John Murray Spear was a 19th century Spiritualist born in Boston. He was originally associated with the Universalist Church of America and championed causes such as equal rights for women and the abolition of slavery and the death penalty. He would eventually turn his attentions and passions toward the increasing interest in mysticism and the novel philosophies of new religious movements that influenced and became popular amongst so many of his time. He eagerly began attending séances and channeling various ghosts and spirits, including a group he termed the "Association of Electrizers" which included such individuals as Benjamin Franklin. It is the endeavor which these alleged spiritual entities inspired him to accomplish which is what I believe will be of interest to those on this sub.
John Murray Spear and a number of his followers attempted to create an electrically-powered metallic machine god which was dubbed "The New Motive Power". This device would uplift and remake all of humanity and the world, leading to a new state of being and lasting utopia.
>Through the etheric transmission of humankind’s collective thoughts, knowledge, and desires, the New Motive Power would remake the world, an action Spear compared to fire boiling a pot of water. In essence, by removing humanity’s material limitations, the New Motor was a God-like machine that would bring out the God-like qualities in man. ^([1]) ^([2])
The method for this miraculous divine endeavor involved a woman dubbed the "New Mary" attempting to charge and empower the machine and ritualistically birthing the New Motive Power in order to give it life. These efforts ultimately ended in failure and were estimated to cost $2000 (roughly adjusted to what would amount to $50,000 today). This summary is brief and I recommend anyone interested to delve deeper into Spear's story, there's plenty of bizarre gonzo details beyond what I've mentioned.
I have no idea if John Murray Spear and his New Motive Power were known to any devs at Bethesda or served as an influence when they were conceptualizing Kagrenac or the Numidium. At the least the coincidence seems striking. An idealistic iconoclastic figure a
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Former Captain America, John Walker and his wife, Olivia Walker, are planning to sue Murray Stevenson for libel, defamation of character and unauthorized usage of their likenesses. This, the latest in Stevenson's legal troubles, comes just weeks after John Walker expressed disapproval of controversial right-wing media pundits film "The Real Hero".
"I'm proud of my time as Captain America, this movie doesn't reflect on my time as Captain America," Walker told Robert Evans on Good Morning Georgia, adding "It's full of events that never happened, it puts words I never said in my mouth."
"The Real Hero" began production in August, two months after Captain Walker's infamous killing of Flagsmasher Nico Kovaczsik, which led to him being stripped of his title as Captain America. Originally set to star Zac Efron as Captain Walker, it will now star a digitally de-aged Mel Gibson in the lead role and is set to be the directorial debut of Stevenson and the first film out of Avengers Studios.
When asked to comment on Walker's statements, Stevenson claimed it to be the work of deepfakes, saying "It is fake, the voice of Walker doesn't match, it it is fake." In the same statement Stevenson claimed that Walker was planning to sue Good Morning Georgia (which he mistakenly referred to as Georgia Radio). With this latest development, in is unknown how Murray, who has in the past held Walker in a higher regard than even Steve Rogers, will respond.
Walker's statement came two days after the films script, which Stevenson also wrote, was leaked in full onto first 4chan, the later Reddit, before finding it's way onto to Twitter. According to Olivia Walker, this was the first time her husband was able to read the script. Walker wasn't needed to approve of the film because the rights to his likeness as Captain America, as well as the likeness of Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson, are technically owned by the US government.
"We're not really suing because of how John's portrayed." Olivia Walker said in a statement to the press adding, "As uncomfortable as he was with being made into this deity like figure, and as annoyed as he was being portrayed as someone who would in anyway support Stevenson, what really inspired him to take legal action were the racist depictions of our late friend, Lemar Hoskins, as well as a depiction of myself that is both racist and misogynistic. John had been shielding me from reading it for a while, but I have some pages of script wi
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