Another Wednesday, another fun picture of Ganesha. Here with an actual elephant!
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Good news?
Not sure if this is good news or bad news. Especially since Trump is currently negotiating America´s terms of surrender in the recent (phoney) war against Iran...
Debatten om debatten
Och helt plötsligt är alla "debattörer" mot Keir Starmer. De har tydligen "vetat" hela tiden att den avgående brittiske premiärministern såklart var dålig...
LOL.
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The apocalypse next time
Overheard on YouTube: "June 29th will test millions". According to some American astrology guy. Nah, won´t watch the video (too long). We all gonna be here on June 30, promise.
But sure, in India there is actually an important Hindu festival on exactly that date...
"There is no hell in Buddhism"
That´s where you´re wrong, kiddo. Seriously, though, this is a YouTube video narrated by a scholar of religion, dealing with the Buddhist hell-realms. Also note the discussion on Orientalism.
Isis of 10,000 names
Doreen Virtue´s friend "Jac" talks about her experiences in the Golden Dawn, or rather a modern American version of this 19th century British esoteric order. "Jac" later became a Christian fundamentalist, so don´t expect any objectivity. Put somewhat mildly.
But...
When I listened to this video, I couldn´t help noticing the parallels between the Golden Dawn system (or this particular version of it) and certain forms of Tantrism. The masculine and the feminine must be balanced, the only way to worship a deity is to *become* the deity, Isis is a symbol of primordial matter (among other things), complex rituals are important and yes, it´s all secret (or nearly so).
Wtf, I love Golden Dawn now.
Alien addiction
I recently linked to a video in which Doreen Virtue and her friend Jac discussed (and attacked) Steven Spielberg´s recent film "Disclosure Day". In that video, Virtue claims to have had an alien abduction experience as a child! In the video linked above (from two years ago), Virtue says that she isn´t sure whether it was a dream or a real experience. However, in the more recent video, she seems to be suggesting that it was real but (of course) demonic (not literal aliens).
About half of the 2024 video is all the usual fundamentalist Christian pep talk (I´ll get back to it in a moment). The other half is more interesting. For instance, Virtue talks about her involvement with controversial ufologist Steven Greer. Apparently, she partially financed his movie "Sirius". During her New Age period, Virtue used to believe that she was a mermaid from Sirius (!!) and would even pray to the Dog Star. Jac assumed she was from Orion, was into Alternative Egypt, Golden Dawn ritual magic, Crowley and so on. Sure, her experiences (or delusions?) do sound disturbing and "demonic". But...
Isn´t the fundamentalist Christian worldview both Virtue and Jac have adopted equally disturbing? First, the demons seem extremely powerful. They can manifest or create physical objects, including cars and buses. And perhaps UFOs? Indeed, their deception is literally everywhere. Second, God seems strangely aloof. Why didn´t God stop the demons from attacking Doreen Virtue *when she was an innocent child*? Or Jac for that matter. Why doesn´t God show himself to people during near-death experiences? Instead, the evil spirits seem to have full control over all or most NDEs!
And if you don´t believe in Christ - in the right way - you will end up in "the lake of fire" and be tormented forever, vividly described by Virtue at one point in the video. A scenario which simply becomes worse when the oblivious nature of God is taken into account.
It´s almost as if Virtue and Jac have just replaced one delusion with another one. Delusion. Or deception...
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