[UA] Post-postmodern?

[Benn Beaton]

OK to turn this completly on its head.  The original idea was for a counter
postmodern organisation (grass roots or otherwise) based around mutual
ascention (correct me if i've goofed).  We've done traditionalist groups
modernist groups and argued over value sets and community.  Not once have we
looked for an example that already exists.  We have in fact got 2 potentials
1) Mac attak 2) the house of renunciation.  Mac attak i cant offer much
insight into as i find them to be the processed cheese of the U.A. universe
but the house is traditionally seen as a force for change.  What larger
change could there be than to go from a values lite environment to one of
established common value.  Perhaps we're missing the basics.  Globally
speaking economic determinism is on the rise.  Its not going to hit the
heights of the reagan era chicago school but its still got the WTO pushing
mom and pop corn farmers to compete with multinational mutant-building
agrifirms.  How many people look back to days gone past and wish for a
return?  Do people still believe that with hard work they can come out
ahead?

Now has anyone got a name for the room?

As for Mac attak i'd love to see if anyone has an insite for using them as a
modernist force (the nastier the better)


On 4/8/08, Chris Cooper <insectking at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- Russell Rayburn <rusrayburn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Immigration patterns bring people from places where
> > Thaumaturgy is
> > dominant into contact with Adepts / Avatars.
> > Conflict ( hilarity? )
> > ensues.
>
> I just see adept magick as a staple of sorcery not a
> new face. I think not that this is progressive against
> traditionalists. This is a clash between those with
> mad, all-consuming personal ambition and those with
> fear of absurd and abnormal.
>
> I would not ascribe social models to individuals.
> Social models are the domain of the constellation of
> archetypes.
>
> By your argument, I see it as a not a clash between
> authentic thaumaturgy and adepts but between sorcerers
> and avatars - the individual's desires vs. the
> pressure of social conformity.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris.
>
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