The AIWW Discord Server is now THE PEARL (Patreon)

Hello good people of the internet, I hope Monday is finding you well. I have some new and exciting news for you all!  Starting today, the AIWW Discord Server is undergoing a rebrand as it embarks on its next phase!

WHY?
Over the last while on the Disocrd, I've made it no secret  that I have felt quite out of step with a lot of the conversations and ideas that get discussed on the server, and that I don’t feel that I resonate with the server’s prevailing vibe a lot of the time.

This came into sharp focus a couple of months back when I was chatting to another long-standing member who had just quit the server. They said something along the lines of "I'm having trouble fitting in. I just don't see eye to eye with people here anymore and It often seems to me that people aren't fully or even actually listening to what I am saying but are arguing something else at me. Those conversations tend to get me upset." 

My response was —"fuck, I feel the exact same way!" — and, I continued,  "if I was very honest about it, If the server wasn't mine I'd probably have left ages ago".

At the end of the day, my name and brand are on the door, so I am accountable for the content even when it’s not me saying it. If someone arrives into the server via my social media or patreon or whatever, the topics, themes, tones and conversations they find there will be deemed by them as being representative and resonate with my outlooks and opinions, and the general view of my body of work within AIWW. And a lot of the time they’re not.

The AIWW Discord has become a forum that no longer is centred around me or AIWW or the thoughts, beliefs and outlooks I have. And so I felt that I really had only three possible moves I could make.

1, Continue as is and feel a continued sense of frustration and stress.

2, Give everyone the middle finger and delete the whole thing. 

3, Honour what the server has become and try to foster that.

The third choice is the only choice because while I often don’t align with the views, I love the people involved. The group there are some of the best people I have ever met, and the group dynamic of friendship and openness is very rare in the online world and therefore is something that should be cherished.

And, I feel that once I remove myself and the AIWW brand as being the focus, I can become a more relaxed, less stressed member of the group.

It also means that the good people on the server, can talk and chat about whatever they want now without me stifling, controlling or hindering the conversation. The group can move more fully into a more natural and perfect expression of what it is.

SO, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING

The name of the Server is now THE PEARL. Why? I had a vision and I saw a man on a flaming pie, and he said “The new name of the server is The Pearl” and so it is.

All the artwork has changed to reflect the new name.

All the channels that were specific to me or AIWW have been removed.

I’ll remain as one of the Admins for now, but my long-term goal is to eventually remove myself from any admin capacity and just be a member of the group.

This is the new server description:

“The Pearl is a public server for those who wish to discuss their ideas about magick, awakening, mysticism, and the occult & spirituality in general. All ideas, conversations and views expressed are the property of their respective author and are not to be taken as reflective of the moderators or the group in general. The one rule the server has is: “Don’t be a dick” and so if you see someone being a dick please report it to the moderators.

And that’s that. I hope all that makes sense and my reasoning is clear. But if not, don’t think too much about it. It’s all me and not you and I just want the best for everyone involved.

If you want to join the server then here's the link: https://discord.gg/thepearl