Just a head’s up, I’m going to shut down this blog now. I don’t think it’s conducive to my own mental well-being and probably not to other people’s either. I also no longer identify with a lot of what I wrote.
I don’t think this should come as a shock to anyone. I want to give you all an opportunity to exchange contact details with each other though, so I’m leaving this page up for now.
I wish you all the best.
You should leave it up as a worthwhile endeavor. Road marker for the journey. Seriously, got a lot of value out of this. And privileged to have been reading you for the past year or so, on the tail end of things. Keep it up man, everyone’s got to figure things out on this journey of life. Including life crises!! I think you’re doing just fine… God bless you.
Indeed. I made an page listing Honorable authors, group, pages that shedded light on covid, with references to their pages, so that people can read and learn.
RR is one of the authors and rintrah.nl is there, as a source of great insight.
It’s a pity that RR has to close it now.
Anyway, thank you for everything, Rintrah, people will remember you and what you shared.
Thanks for all, please send a mail when you start up again
i agree with daft, you should leave the old posts up there’s lots of interesting stuff to mine.
Aw fuck. Well at least we’ve had some good times. You can contact me via email, substack, or furaffinity.
https://vlajdermen.substack.com/
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/vlajdermen
tell me if there’s a way to DM you for my email.
Probably for the best. Thanks very much for all the great blogs, I have learned so much from your website. I have enjoyed being a regular commenter since the Summer of 2023. Hard to believe that it’s been 2 years already. If I ever want to reminisce, I will use the Wayback Machine. Sending you good wishes and good health Rintrah (and everyone else who reads this).
Yes, can you please leave up your old posts? They added real value to the world and are something great that you achieved. I wish you luck and good times, and also wish to thank you for this remarkable blog.
Dear Radagast,
couldn’t you at least leave the site open, even if you don’t continue to write? There’s so much important information in your posts, which can’t be found anywhere else. It also doesn’t seem to be saved in the Wayback Machine. Thank you for all you have written, and all the best!
I seem to be finding it:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250226155912/https://www.rintrah.nl/why-everyone-is-now-so-hostile/
Unfortunately, it turns out that the Wayback Machine is missing some of his content. Many of his posts from the period of last Christmas are missing. As others have suggested, if Rintrah could consider reposting the COVID/vaccine articles, that would be great. I printed a few of them out, but not nearly enough. There was a really great one from early September 2022, but unfortunately I can’t find it on the WM. I think it was titled something like “A look at the mechanisms that caused the COVID vaccines to backfire”.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240418233159/https://www.rintrah.nl/a-poor-strategy-a-look-at-the-mechanisms-that-caused-the-sars-cov-2-vaccines-to-backfire/
Thanks đ
(Ok, this time it is REALLY my last comment on this website)
Farewell:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cw6zrT_K_vM?&t=32
Would be nice if you left the COVID posts up as a chronicle and resource. Itâs your intellectual property, you donât owe it to us.
I hope you find peace and fulfillment. I believe you are a genuinely good person. Find a good woman to fall in love with. Have a child or two together. Engage in a creative hobby and find a job that will not kill your spirit. Unreasonable to expect a job that you will love.
You are still a young man. You can expect to encounter another major metaphysical paradigm shift in a couple of decades if you continue to grow.
Avoid pharmaceuticals. Have a beer. A beer gut is preferable to the result of the medications.
Take care, hope to encounter you again someday.
Great movie, hopefully Tarantino shelves retirement plans and directs a horror movie (I donât include Death Proof in that category even though it is pretty good).
Farewell LSWM Lives Matter. Youâre a legend mate. Everyone on here is legendary. Goodbye everyone even though I wasnât a regular poster. I doubt Iâll ever encounter a blog as searingly honest and brilliant as this one.
Sad to hear this. You have a fine, analytical mind. Thanks.
Kermit, how do you live with yourself after what you did to Rudy Tomjanovich?
(Ratty, this reference alone justifies leaving this forum open for posterity.)
NVM Iâm brain damaged, the reference only applies to âWashingtonâ, not âJohnsonâ. Maybe you should take the site down purely to keep me from posting again.
Thank you very much for all your posts. I enjoyed your take on the world and the insults đ All the best
Good luck and nothing but the best to you. Thank you for challenging my assumptions.
The journey will only get better and better.
All the best, man. Also, kudos for having the guts to challenge your own assumptions/beliefs.
Who knows, maybe one day you even get over your love for Greta. đ
Warmest wishes to you and your family.
I hope that someday you are well enough yourself to blog about health matters. It would be of great benefit.
I post sometimes on naked capitalism and ZH under the same name, so I guess I could be contacted that way if someone wanted to enough. Or maybe if Igor leaves his comment section up.
This saddens me immensely; very long time lurker here. Your posts have been integral to my development as a person, and with them being pretty much scrubbed from the internet, I happen to be experiencing a hollowness within my very being unlike ever before. Nevertheless, I hope for the best for you and all the regulars of this place. Farewell.
To new beginnings, good luck Rada!
You deprive us from your records because now you feel aversion to what you were. How unfortunate, as I truly appreciated some of your pieces. Mark my words: You’ll regret “ghosting” your writings.
I hope you don’t chicken out from life itself.
Semper ibi.
Correct decision.
You’re moving on and up and leaving childish things behind – and that’s what this blog was. Kudos. For what it’s worth I’d delete all the old posts too, if it was my blog.
You’re a fine young man with a fine mind and you’ll do great in life, whatever that means to you.
My parting words of advice are:
1. Find a male mentor you respect.
2. Get into the bush. Touch grass and water. Anywhere in rural Europe is good.
3. Find a mission to inform and direct your adult years.
4. Do the hard yakka over the next year or two to get well. A personal note that I’ve not shared before here: I’ve done it. It was hard. It’s doable. I’m a better man for it.
5. Leave the fucking recreational drugs alone.
Be well bro, we love you.
Ik denk dat je gewoon je zelfvertrouwen kwijt bent en in reactie daarop niet weer weet wie je bent..ik maak ook zo iets gelijkaardig mee momenteel, je moet die oude gedachtes niet negeren, dit lijkt op een paniek reactie, ik heb veel van je geleerd zoals zovelen hier.
ik wacht wel nog steeds om mijn persoonlijk knutselwerk van jou te mogen ontvangen.
altijd welkom in Lummen België want het lijkt alsof ik je goed ken na al die jaren.
Wens je het beste maatje
I canât say I agree with disappearing the archives. Maybe the feeling that you need to do so is another manifestation of the impulse to go all the way in one direction or another that, having read your work, has seemed to drive you in some unhappy directions? So after a while, please reconsider that.
Youâve said goodbye after a fashion before, and always come back, so I donât know if this time itâs for real, but regardless there’s no harm in having an opportunity to say itâs been great to get to know you, or some part of you, and I wish you all the best!
Thank you
For anyone interested, I comment on Substack as âkapock,â and can usually be found trudging around Upper Manhattan. Youâll know me because Iâm the only one still carrying a newspaper.
Wow.
I am also the author of a paused blog. The reasons are not exactly the same. I identify with most things I wrote (I was careful). I was mostly ashamed of the company of other authors that I found myself in.
How about you start to write new stuff that you do identify with? I enjoyed hanging out here.
Igor, if you can spare some of your time, it would be nice if you made another substack where we can meet (maybe for health advice).
I know I’m asking too much..
Since I am a LSWM, and this blog is a designated LSWM safe space, it’s only fitting that my last ever comment be stereotypically LSWM style:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v0q5_lkIyZY
This company/stock (3350/DN3/MTPLF) has an EXTREMELY HIGH chance of tripling/quadrupling/quintupling its share price by end of year.
Hey, it’s not my fault that the ratio of median home price to median annual salary was like 3 to 1 for the baby boomers, but is now like 10 to 1 for millennials and zoomers. I don’t make the rules.
“No fair way left to win the game.” – Rintrah Radagast
Much better investing in Metaplanet than Palantir, that’s for sure.
Farewell, fellow autists.
*** DISCLAIMER: Not financial advice. Do your own research. ***
<3
It is a season of change and conflict. I hope you write again, though I wouldn’t much blame you if you decided to bury the past a bit if it no longer represents you in this season of life. If all I did in this whole journey was to convince you to renounce v-ganism become a pescetAryan, it was a worthy endeavor.
I wish you clarity and luck, however you move forward in life.
I’m sorry to hear this.
I’m impressed by your generosity in allowing this place to stay alive long enough to allow commenters to share their contact information. Much better than nuking your site in a fit of pique. I will chalk this up to your Scandanavian bent.
(Any commenters here whom I might care to hear from already know my contact information from previous hints I’ve dropped. I’m not inclined to provide further breadcrumbs to any vultures who might wish me harm me at this time)
I will confess:
The “pandemic” was a welcome respite from my “real life.” I eagerly consumed terabytes of online information over the years attempting to make sense of things. I still have a web browser full of “favorite sites” of all the “dissident voices” attempting to push back against the Herd Narrative.
You were one of those. I can’t quite remember where or when I first became aware of you, I think it may have come from my reading of JMG’s site.
Over the past year or two, it slowly started to dawn on me that most of these people were grifters, victims of “audience capture” and not to be trusted.
I therefore stopped reading those people, and eventually my cynical mind whittled everything down to a precious few sites.
You were the Final Winner of the Tournament.
And that is why you are the only “Covid-adjacent” blog I have still been reading until today.
When you were still on Twitter, I played “footsies” with you, because I thought you were special.
What’s not to like about a brilliant cynic who also provided humanity with actionable health advice, I thought to myself. He was also into drugs.
Mein Gott. Mijn Broer.
I naturally felt very cozy and warm here on a blog which reminded me of the Old Days of the Wild West of the Internet, back when brilliant people of all sorts of persuasion could debate and argue with each other, and despite hard feelings, do it again the next day.
I worry that my comments here may have contributed to your current mental state. It is possible that I may have taken advantage of your Scandanavian kindness and largesse. If that is the case, please let me know, because when it comes to interpersonal dynamics like this, I am still a toddler. I want to be better. I can be a little intense sometimes.
As Rust Cohle put it: “I can be hard to live with. I don’t mean too, but I can be…critical. And sometimes I think I’m just not good for people. You know, that it’s not good for them to be around me, you know…I wear ’em down…and they get unhappy…[…] I used to think about it more, but when you reach a certain age, you know who you are […] I know who I am. After all these years, there’s a victory in that.”
Another confession:
You are correct to say that deleting your blog is both good for you and for your readers. As I’ve mentioned before to Tryptie and others here, I really need to get my shit together because I’ve got issues.
90% to 95% of my comments here have been made while highly intoxicated. Not only that, but I have made it a point to not look at your blog apart from those brief moments of inebriation. I’ve mentioned before my sleep difficulties due to my obsessive rumination. I knew that I could not follow this blog like a regular person, because I would become addicted.
So I got good and liquored up at night before I even check in, pop in to say some shit, and then go to sleep.
