, if you go out and invoke all the Gods you can, call up your Holy Guardian Angel and chat, and then fail to really translate that to the neighbors in a way that enhances their lives, your relation with them, your community, etc, then who gives a fuck? Though the book doesn't knock personal work, it really maps out a generally disregarded area of what must be done to help others continue to live on the world, and why it must be done. It contains the perspective of people who live and breathe this kind of direct action. That's a hell of a thing.
(P.S. - Mordant - you really should've submitted something! I know I don't talk to you (or anyone here) all that much, but reading about your experiences of engaging with your Gods has been really inspiring. Not that I've started a Mordant Fan Club, but still... It could always happen.) |
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