Yep, we are watching a slow moving train wreck, except we are also passengers on that train. The Honest Sorcerer has great analysis of the material side of the train wreck.
The science of these cycles is called astrology. Surprisingly it suggests that we are heading at the moment toward not breakdown but breakthrough. Between November 2024 and July 2025, Pluto, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, and Uranus all change signs, an unprecedented cluster of planetary sign changes that indicates we are living through the most concentrated period of cultural change in our lifetimes. When these planets do change signs, they will form a very auspicious pattern known as a Minor Triangle, involving only harmonious aspects between them. This pattern will last for the next 3-4 years, and will undoubtedly bring a period of spectacular creativity and cultural dynamism. Yes the old and outdated systems will be unceremoniously destroyed, but we need to understand that process primarily as an expression of the power of the new era that's birthing.
David do you think you will write about this? I was so profoundly impacted by that big essay series you wrote, I absolutely devoured it. I would love to read your current thoughts about this astrological shift!
A recent snarky remark by John Michael Greer on American marxists - but by the way you are not in the clueless category IMO.
“that’s always the problem with the American working class, according to Marxists. Instead of rushing out to die like flies in an orgy of revolutionary violence so a bunch of clueless middle class intellectuals can seize power in their name, they settle for a good wage for an honest week’s work and a fair share of the product of their labor. The scoundrels!”
But much of the working class isn’t getting a “fair share” at this time and they turned to Trump, more scoundrelism I guess. But there is an upper class elitist stink on the left now a days, not a bread and roses fragrance.
I really love this piece, Rhyd. So lyrical and so perspicacious. Well done!
I'm working on a farm this summer, and though I have a couple decades experience with food and medicine growing, I still have moments of feeling totally out of my depth, or that what I'm doing might be wrong. (I mean, given that agriculture is the single biggest cause of habitat destruction, which in turn is the biggest cause of species extinction.)
I really appreciate all the elements you brought together here and especially like image of leaves blowing in the wind rather than cogs in a clockwork mechanism.
Yep, we are watching a slow moving train wreck, except we are also passengers on that train. The Honest Sorcerer has great analysis of the material side of the train wreck.
https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/averting-collapse-is-no-longer-profitable
https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/on-preempting-collapse
The science of these cycles is called astrology. Surprisingly it suggests that we are heading at the moment toward not breakdown but breakthrough. Between November 2024 and July 2025, Pluto, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, and Uranus all change signs, an unprecedented cluster of planetary sign changes that indicates we are living through the most concentrated period of cultural change in our lifetimes. When these planets do change signs, they will form a very auspicious pattern known as a Minor Triangle, involving only harmonious aspects between them. This pattern will last for the next 3-4 years, and will undoubtedly bring a period of spectacular creativity and cultural dynamism. Yes the old and outdated systems will be unceremoniously destroyed, but we need to understand that process primarily as an expression of the power of the new era that's birthing.
David do you think you will write about this? I was so profoundly impacted by that big essay series you wrote, I absolutely devoured it. I would love to read your current thoughts about this astrological shift!
I’ve been trying to find a window to do that for months! I’m hoping to work on it this week — thanks for the prompt!
I'm definitely happy to be the channel for that prompt!!
A recent snarky remark by John Michael Greer on American marxists - but by the way you are not in the clueless category IMO.
“that’s always the problem with the American working class, according to Marxists. Instead of rushing out to die like flies in an orgy of revolutionary violence so a bunch of clueless middle class intellectuals can seize power in their name, they settle for a good wage for an honest week’s work and a fair share of the product of their labor. The scoundrels!”
But much of the working class isn’t getting a “fair share” at this time and they turned to Trump, more scoundrelism I guess. But there is an upper class elitist stink on the left now a days, not a bread and roses fragrance.
I really love this piece, Rhyd. So lyrical and so perspicacious. Well done!
I'm working on a farm this summer, and though I have a couple decades experience with food and medicine growing, I still have moments of feeling totally out of my depth, or that what I'm doing might be wrong. (I mean, given that agriculture is the single biggest cause of habitat destruction, which in turn is the biggest cause of species extinction.)
I really appreciate all the elements you brought together here and especially like image of leaves blowing in the wind rather than cogs in a clockwork mechanism.
My Farmer friend has a saying I like: "Better out of time than out of tune."
Please find some references which are very much about this theme:
http://www.daplastique.com/essay/the-maze-of-ecstasy
http://beezone.com/adida/the-big-picture.html 1995 talk
http://beezone.com/adida/narcissus.html
http://beezone.com/latest/death_message.html Death as the Constant Message of Life
http://beezone.com/whats-new the Dark Power/Force that Patterns & Controls the entire world
http://www.dabase.org/doubt.htm The Transmission of Doubt
http://beezone.com/current/stresschemistry.html
http://fearnomore.vision/human/what-man-represents