[UA] (OT) Quotes

[Nick Wedig]

>ObUA: Theosophy is something that a gaslight UA would need to develop. It 
>seems to have promise. Some of Blavatsy's claims remind me of those 
>perpetuated by the Sleepers - perhaps she was trying a similar trick to the 
>"Atlantean Cliomancers."

Or the other way around.  The founder of Cliomancy (Dougan Forsythe? I forget) may have looked at occultism when he started the school and said "These guys (Theosophists) seem to go around telling crazy ass stories.  Normal people then dismiss them as loonies, and occult minded folk think it's true.  If I did the same with my school, then occult weirdos will be fooled by the bullshit, and normal folks would dismiss the whole school without delving deeper.  Instant secrecy, reputation of huge magickal power, and the Tiger stays asleep."  Sounds like a good deal to someone trying to create the Sleepers.

Rereading the writeup of the Sleepers in the main book, I began imagining them employing some PR men and media workers (newspaper editors and the like) to stop mentions of the occult, as well as their occult hit squads.  It's not really mentioned in HH as I recall, but could be effective.

Mr. Teapot
sleeping tiger

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>However, Blavatsky didn't have Cliomancy, so she must have been up to 
>something slightly different. Perhaps instead of trying to keep the tiger 
>asleep as the Sleepers now do, she was trying to tame it?
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>The Theosophists may have had a magickal school with effects that allowed 
>them to safely talk about their powers in public. By adding in layers of 
>ridiculous metaphor and unbelievable stories (and spending some charges), 
>anybody who would be unfriendly to the Theosophists would consider them to 
>be talking a lot of old rot, while those who might want to support them 
>would see through the lies to the real mystic truth.
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>Alternatively, the Theosophists may simply have been extraordinarily 
>clueless.
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>Cheers,
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>James O’Rance
>“Divine being creates petting zoo. It gets out of hand.”
>- The Bible (summarised by John W. Mangrum)
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