(I figure it’s better than being kept up at night)
Then I spend the next day all day wondering “wtf did I say on Rintrah’s blog?” “Wtf are people saying about what I said?”
It’s almost a sadomasochistic kink, that keeps rolling over and over again as the sun rises and sets.
>As Rust Cohle put it: âI can be hard to live with. I donât mean too, but I can beâŠcritical. And sometimes I think Iâm just not good for people. You know, that itâs not good for them to be around me, you knowâŠI wear âem downâŠand they get unhappyâŠ[âŠ] I used to think about it more, but when you reach a certain age, you know who you are [âŠ] I know who I am. After all these years, thereâs a victory in that.â
https://youtu.be/Taf4P1uXR6Q?si=QQ41qD8ujw9j4J9m
A few other points.
I agree with the other commenters who wish that you keep your older posts alive.
Iâm sorry to say that I never bothered to reach back into your archives to learn more about you. I regret this. I kept telling myself âI need to learn more about this personâ but I never took a single look into your archives after I first learned of you. I simply jumped into the fray and operated from the present moment. I would very much like to read those old posts, but I realize you are distancing yourself from them now.
Someone else mentioned drinking beer. I endorse this. Donât become an alcoholic like me, but realize psychedelics tend to drive one towards psychosis and âideas of referenceâ unless one is stout and solid and can straddle the Two Worlds between Heaven and Earth.
Lastly, you should remember that moments of existential despair are never continuous.
Life follows a sine-wave where your figurative head bobs and both sinks and swims above and below the waves.
It wonât surprise me if you find yourself hearty and hale in the near future.
How dare you define all my shortcomings by describing yourself?!
Oh, this makes me sad. You really are a unique writer, one of the top blogs in my rotation, and have introduced me to a lot of very cool and unique music. Any chance you could give us a pointer to what you’re listening to now before you go?
I really do hope you’ll leave the archives up! Many of your Covid posts have info I can’t find anywhere else! Please don’t take those down.
The saddest thing about the internet is that so much truly unique writing has just disappeared.
>The saddest thing about the internet is that so much truly unique writing has just disappeared.
Can confirm.
Get ready for the ground beneath you being pulled out like a rugpull
This is where Radâs wisdom shines: knowing how to behave when there is no common baseline of Reality
I too hope you’ll leave this blog up and available to others, even though everything will be archived and further comments will be disabled.
FWIW some of the other sites I’ve found useful since the madness began in 2020 have been (people’s names, not blog or website titles): Gail Tverberg, James H Kunstler, Dr Nate Hagens, Dr Tim Morgan, Tim Watkins, John M Greer, Dr John Day, John Ward, Dr Mike Yeadon. I read a very wide range of sites.
Thanks so much for your work.
Radagast, I’m sorry to see you go. I’ve learned so much from your covid and flu analysis and I know I’m not the only one who will be wishing for your insights as the viral landscape keeps changing. I hope you will consider posting at least a few times a year to share your analysis with us. Your insights have been unique and essential, and not replicated by anyone else anywhere on the internet. You don’t owe us anything, so thank you for what you have already given us. We are grateful.
Everyone has the right to grow and to change their minds. It’s ok to say you see things differently and you don’t agree with prior ideas. You could remove the posts which you feel are the most divergent from your current views. Or you could put a banner at the top of those old posts saying something like “I’ve changed my mind, I think all this stuff below is wrong. Read my recent stuff starting at _______ date.” Just an idea. You do what feels right. Putting a banner on old posts has the added benefit that you are showing others they can change thier minds too.
I wish you the best. Find a girl, make friends, fall in love, get married. The babies are optional. Have a happy life.
I’m sorry to hear this, I think you’ve written some very important articles. Please do restore at least some of them, those that you feel are the best, I especially think “What Nobody Wants to Hear About Bird Flu” is very important and merits consideration and comment from the most credentialed experts. If you don’t want to restore it here then perhaps you can email it to me and I’ll post it somewhere people can be referred to, I could post numerous articles if you like.
I hope that you will change your mind. If you don’t, however, then thank you for your great work and the very best of luck!
I’ve really enjoyed reading your thoughts whether I agreed with you or not. I hope you can find that measure of peace that it seems you’re looking for. All the best Rintrah
That’s a pity. I try to read a cross-section of blogs to get different viewpoints. Your unique opinions will be just about irreplaceable.
I have enjoyed your posts, especially the covid ones. That’s when I found your blog, during those insane (more insane? As if the world is not now) covid era years, through Igor’s stack actually. There’s a wealth of knowledge and insight from you and the comment section. Our worldviews change through age and experience. It’s only naturaul; otherwise we won’t grow. Take a long hiatus, but don’t give up or delete this blog. Revisit and post from time to time. Have a nice long rest and I hope you recover from whatever is troubling you.
thank you for all your posts. your insights and analysis will be missed. i wish you well.
Love you guys, you’re all beautiful.
Have a good one Lord Radagast of the House of Rintrah.
Why shut down so drastic? Why not trying with a pause for a while and then continue?
Rintrah, I have currently a bad time too. But I don’t give up. I will go into the hospital again soon for another wodka addiction cure. I will try Lithium as next to do something against my depressions.
I would really miss you if you go. But I respect your decision whatever it is.
Anyway, we had a good time and you are one of the most impressive persons I met in my life.
Good Luck
Diogenes
Diogenes, you and Mehen really need to stop drinking. A glass or two of wine a day is all you should have. Vodka is terrible stuff. I pray your hospital stay helps with this.
>Diogenes, you and Mehen really need to stop drinking.
Of all the sorrows which conflict mankind, the bitterest is this: that one should have consciousness of much, but control over nothing.
â Herodotus
Two words: Beer
Your Covid posts were original an very important knowledge.
If this is lost, its like the bukning for the Alexandrian library, for humanity:(
Is it possible to get a backup and keep it somewhere out of public view?
I would like it a the knowledge base for a research foundation.
Thanks for letting me hang out in your treehouse Rintrah.
It’s been interesting, I’ve learned a lot (including about myself), and I’ve enjoyed having company in these dark times.
The worst is yet to come, so good luck to everyone and all the best.
I feel like injecting some optimism into things, so here goes nothin’:
To those of you who are young, fit, healthy and are only just now discovering that we’re fucked, please don’t feel compelled to torture yourselves and agonize over trying to unfuck things. Instead, just accept them if you can, find a community of likeminded souls, then strike out for the wilderness.
Put as much distance as you can between yourselves and this doomed shitshow called modernity. And remember, humans survived for millennia with nothing much more complicated than a hand axe. If they could do it, so can you.
To those of us who are too old to make that trip, well, if we live to see this thing through to the end then our experience will help us face its dangers stoically, and we’re probably a little better off materially than most younger people, so our resources might ease our journey.
And with that said, good luck once again everyone, stay recalcitrant, and Godspeed.
I will miss you.
I’m not gonna lie – the end of this blog does sadden me.
You need to give us a few hints to find you, Wombat..
I know Australia is far đ but we need an online medium, at least, for reaching you.
If anyone has suggestions for another place to hang out, then I’m more than happy to hear them as I’m looking for a new venue.
Sites/people I visit/keep an eye on, but don’t comment on (in no particular order):
– The Honest Sorcerer substack
– Gail Tverberg’s Our Finite World
– Sam Mitchell’s Collapse Chronicles on Youtube
– Fast Eddy’s substack
– Kunstler’s Clusterfuck Nation
– Zerohedge
– Paul Kingsnorth
– Garland Nixon on Youtube, especially his interviews with Joti Brar – her ideology is so pure and sexy.
– the Duran
– SmoothieX12
– the Military Summary Channel
– Resilience.org (rarely)
– the Consciousness of Sheep
– JMG, but I’ve gone off him. I find some of his ideas/mannerisms annoying. For example, he maintains that everyone should get ready for collapse, but then mocks everyone who says collapse is imminent. On the issue of slow vs fast collapse, I find his utter conviction that it’s going to be slow to be lacking in solid evidence (if not simply totally unsupported) and based instead on weak inductive reasoning.
– Dr McMillan (Vejon), especially anything to do with Geert
– Dr Campbell on Youtube
Basically, I don’t seem to like joining things, or subscribing to things. I am paranoid about keeping my personal identity and my online identity totally separate, so not very likely to share my personal details, or details that can be used to identify me. Although, people who know me would probably be able to identify me from what I have written.
I’d been quiet with commenting for a long time before covid, but Covidworld brought me out of the woodwork.
Maybe it’s time to move on from covid to the next crisis – as I write this WIII could be on the cards with the US strike on Iran. There are plenty to choose from. We are in overshoot, which can only end one way, as all the limbs of the vast black consumption spider that is modernity close in all around us.
That’s not everything I look at, but it’ll do.
This is an interesting time.
There was covidworld, not to mention all of the rest of the horrifying persecution for wrongthink – it has been risky and challenging enough to dare to point out obvious facts, like you cannot have infinite growth in a finite system, or question this or that policy, or dogma, etc. but now it looks like we could be entering WWIII.
Not a good time to be identifiable online should your views not align with TPTB.
It seems the only way to retain some contact is if we find another common blog/substack to hang out.
I like the Duran too. I mean, I like watching the youtube videos of Alex Christophorou and Alexander Mercouris. If they had a blog, I would hang out there.
(Do they?)
“If they had a blog, I would hang out there.
(Do they?)”
I don’t think so.
I’m feeling like blogs where it’s easy to comment, like here, seem surprisingly hard to find.
Damn son we gonna miss your shit. Rest up, feel betta, and we’ll see you in a different eon.
Bye Rintrah. Thank you for the experiences over the years. Maybe it is possible to love and care about a stranger on the internet, and maybe glimpse into them as much as possible through their unfiltered writing, and in turn have them touch your life in some way? You are loved by many here. Happy to have spent time here. I think you helped many. Now work on getting better and live a full life.
Take it easy Rintrah. I agree with everyone else that it’s a shame the older posts were deleted, but I think this decision is a good one.
What about starting a forum?
Does anyone have any experience with that, or know how much it would cost?
We could do a “collective” Substack.
One way: One of us would manage the account, and the others would send the articles.
I mean more a place for people to post whatever’s on their minds, react to events, off-topic but interesting subjects, etc.
Sadly all of the major ones like Reddit and 4chan are (like enum4 said) unusable, plus they have too many users.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xx5t5ps-bwc&pp=ygURYWxpIGcgdGVjaG5vbG9neSA%3D
0:33
The Anarcho Primitivist Forum?
xD
Many commenters here were very prolific (not me), so I was thinking of a blog in the legacy of this one, but easier to make (hence, substack platform).
That would allow us to keep interacting…
It seems that collective substacks are a thing.
If anyone is interested, you can mail me (see my first comment).
Sounds interesting, count me in.
I was also thinking of joining coronacircus.com, because back then their posts were excellent. Not on a scientific level like Rads posts but about the structure behind, the kayfabe. Unfortuntately at some point, when they did a website overhaul and created a forum instead of just a blog, they paywalled everything except their old articles which I still recommend. Still hesitant to pay that much though.
