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- Professor E.Caleb Friedman, purveyor of Norton's Emperor Elixirs -- customizable to your particular need or ailment! Wanderer, Initiate, Past & Future Master. Dilettante scion of an old Northeastern family of ships' masters & privateers (& a Brother to Pirates & Corsairs), I have dwelt inland these past few years by the banks of the Mighty Mississippi -- although formerly, I spent many a year in Jerusalem, not far from the Jordan. Visions, holy & unholy, are my constant domain.
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Eric Caleb Friedman posted a status"Putting together a Steampunk/Golden Dawn campaign for Call of Cthulhu"
Eric Caleb Friedman replied to Mad Jack MacMad's discussion Bellflower in the group Browncoat Confederation"This is what I could find:FireflyFans.net - Bellflower"
Eric Caleb Friedman replied to Bran Sinclair's discussion Opinions of the roles of magic in SP"Its of particular interest in that the modern interest in Tarot can be traced back to a Victorian "revival" of Tarot studies. In "real life", I'm an Initiate of several "secret societies", two of which have…"
Eric Caleb Friedman replied to Bran Sinclair's discussion Opinions of the roles of magic in SP"As I'm also a practitioner, I can't understand any conscious exclusion of magic from Steampunk, as the vast majority of modern occultism can be traced to very particular Victorian roots -- from the resurrection of mystical Freemasonry…"
Eric Caleb Friedman replied to Bran Sinclair's discussion Opinions of the roles of magic in SP"Just like the words "Science" or "Philosophy"!"
Eric Caleb Friedman replied to Bran Sinclair's discussion Opinions of the roles of magic in SP"Where's your Valley (NMJ or SJ)?"
Eric Caleb Friedman commented on James Evert Kisslring's group smoking section (Pipes, cigar, and who knows)"Any hookah smokers? I lived in the Middle East for a long time, and acquired a taste for them there. So, when hookah bars started opening up ere in the US, I was ready to go!"
Eric Caleb Friedman commented on Mae the mouse's blog post Happy Peppy Steampunk Day!!"The lock is an old Arabic or Persian (which is written with Arabic letters); it's likely to be a verse from the Koran. I've seen a number of these beautiful locks when I lived over there."
Eric Caleb Friedman replied to Bran Sinclair's discussion Opinions of the roles of magic in SP"One thing that I can't believe I forgot about is that the primary source of my aesthetic connection to Steampunk comes from the first two chapters of Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, and his somewhat mystical description of the museum…"
Eric Caleb Friedman replied to Bran Sinclair's discussion Opinions of the roles of magic in SP"Bing! Bing! Bing! Correct/agreed on all counts! (My avatar is from the H.P. Lovecraft Tarot, for which I wrote the accompanying booklet.) Don't forget Freemasonry (Karl Kellner & Franz Hartmann had to start somewhere!)."
Eric Caleb Friedman replied to Bran Sinclair's discussion Opinions of the roles of magic in SP"Cool stuff! I just got the DVD of Murder by Decree a few months ago; it's a lot campier than I remember it, but its been a longer time than I care to admit. [It's funny how Christopher Plummer is in so many "Masonic" movies…"
Eric Caleb Friedman replied to Bran Sinclair's discussion Opinions of the roles of magic in SP""Representing yourself as a high priest of an actual occult order should keep you safe from the slings and arrows of Harry Potterism but you might want to make sure there isn't an active chapter in your neighborhood... you…"
Eric Caleb Friedman replied to Bran Sinclair's discussion Opinions of the roles of magic in SP"However, the accusations of Masonic involvement in the Jack the Ripper case weren't even formulated until the 1970s. The whole "Juwes" thing has no real relation to Masonic ritual, and no one made (forced) a connection until Stephen…"
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Greetings Eric!