Burningman and the occult

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The occult and BRC: Co-incidence or Intentional?

Co-incidence
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Co-incidence
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Intentional
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Intentional
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Apollonaris Zeus
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Post by Apollonaris Zeus » Thu May 05, 2005 6:22 pm

I'm suprised that no has yet associated us with Molock!

One of the most misunderstood Gods of history.

I guess this should be in the Gods Thread if its still here.


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Alchemy
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no comment......read my mind

Post by Alchemy » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:15 am

I suppose the one of biblical omens of the appocalypse;" The Lake of Fire",
and this being used to destroy the faithless life and burn clean the spirtit from the unclean ,forever changing humanity as the middle east explodes and floods and other global things like bird flu and bovine pms,sweep the planet in the comming of the end of daze. so prophesized.....

probably has nothing to do with the wacky party in the desert
We call Burningman and how its a a wall to wall fire festival( throw back to the old school harvest rite to signify the sacrifise of the sun god and the renewal of our crops)that takes place for what ever reason In a prehystoric lake bed- with in a phasers shot of area 51...


Artists have for centurys been the vehicle
for transmuting the devine voice to the eyes and ears of
the rest of the flock.

if it was planned, it was not by we,the action figures
but by the kid playing with us in the celestial sandbox...

Im just a sandwitch
call me Alchemy... and thats my boxed hunch...

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:29 am

I told a "born-again pagan" about BM once and he was shocked that we didn't cast a Magic Circle around the man before we burned him, since we were conjuring Forces that might rise up Beyond Our Control.

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Post by Kinetic IV » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:39 am

Pardon me but for a wall to wall fire festival how much fire is really out there anymore? Not as much as you might think.

And as for casting a magic circle, I know for the past 4 years a small group has done that. And discreetly I might add. But it's not for forces beyond the realm of control, that's a bunch of hooey.
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Post by Cabanasprings » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:09 am

What is "hooey" and why do they always come in bunches?

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AntiM
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Post by AntiM » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:10 am

Check your local farmer's market.

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Post by Gravity Mike » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:56 am

The 'BM and the occult' page (http://occult.thevaultofheaven.com/) is full of made up inaccuracies, and repeats items as independent when they are just the basic properties of a pentagram:

Esplanade is 2100' feet from the man. At least that's the number on this year's map, unless that's changed... This is 640 meters, NOT 666 meters as the page states.

The temple being '666m' and the plazas being '666m' from the man *and* on the pentagram lines are just the basic properties of a pentagram. And again, the distance is wrong.

Lenth of side of 'grand pentagram' is 3.5 times 666m... Again, basic property of a pentragram, *and* it's 3.5 time 640 meters.

I don't know if or where the distance to the circle around the man is published, so based on the made up other facts, I'm inclined to believe this is also made up.

I supposed I could invent my own unit of measure (let's call it a 'smurf') so that 2100 feet = 666 smurfs. That'll be convincing!

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Post by theCryptofishist » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:04 am

more convincing if you name it a evlon, I fear...
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Post by Oblique » Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:31 pm

Anyone with a geometric/analytical/mathematical mind can twist, turn, and introduce numbers to back that argument. You can place a pentagram on anything circular and yes, the dimensions do seem a bit fabricated....

The real question here is would anyone actually care if it was or was not pagan?

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Post by Rockdad » Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:59 pm

Sorry I was looking for the bar...
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Post by space monk » Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:40 pm

this message contains memes that have been declassified by the Illuminati (both Guilds, i might add).

Burning Man is a massive carnival to please Lucifer. and what's wrong with that? if we didn't, the world would end. in the old days the greeks held massive yearly festivals to appease dionysus (son of zeus, aka Lucifer...) To the vedantans he goes by shiva. Lucifer is not 'the devil'. Lucifer is the fire of mind, of universal mind. He/She is 'the light' GOD spoke into existence. The 'passion' burning in our hearts is Lucifer. To keep the fire going we must prove we are worthy. we must stomp and dance and party, and gadamn it, we did it!

at burning man the entire godly equinox comes to party, comes to worship the fire, comes to prove thier worthiness. there are also a host of 'others' who show up. dark and light warlocks play battle-chess. vampires, elvin, aliens (grey and green). jedi & sith. dark-ops and phy-ops (tell me you didn’t see any of those ‘black helicopters’ or come across some of thier traps). and we party in dangerous peace. hey, we can all get along. no more war. just dancing, sex, love, art & magick and everything beautiful and exciting...fuck an alien! marry a pixie!

it's the real deal, people. your greatest hopes, your worst fears...it's really happening. cosmic attention is focused on Burning Man.

stay strong, burners, protect your chi with crystals, stones, and your own psychic ninja abilities. when all these 'gangs' get together there's always some 'casualties' no matter how careful we are. in the words of someone I overheard (tall english chap dressed like he just stepped out of Dr. Who): “it’s not a fuckin party, it’s fuckin combat out there!”

never forget, even Lucifer, the fire--the force of suns--bows to the Logos, the Voice. maybe it's time humantiy reconnects with worshipful reverence?

--pvg forever
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Post by the fire elf » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:14 pm

not all see as deeply as some...
instantiate vacuous truth

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Post by joel the ornery » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:00 pm

someone's off their meds.

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Post by the fire elf » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:41 pm

you betcha'...

my only hope is if it's an evolution-based genetic anomaly
instantiate vacuous truth

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Post by the fire elf » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:44 pm

of, pertaining to, or influenced by geneses or origins.
instantiate vacuous truth

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