1. Free book idea for anyone who wants to write it: CIA Spirituality: The Cold War Origins of New Age Thinking. https://t.co/2GjtfkfVV7
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4. One aspect of this is the whole idea of spirituality, going back to end of 19th century, had an anti-socialist, anti-communist dimension. The reds were "materialists" so the alternative was an ideological promotion of the spiritual realm, with some evil consequences.
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The key is that this was, on the whole, a *bad* thing!
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Far out, man!
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Sun Ra, as always, was ahead of his time.
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The drugs were all about mind control experiments. Apparently smoking pot is still a deal breaker if you want a career with CIA, though they’re still fine with flamboyant drunks.
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oh man now i want to read a treatise comparing nazi mysticism and cia spirituality
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This feels like Hellboy and/or Indiana Jones story.
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I think this has already been done!
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Heh. Reminds me of Tom Robbins' book "Fierce Invalides, Home from Hot Climates". You just described the protagonist, a CIA agent, to a tee....
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Or a great feature idea....
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