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napalmnacey ([info]napalmnacey) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-02-25 12:06:00


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Neo-nazi Magic!
This is a week old but forgive me - I've been suffering from hella migraines so I haven't been able to report this. Thanks to [info]joolsmd for letting me pass on this wank. I wondered if this suffered from the unfunny, but the day after seeing it I read the rant again and it made me sporfle. It pushes through "unhappy-inducing racism" and into "OMG, amusing nutcase!" quite nicely, I think.



Over on [info]occult someone asks if anyone can help them find a Lilith sigil. For those that might not know, a sigil is a symbol, often made up of the shapes of the letters that make up a word, but sometimes just a symbol. It can represent a god or goddess, a wish or a thought that you want to concentrate on and bring into your life. Sigils are used a lot in Jewish Mysticism and are very popular in occult circles. And again, if you don't know, Lilith is a 'demon' in Jewish Mysticism, but a goddess in old Babylonian mythology. Interpretations of her vary.

[info]owl_clan posts a helpful tutorial on how to create a sigil.

A bright little spark in human evolution, [info]forgoil, takes umbrage at the fact that people are delving into such mysticism in the comm. This guy is a special kind of crazy. He actually uses the words "pure milk-white sons and daughters of the earth". People point out that hey - the Aryans are actually kinda coffee-coloured to brown, but he doesn't respond to such logic. He posts AGAIN!

My favourite all-caps line from this walking vaccuum of intelligent thought:

THE FOLK WILL BE VICTORIOUS OVER ALL OF YOU AND YOU WILL KNEEL ON BLEEDING KNEES BEFORE THE RIGHTEOUSSNESS OF THE CAUSE!

Hang on... The 'folk' will be victorious? You mean - Peter, Paul and Mary WIN?! Bob Dylan shall inherit the earth? YAY! Of course, people over at occult don't let this lie. In fact, they mock the stupid mercilessly and bring the lols!

You think that's all there is to it? No, there's more! Not much more but I found it amusing. In the post about sigils, [info]owl_clan doesn't like the way some people worship the old gods. Nope, they're not doing it right! If they don't believe everything about that god that our ancestors did, then they're fluffy neo-pagan hippies who are deluding themselves! At one point he gets *really* mad at [info]ceilede:

Maybe you'll just laugh this off, and in fact, I know you will, because considering the amount of immaturity that you have been heaping on me today, it is clear that you don't have the mental stability and adjustment to give up on your ego and your fear, and make yourself into what you were meant to be: a house, a temple where the flame of Truth burns on the central altar.

For now, and for the foreseeable future, you will be a house of whores- the whores of self-addiction, pleasure, relative nonsense, and postmodern pseudointellectualism.


... OKAY!

ETA: Apparently [info]owl_clan is a long-time wanker. Here's his entry on the Encyclopaedia Dramatica.


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[info]anonyrat
2007-02-25 09:12 pm UTC (link)
LOL strict reconstructionists. I'm pretty sure all those Greco-Roman pantheon worshippers have enough money to afford proper animal sacrifices, so where are those snow-white cows for the Goddesses Above once a year, hm?

/bitter classicist

Also, maybe I'm might confused, but why would someone who doesn't like mysticism be hanging out in an OCCULT comm?

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[info]vigilanterodent
2007-02-26 01:45 am UTC (link)
Your comment inspires a tangent. Sorry.

Let's say you're a strict reconstructionist who follows a god who A) demands animal sacrifice, and B) also demands obedience to laws. I know there are quite a few of them that fall under that category. Now, in the U.S. it's unconstitutional to ban animal sacrifice specifically, but it's arguably perfectly legal to ban it de facto via strict animal cruelty laws. If you're a strict reconstructionist who believes in animal sacrifice but lives in a community where the law forbids the intentional killing of an animal outside a slaughterhouse or a vet . . . then what do you do?

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-02-26 01:52 am UTC (link)
Kill those little plastic animals you buy when you're making a diorama. The really expensive ones from toy shops.

Either that or lay down a *really* good steak.

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[info]luthe
2007-02-26 05:48 am UTC (link)
Move.

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[info]anonyrat
2007-02-26 08:03 pm UTC (link)
This is why strict reconstructionism always sounded like a silly idea to me. The rituals that ancient people did to honor their gods were tied to their culture. It seems to me that even if you want to preserve some of the ancient traditions, the best way to honor the god is to devise rituals that are tied to YOUR culture and will be meaningful to you and anyone else who chooses to participate. Animal sacrifice is one of those things, I think, that isn't really meaningful any more to a lot of people precisely BECAUSE we have a different attitude towards animals.

*shrug* Your mileage may vary, I suppose, but it seems like adaptation is better in the long run for a religion than simply repeating rituals.

Wait, aren't we supposed to be funny on OTF_Wank now? Um, LOL internet?

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-02-26 01:47 am UTC (link)
Ya know, reconstructionists always amuse me. They kinda miss the point that *everyone* was doing their own thing back then too. I mean, a Reconstructionisst into Egyptian mythology? Good luck to 'em, I say! Every peasant and his oxen had a different interpretation of this God or that God. Someone was worshipping falcon-headed dudes (usually the guys in charge) and the little peasant was happily loving the earth-God who made men out of clay on his potter's wheel.

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