The Pathfinder 2e Extinction Curse module is a new adventure path brought to you by Paizo Publishing. It is designed to take players on an exciting journey in the fantasy world of Golarion. This module focuses on a travelling circus troupe called the Circus of Wayward Wonders, who stumble upon a plot that threatens the very existence of the world. The main idea of this module is **to provide players with an engaging and challenging adventure** that combines thrilling combat encounters with intricate mysteries to solve. The Extinction Curse module introduces new character options, including the versatile acrobat class and new spells and magic items. It also presents players with a sandbox-style campaign, allowing them to explore the world at their own pace and make meaningful choices that will impact the story.
It also presents players with a sandbox-style campaign, allowing them to explore the world at their own pace and make meaningful choices that will impact the story. The module is divided into several acts, each with its own unique challenges and set pieces. The players will have to navigate treacherous dungeons, solve complex puzzles, and face off against dangerous foes to uncover the truth behind the plot that threatens Golarion.
The Occult Technology of Power: The Initiation of the Son of a Finance Capitalist Into the Arcane Secrets of Economic and Political Power [Paperback ed.] 1943687048, 9781943687046
Table of contents :
1. My Introduction to Your Initiation
2. Professor A. on the Role of Fraud in Nature
3. Professor Q. on Occult Knowledge as the Key to Power
4. Professor M. on the Economics of Central Banking
5. Professor B. on the Functions of the Central Bank in the Mature Finance Capitalist System
6. Professor G. on Social and Business Legislation and Policy
7. Professor D. on the Role of Public Education
8. Professor X. on Prestigious Associations and Secret Societies
9. Professor Y. on Covert Operations and Intelligence
10. My Closing Remarks
11. Afterwords by the Transcriber
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OCCULT T[Cl-INOLOGY or: POW[R THE INITIATION OF THE SON OF A FINANCE CAPITALIST INTO THE ARCANE SECRETS OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER
" . . . the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes." - Benjamin Disraeli (Earl ofBeaconsfield)
ISBN- 13 : 978- 1-943687-04-6 Copyright © 1974 by Alpine Enterprises Cover design and custom titling typeface by Paul Slagle WWW. PAULSLAGLE. COM Edited and designed by Kevin I. Slaughter This edition ©20 16 Underworld Amusements, LLC. WWW.UNDERWORLDAMUSEMENTS. COM
TO MY SON IN THIS THIN VOLUME you will
find the transcripts of your initiation into the secrets of my empire. Read them again not for the arcane knowledge which is now second nature you, but in order to re-experience the shock and awe you felt twenty years ago when at age thirty the fabulous scope of my power was revealed to you by my trusted, and now mostly departed advisors. Remember the surprise, to the point of disbelief, with which you beheld the invisibly deli cate, but invincible chains of deceit, confusion, and coercion with which we finance capitalists enslave this chaotic world. Remember the feats of will and strategy that have been re quired to retain our position. Then, inspect your retinue carefully. Your heir must be equal to and eager for the task much as you were. Choose him carefully. As I lie here wait ing for the end I can afford to relish the thought our empire lasting forever as I never dared while in charge. Rational power calculations, so easily disrupted by the thrill of power, are now entirely in your hands.
"KNOW!-WILL-DARE-AND BE SILENT!" -ALEISTER CROWLEY
To My Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 My Introduction to Your Initiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.
Professor A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Professor Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 S
Professor M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Professor B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
On the Role ofFraud in Nature On Occult Knowledge as the Key to Power On the Economics ofCentral Banking On the Functions ofthe Central Bank in the Mature Finance Capitalist System 5.
Professor G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1
Professor D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Professor X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
On Social and Business Legislation and Policy On the Role ofPublic Education On Prestigious Associations and Secret Societies 8.
