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Taylor Ellwood, an occultist in Portland, OR.
Pop Culture Entities in Magical Practice
Taylor Ellwood and why he is considered contravercial
What is Pop Culture Magic and what are pop culture entities?
How pop culture entities can be mapped upon existing archetypes
Why pop culture entities can be easier to work with than ancient deities
Lack of relevance of the old Gods to contemporary practitioners by default
People that casually work with the Gods vs. reconstructionists and what they do to understand the Gods they worship
Examples of Pop culture entities that Taylor has used in his metaphysical works
Video games as projective identity
Working with ancient gods vs. their pop culture interpretation
Metaphysical energy being drawn into video game characters with video games being the interface with that pop culture entity.
Harry Potter as a pop culture entity
Isn’t the objective of a movie to bring a fictional character to life? Wouldn’t this negate any energy being directed into a fictional entity?
Is getting involved with fictional worlds portrayed in movies as if they were real just disassociation?
Example of how Taylor used Cowboy Bebop characters for metaphysical use by way of associating them with the 5 western elements in place of accessing elemental energies directly.
A constructively critical response to Taylor’s example. Isn’t this just using inherent ability?
Isn’t the fact that it works all that matters?
PCP apparently represents traditional perspectives and holds back progress
The concept of using pop culture magic seems a bit far out there as it has been explained thus far.
Taylor explains other magical systems he has used and how they haven’t worked well for him.
Is Taylor opposed to critical analysis and innovation?
Pop Culture Magic and how it reflects upon the Pagan community as looking stupid.
Do your research from primary sources before trying to apply critical analysis.
Is a bunch of teenagers, who can barely make a useless poltergeist, thrusting energy at Harry Potter enough to create anything useful?
What’s the point of arguing against Pop Culture Magic? Like all other magic, it works for some and doesn’t work for others… and it does work for some.
Just because it works on a metaphysical level doesn’t mean it’s right.
Recap of the discussion as it stands at this time.
Reminder that PCP itself is detrimental to the Pagan community
What’s the difference between Otakukin vs. Pop Culture Magic?
How can something that works be considered an invalid metaphyical practice?
Are we just arguing semantics: archetypes vs. pop culture – that pop culture entities are just culturally relevant interfaces to archetypal energies rather than Gods?
Why use such a comical metaphysical technique?
Who would make best use of Pop Culture Magic?
Using Pop Culture Magic because it’s easier and more effective rather than lack of comprehension of an entity.
But aren’t movies created to elicit emotional responses from the audience?
Pop culture magic vs. empathetic feelings towards fictional characters
Recently published information is available for researching pop culture characters
Are we actually using a pop culture entity or are we using the underlying archetype in pop culture magic?
Dichotomy of Pop Culture Magic being easier vs. research that needs to be done before invoking an entity
No, you’re not going to relate to ancient deities one on one nor speak the language of the ancient Greeks etc. However, instead of researching as much as possible, Pop Culture Magic seems to present an easier path of using entities one is already casually familiar with.
The more you work with an entity the more it feeds back thus the more familiar you are with it.
Is time exposure to culture relevant? Are pop culture entities weaker than older Gods?
You can never reasonably know 100% about something… and if you do, you’re a fanatic and fanatacism corrupts the meaning of everything.
Taylor puts in-text citations in his books so you see where he did his research.
Pop Culture Magic is not a beginner-level topic. This is intended for those who already are experienced energy workers.
Humility before an entity with which you work… and Pop Culture Magic
How do pop culture entities come into being?
In creating pop culture entities, is energy being diluted or are we just adding new interfaces to existing archetypes?
Pop Culture Magic as a possible religion
Is Pop Culture Magic wreckless? Is it appropriate for the masses?
Is it that a practice expands to be used by unskilled individuals or that the energy of the practice is diluted
Is this a Pandora’s Box?
If it works, it will be discovered
No risk, no reward
Are the older modalities actually stagnant?
Acknowledge the past and its influence on your practice but also look towards the future with regards to magical practice
Everything should be explored
Is the lack of Pop Culture Magic practitioners due to how rediculous some find this practice?
Humans are so small in the overall scheme of things, what makes us think that we can develop new metaphysical techniques that are better than what’s been done for ages?
Developing one’s own metaphysical techniques shows a lack of humility?
Credits
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- Post-Produced By: Dave
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