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  • Reality, Magic, and the MAGA Mindset

    Reality, Magic, and the MAGA Mindset

    Concepts

    Reality

    Studying Rosicrucianism introduced me to the concept of actuality vs reality. The problem in using the concept of reality as a measure of truth, they say, is that none of us can experience the reality of another person or being. The reason for this, of course, is that each of us can only interpret the environment around us with the help of sense organs integrated into our physical bodies.

    I use my eyes to identify a color or shape, for example. You use your eyes to do the same. We can communicate and agree that what we see is a given shape or color. However, we cannot literally see through another set of eyes. We cannot interpret that visual stimuli in the way another does. In short, we have no way to know if the way we interpret the world around us is the same way another does.

    Of course, there are methods of dealing with this, if there weren’t, we’d have a much harder time creating stuff like language and society. In fact, we have all agreed (by way of early childhood socialization) on foundational Truths, such as the real-ness of the physical, and the un-real-ness of the non-physical.

    Despite these large-scale shared Truths, they are still, at the end of the day, a part of our own, unique, personal reality.

    Actuality

    So, if we all experience our own unique reality that no other living being can experience, what, if anything, exists outside of that? What holds our shared realities?

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  • Tongalin Family History Vol. 3

    Tongalin Family History Vol. 3

    Moving his family estate halfway around the globe was the first, but not the last, time that Viktor reached beyond space-time itself to seemingly alter reality. This type of extreme power is not without its extreme cost, and we’ll see evidence of that later on.

    We may never know how Viktor achieved this feat. We do know that this was long before he became the Master vampire, if that’s a power they even posses. There has been speculation that the Tongalin family has long held ties with powers far beyond our concept of reality, and far beyond our concept of evil.

    Now, it should be said that there is no evidence for any of this speculation. It’s the opinion of this researcher that the spooky castle built in a new suburban tract and an introverted and mysterious family with apparent extreme wealth naturally drummed up rumors. The only hint we have, and it’s not even very helpful, is that the castle was built with a chapel. Examination of the structure today proves that the original plan for the castle must have included a traditional chapel, as the two were clearly built at the same time.

    Later on, the crypt was developed, and access to the crypt was added to the chapel.

    Nothing about the chapel or the crypt suggest any sort of deviant behavior or secret use. Though, we also don’t have any evidence of the chapel being used, ever, for anything other than Viktor’s first wedding.

    All that is to say that the idea that Viktor was in league with some evil entity who helped him move his entire castle is as valid an idea as any other. The fact remains that the castle stands today in Windenburg, when we have plain and unambiguous records that it was built in Newcrest. We have no way to connect these facts.

    The history is scattered once we get to the Crumbling Isle. It doesn’t seem that the Tongalins ventured to the mainland more than a handful of times. Our facts for this volume are drawn together from the archeological record (as it were) on the castle property, as well as observations and stories from the few other residents of the island. None of those folks live on the island today, and none of them gave me permission to identify them. I can’t help but feel they didn’t tell me the whole story.

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