Path: typhoon.sonic.net!feed.news.sonic.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net.POSTED!ceb82f09!not-for-mail From: "Tom" Newsgroups: alt.magick References: <3fa05ae6.15962897@trialnews.peoplepc.com> <%D1ob.7824$Px2.7011@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net> <3fa2aa91.939061@trialnews.peoplepc.com> <3fa1f8af.15709720@trialnews.peoplepc.com> <3fa2ec69.1239007@trialnews.peoplepc.com> Subject: Re: Gnome et al , what is your opinion of this? Lines: 83 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 06:12:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.187.200.126 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net 1067667173 63.187.200.126 (Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:12:53 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:12:53 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick:359826 "Gnome d Plume" wrote in message news:3fa2ec69.1239007@trialnews.peoplepc.com... > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:37:28 GMT, "Tom" > wrote: > > > > >"Gnome d Plume" wrote in message > >news:3fa1f8af.15709720@trialnews.peoplepc.com... > >> > > >> **** The philosopher Santana (not the Mexican general) once observed > >> that: "A fanatic is one who having lost sight of his goal, redoubles > >> his effort." > > > >"To put it simply and frankly, that I am getting exasperated with > >people on this news group. I've been trying for 32 years to raise the > >consciousness of people involved in magick, but I'm beginning to think > >it's hopeless. As long as Americans have contempt for magick, we will > >not attract intelligent, sophisticated people, just a gaggle of > >dysfunctional, infantile fools." > > **** You're losing it, Tommy-boy. "I'm beginning to think it's hopeless." You're losing hope, Poke. > The above quote--which does express > my feelings at times---has nothing whatsoever to do with "losing > sight of my goal." Sometimes fighting the good fight and even > losing is better for the heart and soul than telling people what > they want to hear in order to gain popularity. You've been trying to gain popularity for thirty two years and have failed to do so. Now you claim this is not what you're after. Sounds to me like you have indeed lost sight of your goal. And it also sounds like you're redoubling your effort. > Magick is a spiritual art form that > has been dragged into the gutter of pop-culture by a > succession of religious control-freaks, Like people who found a religion around themselves and can't tolerate criticism. > "scientific" self-styled authorities, As opposed to "religious" self-styled authorities? > materialists and hucksters promising "miracles." Prophecies! Goetic evocation lessons! The secrets of "true magick"! All for a price, of course. And no guarantees, of course, of course. > However, I may be > wrong because our books and videos continue to sell very well, "Materialists and hucksters promising 'miracles'." > so perhaps there are a few enlightened souls who are getting > our message and passing it on. Or at least, they're paying your bills for you. > And if you are looking for a twist on that one, > don't lift my "there's a seeker born every minute" "Hello, seeker! Now don't feel alone here in the New Age, because there's a seeker born every minute." -- Firesign Theatre, 1974. Robert Anton Wilson: "There's a Seeker Born Every Minute" Audio Tape, $10.00 -- From Sound.Photosynthesis.com Several sources attribute this saying to "anonymous". I can find no one at all who attributes this saying to you, except, of course, you. Let us know what Phil Procter and Robert Anton Wilson have to say when you tell them they are guilty of plagiarizing you.