Beyond Ultraworld: Festival Entrainment

Some interesting guests were invited to this year's Coachella Festival: three giant statues called "The Messengers" stood at the gates and greeted celebrants as part of an "art installation." Which as you all know is simply a codeword for "active entrainment."

Spare Us the Qatar: World Cup Watcher Worship

The 2022 World Cup is upon us, much to the delight of the world and the crushing indifference of uncultured Yanks like myself. And since it is indeed 2022, the goings-on are positively drenched in the high ritualism of the worldwide Watcher cult. 

All slathered with a thick and viscous glaze of Knowles' First Law, of course.

...If Only in My Memes

Not to be Danny Downer, but this could all get much, much worse between now and November. There's a rough beast slouching towards, well, everywhere these days. It's a mortally-wounded and cornered beast, granted, but that just makes it all the more dangerous.

X Marks the Clot

Nothing going on out there shocks or surprises me much anymore. I've seen it all played out a thousand times in comic books, sci-fi novels, TV shows, and movies. 

He Walks Ammon Us: Egypt's Restoration Ritual at Luxor

Well, there it is, right on schedule. The Great Restoration takes another giant leap forward and reaffirms the ancient kingdom of Egypt as its own. Fortuitous timing too, since it seems a lot of people were starting to doubt my grip on reality - yet again - when talking about the grand rituals of the Sorcerarchy. 

Always seems to work out this way, doesn't it? My cross to bear, I suppose.

Death in Memphis

I'm sensing a weird connection to AstroWorld here. Don't ask me why.

Anyways, you know what day it was yesterday, was so let's get this litany started...

AstroWorld: There Will Be Giants on the Earth in Those Days

Oh, you KNEW this was coming.

So the other night some guy on Twitter was telling me how much my previous Astroworld piece sucked, but at least I didn't try to "desperately" shoehorn the Sibyl into my exegesis. I merely said "the night is still young" in reply.  

(Travis) Scottish Rites, or The Aeons of Astroworld

It goes without saying that trampling incidents are not uncommon at concerts, festivals or any other large gathering of people.