Maybe Jim Acosta's bit would've gone over better if the presentation was more like when Conan O'Brien would have a celebrity guest on for an interview, and the "celebrity" would *obviously* be a still frame with a blue-screened mouth, and some asshat writer doing an impression of them with just their mouth animating where the mouth was.
In 1989 the USSR aired a TV special that all Soviet citizens were encouraged to watch that had a spirit medium named Anatoly Kashpirovsky that (they hoped) would psychically heal the population into being “better citizens” as the empire crumbled around them
Rev. Daniel Reehil, an Exorcist priest, has said he knows priests who receive anonymous text messages with Arcane knowledge. Things a stranger cannot possibly know or discussing the priest's schedule and interactions, intimate details. The number when called does not exist. The web is certainly a portal that can be used by evil forces. Opening portals to the occult is a very bad idea. Bad things happen and evil attaches itself to people and things.
OMG Catherine that was a spectacularly well written article it’s amazing how fragile some people truly are. I could never imagine creating an AI grandpa even though I miss that man every day of my life because it’s not really him amazing job on the peace I restocked it and liked it
Not sure if this counts as techno mysticism but does anyone else remember the “like for Jesus ignore for Satan” images that dominated Facebook in the early 2010s
Communicating with the dead might even be our oldest religious impulse. Perhaps it’s less an anomaly and more a way for us to track where religious attention is gathering at any given moment.
I think of how in 1 Samuel, King Saul is floundering and he turns not to the living priests of a God who calls Himself “the living God,” but to a medium so he can speak to the dead prophet Samuel. The Bible itself (a very pro-God book!) acknowledges our most natural impulse is to talk to the dead for answers to what we need before we talk to God
Yes, absolutely. The fact that the prohibition against necromancy exists, in those texts, is a clear sign that it’s a powerful tendency that the biblical authors were compelled to push back against.
This one spooked me...
Maybe Jim Acosta's bit would've gone over better if the presentation was more like when Conan O'Brien would have a celebrity guest on for an interview, and the "celebrity" would *obviously* be a still frame with a blue-screened mouth, and some asshat writer doing an impression of them with just their mouth animating where the mouth was.
LMAO
In 1989 the USSR aired a TV special that all Soviet citizens were encouraged to watch that had a spirit medium named Anatoly Kashpirovsky that (they hoped) would psychically heal the population into being “better citizens” as the empire crumbled around them
I think the USSR at that point was throwing everything against the wall to see what might stick.
Incredible story
The deepfake child stuff is reminding me of the Spielberg movie "A.I.".
It reminds me of Marjorie prime
ChatGPT and I agree, Katherine Dee.
Hey! Always nice to see you around here, E. Jean!!!
Now we apparently have AI Ouija boards.
You know I've always been too scared to use a ouija board? I do sleep with my spirit box on though.
Never used a Ouija board myself.
Rev. Daniel Reehil, an Exorcist priest, has said he knows priests who receive anonymous text messages with Arcane knowledge. Things a stranger cannot possibly know or discussing the priest's schedule and interactions, intimate details. The number when called does not exist. The web is certainly a portal that can be used by evil forces. Opening portals to the occult is a very bad idea. Bad things happen and evil attaches itself to people and things.
That's extremely interesting, can you share details of this with me?
He talks about demons texting priests in his Shawn Ryan interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0svd0YPi-9I
This transcription should save you some time https://podcasts.happyscribe.com/shawn-ryan-show/141-father-dan-reehil-inside-the-demonic-world-with-an-exorcist
OMG Catherine that was a spectacularly well written article it’s amazing how fragile some people truly are. I could never imagine creating an AI grandpa even though I miss that man every day of my life because it’s not really him amazing job on the peace I restocked it and liked it
Thank you so much Nathan!!!
Not sure if this counts as techno mysticism but does anyone else remember the “like for Jesus ignore for Satan” images that dominated Facebook in the early 2010s
seems related, totally forgot about those. it's a digital form of prayer
Just like certain emails were digital chain letters, these FB posts were social media chain letters.
Communicating with the dead might even be our oldest religious impulse. Perhaps it’s less an anomaly and more a way for us to track where religious attention is gathering at any given moment.
I think of how in 1 Samuel, King Saul is floundering and he turns not to the living priests of a God who calls Himself “the living God,” but to a medium so he can speak to the dead prophet Samuel. The Bible itself (a very pro-God book!) acknowledges our most natural impulse is to talk to the dead for answers to what we need before we talk to God
Yes, absolutely. The fact that the prohibition against necromancy exists, in those texts, is a clear sign that it’s a powerful tendency that the biblical authors were compelled to push back against.
very good point. also, love your blog title- definitely gonna check it out
Thanks! I discovered your Substack not long ago, but I’m a big fan. Have especially enjoyed this kind of stuff!