I closed my eyes for five hot seconds, and was confronted by an entity that wanted me to make a tarot spread based on a certain event and the things that featured in that event. The tarot spread would not be a passive reading of current events, though. It would have a component where the reader would be able to directly alter the querent’s probabilities to a significant degree.
The entity found out the hard way that being beaten with an inflamed holly branch is not very pleasant, and having been thus educated, ke departed.
Just because I can, doesn’t mean I should.
(And yet, you know this is going to bug the fuck out of me all day, because what if.)
Okay. Lemme work this out here, then. What if. What would be the positive consequences? What would be the negative consequences? What would be the negative ramifications of the positive consequences? (See also: Too much of a good thing.) What would be the positive ramifications of the negative consequences? (See also: Long term results.)
Alright, so I could make such a thing. Do I keep it to myself, or share it? If I share it, so I throw it out on the wind immediately, or do I send it to a few key people first. (It is my experience, that only ONE can keep a secret. Eventually, what is hidden slips away into the Internet. Usually, at the worst possible moment.) Once I have it, do I advertise that I have it? Or do I say nothing until a situation presents itself where it would be worthwhile to deploy? If I intentionally let it slip, how much responsibility do I bear when it is misused? Could others come up with this thing on their own? Could others see through the intentional blinds I’ll seed the public version with and recreate the event that inspired the spread?
Would I be able to live with myself if that does happen and the wrong choice is made to devastating effect?
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No.
I will not be the one to place the knife on the table and walk away.
Just because I can, doesn’t mean I should.