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[Anonymous No.16741344]

Thinking of starting a cult around the Greek Gods. Just a fun little grade a anglo classics larp crossed with an Amish lifestyle. I have $10,000 in savings and found 5 acre farms in Colorado (so legal drugs too) for $8,000-$9,000. Extra capital would be needed to purchase the crops, animals, building materials for our off the grid housing (could be less if we don’t care about electricity so we don’t spend it on solar panels but we at least need a well and ya know a roof over our heads), whatever Hellenic larp shit you wanna buy, as well as the groceries we’ll probably need before our subDistended farm gets underway.

Looking for people with any of the following:
>money they’re willing to burn on this retarded project
>anyone with experience in off the grid housing, farming, or ranching
>any females especially if they want to be bred for the continuation of the tribe
As well as an interest in larping as a Hellene

I made this thread off a whim after finding out there are large nice looking plots of land I can afford, so no current discord, but I’ll make one if there’s any interest.

My current vision is building a community there and supporting it through subsistence shepherding, farming, worshipping the gods, and raising Families. Maybe even stuff like phalanx training though that probably wouldn’t be until later. Like I said kind of like Greco Amish. Feel free to share your ideas though.

Also would prefer more young people cause I’m young, though if you bring useful experience you’d be welcome.

[Anonymous No.16741359]

>>16741344
Most intriguing post on /lit in a while.

[Anonymous No.16741386]

>>16741344
More of an Athenian or Spartan vibe?

[Anonymous No.16741401]

>>16741344
Absolutely retarded larp but sounds kinda fun

[Anonymous No.16741413]

Let's go cult of Dionysus

[Anonymous No.16741418]

"It is typical of such persons that they rant about ancient Teutonic heroes of the dim and distant ages, stone axes, battle spears and shields, whereas in reality they themselves are the woefullest poltroons imaginable. For those very same people who brandish Teutonic tin swords that have been fashioned carefully according to ancient models and wear padded bear-skins, with the horns of oxen mounted over their bearded faces, proclaim that all contemporary conflicts must be decided by the weapons of the mind alone. And thus they skedaddle when the first communist cudgel appears. Posterity will have little occasion to write a new epic on these heroic gladiators."

[Anonymous No.16741425]

>>16741386
Maybe leaning Athens but not full Athens With some aspects of Sparta? Full Sparta would just be completely impractical, since everyone would be able to leave of their own free will of course, so that would just scare them all off. Athenian democracy would just be totally impractical and chaotic as well though, so government would at least the beginning start off as an oligarchy, though the atmosphere I guess I would hope to be somewhat open in an Athenian way like with the philosophical schools, but also with a spartan emphasis on physical fitness and Spartan tastes in rejecting decadent things.

Does that make sense?

[Anonymous No.16741510]

>>16741425
Absolutely, important to go about this classical revival project in the utmost practical, professional, and polished manner possible: by balancing Athenian artistic acumen and accomplishments with superhuman Spartan strength and solidity.
Anon, you've chosen the right place.

[Anonymous No.16741523]

source?

[Anonymous No.16741527]

>>16741344
We need architects, wildlife dudes, and tents to start with. Gloves and other protective gear. Water collection methods but we could start with a storage tent. Inscence and some kind of fire starters to ward off animals and insects. Yarn like fuck. A kiln would also help but any designs belong to the building and architecture crew. We should start with a council.

>>16741413
This, and we can just call it a festival if anyone intrudes.

[Anonymous No.16741561]

im interested

[Anonymous No.16741623]

I wish at times like these that lit posts had ids, similar to /biz. Preserving anonymity of course to prevent plebbit.

[Anonymous No.16741635]

>>16741623
Nah

[Anonymous No.16741717]

>>16741344
>>16741359
>>16741401
>>16741413
>>16741510
>>16741527
>>16741561
>>16741623
I made a discord server: https://discord.gg/KTNKGMBb

Sorry if it’s kinda bare, never made one before.

