THE ART OF THE UNIVERSE (part 2)

And what if you’re not a cybernetician or scientist?  What if you’re into, say… magick?  Well, let’s change our language, and see how a new description changes this new paradigm of which we speak.  Magick is merely another analogy—another tool—we can use to envision and describe a new paradigm.  We needn’t “believe” in magick any [...]

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LEVITATING OVER THE PRISON WALLS: It can be done (sections 1 and 2)

1. We must trust ourselves. We’ve been filled with a lot of bullshit (time, money, religion, government, morals, etc.) while at the same time denied acknowledgment of vitally important and real phenomena (our experiences, for example). It drives us crazy, being born into and raised by the “Deranged Mind” (a term coined by Philip K. [...]

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TO YOU, THE MOST BELOVED: Misunderstandings of “crazy” (part 2)

Traditionally, a culture’s shaman is the neurotechnician of a tribe. A shaman is the bridge between the physical world and the spiritual world, the psychopomp of mystical journeys. Often a shaman will induce a trance, either through the use of psychoactive drugs (traditionally this means anything from ayahuasca, to marijuana, to DMT, and to the [...]

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LITTLE BITS ON CHAOS MAGICK: “Prime Chaos” gets an updated intro by Phil Hine

All that is currently pagan blog, The Wild Hunt, posted a nice piece on Chaos Magick by writer, anthropologist, and esotericist Amy Hale, which takes an honest look at some updated critiques of the DIY anarcho-magickal movement started in the 1980s. For those who may be unfamiliar with the movement: “When Chaos Magick sprung forth [...]

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