Thanks for your amazing analysis. I really think this installment is earth-shattering.
So did you ever get around to explaining what this has to do with the Bavarian Illuminati? I mean apart from the quote at the top dismissing conservative reactionary "conspiracy theories."
I'm curious.
That quote also clearly alleges the veracity of the Myth of Progress or of historical inevitability.
Interestingly, the Illuminati were formed in 1776, which would have been well after the distribution of the the Jesuit Relations; and Weishaupt was raised by Jesuits and later rejected them.
Maybe the Jesuit Relations were found in the Reading Libraries established with the (outward) dissolution of the Illuminati.
There was of course a very real Illuminati conspiracy which early Masonic but anti-illuminist founding fathers of the United States (before the throrough infiltration of Masonic lodges in said country by Illuminsm) referred to as a threat to the newly-formed republic. Does Graeber/Wengrow's dimissal simply reflect their ignorance, is it a technique like other absurd claims, or is it compliance with the conspirators themselves who use catch phrases like freedom and equlity (now "equal opportunity", "equal access","diversity" etc.) to propogate limiting and enslaving institutions of the "liberal" state and of supranational capitalism, or is there another possibility I'm missing?
Thank you so much! Yes, I feel this is earthshattering as well... I wouldn't say that if I were talking about my own ideas, but we're talking about David Graeber's..//.
No, to be honest The Dawn of Everything leaves that question dangling... so much so that I feel like it was left to dangle on purpose...
Upon rereading I considered removing that part because the article has very little to do with the Illuminati (almost nothing). I just I found it gratifying to see a scholar of Graeber's stature mention the historic Illuminati.
I think it's widely acknowledged that the Illuminati imitated the Jesuits in some ways, correct?
And yes, definitely, Weishaupt drew from his background with the Jesuits and adapted their methods to his project, even while ostensibly rejecting them.
It all gets a bit confusing to try to discern how he really viewed them, but, at least initially, no Jesuits or Jews were allowed to join the Order, though that was soon to change.
Quick question: Is the magazine you linked to in the about section the only issue, and is the Nevermore substack a continuation of that? Just started reading and I have a few comments but that will have to wait as I'm working the next two days. Cheers.
Yes. It was financed out of pocket and cost over 10 thousand dollars to produce. I recuperated basically none of that money. I would love to produce physical media, but for now it's cost-prohibitive. Honestly, I would really like to make back some of the 20 or 30 grand I have invested in Nevermore so far. Before I started this project I had all the money I wanted. Now I live without heat or running water in rural Mexico. I'm not complaining, but I would love to be able to afford a vehicle, for instance.
There have been many people who have expressed a desire to help with Nevermore, but unfortunately I have zero management skills, and coordinating volunteers is a job requiring management skills. If we had a volunteer coordinator, we could probably do quite a bit more, but we don't.
We printed 10 thousand copies (5 thousand in english and 5 thousand in French, and then there were a lot of shipping costs... translation, design, etc...
I was trying to break the spell that COVID had over anarchists and it was an expensive failure... but it led to where I am now... where I'm not a writer with a following... but with very little money compared to what most people reading this would consider normal.
Do I deserve to make a living as a writer? I think so. Then again, I'm sure I'm far from alone in that regard.
I honestly think we need to address this as a culture at some point. I'm an intellectual and artist, and I feel like intellectuals and artists serve an important role in society, and we deserve to make a living because what we bring to the table is valuable.
When I get organized enough to do so I will gladly purchase multiple hard copies. From what I've seen this appeared to the the most well organized, informative, and approachable summary of exactly what just happened and why. That why - explaining to our children why we had to move, why we can't live like other people, why our family doesn't want anything to do with us and so on. I fully intend to use your work as something like a homeschool textbook for the next generation in training.
You definitely have my sympathy. from 1981 to 1985 I was one half of a partnership doing software development aimed at creating a game that would introduce people to epistemological concepts. Tim Leary had put out something called 'Mind Mirror' around that time, which encouraged us to do a better job because I don't think he did any of the development, just put his name on it. I sank a lot of time and money into that project. Towards the end I realized my partner was one of those guys the Soviets used to joke about that "likes to think big thoughts." Not to say they weren't good thoughts, but most of the coding and artwork fell to me, and when I ran out of money (in serious debt actually) and had to get a full time job, he panicked and saw that as the end of the project (he had a wife supporting him, I was single at the time).