I’ll miss this blog very much.
The output has been prodigious and the quality excellent.
It was, in a way, foreseeable. I canât quite put my finger on why, but if you read one of my recent posts, youâll see that I had a sense this was coming.
As Mehen so aptly put it, this site was also my last remaining connection to the era of the COVID resistance.
I will deeply miss not only your brilliant contributions, but also the thoughtful and discerning community that thrived here. In my offline life, I donât have friends or acquaintances who are able to engage with such intellectual nuance and depth as many of you have shown.
I wish you all the very best â farewell.
This hurts like losing an old friend.
>I will deeply miss not only your brilliant contributions, but also the thoughtful and discerning community that thrived here. In my offline life, I donât have friends or acquaintances who are able to engage with such intellectual nuance and depth as many of you have shown
Thank you for the mention.
I feel exactly as you feel.
I will miss this place. It’s been a wonderful distraction from my own personal hell. Take care of yourself, Rad.
Does anyone have a solid recommendation for an online space with a similarly thoughtful community and diverse range of topics as we had here?
With Rintrah shutting down, I feel a bit lost â I donât know where else to turn. Platforms like 4chan and Reddit are either too toxic or flooded with disinformation.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
godlikeproductions.com
it’s the worlds central of all crazies
Reddit Lockdown Sceptics tends to have useful comments. It’s been going since about early 2021 = peak Covidia.
(P.S. I hope this comment gets through.)
Demand that your glowie handlers continue your funding.
They must allow the project to continue.
How will I be able to be retarded anymore?
I love being the retard.
Your posts on the C19 shots, are a resource. Please leave those up.
You’ve said this before but think you’re serious this time. Truly the end of an era.
Wishing you all the best with wherever life takes you. Happy to have shared a universe with you.
It is very sad, bc of the connection that grew between us.
However, the logical step for that level of connection was a physical meeting.
That’s why people who are online “friends” make yearly meetups. Like the various “Comicons”. There’s also PyCons, for Python, or for other languages. Not just programming languages (I can think of Esperanto conferences).
Or (speaking of constructed languages) Tolkien conferences!
Rintrah would like those.
We should do something similar. Maybe a LowStatusWhiteMaleCon (lol). But ladies like Karen should be allowed.
Think of something, bc I’m not good at this.
Or maybe not (?) It’s just that, whether we like it or not, people do make acquaintances online. And there needs to be a follow up. Exclusivelly online isn’t good.
If you think of something, you can find me by email if you combine my name.surname at gmail.
I will miss Rintrah, and commenters from here, but I will try praying for everyone.
I have looked for a couple guys here (and found them), and I shall look for a few more (not just guys).
Think, think, think of something that connects us and can be fun too.
(Karen’s idea of a health blog by RR was very nice…)
My pessimistic side says we don’t have enough time to find another glue.
Maybe a Club for Disillusioned Former Trump Supporters (lol)…
Obviously, I can’t let go, but our Lord will store a place of care for everyone in our hearts.
> Maybe a Club for Disillusioned Former Trump Supporters (lol)âŠ
Because of the warmongering against Iran, basically.
Some of Rintrah’s essays that I thought were especially valuable and worth rereading in the future I saved.
He had already been doing this for years when I discovered him during the covid insanity. A very impressive body of work.
Do you have the covid articles? They are really essential references.
Godspeed good sir.
Rintrah,
I have learned a huge amount from your covid posts. Your skill at clearly explaining complicated topics is rare.
Its sad to think of this blog being shut down. I’d like to see it stay up as a resource for learning.
However, you have to do what is best for you. You put a huge amount of work into this site, and if it’s no longer working for you, you need to do whatever is best for you.
And if, in a dark, dreary winter, you find yourself wishing you were on a boat in a tropical paradise, you have my email address.
Rintrah, no matter what you do with your blog and your life, I wish you good fortune and happiness.
I would like to add that in a very difficult and troubled time, you put yourself out there, daring to argue intelligently with consensus opinions, and got people to understand things they would not have learned on their own.
You will never know the extent of who you made understand what, but you made an impact–and it was a positive one. That’s something to remember, no matter what you do next in life.
All the best, hope you feel better. Going to really miss your writings, not just the covid articles. You’re a very talented writer.
You wrote extremely informative content on covid and the vaccines. I learned a lot and thank you. I hope you reconsider and leave the blog up even if you never post again.
Much of what you wrote on covid was far super to the “experts”.
Thank you and best wishes to you
I always found you to be an exceptional and brave soul. You will find your way, I am confident of that. I wish you the best, I will miss you, this place and these people.
I started coming here to read your take on Covid and all your deep insight and analysis, though skipping all the horror stuff (at some point I realized there’s no reason to put that crap in my memory files.)
I’m glad that you’re eating meat because it will make you healthier and health is the ticket to happiness.
Good luck in this fleeting journey of beauty and love with splashes of pain and sorrow. You’ve watered our gardens and given us gifts in all that you’ve shared.
Bless you. I hope we cross paths someday. Until then, peace and love.
I haven’t posted much, but have read this site every day. Thank you for sharing of yourself – I haven’t understood some of your posts, but that does not matter at all, you have always written something worth thinking about. Your Covid posts have been invaluable and were what first brought me to this site. Such a treasure trove of information! I truly hope you will make them still available if you do close this site. I offer best wishes to you for peace, health, and, if possible, contentment, in this troubled world.
Radagast i’ve never commented but ive been reading your blog for several years now and i have not felt such a sense of loss as now in a very long time. please restore the blog. it’s a goldmine for many lurkers like myself. There is much beauty and truth in it.
Thanks for the blog. I never made any effort to understand viruses and vaccines, none of that stuff interests me, so the stuff you wrote on that I just skimmed. I liked the LSWM Guru test you put up, I played with it, trying to get 100% this or that personality. I liked some of the humour. I checked the comments a lot, sometimes there were unexpected nuggets of interest or gags that took my fancy. Eg Harold said “a tin of tuna is a miracle cure”. Good luck everyone.
If you’d like to chat about similar topics with me, my email is anom7213@protonmail.com
One more thing:
What was the fucking answer to that fucking inner sanctum question?
I needs to know.
I am fucking retarded remember.
>What was the fucking answer to that fucking inner sanctum question?
lol. I had been wondering the same thing.
Who knows what secrets lie in the âInner Sanctum?â
One last thing, before your blog goes âwhite noiseâ like one of those cathode ray tube television screens from the 70s after 12 AM (or was it 2 AM?) (((Wombat help me out here)))
âŠleaving only static and white noise.
I recall that Karen once disputed your claim to autism.
She said you were simply a narcissist who desired a harem of hot chicks at your beck and call. Because you deserve it.
Not that thereâs anything wrong with that. *straightens tie*
But the accusation stuck in my mind because I, as a self-professed schizoid, have been accused of the same.
I suspect there is some overlap among these categories.
Apparently we are neither autistic or schizoid, but rather some secret third thing.
Itâs possible Iâm just drunk again.
But in case Iâm lucid, I offer you a recent video by âDr. Kâ whom may be familiar to the younger tykes who read this blog.
(I had it in my playlist, but only today got around to listening to it)
Iâm only 20 minutes in, but I can already tell it may be of interest to you, certain readers of your blog, and me of course.
Dr. K elucidates Jungâs concept of *Puer aeternus*
Iâm too old for this understanding to make any difference in my life, but hereâs to hoping it does something for you.
https://www.youtube.com/live/bMa9dAYdTE0?si=bclBIIvqiRMDMvwd
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puer_aeternus
If you restart your blog, I want to read your objections to the concept of âPuer aeternusâ
That would be nice.
Quote: “Apparently we are neither autistic or schizoid, but rather some secret third thing.”
I call it “multiphrenic”. It was very normal in the past, there are many hints in historic texts. It’s our true nature. And then all became ill of “monophrenia”, the mad believe to only have one personality.
>I call it âmultiphrenicâ. It was very normal in the past, there are many hints in historic texts. Itâs our true nature. And then all became ill of âmonophreniaâ, the mad believe to only have one personality.
Diogenes, I remember you first raising this issue some time ago â that there is no constellated âSelfâ but rather a crowd of disparate âvoicesâ attempting to become âwholeâ in some sense.
I knew you were on to something.
You will be interested to learn of the most recent psychotherapeutic modality known as âInternal Family Systemsâ or âIFSâ
Some people praise this new approach as revolutionary, others criticize it as resacralizing the old notions of âangels and demonsâ within us. (Apparently certain IFS practitioners have been known to perform the modern day version of exorcisms)
(Random YouTube video I chose at random):
https://youtu.be/DdZZ7sTX840?si=GUAdj406jnq-5p4P
Diogenes, they say what are called âdemonsâ are what they call âUnattached Burdensâ
But they say these parts of our Self are trying to help us in their own way, no matter how disruptive they may be.
Fuck that link I gave you. JewTube is once again giving the âconventional wisdomâ in all their IFS searches.
What you want is the dissident *Robert Falconer* who might be considered the âright hand manâ of IFS progenitor Richard Schwartz.
Richard Schwartz and Robert Falconer had a classic falling out because Schwartz wanted to maintain the illusion of âscientific respectabilityâ for his system, but Robert Falconer LIVED THE TRAUMA and knew there were mystical and esoteric forces at work.
Naturally, (((Schwartz))) sought to elbow-out Falconer from his program.
Why would a âSchwartzâ be opposed to a Goy who suffered unspeakable horror as a child, and could only make sense of his abuse from a mystical standpoint?
(Rhetorical question).
https://youtube.com/shorts/k1I8YN907A0?si=_WXa3JU1OUjlwBfz
What I say is nothing new in psychology. They say they have two models:
The facette-model and the inner-team-model.
The facette model says you have one personality with many facettes, and you always move that facette into the front which is best suited to solve an acute problem.
But: This means we are all liars and actors.
The inner-team-model says we have an inner team, but they never say how many they are. I think there are five. A central personality and four supporting sub-personalities. Fight or flight, and cooperating or competing.
But: This means multiphrenia, which is seen as heavy mental illness.
From my experience: You can understand all way better if you use the inner-team-model.
> The inner-team-model says we have an inner team, but they never say how many they are. I think there are five. A central personality and four supporting sub-personalities. Fight or flight, and cooperating or competing.
One of the few gems I gathered from a previous foray into the âUFO Communityâ was the concept of âService To Othersâ (STO) vs. âService To Selfâ (STS).
They use this frame to make sense of the panoply of alien races, but I think it has great explanatory power for assessing the flesh and blood human beings one might encounter in day to day life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFw8tNkiSIE#:~:text=ABC%20%28Australian%20Broadcasting%20Corporation%29%20station%20ID%20and%20test,station%20closes%20or%20breaks.%20There%27s%20over%203%20…more
And then, eventually, static. . .
Back in the good old days, before informercials were broadcast all night.
