{"id":17207,"date":"2021-04-21T14:43:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T19:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=17207"},"modified":"2021-04-21T14:43:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T19:43:13","slug":"the-king-in-orange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=17207","title":{"rendered":"The King in Orange"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early on, author John Michael Greer makes sure you know that he speaks about magic following the definition provided by Dion Fortune, \u201cMagic is the art and science causing changes in consciousness in accordance with will.\u201d Knowing this makes it easier to see the intersection of magical influence and politics, the subject of Greer\u2019s latest book, \u201cThe King in Orange: The Magical and Occult Roots of Political Power.\u201d I feel like these days we\u2019re all armchair politic pundits, I know I am. However, it takes a certain amount confidence to write a book on the divisive topic of politics and up the ante by adding magic to the mix. Since schools of magical thought are always known for being an eternal spring of agreeability (yes, sarcasm).<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ Greer does an excellent job explaining the primary division amongst Americans as being investment class, salary class, wage class, and welfare class. Your experience of America is greatly based on where you fall in these categories, with the investment and salary classes being catered to and the wage class and welfare class being left to fend for themselves. It is a more refined version of the \u201cproblems with the vanishing middle class\u201d concern that politicians bandy about and that many Americans are actually experiencing. Everyone gets an opinion on why Trump won in 2016, and Greer\u2019s is that the wage class was motivated by promises of bringing jobs back to the United States. A new generation Jim Carville\u2019s, \u201cIt\u2019s the economy stupid.\u201d \u201cThe King in Orange\u201d spends a great deal of time exploring Greer\u2019s thoughts on the mundane reason for the Trump victory, which also include bring soldiers home and the wage class\u2019s struggle with Obamacare. <\/p>\n

Things get more interesting when Greer starts tracking the chaos magic of the 4Chans, and the reactionary workings of the magical resistance. \u201cThe King in Orange\u201d does an excellent job comparing and contrasting not only the philosophies of these groups, but also their operational practices. There is much to be learned about magic, just from the author\u2019s observations and explanations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe King in Orange\u201d is a thought provoking look at the 2016 election through the prism of Greer\u2019s political opinions and magical experience. Whether you agree 100% with his findings, you will still find yourself with much to consider.<\/p>\n

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