Myths & mysteries
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Myths & mysteries
Japanese executives claim to be the supreme creator
Imagine being a corporate executive and casually deciding you are the ultimate deity. Ryuho Okawa founded a massive Japanese faith by claiming he could…
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Summer solstice babies get stereotyped
Anyone born on the longest day of the year is immediately branded as obnoxiously energetic by online communities. It is completely arbitrary, yet they are…
Discover moreKahlil Gibran out-sold major twentieth-century novelists
Poetic aphorisms are shockingly good for the bank account. His most famous book quietly became one of the best-selling volumes of all time, completely…
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Rene Guenon hated the modern era
Some people complain about modern technology, but Guenon wrote entire books arguing that the post-industrial world was literally the darkest, most degenerate…
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Sagittarius rules the thighs which helps them physically run away from basic emotional intimacy
Sagittarius governs the hips, thighs, and sciatic nerve, which are the exact muscle groups required for heavy lifting and long-distance running. This…
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Soviets tried inventing a secular socialist religion
Attempting to manufacture a state-sponsored atheistic faith is incredibly paradoxical. Early Soviet thinkers tried to create a socialist religion where the…
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Shabistari wrote an entire poem to answer fifteen questions
Before online forums existed, you had to write a massive literary masterpiece to reply to someone. When a fellow seeker sent a letter containing fifteen…
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Fire element means zero impulse control
You would think representing pure plasma would make these placements powerful, but mostly it just means they cannot wait in line. Fire placements run purely…
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Queen Catherine de Medici kept an astrologer on payroll who supposedly cursed her political rivals using black magic
Forget sending a passive-aggressive email; the French royal court preferred a much more celestial approach to HR disputes. The ruthless 16th-century Queen…
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Madame Blavatsky chain smoked pure hashish
Reaching higher planes sometimes requires a little herbal assistance. Madame Blavatsky reportedly smoked hashish endlessly while churning out massive esoteric…
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Drinking only pulverized juice achieves higher enlightenment
Chewing solid food is entirely too exhausting for someone focused on ascending to a higher frequency. Liquidarianism is the absolute commitment to consuming…
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Sheep possess surprisingly great facial memory
The Sheep is associated with harmony and peace. Sheep actually have incredible facial recognition and can remember the faces of fifty other sheep for years.…
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Pet birth charts are wildly inaccurate
Enthusiasts will furiously try to map out the cosmic profile of their adopted stray cat, completely ignoring the fact they have no idea when it was born. They…
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Abracadabra strictly translates to I create as I speak
People casually throw this phrase around during casual performances, completely missing its profound linguistic roots. The source phrase literally means…
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Water elements use crying as a defensive weapon
You cannot win an argument against someone who is sobbing uncontrollably. They utilize their profound sensitivity as a shield, instantly making anyone who…
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Bright yellow induces severe Gemini overthinking
Bright yellow is visually loud, incredibly stimulating, and famously known to cause visual fatigue. It is the exact color equivalent of a Gemini talking at…
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Inner light philosophy makes external authorities obsolete
Why pay a middleman when you have direct access to the boss? Central to certain ascetic groups, this idea posits that every human being has a direct, internal…
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Pink outfits channel incredibly fluffy Venus energy
Looking like a giant piece of cotton candy is exactly what Venus wants. This soft, highly aesthetic influence guarantees you will prioritize looking cute over…
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Enneagram personalities were invented in a dream
Your entire core personality was literally dreamed up. The Enneagram system wasn't born from clinical research, but heavily derived from a specific mystic's…
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Indra's net is an infinite web of reflective nodes
Long before the internet existed, ancient philosophers conceptualized a web that connects literally everything. Described in Hua-yen Buddhism, this cosmic net…
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Ephemerides accurately track exact sweeping celestial points
These highly detailed resources provide the precise locations of absolutely every major celestial body. They are heavily relied upon by practitioners to…
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Algol is notorious for causing intense physical danger
It is actively blamed for extreme physical danger and generally apocalyptic days. If everything around you is unexpectedly catching fire, this specific…
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Enstasy requires aggressively diving into your own mind
Unlike ecstasy, where you supposedly leave your body, enstasy requires aggressively plummeting strictly inward. It treats the human mind as a totally infinite…
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Tying yourself into incredibly painful knots
To untangle the mind, some practitioners physically tangle their limbs into extreme, pretzel-like contortions. They believe maintaining these agonizing…
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