Just because a bunch of plebs think you're wrong doesn't make you wrong. Take a lesson from history. In Bitcoin, truth proceeds from consensus, but that's not how it works in the human domain. View quoted note →

Giordano Bruno was a polymath. Polymaths don't just dabble. Many dabblers call themselves polymaths but in truth they are multipotentialites. True polymaths can synthesize knowledge across domains and create something entirely new. Polymaths are people who go further than knowing a lot of things. They're weavers. View quoted note →

426 years ago today, February 17th, Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was 🔥burned at the stake🔥 at Campo de' Fiori, a central square in Rome. Bruno was an Italian philosopher, astronomer, and former Dominican friar known for his revolutionary cosmological theories, including the concept of an infinite universe and the possibility of other inhabited worlds. Bruno's genius was enabled by his robust memory and his mnemonic techniques. His scholastic excellence earned him audiences with many prominent figures including courtiers, a national ambassador, a national secretary of state, King Henry III of France, Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. He challenged Catholic and Aristotelian doctrines, advocating for pantheism and the Copernicus heliocentric model. Due to his radical beliefs and refusal to recant, he was tried for heresy by the Roman Inquisition. He was arrested in 1592 and was imprisoned for 7 years before his eventual execution. In the 19th century, Bruno's image was restored as an icon of free thought and a martyr for science. As Bitcoiners, we have cause to equate consensus with truth, and while that equation might hold true on the Bitcoin ledger, TRUTH DOES NOT PROCEED UPON CONSENSUS in the human domain. If that were the case, the Earth would have been flat 600 years ago, and then, when everyone decided that the Earth was spheroidal, all of a sudden the Earth would have become spheroidal. When we study the histories of various subjects, in particular science, we are studying the moments in time in which one person was right and everyone else was wrong. Oftentimes, these geniuses who were ahead of their time were treated very poorly by their masses of peers and only after they were dead did their work gain the appreciation it always deserved. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642): Defended the Copernican heliocentric system (Earth revolves around the Sun) against the geocentric model approved by the Church. He was tried for heresy, forced to recant, and spent his final years under house arrest. Eunice Foote (1819–1888): Demonstrated that carbon dioxide and water vapor trap heat, predicting the greenhouse effect and climate change in 1856, years before John Tyndall, but her work was largely ignored because she was a woman. Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906): Defended statistical mechanics and the existence of atoms at a time when many top physicists dismissed them. Alfred Wegener (1880–1930): Proposed the theory of continental drift (plate tectonics), which was laughed at by the scientific community for decades until it was validated long after his death. Georges Lemaître (1894–1966): Proposed what became known as the Big Bang Theory, which was initially dismissed by major scientists in favor of a "steady state" universe, but later confirmed. Ida Noddack (1896–1978): Predicted an element (masurium/technetium) and, most significantly, suggested in 1934 that bombarding heavy nuclei with neutrons could lead to "smaller nuclei," essentially predicting nuclear fission before it was proven, only to have her work ignored. Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865): Discovered that handwashing by doctors could drastically reduce fatal infection rates in maternity wards. He was ridiculed, dismissed, and eventually died in an insane asylum, but his "germ theory" was later vindicated. John Snow (1813–1858): Identified that cholera was spread through water, not "miasma" (bad air), which was rejected at the time. Gregor Mendel (1822–1884): Laid the groundwork for genetics through pea plant experiments, but his work was completely ignored during his lifetime, only being recognized 16 years after his death. Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929): Commented on the Treaty of Versailles ending WWI: "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years." He was correct, as WWII began exactly twenty years later. Nikola Tesla (1856–1943): Often treated as a "crazy" inventor compared to Edison, he predicted wireless technology, mobile phones, and the internet ("the world will be converted into a huge brain") in the early 1900s. Winston Churchill (1874–1965): Warned about the rise of Nazi Germany when most of the British government was pursuing appeasement. Alan Turing (1912–1954): Persecuted for his homosexuality in the 1950s and forced to undergo chemical castration, despite being a war hero who broke Nazi codes and founded computer science. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968): Fought against racism and for equality, frequently opposing the status quo of his time, and was assassinated for his beliefs. There are proverbial game changers active today who have inherited the burden of the Cassandra complex. Cassandra was a Trojan princess, sister of Hector and Parris, whose premonitions of the fall of Troy at the hands of Agamemnon, Achilles, and the Greek forces, went unheeded by her father. The frustration of being right when seemingly no one will listen to you is something that many Bitcoiners have experienced and understand. Many paradigm shifting thinkers suffer in life as a result of the closed-mindedness, prejudices, and ignorance of the masses. Despite this, they persist in their work knowing that TRUTH DOES NOT PROCEED UPON CONSENSUS and that society grows great when old people plant trees underneath whose shade they shall never sit. 🪶

The only holy war is between love and fear.