Professor Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
On Covert Operations and Intelligence My Closing Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Afterword by the Transcriber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 1976 Review by Jo Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 20 14 Review by Brian Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
MY INTRODUCTION TO YOUR INITIATION MY SON, the time has arrived to make formal what you have
confidently awaited for some years. Of all your brothers, sis ters, and cousins, as well as the offspring of my close allies, I have chosen you to be heir to my empire. All the trust funds, foundations, and accounts through which my empire is con trolled shall pass into your hands upon my retirement. All my alliances, understandings, and enmities with my hand ful of peers around the globe shall gradually become yours. Over the next twenty years we shall collaborate closer and closer, you and I, until, we finally act as one. For ten years you have toured my empire in a succes sion of managerial assignments and are now familiar with the outward operations of my crucial banking, foundation, governmental, and think tank organizations. Until now, my advisors and I have deflected your questions as to how and if my diverse operations and holdings, which seem autono mous and even contradictory, are integrated into an organic whole to serve the dynasty's interests. The fact that you asked these questions, rejecting my carefully nurtured pub lic image as an idle, coupon clipping philanthropist, was a major factor in the high esteem in which I hold you. Most of your competitors found puppet leadership in any one of my organizations so awesome and gratifying that they imme diately eliminated themselves from the contest for the top position which you have won. Such men of limited vision are necessary for my success. They bend unconsciously to the subtle pressures to which I expose them. They can be led in any direction I choose by simple-minded rationalizations aimed at their vanity without being privy to my motives which would be short lived secrets in their undisciplined and envious minds . Most important in your selection as my successor, how7
ever was your psychological nature which has been faith fully reported to me over the years by my associates, many of whom have advanced psychological training. A man in my position must have total mastery over his emotions. All actions affecting the power of the dynasty must be taken on the basis of coldly reasoned power calculations if the dy nasty is to survive and prosper at the expense of its subjects and rivals. All power is impossible to those whose pursuit is ruled by sentimentality, love, envy, power-lust, revenge, prej udice, hatred, justice, alcohol, drugs, or sexual desire. Sus tained power is impossible to those who repress all their ir rational longings into their subconscious only to have them return in compulsive, out of control behavior that inevitably leads to their ruin. Although often clothed in the rational izations of power calculation, compulsive behavior is at root, the emotionalism of a frightened child, desperately project ing his inner agony into a reality he is afraid to understand, much less master. Although you now must begin to pursue it consciously you have already displayed the alienation from your emo tional nature that is so essential to achieving real worldly power. You must recognize your emotional nature as a primitive survival mechanism that was appropriate for the jungle and perhaps useful to common men, but useless for the tasks that confront us finance capitalists. Attachment to what you do, just because you do it, is the primary psycho logical characteristic of ordinary mortals. Such cognitive dissonance spells disaster for us. Our emotional mechanism makes our lives worth living, but is no guide to the occult arts of intrigue. So, continue to gratify your senses and emo tions fully at your leisure. As long as the empire prospers you will have the resources to indulge in systematic gratification which will leave your irrational urges sated and, therefore, powerless. You will never be in the unenviable position of the middle class strivers who must, from lack of resources, repress their emotional natures if they are to attain any power whatever during their lives. Typically, they end up 8
The Occult Technology ofPower
taking their pleasure from the victories and cruelties of their struggle. Thus, their end ceases to be power and they even tually defeat themselves with reckless behavior in pursuit of dominant thrills. I have brought you into seclusion with my most trusted advisors in order to inaugurate a new phase of your instruction. Your formal training in the "official" political economic world is now complete. This weekend will mark the beginning of your training in the occult technology of power that lurks behind outer appearances. As your tutors will explain, "occult" or secret knowledge is the basis of all power in human society, so I use the word "occult" advisedly, in its pristine usage. As I am sure you are aware by now, pro ductivity in itself does not secure power and therefore does not secure the gratifications of life. After all, slaves can be productive. None of my organizations in which you served so well are concerned with advancing the techniques of s at isfying human needs and desires. Rather, all are dedicated to the surreptitious centralization of productive, but especially coercive, efforts in my hands or in creating the intellectual climate in which such veiled control would be tolerated in the future. I destroy or paralyze productive efforts that can not be ensnarled in my web After a break Professor A. will take the floor in order to put finance capitalism into full biological perspective. His short talk will be followed by similar abbreviated summaries by his six associates, all of whom you know well. The rest of the weekend will be devoted to forthright fielding of your questions.
