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Tuesday Round Up: Occult Senate Candidate, Catholic Rune Stone Supporters, and an "Alien" Idol

10/6/2015

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I have a few odds and ends to discuss today beginning with the weird story that a libertarian senate candidate in Florida is a follower of the Thelema religion of Aleister Crowley and sacrificed a goat and drank its blood. The 32-year-old lawyer legally changed his name to Augustus Sol Invictus, Latin for “the majestic unconquered sun,” and claims to be a worshipper of the “wild god of the wilderness.” Thelema is a neo-pagan religion based on early twentieth century occult understandings of ancient Egyptian religion. Its founding myth involves Crowley’s alleged communication with a spirit entity in the Great Pyramid, an event ancient astronaut theorists later claimed as an alien visitation. 
Invictus (or is the cognomen Sol Invictus?) is alleged to hold fascist views and represented white supremacists as an attorney. The former chairman of Florida’s Libertarian Party claims Invictus told him that he would like a new civil war and considers the eradication of the weak to be an article of his fringe-history inspired faith. “It’s my religion,” he is alleged to have said. Invictus denies advocating civil war and has repudiated his eugenics support. He also says he is not a fascist, though his rhetoric’s emphasis on strength and masculinity has fascist echoes.
 
Most of the media coverage has mocked Invictus for his religion, but it’s fascinating to me the way fringe history, right wing politics, and the occult melt together in Invictus, a pretty much perfect example of the worst case scenario I’ve warned about for the ideas promoted by fringe historians and their media enablers. That said, it’s kind of hard to complain that Invictus is practicing a distasteful religion in an era where “religious freedom restoration” acts are sailing through statehouses. If anything, this contrast emphasizes that such laws are intended to institutionalize conservative Christianity, not to promote true religious freedom.
 
America’s uneasy feelings about what counts as an acceptable religion have been around for a long time, and for most of American history, down to the 1960s, that question revolved around whether Catholicism counted as true Christianity and whether Catholics could be true and loyal Americans. In his new book Myths of the Rune Stone, David M. Krueger raised a very interesting issue that I wasn’t aware of and which gives the lie to Scott Wolter’s conspiracy theories about the Kensington Rune Stone. Wolter claims that the Catholic Church is conspiring to discredit the Rune Stone because it reveals a hidden truth about Jesus. According to Krueger, in the twentieth century the Catholic Church not only embraced the KRS as authentic, but considered it important proof of the Catholic colonization of America before the Protestant British. The massive Catholic Encyclopedia of 1912, for example, considered the Rune Stone to be “the earliest Catholic record of what became afterwards the Diocese of St. Paul.” Later, the Church dedicated a statue to Our Lady of the Runestone at St. Mary’s Catholic School and named a church Our Lady of the Runestone on the strength of the assumption that the letters AVM appearing on the stone were the first American prayer to Mary. This doesn’t seem like the work of conspirators trying to discredit the artifact.
 
The more you know, huh?
 
Finally, on a lighter note, check out this Craigslist ad looking for $9,000 for a modern stone statue carved in Africa in the middle twentieth century. In order to jack up the value, the seller has tried to tie it to Ancient Aliens and relies on the fringe history website Ancient Origins to explain what it is. The seller implies that the statue came from outer space by citing legends about nomoli statues having an uncertain origin attributed to heavenly beings, but doesn’t disclose that the original Ancient Origins article referred to statues made around 500 BCE (which they try to re-date to 17,000 BCE), not to a twentieth century piece. The seller would have done better to call it a real-life Cthulhu idol! 
50 Comments
Dan
10/6/2015 12:24:12 pm

There's a very comprehensive piece in the NY Times today about new discoveries regarding the Roanoke Island Colony mystery. Actual legitimate archaeological finds.

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V
10/7/2015 03:43:36 pm

I think the conclusions drawn are not entirely supported by the finds; there are few enough of them that they could equally represent looted or traded goods belonging to the native population. Finding a body or the footprint of a European-style building would support those conclusions better. Interesting article, though!

