tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789692080309227384.post7203182136987528859..comments2024-03-25T18:01:16.983-04:00Comments on Crossroads of Sorcery: A Coke and a SmileUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789692080309227384.post-13434301248507155872013-10-15T21:57:24.874-04:002013-10-15T21:57:24.874-04:00I did not know that about the word. Certainly puts...I did not know that about the word. Certainly puts it into an interesting perspective. Brother Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824587310869689071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789692080309227384.post-75931128657375820292013-10-15T17:54:12.461-04:002013-10-15T17:54:12.461-04:00The word superstition comes from a Latin root word...The word superstition comes from a Latin root word "superstite" meaning what survives. It refers to knowledge that have remained in popular memory and which has lost its reason for being. For example, the act of passing under a ladder is considered bad luck, but do not know why, and this makes one think it's silly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789692080309227384.post-12054970960303581952013-10-02T18:42:43.647-04:002013-10-02T18:42:43.647-04:00It took me a while to compose this post, because I...It took me a while to compose this post, because I too had to hold back a considerable amount of snark. There was also a whole different element to his post that I opted just not to address.Brother Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824587310869689071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789692080309227384.post-63980341263847659532013-10-01T12:49:57.844-04:002013-10-01T12:49:57.844-04:00There were a number of snarky things i was going t...There were a number of snarky things i was going to say about the blog post you linked. However you managed to not reduce yourself. So I will as well. I would however advise Moloch to examine the history of the Arcane and Esoteric arts which he seems to suggest he practices, he will discover Hoodoo is likely much older, and requires every bit as much skill. <br />Not to mention what he is doing is essentially discounting the practices handed down in all cultures everywhere by oral tradition... not a very intelligent to dismiss, at least according to anyone of even the most remote scholarly merit.<br />-FallsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com