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[โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think about that essay probably once a month at least.

Maybe "Moloch Horror" would be a good Schelling point, since Lovecraft was a racist- oh wait that poet was a pedophile. Shit... "Cosmic horror" it is?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It had a profound impact on me when I read it years ago. It was a key influence on me constructing a personal religious cosmology and practice, with the purpose of reconciling my strong urges towards the spiritual with my reflexive scientific skepticism.

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