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Alan Moore (he of Watchmen fame) invokes the Roman god Glycon in ceremonial magic, even though he knows Glycon was exposed as a sock puppet in the second centur

by dghf 11y ago

Alan Moore (he of Watchmen fame) invokes the Roman god Glycon in ceremonial magic, even though he knows Glycon was exposed as a sock puppet in the second century. Nonetheless, the magic works (for certain values, presumably ones meaningful to Mr Moore, of "works").

digi_owl 11y ago
Well Moore is a character at best of times.
- dghf 11y ago
  He certainly is. I like his story of how he's actually met John Constantine, twice. I'm almost jealous of his, erm, idiosyncratic perception of the world.
  - digi_owl 11y ago
    there are times i wonder if there is something on the water on that island, as there are number of people living there with some "interesting" takes on existence.
    - dghf 11y ago
      It's the tea. It sends us all bonkers in the end.