tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post3560823292086774922..comments2023-09-03T05:52:27.906-06:00Comments on The Magical Witch: When is it flamewar?Morgan Drake Ecksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258538066497554895noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post-89276342042933073202012-01-03T15:00:27.889-07:002012-01-03T15:00:27.889-07:00Well the good thing is there will never be a situa...Well the good thing is there will never be a situation where one person corners the Golden Dawn market. Hooray!<br /><br />I grew up in a fundamentalist household, so the us vs them mentality Nick described is easy to recognize anywhere. Eric Hoffer's The True Believer goes over this quite well iirc. My guess is a lot of people lurking over the so-called flame war probably can see it for what it is. Which isn't much.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653222586878961277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post-7826087107012281912011-12-29T00:10:40.978-07:002011-12-29T00:10:40.978-07:00The Golden Dawn tradition is actually a lot closer...The Golden Dawn tradition is actually a lot closer than many think or would like it to be. Most of us do talk to each other without drawing weapons.<br />I am always accused of flaming other groups, although those who say this are unable to quote me, (or if they do it is certainly not in context). <br />I think there are those who depend on the idea of being persecuted to bolster up their group minds (it worked for Christianity). "If everyone is against us then we must stick together" sort of thing. To do that you have to see everything that others say about you as a threat or a Flame. It is the sort of mentality only possible in a fundamentalist religion or the psychotic, which is a why it is attractive to some who need that sort of approach to esoteric groups. <br />But one thing that is strange with this world view is that, despite what these people say, most of the leaders of the various GD groups do talk to each other on fairly friendly terms. We swap notes, documents and often share secrets and information on nutty students. My latest book "King over the Water" has involved help from the heads of at least eight different orders. If we were at each others throats over minor ideas about where you hold the Chief Adepts wand that would not be the case.Nick Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663533542726414450noreply@blogger.com