{"id":4634,"date":"2012-09-29T21:08:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T03:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4634"},"modified":"2012-09-29T21:08:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T03:08:33","slug":"its-called-occult-because-its-hidden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4634","title":{"rendered":"It’s Called “Occult” Because It’s Hidden"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my professional life, I am currently in the middle of Major Drama that I cannot talk about right now. I think that it will be all for the best, but the details will have to remain occult<\/em> for a bit longer.<\/p>\n

Plus I seem to be getting some kind of equinoctial crud (this happens) that leaves me feeling tired and achy. Thus I observe the Turning of the Wheel.<\/p>\n

So let me direct you to a post at The Teeming Brain<\/em> on “Haunted by Our Amnesia: The Forgotten Mainstream Impact of the Occult\/Esoteric ‘Fringe.’<\/a> ”<\/p>\n

When one starts to look, it’s as if history mirrors physics, where some hypothesize that nearly 84% of\u00a0the mass\u00a0in the universe is composed of dark matter. It seems as if the main\u00a0historical influences that affect us\u00a0exist in a shadow realm that few give credence to, yet this realm forms the main\u00a0source of the ebb and flow that pushes us forward.\u00a0What the media, mainstream science, and academia consider “fringe” is often at the very heart of the issues we face.<\/p>\n

Think of it: both the much-lauded leader Mohandas Gandhi and the common funerary practice of cremation (in the context of American culture) have their roots firmly planted in the Theosophical Society, an organization that most people today know of as a New Age joke, if they know of it at all. (See, for example, Gary Lachman’s forthcoming biography Madame Blavatsky: Mother of Modern Spirituality<\/a><\/strong> for a look at the ironic “open hiddenness” of both Theosophy and its formidable founder in today’s spiritual marketplace.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And there is more, so read the whole thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my professional life, I am currently in the middle of Major Drama that I cannot talk about right now. I think that it will be all for the best, but the details will have to remain occult for a bit longer. 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