Law of Attraction Superhero: Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson is a superhero of the law of attraction. Hope for…?

I can understand why this would seem absurd at first; however, just listen to me and you’ll see what I mean, and maybe even learn a thing or two that you can bring back to your law of attraction practice!

First, Marilyn Manson is a law enforcement superhero because he “faked it until he made it.” And while that’s an NLP catchphrase, it applies to LOA as well. Before he was famous, he himself booked shows and acted like he was the next big LA hit on tour, and because of that, he often got better bookings and pay than someone in his state. Because he acted like a big-name celebrity would and didn’t accept less, he was accepted as such.

Next, Marilyn Manson rode the wave of a group he didn’t agree with all the way to the top. Marilyn Manson was provocative and convinced many suburban teenagers to question authority and religion. This scared and angered many of the teens’ parents, causing a large portion of disturbed parents to ban their children from listening to their music. (Anyone who knows children knows that this is the fastest way to turn them into something… maybe parents should ban healthy eating and being happy!) But even better than this, it continued to infuriate parents and religious groups. until they started buying their music, videos and other merchandise and burning them en masse in front of churches. And even better, they began to protest their shows.

This is the law of attraction that works for Marilyn and parents and religious groups. And strange as it may seem at first, the religious groups got just what they wanted. All of these tactics to cut Marilyn Manson and his music out of his children’s lives not only increased his overall sales and thus secured more music, more videos, bigger tours, etc., but pushed him further into the center of attention by drawing attention to it. The more they pushed against it, the bigger it became. This is because if you include something (wanted or unwanted) in your experience and push against it or for it, you will see it over and over and over again. The key to removing things from your experience is to ignore them and consider better alternatives.

The most ironic thing about this is that parents would stand outside shows like Ozzfest protesting Marilyn Manson while inside there were bands that make Mr. Manson look like Barney by comparison (eg Cannibal Corpse). In all of his focus on Manson, they missed out on the other things their kids might be exposed to, especially since the vilest lyrics are often unintelligible to people who don’t listen to much metal.

Ultimately, Marilyn Manson himself focused on darkness and negativity. As his career progressed, he attracted people who accused him of intense negativity: religious people protested against him, his parents hated him and accused him of causing violence like school shootings. So while on the one hand this made him popular and in the news, this also made him a target for a lot of negative rhetoric that would make a superhero sideline. However, he was able to put this aside and still makes music to this day.