Look around. You don’t need me to read the headlines to you. Hell, you’ve seen the videos.
Violence. Death. Anarchy.
All normal now, which is wild.
When everything has gone to shit. I sometimes think to myself if books are really still worth reading or writing.
They are.
I mean we get stuck doomscrolling, thumb twitching and whatever else while our anxiety grows in a world that just seems to be getting worse every day.
I’ve spent the day reading The Philosophy of Natural Magic by Henry Cornelius Agrippa
It’s free on the site, which is awesome.
I like to dip my toes into mysticism/occult stuff when the mood strikes and remembered this gem was in my bookmarks from years ago.
The great thing about this book is it doesn’t lie to you with shiny false hope.
It doesn’t pat you on the head like a golden retriever.
It’s a polite slap to the face while giving you something else to think about.
I’ll give it a few more days before I jump back onto the socials.
Stephen Walker.