No, the Eclipse Was Not a Sex Magic Ritual
People have been absolutely batty since the beginning of time, but thanks to the internet, we now get a front row seat to the rants of crazy people. Like this one from USA Today:
A March 28 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) claims something is amiss about a government agency’s plan to launch rockets during the upcoming eclipse.
“Sending a rocket to the moon is really just like a large-scale sex magic ritual,” the woman says. “A rocket is just like a giant obelisk. The moon is the feminine aspect, so the obelisk to the moon – or a rocket to the moon – is a sex magic ritual.”
A portion of the caption reads, “So is this ritual, and all its synchronicities, a ritual causing mass psychosis?”
In case you were wondering, no, this isn’t true. Via USA Today:
The NASA rockets scheduled for April 8 will be used to study the eclipse’s effect on the upper atmosphere, as they were during a past eclipse. There is no evidence the rockets are tied to any ritual – sexual, magical or otherwise.