Oh God, I just realized i made a comment the other night that Rad (in all his Dutch glory) was âScandinavianâ
I just Googled it and apparently Iâm just another dumb American
Iâm cringing
Wow
https://eternalisedofficial.com/2022/10/09/puer-aeternus-psychology/
Been nice read your stuff for the last however many years. Just a word of advice weather you watch or not the train is going to wreck, might as well enjoy the show.
From The Kinks State of Confusion album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGpMqXWSFkw
Leave your posts up, man
I don’t even get the reason, guess I’m too stupid.
Of course I dont identify with some of my beliefs I’ve held a few years ago either. That’s part of growing old I guess. Having an online diary displaying the change in your worldview over the years is something beautiful – so why not continue? If it’s related to your pessimistic outlook on the world, that would require an internal change. You are free to post more positive stuff here.
>I donât even get the reason, guess Iâm too stupid.
You must be young
https://twitter.com/coonfren/status/1936129427181642058?s=46
The purported higher IQ of Ashkenazim is not sufficient to explain their massive overrepresentation in Hollywood, news media, academia and sundry NGOs.
While it is true the Ashkenazim have a higher *average* IQ, they are small in absolute numbers.
But the Gentiles also have geniuses at the far tail of the IQ curve.
And the Gentiles are far greater in number.
Statistically, overlapping IQ curves show the normal distribution curve to be in favor of the Gentiles.
Yet that is not what we see among the countries of the âWestâ.
This state of affairs can only be explained by ethnocentrism and ethnic nepotism among the Ashkenazi. (Akin to the Mafia)
Gentiles are âgentleâ and have believed in âmeritocracyâ
This nature of theirs has produced some of the finest high-trust societies the world has ever known.
But their naive âEwokâ sensibility was easily exploited by the âmerchant classâ and high-functioning Gypsies known as âJewsâ (in the colloquial sense.)
These âpeopleâ could be considered parasites upon the heart-beating, blood-pumping productive class.
Iâm not proposing a solution, Iâm simply bearing witness
Atlantis was REAL and I will go to my grave believing this.
Ok, you can Shut It Down now Rintrah.
https://youtu.be/pVZ2NShfCE8?si=fcecDMYsPTyKrSbs
Is age important?
And whats up with your obsession with jews? I did a graduate program in Israel, I spent a year there, believe me, not all of them are rocket scientists – there are a lot of retards too (@Retard no offense)
No offense taken.
I am very proud of my retardedness. It makes me special. My mother gave me a very special gift during pregnancy, drinking all of that alcohol.
Every day I try to excel myself, by eating a little lead paint, or chewing on a thermometer. Every little bit helps.
It gives meaning to my life.
Why the abrupt end?
Is it because you’ve found some footage, but you can’t report on it?
FOUND FOOTAGE.
You’re a fan of the genre, right?
I remember you posting on the subject before, and I remember wanting to give a recommendation at the time, but I never did, so I’m doing it now.
On Netflix: ARCHIVE 81.
It’s VERY INTERESTING. It’s based on a podcast. It’s like a mixture of horror, the occult, new age philosophy, secret societies, and the channeling of angels and demons and alien imposters.
> On Netflix: ARCHIVE 81.
I recall seeing this. I enjoyed it. I donât remember much, but I can recommend it.
I really enjoyed his videos, for the brief period I could view them.
It could have been a great YT channel.
> I remember you posting on the subject before, and I remember wanting to give a recommendation at the time, but I never did, so Iâm doing it now.
Yes, I seem to recall Rad was a fan of the V/H/S films(?)
If he likes that weird shit, he would like Archive 81, which could be considered a more mature version of that genre.
(But I get the sense heâs not currently in the mood for what once entranced him long ago)
@Radagast: I think your decision may be the correct one – sometimes it is good to step out of things. I thank you for the many interesting things you wrote about in here which I could share with others, especially in regards to Covid and the Vax, and I wish you lots of success in your future endeavours! Whatever may happen in our lives – it shall pass eventually. All the best! Erik
@Karenina: You once posted something in regards to Concord grape juice. I tried it afterwards and I have the impression, that it has contributed to my well-being (and it tastes wonderful also). đ So thank you for your recommendation and all the best to you too!
I’m very glad the concord grape juice helped. I am still using it for its cognitive effects. I urge you to also look into fisetin; some people really need it for its senolytic properties (not everyone needs it of course). After seeing its effects on my dental problems my dentist and his assistant are now taking it themselves.
Thank you again Kareninca for mentioning Fisetin – I just had some trouble recently with my teeth, so I will definitely check it out. đ If you don’t know them already, you might want to research black cumin oil, methylene blue and chaga – I found them all quite helpful. Have a great life and take care
The fisetin would be for gum problems; it wouldn’t help with the teeth themselves. The dental assistant literally turned and stared at me when she looked at the X-ray from a year ago and the X-ray since I’ve been taking fisetin; the roots were totally “fixed”. The other dental assistant thought I had had some sort of treatment. These are people with a lot of experience. It works on skin, and gums are skin. It also helps with kidney disease and Parkinson’s and a lot more. I started with 600 mg. a day for about a month and now take 600 mg. once every five days.
I use methylene blue and black cumin oil, but am not familiar with chaga; I will check that; thank you.
Hi Kareninca, thank you for the additonal explanation – understood. I will buy me some because the teeth trouble I mentioned was indeed a sort of gum trouble too – an infection in a dead tooth had grown into the gum, wasn’t too nice – so the Fisetin might be of use here. Chaga I like a lot – it helps with the digestive system, it seems to me and has some other good effects too. So may you stay safe and sane in increasingly insane times. đ Best
Ah – two things I forgot to mention: a) Nattokinase – helped me a good deal after having to deal with heart problems and b) Biologo Detox – don’t know if its orderable in the States, but I found it to be very useful for a thorough detoxification (a bit like an ayurvedic cure in India). https://www.ll-euro.com/produkte/biologo-detox đ But the most important to add (at least to me) are prayer and meditation, for they bring peace of mind, even in the midst of severe calamities – so I would always advise to integrate them too in one’s daily routine. Have a blessed life
I love you Rintrah Radagast!
Thank you for giving me so much hope, knowledge & outright different views on interesting current topics!
<3 all the best to you!
I’m sure Rintrah will soon proclaim it was all show and only a trick to show how dumb we LSWMs are.
Come on, Rintrah, isn’t it true?
Thanks for all your work! I will particularly miss your Covid evolution ideas.
Good choice
Relax and walk among trees
We need proof of life.
> We need proof of life.
I was first thinking Diogenes might be right, that Rad is having fun with us, but now Iâm thinking twice.
In any case, since it appears he is gone either figuratively or literally, I will repost something I posted shortly before he disappeared his blog.
@Gossip_Goblin on Twitter/X is doing some of the finest A.I film-making, particularly with respect to our potential A.I./transhuman future, at least as far as Iâve seen.
Itâs somewhat horrific, but quite well done.
His âCycle Of Humanityâ series is now up to Part 9, last I checked.
https://twitter.com/gossip_goblin/status/1934706055230959790?s=46
The truth is that he has had his IDF call-up. The Mullahs have interrupted his work schedule.
His glowie handlers then took that event as the ideal opportunity to end the project and his funding.
Some things very sus – very true. Like this one post where he wanted to send self made gifts to readers when they provide their real life addresses- glowing like Mordechai Vanunu.
I had a free and frank conversation today with someone whose heart has been damaged by the “”vaccines”” and who’s family is struggling with constant infections.
Outside of this group and my other half, Baronette von Echidna, I think this may well have been the first person I’ve spoken freely to about these matters this year, maybe longer.
So, maybe, one conversation is ending, but maybe another one is starting.
Rintrah I feel like Iâve known you for years, throughout covid in your twitter posting days etc. Youâve always been such a great raw writer itâs incredibly hard to find these days. A real gift. I feel this time needs an artist of the age that you are close to as possible imo. You have a really deep commitment to the truth that is genuinely noble and a compassion for all living things.
Iâm roughly the same age as you and recently have felt a turn maybe a shift in vibration, Iâm not sure exactly what it is, but it has a positive feel to it, so maybe you are experiencing the same thing.
I was genuinely shocked with the recent health issues you went through, but I think if you go easy on the substances and take a walk everyday/get a dog/reduce internet time youâll be more balanced shortly,. You were living a very extreme kid of life for a period, but I do think itâs a pity if you silence yourself completely as I feel you have a lot to give and an audience willing to listen to it.
Mr Rintrah Sir HA HA
https://t.me/rnintel/39690
https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/the-nature-of-the-new-israeli-uranium-bombs–evidence-from-b
https://youtu.be/eZ1ZsXhLeWQ?si=mvo8xWp0M_jlc_5p
Continue to persevere, Mark.
Some Moshic for your journey
https://youtu.be/ZFlloiLofSM?si=I_12nFg2kBwrxWjl
If it’s best for you, then it’s for the best. You won’t be forgotten. (Lucky I saw that auto typed “forgiven” at first.)
sullen-eyes@proton.me
AUM Mani padme hum
Tryptie and Low Status White Male, email me. I have real gnosticism to teach you, glorious, difficult gnosticism.
Sounds interesting, sent you an email. đ
I may not have agreed with a lot that you wrote, but I will miss this blog. Thank you very much for all of the posts, especially the Covid related ones. I hope your mental health improves. If it does, I hope you will resurrect this blog and let us know how and what you did.
Good luck
âAnd now itâs darkâ
– David Lynch (Blue Velvet)
https://consequence.net/2025/01/grieving-david-lynch-and-what-we-lost/
Thie following might be considered a fair depiction of my elderly and gentle admonitions towards young Radagast.
An innocent child, like Jeffrey Beaumont, bewildered by the harshness of this Hell Realm.
Iâm not exactly Frank Booth.
https://youtu.be/O1CQgHeoe14?si=KTgqJiAAigC2N2Dm
It’s been a hell of a decade plus since I stumbled on your “things metal geeks don’t like to think about post” on plebbit and seriously considered it, metal geek that I was at the time. I found it outrageous and disagreeable but undeniably lucid and informed compared to most attempted takedowns of metal music and culture, and I guess I was initially drawn to you as worthy opposition, or maybe it’s the general odd tendency of people to want to impress people who hate them. Or maybe you were touching on something that I had already understood deep down and helped me to acknowledge.
I never did abandon metal, heh (was just at a show last night!), but that and a number of your criticisms helped me to develop in ways for which I’m very grateful. Your constant admonishments of metalheads’ rejection of personal aesthetics and assertion of the value thereof helped to bring me to realize how much I truly did care about looking good, much as I might have neglected this, and making that admission helped me to develop a lot. Unfortunately that alone wasn’t enough to ever get me lined up with a girl, but at least I have some compliments under my belt for how I’ve dressed and presented myself, which is all I could ever really have hoped for anyway. Coming to terms with and embracing my concern with clothing and aesthetics at any rate helped me make a number of friends, nurture some existing friendships, and run with some groups that I wouldn’t have otherwise.