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Pam
10/6/2015 01:48:28 pm

Jason,

I read Krueger's book and thought it was a church, Our Lady of the Runestone, not a shrine. I was appalled enough knowing a church was named after this muck but I think horrified will be what I feel if it's a shrine.

I only found the church listed. I hope it's not an approved shrine. *sigh*

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Jason Colavito link
10/6/2015 02:06:03 pm

I didn't mean to imply it was a formal shrine; I will amend this to clarify.

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Pam
10/7/2015 10:46:45 pm

I stand corrected, Jason. It was my understanding of shrine that was faulty. In his footnotes, Krueger provides a link that explains the three different types of shrines within the Church. The bishop of a diocese can approve/bless a local shrine on his own. For a national shrine (which was what I had in mind)it requires the National Conference of Bishops and international shrines need Vatican approval.

So you were, as you usually are, correct.

Scarecrow
10/6/2015 02:07:10 pm

Our Lady of The Runestone
http://www.popecountyareachurches.com/areachurchOurLady.htm

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Platy
10/6/2015 01:54:40 pm

Jason-Just for future reference, I'd be little careful with discussing Crowley, given the fact that there's a lot of misinformation and misinterpretation out there about him. In fact, it could probably be argued that not only does it stem from fundamentalists but maybe even fringe researchers as well.

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Platy
10/6/2015 02:00:54 pm

As for the philosophy of Thelema, there actually is a Nietzsche influence.
http://hermetic.com/crowley/the-giants-thumb/the-vindication-of-nietzsche.html

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Scarecrow
10/6/2015 02:12:29 pm

Re Crowley - avoid Tobias Churton who sanitises the subject matter.
There are many Crowlry adherents out there who revere him and wish to cover the up the more sordid details of his life.

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Scarecrow
10/6/2015 02:19:42 pm

John Symonds and Richard Kaczynski are the best sources on Crowley.

Clint Knapp
10/6/2015 05:30:12 pm

Crowleyan disinformation starts with Crowley himself. In his own heroin-addle ramblings he routinely contradicted himself, "unveiled" only partial or purposely incorrect information, and cast himself as the hero figure of a grand and terrible series of conspiracies in the occult world - not unlike certain others we are familiar with.

One might even argue it's the whole point of his "religion"; to set Crowley in such a mysterious light that his followers can't help but mythologize the man to rationalize following him in the first place.

Regarding the document itself, Crowley's own writings in Equinox of the Gods mention no such nonsense as being in the pyramid when he wrote "The Book of the Law", the foundational document of Thelema.

He very clearly states he was in Cairo, but sitting at his desk in his new flat in the fashionable European quarter of town when a voice came from the corner of the room behind him. Pyramidiocy rears its head again.

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Scarecrow
10/6/2015 05:55:14 pm

The Book of the Law was dictated by Crowley's Guardian Angel, Aiwass.- similar to how Gabriel dictated the Koran to Muhammad.

Clint Knapp
10/6/2015 06:15:48 pm

Not entirely correct. He only identifies Aiwass as his "Holy Guardian Angel" after the fact of the writing itself. Long after, in fact, as he held for many years that Aiwass was entirely separate from him and an entity unto itself.

While he does make that statement in Equinox of the Gods, where he identifies his flat as the place the book was written, Equinox itself wasn't published until 1936. The Book of the Law was written in 1904, and he was still proclaiming Aiwass entirely separate from himself in Confessions - published in 1929.

Scarecrow
10/6/2015 06:18:47 pm

Actually, there is a legend about Crowley and an ET - it involves Crowley' drawing of LAM, that had such an impact on Kenneth Grant, he eventually succeeded bullying Crowley into giving it to him when he reached old age. I'll try and trace the source.

