President Trump knows Ill Omens, the Escalator Ride was an Ill Omen.

In April 46 BCE, Julius Caesar celebrated a quadruple triumph, which became famous for its extravagance. The end of four wars was celebrated: the war in Gaul, the war in Egypt, the war against Pharnaces of Pontus and the war against king Juba of Numidia. This last war had in fact been a war against the last defenders of the Roman republic, Cato and Scipio. The triumphs are described by the great Greek historian Appian of Alexandria (c.95-c.165) in his History of the Civil Wars. Everyone in Rome was in attendance to cheer on Caesar. 

What is little known, or remembered, about that celebration, is that just as Caesar was to enter the coliseum, by way of the Temple of Fortuna, with those around him chanting "Io triumphe! ('Hurrah for the triumph!')" the axial  on his chariot snapped in two bringing his parade to a halt. Plutarch, the historian who left us this story, says that Caesar knew it was more than just an embarrassment, it was an ill omen of something bad to happen.  A few months later those who Caesar had belittled on his way up, would come together to assassinate him with chants "Caesar must die."  

Fast forward to September 25th, 2025, where President Trump is about to have his moment of celebration, able to speak to the United Nations fully empowered with his victories over the world leaders who had laughed at him six-years earlier.  As the elevator is moving with the cameras on President Trump and his wife Melania, the elevator stops.  Trump turns to the cameras, pissed as hell.  Now a famous picture.

What pissed Trump off so much wasn't the spectacle it created, but the omen of a stopped elevator, after all, he began his successful presidency back in 2015 on another famous escalator ride, as he came down the escalator in Trump Tower to announce his presidency. A joke at the time to everyone but Trump.  Yes, President Trump has proved he is one of the smartest men on the planet, at least in the U.S.A.  He has everyone jumping when he says "jump."  Caesar too had everyone jumping to his command until that March 15 when it all came to an end, and the ides of March became a warning of all powerful men. 

Does this mean the death of President Trump, who has only begun to deliver the world he promised to us, the world where... well, I won't get into it politically, I've already said I support_Trump.  And I also said that one of the big three, that is to say: Trump, Putin, or Xi, won't be alive in 2030. So no predictions here other than Trump knows ill omens, and the United Nation escalator ride was an ill omen. 

That's all for now.  

~~ Eso Terry 

 

Quija Board Essentials

 

Good morning boys and girls.  Today, we take a look at the Quija board.  Yes, that strange magic board that some consider a game and others, well, the gate to hell -- as if such thing exist.  I, for one, believe the Quija board  is a place for mischievous spirits to hang out and fuck with you if you're not careful; you know, beggars on the side of the spiritual highway with a sign that reads, "Please Help, Needs a Ride, God Bless." And if you are lucky, he'll not hijack the car and put you in the back seat and control the rest of your life, which is reason I got rid of my Quija board. 

Unfortunately, the history of the Quija board is as elusive as its "Yes" and "No" answers to serious questions like, "Will The World Ever End?"  "NO."   "Are you sure?"  "YES."

You see. 

The Planchette -- French word for "little plank" -- originated in Europe in the 1850's.  Although it is not clear how it was used back then,  most agree it wasn't for scanning the alphabet for words as it is today, but a tool for automatic writing.  The Quija board we know today comes from a company called the Kennard Novelty Company, which was founded on October 30th, 1890 -- yes, the day before Halloween, or as we used to call it in Detroit, Devil's Night.   And on the same day the company was founded, a patent for the first "talking board" was approved in the US and assigned to Charles W. Kennard et al. 

The word "Quija" itself is a mysterious.  (Alternately pronounced wee-JAA and wee-GEE).   It was originally defined as "good luck" by Charles W Kennard -- the money guy -- but where he got that no one knows, and seems to be one of the reasons that William Fuld, the sweat guy, had Kennard removed from the company and the name changed from the Kennard Novelty Company to The Ouija Novelty Company.  

Eventually the Fuld family sold the Quija Novelty Company to Parker Brothers who moved the company to Salem Massachusetts of Witch Trial fame, and the rest is history as they say. 

