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"The king is dead; long live the king!" is the feudal manifestation of the archetype of the slain and resurrected god. In similar fashion one's own virtual gove
by ryandv 1y ago
"The king is dead; long live the king!" is the feudal manifestation of the archetype of the slain and resurrected god. In similar fashion one's own virtual governor requires constant renewal and revision.
- throwanem 1y agoDon't you think Leary's term would land better here? Or have you avoided it precisely for such connotation? I remember having some trouble with that for a while in my twenties.
- ryandv 1y agoI have not actually familiarized myself with Leary's work. The closest approach would have been via Robert Anton Wilson and the rest of the ramifications through the occult and western esoteric corpus.
- throwanem 1y agoWell, Wilson is a preferable source for everything anyway. Less credulous, and so far as I know all he ever sought to sell was books.