Oh yeah, and years’ worth of insight for me and others around me. I remember showing my dad your article on Dark Americana, which he really liked, and then subsequently occasionally referring to points made by “the Dark Americana guy” in conversation. It’s a shame we never got to meet up like we had talked about the one time, but I don’t know if the American Midwest is really for you anyway. If this is it, then that’s a shame but an end to a pretty good run. I rarely check plebbit anymore but you can reach me there if you ever care to and are willing to wait a while for a response.
I’ve missed you dude. Glad you’re still around.
Make sure that you follow the correct shutdown and isolation procedure.
Remember, safety first:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rbpoA-myUA
There are you again Rintrah. Nice to hear a sign of life from you. I feared we will never hear again something from you. But you are still alive. So good.
Seems like you are in a phase of transformation. Would you like it to tell us more about it?
â It is finished â
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNCLvCeDYVg
âIt is finishedâ
https://youtu.be/Oxt4Qq76vB0?si=1_IsIbMOmoiU-vmr
Ok weâre getting a little ahead of ourselves.
We might be getting too big for our britches
https://youtu.be/5XhecEkNSgs?si=gEqBqZ-kQfp9-9Vw
Having now invoked Peter Gabriel, Iâm compelled to share one of my favorites of his which may be of interest to Rad (and others), the breakdown/bridge is truly divine. One of the few Boomers who still commands my respect.
https://youtu.be/AqkTyMMEpHo?si=aYPaw0jVxD-wWewX
So…
You know how people are
When it’s all gone much too far
The way their minds are made
Still…
There’s something you should know
That I could not let show
That fear of letting go
And in this moment
I need to be needed
With this darkness all around me
I like to be liked
In this emptiness and fear
I wanna be wanted
‘Cause I love to be loved
I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Yes, I love to be loved
I cryâŠ
The way that babies cry
The way they can’t deny
The way they feel
Words…
They climb all over you
‘Til they uncover you
From where you hide
And in this moment
I need to be needed
When my self-esteem is sinking
I like to be liked
In this emptiness and fear
I wanna be wanted
‘Cause I love to be loved
I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Oh, I love to be loved
This old familiar craving
I’ve been here before
This way of behaving
Don’t know who the hell I’m saving anymore
Let it pass, let it go, let it leave
From the deepest place I grieve
This time, I believe
And I let go
And I let go
I can let go of itâŠ
Though it takes all the strength in me
And all the world can see
I’m losing such a central part of me
I can let go of it
You know I mean it
You know that I mean it
I recognize how much I’ve lost
But I cannot face the cost
‘Cause I love to be loved
Yes I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Yes I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Yes I love to be loved
I love to be loved
I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Yes, I love to be loved
“Shutting down”.
I don’t accept it. I want a restart. I want Rintrah 2.0
Good thing I saved all of your posts.
PDF file come dem soon boyos đ
This goes out to any elderly warriors who might still be reading. Iâve known at least a couple.
https://youtu.be/hxsld16TjSU?si=By0QgZ2vjIOuMpFB
Long in tooth and soul
Longing for another win
Lurch into the fray
Weapon out and belly in
Warrior
Strugglin’
To remain
Consequential
Bellow out loud
Bold and proud
Of where I’ve been
But here I am
Beating chest and drums
Beating tired bones again
Age-old battle, mine
Weapon out and belly in
Tales told of battles won
Of things we’ve done
Caligula would grinâŠ
Beating tired bones
Tripping through âremember when?â
Once invincible
Now the armor’s wearing thin
Heavy shield down
Warrior
Strugglin’
To remain
Relevant
Warrior
Strugglin’
To remain
Consequential
Cry aloud, bold and proud
O’ where I’ve been
But here I am
Where I end
Warrior
Strugglin’
To remain
Relevant
Warrior
Strugglin’
To remain
Consequential
Tears in my eyes, chasing Ponce de Leon’s phantom soul
Filled with hope, I can taste mythical fountains
False hope, perhaps
But the truth never got in my way before now
Feel the sting, feeling time bearing down
Tears in my eyes chasing Ponce de Leon’s phantom soul
Filled with hope, I can taste mythical fountains
False hope, perhaps
But the truth never got in my way before now
Feel the sting, feeling time bearing down
False hope perhaps
But the truth never got in my way
Before now, feel the sting, feeling time bearing down
Bearing down
A JewTube comment which may be of interest to SYM:
âThis song is like a battle cry! I’ve been listening to it nearly every day for at least four years during my workouts. It builds up so intensely! Im from Norway, and in my mind it conjures up the image of an ancient berserker Viking entering his final fight, pouring out every ounce of his strength. “Warrior, struggling to remain relevant, to remain consequential” – these words echo as the tempo shifts, and I envision the berserker steeling himself for his ultimate battle. Then, around the 8:50 mark, he throws himself into the fray, wielding his axe, plunging deeper into the melee, facing increasingly brutal challenges. “Before now, feel the sting, feeling time bearing down, bearing down” – he fights with everything he has, cutting down his last enemies, and in his death finds tranquility…Valhalla awaitsâ
SHUT IT DOWN ALREADY!
https://youtu.be/U1LEhgwF3Zg&t=184
Your thoughts were fantastic and you should NOT FEEL GUILTY about sharing your mind. You have an incredible gift. It is your reader’s responsibility to judge your thoughts on their own and decide what they believe.. No guilt.
You offered us a sense of friendship with your writing. Strange loners need friends. Reading you blog makes us feel like we aren’t alone.
You put in so much work and so many words and all for free. You are living proof that earnest kindness and truth seeking is possible. Goodness will win! You are proof.
Thank you. Please remember that you were a hero. You did a good thing and you are a good person. You are the greatest blogger I have ever followed.
I might be projecting again but intense feelings of guilt are another BPD symptom. Please make sure! Thank you for everything
Also you can email me at Glycinate@fastmail.com if you are ever in L.A. – I have been following you since accountt# days and prior to that if you are the same guy from that one other deleted blog I barely remember. Best wishes man
Feel free to delete this message I created this email alias only for you
Seems like everyone is into shutting down and erasing evidence – it’s so hip and now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVcXT4jhy5I
Down the memory hole goes covidworld.
Like it neva happened.
I feel so much better now.
Shut it Down
https://imgflip.com/i/1ldnjg
Should I happen to find, say, a briefcase full of non-sequential, unmarked $100 bills on my front porch then I will take that a sign from heaven that it’s time for me to move on.
Rintrah, if you could do a health blog, it is terribly needed. I know so many people who are sick right now that it is seriously scary. Two relatives of mine (one by marriage) died last week. One was 60 and one was in his early 60s; in both cases it was sudden and unexpected (the 60 y.o. drowned in her pool; she knew how to swim!! her dad was a lobsterman). I presently know two people with aortic aneurysms (one in his 40s; one in his 50s). A family friend from when I was growing up died suddenly last week; he was 56 years old. A fellow religionist’s 40-something nephew just developed sudden and complete kidney failure and is now on dialysis. A relative of mine (by marriage) is now in the hospital with pneumonia; she is 82 years old but she is the most healthy person that age I know.
I think it is covid. Maybe it is the vaccines, too.
Anything that could be done to slow this down would be better than nothing. If you could do a health blog without getting worse yourself, that would be a great gift to the world.
I’m really sorry to hear that and second the call for a health blog.
It’s a pity that the world is running an experiment in objective vs subjective reality – that is, if we ignore it then it will go away.
> Itâs a pity that the world is running an experiment in objective vs subjective reality â
Is it really a âpity?â
Depends on how you look at it, I guess.
Most of the time it’s probably better to believe the lies, including the lies we tell ourselves. If it were otherwise, there’d be fewer optimists.
But “deviants” still exist, so sometimes events must conspire to favour them as well or we’d be extinct.
I like to think that I’m rational and reasonable and logical and think things through, etc., but perhaps it’s also a genetic predisposition to be recalcitrant or a contrarian.
A genetic tendency to turn right instead of left.
We see this in nature. There is a species of moths where the tendency to take evasive action to avoid bats by diving to the right or left changes due to selection pressure. At first, most of the population dives right, then the bats learn to anticipate the evasion and eat most of the right turners, which leaves the left turners to pass on their genes, the population starts to turn left, the bats adapt, rinse and repeat.
Similarly, maybe we are in a phase where being higher on the scale of self-deception has been beneficial, but now that trait has become a liability.
Is that a pity?
I think so. If we were able to face reality, then we mightn’t be fucked right now.
If all that you can do is pray, then praying does help.
I totally can understand you, kareninca.
But there is a problem which let us all still suffering from it:
It’s still a taboo to speak about those years, the years between 2020 and ~2023.
Nobody want to talk about it outside of the internet. It’s especially impossible to speak about with the medics. Because the medics played a central role in this crisis.
They still don’t want to realize that they tried to to something good in this time … but did something bad without realizing it.
Whenever I am in a hospital I consequently avoid it to talk about the taboo. Because I know I only get anger and negative vibes if I start to speak about it. This happens even if I try to speak neutral about it, without judging someone.
It’s still a hot iron and a theme which is still fueled with strong emotions. Therefore I accept it, that it’s a toboo and it’s better to not talk about it.
But I got a fucking PTSD from this time which is still influencing me … and I can’t talk about it, with nobody. Even my own kind, other unvaxxed, don’t talk about it and hide themselves … because they know it’s better.
I also realized that this will not change for a long time. I guess I will not see it when this taboo comes to an end, because my reamining lifetime, maybe 10 years, will not be long enough to see it.
Quality post, a lot of wisdom there @Diogenes.
> Nobody want to talk about it outside of the internet. Itâs especially impossible to speak about with the medics. Because the medics played a central role in this crisis.
They still donât want to realize that they tried to to something good in this time ⊠but did something bad without realizing it.
This is completely true, Diogenes. The rest of your comment is also accurate.
I know this from direct experience. And I have a good number of doctors and HCWs in my family.
They all prioritized their paycheck. They had to pay off their student loans and mortgages so they never bothered to look into any of the data which contradicted their âprotocolsâ which were provided to them by the corporations which now direct their practice.
These âprotocolsâ provide both profit and legal indemnity to the corporatized and centralized hospital systems which receive funds from Medicare and Medicaid funds (CMS)
Itâs all a fucking racket.
I was once a capitalist/libertarian in various forms, but I now see the horror of big corporations.
Itâs almost enough to make me vegan like Rad, or an Anarcho-Communist like Wombat.
I wonder about the types of souls who eagerly make their living in such beurracratic systems
What are they made of?
Are they human in any sense?
I cherish my integrity, personally.
But now I wonder about my future.
It wasn’t just their paychecks. People are genetically selected to believe lies; just some deviants escape that. Even if your relatives had investigated they would mostly have somehow convinced themselves anyway that it was the right thing to do because they were told so. It’s not like they administered the shots to others but declined the shots themselves.
> People are genetically selected to believe lies;
Wow.
“People are genetically selected to believe lies”
Agreed.
Example, natural selection favours optimism, and death denial. Most of the time this for the best, but every now and again, ‘positive biases’ and the socially constructed reality that flows from them results in us having a ‘map’ of reality that varies too widely from objective reality in ways that lead to disaster.
