Ideology simply isn't intellectuality. They are a world apart, these two things, in terms of methodology and content.
At the magical level of consciousness, one can see only ideology. One embraces an ideology as a talisman to ward off bad luck. Once having sworn oneself to an ideology, one is not permitted to deviate from its system of beliefs. Doing so will produce bad luck -- a curse on oneself and one's kinsmen.
Intellectuality isn't anything like that. You can't introduce intellectuality as a fad, simply because you cannot embrace the position of being an intellectual as an ideology. Intellectuality is not a subject-position (vis-a-vis) the objects of the world. It isn't an identity.
Therefore what one is or isn't when one engages in intellectual thought is a question for dogma and ideology to give a definitive answer to -- but it is not a question with a definitive answer (at least not usually) from the perspective of the one who is used to thinking about things deeply.
If you are intent upon embracing a definitive answer to all the problems of your life, you are probably only embracing an ideology -- and not an attitude of intellectual openness to life and its possibilities.
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Intellectuality is the infinity of Liminal Space. It is inherently dangerous, because all paths are open and all is permissable. It is intrinsically at odds with Ideology in that it respects no boundary and no taboo.
This is why it is the abode of Shamans. Shamans break free of ideology, they exist in freedom of spirit and mind, that is what causes others to fear them for their moral ambiguity, this is why they are perceived to have such dangerous powers.
Never confuse a Shaman with a High Priest or Priestess. A Shaman Has access to All of the Worlds, while the latter have only access to Heaven.
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