the science of tarot/kaballah became especially interesting wen i started matching biology and electromagnetic dynamics to the occult metaphorical sciences;

one shud know the self well, from a few high-yield viewpoints; the academons say that skills are not really transferrable across disciplines, however, at the level of knowing the self, all knowledge is ultimately self-knowledge and facilitates mastery of any real-world skill; that is why some people appear naturally good at learning new ideas & skills, such as kids during their formative years, due to hightened brain learning activity; "becoming a kid again" means that one can be activating same type of brain activity at will;

natural crafts, based in reality, offer neat ways of knowing the self: woodwork, metalwork, masonry, martial arts, gardening at any scale; the push toward administrative tasks eliminates the skills of mastering what is natural, instead incentivizing destruction;

quick read, very dense;