I can't quote chapter & verse here, but in other tales Uncle Howie speaks of the unspeakable horror of things covered in slime, giant rugose cones, etc. showing he had a horror of sex.
He lived in poor neighborhoods of mixed ethnicity. My experience of such neighborhoods has shown me crime, poor education, and negative superstitions. I feel these sterotypes arise from class repression, but Uncle Howie probably never considered the horrors of capitalism run amok.
Both Lovecraft and Grant share a dread and horror of the things they writ about. Tanith, my once superior in the Typhonian OTO, pointed out that one can get energized enough to get out-of-body thru fear and revulsion, or thru love and acceptance. Is one adrenergic? Or Cholinergic?
I can ignore the sexual fears, fear of all who are not prim proper Victorians White folks, and fear of entities I meet. I can ignore the hang-ups of occult authors. I can simply use their writings to connect.
When it comes down to it, I never met a non-corporeal entity whom I feared would do me harm.
While is is very very useful to realize when an author is sexist, a prude, a racist, or any other kind of fearful purist, I also find I need to transcend my political correctness in order to enjoy the works of those I do not always agree with.
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Date: 2009-08-31 09:18 pm (UTC)He lived in poor neighborhoods of mixed ethnicity. My experience of such neighborhoods has shown me crime, poor education, and negative superstitions. I feel these sterotypes arise from class repression, but Uncle Howie probably never considered the horrors of capitalism run amok.
Both Lovecraft and Grant share a dread and horror of the things they writ about. Tanith, my once superior in the Typhonian OTO, pointed out that one can get energized enough to get out-of-body thru fear and revulsion, or thru love and acceptance. Is one adrenergic? Or Cholinergic?
I can ignore the sexual fears, fear of all who are not prim proper Victorians White folks, and fear of entities I meet. I can ignore the hang-ups of occult authors. I can simply use their writings to connect.
When it comes down to it, I never met a non-corporeal entity whom I feared would do me harm.
While is is very very useful to realize when an author is sexist, a prude, a racist, or any other kind of fearful purist, I also find I need to transcend my political correctness in order to enjoy the works of those I do not always agree with.