NOTHING happens by coincidence.
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
This is a war universe. War all the time. There may be other universes, but ours seems to be based on war and games.
The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.
All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war.