Stinkfist

[ari_ormstunga]

 When it comes to magic and symbolism, I prefer for there to be a bit of subtlety. I like hints, small flourishes, and a bit of vagueness. Unfortunately for me, we don’t live in a subtle time. Therefore, when some obviously relevant and demonic stuff happens right in front of my face, well… I overlook it. Like the sponsored by Pfizer demonic performance at the Grammys.

Part of it is really contempt. Loud, vulgar, and trite, played out… the whole rock or pop music as rebellion against the status quo was fine, until it became the status quo. There’s really nothing more mainstream than reveling in demonic imagery to drive sales of products. Far from being shocking, it’s humdrum and boring.

Then again, maybe sometimes things just are what they seem to be. Just because I like a little mystery and flair doesn’t mean that demonic entities operate the same way. Besides, in a world where everyone is yelling all the time, they probably have to be over the top blatant, or no one would pay attention at all.

Thus, we get the servile lackeys at CBS tweeting they’re ready to worship, followed by images of demons onstage brought to us by our pals at Pfizer. My mind sees it and rejects it. It’s just too OBVIOUS, Ari!, my mind cries.

This has happened to me before, when I was getting synchronicities about the “demonic hypothesis” in the past. One of the difficulties about mystical and magical experiences is communicating them convincingly to others (which may be part of the purpose of “keeping silent”). Sometimes the inner worlds have messages just for you, and they come to you however they can. For me, they were coming in synchs through the series of novels kicked off by the book “John Dies at the End”. Both that book and its sequel had a lot of events that almost seemed to prefigure Covid and the demonic hypothesis, and in my mind served to affirm it.

It wouldn’t have necessarily done so for every reader of course. When I was reading the books there were various astrological conjunctions occurring, and I was contemplating the demonic hypothesis regularly. This confluence of events became meaningful to me, in the same way that various forms of divination constellate into meaning for the reader, or the practitioner of bibliomancy finds relevance and meaning in texts they just happen to select at a given time.

The second book in the series, given the events of that time and the frame of mind I was in and approaching the text, seemed like a ringing endorsement of the demonic hypothesis, and I nearly rejected it, because it was too obvious.

I guess its worth asking if I really believe that the whole Grammys performance was a direct and coordinated Satanic ritual. I still don’t, exactly. But meaningful coincidences do seem to seep into mass consciousness from time to time, and one can certainly wonder exactly what draws all of these factors together at the exact moment to deliver a message to those with ears to hear it? If it wasn't an intentional ritual, this thing could very well have been an omen of some kind. 

Tool has a song called “Stinkfist”, which explores overstimulation and bemoans the lack of subtlety in our society using the analogy of anal fisting. I guess to get any attention at all from the brain-fried and browbeaten populace of the Western world, spiritual powers more-or-less have to project it onto the screen of mass consciousness with the raw force of HD hard core pornography. Whatever force is coordinating this isn't one for subtlety, obviously. It's just as well, since I was pretty content to chuckle to myself and let the whole thing slide.

Then again, maybe that's the point.