TL;DR: Poe was a weirdo with a ludicrous life story sent forth by the Salem Witches to influence culture.

I assume that everyone reading this is familiar with “Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory”:

Cultural Marxism is a far-right and antisemitic conspiracy theory that misrepresents Western Marxism (especially the Frankfurt School) as being responsible for modern progressive movements, identity politics, and political correctness.

Customary blackwash. In practice and to greatly shorten the real explanation of Cultural Marxism, the aim involves “solve et coagula”, to dissolve and to coagulate. When you submit the Latin phrase to DuckDuckGo, the very first result that comes up is “Baphomet”. Provocative, eh?

But you see, Wikipedia made a big admission with that page on Cultural Marxism: they admitted it exists as a concept. Cultural Marxism is the “solve” part. Those elements of culture which are not desirable to “Them” are destroyed and even consciousness of their ever existing is wiped away.

The “coagula” part is Culture Creation. Wikipedia has no page for that. In the 1984-esque “Reality” they wish to manifest, Culture Creation cannot even be said to exist. Yet it does. In our present example, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was a Salem Witch. He was also extraordinarily influential on culture:

Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the detective fiction genre. In addition, he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.

Except that last sentence is bullshit. We’re handed a sob story about Poe’s parents (who knows if it’s true) and then told:

The nearly three-year-old Poe was then taken into the home of John Allan, a successful merchant in Richmond, Virginia, who dealt in a variety of goods, including cloth, wheat, tombstones, tobacco, and slaves. The Allans served as a foster family and gave him the name "Edgar Allan Poe", although they never formally adopted him.

Successful merchants and slave owners, eh? Also, Poe is not a Salem Witch name but Allen is. Make your own call as to what may have been transpiring there. But did these “successful merchants” not have enough money? A few paragraphs later we read:

In March 1825, Allan's uncle and business benefactor William Galt died, who was said to be one of the wealthiest men in Richmond, leaving Allan several acres of real estate. The inheritance was estimated at $750,000 (equivalent to $21,000,000 in 2025).

That would have been when Edgar was 16. Recipe for a “financially difficult life”, right? Anyway, it’s not just me blowing up his importance to, IDK, click-bait you into reading some crazy nonsense about him:

The Timeless Horror and Genius of Edgar Allan Poe (Halloween Living Magazine 6/18/2024)

What would Halloween be without Edgar Allan Poe, the master of macabre and the architect of American Gothic literature?… Edgar Allan Poe, one of the most influential figures in American literature, is celebrated for his mastery of macabre and gothic tales.

Point is, everyone assumes—literally without conscious question—that culture just grows and develops organically over time in accord with the collective dynamics of the individuals and groups that compose society.

Yeah, somewhat, but those dynamics are pushed and shoved around by the forces I’ve been exposing. You know who I’m talking about and it’s not the Jews. Edgar Allan Poe was one of Them and—among many other things—helped to shape Halloween, something we all think of as very mundane. This is an example of how, in broad terms, our culture has been handed down to us. The quote above continues:

Born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts, Poe’s life was as turbulent and haunting as the stories he penned. Despite a relatively short life marred by personal tragedy and professional hardship, Poe’s works have left an indelible mark on literature, particularly in the genres of horror, mystery, and the supernatural.

Okay, “turbulent”? That hardly begins to describe it. You’re really going to have to read the relevant Wikipedia pages for yourself and decide what may or may not be true. But back on ol’ “Empty Pockets Ed”, two years and four paragraphs later we read:

As Poe was unable to support himself, he decided to enlist in the United States Army as a private on May 27, 1827, using the name "Edgar A. Perry"…. He first served at Fort Independence in Boston Harbor for five dollars a month.

If one could sustain oneself for $5/month in those times, then that Galt inheritance represented 4.2 million months. Makes your own calculations as to whether the picture they paint is to be believed.

But I do believe that Edgar was stationed in Boston Harbor. You see, as a Salem Witch born in Boston, why in the hell should he inconvenience himself for the sake of his bullshit “service”? Ask anyone you know in the service if they were stationed in their hometown.

Also, what was up with the name change? He was just some rando 18-year-old, wasn’t he? If you think he might have shot a man just to watch him die and was fleeing justice, remember that he was in his own hometown. All I can tell you with any certainty is that there is a page for “Case files referencing Goodman Perry” at the Salem Witch Trials.

Edgar’s biological father was David Poe Jr. (1784-1811), and there is something of note about him. You know how I have often commented (and have yet to write up) that the Salem Witches were all over the American Revolution?

His father, David Poe Sr.,... was well known for his patriotic self-sacrifice as a quartermaster during the American Revolution, paying for supplies out of his own pocket, including $500 for clothing for the troops. Poe Sr.'s commitment had earned the respect and friendship of the Marquis de Lafayette and the honorary title of 'General'.

So his real dad had money too. You’re supposed to interpret this as the act of a true patriot who—just as stated in the Declaration of Independence—had pledged his Fortune. Maybe. Another way of looking at it is that the Salem Witches were off to the side (off to both sides, to be specific) making certain it all moved forward.

We’ve already had some math so here’s more: if the $750k = $21m ratio is correct, then the $500 would be the equivalent of $14,000. Do you think anyone is going to call you “General” for kicking down fourteen grand? Sounds like more was going on with Poe Senior, don’t you think?

Edgar’s mother was Eliza Poe (1788-1811). Her parents were Henry and Elizabeth Arnold. We were just speaking of the Revolution, were we not? The most famous traitor (or so we are told) of that conflict was Benedict Arnold.

Funny how these things work out sometimes. I have no way when you’ll be reading this, but as I write it, I just mentioned Benedict and linked to him in my post before last. It was on Salem Witch and former WH press secretary Katie Zacharia, and I mentioned that she got the boot at the same time as one-time DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who was born Kristi Lynn Arnold:

She has Norwegian ancestry and is a descendant of Ephraim Wilson, who fought in the American Revolutionary War.