It seems like only “deviants” lower on the denial spectrum can see this.
Where we are at now as a species is an example of this phenomenon: https://youtu.be/7h13Lm43sBM?t=3432
As a result, civilization is now doomed.
Young and healthy people should work out ways to leave civ to the extent that they can and to do something else, but they probably won’t, because of our general propensity to believe lies.
I wasn’t much affected psychologically by the covid stuff. After reading in a textbook back in high school about the Tuskegee experiments, and then some years later about the experiments the Japanese performed on pregnant Chinese women during WWII, my view of what humans may do was about as bleak as possible already. Most of the people who did bad things during the acknowledged period of the covid pandemic did those things out of stupidity or greed or laziness or fear; there are worse motivations.
I still mention to people that I declined the covid vaccine. No-one ever got upset at me early on, and no-one reacts much now. So it may be partly your own legitimate sense of trauma that makes it feel like a taboo.
I agree that people will likely not want to hear that the shots were the cause of any of their problems, but that aspect wouldn’t have to be emphasized. It’s like telling a person they got cancer from smoking; what does that add?? All they will want is some idea of how to fix things, if only a little.
> I agree that people will likely not want to hear that the shots were the cause of any of their problems, but that aspect wouldnât have to be emphasized. Itâs like telling a person they got cancer from smoking; what does that add?? All they will want is some idea of how to fix things, if only a little.
Thanks. This has been my experience
No family member wants to know why they were so hysterical about the purported danger of âCovidâ to the point that they insisted their children get the Vaccine
Even when their children were damaged irrevocably by the vaccine.
They want to believe they âdid the right thing with the information they had at the timeâ
This is the ruse and the fuse which allows them to escape reality.
So we must ask ourselves âwhat made us so hysterical so as to inject an experimental product into our veins?â
Good question.
What made us so hysterical about something that was just a cold or flu for most of us.
(Iâm getting a better sense of you Karen)
Rintrah, I would also love it if you would keep posting your analysis, opinions of virology, what the covid, bird flu mutations and such are up to. I am sure many of us would share your virology thoughts online if you emailed them to us. I would.
Yes, and in order to stay stable, he could stick to positive stuff. Since he is young I don’t think he realizes that for old and sick people (of any age), even tiny helps matter a lot. Like Walter Chesnut but capable of explaining things to lay people.
> Since he is young
He is not young.
Not in any meaningfully way.
He is only âyoungâ in relation to you.
Yes, he is young in a meaningful way. You are assuming I am talking about knowledge or wisdom; I’m not. He’s young in that he doesn’t have old person health concerns (and neither do I yet). Having such problems really affects how much you value even small medical helps that may only work for a short time. Younger people mostly think that those sorts of things are pointless; that only a real cure matters.
>Yes, he is young in a meaningful way. You are assuming I am talking about knowledge or wisdom; Iâm not.
I was thinking about his ability to bang 24 year old goth girls
I’ve come to the conclusion that this is a LSWM containment unit and shutting it off could be extremely hazardous.
https://youtu.be/j3Uy9wsfkok?feature=shared&t=79
Yo, Rintrah, if you don’t want to hear me then hear Rob.
You have a responsibility towards mankind to not shut down our containment device. All crazy things can happen if you do that.
>Iâve come to the conclusion that this is a LSWM containment unit and shutting it off could be extremely hazardous.
Cackle.
*slow golf clap*
You have done terrific work here. You helped open the eyes of a lot of readers. You have to do what is best for you. I hope you succeed. Your insights in biology are profound. You still, in whatever way and whatever venue you choose, have much to offer. The world needs difference. Thank you.
FOR GODâS SAKE, STRAP YOURSELVES DOWN QUICK!!!
(Showing my age here)
https://movie-sounds.org/superhero-movie-sound-clips/quotes-with-sound-clips-from-flash-gordon-1980/for-god-s-sake-strap-yourselves-down-quick
The rocket takes offâŠ
âLadies and gentlemen we are floating in spaceâ
https://youtu.be/iB7E1D_3Na4?si=yTWjkR5NDEKaokK1
Back to Flash Gordon â In The Space Capsule
https://youtu.be/AIl7C38Jgys?si=VRkKC7HZOAxR3d_Y
A couple YouTube comments:
âWhatâs great about this film is itâs played perfectly straight, yet itâs full of insanity, and a not-so-subtle delicious dominance and bondage subtextâ
âSaw this movie when it was first released and I was seven. It was like all my boyhood dreams came to life but more amazing than I ever imagined. Star Wars had the same effect. As adults weâre jaded. But when you see a childhood movie like this part of you remembers that for a little while when you were young you were transported to another world. It was scary and beautiful and it made more sense to you than the real world you actually lived in. And part of you never wanted to leaveâŠâ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntPrJLSZsCM
I think I remember you writing about the Sabbatean-Frankist. just thought I would share.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB1QKiN-HyI
Reality of Ataturk, Dönmeh and Sabbatai Zevi. Thought I’d throw this one in.
https://youtu.be/sa_p9Up9DFg?feature=shared
Vaxxxed Bros:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbvBSBXuBM8
Haha that entire scene is comedy gold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omgf9WuGwq8
I am worried that Rintrah did something bad to himself, as he never replied to a single comment. I hope very much that I am wrong
“I hope very much that I am wrong”
So do I.
>I am worried that Rintrah did something bad to himself, as he never replied to a single comment. I hope very much that I am wrong
He replied to commenter “swallowed” 2-3 days ago.
It just now clocked with me that commenter “Big Bird” is a negress.
Don’t ask me how I know.
I “stand on business”, OK??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUXHB5U-Vl4
(Some of us need to keep this place clean, alright?)
Yeah, you got me. I’m black, I’m fat, and I love the Jews.
I’m the big bird in the zoo, how are you?
P.S. I think Rintrah is a slimy dishonest piece of shit. But I also would agree with some of the other commenters here that he should continue blogging, and it would be good if he would consider creating a health blog.
>P.S. I think Rintrah is a slimy dishonest piece of shit.
Terrible, terrible, harsh words. Care to back them up with any evidence?
(TBH, I was always put off by his endorsement of DPH and Salvia â the two most insanity-inducing drugs. It is quite perplexing. Perhaps a kind reader can set me straight)
Maybe the drugs are some kind of Lovecraftian thing?
Helplessly drawn towards experiences and knowledge that no human mind is built to take, so we go mad when we find it, are rightly scared of it and try to avoid it, but at the same time, we can’t help taking a peek – like lifting a scab to see what horror is going on in there.
Then we flee from the horror, forget about it for a while, but then that scab starts itching again. . .
No
Can I play with madness?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvqr366Op3k
Yeah, it was a mean thing to say. I was probably slightly drunk, as I tend to be more respectful when I’m sober.
Is it objectively true? No idea, but I just have this feeling that he’s not been telling the truth here, there were little clues here and there scattered about, particularly the part about being “institutionalized”, the pictures looked AI generated; and passing remarks suggesting that he’s raped women, or thought it was okay to do so; and mentioned experimenting with witchcraft, casting spells, finding out it works; his hatred of the United States, and self-identification as a Socialist; and I’ll never forget him advocating going alone at night in the middle of an industrial district and vaping a strong cannabis Kush at around 3am; and imagine if some moron actually took his advice, in many cities that could be a death sentence, or an invitation for gang rape.
But no, I don’t have any objective evidence to back it up, it’s just a hunch.
I don’t hate Rintrah. Obviously I am a fan, or I wouldn’t keep coming back and commenting, but I guess I must have a love hate relationship with this blog, because sometimes the things he writes makes me feel very angry, but at the same time it’s always interesting. And honestly, I think the short story fiction was the best. Very talented writer. He should become a science fiction writer, it would have been great.
Also, who the fuck is Abdullah ElBahroui? It’s the listed registered agent for this website. Of course, it’s not a crime to make up a name to remain anonymous, but the thing is there is actually a man with that name living in Rotterdam, and he’s from Morocco, having a dual citizenship. It’s just another strange twist to the story.
P.S. Thanks for the Flash Gordon recommendation. I haven’t seen the movie from 1980 yet, but I’m going watch it now. It’s on Internet Archive.
Rad, could you at least share with us another video of Zheani?
I think the men here would appreciate that.
Fuck it, Iâll do it myself.
https://youtu.be/s9rURTSNUk0?si=fqh5hAkFaYTAW5t8
You need to remove the tracking part of the link:
Like this:
https://youtu.be/s9rURTSNUk0
Yeah you told me that before.
Do I strike you as someone who gives a fuck?
I can die today and be happy about it.
Fuck this gay Erf
And, I will fucking tell you again.
I know Rad loves the thicc fairies with dainty upper bodies.
Before Zheani, there were others.
https://youtu.be/6FEDrU85FLE?si=Y5wWT9Ub3F9KB7mN
Butterflies in the Garden. A chance for redemption. Or at least great sex.
Resolved: are BPD girls gifts from God? Or emissaries of Satan?
Iâve posted before a photo of the fairy I once held in my arms.
But like all fairies, they eventually slip through your grasp.
But you can never forget the experience. It haunts you.
(This one is for RFH if sheâs reading)
https://youtu.be/yq–e4s59HQ?si=YQ89VxxaEp4Ht5m1
âMushroomsâŠcaterpillarsâŠdewdrops in the gardenâ
All day, in my mind
I replay the second time we chimed
So sweet, what a treat – sensual
Skin on skin is swingingly swell
Fact treasures donât compare to our pleasures
Kissing and suckling
The boots come unbuckling
Enter sexual altered states
No sleep, um, we’re staying awake
The music connects us
The rubber protects us
And what the neighbors think, just doesn’t effect us
Check my spot and dig my swirl, I’m a liberated girl
I need your loving
I want your love (yeah)
I’ll be your friend
I’ll be your lover
Against me, your body’s pressed
I want to hug and kiss you and all the rest
Forget your troubles, ills and aches
And like an earthquake our body shakes
Turn up the frogger bass and enter sexual altered state
Take off your shirt, I’ll take off my bra
A rub a dub lovin’, until you say, âahâ
Keep holding on, until you say, âahâ
Keep holding on until you say, âahâ
You’re smileâs as big as the Brooklyn Bridge
You rock me like no one ever did
Live and let living, tripping not slipping
Chewing on a chicklet
Make me want to knee dip, let me roll my full hips
Rolling Philly’s, acting silly, the hippy spliffy
Made you lick your lippy
Our love a dub rubbin’ is king size trippy
Keep holding on, until you say, âahâ
Wow – interesting discussions here – good, that Radagast does leave it open still. đ Somebody mentioned, that he did not dare raising the topic of Covid in public. I would slightly disagree to the point, that it is possible to speak about this topic – maybe at times even necessary – to raise it. I work in a pharmaceutical company in Germany – the vax rate here is probably 90% or above. Of course the topic is seldom mentioned – people seem to want to forget about it. But I raise it from time to time with colleagues – mostly on a one-to-one basis – and then I test the field – a bit like this: Wasn’t this a crazy time? – Oh yes, it was…. – Man, the government did really crazy things…. and from then on I often see, to what extent they are open. I have noticed, that when I approach my colleagues from a position of curiosity and kindness, some do open up. A few may even admit things like they do not trust in officialdom anymore etc. So it seems to me that it very much depends on my own inner state of being, where the discussion goes. If I just want to make my point, show my anger, prove, that I am right – I will meet resistance. But if I am open to their opinion, kind and most of all humorous – things may take a different turn. So I just would encourage everybody to try this – to see the good in other people, see, how they could be fooled, because their minds are basically innocent and can easily be programmed with anything – that may be a good way. Not that I practice this sufficiently – I have my own topics and often enough fail in being kind, in fact, sometimes I am perceived as being a know-it-all and a nuisance – and rightly so, when I am trapped within my egocentric castle. But sometimes I can still step out of this – and be kind and funny – and then I believe in the good of people and people show their good sides to me – and then it is like meeting on a golden bridge, where there is no right and wrong, but just a connection – that is quite nice. So – what I wanted to say is – amidst all the calamities we face – there is still good and hope in this world. And if we live that – we make it a better world. Good luck for everybody on their way!