[Anonymous No.16741726]

>>16741523
Isn’t it just the acropolis?

[Anonymous No.16741729]

>>16741717
>Hi I'm creating a cult
>Here's our discord

[Anonymous No.16741740]

>>16741729
Well how else am I supposed to coordinate this? Do you have a better option?

[Anonymous No.16741749]

>>16741344
>any females especially if they want to be bred for the continuation of the tribe
will we sacrifice our first born for prosperity?

[Anonymous No.16741755]

>>16741749
No, just our goats. Wasn’t Zeus really against human sacrifice? Anyway I think we could try and figure out that intestine divination thing the ancients did.

[Anonymous No.16741777]

This reminds me of the book The Secret History where a bunch of classics students went about trying to recreate the Bacchanalia so they can enter the same frenzied state as the ancient Romans.

I kinda wish the Eleusinian Mysteries survived.

Who is going to be the cults patron god/goddess? Athena/Ares would be too on the nose if you are trying to create some modified Athenian/Spartan city state. What about Apollo? Maybe even Dionysus or Demeter would be good as well if it's going to be primarily a farming community.

[Anonymous No.16741781]

>>16741344
Add me to the screencap

[Anonymous No.16741813]

>>16741777
Apollo or Zeus would probably be patron, though I’d like some temple of worship (even though it’ll start off as rather meager) for each of the Olympians.

[Anonymous No.16741911]

>>16741813
I'd prefer Zeus over Apollo.

[Anonymous No.16741939]

>>16741911
Zeus shall be our patron then

[Anonymous No.16742043]

>>16741344
if u give me female, i will join

[Anonymous No.16742307]

This post serves as nothing more than stark insight into modernity's deep illiteracy; OP can scarcely string together a coherent sentence, let alone write some sort of foundational text for his "cult". His misplaced megalomania is nothing more than a punchline next to his 5th grade writing skills.
>Just a fun little grade a anglo classics larp
>could be less if we don’t care about electricity so we don’t spend it on solar panels but we at least need a well and ya know a roof over our heads
50 years ago any man would have presumed these sentences were written by a half-wit or some sort of deranged foreigner. The fact it was probably written by a man who allegedly is "fluent" in the English language is a morbid joke

[Anonymous No.16742316]

>>16742307
Based elitistposter

[Anonymous No.16742800]

>>16742307
>muh prose
>who cares if it's empty
Fuck off, read Plato.

[Anonymous No.16742805]

Get me a beautiful Athenian wife and I'm in.

[Anonymous No.16742854]

>>16741344
Can't tell if based or retarded. Probably both. Regardless, good luck anon, you're going to need it.

[Anonymous No.16742870]

>hey Gallienus, I was thinking about this cool little project

[Anonymous No.16742898]

>>16741344
>>any females especially if they want to be bred for the continuation of the tribe
Insanely based, if I were a woman I'd pay to be continously impregnated by hung Greek warrior-poets

[Anonymous No.16743001]

>>16741425
Are you going to put controls in place a la Ephors? Without some upper level controls to your oligarchy it will just fall apart within a generation since there’s no guard rails.

[Anonymous No.16743154]

This will only work if all members exclusively speak Classical Greek. Language is the best form of cult indoctrination. Also we would need a hill to build our polis.

[Anonymous No.16743203]

Why don't you learn Greek?

[Anonymous No.16743219]

>>16741344
I wish I lived in America, I would participate.

[Anonymous No.16743227]

>going anywhere remote with some 4channers

lmao idiots. you're all either gonna get raped or starve to death.

[Anonymous No.16743230]

i'd join you guys and use my skillset to take over the cult. i'd brainwash you all into becoming my sex slaves.

[Anonymous No.16743233]

>>16742043
pajeet detected

[Anonymous No.16743249]

>>16742307
>50 years ago any man would have presumed these sentences were written by a half-wit or some sort of deranged foreigner. The fact it was probably written by a man who allegedly is "fluent" in the English language is a morbid joke
blame the existence of the internet and how its accessibility granted the opinions of mindless proles more power than the upper echelons.