 

So, I'll leave it there and tell you that a spiritual guide I worked with in my youth told me the Quija board was a place where bottom feeders of the spirit world live and one should seek spiritual guidance elsewhere.  She noted the dark side of the board which includes such stories as Syvial Plath, who used it to help with her poetry before given into the dark forces of it and taking her own life.  Those dark stories are everywhre with the board.  Once, when I was sixteen a group of us teens played with it and this guy who was a tough guy, doubter, started getting messages from someone who said he knew him.  It the course of several questions he found out it was a friend he had when he was seven and lived in San Antiono.  He hadn't seen that kid since moving away years earlier.  The kid told him he died after he left.  A few days later the guy found out that the kid had died, and swore to never touch the Quija board again. 

Earlier that same year, the woman who lived in the apartment upbove me had a Quija party I attened.  That one got crazy too with the plancett shooting across the room, which ended the game for us all.  That mornoing she banged on my door because her car wouldn't start.  I opened the hood of the car to see what was the matter.  The engine was covred in blood and guts from a black cat that had tried sleeping in the radiator belt.  I felt it had someting to do with the Quija board. 

Then I've told the story before about how I used a board in a

I personally believe somewhere along the way, the "Quija" simply named itself.  "Isn't That Right Quija?"  "YES."  "Really?"  "YES!"

Okay, let's move on. 

 

Frank Gaynor's 1953 Dictionary of Mysticism states that primeval boards of different shapes and sizes were used in the sixth century before Christ.  This claim has been hard to trace and I tend to lean more towards the Lewis Spence's 1920 Encyclopedia of Occultism, where he says: "As an invention it is very old.  It was in use in the days of Pythagoras, about 540 B.C.  According to a French historical account of the philosopher's life, his sec held frequent séances or circles at which 'a mystic table moving on wheels, moved towards signs, which the philosopher and his pupil, Philolaus, interpreted to the audience as being revelations from the unseen world.'"

Yes, yet another wonderful thing from Pythagoras.

So there you have it boys and girl straight from the Quija's Planchette.

-- Oh, by the way, that William Fuld guy who made millions off of the Quija board fell off a six-story building to his death kind of freakishly on February 24th, 1927 while supervising a flag-pole replacement on his building.  Not that it matters, but it DOES!

ciao Quija

Moon Talk for Tonight's "Super Moon"

I have written about the different kinds of moons in the past, from the Snow Moon to a Black Moon,  and though all of them can be called "Super" in their own right, tonight is an official "Super Moon," so let's see what is so "Super" about it.  

Firsth, the moon doesn’t orbit Earth in a perfect circle—it follows a stretched, egg-shaped path. That means there are times each month when the moon is a little closer to Earth, a point called perigee, and times when it is farther away, at apogee. At perigee, the moon can be about 356,000 kilometers away, while at apogee it can retreat to more than 406,000 kilometers.

When a full moon coincides with the time of perigee, we get a supermoon—a lunar disk that appears slightly larger and shines more brightly than usual. Compared with the farthest full moon, a supermoon can appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter. Against an average full moon, the difference is closer to 7 percent larger and 15 percent brighter. To the naked eye, the change may seem subtle, but side-by-side photos reveal just how striking the effect truly is.

Supermoons aren’t rare—we typically see a few each year. At the time I am writing this, October 2025, we will see a streak of three consecutive full moons lining up with perigee. This happens because the timing of perigee slowly drifts relative to the lunar phases, completing a full cycle about every 14 lunar months. Sometimes that cycle means only one full moon is close enough to qualify as “super.” Other times, like now, the alignment is just right to produce a run of three in a row.

Yes, moon gazers, the world is changing, and this year's Super Moon is ushering the greatest change since WW2.  So be sure to gaze up at the sky tonight because this cosmic party will continue into 2026 as January 3 will be next year’s first supermoon, which technically means we are about to witness four back-to-back supermoons.

Is it any wonder so many people are predicting the return of Jesus.  Is it any wonder that it would be an astrologial event to see it in, since many of us believe that Jesus is the story of the Sun itself.

Anyway, here is a refresher on the different names of the moons:

The ”harvest moon“ of October takes its name from the final weeks of the agricultural season in the Northern Hemisphere. Before electricity, farmers relied on its extended light—rising close to sunset for several nights in a row—to gather crops late into the evening.

November’s ”beaver moon“ was noted by Native American communities as the season when beavers prepared for winter by repairing lodges and building dams. It also marked the time when trappers set out before rivers froze, tying the moon to both animal behavior and human industry.

December’s “cold moon“ signals the arrival of long nights and deep winter across the Northern Hemisphere. Rising during the holiday season, it has long been seen as a beacon against the year’s darkest days.

