The Secret is no secret
I love it when people think age old ideas are new. It shows nothing but a general lack of energy to look under the surface, the desire to be right instead of knowing the truth. Trust me…those are two very different things.
Lately there has been a surge of belief surrounding a movie that appeared on youtube.com and later a DVD and book known as The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne. Its messages about the Laws of Attraction ring in my ears based on years of study in to western mysticism. Let’s face it. They took a few basic ideas from the practice of Western Magic used by such notable authors as Alister Crowley, Peter Carrol and wrapped them tightly in Christian mythos.
Of course the hoi polloi have been eating this shit up with a soup spoon. Why? Because it promises everything with no actual work involved, and of course that’s what everyone wants. The regular world of Christianity fights against this, of course, since it is hard to keep your ass glued to a pew if you aren’t afraid of eternal damnation in exchange for your sense of righteousness, and that’s simply bad for the economics of religion.
At the end of the day, though, if you really look at it people only want to be told that they can do things in order for them to do it. Some folks need some sort of motivating force to propel them forward in to whatever it was they could do anyway if they just convinced themselves of such. You want to know the real secret? You are what you make of yourself, so go ahead and be who you want to be. You don’t need to pay someone twenty bucks to find that out.
As far as the other possible riches of western mysticism? Well…find that out for yourself. It is a fantastic trip. 