I am watching a man drive a V8 Ford Mustang with a Peugout decal on the windscreen, and watching the mustang slowly disintegrate. And I am wondering, how much bad luck does one cause by putting a Peugout decal on a Mustang? The power of words is unmistakable. The scarlet letter A tells people something about you, even if it isn’t true. And the ability to maintain your own branding, and shake off the attempted branding of others is a critical magickal ability for anyone in the modern world. I am looking at an article regarding how James Franco has been cast as Fidel Castro in an upcoming film, rather than a Latino actor. James Franco has been credibly accused of the statutory rape of a seventeen year old. But the brand did not stick. He has not been charged. The tide of public opinion has not turned against him. Tell me this isn’t magick.


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