What happened to Van Morrison? The fall from eccentric genius to conspiracy theorist

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17. It's possible to respect his questions but not where they've taken him.

Poor guy. Like those yelling at people in public, he's probably very anxious and defensive these days.

From the WaPo, an article I missed and have to look up: "there is “a growing pipeline between New Age male spirituality, new masculinity movements and QAnon.” I knew the New Age spirituality connection was big. Decline of churchgoing does not erase the need to be part of groups for spiritual belonging, just directs it in different directions, including those where predators and wingnuts await.

But the "male spirituality" and "masculinity movements" sound worth reading about. And inevitable. After all, that's the way the authoritarian Republican Party is going.