• givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    587·
    5 months ago

    I mean, Lovecraft just went with OG Abrhamic stuff.

    When they talk about angels in the Bible, they weren’t talking about beautiful elves from Lotr with wings.

    They were something that interacting with would break your mind. Because the people claiming to see them had broken minds already, that’s why they were “seeing” them in the first place.

    Which makes sense because what started the Abrhamic religions was a schizophrenic hearing voices to murder his family to appease the voice(s) in their head.

    It’s been whitewashed over the centuries, but that’s all it is. The followers of a schizophrenic carrying on his delusions that began with murdering his brother. And they’re still being told if they ever experience those symptoms, they should fucking listen instead of getting mental health treatment.

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
      28·
      5 months ago

      Also see the Oracle (s) of Pythia/Delphi.

      Go into cave

      Breathe fumes

      Hallucinate

      Tell local King he’ll be victorious in upcoming battle

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        312·
        5 months ago

        I’m sure it happened some before, but the earliest known case was like, a thousand years or so after.

        The danger of the Abrahamic religions is people who did experience hallucinations from things like ergot poisoning saw the similarities to the schizophrenic hallucinations their religions are based on.

        So instead of their first thought being “clearly I’m seeing/hearing things that aren’t there like a dream” it was “God has chosen me and is commanding me to do ____”.

        Like, under no circumstances is a higher power providing instructions, guidance, advice, anything.

        And it’s incredibly dangerous when people believe it’s possible. Because if they experience hallucinations for any reason, there’s a chance they treat it like a command.

  • half_built_pyramids@lemmy.worldEnglish
    471·
    5 months ago

    The Then the ant realizes these humming monoliths are used to play hentai games and be a sex pest on insta, and then the ant goes even more mad trying to learn what loss is.

  • ekZepp@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    28·
    5 months ago

    Nice post, it remembers me a quote from the cosmic horror movie Black Mountain Side (2014)

    “Deer God: When an animal looks up at the night sky, what does it see? Thousands and thousands of tiny points. Then a man looks up at the same points and sees millions of stars; galaxies, within which are billions of planets. Do you want to know what I see? Were you there when I created the stars?”

    • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      5 months ago

      Worth the watch? I see it doesn’t have great reviews but that’s not uncommon with Cosmic Horror since it tends not to have much in the way of resolution or typical story beats

      • ekZepp@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        14·
        5 months ago

        Don’t expect any big monster scene. It’s more like a paranormal thriller, but the atmosphere is something else. Especially the sounds effects, they get under your skin.

        • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          14·
          5 months ago

          That makes sense though. The horror of cosmic horror is often too nebulous for many audiences and reviewers. I get why that’s not to everyone’s taste, but that’s also just a staple of the genre

  • nature_man@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    5 months ago

    If I had a quarter for each time someone has explained eldritch/other-worldly concepts to me via an analogy using ants I’d have a dollar, which isn’t a lot but it’s strange that it’s happened 4 times

    • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Any psychedelic, really. I’ve had these kind of revelations on 25i, for example, which is one of the more visual, less enlightening psychs. It’s literally like what people who have never touched the stuff think LSD is like, but I still had thoughts like this on the stuff.

  • dotslashmeEnglish
    8·
    5 months ago

    Some call it madness, others call it a life of purpose.

  • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    They did this rather well in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. That uncle Whatshisface did a good job portraying eldritch madness.