She was a thoroughly feminine girl who somehow ended up with a cerebral and paranoid boyfriend. This should never have happened. We were total opposites.
We dosed some LSD and had a wild time one night.
The tension of our strained relationship, which had been bubbling underneath the surface for some time, came to the fore.
I lived this song.
âOh my God, this is the bestâ
âOh my God this is the bestâ
âOh my God this is the bestâ
âMmm..I want you to trip like me, I want you to have FUNâŠâ
âMe and youâŠâ
âOh my God this is the bestâ
âMmâŠI want you to trip like I do..â
https://youtu.be/0hJZR_hinI0?si=rmaUxSCGHc2gWGa1
(Anyone else?)
The
I forgot to include this part:
Another world
Another time
In the age of wonder
Another world
Another time
This land was green and good
Until the crystal cracked
Once more
They will replenish themselves
Cheat death again
The power of their source
The crystal
The crystal
The crystal
The power of their source
The crystal
This is what happens when you binge watch all seasons of Squid Game.
Retard:
https://twitter.com/zadokism/status/1941343791216242956?s=46
Remember – antisemitism is squarely part of the plan. The Greater Israel project (along with the Great Messianic War prerequisite) specifically requires a Holocaust 2.0 (or 1.0, depending on your view).
This is all Sir Issac Newton’s specific plan. America’s founding fathers were all disciples of Sir Issac Newton. America was founded for this specific purpose – the coming of the Messiah. Narratives are being set for all involved, but you must understand that Trump, the Mullahs and Netanyahoo all want the exact same thing – all the Jews to return to return to God’s promised land. Then the war between Gog and Magog will commence. America will lose and Israel will become the dominant power globally. It is written in the scriptures. This is the will of God.
All the Jew hate is being manufactured for a very specific reason – by the Christian Zionist Messianic Cult that controls the USA and ALL mainstream media. They want the Jews to be afraid – so afraid that they ALL return to Israel.
And remember,
I am fucking retarded
And stop posting the farking tracking links, you stupid retarded kunt:
https://twitter.com/zadokism/status/1941343791216242956
o7
Rintrah, I think your current mental state results from your over-usage of mushrooms. You praised them as help and used them regularly.
But with psychedelic drugs it’s the same with psychopharmaka:
First they help you, but the longer you take them, the more they destroy you.
Elon made the same experience with ketamin. First it helped him … then it destroyed him.
btw: I’m back from the hospital which I fled after two days, because they pumped me full with diazepan (valium). And they had no WLAN and laptops are forbidden. Also no air conditioning. It was hot like in a sauna. Unbelievable.
But it helped. I’m no longer a level drinker.
https://nationalfile.com/palestinians-unaccounted-for/
Harvard study, using satellite and idf data, says 377,000 are unaccounted for. 17 percent of the prewar population. I hope their ok and they find them when the wars over.
Like the cargo cults, weâll be here waiting for our bloggerâs return ????
But muh razor throat variant. Help us smooth brainers understand! The cargo cult will faithfully wait and pray for your return.
Baron von Wombat;
>Can I play with madness?
You knew this one was coming
https://youtu.be/D-3ra8Jsmjk?si=JTDfOi4BsWrDsVjP
Retard. This is me.
Do you see?
Do. You. See?
https://youtu.be/Kq3TiuRC-VQ?si=iHb07lLYPeFa-iP5
Francis is gone
But weirdos like me are fond of autistic girls like Karen
The anonymous nature of the internet allows me to speak to a truly feminine girl like Karen, even as I have weird issues
The girl was blind, and had no understanding of the monster who desired her. She was precious and religious.
Yet she was seduced by his words.
She wanted to believe in the goodness of man.
But some men are not good
And some men will do very bad things to you.
I never forgot the moment when my girl left me for a better man
It changes you
https://youtu.be/a4nIJP6Ggr8?si=ptqKXhRUwSbAw2GK
(Donât make me hate you, Karen. I can do very bad things)
I am fucking retarded.
I do not see anything.
Because I am a fucking retard.
My mother gave me a very special gift whilst she was pregnant, drinking all that alcohol.
I love my mom.
AS Hyatt used to say:
“Only a few people can truly give without feeling
taken from. The reason? Their fullness pains them.”
“Some of the most powerful Masters I know appear to be
the most obsequious, kind, and helpful people in the world.
However, they are the most *dangerous* people in the world.
Dangerous, that is, to those who believe in the beneficence of man.”
âThe illusion that we understand one another is created by making the âuniqueâ common. This is the mystery of languageâ
– Hyatt
The is like if Karen and I met in real life
(I like yoy Karen, please come back to my house)
https://youtu.be/xuxj1RMrEVY? Uh si=cpaM4i31L1iIn2eD
Take my word for it, Iâm smiling
https://youtu.be/xuxj1RMrEVY?si=uejDhIvzjYVAI7VP
Missing you, Wombat
https://youtu.be/32bdevGClD4?si=wdAmOKRlftv7QkAJ
A Christian (Orthodox) priest wrote this. I thought you and Wombat might like it:
“Why aren’t we priests [fathers] considered eternal rockers? I don’t get it! We all have beards and most grow out their hair. We wear black, crosses and encolpia, and we sing from morning (Orthros) until the next morning (vigil) about life, joy, death, sin, Satan (we tell him off because that wimp acts like a boss), the resurrection of the dead, love for everyone, the overthrow of Evil â socially and ontologically â and about the human psyche and spirit, and about martyrs who resisted and died with horrific torture. And I won’t even get into the monks: death to the world, revolution against evil, rejection of consumerism, and all that! Rock and roll, kids, rock and roll… We don’t have sex and violence, but we have love for Christ and violence against our passions.”
Once I asked a christian which was the name of “Satan” when he was an angel in Heaven. He said this is unknown.
Maybe you can answer my question.
>Once I asked a christian which was the name of âSatanâ when he was an angel in Heaven. He said this is unknown.
Wouldnât it be âRintrah Radagast?â
https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Fire-Heaven-Stephen-Mace/dp/0972026606
@Diogenes I think your friend was right..
My translator (gemini) edited and capitalized the first letter.
This is like a description or attribute (satan = accuser, adversary), like the Greek translation, which also means slanderer.
But was there a name?
The “bright one son of dawn” also sounds like a description.
It is a fascinating job to search the origins of these words, but do we have enough knowledge of ancient literature of that area (roughly, Eastern Mediterrenean – Iran)?
I think the ancient peoples there indeed connected their gods, semigods, heroes etc to celestial bodies.
As for the lack of name (again), maybe it is because a name arises when that person forms relationships. While the devil (from the Greek translation mentioned above) was the one who tried to avoid a relationship.
Btw, I don’t have an answer about the existence of this or similar entities.
For many years (maybe 25 or so) I have stopped wondering, and tried to focus on our Lord, and the problem of my passions, selfishness etc. The devil could be an artistic image of those, but I really don’t know.
But isn’t the answer clear? It can only be “Lucifer”, the so called Lightbringer. Who was allegedly kicked out of Heaven together with a third of the angels.
Or do you think it was an “ordinary” angel who became “Satan”?
Don’t understand me wrong, it’s all symbolism, but not real. Because I have also some esoteric drive I analyzed the whole story with a pure rationalistic view … and it all makes no sense.
They say Lucifer was Gods firstborn and he (she?) was the most beautiful angel in heaven. Makes this sense, that Gods firstborn became “Satan”? For me not.
And what kind of Light brought the Lightbringer? Are there more than one Lightbringers?
The Trinity. The Father, The Son and the Holy Ghost. There are some people who say “Holy Ghost” is only a codeword for “Lucifer”.
I came to the conclusion there are two Lightbringers, and the other is called “Christus” in our culture. I could continue with my conclusions … but I think it would all sound too crazy.
@Diogenes
There may be layers on top of each other from various sources (it’s why I mentioned the Middle East literature).
Not only the Jews but also the Greeks participated in this reception of influences.
Very often they would consider that whatever came from their Eastern neighbours (Persia, Egypt) had huge credibility.
I can accept that there is human wisdom everywhere.
But there is a maturing of humans in their perception of big questions.
Trying to solve the big questions of Evil-what-how-why? they probably set layer after layer, and they show up.
The Old Testament has the style of a multilayered epic, which makes sense as it wasn’t written all at the same time.
The writers seem to grow up.
But the Christian Bible (including the mature perception of the Jewish Bible) is consistent in that there is no Dualism, as some traditions asserted. Therefore, the evil is not equal to the Lord.
I think that’s the key take away.
Btw, I liked an image about the planet Venus being very bright before dawn (that’s what the name lucifer means in the Greek version, bringer of dawn), and then is surpassed and vanished at the sun’s appearance…
It’s an image that can have many interesting readings.
I don’t like how some traditions (marginal mostly) try to elevate the importance of lucifer.
I prefer the impression that the New Testament gives: it is no match for the Lord, and it is manifest in Christ healing people from evil, illnesses, all sorts of troubles, passions, selfishness, sick situations etc. all the time.
There was always this question in the room why the God of the Old Testament did merciless justice, while the God of the New Testament was full of mercy.
I say it’s because in the Old Testament Lucifer had the position which later had Christus in the New Testament. This means Lucifer brought the light of justice, and Christus brought the light of mercy. My conclusion: There is no “Satan”, that’s just an insulting name for “Lucifer”.
But there is evil. Merciless justice is evil and mercy without justice is evil, too. Which means: If you only follow one Lightbringer, you will become inevitabele evil. We need both, mercy and justice, we have to follow both Lightbringers, and go the way between them.
Thanks Apollo.
ICYMI, none other than Black Sabbath wrote the first Christian Metal song: âAfter Foreverâ
Many people are unaware of this.
https://youtu.be/TSF3HviqlPk?si=95gAEeUjxnaIa_C0
Have you ever thought about your soul
Can it be saved?
Or perhaps you think
That when you are dead
You just stay in your grave?