[Anonymous No.16743266]

>>16741344
look, no bullshit, if I join I WILL exploit the financial benefits of this cult as much as possible.

[Anonymous No.16743288]

Actual, albeit not average, Greek her.

Might I suggest that tou incorporate the ancient language into this. Language is of paramount importance when shaping the second generation, provably modifying perception of reality and modes of thinking.
I would also suggest you read up on the pantheon a bit. Ancient Greeks were mostly syncretists and even though they accepted people worshiping a different god most city states were unified in worshiping one or two (dependong on tradition and local needs).

[Anonymous No.16743316]

>>16741344
Keep in mind that 5 acres is not a lot of land. 10 acres is considered the minimum for contemporary family homesteads, especially if you need wood.
You will also want to keep some emergency funds for repairs, animal needs, tools, etc.
Farming is also much more difficult than people realise. Getting enough food for a year takes several years of learning. Not meant to discourage you as there's not a lot of information in your post anyways, just some useful info for anyone interested since I'm doing this myself (well, the homesteading bit).

On cbc (Land and Sea) there was recently an episode about a clearcut homestead community. Total hippies and all guys (lol) but interesting idea of getting cheaper land to rebuild from while also growing a forest again. Although obviously you're starting at a disadvantage since you wouldn't have much good wood for burning and building.

[Anonymous No.16743832]

>>16743154
>>16743203
>>16743288
Agreed, as part of it we’ll all learn Ancient Greek, at a certain point once we’re fluent enough we’ll exclusively speak Ancient Greek with each other.
>>16743316
Thanks for the info, I’m gonna need a lot more starting Capitol I guess.

[Anonymous No.16743903]

>>16741717

I'm in, put up a new discord link

[Anonymous No.16743911]

>>16741344
Unless it's in the eastern quarter of the state you aren't going to grow much of anything. Colorado is for livestock.

[Anonymous No.16743920]

are you gonna go to war with the United states to retrieve the necessary slaves?

[Anonymous No.16743924]

>>16743920
With our mastery of sophism we will convince people to be our slaves

[Anonymous No.16743936]

platonic neet reporting for duty this fine Monday morning

[Anonymous No.16743941]

>>16741344
>Moving to 8000 feet above sea level and expecting anything to grow.

[Anonymous No.16744147]

>>16743911
>>16743941
Alright fine, we’ll be shepherds

[Anonymous No.16744619]

>>16742800
Prose has nothing to do with it; the issue is with OP's ability to communicate simple ideas in written form. Many of his sentences are unintelligible, and give the impression they truly written by a gradeschool child.

[Anonymous No.16744731]

>>16744619
So what? Pretend your literate and it ain't gonna change shit.

[Anonymous No.16744802]

>>16741344
make it a pythagorean BJJ bro cult

[Anonymous No.16745289]

>>16741344
Gay sex?

[Anonymous No.16745369]

>>16745289
Only if you say no homo first

[Anonymous No.16745687]

>>16741344
I have a question, how will you cope with the fact that the greek gods are assholes, well thinking about it, you could use that to your own personal advantage, such as indoctrinating women into thinking that occassionally zeus can take your form and fuck them, thus making demi gods. Shit, I am an aspiring writer, I can help you get this cult shit up and running, of course, if you desire.

[Anonymous No.16746125]

>>16742307
This entire thread is actually theory-fiction-satire of extremely online reactionary praxis.

[Anonymous No.16746190]

OP be careful before you buy the property, there's a shit ton of different very complex zoning laws around empty property in the US. It's possible you won't be allowed to build on the land, you might have a specimen of plant on the property considered to be endangered and you'll have to pay to have it safely removed

[Anonymous No.16746257]

>>16741344
Shit idea

[Anonymous No.16746493]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBpNu4_TP9w
There is already something like that
>inb4 muh Vice

[Anonymous No.16747072]

>>16741344
Based

[Anonymous No.16747151]

>>16747072
based on what?

