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weird web, kookery, superstition, chaos magick for genuine dummies 

Somebody on Reddit asked me what was the weirdest piece of fringe culture I've ever seen in my decades of "kook" studies.

This might not quite be the winner, but I think Grabovoi numbers are pretty far up there. It's basically just folk magic with random strings of numbers, promoted by a Russian mystic with a VERY weird past...

neologicaltech.com/pages/grabo

google.com/search?q=grabovoi+n

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_

re: weird web, kookery, superstition, chaos magick for genuine dummies 

Mr. Grabovoi, I don't care HOW good your system is. I am NOT getting my kidneys reversed! Once was enough!

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And then we get into the REALLY good stuff...

re: weird web, kookery, superstition, terrifying Russian eye contact 

I mean, doesn't this Grabovoi guy just look like a beacon of joyful light, and totally not a GRU agent about to give you a polonium swirlie?

re: weird web, kookery, superstition, terrifying Russian eye contact 

@zebratron2084

Honestly, he looks like a relative.

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