Is God just a thought within your head
Or is he a part of you?
Is Christ just a name
That you read in the book
When you were in school?
When you think about death
Do you lose your breath
Or do you keep your cool?
Would you like to see the pope
On the end of a rope?
Do you think he’s a fool?
Well I have seen the truth
Yes, I’ve seen the light
And I’ve changed my ways
And I’ll be prepared
When you’re lonely and scared
At the end of our days
Could it be you’re afraid
Of what your friends might say
If they knew you believe in God above?
They should realise before they criticise
That God is the only way to love
Is your mind so small that you have to fall
In with the pack wherever they run
Will you still sneer when death is near
And say that you may as well worship the sun?
I think it was true it was people like you
That crucified Christ
I think it is sad the opinion you had
Was the only one voiced
Will you be so sure
When your day is near
Say you don’t believe
You had the chance
But you turned it down
Now you can’t retrieve
Perhaps you’ll think before you say
God is dead and gone
Open your eyes, just realise
That He is the one
The only one who can save you now
From all this sin and hate
Or will you jeer at all you hear?
Yes, I think it’s too late
[it is, in fact, too late for me – Ed.]
You are welcome to share this with all your Orthobros, Apollo
Thanks, Mehen! that was a small surprise for me.
One seems to find Him unexpectedly..
Tomorrow is the feast day of Elder Sophrony (abbot) of Essex. He wrote this (which is a translation of a translation lol)–i liked the last part especially:
“I was in Paris; I had everything. I lived with the artistic world of Paris and participated in all the events. But nothing gave me joy and relief. After every event of the artistic world, I had an inner emptiness and anxiety. My thoughts told me that I had to do something to escape the dead end that consumed me. But I found no solution. One evening, after a social gathering, I was walking up to my home with my head bowed and a slow pace. I told myself that this life is brutal, it is tiresome. Then I thought of becoming a monk, but where and how, I had no idea. I was a Russian Ă©migrĂ©-refugee in France. There were many Russians there who founded the St. Sergius Theological Institute. At the St. Sergius Institute, everyone talked about God, but I didn’t see God, while when I went to Mount Athos, no one talked about God, and everything showed God.”
(Hesychia.. perhaps)
I can see the connection:
https://shop.deathtotheworld.com/products/baptize-em-all-sticker
@Mehen
I just realised that the father I mentioned above also made a little Ozzy tribute on the occasion of his last concert, and then made his quoted post about rock n roll! I thought it was a nice coincidence that you thought of the same artist.
Well, you’ve made a couple of odd posts, so I’ve been letting you cool off.
With love, Rad:
https://youtu.be/fIWWcht-aqM?si=D8uPtOto8KCS6T-h
Nothing has broken my heart harder than when Rad explained to me that his age cohort (and younger) make no distinction between GenX and actual Boomers. Itâs all one big blob of âBoomersâ in their minds.
That ainât right.
No sir
Yeah, at the time that bothered me as well, but also it made me realize that anyone that actually thinks that way, which is definitely not universally true among all Millennials and Zoomers, though it is definitely very common, is in the grand scheme of the evolution of consciousness an immature child.
In another 20 years there will be a new crop of young souls saying the same thing about the Millennials and the Zoomers. Basically the Millennials become the Boomers, and the Zoomers become Gen X. And the cycle keep repeating over and over. Only a very small percentage see past the bullshit at a young age.
It’s a waste of time being bothered by, or seeking the friendship of, unevolved infants who need another twenty years to figure this out.
To be fair, the under 45 cohort also seem like a boring homogenous blob.
If it makes you feel better I definitely find Boomers & Gen-Xers VERY different and easy to tell apart. Even in online comments.
Also not to be a suck up, just being honest, but Gen X > Millennials. I think I’m lucky to have grown up and worked with more Gen-Xers, Millennials just seem completely insane. They have their own generational baggage / bullshit that they are always dragging with them, and which they’re not even aware of (they think everyone is like that too).
They’re always crying about how special and unique they are, how unappreciated and trampled down by the cruel cruel world, how nobody can relate to them etc. Then you give them a chance to open up, and it’s literally just pure hatred and disdain for everyone else. I’ve seen this in person and online. And then once they’ve scared everyone away they cycle back to why oh why doesn’t anyone appreciate me when I’m so wonderful, life is so unfair, I’m just a poor soul, etc.
Don’t shut me down!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Y69hZ1-r0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uePocglBnDY
The Bizarre End Times Prophecy Youâve Never Heard of, or the story of Trump’s Ark. Just thought I would dump this here.
Cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfQWz4gVcP8
https://twitter.com/optimal_time/status/1943830053768597556?s=46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPeSzaZvTgY
https://youtu.be/SG_6nbanzqw?si=XGqnb2Cjt9H2DC9L
Rad, I once shared Thomas Ligotti’s “The Conspiracy Against The Human Race” when I first landed on this blog-space. I don’t recall getting much feedback from you or anyone else. Perhaps it will have a newfound relevance for you now.
Ligotti was smart enough to boil everything down to the question, “Is being alive alright?”
One’s answer to this question explains everything else about the person in question.
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Pessimism I
Along with every other tendentious mindset, pessimism may be construed
as a fluke of temperament, a shifty word that will just have to do until a
better one comes along. Without the temperament that was given to them
in large portion, pessimists would not see existence as basically undesirable.
Optimists may have fugitive doubts about the basic desirability of existence,
but pessimists never doubt that existence is basically undesirable. If you
interrupted them in the middle of an ecstatic moment, which pessimists do
have, and asked if existence is basically undesirable, they would reply âOf
courseâ before returning to their ecstasy. Why they should answer in this
way is a closed book. The conclusions to which temperament lead an
individual, whether or not they are conclusions refractory to those of world
society, are simply not subject to analysis.
Composed of the same dross as all mortals, the pessimist cleaves to
whatever seems to validate his thoughts and emotions. Scarce among us are
those who not only want to think they are right, but also expect others to
affirm their least notion as unassailable. Pessimists are no exception. But
they are few and do not show up on the radar of our race. Immune to the
blandishments of religions, countries, families, and everything else that puts
both average and above-average citizens in the limelight, pessimists are
sideliners in both history and the media. Without belief in gods or ghosts,
unmotivated by a comprehensive delusion, they could never plant a bomb,
plan a revolution, or shed blood for a cause.
[…]
Identical with religions that ask of their believers more than they can
possibly make good on, pessimism is a set of ideals that none can follow to
the letter. Those who indict a pessimist of either pathology or intellectual
recalcitrance are only faking their competence to explain what cannot be
explained: the mystery of why individuals are the way they are. To some
extent, however, why some individuals are the way they are is not a full
fledged mystery. There are traits that run in families â legacies lurking in the
genes of one generation that may profit or impair those of another.
Philosophical pessimism has been called a maladaptation by those who are
concerned with such things. This call seems indisputably correct. The
possibility must be considered, then, that there is a genetic marker for
philosophical pessimism that nature has all but deselected from our race so
that we may keep on living as we have all these years. Allowing for the
theory that pessimism is weakly hereditary, and is getting weaker all the
time because it is maladaptive, the genes that make up the fiber of ordinary
folk may someday celebrate an everlasting triumph over those of the
congenitally pessimistic, ridding nature of all worry that its protocol of
survival and reproduction for its most conscious species will be challenged
âunless Zapffe is right and consciousness itself is maladaptive, making
philosophical pessimism the correct call despite its unpopularity among
those who think, or say they think, that being alive is all right. But psycho
biographers do not often take what is adaptive or maladaptive for our
species into account when writing of a chosen member of the questionably
dying breed of pessimists. To them, their subjectâs temperament has a
twofold inception: (1) life stories of tribulation, even though the pessimistic
caste has no sorrows exclusive to it; (2) intractable wrongheadedness, a
charge that pessimists could turn against optimists if the *argumentum ad
populum* were not the worldâs favorite fallacy.
[…]
The point that in the absence of birth nobody exists who can be deprived of
happiness is terribly conspicuous. For optimists, this fact plays no part in
their existential computations. For pessimists, however, it is axiomatic.
Whether a pessimist urges us to live âheroicallyâ with a knife in our gut or
denounces life as not worth living is immaterial. What matters is that he
makes no bones about hurt being the Great Problem it is incumbent on
philosophy to observe. But this problem can be solved only by establishing
an imbalance between hurt and happiness that would enable us in principle
to say which is more desirable â existence or nonexistence. While no
airtight case has ever been made regarding the undesirability of human life,
pessimists still run themselves ragged trying to make one. Optimists have no
comparable mission. When they do argue for the desirability of human life
it is only in reaction to pessimists arguing the opposite, even though no
airtight case has ever been made regarding that desirability. Optimism has
always been an undeclared policy of human culture â one that grew out of
our animal instincts to survive and reproduce â rather than an articulated
body of thought. It is the default condition of our blood and cannot be
effectively questioned by our minds or put in grave doubt by our pains. This
would explain why at any given time there are more cannibals than
philosophical pessimists.
[…]
For optimists, human life never needs justification, no matter how much
hurt piles up, because they can always tell themselves that things will get
better. For pessimists, there is no amount of happiness â should such a thing
as happiness even obtain for human beings except as a misconception â that
can compensate us for lifeâs hurt. As a worst-case example, a pessimist might
refer to the hurt caused by some natural or human-made cataclysm. To
adduce a hedonic counterpart to the horrors that attach to such cataclysms
would require a degree of ingenuity from an optimist, but it could be done.
And the reason it could be done, the reason for the eternal stalemate
between optimists and pessimists, is that no possible formula can be
established to measure proportions and types of hurt and happiness in the
world. If such a formula could be established, then either pessimists or
optimists would have to give in to their adversaries.
Pessimism II
In his lengthy study Pessimism (1877), James Sully wrote that âa just and
correct estimate of life is to be looked forâ in âviews ⊠which lean neither
to the favourable nor the unfavourable pole.â By this claim, Sully erred in his
otherwise able dissection of his subject. People are either pessimists or
optimists. They forcefully âleanâ one way or the other, and there is no
common ground between them. For pessimists, life is something that should
not be, which means that what they believe should be is the absence of life,
nothing, non-being, the emptiness of the uncreated. Anyone who speaks up
for life as something that irrefutably should beâthat we would not be
better off unborn, extinct, or forever lazing in nonexistenceâis an optimist.
It is all or nothing; one is in or one is out, abstractly speaking. Practically
speaking, we have been a race of optimists since the nascency of human
consciousness and lean like mad toward the favorable pole.
Here come the bastards
https://youtu.be/YE0QqNAMbAA?si=xPgwbHDO6DXGFfCd
I shot Reagan
(You’re forgiven in Hell)
https://youtu.be/kYlbWKtoEmg?si=eZ4cR_PgLb6kRKrH
Thinking of Diogenes rn
Do not, under any circumstance, allow yourself to be seduced by Americanized Buddhism.
Real Buddhism is based.
Andrew Joyce explains:
https://www.unz.com/article/jewish-crypsis-in-american-buddhism/