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Discussed alchemy with my analyst today. No great revelations, but thematic insights.

Alchemy derived from the unconscious fantasies of the alchemists. But as fantastical projections of the unconscious they reveal things. When Western Civilization hit the Enlightenment, there was a split between Reason and Fantasy, with the latter looked…[Read more]

Hello folks, maybe it’s time we revisit this post from last May, shall we?

Was out grabbing coffee with some coworkers today and overheard one say “Snake eating its own tail”, which obviously perked my ear up given the ouroboros that has popped up several times in this wild journey. I jump in the convo and he points out his tattoo that I’ve seen…[Read more]

So if we follow the trail of this book, it is apparently itself a bastardization of multiple bastardizations of…[Read more]

Another question that we forgot about for a while:

Who is Katniss?

@larry – Note that I put the words ‘immersive theatre’ in quotes, yes? That was meant to imply exactly what you just said. If I were convinced it was -entirely- and -only- immersive theatre, my internal debate on agency would be not far less of a conflict internally.

@unseenpresence This is not immersive theater. It is a cult disguised as such. Your choices going forward would best reflect that reality.

I keep thinking about agency. It’s all I’ve been thinking about over this weekend (partly because I’ve been sick and without a voice and when you CAN’T speak….you want to all the more.) It’s also been much on my mind right now for a number of different reasons in my own creative endeavors.

But in the context of Lust, I’m really contemplating…[Read more]

@bcbishop and @coryphella Yes, nothing of what I wrote is meant to infer otherwise. It’s merely a stab at what I think is going on as far as events. Every action has a reaction, and that’s no different here.

I think that as individuals we carry a lot more agency in this than we believe, and and any theory should really put us (not us the community but us as individuals) in it. There are reasons why certain things happen to certain people. There are reasons why we’ve been told that we have talents to use (I think this has been said at least twice). T…

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I agree, @coryphella, that the MSE seems to be more complicated than Larry’s version wants it to be. And every moment, I get more convinced that our choices may be the ONLY ultimate answer to everything that’s going on.

I keep going back to the most recent interview, as I feel like amongst anything else it might be, it’s either preparation or a…[Read more]

@larry – I’ve watched it a couple of times now and I just don’t see it. I think your recap right up through the end of the book release party is quite possibly DEAD ON, and great job on that, but after that, I don’t know. You’re leaving out key plot points. I think, at this point, it’s a mistake to look at something as major as the MSE and dismiss…[Read more]

And while I’m at it, I’m going to call out @russell, who said, “I have it on very good authority that Briarberg is a lie”.

Given what I see, I think someone is lying to you, my friend. I’d like to know who this authority is and what was proffered to you so as to convince you of this.

If we’re going down that road, @kingkill33 throwing the sack lunch in the street would be #4.

“I guarantee it will piss some people off” could be taken two ways. I originally interpreted the “it” as being a reference to whatever it was that Darren and Clint were planning, but now I can see that it could also be taken to mean the event itself. In…[Read more]

There were three things that people got pissed off about that weekend, to varying degrees.

1) People argued about the ethics of entering Skid Row and involving people there in our activities.
2) People were angry at BOS because they bought a round of drinks for strangers, and not all of them spent money on the homeless.
3) People were critical of…[Read more]

@remrelganaps Yeah, I just floated that theory but don’t really subscribe to it.

What’s troubling is that if this was for real, then DLB was okay with having his friend Stephanie be activated by OSDM for the event. That makes him culpable.

Thanks for doing all this, Larry. It really helped put it all into focus for me. The part I’m struggling with (most) is the MSE. If it was a Briarberg event, that would validate the theory that Cecilia was an actress who has now gone rogue. I’m not sure I buy that, unless the OSDM got to her and started paying her to continue the role. I could…[Read more]

@unseenpresence

1) Oh, it’s all speculation and always subject to change.
2) Agreed.
3) The course of action you take is up to you. My ongoing concern is for my friend and wherever that may take me.

I just posted a Periscope that summarizes things from the macro perspective. Thanks to all and @bcbishop, I think we have cracked the nut from the big picture side of things. I’ll recount it here, as it will nicely complement @daela‘s fine work above on the details. In short, I think we can now view any given interaction or moment within a more…[Read more]