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The best definition of a particular interesting religion I have yet encountered.

Studies tonight turned to the occult, more or less because of a post on DisInfo which reminded me of a book I've been meaning/told to read, and brought up a lot of names that ring bells in my head in short order:

I've seen many good organizations compromised by infighting and bickering. The TA script is called "War of the Magicians": it split the Fourth Way (George Gurdjieff and Pyotr Ouspensky), the counterculture (Mondo 2000 v Wired; Mark Dery v Douglas Rushkoff), the Enneagram (Helen Palmer's decision to publish material and create a fake "oral tradition"), and the 1975 split between Anton LaVey (Church of Satan) and Dr. Michael A. Aquino (who subsequently founded the Temple of Set).

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In particular, I am interested in the Satanic/Set split, knowing only a little about it, although I know I should read up on Gurdjieff from in

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I am officially taking submissions for an icon to put beside my rambling.

I would be grateful if anybody can suggest ways to make the text look less crappy on my LJ

I never did go to the bathroom, but now I am setting the alarum and crashing..

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Woo-hoo! The 'rents are gone! Party at my place!..

er, wait.. I have too much work to do...False alarum ;)

Going to go put in a coule hours at the warehouse, and then come home and call a client, who I will likely be going to see this evening..