Thoughts of a Rational Mystic and Wizard

Separating pseudoscience from scientifically grounded mystical practice. Rational Mystic • Hypnosis Coach • Consulting Wizard for Hire

[you-are-another-me]

[geostationary]

[lazyyogi]

[fantasyartfinds]

Art by  Zaccura

[you-are-another-me]

[nietp]

Ultimately the most efficient thing you can do to fight pseudoscientific, “alternative” medicine and quackery is to realize that a lot of people turn to it because they have been constantly misdiagnosed, dismissed, ridiculed and abused by actual doctors and healthcare professionals, and what alternative medicines actually provide is a seemingly compassionate environment were they feel heard, validated and respected. As long as people with chronic pain, for example, are told by doctors for years that they’re liars and fakers, there’s a good chance they’ll be tempted to look for something else: in one case they get no efficient medical treatment and are treated horribly, in the other they get no efficient medical treatment and are listened to and told their pain is real. As long as doctors continue to behave like this they’re in no position to criticize how gullible people are.

[geminiwave]

[crazy-brioche-deactivated202310]

There you have it

[crazy-brioche-deactivated202310]

The whole deck.

[cosmicportal]

Know your vibes.

[therationalwizard]

...the distinction between "magick" and "communication" exits only in our traditional ways of thinking. The uncanny Egyptians attributed both inventions to a single deity, Thoth, god of speech and other illusions.

Robert Anton Wilson

[thinksquad-deactivated20190405]

“We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented”

The Truman Show (1998)

[fydisneymisfits]

[dwellerinthelibrary]

Frederick Arthur Bridgman, An Egyptian Procession, ca. 1876-79.

[nietp]

Ultimately the most efficient thing you can do to fight pseudoscientific, “alternative” medicine and quackery is to realize that a lot of people turn to it because they have been constantly misdiagnosed, dismissed, ridiculed and abused by actual doctors and healthcare professionals, and what alternative medicines actually provide is a seemingly compassionate environment were they feel heard, validated and respected. As long as people with chronic pain, for example, are told by doctors for years that they’re liars and fakers, there’s a good chance they’ll be tempted to look for something else: in one case they get no efficient medical treatment and are treated horribly, in the other they get no efficient medical treatment and are listened to and told their pain is real. As long as doctors continue to behave like this they’re in no position to criticize how gullible people are.

[shitpostingvevo]

You also have these baby teenage mutant ninja turtles to protect you.

[mvlti-threxded]

This is actually such a good tactic for people with serious anxiety problems. Thank you. Really. Omg.

[thatwritergirlsblog]

For my fellow anxiety peeps

[therationalwizard]

Banishment spell for tumblr curses. 

[booksandcows]

[radical-revolution]

[abiding-in-peace]

Meditation teaches you how to disentangle yourself from the thought process. It is the mental art of stepping out of your own way, and that’s a pretty useful skill in everyday life. Meditation is certainly not some irrelevant practice strictly for ascetics and hermits. It is a practical skill that focuses on everyday events and has immediate application in everybody’s life. Meditation is not other-worldly.

Bhante Gunaratana (via abiding-in-peace)

[didanawisgi]

Egyptian mysticism is a particular method of approach to Reality, which trains and makes use of intuitive and emotional spiritual faculties that are generally dormant and latent. This training aims at dispersing the veils that hide the self from the Real, thereby becoming transformed or absorbed into the undifferentiated Unity.

Moustafa Gadalla (via didanawisgi)