{"id":6443,"date":"2014-05-05T20:16:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T02:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6443"},"modified":"2014-05-05T20:16:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T02:16:32","slug":"new-york-occult-revival-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6443","title":{"rendered":"New York Occult Revival (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In February I linked to a description of a “magickal revival” in New York City<\/a>. People say these things are cyclical.<\/p>\n

Now Joe “Vampires<\/a>” Laycock weighs in: “Why Hipsters May Be Perfect Source for Brooklyn Occult Revival<\/a>,” a sort of Durkheimian look at the same idea.<\/p>\n

More than their magical services, magicians offer their clients the chance to interact with a fascinating personality. Exotic objects and spiritual narratives help clients to feel that they are receiving personalized attention from metaphysical forces, directed at them through the magician.<\/p>\n

In this sense, it is not surprising that Brooklyn\u2014commonly associated with Hipsters\u2014is producing compelling magicians. The Hipster\u2019s project of cloaking oneself in an air of aloof mystery and repurposing strange objects into emblems of one\u2019s personal brand is excellent preparation for the magician\u2019s craft.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or does magick bloom in difficult economic time or times of psychic shifts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In February I linked to a description of a “magickal revival” in New York City. People say these things are cyclical. Now Joe “Vampires” Laycock weighs in: “Why Hipsters May Be Perfect Source for Brooklyn Occult Revival,” a sort of Durkheimian look at the same idea. 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