>>21520742Mimes first started as an esotheric order which followed the path of imagimancy. All the weird stuff they do is just a path to actual reality-warping powers. It's just that modern civilization took the trappings of the mimes and turned them into jokes, just like most old things get turned into clownworld nonsense.
Same with the clowns. They first started in Ancient Egypt, and weren't just about entertainment, but were about religion.