Scarecrow
10/6/2015 06:26:25 pm

In 1918 Crowley conducted a sex magic ritual called the Almalantrah, creating a portal in the spaces between stars, through which the entity Lam was able to enter the known physical universe. Lam was allegedly the soul of a dead Tibetal Lama.

If I remember correctly, this is another claim made after the fact, and there is no reference to LAM in the 1918 text of the Almalantrah ritual.

Scarecrow
10/6/2015 06:32:15 pm

Got it - Crowley first made the claim about LAM in The Equinox, Volume III, Number 1 [The Blue Equinox], 1919. But there is nothing in the actual 1916 text of the The Almalantrah Working about LAM.

Scarecrow
10/7/2015 05:14:10 am

Actually, never take any notice of commentaries, read texts first-hand at all times, if possible. There's nothing in Crowley's writings to suggest that ;LAM was an ET, or that LAM had anything to do with The Almalantrah Working - this appears to be fashionable overlay.

Here's a transcript of The Equinox Volume III number 1 (The Blue Equinox), 1919 that showed Crowley's drawing of LAM. It figures within the context of Crowley's commentary of Blavatsky's 'Voice of the Silence' (Liber LXXI)

http://www.the-equinox.org/vol3/eqv3n1/LIBER71/lib71a.htm

Never trust commentaries,



Andy White link
10/6/2015 02:27:42 pm

When I first saw the Invictus story yesterday (on the BBC, of all places) I spent a little time trying to find something specific the guy had said related directly to prehistory. I haven't found anything yet, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't something somewhere.

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Shane Sullivan
10/6/2015 02:32:41 pm

Just last night I watched a youtube video where Sam Harris claimed that atheists were so stigmatized that no other belief would make one less likely to be elected into public office. I left a comment disagreeing on the grounds that a theistic Satanist would be less likely to get elected. Thelema may not be theistic Satanism, but I'd be very interested to see how Augustus Sol Invictus does in the polls compared to atheist Libertarians in other elections. =P

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Scarecrow
10/6/2015 03:38:43 pm

That most famous of all libertines Francis Dashwood was elected twice as Member of Parliament in 1741, 1747, 1751 and 1762 (when he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer).

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Scarecrow
10/6/2015 03:39:34 pm

Errata: elected 4 times.

Shane Sullivan
10/6/2015 06:46:19 pm

Erm, okay... I was talking about Libertarians (specifically the US political party), not libertines, but I appreciate your feedback all the same.

Tony
10/7/2015 04:47:52 pm

I can easily see Rand Paul, if he'd lived during the 18th century, being inducted into the Hellfire Club and introducing them to the god Aqua Buddha.

Pam
10/6/2015 04:07:09 pm

Invictus is welcome to his religion. After reading some of his manifesto and hearing him speak on his YouTube channel, I'm more concerned about his messiah complex.

Also, I would like to see Scott Wolter ' s reaction to the entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia about the rune stone. As Jason said, it seems very difficult to cry cover up now. Scott seems like a modern day Holand. They want the same thing but for different reasons. Both share the same single minded drive to prove the KRS authentic.

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Joe Scales
10/6/2015 08:13:51 pm

Scott Wolter's interpretation of the Kensington Rune Stone has gone from simple legitimization of authenticity to beyond reason Templar lunacy that even other fringe theorists won't join in on. He has gone from someone who might have had a semblance of credibility with the soundness of building material to an absolute imbecile mugging for a camera. If he weren't on television, he wouldn't even be worth discussing; and given his latest failure in this regard, isn't long for that medium.

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Scarecrow
10/6/2015 04:35:43 pm

Right now, on UK Yesterday Channel, "Secrets of the Bible: The Holy Grail", Tim Wallace-Murphy is re-hashing the old yarn about the Templars digging for something under the Jerusalem Temple, and the story of La Rochelle. And this seems to be factual - Wolfram von Eschenbach was himself a real Knights Templar.

