Wildcard topic course by ACP TX hosted by Gavin and Ryan
Even though we're Dialectical and Historical Materialists, it's useful to study the history of these things
"Nonsense is nonsense, but the history of nonsense is a very serious science" — Gorshom Scholem, scholar of Kabbalah
Occult = hidden
Magic = "the art of changing consciousness at will" (definition for the purpose of this course, not referring to stage magic or anything)
Religious ritual, art, psychotherapy, advertising
"Magic is to train the mind, not inform it"
You ought to be rooted first in material reality before studying this stuff
Aleister Crowley was apparently hated by everyone in the sphere
The printing press exploded consciousness and caused many different ideas to mix and match
Magical lodges started popping up around the 1600s, most claimed false origin stories
John Dee (schizo) actually coined the phrase British Empire, wrote "secret arts of navigation"
Bunch of autists who loved symmetry and geometry (based)
Prague, CZ was a massive hub
Levelers and Diggers - proto-communist radical Christian groups