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ON Tl-I[ ROL[ O� �RAUD IN NATUR[ Organisms typically base their success primarily 'li;; ,
religion, ..ationality, lack of reason , faith, lack of faith,
interests which profit from go control. For now, we can leave open the question as to whether these vested interests form a monolithic, interlocking network that culminates in the authority of David Rockefelle r as Chairman of the Chase Manhattan and the Council on Foreign Relations (or Lord's Rothschild. Royal Institute?) In any case , we do not believe that it is a coincidence that government 1;on· trol systematically achieves the opposite of the alleged
"egalitarian" intent. While it may n ot be obvious at first, the above in sight will accomplish a revolution of educational tactics in the movement for liberty. The task of converting humanity into billions of economic experts will finally be recognized futile and laughably hopeless . Instead, 'educational efforts can be directed toward the far easier of the oppressed against real oppressors! Believe it or not, victory for liberty could be closer than you thin k !
culture by the vested
that "free market " demand for. nonsense. We believe that this view is mo re than paradoxical. It is incorrect'. We believe that the economic nonsense which ra· tionaliies tyrannous big government is subsidized to the extent required to keep such opinions dominant in the
suggested that there is a demand for economic non sense and unprincipled intellectuals simply respond to
"CONSPIRACY EXPOSE IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO FIGHT AGAINST BIG GOVERNM ENT TYRANNY AND FOR INDIVIDUAL LI BERTY"
Friedman, etc . , attempt and succeed to an extent in making their living presenting the case for liberty in an organized form that segments of busy humanity wil hopefully have time to study. As everyone knows, their voices are drowned out by the advocates of tyranny . Wh y ? Milton Friedman has
liberty i n favor of big government dependence, we ·do not believe that they are causal factors. A primary datum to be considered is the division of labor. To master the pros and cons of liberty, especially in economics, a weat deal of time. effort, and reading is required. Thus, the vast majority of people simply can · ·not decide these iSsties through first· hand analysis. · Tl)e,next.obvious:qUestion is who does their t hink i n g .for, l\ulm? ..True. a· few intellectuals like Ludwig von Mises. Murray Rothbard , Ayn Rand. von Hayek, Milton
etc., etc. While all theSe factors and more may contribute to making a particular individual more likely to reject
gy, alienation, low 1.0., innate envy, the nuclear family. the break-down of the nuclear family. religion, the lack
jectivity, genetic deterioration,' complexity of technolo
their physical and spiritual well-being, why are the peo ple so OllPosed to it? Everyone who is interested in this question has their favorite answer: laziness, greed, sub·
of the world. (You al ready agree.) The q u estion is, Why? It liberty is. so demonstrably beneficial to the vast majority of the people, both for
and personal liberties have suffered severe blows from big government in America, to nothing of in the rest
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" . . . the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes." - Benjamin Disraeli (Earl ofBeaconsfield)
The Extinction Curse module provides **a balance between action-packed combat and thought-provoking role-playing**. It offers a range of challenges that will test the skills and abilities of all types of characters, from nimble acrobats to powerful spellcasters. With its diverse range of encounters and exciting storyline, the Pathfinder 2e Extinction Curse module is sure to provide hours of entertainment for both new and experienced players alike..
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- John - 2/5 - I was really excited to dive into the Pathfinder 2e Extinction Curse module, but I found it to be quite underwhelming. The plot was predictable and lacked depth, and the characters felt like cardboard cutouts with no real development. The pacing was also off, with long stretches of tedious combat that added nothing to the overall story. I was hoping for a thrilling adventure, but instead, I found myself bored and disengaged.
- Sarah - 3/5 - As a long-time Pathfinder player, I had high expectations for the Extinction Curse module, but unfortunately, it didn't live up to them. The overall concept was interesting, but the execution fell flat. The writing and storytelling felt disjointed, and the module lacked a clear direction or purpose. The encounters were also unbalanced, with some being way too challenging while others were too easy. It was a disappointing experience that left me feeling unsatisfied.
- Mike - 2/5 - I had high hopes for the Extinction Curse module, but it just didn't capture my interest. The story felt forced, and the mechanics were overly complicated, making it difficult to immerse myself in the game. The lack of guidance for the players was frustrating, and the module often left us feeling lost and unsure of what we were supposed to be doing. It's a shame because I had heard great things about Pathfinder 2e, but this module wasn't a good introduction to the system for me.