Re: egregores
What concerns me is that there are implications here about this egregores. First, there was mention of how this egregores influence more rational people. Second, it feared magical thinking. And so, of all in this forum who fits the bill here? This is disturbing and I kind of perceive it as a witch hunt, when, there are differences of opinion and personal history between yourselves and those who talk about magical thinking and such. I don't see how such negative influence could have occured recently when this community has had its challenging moments such as the Meat thread and threads about the abrupt/gradual harvest. So I would like to ask those who sense this egregores if you are implying a specific person and/or persons who have been influenced by egregores. The past post shows this very vague/ambivalent switch from implication of a person or persons, as well as it being not a person. There is some issue and emotional charge re: magical thinking and this is based on observation of past communication over the idea of magical thinking.
If you'd like me to give to quotes from within this particular thread I will be happy to do so.
I'd like to add that I am not looking for specific names here, only to clarify your position so there is understanding. Do you guys feel like the egregore is influencing rational people, or rational people contribute to the egregore, or that the egregore feeds off the tension created when magical thinking is invoked in a manner that might be used to dismiss peoples opinions?
What concerns me is that there are implications here about this egregores. First, there was mention of how this egregores influence more rational people. Second, it feared magical thinking. And so, of all in this forum who fits the bill here? This is disturbing and I kind of perceive it as a witch hunt, when, there are differences of opinion and personal history between yourselves and those who talk about magical thinking and such. I don't see how such negative influence could have occured recently when this community has had its challenging moments such as the Meat thread and threads about the abrupt/gradual harvest. So I would like to ask those who sense this egregores if you are implying a specific person and/or persons who have been influenced by egregores. The past post shows this very vague/ambivalent switch from implication of a person or persons, as well as it being not a person. There is some issue and emotional charge re: magical thinking and this is based on observation of past communication over the idea of magical thinking.
If you'd like me to give to quotes from within this particular thread I will be happy to do so.
I'd like to add that I am not looking for specific names here, only to clarify your position so there is understanding. Do you guys feel like the egregore is influencing rational people, or rational people contribute to the egregore, or that the egregore feeds off the tension created when magical thinking is invoked in a manner that might be used to dismiss peoples opinions?