Month: November 2012

In the Second World War, there was indeed a strong moral imperative, which still resonates among most people in this country and which maintains the reputation of World War II as “the good war.” There was a need to defeat the monstrosity of fascism. It was that belief that drove me to enlist in the Air Force and fly bombing missions over Europe.

Only after the war did I begin to question the purity of the moral crusade. Dropping bombs from five miles high, I had seen no human beings, heard no screams, seen no children dismembered. But now I had to think about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the firebombings of Tokyo and Dresden, the deaths of 600,000 civilians in Japan, and a similar number in Germany.

I came to a conclusion about the psychology of myself and other warriors: Once we decided, at the start, that our side was the good side and the other side was evil, once we had made that simple and simplistic calculation, we did not have to think anymore. Then we could commit unspeakable crimes and it was all right.

Howard Zinn (via thinksquad)

New Occult Podcast

I’m looking for 1-3 co-hosts to start a new podcast about occult counter culture. Serious volunteers must possess or be willing to purchase some respectable audio equipment (under $200.00) and have interest in the following subjects:

Magick

Paganism

Wicca

Anarchism

Left Politics

Pschology

Esoteric Studies

Activism

Indie Media

Be aware I will be using this podcast to help shill my upcoming self-published books. Not saying that the podcast will be an infomercial by any stretch, but they will get mentioned.

Please use my Ask box if you’re interested.

despoiler:

Wotan

Was the supreme German god of war and wisdom. Depicted as a warrior sovereign, Wotan belongs to the Germanic paganism dating back to the 7th and 8th century.It is believed that Wotan was a historic king whose human name was lost in time.Wotan acquired wisdom after he hung himself to understand the nature of people. His action granted him knowledge and the ability to travel between the human and the netherworld. This ability identified him as carrier of the dead among the Anglo-Saxons, who called him Woden. In the 19th century Ludwig I of Bavaria ordered the construction of a Walhalla Temple in Regensburg, Germany, to honor Wotan and other Germanic mythic figures inspired in the Norse Valhalla.

Painting by andrekosslick

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