>discovers [insert type] magic>dies miserable in poverty John Dee, Alister Crowley, Cornelius Agrippa, Eliphas Levi. The list is endless, why is this such a pattern with these "enlightened" individuals?
>>41267258All of these guys have been huge influences throughout history and continue to appreciate over timeMaybe they were on to something
>>41267258>Alister CrowleyHe died from drugs.>AgrippaYou can thank the Church.>Eliphas LeviHe literally died of an illness.>The list is endlessYou don't have a list, just a bunch of stupid generalizations.
>John Dee communicates with biblical angels using the obsidian mirror Tezcatlipoca>They bait him with bad things and make fun of him.This isn't surprising, really, considering the story of Ezekiel and the bait for cooking food on human feces.Tricksters
>>41267258You cannot trust any death publicized over cultists like Dee or tertiary revivalists like Crowley.It is in their modus operandi to fake certain initiates' deaths to remove them from all obligation to the human world, so that in their final years they may afford focus on higher matter and service.
>>41267258introverted wealth complexto invent magic you need to cloister yourself but to become wealthy off it you need to be a showmanthey're all certainly the NFJ type but this would put them as a highly ambitious individual that can't finish projects for the sake of mere wealth