We continued on an informal basis, mostly hanging out at the "Starry Dynamo" a hip cafe owned by a friend, but in the end he turned on me when the 'pandemic' reared its ugly head. I couldn't believe that with everything we'd built up over 40 fucking years that he bought into the scam, even when I sent him credible material from serious clinicians denouncing the idiocy. As a result we no longer speak to each other.
I'm sorry to hear that. I imagine a lot of the people reading this have similar stories.
I wonder whether your former friend will ever find it within himself to recognize that he was duped...
I have a feeling that vindication will come, but suspect it will be less gratifying, because it will come as the result of a widespread cultural acknowledgement that this whole era was a disaster for the human race... maybe I'm wrong, though. Maybe people will go to their death beds unable to admit that they were wrong. Time will tell, I guess. I already decided some time back not to hold my breath...
"I imagine a lot of the people reading this have similar stories. "
Correct. I spend a lot of time surfing the various vaccine skeptic and medical freedom sites which are replete with similar stories, often far more tragic than mine. I lost a friend who I doubt will ever admit he was wrong, but also my brother who I likewise tried to warn. He refused to even read the material I sent him, brushing me off with "time will tell if you're right or wrong." Well, I think time has told already, not to mention his son who now has myocarditis at age 28. I found this out from my sister, as my brother no longer speaks to me. Talk about shooting the messenger, but there was always this rivalry, he being younger, so I suppose that plays into it. Old adage: you can chose your friends, but you can't chose your family. Thank God my wife reached the same conclusion about the 'vaccine' as I did independent of me. I would never force my opinions on her, but then I don't have to as she's one smart cookie, which is why I married her:)
Thanks for your amazing analysis. I really think this installment is earth-shattering.
So did you ever get around to explaining what this has to do with the Bavarian Illuminati? I mean apart from the quote at the top dismissing conservative reactionary "conspiracy theories."
I'm curious.
That quote also clearly alleges the veracity of the Myth of Progress or of historical inevitability.
Interestingly, the Illuminati were formed in 1776, which would have been well after the distribution of the the Jesuit Relations; and Weishaupt was raised by Jesuits and later rejected them.
Maybe the Jesuit Relations were found in the Reading Libraries established with the (outward) dissolution of the Illuminati.
There was of course a very real Illuminati conspiracy which early Masonic but anti-illuminist founding fathers of the United States (before the throrough infiltration of Masonic lodges in said country by Illuminsm) referred to as a threat to the newly-formed republic. Does Graeber/Wengrow's dimissal simply reflect their ignorance, is it a technique like other absurd claims, or is it compliance with the conspirators themselves who use catch phrases like freedom and equlity (now "equal opportunity", "equal access","diversity" etc.) to propogate limiting and enslaving institutions of the "liberal" state and of supranational capitalism, or is there another possibility I'm missing?
Thank you so much! Yes, I feel this is earthshattering as well... I wouldn't say that if I were talking about my own ideas, but we're talking about David Graeber's..//.
No, to be honest The Dawn of Everything leaves that question dangling... so much so that I feel like it was left to dangle on purpose...
Upon rereading I considered removing that part because the article has very little to do with the Illuminati (almost nothing). I just I found it gratifying to see a scholar of Graeber's stature mention the historic Illuminati.
I think it's widely acknowledged that the Illuminati imitated the Jesuits in some ways, correct?
Yeah, seemed like a dangling carrot to me too.
And yes, definitely, Weishaupt drew from his background with the Jesuits and adapted their methods to his project, even while ostensibly rejecting them.
It all gets a bit confusing to try to discern how he really viewed them, but, at least initially, no Jesuits or Jews were allowed to join the Order, though that was soon to change.
Quick question: Is the magazine you linked to in the about section the only issue, and is the Nevermore substack a continuation of that? Just started reading and I have a few comments but that will have to wait as I'm working the next two days. Cheers.