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Scarecrow
10/6/2015 05:06:03 pm

The nonsense about Hugues de Payen marrying a Scottish woman was repeated (invention of Pierre Plantard).

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phillip
10/6/2015 04:59:40 pm

Thanks for pointing out the craigslist ad! Hilarious... side note, If anyone is truly interested, there is a nomoli sculpture on eBay that claims to be 16th century, and a fraction of the cost, but does not include hokey ancient aliens description.
Thanks for providing todays laughter Jason.

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Platy
10/6/2015 07:00:34 pm

Clint Knapp-Oh yeah, I'm not disagreeing with that bit. Problem is how the information is treated as fact by certain "researchers".

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Clint Knapp
10/6/2015 07:31:14 pm

Certainly true. I wasn't disputing your comment, just adding to it. It's amazing the sort of junk you can find floating around about the guy, but in the end his own egocentric, drug-addled rantings are essentially more well-crafted legends about Crowley than those concocted by his followers.

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titus pullo
10/6/2015 07:43:51 pm

Thanks Jason, I didn't know the background of this Themela cult. Very strange.

That said as a libertarian I can honestly say I don't know of any other libertarians or classical liberals (same thing) who talk of any of this kind of stuff. Usually its about debating natural rights, the Federal Reserve/Sound Money, war on drugs, and foreign interventions. I don't know of any who talk about ancient aliens or templars...but I could see how people into that stuff would look at mainstream political parties and think those that talk about the threat of large govts in terms of personal liberty could extrapolate that into "they challenge the conventional wisdom" which fits their fringe belief system.

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Mike
10/6/2015 08:05:51 pm

I've always heard Libertarians referred to as "Republicans who smoke pot". The few people I have known personally who self identify as "Libertarian" have all been big fans of Ayn Rand. 'Nuff said.

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titus pullo
10/7/2015 11:05:56 am

Most folks who call themselves libertarians have more respect for Hayek or Smith or Burke or Jefferson. Rand was a one off.

Most classical liberals focus on individual liberty and non interventionism..

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Mark L
10/7/2015 01:36:00 pm

It's because they are. Having a few friends who are sympathetic to the cause, I've read more than I care to about them, and to boil it down, it's a financially conservative, socially liberal group. "Screw the poor, as long as we have our weed". To the person who's trying to make "classical liberal" a thing, don't. Stop trying to muddy the waters of discourse by changing the meaning of words.

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Titus Pullo
10/7/2015 08:17:26 pm

mark,

I respect Jason and the intent of this site to not debate you. Being for sound money,free markets, limited govt, and peace is what libertarians (or at least most of them as any political party has pretty wide views) and what folks like Locke, Smith, Burke, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Peel, and so many other believed in. And they are pretty much viewed as classical liberals. And I don't know any libertarians who are screaming for more war which in my mind is a very good thing.

Jason Cousins
10/6/2015 11:32:57 pm

I find your conclusion that strength and masculinity reveals echoes of fascism to be ridiculous. Statements like this are very disappointing given your obvious intellect, Jason.

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Platy
10/7/2015 12:46:57 am

Why's that?

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Clint Knapp
10/7/2015 01:57:34 am

Do note that Jason isn't commenting on the concepts of strength and masculinity themselves, but on the rhetorical themes used by Mr. Invictus. The quote is:

"He also says he is not a fascist, though his rhetoric’s emphasis on strength and masculinity has fascist echoes."

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An Over-Educated Grunt
10/7/2015 08:53:04 am

This is the part where someone points out Mussolini's jawline and heroic posing for propaganda purposes, or the "Kinder-Kuche-Kirche" mantra, or the "Strength Through Joy" organization, or how heavily fascist parties relied on uniforms, parades, and at least quasi-military display for their public appeal, or the fact that the formal recognition of women in Nazi Germany was largely limited to medals for baby-making and the Lebensborn program. There are exceptions - Hanna Reitsch and Leni Riefenstahl spring to mind - but the trendline is that masculinity and strength were the message of the day. Since a party's message and rhetoric are supposed to go hand-in-hand, if your rhetoric emphasizes strength and masculinity, there's an echo of fascism in there whether you intend it or not.

