Worrying trends in world affairs; how magick and spirituality offers no refuge; the Knights of Chaos versus Vladimir Putin; the likely fate of contemporary occultism in times of crisis; why magick inevitably deserts us; "nothing is asked of you"; the delusion of needing to do something; the nature and drama of sacrifice; fear and loneliness; self-sacrifice as an escape route; the sacrifice of the self to the self; self-sacrifice distinguished from self-sacrifice to the herd; the nature and dynamics of the herd; reaching the point where existing ideology fails; a preponderance of herds and doubling down; following the silent knowing; the function of the herd; the wild horse versus the herd; finding the others; faith as a form of listening; accelerationism as a phenomenon rather than an ideology; following the thread and avoiding speculation; Occulture Conference, Berlin 2022; a malign spirit; debasement and traumatisation in contemporary occultism; transgression as a parody of liberation and self-sacrifice; transgression versus the principle of balance; the image of the nameless god; similarities with and differences from Baphomet; the nameless god is unnatural, malevolent, and covert; how it demands self-destruction; recognising the nameless god as a descent into Hell; relying on the thread. Malcolm W. Browne (1990). Nuclear winter theorists pull back, https://tinyurl.com/urxn3w5t (nytimes.com). Accessed November 2022. Peter J. Carroll (2022). Special release: announcement from Knights of Chaos, https://tinyurl.com/2p9dc5rm (chaosmagick.com). Accessed November 2022. Sarah Knapton (2022). Crisis as excess deaths soar to levels higher than during Covid pandemic, https://tinyurl.com/ms54xhvw (telegraph.co.uk). Accessed November 2022. Rajan Menon & Daniel R. DePetris (2022). Those desiring regime change in Russia should be careful what they wish for, https://tinyurl.com/ykdr38n2 (theguardian.com). Accessed November 2022. @officialitalycountryball (2022). Hexing Putin, https://tinyurl.com/46fyepcw (tiktok.com). Accessed November 2022. Intro music by Alan Chapman. Outro music from loops by users mildperil, Tumbleweed, and VladEisch at looperman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.