[Anonymous No.16747521]

>>16746493
At least these people are Greek living in Greece. The Communist who abandoned Communism to worship Zeus made me laugh.

[Anonymous No.16747619]

>>16747521
Who?

[Anonymous No.16747630]

>>16747619
in the video

[Anonymous No.16747632]

>>16741344
Holy fuck yes

[Anonymous No.16747673]

Blessed thread

[Anonymous No.16747731]

>>16741344
If Mormonism is a strong religion I'm sure you can pull this off

[Anonymous No.16747749]

>>16742870
made me laugh too hard

[Anonymous No.16747754]

>>16743227
>you're all either gonna get raped
my bussy is dripping at the thought

[Anonymous No.16748585]

>>16744619
They aren't unintelligible at all, you're just a faggot

[Anonymous No.16748595]

I'm gonna use my immense charisma and wit to win all over your trust, then secretly record you as you confess to me things you've done, then use them as blackmail to become the leader of the cult. You'll all be my sex slaves.

[Anonymous No.16748640]

>>16741344
>any females especially if they want to be bred for the continuation of the tribe

I'm sure you'll find a fine selection of women willing to be a part of this endeavor

[Anonymous No.16748725]

>>16741344
>you dont even have to be withe to get in
into le trash it goes

[Anonymous No.16748735]

>>16742805
she looks like a german hag. funny cause her sister looks like an irish angel

[Anonymous No.16749334]

>>16741344
Bump, I have some shit to say about this tomorrow morning

[Anonymous No.16749341]

>>16748735
retarded zoomer cope. Dakota is a goddess.

[Anonymous No.16749373]

>>16742307
He's trying to reboot ancient Greece. What are you doing, bitch boy?

[Anonymous No.16749378]

Will you allow software engineers? I make 160k a year and I think that would help a lot in making a fund we can use to accelerate progress a little.

[Anonymous No.16749380]

Chances are if it is a $9000 farm there's a reason for that. Probably an arid hell-hole with no running water in the middle of butt-fuck nowhere

[Anonymous No.16749388]

>>16749334
Say it now.

[Anonymous No.16749389]

>>16741425
>Athenian democracy would just be totally impractical and chaotic as well though
Nonsense. Sortition is wonderfully functional when combined with open and auditable government. It doesn't scale well but OP is talking small anyways.

[Anonymous No.16749452]

>>16749380
I’ve been looking at the land in the discord. Can confirm.

[Anonymous No.16749470]

>>16749380
>running water
Yeah, you'll have to be really careful about this. people don't give a shit about dumping into streams like they used to. Don't want to be next to pig farms or any industrial operation.

[Anonymous No.16750335]

>>16741344
I can afford a barrel and a plucked chicken.

[Anonymous No.16750339]

>>16741344
Stop appropriating my culture, Amerimutt.

[Anonymous No.16750405]

>>16741344
>Wanting to Hellenize the world again
Based and Buck Mulliganpilled.

[Anonymous No.16750441]

>>16741729
Laughed my ass off for some reason

[Anonymous No.16752192]

Bump

[Anonymous No.16752486]

>>16741344
>>any females especially if they want to be bred for the continuation of the tribe

[Anonymous No.16752894]

>>16750339
No
>>16750335
Based

[Anonymous No.16752917]

>>16749378
Absolutely yeah, I’m ok with anyone joining right now but people with money or have experience in off the grid housing/farming/ranching especially. >>16741717

[Anonymous No.16752933]

Get in here if interested https://discord.gg/KTNKGMBb

[Anonymous No.16752943]

>>16741418
You should read books instead of cherry picked passages. In that passage Hitler is talking about a bourgeoisie custom imported from England of people having literal dressup teaparties. "Vikings" and "Germanic Heathen" were common themes alongside ones like "Knights", "Clergymen", and "Ancient Egyptians".

[Anonymous No.16753070]

>>16750339
Greeks had time machines? Holy shit take me back.

[Anonymous No.16753532]

>>16741344
Based