Aloha,
Ty Falk wrote:
> Phil Hine did a fair bit with the mythos in a larger systematic
> context, but not exclusively. There have been other, more vehement
> proponents of the Cthluhu cult.
The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the literary story universes that has lured
in lots of occult activities, movements, trads. Some of the work reported
has been dreadful--but not in the Lovecraftian sense. And some has
been powerful and hinted at further revelations to come--given that
sufficient sanity to communicate them can be sustained.
The dissonance that arises in an academic or scholarly context involves
versions of the Mythos (or other literary source) proposing hidden
histories that are at odds with what we know and accept about history.
(For instance, the origins of the Hindu deity Ganesha. No South Asian
scholar is going to accept an account that harks back to the arrival of the
Lovecraftian Great Old One Chaugnar Faugn in a considered analysis of
Ganesha in Hinduism. But a researcher on the mythos in today's occulture
might.)
The effective use of literary story universes in occulture suggests to
me that
at least some magical activity and magical understanding is based on the
powers of storytelling rather than those of deities, demi-deities, or
spirits
of nature. And that new stories may be just as useful in occulture as
old ones.
But I still like to keep one eye on the history as we know it time line.
Occulture
does mash stuff up every once in a while.
Musing Is Yesterday As Good As Forever? Rose,
Pitch
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