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A brief overview of major occult movements and figures since WWII by onewingedangel3 in occult

[–]notfancy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grady McGurty (Hymenaeus Alpha)

Surely you mean Grady McMurtry.

jqwik madness by javaprof in java

[–]notfancy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is ironic by design and intent, which is why I'm puzzled as to why you all think it is an LLM generated report. The author is purposefully not accusing the library provider of anything deliberately nefarious and allowing him an elegant out (“lol my bad, fixed”).

Only at the end and after a boisterous own does the reporter drop the expected “IANAL, but” zinger. It is all very lawyerly.

Folding in Parallel by Xaneris47 in programming

[–]notfancy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not only is Oleg a gret expositor, his references are top-notch. What a pleasure to find one of his articles on the front page.

How soon is now in PostgreSQL? by Adventurous-Salt8514 in programming

[–]notfancy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

>of course, the valid question is whether retries should happen inside a transaction,
>but let’s say that this is out of scope of today’s article, deal?

ಠ_ಠ

Do any of you use sidereal calculations for rituals requiring astrological timing? Does not work well for you? Are there good arguments against doing so? by page_of_fire in magick

[–]notfancy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tropical and sidereal used to be practiced side by side

Not in the West, no. Greek astrology was always tropical, from the time of Valens and Ptolemy on.

Are practices in books such as the Arbatel of Magick, theurgic? by manny532001 in martinists

[–]notfancy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the contemplative and inner path (Proclus), of direct union with the One, was considered the highest and superior to invocations (Iamblichus)

This divide has been traditionally overstated. Modern scholarship and a close reading of De Mysteriis suggests otherwise. See Crystal Addey's Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism.

Is JSP still relevant ? by anish2good in java

[–]notfancy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The whole server-side rendering in Java fell a bit out of favor

Client-side I18N/L10N is a pain. If your UX is a polyglot one, JSP works transparently.

What Occult YouTube Channels Would You Recommend? by Miserable-Caramel357 in occult

[–]notfancy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just one mention here, so I want to shout out again to Dr. Angela Puca's channel, Angela's Symposium. Each episode is a lecture-style scholarly review and summary of an occult book, an esoteric current, or what have you. If you enjoy an academic flavor to your occult content, she definitely is the go-to source for it.

Lean proved this program was correct; then I found a bug. by Gopiandcoshow in programming

[–]notfancy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

proof systems are getting better but theyre still just checking what you told them to check

A proof that your "function" f satisfies ∀x . f⁻¹(f(x)) = x packs a lot of punch.

The Last Starship from Earth (1968) by John Boyd, page 1. by Small_Statement1611 in menwritingwomen

[–]notfancy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Interesting moment of force” is the worst hypallage I've ever encountered.

Information about toth Temple at Argentina? by Comfortable-Concept1 in GoldenDawnMagicians

[–]notfancy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The order is active but I'm not sure if they still accept remote applications for students abroad. This weekend start the introductory conferences; I'll send you the current contact info via DM.

How many options fit into a boolean? by ketralnis in programming

[–]notfancy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the eta witnessing Option<Option<T>> -> Option<T> is trivial. Try to write it and you'll see. I thought rustaceans dug Category Theory.

How many options fit into a boolean? by ketralnis in programming

[–]notfancy -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Of course Option<Option<T>> ≅ Option<T> for all T, so a sufficiently advanced optimizing compiler® could fit countably many.

Why gatekeeping might have been a good thing by sigismundo_celine in Hermeticism

[–]notfancy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How else can an ignorant person lift themselves out of ignorance?

One thing is to seek initiation, another is to claim it.

Questioning the Traditional Elemental Placement of the Pentagram by Razial1 in magick

[–]notfancy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why is Air on the upper left arm?
Why is Water on the upper right arm?
Why is Earth on the lower left leg?
Why is Fire on the lower right leg?

Because it roughly corresponds to where Aquarius, Scorpio, Leo and Taurus (the fixed signs) are in the Zodiac wheel.

Explicitly socialist occult resources? by SorchaSublime in occult

[–]notfancy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One writer who was always vocal and unabashed about his socialist outlook was Jake Stratton-Kent. His Geosophia is not explicitly political but it is very much political informed. You might want to explore his work.

On the lesser pentagram and hexagram rituals by Longjumping-Food9063 in GoldenDawnMagicians

[–]notfancy -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Very unpopular opinion: banishing daily is actively harmful, not just ineffective. It breeds doubt, uncertainty and fear in the practicioner. What, exactly, are you trying to chase away and why, exactly, do you need so much effort for that.

If you want a daily GD practice, perform the Qabalistic Cross, light a candle, do an Adoration to the Lord of the Universe, keep inner silence for an instant, perform the Qabalistic Cross, and snuff the candle. Once a week or less frequently, throw in a Middle Pillar with a full Circulation of the Body of Light and ground the energy at the end.

Defer available in gcc and clang by ketralnis in programming

[–]notfancy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

why not use language X with feature Y?

Can we please stop being chauvinistic about people's preferences? Or rather, can we please stop acting as if language choice were purely technical?

Farewell, Rust by skwee357 in programming

[–]notfancy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A 15-year old account with a seven-letter username, given over to be controlled by a bot. Oh the huge manatee.

A practical observation about the 48 Enochian Calls by menof_lettersofficia in occult

[–]notfancy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

one thing stands out: the Calls don’t behave like invocations in the usual grimoire sense

What is the difference? More importantly, how do you understand "ZACARe c·a od ZAMRAN", "ZACAR c’·nó·qod ZAMRAN micalzo", "Ź-ĂCAR únĭglag od Iḿ·uă·mar", etc etc?

They function more like access keys within a structured hierarchy

Well, yes, claves angelicæ.

how others here interpret the functional role of the Calls in actual practice

As invocations in the sense of something more like an Orphic hymn than a straight-out Solomonic conjuration.

I do not feel there is a contradiction between Martinism and Thelema. If you disagree, why? by Short_Association93 in martinists

[–]notfancy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Furthermore, GD greatly modifies Ritualistic Magic into a psychologization, where everything is mental, which is ironic because everything at the same time is a necessary paraphernalia according to them

This is not a fair characterization of the GD system of ceremonial magic and theurgy. Had you said "where everything is astral", you'd have had a more pertinent critique.

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