And Germany Calling took advantage of the vacuum in information and entertainment, offering quality orchestral performances, messages from prisoners of war to their loved ones, and exaggerated claims of British setbacks that occasionally had just enough truth to keep an information-starved public hungry for more. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/13/lord-haw-haw-how-a-little-liar-sold-the-biggest-one.html The famed Roman orator Cicero wrote that professions that catered to voluptas (sensual pleasure) were the least respectable of all. Fishermen, cooks, bakers, and butchers were seen not only as debased but also as effeminate. The prejudice was so strongly ingrained in Roman society that they were excluded from the late antique Roman military. Over time, and because of their centrality to the continued success of the military (everyone needs bread, after all), bakers would rise up the social hierarchy. But for many the character and manliness of those engaged in the luxury food trades was eyed with suspicion. The Apostolic Tradition, a third-century text attributed to St. Hippolytus of Rome, has its own list of unacceptable careers for prospective candidates for baptism. These include prostitute, brothel keeper, garment trimmers, gladiators, charioteers, artists, actors, soldiers, teachers, and politicians.


Crowley-- One must find one's own way. There simply is no possibility, ultimately, of taking up another's path. Take other's examples and transmute them to your experience.

All acts of love and joy are my rituals.