Magick Without Tears LETTER IV:
Every word you come across, add it up, stick it down against that number in a book kept for the purpose. That may seem tedious and silly; why should you do all over again the work that I have already...
I've starting to use the Cube of Space as a memory palace. With impressive results. Traditional qabalah can also be presented as a cube (sefer yetzirah). The 2D map presented by Golden Dawn and other western occult organizations lacks the...
An interesting article about David Cronenberg's "adaptation" of Burrough's Naked Lunch
The idea was that in order to come to terms with a lot of things, the main character, William Lee, has to invent another country for...
DadaDodo is a program that analyses texts for word probabilities, and then generates random sentences based on that. Sometimes these sentences are nonsense; but sometimes they cut right through to the heart of the matter, and reveal hidden meanings.
These people don't seem to like the theories that are building around the neural correlates of consciousness...
A landmark study, published last year, beautifully illustrated his point using, of all things, retro video...
Note: Try to let go of thoughts. even if they still talk, try to change the focus from thoughts to body sensations.
It might be that the only way to evolve is to let go as much as possible thoughts and go back as much as possible into body...
Data is raw, unorganized facts or figures that need to be processed. Data can be something simple and seemingly random and useless until it is organized. When data is processed, organized, structured or presented - to make it meaningful or useful -...
Definition of information (Merriam-Webster dict.)
the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence
(a) (1) knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction (2) : intelligence, news (3) : facts,...
Information is not knowledge… intelligence selectively destroys information to create knowledge. – Ray Kurzweil, ('The Singularity is Near', 2005)
Defition of knowledge (Merriam-Webster dict.)
(a) the fact or...
The simulacra, to which Baudrillard refers, are the signs of culture and media that create the reality we perceive: a world saturated with imagery, infused with communications media, sound, and commercial advertising. These simulacra of the real...
Hyperreality is a concept that is defined by the inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality. It describes how the line between real and fake is blurred, particularly in post modern societies where technology is...
Dictonary Definition
unreality, irreality(noun)
the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
As a small child, you sometimes live in a world where monsters might eat you up and magical things...
Quotes from Philip K Dicks' "How To Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later" (1978).
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
The basic tool for the manipulation of...
New Model of Magic - The Virtual World Model
Frater U.'.D.'. did list the following models of magic:
The Spirit Model
The Energy Model
The Psychological Model
The Information Model
The Meta-model
In...