WHAT WILL WE SEE IN THE NIGHT SKY?

The size difference between an ordinary full moon and a sup

November’s ”beaver moon“ was noted by Native American communities as the season when beavers prepared for winter by repairing lodges and building dams. It also marked the time when trappers set out before rivers froze, tying the moon to both animal behavior and human industry.

December’s “cold moon“ signals the arrival of long nights and deep winter across the Northern Hemisphere. Rising during the holiday season, it has long been seen as a beacon against the year’s darkest days.

November’s ”beaver moon“ was noted by Native American communities as the season when beavers prepared for winter by repairing lodges and building dams. It also marked the time when trappers set out before rivers froze, tying the moon to both animal behavior and human industry.

December’s “cold moon“ signals the arrival of long nights and deep winter across the Northern Hemisphere. Rising during the holiday season, it has long been seen as a beacon against the year’s darkest days.

~~ Eso Terry 

Leo Strauss and Esoteric Liberalism

Leo Strauss was an American scholar of political philosophy. Born in Germany to Jewish parents, Strauss later emigrated to the United States. He spent much of his career as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he taught several generations of students and published fifteen books. 

Strauss argued that many pre-modern philosophers, living under repressive regimes, hid their their true, potentially subversive, teachings within their texts. The hidden meaning was available only to a few astute readers, while a more conventional message was presented to the public. 

Strauss's arguments rest on an underlying tension between the prevailing power structures of society and independent, heterogeneous thought, resulting in persecution by those in power of those promoting subversive ideas. An inherent interest of the prevailing political power is to suppress ideas that conflict with its views, thus maintaining a homogeneous intellectual milieu that favors political stability. The political interest of homogeneous thought is protected from the heterogeneous ideas of ‘independent thinkers’ by politically motivated prosecution that manifests itself as censorship. Censorship may present itself in several forms and act as a source of pressure on individuals wishing to express their independent ideas. As a reaction to political oppression, some authors capable of free thinking develop the ability to ‘write between the lines’, i.e. authors imbue their texts with meaning hidden well enough to pass censorship. 

Examples of this technique can be seen in the works of Al-Farabi and Maimonides, where contradictions or subtle linguistic cues guide attentive readers toward the philosopher's true, often heterodox, beliefs, making the text speak to both a wide audience and a select few simultaneously. 

According to Stanford.edu, the university that knows a thing or two about Strauss: 

In a 1936 essay on the political science of Maimonides and Farabi, Strauss returns to the meaning of prophecy for Maimonides. While most interpreters, including Strauss in Spinoza’s Critique of Religion and in parts but not all of Philosophy and Law, viewed Maimonides’ conception of prophecy in epistemological terms, Strauss argues that Maimonides’ innovation was to think of prophecy in political terms. According to Strauss, “Maimonides neither wished nor was able, nor had any need, to lift the veil which conceals the origins of the Torah, the foundation of the perfect nation” (RPSMF, pp. 15–16). Yet, Strauss maintains, the attentive reader will notice that Maimonides distinguishes between Moses, the lawgiver, and all other prophets. Maimonides stresses Moses’ exalted status, argues Strauss, because for Maimonides Moses is the Platonic philosopher-legislator. The emphasis on the uniqueness of Moses as the ideal prophet and ideal ruler is the core of Maimonides’ political philosophy because “Not the mystery of its [the Torah’s] origin, the search for which leads either to theosophy or ‘Epicureanism,’ but its end, the comprehension of which guarantees obedience to the Torah, is accessible to human reason” (RPSMF, p. 16).

Obedience to the law and the philosophical meaning of the law are two different matters that are reflected in what Strauss argues is Maimonides’ dual conception of law. The exterior, literal meaning of the law serves to sustain the political community in which certain forms of behavior and belief are required, while the ideal meaning of the law is a matter of philosophical speculation only for those who are capable of such speculation. This dual conception of law parallels the dual character of Maimonides’ writing, which offers what Strauss calls a “moderate” reading meant for the masses and what he calls a “radical” reading meant for the philosophical reader. As Strauss would elaborate just two years later in greater detail, this dialectical tension lies at the heart of Maimonides’ style of writing and argumentation.

