Greetings to the Living. In this episode of Up Is Down I had the pleasure of speaking to the wonderful and illuminating Vin Armani about the magical and treacherous times we are living in. Vin has led a very interesting life and, as a sovereign creature and a student of history and mysticism, he offers a different perspective of the social and psychic climate we have found ourselves in.

Vin and I talked for some time about what is happening around the hashtag social media magic mirror. The meme magic of what he recognizes as a transition from an age of light and innovation into an age of unconscious, emotionally fed tech industry that is diminishing our capacity for reason (some of us anyway), and dimming our ability to transcend the bullshit. The Dim Age.

Where might you be in this spell?
How are hashtags and retweets actually magic?
What power do you have with your speech? And how might we be unconscious of it?
Tune in to this part one of two and decide for yourself.

Vin Armani is a lot things but uninteresting isn't one of them. He has a perspective that I found refreshing and intriguing. If you'd like to know more about his background I suggest reading his books and/or listening to his appearances on Hotep Jesus, Pete Quinones Free Man Beyond The Wall, and the Lions of Liberty podcasts as well as his own podcast Destination Unknown. We did not get into his origin story on Up Is Down. It's been covered before.

Some Vin Armani Resources:
vinarmani.com
Hotep Jesus interview:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vin-armani-interview/id1535679593?i=1000494613203

Pete Quinones Free Man Beyond The Wall spots:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-man-beyond-the-wall/id1263295815?i=1000469843894
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-man-beyond-the-wall/id1263295815?i=1000475634018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-man-beyond-the-wall/id1263295815?i=1000472748186
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-man-beyond-the-wall/id1263295815?i=1000493032586
Lions of Liberty:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lions-of-liberty/id706061933?i=1000477988742
Destination Unknown:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vin-daves-destination-unknown/id1409442252

VIn's books:
Tao of the Gigolo
https://www.amazon.com/Tao-Gigolo-Vin-Armani-2011-12-01/dp/B01FIZZJAM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Vin+Armani&qid=1603170382&sr=8-1
Self Ownership
http://vinarmani.com/selfownership/

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