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Steve Outtrim
Personal blog · burners.meculture
Steve Outtrim writes Burners.me, a personal blog at burners.me about culture. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Burners.me for insider material on the Burning Man organisation, including its shadow history videos and slide decks. Other linked posts cover satanic witchcraft origins and dealing with police at Burning Man.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Snarky. Cheeky. Grumpy. Dopey. Never Bashful.
What Hacker News says?
Bailey's book he mentions here is called 'Origins of the witches sabbath'. The idea that satanic witchcraft was invented by mediaeval authorities is preposterous IMO. Occult practices go back to ancient Egypt and have been practiced in multiple civilizations as white, grey or black magic respectively. Black magic is what everyone obsesses over (attempts to use supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purpos…
Comment linking /2020/06/29/michael-aquino-dead-was-leppo-his-last-interview/
on “Invention of satanic witchcraft by medieval authorities was met with skepticism”Submitted The flying Internet of things comes to burning man as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI went in 2007 and keep saying I will go again. Last year I watched all the videos here https://burners.me/shadow-history/ and found it very interesting and intriguing. An insider's perspective on the BM organization. Downloading the slide decks gives an overview of the materials.
Comment linking /shadow-history/
on “Larry Harvey, co-founder of Burning Man, has died”https://burners.me/2017/08/09/how-to-deal-with-cops-at-burni...
Comment linking /2017/08/09/how-to-deal-with-cops-at-burning-man-2017/
on “Lawyers for Burners”