According to Strauss, Maimonides is able to properly balance the relation between praxis, obedience to the law, and theory, the mystery of the law’s origins, not by conflating them but by keeping them in continual dialectical tension. For Strauss, Maimonides’ refusal to resolve the tension between law and philosophy (between praxis and theory) expresses Maimonides’ moderate claims both for what philosophy can produce on its own (it cannot produce the law) and for what revelation can claim to know absolutely (it cannot provide certain knowledge of the mystery of its origin). Strauss’s attention to esotericism is rooted in a philosophical interest in “a golden mean which is neither a compromise nor a synthesis, which is hence not based on the two opposed positions, but which suppresses them both, uproots them by a prior, more profound question, by raising a fundamental problem, the work of a truly critical philosophy” (RPSMF, p. 4).

For Strauss, the work of a truly critical philosophy is to grasp problems, and not to provide solutions. What is the absolute problem at the heart of esotericism, according to Strauss? The problem concerns the self-sufficiency of reason or, put another way, the inescapable and necessary tension between theory and practice. The theological-political predicament of modernity stems from the modern commitment to the self-sufficiency of reason that, Strauss argues, results in reason’s self-destruction. Esotericism is a means toward preserving the limits of philosophy and revelation (or law) vis-à-vis one another. The law comes up against its own limitations in the quest to articulate the philosophical foundations of the law. But at the same time, philosophy comes up against its own limits in recognizing that the philosopher is always already within society (or the law) and for this reason dependent upon the law. Strauss thus makes the seemingly immoral move of revealing Maimonides’ art of writing for the sake of saving the possibility of both revelation and philosophy.

oUch, that is pretty intellectual stuff, and for those of you who didn't check out, the key here is "esoteric messaging." It is everywhere. In today's terms, no one politicians runs on what they say, they run on what they hide from us, or we wouldn't vote for them. Strauss saw this in his philosophy.   

~~ Eso Terry  

A Look at Esoteric Sports

Here on EsotericDaily.com we are always on the lookout for all things esoteric. And so, I came across an interesting article by Hannah M.G.Shapero, called The Diamond Way - Baseball, where Shapero writes: "There is no need to hanker after secret Masonic rites in closed halls or occult workings in incense-filled chambers. Wherever baseball is played, a true ritual goes on, as esoteric as daylight, as powerful as spring.

"Far more than other sports, baseball shows an esoteric structure. The game is played on a geometrically perfect square. Each base stands at what would be the quarters in Western esoteric ritual. These four bases also stand for the four elements, though attributions are variable: Home plate, with its coating of dust, seems to be Earth, while third base is traditionally referred to as the "hot corner," signifying Fire. In the center is the pitcher's mound, a circle in the middle of the square mandala, which speaks to us of the fifth element of Spirit, or the center point of wholeness...."

Hannah's writings got me wondering about other esoteric sports theories, and it seems there are a few. Maria Torska writes on medium.com, "Few people know that the earliest forms of football had nothing to do with modern sport. In medieval England, during equinox festivals, crowds did not kick leather balls — they chased severed human heads. Most often, these were the heads of executed traitors or enemies of the crown. It was not entertainment, but a ritual of disempowerment — erasing the soul of the defeated from the field of life."

Ouch, a little dark, but she goes on to say: 

"In 1863, when the modern rules of football were formalized in London, a Secret Football Society also emerged — a magical brotherhood that understood the game’s deeper origins. Behind closed doors, they taught how to channel collective human energy through play.

The ball was not just an object — it was a vessel of desires. After each final, it was either burned or sealed in a crystal chest.

Each match became a ritual of energy transfer. Scoring a goal was not just victory — it was absorption of power."

So what about American Football? I found this Peer Reviewed article from Purdue University, in which Marx Axelrod says Football is the remembrance of the practices of our "Barbaric Ancestors." He goes on to write that the "ticket" is the "Rite of Participation," and the "Stadium, a Scared Place."  Axelrod also says about the Football playing field:

"The prototype of this medieval city was, of course, the Heavenly Jerusalem, that had a square ground plan within and surrounding walls with twelve gates that separated it from the profane space outside. This "squaring of the circle" is what Jung has called the "archetype of wholeness." Because of that significance, the"quaternity of One" has been the schema for all the images of God, as depicted in the visions of Ezekiel, Daniel, and Enoch...."

Very heavy stuff which I invite you to read at Purdue.ed if you can.  

Regarding Basketball, I read this interesting post by MatthewFox.org, where he compares his visit to a Warriors Basketball game to a "reptilian brain."

