Something that once had importance might be forgotten by most people but because millions of people once knew it, a force is present that can be harnessed. There might be so much significance attached to a song, for example, or a fact, that it cant die but only lies dormant, like a vampire in his coffin, waiting to be called forth from the grave once again. There is more magic in the fact that the first mass worldwide photo of the Church of Satan was taken by Joe Rosenthal the same man who took the most famous news photo in history the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. Theres real occult significance to that much more than in memorizing grimoires and witches alphabets. People ask me about what music to use in rituals what is the best occult music. Ive instructed people to go to the most uncrowded section of the music store and its a guarantee what youll find there will be occult music. Thats the power of long-lost trivia. I get irritated by people who turn up their noses and whine Why would anyone want to know that? Because once upon a time, everyone in America knew it. Suppose theres a repository of neglected energy, thats been generated and forgotten. Maybe its like a pressure cooker all this time, just waiting for someone to trigger its release. Here I am, it beckons, I have all this energy stored up just waiting for you all you have to do is unlock the door. Because of mans stupidity, hes neglected me to this state of somnambulism dreaming the ancient dreams even though I was once so important to him. Think about that. A song that was once on millions of lips now is only on your lips. Now what does that contain? Those vibrations of that particular tune, what do they evoke, call up? What do they unlock? The old gods lie dormant, waiting.

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