Yes. It was financed out of pocket and cost over 10 thousand dollars to produce. I recuperated basically none of that money. I would love to produce physical media, but for now it's cost-prohibitive. Honestly, I would really like to make back some of the 20 or 30 grand I have invested in Nevermore so far. Before I started this project I had all the money I wanted. Now I live without heat or running water in rural Mexico. I'm not complaining, but I would love to be able to afford a vehicle, for instance.
There have been many people who have expressed a desire to help with Nevermore, but unfortunately I have zero management skills, and coordinating volunteers is a job requiring management skills. If we had a volunteer coordinator, we could probably do quite a bit more, but we don't.
I look forward to hearing your comments.
"It was financed out of pocket and cost over 10 thousand dollars to produce."
Yikes!!!
We printed 10 thousand copies (5 thousand in english and 5 thousand in French, and then there were a lot of shipping costs... translation, design, etc...
I was trying to break the spell that COVID had over anarchists and it was an expensive failure... but it led to where I am now... where I'm not a writer with a following... but with very little money compared to what most people reading this would consider normal.
Do I deserve to make a living as a writer? I think so. Then again, I'm sure I'm far from alone in that regard.
I honestly think we need to address this as a culture at some point. I'm an intellectual and artist, and I feel like intellectuals and artists serve an important role in society, and we deserve to make a living because what we bring to the table is valuable.
When I get organized enough to do so I will gladly purchase multiple hard copies. From what I've seen this appeared to the the most well organized, informative, and approachable summary of exactly what just happened and why. That why - explaining to our children why we had to move, why we can't live like other people, why our family doesn't want anything to do with us and so on. I fully intend to use your work as something like a homeschool textbook for the next generation in training.
You definitely have my sympathy. from 1981 to 1985 I was one half of a partnership doing software development aimed at creating a game that would introduce people to epistemological concepts. Tim Leary had put out something called 'Mind Mirror' around that time, which encouraged us to do a better job because I don't think he did any of the development, just put his name on it. I sank a lot of time and money into that project. Towards the end I realized my partner was one of those guys the Soviets used to joke about that "likes to think big thoughts." Not to say they weren't good thoughts, but most of the coding and artwork fell to me, and when I ran out of money (in serious debt actually) and had to get a full time job, he panicked and saw that as the end of the project (he had a wife supporting him, I was single at the time).
We continued on an informal basis, mostly hanging out at the "Starry Dynamo" a hip cafe owned by a friend, but in the end he turned on me when the 'pandemic' reared its ugly head. I couldn't believe that with everything we'd built up over 40 fucking years that he bought into the scam, even when I sent him credible material from serious clinicians denouncing the idiocy. As a result we no longer speak to each other.
I'm sorry to hear that. I imagine a lot of the people reading this have similar stories.
I wonder whether your former friend will ever find it within himself to recognize that he was duped...
I have a feeling that vindication will come, but suspect it will be less gratifying, because it will come as the result of a widespread cultural acknowledgement that this whole era was a disaster for the human race... maybe I'm wrong, though. Maybe people will go to their death beds unable to admit that they were wrong. Time will tell, I guess. I already decided some time back not to hold my breath...
"I imagine a lot of the people reading this have similar stories. "
Correct. I spend a lot of time surfing the various vaccine skeptic and medical freedom sites which are replete with similar stories, often far more tragic than mine. I lost a friend who I doubt will ever admit he was wrong, but also my brother who I likewise tried to warn. He refused to even read the material I sent him, brushing me off with "time will tell if you're right or wrong." Well, I think time has told already, not to mention his son who now has myocarditis at age 28. I found this out from my sister, as my brother no longer speaks to me. Talk about shooting the messenger, but there was always this rivalry, he being younger, so I suppose that plays into it. Old adage: you can chose your friends, but you can't chose your family. Thank God my wife reached the same conclusion about the 'vaccine' as I did independent of me. I would never force my opinions on her, but then I don't have to as she's one smart cookie, which is why I married her:)
Stupendous!