Thanks Mucho!

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Re: CGI's Gryphon: Stranger in a Strange Land

Howdy"
'Maybe a Myth' but...
"Here's a bedtime story for you. Once upon a time in a poorly lit bar, Robert Heinlein was having a drink with his friend, one L. Ron Hubbard, a fellow science fiction writer. The two get to talking about religion and how religious institutions get all sorts of social, cultural, and financial perks. People just hand you money, you don't have to pay taxes, and you can do whatever you want whenever you want to (you just have to claim it's religious in nature and the government can't do a thing about it).

A few drinks more and a bet is made. The first one to start his own religion and get rich off of it wins. Heinlein wrote Stranger in a Strange Land, and Hubbard started what is easily the most controversial religion of the last century: Scientology. Hubbard wins. (Source.)"

The but comes in because the Church of All WOrlds was the first...
"About CAW

by Kira April

The CAW is the first Pagan Church founded in the US. It was incorporated in 1968 by Tim Zell (now Oberon Zell) and recognized by the IRS in 1970. Oberon read Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein and was so inspired by the vision of a Nest — a close-knit group seeking a deep knowing of each other — that he brought his vision alive with the CAW. He continued his vision of forming community by founding Green Egg Magazine and the Mythic Images statuary company." https://caw.org/about/

SO was there a bet?

Just a segue that popped into my head reading the piece by Gryphon. And as another aside can anyone identify the author of this Gnostic piece?
https://ghostbin.com/GTcGb

This might be of interest as well, the Heinlein-Crowley connection. https://www.lashtal.com/247-old-news/
Have a very fine December. If Clif is correct...it should be full of woo!

publish at will.

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