"Sports too can help calm and redirect the reptilian brain.  Sports too can be a meditation.  Why am I so sure of this?  Because the reptilian brain wants to win—it’s win/lose with a crocodile.  Athletes want to win too—that is why they practice so hard and sacrifice much to get to their common goal, a goal usually defined as winning. But what makes the reptilian brain in sports different from the reptilian brain in war for example (or often in business), is that in sports there are 1) a spatial parameter (the ball court) and 2) a temporal parameter (the game is only 48 minutes long as such) and 3) referees and 4) a beginning and an end.  And if one loses, well, “it’s only a game.”  That is where the excitement derives: Will the reptilian brain win or lose tonight?  Which team’s reptilian brain will triumph?  Sports exercise the reptilian brain—but safely and within parameters.  And if one wins, the larger tribe, the followers of the team, go bananas and rejoice and express themselves in irrational ways that are exactly what one needs after suffering through the daily grind of work and bill payments and children’s sicknesses and all the rest that life offers on a daily and sometimes humdrum basis."

And you thought it was only a game.

~~ Eso Terry  

 

 

 

 

The Truth About Religion From A Buddhist Esoterist

Okay, so Joshua Mhlakela who predicted that Jesus would return on September 23 (yesterday), is another in a long line of people who have stated a date that Jesus returns, but of course, the dude doesn't show. I wrote about it yesterday and told you I would have more on this today, and so I do. 

In the Book of Enoch, Azazel is responsible for teaching people to make weapons and cosmetics, for which he was cast out of heaven. The Book of Enoch 8:1–3a reads, "And Azazel taught men to make swords and knives and shields and breastplates; and made known to them the metals [of the earth] and the art of working them; and bracelets and ornaments; and the use of antimony and the beautifying of the eyelids; and all kinds of costly stones and all coloring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led astray and became corrupt in all their ways." 

Sound familiar?  It should, it is you and me and all the rest of the world pretending we're not evil. Evil is in all of us, so is good, and the choice is ours to make every second we breath. Those with a faith that elevates them into the higher states of being, i.e., goodness, or personally for me, Buddhahood, are the good who have elevated themselves about the evil "Azazels" of the world. 

I'm not a Christian, but I do know there have been a good number of scholarly Christians who have written what I have just stated, and well, they do sound very Buddhist in their writings. For example:

• Meister Eckhart (c. 1260–c. 1327): This German theologian and mystic is often cited for his Buddhist-like concepts.
  • Detachment: He saw "detachment" (in German, Abgeschiedenheit) as the highest virtue, describing it as an emptying of the self to become a vessel for God. This mirrors the Buddhist concept of non-attachment.
  • The "Ground of Being": Eckhart spoke of a silent, imageless "Godhead" that was deeper than the personal God. This "desert of the Godhead" is comparable to the Buddhist notion of emptiness (śūnyatā), or the "ground of being," a state that is free from images and concepts.
• The author of The Cloud of Unknowing (late 14th century): This anonymous English mystic advocated for a form of contemplative prayer that involves emptying the mind of all thoughts, concepts, and images of God. The goal is to pierce through the "cloud of unknowing" to experience God directly. This apophatic (or negative) theology, which describes God by what God is not, is similar to Zen Buddhist meditation, which also seeks a non-conceptual, direct realization of truth.
• Thomas Merton (1915–1968): A Trappist monk and prominent 20th-century mystic, Merton was deeply involved in Buddhist-Christian dialogue. He wrote extensively on the parallels between Christian contemplation and Zen Buddhism, highlighting the similarity between Christian kenosis (the self-emptying of Christ) and Buddhist śūnyatā (emptiness).
• John of the Cross (1542–1591): This Spanish mystic wrote about a process of spiritual purification called the "dark night of the soul." In this experience, the soul is stripped of all worldly attachments, sensory desires, and even spiritual consolations in order to become completely dependent on God. This mirrors the Buddhist path of purifying the mind from attachments to achieve liberation.

