tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post5927321049036337972..comments2024-03-25T14:09:59.347-05:00Comments on Augoeides: Romania's Purple FlameScott Stenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-12682454800813681562010-01-27T15:22:39.516-06:002010-01-27T15:22:39.516-06:00That's true, and it just goes to show that mag...That's true, and it just goes to show that magick can be used for good or ill and it can be effective regardless of your motivation.<br /><br />I don't know enough about Romanian politics to accurately characterize the use of the "purple flame," but the Nazis certainly showed how easy it was to take an ostensively positive symbol and twist it into something destructive and dangerous.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-74620948638707238662010-01-26T21:29:13.717-06:002010-01-26T21:29:13.717-06:00"This methodology is actually quite clever - ..."This methodology is actually quite clever - align yourself with an occult force that favors you in politics and then go out of your way to keep yourself and your political staff associated with that force through simple magical links like color matching as you go about the mundane activities of running your campaign. One wonders if one of these folks has a copy of Jason Miller's Strategic Sorcery. This sounds a lot like the sort of methodology that Jason would endorse. "<br /> <br />I might remind you of another group which took an old religous symbol and tied themselves to it with color and display- The National Socialist Party of Germany. The Fyflot was well kown as a "good luck" symbol long before the Nazi's and as widly used as Tibet. They were very successful at the ballot box too, prior to taking over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com