Yes, Wilson is yet another Salem Witch name. I suspect they don’t want to mention Benedict since that might alert a few inquiring minds. But seriously, how much of that war was not manipulated?

David was Eliza’s second husband, and her first was Charles Hopkins (m. 1802; died 1805). I didn’t even try to look up his genealogy, but among numerous other Hopkinses, the guy that got the whole (phony) “witch trial craze” of the 17th Century kicked off was the “Witchfinder General” himself, Matthew Hopkins (1620-1647). Another general, huh?

It turns out that Edgar’s genealogy connects us to even bigger topics. Start at Edgar’s Wikitree page. You’ll see that his 2g-grandmother was Elizabeth (Popham) Seymour (1693-1761).

Do you recognize either of those surnames? Neither fits the stricter definition of Salem Witch names but I can tell you this: one connects to the very beginning of British settlement of North America, and the other to the Royal Family. Telling those stories—and the suppressed history that goes along with them—will have to wait for a future post. Point is, Poe was well-connected to the Salem Witches.

Further, Edgar’s Wikipedia page is overflowing with Salem Witch names. That’s because he was thoroughly saturated in Their insular world and They manufactured his literature and his literary career. It’s way too much to cover all the detail so I’ll just try to give you the drift with a couple of examples.

First, what a freak. I hate to get gossipy but this is what we have. Edgar’s wife was Virginia Eliza Clemm (1822-1847). All of the following is from her page and you will see that it is severely abridged on Edgar’s:

Virginia Eliza Clemm was born in 1822 and named after an older sister who had died at age two only ten days earlier. Her father William Clemm, Jr. … had married Maria Poe, Virginia's mother,… after the death of his first wife, Maria's first cousin Harriet.

Edgar Allan Poe first met his [first!] cousin Virginia in August 1829, four months after his discharge from the Army. She was seven at the time.

Yeesh, they wouldn’t even put that on a TV drama. Anyway, Poe eventually came to live with Virginia, her brother, her mother, and her bedridden grandmother. Poe used young Virginia as a go-between to woo some neighborhood trollop. Neat.

A couple of years later, grandma died and her pension went away. Then Virginia’s brother died and the family was left destitute. So, of course, Poe bailed.

While Poe was away from Baltimore, another cousin, Neilson Poe, the husband of Virginia's half-sister Josephine Clemm, heard that Edgar was considering marrying Virginia. Neilson offered to take her in and have her educated in an attempt to prevent the girl's marriage to Edgar at such a young age, though suggesting that the option could be reconsidered later. Edgar called Neilson, the owner of a newspaper in Baltimore, his "bitterest enemy," and interpreted his cousin's actions as an attempt at breaking his connection with Virginia.

Poe was 27 and Virginia was 13, though her age was listed as 21. Due to Virginia's young age, Poe needed her father's permission to marry her; since he was dead, it is likely that her age was listed as 21 so she could marry without her dead father's consent.

Cinderalla story. Hulu better jump on this intellectual property ASAP.

I thought it a bit odd that Wikipedia took pains to note the name of their wedding officiant, especially for a match of such dubious circumstances. He was Reverend Amasa Converse (1795-1872). Yes, a Salem Witch name.

And if you were wondering, also yes, the Converse Rubber Shoe Company (1908) was founded by Marquis Mills Converse in Malden, Massachusetts. That’s about ten miles from Salem.

As to Edgar’s work product, let me be brief and brutal: (1) his work was plaigiarized and handed to him, and (2) support was manufactured by other Salem Witches. If you ever wonder how culture is created, this is it. As to “The Raven” (1845):

Critical opinion is divided as to the poem's literary status, but it nevertheless remains one of the most famous poems ever written.

We’re going to talk more about that “divided”. But first, read this carefully and critically:

In part due to its dual printing, "The Raven" made Edgar Allan Poe a household name almost immediately, and turned Poe into a national celebrity.

Do you really believe that printing something in two outlets turns the author into a household name overnight? Do you think everyone in media is aware of this? Maybe not? Okay then, here’s the artificial promotion:

Nathaniel Parker Willis, editor of the Mirror, introduced it as “unsurpassed in English poetry for subtle conception, masterly ingenuity of versification, and consistent, sustaining of imaginative lift ... It will stick to the memory of everybody who reads it.”

A double: Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867). And Nate is lying to you: what sticks to the memory is Salem Witches repeating something over and over and over.

The New World said, “Everyone reads the Poem and praises it ... justly, we think, for it seems to us full of originality and power.”

The feel-good hit of the summer, as well. Jesus, these people need to dial it back.

“The Raven” was praised by fellow writers William Gilmore Simms and Margaret Fuller, though it was denounced by William Butler Yeats, who called it “insincere and vulgar ... its execution a rhythmical trick”. Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “I see nothing in it.”

Surprise, Symmes and Fuller are Salem Witch names and they are on-message. Interestingly, though, Butler is too. Let this be another example of the dynamic that the Salem Witches are under heavy influence, but occasionally they do not go along with the program.

Bonus: After Poe dropped out of college, he started using the pseudonym “Henri Le Rennet”. Strange name, right? What does it mean? I couldn’t possibly know but I have a guess.

Go back to the very beginning of this post, to that big metaphor about cultural destruction and culture creation as parallel to the phrase “solve et coagula”. It’s clear now that Poe was part of the “coagula”.

Although Henri is a French name and “Rennet” sounds like a French word, it is not, so far as I know. Rennet is a very ancient product from the stomach lining of ruminants and has been used for many thousands of years in cheese-making to coagulate milk.

Thanks for reading! And Happy Halloween!