Sweet Old Lady There’s this old lady who works in a bakery. Her husband died about a decade ago, and left her everything, so she is really well off. She doesn’t need to work, she likes very much to work, to interact with the happy customers of her bakery. She’s also been […]
Lucid Dreaming Archetypes
Ancient Mythology There is a key difference between mythology between how it evolved, and how it is studied. When we study or even enjoy mythology, we do so from a frame of mind of knowing it isn’t true. Of knowing this happened a long time ago, without really needing to know the environment […]
Self Sabotaging Magic
Circus Theory In the circus, they have trapeze artists whose job it is to flip around up in the air, so people can watch this and be entertained. But to maximize the enjoyment of these tricks, they must provide a safety net for the trapeze artists. Without a safety net, the trapeze artists […]
Misdirection Word Magic
Copywriting Techniques There a ton of copywriting techniques you can learn to be more persuasive. To come up with a collection of words that will induce the consumer of these words to buy things. The most common strategy is the slippery slope idea. That the more you pay attention, the more you […]
Occultist Seed Theory
Weird Pie Man I used to have this really weird neighbor a while back. He loved to bake pies, and he was always giving everybody pies. They were really good, and he kind of had a legitimate reason for this strange behavior, but it was still kind weird. He’d just show up […]
Malthusian Death Traps
Black Death Back during the black death, nobody knew why everybody was dying. Of course, today we know it’s because of the fleas that were on the rats. But back then, it was way before they could understand science. Way before we humans learned how to use science to increase health and […]
Psychic Seduction Mall
Let’s Go Shopping A couple of friends of mine and I decided to kill an afternoon at our local mall. Our plan was to do some window shopping see if anything looks interesting, buy some things, grab a bite to eat, have a couple of drinks and then see a movie. There were […]
Long Game Occultist
License Scams Getting a license these days to sell something is difficult. A hundred years or so ago, if you wanted to sell something, you just sold it. An interesting problem from game theory is why it’s illegal to advertise cigarettes on TV. Why No Cigarette Ads? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug11Loop.mp4 Most people assume that […]
Black Magic Probability Stealing
Blackjack I went to casino night at my local church a few days ago. It was pretty fun. They had a lot of casino games. Blackjack, roulette, a couple of poker tables. In Japan, gambling is illegal, but they have pachinko parlors everywhere. Secret Loops https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug10Loop.mp4 They operate through a […]
Occult Economics and Black Arts
Shoe Repair There is this old shoe repair shop in my neighborhood. The dude that runs the place is in his late seventies. His son, who’s in his forties is going to take over I guess when he dies. I saw this PBS documentary on YouTube. It started out as a human interest […]