#asknostr In Dwellings of the Philosophers, Fulcanelli quotes Basil Valentine who said “I was born of Hermogenes. Hyperion chose me. Without Jamsuphle, I am forced to perish.” Hermogenes was a philosopher and friend of Socrates. Hyperion was a titan who fathered Helios(sun), Selene(moon), and Eos(dawn). Who is Jamsuphle? Search engines are striking out on Jamsuphle. All I am getting is Fulcanelli text when I search for Jamsuphle.

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Fulcanelli would have likely been a Bitcoiner because he would have passed the humility test. "So do not let what you think you know to distort your observations, because you would have to admit that it would have been better to have learned nothing than to have to unlearn everything....We know what it costs to trade diplomas, seals and scrolls against the philosopher's humble cloak....With a broken heart, ashamed of the mistakes of our young years, we had to burn books and notebooks, confess our ignorance and, like a modest neophyte, decipher another science on the benches of another school. And so, for those who have had the courage to forget everything, we take the trouble to study the symbol and strip it of the esoteric veil." -Fulcanelli, Dwellings of the Philosophers

For those on the positive path, that’s true. Activation of the heart chakra must occur before activation of the wisdom chakra for “the good guys”. For those on the negative path, the heart chakra is skipped over in pursuit of the wisdom chakra, hence the trope of the “evil genius”. View quoted note →

