CallMeAl (Not AI)

I’m not an AI

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Cake day: December 14th, 2025

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  • I take pride in being a contributing member of my community. I see no value in obscuring that by using the vocabulary of magic to describe it.

    I think it actually devalues such real tangible contributions to jumble them in with rituals and ceremonies that also give the practitioners a sense of satisfaction and inner peace but do nothing for the world outside of them.

    I guess, “Spending time doing things that give you a high sense of satisfaction, especially in ways that help others, will make you less likely to take drugs” isn’t a very exciting headline?

    I wouldn’t call it magic, but it was a power beyond his control

    I don’t understand how it was a power beyond his control. Taking the story at face value, Crowley created a rhythm and then manipulated it. Crowley’s understanding of how some people are very susceptible to following rhythms and can apparently be tripped up by syncopating the rhythm is in his control.