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Greetings! Continuing in the theme of my vampire post a few weeks back, I’m going to bring you some Western Esotericism today.

Magical occultism that was highly popular during the early nineteenth century and the driving force behind the magical rules system in the world of The Seventh Age. 

Don’t worry. I’m only going to give you 3 fun facts about it. 

  1. L.W. Delaurence (1868-1938) was one of the great tricksters who preyed on the rich. Conning publishing houses into printing books with his name listed as the author and selling door to door pamphlets on hypnotism. Curiously, he founded a Chicago occult society called "The Order of the Black Rose" which worshiped a cigar store Indian.  This allowed him to smuggle in occult supplies for US shipping from Jamaica. Without tax evasion, many hoodoo and other poor occult sects would of died off. 
  2. If you want a masters degree in Hermetisicm, regarded as one of the highest arcane spell casting and sorceries in the world, you need only go to the University of Amsterdamn. As of 2008 they offer official programs.
  3. Occultism and the rich have always had a love affair. Their parties and association with Freemasons, The Order of the Golden Dawn, and other bodies continue to this day. But one of the most infamous is the 1972 Rothschild Party. I’ve attached some pictures for you. 

Illuminati Ball 1

Illuminati Ball 2

Illuminati Ball 3.... this is the table setting!?

Inspiration for The Seventh Age is taken heavily from these occult societies and their oddities in the shadows. A future update will focus on the other side of the fence: The anarchists. 


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    Greetings Jackolytes,

    No Sync! Surely not! I turned on the TV at an Airbnb place in Toronto and was greeted with this screen. 

     

    But fear not! Sync City and Jack are deep in production and will be coming to you in the not too distant future. Sync City is more than set to ride (and still available for pre-order!).

    In the meantime Destiny Imperfect continues to battle for a top three position (now sitting fifth) in the Inkshares/Nerdist contest. Some of you have already branched out and pre-ordered this project. Thank you so much! It would be absolutely awesome if more of you could go and check out chapter one of Destiny Imperfect and pre-order. If the project doesn’t finish in the top three, it’ll be pulled and you get your money back.

    I’d love this project to succeed but, to put it simply, without your help, it won’t. Be wild. If you want to take Destiny into your own hands, pre-order here.

    Cheers,

    Peter

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      Lore Update!

      Here we take a sneak peak under the hood of The Diamelen and learn the basics of superluminal drive technologyin Tantalus Depths.

      Also, Tantalus Depths has just passed 400 pre-orders! Thank you all so much for the continued support, this is really moving thanks to your tremendous help. Keep it up, and keep spreading the word!

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        Wow.I know this isn't the most intelligent way to write a review, but.........Wow.I cannot WAIT for MORE of THIS one!
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          Wow.I know this isn't the most intelligent way to write a review, but.........Wow.I cannot WAIT for MORE of THIS one!
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            Things are starting to stabilize around here, so updates will be more frequent.

            We’ve been getting a lot of requests to buy pre-orders of your books, and while I, for one, would love to do that, I can’t really.  I hope this doesn’t sound mean or anything.

            I can order one every couple of weeks, but right now, MK and I need help too.  We haven’t started the pre-order process yet, but once we get finished with this draft, then have made headway on the second, we’re going to need more push in the way of recommendations, reviews and critiques, 

            So for now, I plan on getting pre-orders for everyone who has helped us so far, but like I said, I can get one every couple of weeks.  If MK is inclined, maybe she can get a second.  We can also return the favor in regards to reviews, critiques and what not.  I will be starting not this coming week, but next with doing pre-orders.  


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              Friends, followers, Inksharians! Send me your pre-orders!

              The good news is Destiny Imperfect now has 106 individual readers – which is fantastic! We also have 150 followers! This means we are still very much in the hunt for a top three position (currently fifth). It also means that if you have yet to jump on board, now would be an awesome time to do so (there are only two weeks left in the contest!).

              Destiny Imperfect is very much a crowd driven project, and I already have had some fantastic feedback from people who have read the first chapter. But without a crowd of pre-orders behind the project it will, unfortunately, not get funded. The bottom line is, Destiny needs to achieve a top three position to make this project viable. If we don’t achieve a top three position, then the project finishes and you receive your money back.

              If you have yet to pre-order, it’d be great if you could do so and bring this project to life. If you have already pre-ordered, recommending it to someone close would be brilliant! The greater the support, the more likely we are to succeed. Take a chance on Destiny  and pre-order today!

              Cheers,

              Peter

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