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The Occult Equivalent of Copy-Pasting a Wikipedia Page
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The hosts discuss an occult plagiarism scandal involving Koot Hume who mistakenly sent a book from the astral plane without checking the name and the interesting personality type of people who have endless energy to self-promote but no energy for original thought.
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