The Ants, Man

 Ants have been mentioned on the Covid Open Post a few times lately, in that people are dreaming about or encountering them in various "astral" contexts. A few times, I've had some synchronicities arise that align with comments made by others on the board. In this case, I read the comments and then had my own scrying session that centered around ants (specifically, being devoured by them after being staked to an anthill).

Oddly enough, this isn't the first time the "being devoured by ants" phenomenon has happened in my scrying sessions. Lately, they've been devoted to the Path of Shin in the framework of the magical cabala. Consumption of forms and transformation seems to be a theme on this path, at least for me (shin means tooth in Hebrew). This is something I encountered on previous workings of the same path a year or two ago (I may dig out my old scrying log and see if I can nail down when my initial "devoured by ants" vision occurred in case it is somehow relevant).

Another reason it may have popped up recently, for me anyway, is the release of a new Ant-Man film. I don't follow the MCU anymore and haven't since Infinity War (I know it's very perverse to watch all the way up to Infinity War and then skip Endgame, but what can I say, I skipped the last two seasons of Game of Thrones too). Despite having naught but contempt for new Marvel and Disney products, I do sometimes enjoy watching criticism of modern media if it's done well enough. I specifically enjoy the Critical Drinker for this purpose. In the same way I rely on JMG to read guys like Spengler and Toynbee so I don't have to, the Drinker watches hundreds of hours of content I don't really want to view to take it apart for my enjoyment. Hey, in this degraded and collapsing dumpster fire of a culture, I take my kicks how I can get them.

Anyway, I'm not sure this was really worthy of a post on its own merits, but I'm sort of collecting synchronicities and this might just qualify. I guess we shall see.

Maybe Trumpo Still Has It?

I have to admit, I pretty much wrote Trump off in the wake of the 2020 election. Frankly, I thought he mishandled the whole thing, J6 was a PR nightmare, and he just can't stop pimping the vaxx. He also keeps attacking people who are fighting pretty hard against the Covid BS like DeSantis (of whom I am admittedly a fan).

I just watched him at East Palestine interacting with people who showed up to support him, and I damn near teared up. I wasn't sure how serious the derailment is and I've refrained from commenting on it, but it looks pretty devastating, and the people really do seem to have been abandoned by the government (this view has been expressed by people I know with liberal political leanings as well). People still love the guy, and a lot of people will never understand why. He took the time to show up, and when people are hurting and afraid, that means a lot.

I'm not saying it wasn't a cynical political maneuver, but I'm not sure that's all it is, either. I started to get the idea, watching him campaign in 2020, that he actually does care about the country. Admittedly, I may just be a sucker, but I get the appeal and I understand why people believe in him.

If this Trump starts showing up, maybe I'll give him another shot. And man, he really does tick off the right people.