Then there are the other Foundational concepts shared by esoteric Christianity and Buddhism:

1. Apophatic Theology vs. Emptiness (Śūnyatā): A key parallel is the shared emphasis on transcending mental constructs to experience ultimate reality.
   • In esoteric Christianity, the apophatic path involves moving beyond images and ideas of God to find the divine essence in a state of silence and emptiness.
   • In Buddhism, the concept of śūnyatā teaches that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, and liberation comes from realizing this non-conceptual truth.
2. Detachment vs. Non-Attachment: Both traditions stress the need to let go of ego and worldly attachments for spiritual liberation.
   • Christian mystics, like Eckhart, emphasize detachment from earthly things to unite with the Divine Ground.
   • The Buddhist path is founded on the principle of non-attachment, which addresses the root of suffering (dukkha) that arises from clinging to desires.
3. Inner Transformation: Both traditions focus on inward, experiential transformation rather than just intellectual belief.
   • Christian mystics seek a direct, unmediated experience of God that transforms the individual's consciousness.
   • Buddhism emphasizes that enlightenment is realized through personal insight and meditation, not through faith alone. 

What does it all mean?

 

No one knows religion from their brains, it's from the heart. Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Jew, etc., no one has the answers for all of us. So stop pretending you do, asshole, we are all in this together. Put down your "weapons and cosmetics" which is your faith, let's talk.

 

Who am I talking to here?  I don't know, maybe you.  

 

 

~~ Eso Terry  

The Rapture is Here! Are you?

 

"The Rapture is here, boys and girls."

"The Rapture is upon us," Joshua Mhlakela, a South African preacher said a few weeks ago that he had inside information from Jesus who talked to him and told him that today, September 23, 2025, is the day Jesus returns. 

Now, here at EsotericDaily.com we take all religions seriously and will not degrade any of the gods, for as Gandhi said, and I loosely quote, "Religion is like an elephant in a room of blind people, each grabs a hold of the elephant where they can, and claims they know the truth from the part of the elephant they are touching.  The one grabbing the ears says, "It is soft and floppy,"the one grabbing the husk says, "It is hard and sturdy,"etc. Each has a valid understanding of the elephant based on their perspective, but none has the complete understanding of the elephant. That is religion, like it or not. 

 

Getting back to Judgement Day, I'm keeping a close watch. I began my morning with my Buddhist prayers for world peace, and happiness of all living things. Which includes Reverend Joshua Mhlakela, and his prediction that today is the day all the good people disappear leaving the unbelievers behind to suffer in a pit of sin. 

 

Stay tuned, for if you are still here tomorrow after the rapture, I want to talk with you about the reckoning of faith coming our way from the Archangel Gabriel, or better stated, the French spelling of Gabrielle, the tropical storm that is threatening the U.S. coast. There is definitely a meaning there I will go over tomorrow, that is, if, you are still with us. If not, well, shit, I f*&ked that up.

~~ Eso Terry  

Dark Enlightenment is Just Alright by Me.

Today's popular thought, rather you know it or not, rather you support it or not, is called Dark Enlightenment.  If you are daring, google Dark Enlightenment and be prepared for a mind warp. In this post I simply want to ease you in.  

The term Dark Enlightenment has emerged from blogs and online forums from the late 2000s. In a nutshell, the talk was that democracy has failed us and we need an authoritarian system of government to replaced the failed "liberty and justice for all" experiment. 

One of the most popular spokesmen on this theory is American software engineer Curtis Yarvin and British philosopher Nick Land. Together they have written numerous essays that reject core Enlightenment principles such as democracy, egalitarianism, and universal liberty. Mr. Yarvin has also written that democracies should be replaced with “for-profit sovereign corporations.”

This is the goal of President Trump, his followers, and wealthy believers such as Elon Musk.  Knowing this, none of us should be surprised at the way the U.S. Government is being dismantled, and should Donald Trump keep a Republican Senate and Congress, will be complete dismantled by 2030. As of my writing this, we have seen most government agencies cut and replaced with leaders who believe they shouldn't be agencies. Simply stated, this is laissez faire govrnment 2030.  

In recent years, the popularity of this philosophy has spread from Silicon Valley to Washington. Vice-President JD Vance, who formerly worked for Peter Thiel, considers Mr. Yarvin a friend and has spoken favourably about his ideas. Steve Bannon is reportedly a fan of Mr. Yarvin and Mr. Land’s writing. Elon Musk, who has echoed Dark Enlightenment ideas in public statements, is now using the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to attempt the institutional dismantling the movement has advocated. Finally, and perhaps most tellingly, Mr. Yarvin was a guest of honour at President Donald Trump‘s inauguration ball in January.

So, if you think U.S. government is being run poorly, you are wrong, it is being run perfectly as planned. 

