†"The Black Box"†: Spagyric

Break contact.

Disengage.

Evade and escape.

See another day.

Posture, submit.

Fight, or flight.

Orient yourself and decide.

With all the wisdom of the Ancients,

you live a meager lifetime.

Studying the Perennial Tradition and finding much of it surprisingly familiar.

Feeling as though you have been here before.

At other times, like it was too coincidental to be submitted as fiction.

Write it down before it washes away. Leave a trail. Leave no trace.

It doesn't matter, we all forge a way.

Anarchist or Anarch? Keep looking into the terms and discover their details.

Then there you are, lost in the details.

I still need to Read Eumeswil. I really enjoy reading Benjamin Tucker's Individual Liberty, but this quote from Eumeswil gives some of my perspective:

One error of the anarchists is their belief that human nature is intrinsically good. They thereby castrate society, just as the theologians ("God is goodness") castrate the Good Lord.”
― Ernst Jünger, Eumeswil

I felt that way when I read certain passages from Individual Liberty today. Ernst Junger wrote another book, a biographical, on the First World War. From his perspective. Intense and well written. Storm of Steel.

Truth be told, there will be something that stabilizes in the situation. I have seen what that looks like. It can happen anywhere. So how does one operate? One must strive for sufficiency. Notice the lack of self in that term. It becomes inter-dependent. Like a rogue toenail sporting fungus society provides for the outsiders. Temporary Autonomous Zones popping up here and there.

When reading Individual Liberty or Might is Right, there is a sense of conviction that carries the message along. Like the avenues of approach had all been checked. Then you have this compelling argument, if only you were clever enough to deduce it in less then three hundred pages, then this misunderstanding would be all cleared up. But alas, it escapes you and you keep reinforcing this point of view until it is rehearsed and becomes part of your diatribe.

Until someone wrecks your face and convinces you there is no one coming from your elitest group. Welcome to the pecking order. Unless you are among pirates that have taken on oaths of solidarity. There is an excellent book we have that I have not yet read on Pirates and their managment. The Invisible Hook.

I was discussing with a friend about how organizations that utilize Robert's Rules of Order often devolve into a minority that understands and has memorized the rules and a majority that simply allows them to lead. I witnessed this in Alcoholics Anonymous. I held service positions and started attending the business meetings and representing my group at conferences. Appointed attendees would vote for their groups and be trusted to do so without supervision. A great deal of groups chose not to care or discuss the conference agenda.

For years I wondered what the maximum number of people would be to function efficiently and problem solve well. My friend had told me that it was around 250 people. It brings to mind mob mentality or mob rule. An intimidating proposition if you are on the wrong side. It's roughly the size of a Squandron for me. I can understand and recognize relationships with this number of people. Even then it is above the number of my community. I feel better that way. In this era of collecting "friends" on facebook it would seem strange to some to reduce the number of people in your circle. It is about establishing a solid Ego and not letting sentimentality take away the real meaning of having people in our lives. They shape us and we should be ever grateful. We should let them serve their important purpose and hold them in high esteem.

Hanging on to some relationships is like tying a rope between to parties and letting them try to take their own differing ways. Eventually one looks at the other as a burden and this esteem is lost. No need to do that, take the moments and hold onto them and move forward. Perhaps your paths will cross again further on but it is not necessary. The same can go for lovers. Unless it is merely a handshake for you.