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The Abramelin operation is a months-long purification rite designed to put one in contact with one's Holy Guardian Angel.
August 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Abramelin operation is a months-long purification rite designed to put one in contact with one's Holy Guardian Angel.
As soon as you accept that the universe is basically Platonic rather than Cartesian, consciousness has to be the substrate of the material world rather than an emergent property.
August 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As soon as you accept that the universe is basically Platonic rather than Cartesian, consciousness has to be the substrate of the material world rather than an emergent property.
I'm just a blue-collar guy with an eclectic educational background who had a midlife conversion to Platonism (via Alfred North Whitehead).
August 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I'm just a blue-collar guy with an eclectic educational background who had a midlife conversion to Platonism (via Alfred North Whitehead).
Consciousness is not in fact an emergent phenomenon, but you're right about LLMs only attempting to imitate 1 or 2 processes associated with human consciousness.
August 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Consciousness is not in fact an emergent phenomenon, but you're right about LLMs only attempting to imitate 1 or 2 processes associated with human consciousness.
Insane stock photo choice
July 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Insane stock photo choice
Haha, yes, my city was run over by an EF5 tornado in 2019.
June 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Haha, yes, my city was run over by an EF5 tornado in 2019.
Jokey Midwestern expression for it being cold is "It's both degrees outside."
June 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Jokey Midwestern expression for it being cold is "It's both degrees outside."
0-32 degrees is common every winter in Ohio.
June 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
0-32 degrees is common every winter in Ohio.
It drives me nuts people don't realize BioShock is about these guys.
April 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It drives me nuts people don't realize BioShock is about these guys.
My wife has Mars, Saturn, and Pluto in her first house of Libra; Venus in Pisces sixth house.
Incoming asteroid of apocalyptic justice, working to rebuild a harmonious and spiritual world.
Incoming asteroid of apocalyptic justice, working to rebuild a harmonious and spiritual world.
March 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My wife has Mars, Saturn, and Pluto in her first house of Libra; Venus in Pisces sixth house.
Incoming asteroid of apocalyptic justice, working to rebuild a harmonious and spiritual world.
Incoming asteroid of apocalyptic justice, working to rebuild a harmonious and spiritual world.
Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup is better, and also has a couple of Android ports.
February 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup is better, and also has a couple of Android ports.
I think fear is often (always?) a moment in the approach to the divine, but you pass through it into sublimity.
i.e. the *beginning* of wisdom
i.e. the *beginning* of wisdom
December 30, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I think fear is often (always?) a moment in the approach to the divine, but you pass through it into sublimity.
i.e. the *beginning* of wisdom
i.e. the *beginning* of wisdom
Oh, definitely. They're civilizational rather than primordial.
December 30, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Oh, definitely. They're civilizational rather than primordial.
The general consensus has been that he was a storm/war god, but I kind of like the volcano god thing better (no domain expertise on my part).
December 30, 2024 at 3:55 PM
The general consensus has been that he was a storm/war god, but I kind of like the volcano god thing better (no domain expertise on my part).
They're also all retrograde!
December 29, 2024 at 3:13 PM
They're also all retrograde!
My wife has both malefics and Pluto in her first house.
December 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM
My wife has both malefics and Pluto in her first house.
In 2026, Jupiter is locked in as well.
December 29, 2024 at 1:16 PM
In 2026, Jupiter is locked in as well.
That's a different year than your first post.
December 29, 2024 at 1:16 PM
That's a different year than your first post.
Throw Jupiter in there as well.
December 29, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Throw Jupiter in there as well.
His Sun is also in Cancer, Leo rising.
December 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
His Sun is also in Cancer, Leo rising.