Wisdom & Odin’s Eye: On Knowledge, Magic, Runes, Spells and Intellect —IN The Real World
Doing this Process cycle Over and Over: Read, Meditate, Write, Speak; You will gain Intellect and Charisma no matter if You are a beginner or an expert, a novice or a master, of 105 or 160 IQ Points.
Wisdom & Odin’s Eye: On Knowledge, Magic, Runes, Spells and Intellect —IN The Real World
Most famously in the Video Game Franchises ‘Skyrim’ and ‘Fallout’ representing respectively the Ancient and the Modern Images of Man—there are, as with many hundreds of other games, skill trees, spells and abilities are unlocked with experience.
The Video Game World Mirrors the Real World and represents to the player the richness of experiential phenomenology, that is the ‘feeling’ of being immersed in an archetypal environs.
I will begin by discussing the Modern Image and Real Life Presence of Wisdom, Knowledge, and Intellect before moving to the Ancient Religious Metaphysic and Mythology which speaks to spells and magic existing in Reality.
To Start, ‘Fallout’ allows players to specialize in ‘Intellect’ and ‘Charisma,’ I have found that these faithfully mirror the two traits which deliver promises of success in the Real World.
How do You come about Intellect and Charisma in the real world—as with the skill tree in game it is about ‘investiture of time and effort;’ and I have found that Somebody is Interesting in direct proportion to how often They feed Their mind, Gridst for the Mill, that is, how often They Read.
The harder and longer the texts they put under Their belt the more interesting They become. Not necessarily how often they speak or talk Your Ear Off. I have been in the company of casual social drunkards Who will spin on and on and don’t spare a moment to hear Your side of the conversation, what genuine insights They are careless to gain.
So part of being interesting with all of Your reading is ‘having a mind to listen’ and apply Your learning to the most critical phases of an interacting conversation. Listen, wait, pause and apply only the most critical insights that are pertinent to advancing the conversation. Often when I am on a Zoom Call I will think of things to say as the other person talks but then Not Say 90% of what I thought and really abandon 2 out of 3 trains of thought if they are no longer adaptive to what the other person is saying. Stay interesting in this way,
There is also a ‘quality’ of What You read—Someone Who sifts through Twitter or Facebook or Buzzfeed, even the New York Times, is often reading the half-baked and state-sponsored opinions of Young neophytes—the state of journalism is to ride on the opinions of Young 20-year-olds who have no life experience and aren’t particularly sharp in other respects, parroting the opinions they believe will get them ahead and not cancelled—never in lock step with the Truth.
To Be Charismatic and Have Intellect—First You Read, Meditate on what You are Reading and Thinking in Your Own Thoughts Then You Write and Speak. I have never felt the power of My Own Thoughts in Enterprise more than when I deliver them in writing and then step out to give an Impromptu Speech—where the quality of the speech is to first deliberate through the Thoughts slowly before handing it over to the ‘Top’ of My Head and having an almost improvisational and authentic bit of verbal remarks; establish the points clearly in writing in all mental clarity but then speak from the Heart and Soul unscripted.
For this for My Notes I usually jot out a Thesis and Five supporting points; and it’s important that they are ‘jotted’ out in as economical and simple yet specific words as possible.
By Doing this Process cycle Over and Over: Read, Meditate, Write, Speak; You will gain Intellect and Charisma no matter if You are a beginner or an expert, a novice or a master, of 105 IQ Points or 160 IQ Points. The process and cycle is the same for everyone—even Jordan Peterson and Chris Langan and every President [the Roosevelts, Kennedy and Reagan come to mind] and Corporate Leaders. Shirking this process and cycle will simply result in not progressing onward and upward.
Sticking with the Formula: Read, Meditate, Write, Speak. Will enable You to take charge and adapt with the constantly altering landscape.
Getting back to My Favourite example Steve Bannon an Ultimate Intellect where intelligence is defined as By Langan as ‘Problem Solving’—after having been a Goldman Sachs Action Man (defending client firms against hostile takeovers) and being at the forefront of valuation of Hollywood firms, then getting into film before Managing Breitbart News Media; to top it all off being Trump’s Campaign Manager in the critical later stages of that winning bid on the White House. With, Through, and During all of This Bannon has even stated that His Reading has separated Him from the Pack and delivered Him into His various leadership roles. Mostly History and Some Philosophy as far as I know.
So even a Finance Man, Working Intensely for Goldman Sachs, a Harvard MBA Reads Arts, Humanities and Histories to Get Ahead. A Telltale sign that the practice of Reading bears ample fruit for any God-anointed Person.
Now to get into the Ancient and Mythological Stances.
In the Video Game ‘Skyrim’ the player character has Skill trees and a collection of ‘Spells’ to unleash into magical abilities against enemies.
What is Striking is that Ancient Mythology is replete with the corollary to what I am seeing Here.
Odin is depicted as having Sacrificed His Right Eye for Knowledge. What Knowledge was this? It was the Knowledge of Ancient and Mysterious Runes that Others Could Not Read. And so Odin was known in Norse Mythology as a Wise Old Man that could speak magically, convincing even His enemies to assent to His Will and the Power of His Ideas. He gained these Words by Reading Mysterious Runes.
Marduk in Ancient Mesopotamian Mythology was Known to cast spells with His Spoken Words.
And Christ is Know to be the ‘Alpha and the Omega’ the first and last letters of the Greek Alphabet.
What does this study of ancient Religious Metaphysic and Mythology Teach Us.
That there is such a Thing as Magic and Spells and Runes.
What is the analog to what We see in the Real World?
The Magic and Spells come from written text, the ability to read and write and speak is a divine and mystical ability.
Often I do not even know where My Own thoughts and written words and ideas come from. But they are spurred mainly by Meditation. And then chief among the practices is the work of Reading.
What do the Runes of Skyrim look like in Real Life?: It may be the partial sentence of some line out of Aristotle’s ‘Metaphysics’ or Plato’s ‘Republic’ or ‘Parmenides.’ From these particular sentences that stick out in memory and experience, tripping inside Your Head—Ideas or Forms or Words which glimmer in Your Minds Eye and which You come to know as a Substantial Metaphysical Truth or Artifact; as they click together in Your imagination as with pieces of a Jigsaw puzzle. In this moment You have Read the Runes and Unlocked a New Spell so to speak. And Even Modern Philosophers have Ideas and Words to teach New Age Events as with Heidegger’s ‘Dasein’ and ‘Unveiling’ in ‘Being and Time’ or ‘The Question Concerning Technology’
It’s not appropriate for a Christian to Speak of Magic as all Magic is presumed to be Dark Magic. And yet this is exactly a word that comes to mind to express the idea that Learning is something not just physical but Spiritual and Metaphysical. And even in Understanding the CTMU You are Understanding/Learning the Meta-Language of which the very Universe is composed and equal to in mathematical expression.
Metaphysics, Ethics, Logic, Magic, Knowledge, Spells: all words given to a Worldview which is One of Wisdom and Learning—both of which are present in the Great Men of Faith.
So perhaps with this treatise having been amenable to Your Mind, the Philosopher Kings will Yet have their Day as when the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth.
In the Name of God, Amen. - Greg W.