💘Happy Valentine's Day, NOSTRland dwellers!💘 Those of you who pay attention to my research probably already know that Valentine's Day has a lot of esoteric "Easter eggs" hidden within it. For those who are catching up on my research, here's a summary🧐: Valentine's Day is named after a 3rd century Christian martyr who was likely a Roman priest or the bishop of Temi, Italy. Saint Valentine's identity is so vague that the Catholic church, having so little concrete evidence, removed Valentine's Day from the General Roman Calendar in 1969. Despite this, it remains as the primary holiday celebrated by many people in February each year, Catholics included. While Valentine's Day is not named after him, there was also a (likely) German Hermetic alchemist from (likely) the 15th century who went by the pseudonym of Basil Valentine. Basil Valentine was a key figure in early alchemy and chemistry, having written treatises on both subjects. He is particularly well known for his work with antimony. In the present, Valentine's Day is largely associated with love, roses, Venus/Aphrodite, and her son Cupid/Eros. Venus/Aphrodite: Aphrodite is well known as having been the love goddess to the ancient Greeks. She also serves as a symbol of "the Divine Feminine" which has a dual meaning. Contrary to vulgar notions, "the Divine Feminine" does NOT refer to biological females who are "spiritual" or "awakened", rather, the Divine Feminine refers to two things. First, it refers to a set of divine characteristics (understanding, mercy, glory) that, at their core, relate to "receptivity" and are therefore classified as "feminine". Second, it refers to a component of the spirit body that, typically, is coiled up around the lowest energy center located near the pelvic floor commonly referred to as the "root chakra". This component of the spirit body, being coiled up like a serpent, is the reason that so many symbols from so many traditions depict the serpent with great reverence. Aphrodite's role as a symbol of the Divine Feminine is perhaps most prominent in two ways. First, Aphrodite is the same as Venus whose symbol, astrologically speaking, is the feminine symbol: ♀. Second, Aphrodite's name is part of a portmanteau with Hermes that is typically used to speak of intersex people: hermaphrodite. This term was originally meant to highlight the spiritually androgynous nature of an enlightened person with Hermes representing the Divine Masculine and Aphrodite representing the Divine Feminine. Roses and the Divine Feminine: Aphrodite is said, mythologically, to have been the reason that roses are red. She is said to have pricked her heel on a rose bush's thorn which caused her to bleed and it is that blood that landed on white roses that colored them red. While that's not likely a true story, it does offer a connection between one representative of the Divine Feminine, Aphrodite, and the rose. Isis, in Egypt, another representation of the Divine Feminine, is also associated with roses. The Sisterhood of the Rose was a lineage of priestesses associated with Egypt, the Essenes, and Magdalene traditions who honor the Divine Feminine through symbols like Isis and the rose. In China, the Divine Feminine is represented by Nu Gua, wife of Fu Xi. Also in China, there exists a rose bush known as the nuwa rose. Nu Gua and nuwa are but a minor morphological leap from one another, phonetically speaking. At the risk of being deemed lewd, I will also point out that the rose does resemble the definitive anatomical component of the female body. Furthermore, the word "defloration" exists for similar reasons. This relationship between roses and the Divine Feminine is also found in the Rosicrucian tradition where the "cruc", or cross, represents the Divine Masculine. In Greek esoteric symbolism, the letters Chi and Rho correspond alliteratively to cross and rose. Likewise, Chi and Rho correspond, respectively, with the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine. If one is willing to "play" with pronunciation and spelling variations, a number of major concepts from the Greek religion contain Chi and Rho such as the word "hero", Hera the goddess, Heracles the hero and demi-god, Chiron the chimeric instructor of Heracles, Jason, Achilles, and Aesclepius, Charon the ferryman of the river Styx, the Tarot cards known as "chariot" and "hierophant", the city of Cairo, hieroglyphics, the alchemical/chymical wedding spoken of by Jung, Christian Rosenkreutz, and others known as the hieros gamos, and, perhaps more pertinent to modern Valentine's Day traditions, Aphrodite's child, often called Cupid also known as Eros. Eros: Note that not only does Eros consist of a morphological/phonetic variation of Chi and Rho, Eros is, itself, an anagram of the word "rose". Just move the E from one end to the other. This is not the only set of Greek words that work like this. If you move the letter that looks like a serpent and sounds like a serpent, S, from one end of the word for serpent, ophis, to the other end, you get the word for wisdom: sophi. Neither of these are coincidences. Eros is known as the god of love who shoots arrows into the hearts of humans to make them fall in love. Eros is also one of the 8 Greek words for love. The Greeks have separate words for familial love(storge), the love between teammates and brothers in arms(philia), unconditional love(agape), self-love(philautia), flirtatious love(ludus), obsessive love(mania), and enduring love(pragma). Eros represents romantic love. Love: Many cultural, occult, religious, and esoteric wisdom traditions teach that we are to embody both the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine within ourselves. We are to be, spiritually speaking, hermaphroditic, in order to achieve enlightenment, salvation, to escape samsara, to "graduate" to heaven, etc. Humans have 4 of 7 chakras active: the lower 3 plus the crown which serves as a cumulative indicator of the activity of the lower 6. In order to achieve enlightenment, one must activate dormant chakras. For those on the positive path which is oriented towards service to others and is generally what people would refer to as "good", the first chakra to be activated is the heart chakra. This is done by learning the lesson of "universal, unconditional love". The negative path oriented heavily towards service to self generally referred to as "evil" will skip over the heart chakra in pursuit of the wisdom chakra and 3rd eye activations. When a positively polarized person has fully embodied both the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine traits, the Chi and the Rho, one has achieved enlightenment and, necessarily, has activated the heart chakra by embodying universal, unconditional love. This is why Eros, whose name consists, essentially, of Chi and Rho, is said to be the god of love. Astrological conspiracy😅: The last thing I have to share (in jest) is that the date of Valentine's Day is well known to be a Scorpio conspiracy to produce more Scorpios.😆 🪶

Join us tomorrow, approximately 24 hours from now (12 noon US east coast time), as we continue studying "The Law of One” which is a series of 106 conversations that occurred from 1981-1984 between a physics professor & the entity known as Ra who had previously tried to spread the Law of One in ancient Egypt with mixed results. Last week, we covered: - The logical fallacy known as “Circular Reasoning" a.k.a. "Begging the Question", - The first half (pages 117-120) of chapter 13 from “A Channeling Handbook”, - Session 83 of the Law of One, - Personal research updates from study group members along with discussion. This week we plan to cover: - The “part-to-whole" logical fallacy a.k.a. the "fallacy of composition and division", - The second half (pages 121-125) of chapter 13 from “A Channeling Handbook”, - Session 84 of the Law of One, - Personal research updates from study group members along with discussion. Link to join the "Flight Club" study group Clubhouse:

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Websites that have a maximum character limit for passwords that do not tell users during the password creation process what that maximum character limit for passwords is were not coded by considerate people. Unfortunately, this seems to be the norm.

In clown world, the red herring logical fallacy is often an effective way to get people to stop focusing on the subject of the conversation and instead focus on something else. View quoted note →

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