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Etheric Warriors
I just wanted to followup with this conversation thread that I’ve been watching over at Rigorous Intuition. In response to an anonymous poster’s call to “find the Jedi,” another reader decided to promote a website called “Etheric Warriors” whose tagline is “A grassroots movement fighting tyranny with orgonite devices.”
This person wrote of their efforts:
Yes, there are Jedi. We call ourselves “etheric warriors”, and train together in chat rooms to psychically battle identified targets with increasing success. The method is referred to interchangeably as either “blasting” or “boosting”, and can be done alone or in a group, locally or remotely to your target, and gets more effective with practice. We even have our own light sabers, called the “PowerWand”, which anybody can make with a little electronics background (or buy otherwise).
But if you’re unfamiliar with orgonite (e.g., the emissary of The Force, Luke…), you should probably start your journey of discovery there, and work towards joining a chat-boosting cell or at least learning on your own (it does get easier in groups).
They go on to talk about dolphins and sylphs and plant devas, etc. I hesitate to really criticize these guys too heavily, because for all I know, maybe they’re the real deal. Maybe they’re really out there on the front lines kicking at the darkness. If so, good for them. Whether or not they are though, this comment (and some others here on my site) opens a series of inter-connected questions which I think are worth exploring. Namely: for those who really want to go out there and “do good” and “make a difference,” what are the best ways to do so?
While I think the internet is an excellent tool for bringing people together, and for inspiring communication and imagination, a big part of me rebels at the idea that we can change the world by sitting in chat rooms, stroking and blasting our orgonite “wands.” It all sounds very etherically titillating, but there must be things we can do instead - practical things, tangible things, here in the real world.
In my own experience, these aren’t crazy occult things, and they don’t require any arcane machinery. All that’s required is that you get together with other people. Simple as that. Jesus says in Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” If the notion of Jesus offends your secular-atheistic tendencies, replace it with your own image of positivity and communion. I’m beginning to suspect that all that’s required is for two or three of us to gather together in “his” name (whatever you decide that to be). Then grow to include two or three more, and more from there, until you’ve created this huge mass of people rolling together as one across the countryside like in that game Katamari Damacy (play an online Flash-based version here).
What techniques have you found for yourself that work? What are your practical methods for cultivating good in the world?
February 20th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
I’m skeptical of orgone because I haven’t found any orgone user who can explain why an orgone box with a stirling engine sitting on top couldn’t be used for free electricity.
Nonetheless, orgone is downright mundane compared to some things I’ve seen, (things that you can’t see while remaining your “self”) so who knows.
It certainly is an interesting facet of the counterculture!
February 21st, 2006 at 1:55 am
I have an even more interesting and profound word to describe these “Etheric Warriors.” How about losers? And not even with a capital L. Case closed
We call ourselves “etheric warriors”, and train together in chat rooms to psychically battle identified targets with increasing success.
Riiiight, and all of a sudden I’m developing a new admiration for trolls… http://communitiesonline.homestead.com/dealingwithtrolls.html
February 21st, 2006 at 11:02 am
I don’t know, in a geeky way, its kinda cool. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I have strong reservations about any enterprise where they sell their “PowerWand” for over $200. But you have to admit, if you are looking for some project that combines spiritual ideas and values, kinship among similar-minded people, and something more proactive than just singing hymns and collecting cans of food for the poor, then its not a bad way to go. It has that spark of individuality that is usually missed by more grandiose world-bettering activities. In being an “Etheric Warrior”, you get a feeling of personal mission, not “member of a faith” mission. (If that makes sense.) I can easily see the ideas behind it developing to the point where you’ll start to have ranks and geographical areas assigned. An etherical version of the Salvation Army. I don’t know if there is enough interest to take it that far, but its there in embryo. I can also see it develop to the point where you’ll have to buy PowerWands directly from some authorized dealer in order to preserve “quality”. Handbooks written, oaths to be taken, fear of inflitration of the Order by Deadly Orgonite users. At which point, it perhaps won’t be as cool anymore.
But in anticipation of that possible future, let me assure them that I for one welcome our new Etherical Warrior Overlords.
February 21st, 2006 at 11:52 am
I get what you’re saying, but I’m not sure I agree that their efforts are more valuable than giving food to the poor!
February 21st, 2006 at 12:59 pm
i think you’re right on target about the getting together stuff. i’m still convinced, and always will be, that the best way to do good in the world is by being nice and showing compassion to those who surround you: your friends, family, neighbors and coworkers, etc. to me, it’s knowing yourself, trying to be good yourself, before you can really successfully do good in the world at large. if you want to do good, try to create a ripple effect. oh, and try not to advertise so much . . . .
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:45 am
I have what could probably be described as a biased dislike for “magickal guardian” types. My experiences of them are rather negative. However, I don’t want to categorically dismiss anyone who may actually be trying to make the world a better place.
The money thing does bug me though. Not because I don’t think people should get paid for the services they provide (even if they are esoteric in nature) but because the cost seems just *slightly* out of control to me. Yikes.