Now, here at EsotericDaily.com, where I have been writing liberal beliefs for years, I realize now they are flawed, and the utopia I was hoping for is a dream. So, I fully support Donald Trump as my president.  

Finally, I'm so glad that these plans are still hidden, for if they weren't, I wouldn't be able to blog about them here on EsotericDaily.com, now would I. 

~~ Eso Terry  

Esoteric Herodotus

Let's talk about Herodotus.  We all know he was a Greek historian who is now considered the original historian because he left us complete writings on the lives of prominent kings, famous battles, and myths and ideologies of the the day; but did you know he was an esoteric, a side of him we seldom read about?  And so, let us read:

• Mystery Cults: 

  Herodotus describes initiation-based mystery cults, such as the Eleusinian Mysteries, which took place away from public view. His accounts of these events can be interpreted as revealing secret, spiritual practices. 
• Divine and Supernatural Elements:

   He reports on various supernatural events, including omens, dreams, and prophecies. Some interpretations see these not just as accounts of Greek beliefs but as potentially holding deeper symbolic or allegorical meanings. 
• Sacred Geography: 

  The concept of Hyperborea, a sacred land beyond the north wind inhabited by a long-lived people, has been interpreted in later esoteric traditions as a forgotten, advanced civilization. 
• Symbolic Numerology: 

  Herodotus's work contains numerous symbolic numbers and patterns. While sometimes interpreted as part of ancient mystical traditions, some scholars suggest they were inherited from his sources rather than being his own invention. 
• Metaphorical Practices: 

  Accounts of practices like the "sacred marriage" at Babylon were likely understood by Herodotus to be metaphorical rather than literal descriptions of religious rituals. 

Interpretations of these elements:

• Literary and Ethnographic Focus:

   Many scholars view Herodotus's inclusion of such elements as part of his literary technique to make his narratives more engaging and to provide ethnographic and cultural context for his stories. 
• Historical Accuracy: 

  While he is sometimes criticized for including myths, legends, and religious beliefs, he also provides valuable information that, when cross-referenced, shows a decent degree of accuracy. 
• Finally, from a page in the Herodotus Help Line written by Hugh Bowden - no shit, google it - we read: 

   

  Herodotus refers to a number of what we call mystery cults in his history. The term ‘mystery cult’ is generally used to refer to cults which involved initiation, and by extension certain ecstatic cults (like ‘bacchic’ worship of Dionysos), which often took place away from public view. Because secrecy was a significant element in their performance, we often have very limited information about what they involved. The best known festival was the Eleusinian Mysteries, celebrated at Eleusis in Attika every year. In his account of the events leading up to the Battle of Salamis, Herodotus describes how two exiles who are travelling with the Persian court, Dikaios, an Athenian, and Demaratos, ex-king of Sparta, see a great swirl of dust rising up from the plain near Eleusis, and hear the sound of 30,000 people shouting. Dikaios says that this was the sound of the procession to Eleusis for the Mysteries, and explains some of the public aspects of the festival to Demaratos. He says that it foretells defeat for the Persians, presumably thanks to intervention of the goddesses of Eleusis, Demeter and Kore. Herodotus elsewhere offers evidence that those who violated the sanctuary at Eleusis were punished. Herodotus however gives no indication about whether he was himself an initiate at Eleusis.

  The names of the gods honoured in mystery cults were often not directly referred to. So, at Eleusis Demeter’s daughter is always referred to as Kore (‘the maid’), and in the Peloponnese there are mysteries to a daughter of Demeter who is referred to as Despoina (‘the mistress’). A number of mysteries are in honour of ‘the Great Gods’ (known in Samothrace, and in Andania in Messenia and elsewhere) or of named groups like the Korybantes (known in Athens) or the Kabeiroi (known from Boeotia and Lemnos). We cannot assume that the identity of these nameless gods was actually known to anyone. It does seem likely that Herodotus was initiated into the mysteries of the Great Gods of Samothrake. He refers to these mysteries as belonging to the Kabeiroi, which was not the case (there is no reference to the Kabeiroi on any Samothrakian inscriptions). This would appear to be an example of Herodotus putting his own interpretation on an experience in which a lot was left unexplained. Herodotus also mentions the mysteries of Achaian Demeter, which he says are practised by an Athenian family, the Gephyraioi (the family of the Tyrannicides, Harmodios and Aristogeiton), and no other Athenians. Frustratingly, we know nothing more about this cult.

  Enough written!

  ~~ Eso Terry