The King in Orange

The Magical and Occult Roots of Political Power

The King in Orange
John Michael Greer
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Paperback
h229 x 152mm - 208pg
24 Jun 2021 US
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9781644112588
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Explores the role of magic and the occult in the rise of the ultra-conservative right * Details the magical war that took place behind the scenes of the 2016 election * Examines in detail the failed magical actions of Trump' s opponents, with insights on political magic from Dion Fortune' s war letters * Reveals the influence of a number of occult forces from Julius Evola to chaos magick to show how the political and magical landscape of American society has permanently changed since the 2016 election Magic and politics seem like unlikely bedfellows, but in e King in Orange, author John Michael Greer goes beyond super cial memes and extreme partisanship to reveal the unmentionable realities that spawned the unexpected presidential victory of an elderly real-estate mogul turned reality-TV star and which continue to drive the deepening divide that is now the de ning characteristic of American society. Greer convincingly shows how two competing schools of magic were led to contend for the presidency in 2016 and details the magical war that took place behind the scenes of the campaign. rough the in uence of a number of occult forces, from Julius Evola to chaos magicians as well as the cult of positive thinking, Greer shows that the main contenders in this magical war were the status quo magical state--as de ned by the late scholar Ioan Couliano--which has repurposed the "manipulative magic" techniques of the Renaissance magi into the subliminal techniques of modern advertising, and an older, deeper, and less reasonable form of magic--the "magic of the excluded"--which was employed by chaos magicians and alt-right internet wizards, whose desires coalesced in the form of a frog avatar that led the assault against the world we knew. Examining in detail the magical actions of Trump' s opponents, with insights on political magic from occultist Dion Fortune' s war letters, the author discusses how the magic of the privileged has functioned to keep the comfortable classes from being able to respond e ectively to the populist challenge and how and why the "Magic Resistance," which tried to turn magic against Trump, has failed. Showing how the political and magical landscape of American society has permanently changed since the 2016 election cycle, Greer reveals that understanding the coming of the King in Orange will be a crucial step in making sense of the world for a long time to come.
"Against a humorous and informed survey of the American political landscape, Greer analyzes the 2016 U. S. presidential election through the lens of magic. Taking his cue from Ioan P. Couliano' s masterpiece Eros and Magic in the Renaissance, Greer shows the power of symbols in forming popular opinion and political action and with it the competing and combating views of magic of the two principal parties: the magic of the privileged versus pragmatic positivism and where they meet in the Faustian dream of perpetual progress. An essential book for anyone seeking to understand the direction in which ' cancel culture,' the industrial world, and its formerly liberal democracies are heading. " * Mark Stavish, author of Egregores * "John Michael Greer is one of the true original minds on the scene in these rather dire days of the wobbling American experiment. His books hack through the precooked ideology of our so-called thinking classes to present always-fresh connections between events on the ground and the deep mysteries of our being here in the first place, especially the issues of good and evil, which so befog us today. " * James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency *
John Michael Greeris a highly respected writer, blogger, and independent scholar who has written more than 70 books, including The Long Descent, Circles of Power, and the award-winning New Encyclopedia of the Occult. An initiate in a variety of Hermetic, Masonic, and Druidic lineages, he served for twelve years as Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America. He lives in Rhode Island.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781644112588
Published: 24 Jun 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 345g
Pages: 208

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