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Scarecrow
10/7/2015 11:00:20 am

Today's homo sapiens are a bunch of limp dicks afraid to be masculine because that would be sexist.

In the past, men were men - and women were grateful.

V
10/7/2015 03:54:45 pm

*snorts* You mean "men were bullies and women were beaten," Scarecrow.

I find it contemptible that you apparently think that "being masculine" means that you have to be a pig. It is perfectly possible to be a strong, confident man who also actually accepts that women are equals and deserve to be treated with respect and common decency. And men who don't think so aren't "masculine"--they're assholes.

Pick which one you're going to be, because I already know which category *I* think you're in.

Platy
10/7/2015 01:28:20 pm

Funny thing (or maybe not so funny) is that I just finished reading Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke's Black Sun book and to be honest, the concepts of "strength and masculinity" does seem to play huge part in fascist thought both during and after the war.
Scarecrow- To connect your comment with mine, I could argue that that line of thinking is really not all that different from the impulse behind fascists or even loosely connected thinkers like Julius Evola, in that the "when men were men" idea harkens back to a "Golden Age of heroism", an idea that frequenlty pops up in fascist ideology.

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Scarecrow
10/7/2015 01:49:21 pm

I wasn't thinking about heroism - merely about some wretch buying a woman a box of chocolates only to be sued over sexual harassment.

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Platy
10/7/2015 03:00:02 pm

I was pointing out how they had similarities and/or were driven by the same impulse to return to some "Golden Age". Basically, they're both driven by reactionary attitudes.

V
10/7/2015 04:04:00 pm

Yeah, Scarecrow, if she has told him to leave her alone, that box of chocolates IS harassment, because no means NO, not "keep piling shit on top of me until I give in and give you the sex that you want and I don't just to make you leave me the hell alone." It's also sexual harassment if he gives her the chocolates and then demands a kiss/a date/sex in return.

You sound like someone has told you to GTFO and you resent it. Get over it, sir. She doesn't owe you any return of your interest, just like you don't owe anyone else your interest.

Johnny Written
10/7/2015 10:21:33 pm

Strong manly men are alive and well in romantic fiction, which outsells feminist textbooks by a loooooong way. Not saying this is good, merely that it is.

Day Late and Dollar Short
10/9/2015 09:55:35 am

And I was just thinking you're human garbage. Maybe we shouldn't always share our thoughts.

Johnny Written
10/7/2015 09:16:52 pm

Isn't the whole Washington riddled with weird masonic stuff ? Washington monument, pyramid on the dollar bill etc etc ? This guy is just in the noise.
It's an interesting point about fascism, but I doubt if much of it is going to turn out like a new version of Aryiosophy.
Still, Red Ice radio is a good case in point. I entertain myself with fringe stuff now and then, and I'd listen to a few things on there until they had a guy called Alexandr Dugin on. He's Russia's top fascist philosopher and the host was basically agreeing enthusiastically with everything he said.
I wouldn't say people like your man Hancock are fascist or racist - look at his wife for a start - but there's a potential for people to be latching on for their own reasons, and that's possibly what people like Red Ice are looking for.

Dugin -
http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2015/03/RIR-150327.php

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Johnny Written
10/7/2015 09:31:58 pm

..and here we have the alternative archaeology/fascist nexus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgq3tHg0_kY

Someone should ask Hancock whether he knows what other delights Red Ice likes to offer the public, although I get the impression it may have swung markedly to the right since his last appearance.
In fact looking at the last year or so's videos it's become overtly, fascist.

https://www.youtube.com/user/RedIceRadio/videos?sort=dd&view=0&flow=grid

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JW
10/10/2015 11:10:37 pm

So is that at all a useful comment in any way ?

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